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Navy jet crashes near San Diego

Date: 2025-02-13 06:41:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:11065224

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler crashed off the coast of San Diego, Seattle Times reported. The two crew members ejected from the fighter jet into San Diego Bay off Point Loma soon after takeoff around 10:15 a.m., according ....

Trump says he had 'highly productive call' with Putin to end war in Ukraine

Date: 2025-02-12 20:29:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:11065059

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with his Russian President Vladimir Putin, characterizing it as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in ....

Zelensky, Putin open to peace, says Trump

Date: 2025-02-12 19:56:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:11065034

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants peace, following discussions on potential negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Posting on Truth ....

Trump fires USAID's inspector general

Date: 2025-02-12 07:03:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:11063766

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 ( MENA) - US President Donald Trump fired Paul Martin the federal watchdog responsible for overseeing the US Agency for International Development (USAID), one day after the inspector general issued a damning report detailing the ....

Trump signs executive order to eliminate Federal Executive Institute

Date: 2025-02-11 07:51:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:11062398

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to eliminate the Federal Executive Institute (FEI), Alhurra news channel reported Tuesday. Established over 50 years ago during the Lyndon B. Johnson ....

Trump demands dlrs 500bn in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support

Date: 2025-02-11 07:14:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:11062342

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - American support for Ukraine has a price tag: dlrs 500 billion worth of mineral riches, said US President Donald Trump. In an interview with Fox News that aired late Monday, Trump said: "I told them [Ukraine] that I ....

One dead, several injured after private jet crashed into another upon arrival in Arizona

Date: 2025-02-11 06:06:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:11062283

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - At least one person is dead and several injured after a small business jet crashed into a parked plane as it arrived at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, just east of Phoenix, on Monday afternoon, CNN reported. The ....

Israel puts military on high alert as Hamas delays hostage release

Date: 2025-02-10 20:31:34 GMT - Israel - World - SN:51 - ID:11062091

RAMALLAH, Feb 10 (MENA) – Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday ordered the army to prepare at the "highest level of alert" for any possible scenarios in Gaza. “I instructed the Israeli army to prepare at the highest level of alert for ....

Preparations underway for visits by Xi to Moscow, by Putin to Beijing — Kremlin

Date: 2025-02-10 11:51:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:11061438

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (MENA) - Mutual visits by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to Moscow and Beijing, respectively, are being arranged to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, TASS news agency ....

UN Security Council holds sessions on global security threats, Syria Yemen this week

Date: 2025-02-10 09:33:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:11060999

NEW YORK, Feb 10 (MENA) - The UN Security Council said China - which holds the rotating presidency for the month of February - will devote a briefing session Monday, on threats to international peace and security resulting from terrorist acts, based ....