Islamic State’s top regional leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed by a US drone strike in a joint US-Afghan military operation in an eastern Afghan province, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan has claimed. “I can confirm that ISIS Khurasan leader Hafiz Saeed Khan along with his senior commanders and fighters died in a…
[facebook url=”https://www.facebook.com/RTvids/videos/1279119338764983/” /] CCTV footage shows that the man – identified only as “Matibool” – was struck by the speeding delivery truck at 5:40 am on Wednesday as he was walking home from an overnight shift as a security guard. The impact caused the man to fly through the air and land in a nearby…
11 August 2016William J. Astore The United States is now engaged in perpetual war with victory nowhere in sight. Iraq is chaotic and scarred. So, too, is Libya. Syria barely exists. After 15 years, “progress” in Afghanistan has proven eminently reversible as efforts to rollback recent Taliban gains continue to falter. The Islamic State may…
09 August 2016Kate Brannen It’s not just U.S. troops battling ISIS. Now the Army is sinking millions of dollars into private intelligence contractors for the fight. Every day at 5 p.m., the Pentagon releases a list of that day’s contracts worth more than $7 million. On July 27, buried in the daily email was…
While it is impossible to know all the dirty deeds of America’s sprawling global empire, news that US ground forces are now fighting in Libya means that US troops are involved in at least four active wars: Afghanistan: A planned draw-down of troops in 2015 was curtailed by President Obama to leave more troops for…
© AP Photo/ Renato Etac 12.08.2016 The Chinese military appears to be dramatically increasing its presence around a key island in the South China Sea, sending a strong message to Washington. As Beijing continues its land reclamation projects in the South China Sea, Washington has remained adamant about one island in particular: Scarborough Shoal. Located northeast of the Spratly…
