Sources: NPR
The United States Department of Defense announces it will jointly lay off 4,500 probationary workers, cutting 5-8% of the civilian workforce. The United States Forest Service also announces it will lay off 2,000 employees. 2025-02-21
Senior American officials report that Turkey is building up its forces along the Syrian border, raising fears of a possible ground invasion on territories held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. 2024-12-17
The Kremlin dismisses a warning by the United States that Russia intends to imminently place nuclear weapons in space as a "malicious fabrication". The claims were widely circulated yesterday by ABC News and the "New York Times" after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson warned of a "serious national security threat". 2024-02-15
Twenty-seven people are injured after a bus rolls over near Kingsville, Maryland, United States. 2022-05-22
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro again accuses the United States of flying over its national waters. 2019-07-27
Six U.S. air strikes over the weekend kill at least 62 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, according to The Pentagon. 2018-12-17
China launches an oil futures market, with contracts denominated in yuan, in a bid to compete with oil benchmarks from the United States and Europe. 2018-03-26
The Swedish Academy announces that American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has agreed to accept his Nobel Prize in Literature this weekend at a private location in Stockholm. 2017-03-29
Per Wästberg, a member of the Swedish Academy, says that songwriter and artist Bob Dylan has not yet indicated whether he intends to accept the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. 2016-10-21
At least 50 militants are reportedly killed in a U.S. air strike on an Al-Qaeda training camp in southern Yemen. 2016-03-23