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Biden warns Kabul airport attackers: 'We will hunt you down'
Friday, 27 August 2021, 11:30 am | CLG News
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, his voice breaking with emotion, vowed on Thursday the United States would hunt down those responsible for twin explosions at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan and said he asked the Pentagon to develop plans ... More >>
12 US service members killed in two ISIS suicide bombs
Friday, 27 August 2021, 11:11 am | CLG News
A dozen US military personnel were killed when two Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) suicide bombers mounted attacks on Kabul airport on Thursday, head of the US Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie has confirmed. A further 15 US troops were injured. ... More >>
Fifty killed in Florida nightclub shooting
Monday, 13 June 2016, 8:57 am | CLG News
A gunman killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday and wounded 53 others before being killed by police in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. More >>
US Army considering hollow point bullets for pistols
Monday, 13 July 2015, 8:33 pm | CLG News
In a dramatic shift for the US military, the army is considering the use of bullets that can expand and break up when striking a target to make new pistols more lethal, raising concern that doing so would violate international law. More >>
Germanwings Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 3:16 pm | CLG News
PARIS — As officials struggled Wednesday to explain why a jet with 150 people on board crashed in relatively clear skies, an investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated one pilot left the cockpit before the plane’s descent ... More >>
21 Egyptians beheaded
Wednesday, 18 February 2015, 2:31 pm | CLG News
Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, drawing Cairo directly into the conflict across its border. More >>
Islamic State fighters seize parts of western Iraqi town
Saturday, 14 February 2015, 11:08 am | CLG News
Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of large parts of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials said. More >>
Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian rebels
Saturday, 17 January 2015, 11:21 am | CLG News
Rebel fighters take positions behind sand barricades at al-Breij frontline, after what they said was an advance by them in al-Manasher and al-Majbal areas, where forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad were stationed, in Aleppo January 5, 2015. ... More >>
FBI Warns Ferguson Decision ‘Will Likely’ Lead to Violence
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 12:08 pm | CLG News
As the nation waits to hear whether a Missouri police officer will face charges for killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson , Mo., the FBI is warning law enforcement agencies across the country that the decision “will likely” lead ... More >>
US considers sending troops to battle Isis in Iraq
Monday, 17 November 2014, 3:16 pm | CLG News
General Martin Dempsey tells House committee that he would consider abandoning Obama’s pledge and send troops to fight Isis in Iraq More >>
Fukushima radiation off California coast
Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 11:47 am | CLG News
Reporters inspect an observation well which is dug to take underground water samples near Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Unit 1 of Tepco, in Okuma. (File, AP) More >>
Objects may be from missing Malaysia Airlines jet
Friday, 21 March 2014, 9:12 am | CLG News
The air search for debris, possibly from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, is being hampered by poor visibility. More >>