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One killed in US boat strike in eastern Pacific Ocean

One killed in US boat strike in eastern Pacific Ocean

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON: US military officials said a man died in a lethal kinetic strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday (Jun 16) as Washington continues its campaign against alleged drug traffickers. The strike was part of military operation “Southern Spear”, launched last September as President Donald Trump insists the United States is effectively at war with drug cartels operating out of Latin America. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a post on X. Two men were also reported to have survived the strike, and the US Coast Guard launched search and rescue operations to find the survivors, according to SOUTHCOM. More than 200 people have been killed as part of “Southern Spear” strikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, according to a tally by AFP. Legal experts and rights groups say the strikes could amount to extrajudicial killings because they have apparently targeted civilians who do not pose an immediate …

Strike on alleged drug boat kills 2 in eastern Pacific

Strike on alleged drug boat kills 2 in eastern Pacific

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The U.S. launched a Wednesday strike on another alleged drug boat traveling through the eastern Pacific, resulting in the death of two people. U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) said the vessel was operated by designated terrorist organizations but did not specify which ones or provide additional evidence of the boat’s intent to transfer narcotics.  “Intelligence confirmed… Source link

Truck carrying returning refugees crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22

Truck carrying returning refugees crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from neighboring Pakistan overturned on a highway in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 36 others, most of them women and children, officials said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The accident occurred in Laghman province on the main highway linking Kabul, the Afghan capital, with Nangarhar province, said Abdul Malik Niazai, the spokesperson for the provincial governor. He said among the dead were 10 children and five women, and the injured were taken to hospitals in Nangarhar. The provincial director of public health. Aminullah Sharif, said 22 people were killed and about 36 injured. He said the accident occurred when the truck fell into a ditch after the driver fell asleep. The passengers were among thousands of Afghans who recently returned from Pakistan, which launched a crackdown on migrants in 2023, and has since deported or pressured many to leave. Iran also intensified expulsions of Afghan migrants around the same …

Suspected Ebola cases in eastern DR Congo top 900 as health workers struggle with aid cuts

Suspected Ebola cases in eastern DR Congo top 900 as health workers struggle with aid cuts

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The number of suspected Ebola cases in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo passed 900 as of Sunday, Congolese authorities said. The burning last week of health centres in two towns at the heart of the outbreak exposed the anger in a region beset by violence linked to armed rebel groups, mass displacement, the failure of local government and international aid cuts that experts say have stripped health facilities in vulnerable communities. “A devastating set of emergencies are converging,” said the Physicians for Human Rights nonprofit.  Read moreUganda confirms three new Ebola cases as Africa CDC warns 10 countries ‘at risk’ Before the outbreak, Doctors Without Borders said in an assessment that the insecurity in Ituri had worsened recently, causing doctors and nurses to flee and leaving overwhelmed health facilities in “catastrophic conditions”. The Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 rebels are in control of parts of the region. While the Congolese government still largely controls the northeastern Ituri Province, which is the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak, that control is tenuous. The Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan Islamist …

DRC leader Tshisekedi hints at possible rule beyond second term amid eastern war

DRC leader Tshisekedi hints at possible rule beyond second term amid eastern war

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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi on Wednesday evoked a possible third term and a potential delay of a presidential vote due in two years because of turmoil in the volatile east. In power since 2019, the 62-year-old will reach the end of his second five-year term in 2028, the maximum allowed under the DRC’s constitution. FRANCE 24’s Emmet Livingstone reports from Kinshasa. Source link

Ukraine war briefing: Russia tries for a foothold in Ukraine’s eastern ‘fortress belt’, continues attacks on civilians

Ukraine war briefing: Russia tries for a foothold in Ukraine’s eastern ‘fortress belt’, continues attacks on civilians

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Russian troops are inching towards the city of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, trying to establish a foothold close to a heavily defended area, Ukraine’s top army official said on Saturday. Kostiantynivka, along with other cities, forms a so-called fortress belt in the country’s east – an area well fortified by the Ukrainian military. Ukraine’s army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on the Telegram app that ‘counter-sabotage measures’ were being undertaken in the city. A Ukrainian battlefield mapping project called DeepState shows that Russian troops control an area about one kilometre (0.6 mile) from the city’s southern outskirts. Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday its forces had taken control of Novodmytrivka, just north of Kostiantynivka. Source link

Monument of Ramses II Discovered in Eastern Nile Delta Region

Monument of Ramses II Discovered in Eastern Nile Delta Region

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The top half of a large statue of the ancient Egyptian king Ramses II was discovered in northeastern Egypt at an archaeological site called Tell El-Faraoun. The fragment weights over 5 tons and is about 7 feet tall. Ahram Online reported that the monument was likely part of a group of three statues that once adorned a temple, though likely not the one at Tell El-Faraoun, where it was uncovered. Rather, it is believed to have initially been carved for a temple in Per-Ramesses, an ancient capital city built by Ramses II in the 13th century BCE. Related Articles Hisham El-Leithy, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said in a statement, “The find provides valuable evidence of how statues were relocated and repurposed during the New Kingdom, particularly in regional centers connected to major royal capitals.” Ramses II lived between about 1279 BCE and 1213 BCE and is generally considered one of the most powerful Egyptian pharaohs. He is the subject of the Ramesseum, a sandstone funerary temple near Luxor. In 2024, a 12.5-foot-tall …

Nature Puts Heat on Blast as Scorching Temperatures in Eastern US Could Smash Records

Nature Puts Heat on Blast as Scorching Temperatures in Eastern US Could Smash Records

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ATLANTA (AP) — A long-lasting weather pattern is poised to blast hot air like a furnace across the eastern United States, with the unusual heat wave threatening to shatter record high temperatures on Wednesday in big cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The heat is unusual for April, not only because it’s scorching much of the nation so early in the year but also for its duration. The near-record temperatures are expected to last into this weekend, forecasters say. The potentially dangerous heat comes after severe storms tore through Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday and Tuesday. There’s a possibility of more storms on Wednesday. While it’s not unprecedented to see high temperatures climb toward 90 degrees (32 Celsius) on an April day, the length of such an April heat wave is rarely seen, experts say. “That’s borderline unprecedented as far as the duration of it this time of year,” said John Feerick, senior meteorologist at the forecasting firm AccuWeather.com. Feerick said that starting Wednesday “we’re going to have records challenged from basically …

US forces kill 4 people in latest strike on vessels in eastern Pacific | Donald Trump News

US forces kill 4 people in latest strike on vessels in eastern Pacific | Donald Trump News

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The killings mark the fourth US deadly strike in the past four days on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Published On 15 Apr 202615 Apr 2026 The US military has killed four more people in its fourth deadly attack on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean over the past four days. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced the attack in a social media post on Tuesday, alongside a video that showed a stationary boat with outboard engines being hit by a missile and exploding into a huge ball of flames. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list SOUTHCOM, which is responsible for US military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, claimed that the four people killed were “narco-terrorists”, but provided no evidence to support its claims. Justification for the lethal attack, according to SOUTHCOM, was due to intelligence – details of which were not provided – that confirmed that “the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations”. The latest killing of people on …