Kurdish troops reported that a coalition led by the United States shot down multiple drones over Erbil, the capital of the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Wednesday.
The potential sale of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $1.96 billion was approved by the US State Department on Wednesday.
In protest of this week's ban on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's foreign ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, vowing that the move would "not go unanswered".
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Wednesday that a U.S. aircraft fired on an oil tanker that "attempted to violate the U.S. blockade" on Iranian ports.
US President Donald Trump stated that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cannot be negotiated with and that the United States might have to eliminate it.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to return up to 2 million refugees to Syria. Under his plan, the refugees would return to what he has called a “safe zone” created by the Turkish military during its incursion into Syria. But as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, many Syrians are not ready to go back after spending years in Turkey.
Iraqi Kurdish officials say at least 12,000 people have crossed the border from Syria, seeking safety in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The influx of refugees started three weeks ago after Turkey and its allied Syrian militia fighters began a military offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters. VOA’s Kawa Omar reports from Bardarash, Iraq~VOA NEWS
Around 12:42 p.m. on July 14, a deer crashed through the front glass window close to the entrance of Blue Daisies Antique on Reeves Street, Dothan, Alabama, United States, causing damage to a local store.
The practice of safeguarding data through the mitigation of information risks is known as information security. It entails preventing unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, alteration, or destruction of information systems and the data they process, store, and transmitted.
Ammar Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Sudan to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting that heard reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
With a breathtaking time of 4 minutes 0.99 seconds, 41-year-old American David Rush has won the title of longest duration balancing a running chainsaw on the chin.
Sahira Al Nahari, Young Leader for Sustainable Development Goals, and Felipe Paullier, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, brief reporters on mental health and football.