Russia, which has been carrying out airstrikes in Syria, said Wednesday it has used four warships in the Caspian Sea to launch rockets at Islamic State targets in the war-torn country. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that the vessels fired 26 cruise missiles at 11 Islamic State targets that he said were […]
The Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, will resign from Congress and give up his seat at the end of October, lawmakers and aides in the speaker’s office said Friday. Boehner, a member of Congress since 1990, has been under pressure from the conservative wing of his Republican Party on a […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Monday with U.S. President Barack Obama in New York, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday. Peskov told journalists in Russia’s Rostov region that Putin will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and then later in the day with the president. The three leaders are among the many who […]
Billionaire businessman and media personality Donald Trump will be center stage among 11 top contenders at Wednesday’s second 2016 Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library near Los Angeles. With the bombastic, self-promoting Trump maintaining large lead in numerous voter opinion polls, most of his rivals are expected to aggressively engage him during […]