[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether Ryan Zinke lied to Interior Department investigators. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the Justice Department’s public integrity section had begun the probe of the interior secretary, who left office Wednesday. Zinke told the Associated Press that he had not lied to the investigators looking into possible […]
[dropcap]U[/dropcap].S.-led coalition airstrikes against Islamic State have killed over 1,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria since 2014. In a monthly civilian casualty report, the Coalition detailed confirmed deaths of 1,139 civilians in airstrikes conducted since the beginning of Operation Inherent Resolve between August 2014 and November 2018. “The Coalition conducted a total of 31,406 strikes […]
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]eavy rains are complicating efforts to provide aid to communities on Indonesia’s remote western islands cut by last week’s massive tsunami that killed 429 people. The rains have made roads impassible, holding up convoys delivering heavy machinery and relief supplies to isolated areas, forcing disaster officials to send helicopters to drop supplies and evacuate residents. There […]
A tsunami that struck late Saturday has killed over two hundred people along Indonesia’s Sunda Straits. “Two hundred twenty two people are dead, 843 people are injured and 28 people are missing,” said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Indonesia’s national disaster agency spokesman. Casualties are expected to rise. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported an […]