Italian soldiers transported bodies overnight from a northern town whose cemetery has been overwhelmed by the scale of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government in Rome prepared to prolong emergency lockdown measures across Italy. CBC | World News
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Trump authorizes military response to attack on U.S. soldiers in Iraq
U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesday’s rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member, the Pentagon said on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkish official says 29 soldiers killed in airstrike by Syrian government forces
An airstrike by Syrian government forces in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region killed more than two-dozen Turkish soldiers, the local governor in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hatay said early Friday, raising an earlier death toll. CBC | World News
Read More »DON’T DO IT! Families furious as Boris pledges to grant UK ‘Troubles’ soldiers amnesty
BORIS JOHNSON was warned that any attempt to introduce an amnesty for military personnel who served in Northern Ireland would be strongly resisted by victims’ families. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »POLL: Should British soldiers face courts over historic Northern Ireland incidents? VOTE
BORIS JOHNSON has prompted a backlash from Tory MPs after it emerged his deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland risked opening up new probes into thousands of veterans for their actions during the Troubles. But do you think former members of the armed forces should be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed during the Troubles? Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »25 soldiers killed, 1,000 people homeless after militant attack in Nigeria
Twenty-five soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people left homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and a military source said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Watch out Kim! US warns North Korea GET READY for ‘soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines’
NORTH Korea should prepare for a US onslaught if it continues to escalate its war rhetoric, the United States has warned. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Soldier’s widow angry at Trump, defends Congress member’s account of condolence call
The pregnant widow of a fallen U.S. soldier whose combat death led to a political fight between Donald Trump and a Florida representative says the phone call from the president left her angry and crying. CBC | World News
Read More »Politicians And Pundits Are Calling The Tragic Deaths Of U.S. Soldiers In Niger ‘Trump’s Benghazi’
President Donald Trump has frequently criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s handling of the 2012 ambush in Libya that led to the death of U.S. citizens, and now – following the recent deaths of American soldiers in Niger – politicians and pundits are referring to the event as “Trump’s Benghazi.” On October 4, during a routine patrol on the ...
Read More »Trump claims other presidents ‘did not call’ families of fallen soldiers
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will call the families of four soldiers killed this month in Niger, the White House says, as Trump casts doubt on whether his predecessor appropriately consoled the families of military personnel who died in war. CBC | World News
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