WASHINGTON — Gen. Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is convening a rare meeting next month of dozens of military chiefs from across the Western Hemisphere, another sign of the region’s rising prominence in the Trump administration. Top military leaders from 34 countries, including nations such...
Syria Ceasefire With Kurdish Forces Expires Amid Uncertainty
QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 24 - A four-day ceasefire between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces expired on Saturday night, with the truce's fate uncertain and both sides exchanging accusations of violations. The ceasefire ended at 8 p.m. (1700 GMT), with Syrian troops and Kurdish forces massed on opposing sides of...
Frigid Weather Stresses US Electric Grid
BOSTON, Jan 24 - U.S. electric grid operators on Saturday stepped up precautions to avoid rotating blackouts as frigid weather hitting half of the country's population stressed their operations. The PJM Interconnection - the largest U.S. regional grid that serves 67 million people in the East and Mid-Atlantic - reported...
Gmail Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports
Google has posted an update stating that the issues has been resolved. Original Story Gmail experienced a possible outage Saturday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 10,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 10:00 a.m. PST, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages...
Iran’s Ayatollah and His Guards Falter After Storm of War and Protests
Weeks after Israeli warplanes pounded Iran’s capital last June, the country’s top generals stood in their socks at the entrance of a mosque in northern Tehran, mourning the men who had been killed in the strikes — leaders they would now replace. The strikes had caused the greatest single blow...
Fresno Police to Conduct DUI Enforcement Operation Saturday
The Fresno Police Department will conduct a DUI enforcement operation on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m., targeting drivers suspected of driving under the influence. Police reminded the public that impaired driving is not limited to alcohol. Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs can interfere with a person’s ability...
Saudi Arabia-Backed LIV Golf to Hold Tournament at the Trumps’ New Jersey Resort
WASHINGTON — LIV Golf, the Saudi Arabia-backed league, announced Friday that it would hold a tournament in August at a Trump-family-owned club in New Jersey, underscoring the growing financial ties between the Saudi government and the president’s family during his second term. The tournament at the Trump National Golf Club...
Russia Jails US Navy Veteran for Five Years
An American adventurer who set sail from North Carolina to New Zealand about 18 months ago has ended up imprisoned in Russia, sentenced to five years after being convicted of “arms smuggling” because of a rifle, a pistol and ammunition that he kept aboard his sailboat. Charles Wayne Zimmerman had...
US to Gain Sovereignty Over American Bases in Greenland, Trump Tells NY Post
The United States will gain sovereignty over areas of Greenland where American military bases are located, President Donald Trump told the New York Post in an interview published on Saturday. — (Reporting by Katharine Jackson)
How the House Slumped to Historic Lows of Productivity in 2025
Even by the standards of an institution that has set records for dysfunction in recent years, the Republican-led Congress in 2025 hit new lows for productivity. Plagued by a razor-thin majority, intraparty divisions and a fear of doing anything that might draw President Donald Trump’s ire, Speaker Mike Johnson toiled...