TEHRAN, Iran — Iran sent mixed signals Thursday as tensions with the U.S. appeared to ease, with President Hassan Rouhani warning of a “very dangerous response” if the U.S. makes “another mistake” and a senior commander vowing “harsher revenge" for the killing of a top Iranian general. Both sides appeared...
Esper Says Iran May Be Planning More Attacks on US Interests
WASHINGTON — Iran or its proxy forces may be planning further strikes on American interests in the Middle East, and the U.S. is prepared to take preemptive military action if it gets sufficient warning, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday. “The game has changed,” Esper said, citing a series of...
Why the Fed Has No Choice but to Keep Cutting Interest Rates – if It Wants to Avoid a Financial Crisis
The U.S. Federal Reserve is stuck between an apparently booming economy and a financial crisis that might be right around the corner. That’s why its decision to cut interest rates by another quarter point on Oct. 30 – its third reduction in as many months – seems so odd. Lowering...
Kim Says North Korean Launches a Warning to US, South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises. The official Korean Central News Agency said two missiles launched from...
North Korea Says Missile Test a Warning to South 'Warmongers'
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's test of a new missile is meant as a "solemn warning" over rival South Korea's weapons development and plans to hold military drills with the United States, Pyongyang said Friday as it continued its pressure campaign ahead of potential nuclear talks. South Korea's military...
Health Warning: Bats Test Positive for Rabies in Tulare County
Tulare County officials issued a health warning Wednesday after two bats tested positive for rabies. One bat was found in the city of Tulare and the other in south Visalia. Residents should be careful around bats, and never touch the animals with bare hands, county health officials said. “Bats exhibiting...
North Korea Fires 2 Suspected Missiles in Possible New Warning
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons...
Saudi Arabia Beheads 37 Prisoners for Terrorism Crimes
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens in a mass execution across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes, publicly pinning one of the headless bodies to a pole as a warning to others. It marked the largest number of executions in a single day...
‘Extremely Dangerous’ Hurricane Willa Aims for Mexico’s West
MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Willa has grown rapidly into an "extremely dangerous" near-Category 5 storm in the eastern Pacific, on a path to smash into Mexico's western coast between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta by Wednesday. The governments of Sinaloa and Nayarit states ordered coastal region schools to close on Monday...