US says forces responded to suspected drone activity over base in Britain
"No personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected" at the RAF Lakenheath base, the Air Force spokesperson said in a statement.
Paris to honour murdered Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei
Cheptegei, 33, made her Olympic debut in the women’s marathon at the Paris Games, where she finished 44th.
First ballots to go out, raising curtain on 2024 US election
The polls that really count — in the crucial swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina — show an even tighter race, with Harris up 0.2 percent overall, a statistical dead heat.
17 children killed in Kenya school fire
At least 17 pupils have died after a fire ripped through their school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday.
Hamas urges US pressure on Israel over Gaza truce
Hamas is demanding complete Israeli withdrawal from the area and on Thursday said Netanyahu’s position “aims to thwart reaching an agreement”.
Kamala Harris seeks end to US gun violence
Harris, a onetime prosecutor and attorney general of California and former US senator, called on Congress to “finally” pass an assault weapons ban, similar to the one current President Joe Biden helped write as a senator and get passed into law in 1994.
