Oklahoma senator, confirmed in 54-45 vote, replaces Kristi Noem to lead president’s immigration crackdown Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The US Senate on Monday confirmed Markwayne Mullin to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, elevating the Republican senator to a role where he will be among the public faces of Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The Republican controlled chamber confirmed Mullin largely along
In incident filmed by security cameras in Rio de Janeiro, group of attackers beat animal with sticks and iron bars Police in Rio de Janeiro have arrested eight people for brutally beating a capybara – the world’s largest rodent. Resembling a giant guinea pig, the light brown capybara ( Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris ) is often seen roaming the Brazilian city, particularly near streams and lagoons. Continue reading...
Cargo plane carrying between 80 and 110 soldiers crashes shortly after takeoff in southern Amazon region Scores of Colombian soldiers are feared dead after military transport plane crashed on takeoff in the south of the country. The defense minister, Pedro Sánchez, said the accident happened as the Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 plane was taking off from Puerto Leguízamo , deep in Colombia ’s southern Amazon region on the border with Peru, as it transported troops from the armed forces. More det
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The destroyed building of Shajareh Tayyebe Primary School, after a U.S.-Israel strike in Minab that killed 185 people, including dozens of students and teachers, in Hormozgan province, Iran on March 21.
NPR News · Oct 8
The Oklahoma Republican comes to the helm in the midst of a shutdown that has left some 100,000 of the department's more than a quarter-million employees working without pay. (Image credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta)
NBC News · Oct 8
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., the White House pick for homeland security secretary, testifies at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
From a shop owner in India to a community worker in New South Wales, rising fuel prices are forcing people to ration oil usage Middle East crisis – live updates Alagesan, 35, needs liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to run his roadside drink and snack shop in Coimbatore, India, but with the fuel shortage since the US-Israel attacks on Iran, he worries his business could fold. “I am far away from the Middle East, but my life is affected,” he said. “The gas cylinder is not available because of the war.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Tehran denied negotiations that delayed US strikes and Trump was vague on the details, but talks signal renewed push for peace from regional powers There have been so many abortive rounds of diplomacy between the US and Iran – the latest appearing to be led by Pakistan after Washington has burned through many other regional mediators – that it was hardly a surprise that President Trump’s claims of “very good” talks with Tehran initially provoked disbelief – especially after Iran denied that any
