VOA News The Turkish military says two of its soldiers have been killed and five wounded in clashes with Islamic State in northern Syria. The fight took place near the town of al-Rai, on the 14th day of an operation in northern Syria, according to Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News. The soldiers were reported killed when […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I.- Councilman Michael Correia (Ward 6) has released the following statement regarding an accident at the intersection of Leah and Fairview Streets that resulted in the death of a 21 year old dirt bike motorist on Saturday evening: «I am saddened by the untimely death of a young man killed on his dirt bike […]readmore
Mary Alice Salinas VOA News VIENTIANE, LAOS — President Barack Obama has reassured nations in the Asia-Pacific that the U.S. strategic re-balance to the region “will endure for the long-term” because it “reflects fundamental national interests.” In a speech in Vientiane, Laos on Tuesday, Obama said there is widespread recognition in the U.S. that the Asia […]readmore
VOA News British radical cleric Anjem Choudary was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for supporting Islamic State. The 49-year-old has been an outspoken leader of radical Islam for two decades, regularly posting videos on YouTube and protesting outside the U.S. embassy on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, but staying within the […]readmore
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she will not be visiting Mexico before the November election. Her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, went there last week after Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto invited both potential future U.S. leaders to discuss relations between the neighboring countries. Clinton told ABC News on Monday that she will instead […]readmore
VOA News Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday that a comment he made involving vulgar language came across as a personal attack against U.S. President Barack Obama. «Our primary intention is to chart an independent foreign policy while promoting closer ties with all nations, especially the U.S., with which we have a long standing […]readmore
Providence, RI – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, and Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea today called for an end to unchecked corporate spending in elections at a roundtable discussion about federal campaign finance reform. The event, which was held at Save the Bay’s headquarters in Providence, was hosted […]readmore
RI – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent, of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on Sunday, September 4, 2016, members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force arrested a Providence man for Possession of 23.5 kilograms of narcotics and weapon charges. On September 4, 2015 at […]readmore
Rhode Island – El Alcalde de Providence Jorge Elorza estuvo desde tempranas horas de la mañana del martes, en el primer día de clases, en el garaje de autobuses escolares de la Compañía First Students para ver que todo funcionara como es debido. El Alcalde Elorza abordo un autobús junto a Chris Maher superintendente de […]readmore
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico 1. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a tropical wave located over eastern Caribbean have decreased since yesterday. Although strong winds, possibly to tropical storm force, could still be occurring in association with this system, development of the wave is unlikely while it moves westward […]readmore