usa
UK group warns of Oman Sea incident as Japan PM visits Iran
Dubai, Jun 13 (AP/UNB) — A U.K. maritime safety group warned Thursday of an unspecified incident in the Gulf of Oman and urged "extreme caution" amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran and a high-stakes visit by the Japanese prime minister to Iran.
At least 60 ice seals found dead along west Alaska coast
Anchorage, Jun 13 (AP/UNB) — At least 60 ice seals have been found dead along Alaska's west coast and federal biologists on Wednesday were trying to determine the cause.
US gift to China questions enforcement of N. Korea sanctions
Washington, Jun 12 (AP/UNB) — The meeting between acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and his Chinese counterpart began with all the hallmarks of a routine staged and scripted session between two uneasy rivals.
Pilot who crashed helicopter radioed he was lost
New York, Jun 12 (AP/UNB) — The pilot killed when his helicopter hit the roof of a New York City skyscraper in rain and fog radioed that he was lost and trying to get back to the heliport but couldn't find it, an official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Mexico says Guard deployment beginning, forms migrant team
Tapachula, Jun 12 (AP/UNB) — Mexican officials said Tuesday they are beginning deployment of the country's new National Guard for immigration enforcement, an accelerated commitment of a 6,000-strong force made as part of an agreement with the United States to head off threatened U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico.
Dallas crane collapse victim identified as 29-year-old woman
Dallas, Jun 11 (AP/UNB) — Residents in North Texas began to come to grips Monday with the widespread damage left after a sudden thunderstorm bearing near hurricane-strength winds rolled through the area and collapsed a crane onto an apartment complex, killing one person and injuring five others.
Helicopter crashes on roof of NYC skyscraper, killing pilot
New York, Jun 11 (AP/UNB) — A helicopter crashed on the roof of a rain-shrouded midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, killing the pilot and briefly triggering memories of 9/11, after an erratic trip across some of the nation's most restricted airspace. Authorities said they did not suspect terrorism.
US carrier in Persian Gulf region sends clear signal to Iran
Aboard The Uss Abraham Lincoln, Jun 9 (AP/UNB) — Under a starry sky, U.S. Navy fighter jets catapulted off the aircraft carrier's deck and flew north over the darkened waters of the northern Arabian Sea, a unmistaken signal to Iran that the foremost symbol of the American military's global reach is back in its neighborhood, perhaps to stay.
Trump's Mexico deal: a political win, even if it falls short
Washington, Jun 9 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump's deal to avert his threatened tariffs on Mexico includes few new solutions to swiftly stem the surge of Central American migrants flowing over America's southern border.
Mexico: Country has 'dignity intact' after US tariff deal
Tijuana, Jun 9 (AP/UNB) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was reluctantly prepared to slap retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods if negotiators in Washington had failed to strike a deal, addressing a boisterous celebratory rally Saturday in the border city of Tijuana.