Friday, April 19, 2024

Iran-linked Popular Mobilization Forces report explosion at military command post near Baghdad

Rows of soldiers in green uniforms and holding rifles over their shoulders march in a procession.

Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces said its command post at Kalso military base, about 50 km south of Baghdad, was hit by a huge explosion late on Friday, and two security sources said it resulted from an air strike.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iraq-strike-popular-mobilization-forces-1.7179880?cmp=rss

Video appearing to show MLB coach inside cockpit of Toronto-bound flight prompts probe

A November 2023 file photo shows United Airlines planes at a Newark, N.J., airport.

Federal transportation officials in the U.S. are investigating an unauthorized in-flight cockpit visit by a coach for the Colorado Rockies baseball team during a United Airlines charter flight last week from Denver to Toronto.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rockies-coach-denver-toronto-flight-1.7179816?cmp=rss

Man sets himself on fire outside N.Y. courthouse where Trump trial being held

A police officer uses a fire extinguisher outside the New York court house where former U.S. president Donald Trump's hush-money trial is being held.

A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial was taking place, witnesses said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-trial-jury-man-fire-1.7179124?cmp=rss