President Donald Trump moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday, firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up and eliminated all the members of a key aviation security advisory group. Trump’s immigration policy changes drew the most attention at DHS, but he is also…
A rare and powerful snowstorm has blanketed most of the Gulf Coast in the United States, bringing record-breaking snowfall to regions unaccustomed to extreme winter weather. From Texas to Florida, the storm has disrupted daily life, with some areas experiencing their heaviest snow in over 130 years. Florida saw a historic snowfall with Milton, north…
NEW ORLEANS: A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways, grounding nearly all flights and canceling school for millions of students more used to hurricane dismissals than snow days. The storm prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal…
The Trump administration has fired US Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an Armed Forces branch, for putting diversity issues over border security, Fox News Digital reported on Tuesday. The report said she had been terminated by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman. The White House and Homeland…
NEW DELHI: Three Coast Guard personnel were killed after their ‘Dhruv’ advanced light helicopter (ALH) crashed at Porbandar in Gujarat on Sunday afternoon, raising questions once again about the indigenous twin-engine choppers that have been grounded a few times after a string of accidents earlier.The ALH Mark-III chopper was returning from a routine training sortie…
The Transportation Department said Friday it will hit JetBlue Airways with a $2 million penalty for chronically late flights along the East Coast, and half the money will go to passengers who were delayed. The agency said it’s the first time it has fined an airline for chronic delays on specific routes, which it blamed…
A third endangered whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the East Coast, marking an alarming end to the year for a species threatened with extinction. The whales are North Atlantic right whales, which number fewer than 400 and are vulnerable to ship collisions and entanglement in gear. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
NEW DELHI: The Coast Guard has seized two Bangladeshi trawlers with 78 fishermen, who were engaged in illegal fishing in Indian waters, in what was described as “a significant operation aimed at safeguarding maritime security” by the force.A Coast Guard ship, on a patrol along the international maritime boundary line (IMBL), spotted the “suspicious activity”…
Syrian government forces withdrew from the key city of Homs on Saturday, marking a significant setback for President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Insurgents continued to press towards the capital, Damascus, raising concerns about the collapse of Assad’s government, news agency Reuters reported. The withdrawal from Homs followed a rapid series of defeats for Syrian government forces,…
A fiery crash involving two minibuses in the Ivory Coast on Friday killed at least 26 people and injured 28 more, authorities said. The two vehicles collided in Brokoua, a village in the centre west of the country, the transportation ministry said in a statement without providing further details. However, the statement said an investigation…