Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have been justified in shooting down Russian fighter jets that flew metres from US warships.
Two unarmed Russian SU-24 fighter jets violated military standards by making multiple close-range passes “buzzing” a US Navy destroyer and a Polish helicopter in the Baltic Ocean on Monday and Tuesday.
Paul Ryan, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, has ended weeks of speculation by announcing he will not be making a run for presidency.
The Syrian ceasefire agreement is under threat amidst a fresh outbreak of fighting outside the northern city of Aleppo ahead of scheduled peace talks set to resume in Geneva tomorrow.
Iceland’s Prime Minister has resigned after the Panama Papers showed he owned an offshore business that he failed to declare when entering parliament in 2009.