Breaking News Today

My apologies for the abrupt end to the Breaking News podcast. It has become financially impossible for me to continue these daily updates. I might be able to do a weekly update, but I would need the support from more listeners to generate a weekly recording. For some of you my podcasts may have, in[...]

The Pentagon on Friday announced it will deploy additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as President Donald Trump has at least for now put off any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi oil industry. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told[...]

The United States said on Thursday it was building a coalition to deter Iranian threats following a weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. Iran has warned President Donald Trump against being dragged into a war in the Middle East and said it would meet any offensive action with a crushing response. Secretary of State[...]

President Donald Trump ordered a major increase in sanctions on Iran on Wednesday as Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in a crippling attack on its oil sites, “unquestionably sponsored” by Tehran. Trump's order followed repeated U.S. assertions that the Islamic Republic was behind Saturday’s attack and came hours[...]

A bomb blast killed at least 24 people at a campaign rally for Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, on Tuesday. At least 31 other people were wounded. Ghani was inside a building when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated the bomb outside. Ghani has been campaigning in his re-election bid mostly by video conference ahead[...]

Weekend drone strikes on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure have effectively wiped out about 5 percent of the global daily production, sending oil prices skyrocketing to historic levels Monday. The attacks at an oil processing facility at Abqaiq and an oil field at Khurais on Saturday knocked out nearly 6 million barrels of daily crude production.[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

I am taking some time off for vacation - so this podcast will not be available again on a daily basis until mid September. I appreciate the support received from listeners worldwide, and I am humbled that some of you are using this podcast to sharpen your English language skills. I am also grateful for[...]

Hurricane Dorian strengthened Friday into a Category 3 storm with top sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center said Dorian is expected to strengthen into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 with winds of almost 140 mph (225 kph) and slam the coast late Monday or early Tuesday — nearly 10 mph[...]

The National Hurricane Center said on Thursday that Hurricane Dorian will continue to strengthen and become a highly dangerous Category 4 hurricane over the Labor Day weekend, threatening the Bahamas, as well as the Atlantic coast of central and south Florida. After sparing Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands from serious damage as a Category[...]

The Taliban said on Wednesday it was close to an agreement with U.S. officials on a deal that would see U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan in exchange for a Taliban promise that the country would not become a haven for international militants. Two sources with knowledge of the negotiations said the U.S. special representative for[...]

Opposition lawmakers in the UK declared Tuesday they will work together to try to stop a departure from the European Union without an agreement, setting up a legislative challenge to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his promise to complete the divorce by Oct. 31— come what may. Some 160 lawmakers have signed a declaration pledging[...]