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  Senior Airman Roger Fortson enlisted in the US Air Force in November 2019 Florida police have publicly released body camera footage from a deputy sheriff who fatally shot a US Air Force member at his home. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was 23 years old, was taken to a hospital where he died, officials said. A lawyer for the victim's family, citing a witness, alleged the police burst into the wrong home. Police have disputed the claim and said the deputy reacted in self-defence after he saw Fortson armed with a gun. The airman was shot on 3 May at his home, located 5 miles (8km) from the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, where he is based. The deputy who shot him - whom police have not named - has since been placed on administrative leave. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said the shooting was being investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State Attorney's Office. Mr Aden promised to provide "transparency and accountability...

  Close alert Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD strives for direction as uncertainty over Fed rate cuts deepenGold price is slightly up near $2,315 even though the US Dollar recovers sharply. Worsening Middle East tensions keep the downside in the Gold price supported. The US Dollar recovers after Fed Kashkari’s hawkish guidance on interest rates. Gold price (XAU/USD) struggles for a direction in Wednesday’s London session. The precious metal is stuck in a tight range slightly above the crucial support of $2,300. The yellow metal is up marginally by 0.10% despite a strong recovery in the US Dollar. Generally, the appeal for dollar-denominated Gold weakens when the US Dollar rises.  The US Dollar Index  (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, recovers to 105.50. A hawkish guidance from Minneapolis Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank President Neel Kashkari on interest rates, delivered on Tuesday, boosted the US Dollar’s appeal. Neel Kashkari said he wants...

  Even without a full-scale Israeli ground invasion, Rafah's medical facilities have been overwhelmed. Medics say more than a million people sheltering in the southern Gaza city are at risk of being deprived of healthcare after the Israeli military began a "limited" operation against Hamas on its eastern outskirts on Monday. The largest of the city's three partially functioning hospitals, Abu Youssef al-Najjar, had to be hastily abandoned the following day after staff received an evacuation order and there was fighting nearby. The hospital's dialysis department had been the only surviving one in Gaza, a lifeline for patients suffering kidney failure. The Israeli advance has also cut off access to the nearby European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis, where critical patients were being referred for surgery, as well as the nearby Rafah and Kerem Shalom border crossings. With the Emirati maternity hospital in Rafah busy delivering dozens of babies each day, the Kuwaiti Sp...

Pro-Palestine students are calling for a labor strike at the New School and a stoppage on the use of the school’s resources online and in person.  A Refaat Alareer Faculty Solidarity Encampment was installed on May 8, 2024 at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan. (Juliette Fairley/The Epoch Times The 25-year-old was on foot with no jacket and nothing in his back pocket but a wallet. “I went home as soon as our student encampment was swept and home for me is Ridgewood [in Queens, New York] but I’m from Oakland, California,” Mr. Medeiros told The Epoch Times. The 5th year student in the BA/BFA dual degree program was back at the private research university on May 8 calling for a labor strike and a pause on the use of the school’s resources online and in person. “We will not rest until this university commits to truly protecting its students by keeping cops off campus,” Mr. Medeiros said during a press conference in front of the New School on Wednesday. “ We will not rest ...

 NASA Satellite Image: NASA has released before and after satellite images showing the effects of the recent floods in Dubai. The Landsat 9 satellite captured large pools of floodwater that remained after heavy rainfall last week.   Record rainfall and water issues: Dubai experienced a year and a half of rain in just 24 hours, highlighting the Gulf's complex relationship with water. These include challenges such as climate change, groundwater extraction, and sustainable use patterns.   Post-Flood Health Concerns: Water-borne diseases are on the rise after flash floods. The country is focusing on recovery efforts and addressing health concerns arising from extreme weather.   For more detailed updates, you can refer to the given reference.

  Even if all parties involved do not want all-out war, history shows that it can still happen. Iranian soldiers take part in an Army Day parade in Tehran on April 17, 2024 [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News The Middle East has been waiting with bated breath for Israel’s response to Iran’s attack last weekend as the spectre of regional conflict seems closer than ever. That spectre has waxed and waned since the war on Gaza began in October with the fear that it would spiral into a regional war, dragging in Iran and its allies as well as Western countries such as the United States. In the six months that have followed, there has been violence in the wider Middle East with tit-for-tat attacks between Israel and Iran-backed forces, primarily the Lebanese group Hezbollah. These attacks follow a regular pattern with each violent incident marking a gradual climb up the escalating ladder.   Missiles and drones are fired deeper and deeper into Lebanon and Israel, but each side takes some...