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"Provocative" Russian Jet Comes Within 5 Feet Of US Recon Aircraft

"Provocative" Russian Jet Comes Within 5 Feet Of US Recon Aircraft

Just two days after a US fighter jet shot a Syrian army aircraft out of the sky, and Russia halts cooperation with US military, an armed Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in the Baltic Sea on Monday, two U.S. officials told Fox News.

In the latest in a long series of close encounters, FOX News reports the Russian Su-27 jet had missiles under its wings and approached the U.S. Air Force RC-135 recon jet "rapidly," coming within five feet of the American aircraft, the officials said.

US Drops Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb For The First Time On ISIS In Afghanistan

At roughly 7pm local time, the United States military for the first time ever, used a GBU-43 bomb to target caves and tunnels in Aghanistan, denying operational space to ISIS, Sean Spicer said during a press briefing.

Iraq Denies US Air Raid Killed Over 200 Civilians In Mosul

Iraq Denies US Air Raid Killed Over 200 Civilians In Mosul

Two days after the US military confirmed that a coalition airstrike may have killed as many as 240 civilians in a March 17 Mosul air raid, the Pentagon found an unexpected defender when the Iraqi military said on Sunday a blast that killed scores of civilians in western Mosul was triggered by an Islamic State booby trap, contradicting local officials and residents who claimed a U.S.-led coalition airstrike caused the deaths.

An Iraqi man inspected damage on Sunday in the Mosul al-Jadeeda neighborhood of the northern city, Mosul

Mexico Denies Claims Trump Threatened To Send In US Military

The Mexican government denies a report by the Associated Press that alleges US President Donald Trump threatened President Enrique Pena Nieto with US military action to deal with the “bad hombres down there,” if Mexico was not willing to. Referring to drug trafficking across the border, Trump allegedly told Pena Nieto “You aren’t doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared.

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