US Central Command said that an F-15 fighter jet flew about 1,000 meters from an Iranian passenger airliner over Syria, while conducting what it called a “standard visual inspection” of the aircraft. In a release early Friday, CENTCOM spokesman Navy Capt. Bill Urban said that the F-15 was on a ...
China on Friday ordered the closure of the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu in retaliation for America shuttering Beijing’s diplomatic mission in Houston this week. The move was a “legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States”, the foreign ministry said in a ...