[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump defended Gina Haspel, his nominee to head the CIA, on Monday, dismissing criticism of her involvement in a harsh interrogation program and arguing that Democrats want her out because she “is too tough on terror.” Haspel had offered to withdraw her nomination, administration officials said, amid concern that a debate…
[ad_1] In a patriotic message of self-sufficiency, the Russian president, 65, scrapped his old Mercedes S600 in favour of a black Kortezh when he was sworn into six more years in power. In a shock move that gave the West the finger, the luxury super-car signalled a shift in Russia’s relationships with Britain, America and…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump says he will announce his decision on whether to keep the U.S. in the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday. Trump is facing a self-imposed May 12 deadline over whether to uphold the 2015 nuclear deal, which he long has criticized. Trump has signalled he will pull out of the agreement…
[ad_1] Jamie hauled her back into the boat and bound what was left of her arm with a makeshift tourniquet before his wife-tobe was rushed to hospital. Zanele, 25, a former national tennis player for Zimbabwe and British-born Jamie were planning to get married at Victoria Falls. Despite the horrifying accident, the pair were married…
[ad_1] The United Nations mission to Afghanistan said Monday that 30 children were among those killed in an Afghan air raid last month that officials said targeted insurgents. UNAMA released a report saying that a total of 36 people were killed in the April 2 attack, which it said targeted a religious ceremony attended by hundreds…
[ad_1] Dramatic images have shown terrifying rivers of molten lava cascading down slopes toward people’s homes on Hawaii’s Big Island. Officials told residents to “go now” in an emergency mobile alert sent out on Sunday night local time as a new fissure opened in Leilani Estates. The populated area, approximately 12 miles east of Kilauea,…
[ad_1] A devastating series of earthquakes in a 24 hour period caused Kilauea to erupt on Thursday, forcing thousands of locals to flee their homes to escape the lava flow. The volcano, situated in the southern region of Big Island, has been active for more than 35 years, finally erupting after a sustained period of…
[ad_1] Researchers studying a trail of fossilized footprints on a remote New Mexico salt flat have determined the tracks tell the story of a group of Ice Age hunters stalking a giant sloth. Park naturalist David Bustos says the series of tracks and adult and children’s footprints found at White Sands National Monument shows someone…
[ad_1] New radar scans have provided conclusive evidence that there are no hidden rooms inside King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber, Egypt’s antiquities ministry said Sunday, bringing a disappointing end to years of excitement over the prospect. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said an Italian team conducted extensive studies with ground-penetrating radar…
[ad_1] Many restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores and movie theaters across the United States are required starting on Monday to clearly display food calorie counts as part of a push to trim expanding American waistlines and control healthcare costs. Almost 37 per cent of U.S. adults are obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obesity raises the risk of…
[ad_1] Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shia rebels targeted the presidential palace in the heart of the Yemeni capital on Monday, leaving at least six people dead and 30 wounded, according to health officials. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said…
[ad_1] Emergency authorities battling lava flows and gas erupting from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano told some residents to “go now” as a new fissure opened and more structures were destroyed. Kilauea has destroyed 26 homes and forced 1,700 people to leave their residences since it erupted on Thursday, spewing lava and toxic gas from volcanic vents…
[ad_1] The vent, the eighth to open up in recent days, opened up 12 miles from the volcano in the Leilani Estates causing residents to get an alert to their phones telling them to flee to avoid being poisoned by life-threatening sulphur dioxide gas. No major fatalities or injuries have been reported from the volcano,…
[ad_1] Six weeks after a catastrophic fire took away everything that was precious to him, Igor Vostrikov can hardly bear to return to his home and see his life as it once was. It’s as if his apartment in the central Russian city of Kemerovo is frozen in time. “I just want everything to stay where it is.…
[ad_1] U.S. Embassy road signs went up in Jerusalem on Monday ahead of next week’s opening of the mission in accordance with President Donald Trump’s recognition of the city as Israel’s capital. Trump says he is making good on U.S. legislation and presidential pledges dating back decades. Other world powers have not done so, sidestepping…
[ad_1] Vladimir Putin was sworn in Monday for another six years as Russian president, buoyed by popular support but weighed down by a costly confrontation with the West, a fragile economy and uncertainty about what happens when his term ends. Standing in the ornately decorated Andreyevsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, with his hand on…
[ad_1] Malaysia’s general election on Wednesday will be an extraordinary contest, pitting a 92-year-old former authoritarian leader and a jailed reformist he fell out with 20 years ago against a prime minister who has been mired in a multi-billion-dollar scandal. Few doubt that Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which has ruled Malaysia…
[ad_1] The Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its allies scored significant gains in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon while the Western-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s Future Movement sustained losses, according to preliminary and unofficial results published in Lebanese media Monday. The results, which are more or less expected to match the official count, show that Hariri,…
[ad_1] Viktor Orban said on Monday the main task of his new government will be to preserve Hungary’s security and Christian culture, sticking to his nationalist policy to keep out migrants and fend off what he calls foreign meddling. The right-wing prime minister, 54, was re-elected for a third straight term in an election last…
[ad_1] The youngster died as a result of his injuries after being admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit. His parents lived on the Algarve and the child was born in Portugal and had Portuguese nationality. A police source said it was thought to have been an accident while the parents were sleeping. An investigation…
[ad_1] Mr Selmayr’s appointment to the powerful role, making him the Commission’s top civil servant with 33,000 staff reporting to him, irritated many who believe he was fast-tracked into his post without any effort to identify alternative candidates. The European Parliament last month approved a resolution stating that the move “could be viewed as a…
[ad_1] The head of the Political Expert Group think tank in Moscow, Konstantin Kalachev, insisted that Mr Putin “serving another six years is a road to nowhere” as he forecast a “surprise” when the leader eventually hands over the reigns of Russia leadership to a successor. He stated: “For Putin to write his place in…
[ad_1] The document, revealed by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), highlighted India’s defence spending has increased by 5.5 per cent to £47 billion ($63.9 billion) in 2017, giving India one of the world’s top five military budgets. The report said: “The Indian government plans to expand, modernise and enhance the operational capability of…
[ad_1] Officials have declared the number of buildings struck by the horrifying natural disaster was increased following an aerial survey of the region. Such an update marks a significant rise in the damage caused by the Kilauea volcano. On Sunday it emerged that five buildings had been struck by red-hot lava as the number of…
[ad_1] The hermit kingdom’s official news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman who warned recent American claims are a “dangerous attempt” to ruin a prospective detente on the Korean peninsula. The official added the US was deliberately provoking the North by suggesting sanctions will not be lifted until Kim Jong-un surrenders his devastating weapons arsenal.…
[ad_1] The French president stated that if the Republican firebrand fully withdraws from the deal “it could mean war”. He explained: “That would mean opening Pandora’s box, it could mean war.” However, Mr Macron hinted that the President may refrain from fully removing the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as he…
[ad_1] Some of the almost 2,000 people that have abandoned their homes were allowed to make a journey back during a 10 hour window. The Hawaii County Civil Defence Agency warned that “this is not the time for sightseeing” as it urged residents to act hastily. However, the area of Lanipuna Gardens remained off-limits for…
[ad_1] Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was wounded Sunday in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman linked to a new ultra-religious Muslim party — an incident likely to raise tensions before an election expected in late July. Violence has been a feature of pre-election periods in Pakistan over the past decade, mainly due to Islamist assassinations…
[ad_1] The over-the-top sartorial choices at the annual Met Gala are meant to spark discussion but this year’s religious theme might just invite more than the usual. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Polish rescue workers on Sunday found the bodies of two miners after an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland. Three other miners remain missing some 900 metres below ground since the tremor hit Saturday morning in the mine, located in the town of Jastrzebie-Zdroj, close to Poland’s border with the Czech Republic.…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday he would not rule out the possibility that payments were made to women other than porn star Stormy Daniels to get them to stay silent about accusations against Trump. Giuliani told ABC’s This Week that he had no knowledge of whether former Trump attorney Michael…
[ad_1] Iran’s hardliners are preparing to bring President Hassan Rouhani to heel if U.S. President Donald Trump scraps Tehran’s nuclear deal with major powers, officials and analysts believe. Trump has threatened to abrogate the 2015 agreement by not extending sanctions waivers when they expire on May 12, if Britain, France and Germany do not “fix”…
[ad_1] Hawaii volcano Kilauea has been erupting consistently for over 48 hours, with experts warning pockets of lava could continue to form across the Big Island for months. Shocking new footage shows molten-hot lava waves spouting out of a thick crack in the pavement close to a residential area. Electricity cables can be seen disappearing…
[ad_1] Stormy Daniels made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to deliver a message to President Donald Trump: “A storm’s a coming, baby.” The porn actress, who says she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 and was paid $130,000 US the month before he was elected to stay silent about it, delivered the warning…
[ad_1] Men accused of kidnapping and raping the 16-year-old at a wedding ceremony in Chatra, Jharkhand, bludgeoned the victim’s parents when they were slapped with an appalling £550 fine before setting the teenager alight when finding her home alone, CBS News reports. Ashok Ram, the officer in charge of the local police station, told the…
[ad_1] The leader of a NATO training exercise has warned its members World War 3 will not be triggered with a military target, but a cyber attack on civilian populations. NATO has recently completed its annual cyber-attack training exercise ‘Locked Shields’ which prepares member states for the scenario of a devastating cyber attack. National teams work…
[ad_1] In a speech to the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday, Mr Trump imitated the shooting of victims in the Paris attack and said if civilians had been armed “it would have been a whole different story.” The French government has issued its strongest criticism of the US President since he took office and…
[ad_1] A bomb blast inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan that was being used as a voter registration centre killed at least 12 people and wounded 33, officials said. Habib Shah Ansari, the provincial head of public health, confirmed the toll from the attack, which took place in the city of Khost, the capital of…
[ad_1] The quake, which has forced nearly 2,000 people to evacuate, was the most powerful to hit the US state since 1975. It briefly cut power but there was no tsunami warning. Eruptions linked to the Kilauea volcano have increased, destroying homes and forcing mass evacuations on the island. The US Geological Survey (USGS) has…
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of Lebanese began casting their ballots Sunday in the first parliamentary elections in nine years, with people lining up early in the morning to take part in a vote that is being fiercely contested between rival groups backed by regional powers. The voting is unlikely to change the existing balance of…
[ad_1] Hundreds of anxious residents on the Big Island of Hawaii have hunkered down for what could be weeks or months of upheaval as the dangers from an erupting Kilauea volcano continued to grow. Lava spurted from volcanic vents, toxic gas filled the air and strong earthquakes — including a magnitude 6.9 temblor on Friday…
[ad_1] Rescue teams have confirmed the death of one Polish coal miner and can see another miner trapped after an earthquake, but three others are still missing, the chief executive of mine owner JSW, Daniel Ozon, said. Ozon told reporters it will take a few hours for rescuers to reach the trapped miner that they can see. It was…
[ad_1] A giraffe has killed a South African filmmaker who was on assignment at a wildlife facility northwest of Johannesburg. Filming agency CallaCrew says Carlos Carvalho was filming a feature on Wednesday at the Glen Afric farm in Broederstroom when he “had a fatal run-in with a giraffe on set.” The agency says Carvalho was…
[ad_1] Mr Carvalho, 47, was airlifted to a hospital 50 miles away, where British safari park owner Mike Hodge has been recovering from a lion attack in Johannesburg at the end of last month. But surgeons were unable to save the director because of the devastating head injuries caused by the giraffe’s horns, known as…
[ad_1] The president told the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas: “I recently read a story that in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital right in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds. “Yes that’s right, they don’t have guns, they have knives. “And instead…
[ad_1] The Foreign Secretary will fly to Washington DC today and engage in talks with Vice President Mike Pence. Ahead of his engagement, Mr Johnson said: “On so many of the world’s foreign policy challenges the UK and US are in lockstep. “We’ve seen this recently with the response to the poisonings in Salisbury, our…
[ad_1] India has repeatedly pleaded with Russia to not sell arms to Pakistan. However, New Delhi has still placed large orders with Vladimir Putin but has previously done so under the condition the superstate does not sell certain arms to its South Asian neighbour. India’s 2016 £4.1 billion ($5.5 billion) S-400 surface-to-air missile deal was…
[ad_1] Timothy Trun was evacuated on Thursday from his farm and described the incident as a “real shocker”. He added that he had “five minutes” to pack his bags as he was urged to reach safety. Mr Trun said: “It’s been a real shocker. “We’re about to enjoy eating dinner, and the cops show up…
[ad_1] Iran has vowed to restrict inspector access to its nuclear sites if Donald Trump pulls the US out of the agreement next week, according to a senior Iranian official. They added that Tehran is believed to have drawn up various possible responses if Donald Trump refuses to extend a waiver on US sanctions on…
[ad_1] Professor Karim Brohi, the head of the Centre for Trauma Sciences’ research team, labelled the comments from the Republican firebrand as “ridiculous”. He stated: “There is more we can all do to combat this violence, but to suggest guns are part of the solution is ridiculous. The professor iterated that “knife violence is a…
[ad_1] Officials have confirmed a third house was damaged by spewing lava – the number of fissures torn open by the horrifying volcanic activity has risen to eight. The latest building to be ravaged by the eruptions means a total of five have so far felt the full wrath of Kilauea. The mayor of Hawaii…
[ad_1] Sign up for the Royal Fascinator newsletter: Your invitation to royal wedding news and analysis ahead of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials, delivered to your inbox.http://cbc.ca/royalfascinator Britain’s Royal Family released the first two official photographs of newly born Prince Louis on Sunday, one of which shows him being held by his sister Princess…
[ad_1] The White House issued a statement slamming a letter the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration was understood to have sent to the US and 36 foreign air carriers and demanding a number of changes to them are made. The carriers were ordered to remove references on websites or in other material that suggests Taiwan, Hong…
[ad_1] A least nine other workers were injured in the horrific incident in Marwaarh, east of the city of Quetta in Balochistan. The bodies are believed to be remain trapped under tons of rubble, with emergency services deployed to dig out the victims, officials said. Mines in Balochistan are notorious for their poor safety records,…
[ad_1] As Mr Macron celebrated the first anniversary of his presidential victory, riot police were deployed to deal with a 2,000-strong army of demonstrators, who were holding a tongue-in-cheek “celebration”. The revolt, which had began peacefully with rallies in Toulouse and Bordeaux as well as a mass picnic, saw tempers flare when a McDonald’s restaurant…
[ad_1] Investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller have interviewed one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s closest friends and confidants, California real estate investor Tom Barrack, The Associated Press has learned. Barrack was interviewed as part of the federal investigation of possible co-ordination between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, according to…
[ad_1] Hawaii’s Big Island remains on high alert on Saturday after the Kilauea volcano spewed lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds to evacuate, and a series of earthquakes, including a powerful tremor, shook the island. Scientists and local officials warned residents that seismic and volcanic activity may continue after a 6.9 tremor shook buildings on the island’s southeast corner a…
[ad_1] Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson underwent emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage on Saturday, the English Premier League club said. The 76-year-old Ferguson retired from managing in 2013 after almost 27 years in charge of United but he has continued to regularly attend matches and participate in UEFA coaching initiatives. “Sir Alex…
[ad_1] The explosion ripped through a street in the town of Deir al-Balah, leaving five Palestinians dead. The dead and injured were taken to a nearby hospital, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The cause of the explosion has not been confirmed. This is a breaking story, more to follow… [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Suneel Saleem was killed at Services Hospital in Lahore, where he attended with his heavily pregnant sister Kiran. Kiran said doctors initially ignored her in the waiting room – possibly as a result of her faith, evident by a crucifix necklace – before she finally complained. At this point, she claims, the doctors furiously…
[ad_1] The Hawaiian Mount Kilauea volcano triggered the most powerful tremour to hit the US since 1975, a 6.9 earthquake. A Volcano expert, and owner of Epic Lava Tours, John Tarson told Radio 4 Today: “There is definitely a sense of panic in the community. “The gas stations have lines around the corner, as do…
[ad_1] Leading scientists from the US Government have warned tourists on Hawaii’s Big Island that a shock escalation in the strength of earthquakes could devastate the island. A number of strong earthquakes hit the Big Island a day after the eruption of the Kilauea volcano. One of the tremors was a 6.9 magnitude quake, south-east…
[ad_1] Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has continued to unleash deadly-hot molten lava onto busy streets, amid fears amongst experts that the volcanic explosions could escalate. The entire Big Island remains on high alert today, including the Leilani Estates, where some 1,700 residents were forced to evacuate. The widespread devastation following the eruptions, which started on Thursday,…
[ad_1] Four coal miners were rescued but seven others are missing after a tremor struck a mine in southern Poland, a spokeswoman for a coal mining company said Saturday. A rescue operation was launched at 11:25 a.m. local time Saturday after a tremor occurred at the Zofiowka coal mine, said Katarzyna Jablonska-Bajer of the Jastrzebie…
[ad_1] Jean-Claude Juncker was interrupted by a protester furious at his praise of Karl Marx, as the EU chief delivered a speech in defence of the controversial German philosopher. The President of the European Commission dismissed claims that Marx’s ideas that led to atrocities around the world. During a speech lauding his legacy, the EU chief said…
[ad_1] Hawaii volcano Kilauea has been spouting lava into residential areas for over a day forcing locals to evacuate to escape rivers of molten-hot magma. With five active volcanoes in Hawaii, locals are used to volcanic activity but the scale of Mount Kilauea’s eruption has caused distress Volcanologist Dr Janine Krippner warned the worst might…
[ad_1] Thousands of demonstrators crowded into one of Moscow’s main squares on Saturday as part of nationwide protests against the upcoming inauguration of President Vladimir Putin to a new term. Police in riot gear waded into the crowd on Pushkin Square and were seen grabbing some demonstrators and leading them away, but there were no…
[ad_1] There were chaotic scenes in Moscow after opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who had called for protests in more than 90 towns and cities, was arrested at a rally. Riot police forced their way into the crowd and arrest Mr Navalny and other protestors. His supporters have denounced the detention as “illegal”. Authorities usually view…
[ad_1] Hawaii volcano Mount Kilauea spent a day spewing lava into residential areas forcing residents to evacuate to escape the molten magma threatening their lives and homes. Incredible footage recorded in Leilani Estates on Hawaii’s Big Island shows a bursting pocket of lava spouting into the air from a crack in the pavement. The video shows…
[ad_1] A Georgia inmate executed Friday for a 1996 shotgun slaying twitched briefly as the lethal injection flowed into his body and groaned, “It burns, man.” Robert Earl Butts Jr., 40, was declared dead by a prison warden at 9:58 p.m. after the compounded barbiturate pentobarbital was injected into his body. Prison officials said he…
[ad_1] The European Union has set itself on a collision course with Hungary and Poland after announcing plans which could see states betraying “EU values” subject to financial penalties. Eurosceptic MP Nigel Evans issued a stern warning to Brussels, suggesting that the “bossy behaviour” Eurocrats have towards the Eastern states could ultimately lead to the “destruction”…
[ad_1] The escalating trade war between the two most powerful economies in the world could have devastating consequences for global markets. However, Federico Rampini, economy expert and journalist at Italian daily Repubblica, said the US President was “right” in his decision to attack Beijing with tariffs on exports. Mr Rampini said: “China has been practising…
[ad_1] A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which hit at a depth of 30 km (18 miles), about 50 km north-northwest of Pandan, on the island of Catanduanes. USGS earlier put the quake at…
[ad_1] Ireland’s Brian Hayes said the EU had “failed to respond” to the migrant crisis at its peak in 2015 and 2016 and more needed to be done to protect the vulnerable this coming summer. The Dublin MEP for the Fine Gael party said the migrant issue “has not gone away” and urged immediate action…
[ad_1] Hawaii Electric Light stated that over 14,000 customers had lost power on the Big Island following the earthquake that shook the US state. Rhea Lee-Moku, a spokeswoman for the company, said: “It’s kind of like being on some kind of carnival ride if you will. We are being shaken all the time. “We’ve had…
[ad_1] The meeting will discuss the Republican firebrand’s talks with North Korea, suggesting Mr Moon could offer some vital advice to the US. The White House said in a statement: “President Trump and President Moon will continue their close coordination on developments regarding the Korean Peninsula following the April 27 inter-Korean Summit.” The US president’s…
[ad_1] The state’s County Civil Defence Agency stated that a slew of tremors were responsible for “four to five” landslides along the Big Island’s Hamakua Coast. Talmadge Magno, Hawaii’s Civil Defence Administrator, stated: “That’s part of being on an active volcano, unfortunately.” He added that two buildings have been destroyed in Leilani Estates. One of…
[ad_1] He added: “Right now the focus is, understandably, on the DPRK’s nuclear weapons, but at some point the nuclear safety issue should also be included on the negotiations agenda. “The ideal format to talk about the safety of North Korea’s civilian nuclear program would be a multilateral arrangement, possibly based on the Six-Party Talks…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump offered his latest teaser Friday for a historic summit with North Korea: The time and place have been set, but he’s not saying when and where. The White House did, however, announce the details of a separate meeting later this month between Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, as…
[ad_1] The US Geological Survey declared that the huge natural disaster occurred at 12.32pm local time on Friday. The earthquake was initially reported at a 6.0 magnitude but was later upgraded to 6.9. It was later downgraded to a 5.8 magnitude in the USGS’ latest revision. Hawaii’s County Civil Defence Agency insisted the incident was…
[ad_1] The Republican firebrand explained that if “one employee, or one patron had a gun” to defend themselves against the horrifying incident, it would have been a “whole different story”. He stated: “If one employee, or one patron had a gun, or if one person in this room had been there with a gun, aimed…
[ad_1] Mr Bush was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on April 22, the day after the funeral for his wife Barbara Bush. The former president has remained at Houston Methodist Hospital for nearly two weeks with an infection. He said on Thursday “the second I get the green light I’m outta here”. Mr Bush tweeted:…
[ad_1] Police said they believe that an armed man is held up in his apartment. Houston Police tweeted: “HPD SWAT and Hostage Negotiation Team responding a scene in the 5900 block of Fondren. “Preliminary information is a male suspect, believed to be armed, is barricaded alone inside his apartment. “PIO en route.” Police said the…
[ad_1] Kilauea volcano in Hawaii could be on the verge of an eruption after a series of earthquakes were detected. More than 250 earthquakes were recorded in recent days, including a magnitude 4.2 earthquake in the Puna district, which shook the coast on Tuesday morning. About 50 earthquakes were recorded on Wednesday morning alone the…
[ad_1] Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said her visit Friday to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh left her “more convinced than ever of the necessity of a comprehensive, international response to this tragedy.” Freeland is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh. She’s set to address the upcoming 45th Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation…
[ad_1] Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law on Friday a bill outlawing abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which often occurs at six weeks and before a woman even realizes she is pregnant, and Reynolds acknowledged the likelihood of a court challenge. The measure, which Iowa’s Republican-controlled state legislature passed on Wednesday, is…
[ad_1] The Trump administration said on Friday it will end temporary protections for immigrants in the United States from Honduras on Jan. 5, 2020, leaving as many as 57,000 people vulnerable to deportation. It is the latest in a series of decisions by U.S. President Donald Trump to shut down temporary protected status (TPS) granted…
[ad_1] Pentagon officials slapped the Chinese with a formal complaint, demanding Beijing stamp out supposed military-grade laser attacks on US forces in the skies above Djibouti. The allegations, including a claim that two pilots suffered eye injuries in one attack over the east African base, triggered swift denials with China’s defence ministry which said the…
[ad_1] The Hawaii volcano caused an emergency evacuation in the Leilani Estates as a huge ash cloud engulfed the residential area. Resident Kris Burmeister was among the thousands of desperate residents who were forced to evacuate the area surrounding the volcano. Speaking on BBC Radio 4, Mr Burmeister gave a terrifying account of the event…
[ad_1] According to Hawaii News Now, The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory confirmed active volcanic vents have been erupting on Makamae and Mohala streets. Streams of lava have also been seen flowing through woods and onto roads. A crack in the floor near Leilani Estates has been releasing lava and steam towards homes. It seems to have…
[ad_1] Internet users are furious at the European Union’s executive branch’s decision to hand out free rail tickets to 18-year-old Europeans. The DiscoverEU initiative was approved in March when the European Parliament assigned €12 million (£10.5 million) for the project. European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber, who originally proposed the scheme, said: “When we launched…
[ad_1] United States President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Friday a $130,000 US payment another Trump lawyer made to silence adult-film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election did not violate campaign laws, saying it would have been made even if Trump were not running. “The payment was made to resolve a personal…
[ad_1] Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden – dubbed the ‘frugal four’ – are digging their heels in over a wishlist in the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) from 2021 to 2027, which has been unveiled by the EU Commission. The concern stems from the fact that, even though the bloc will be reduced to 27…
[ad_1] A series of terrifying earthquakes rocked the southern Hawaii volcano late on Thursday, May 3, causing massive amounts of damage to the structure of the volcano. More than 250 minor earthquakes struck near the volcano in a matter of hours. The volcano has been under intense seismic pressure for nearly four decades, sewing forth…
[ad_1] The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Friday that its fact-finding mission to Douma brought back samples for analysis at OPCW-designated laboratories — a process that could take at least three to four weeks. The Netherlands-based OPCW says the team will continue work “to collect more information and material.” The organization says…
[ad_1] A federal judge is asking skeptical questions about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s authority to bring charges against former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on tax and bank fraud charges. Manafort’s lawyers argued at a hearing Friday in Alexandria, Va., that the charges are far afield from Mueller’s mandate to investigate Russian meddling in…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he has shifted his position over possible talks with special counsel Robert Mueller, saying his lawyers have advised him against any talks but that he would submit to questioning if it was “fair.” Trump has repeatedly said he wanted to talk to Mueller, a fellow Republican investigating alleged Russian meddling in…
[ad_1] Did you catch what Rudy Giuliani said about Donald Trump in that legally dicey Fox News interview? No, not that Fox News interview. The second, possibly more incriminating one with Fox & Friends the morning after. If Wednesday was bad, legal experts and campaign-finance watchdogs warn that Thursday’s televised appearance was even more legally…
[ad_1] Meghan Markle’s father will walk her down the aisle when the American actress marries Prince Harry this month, and both her parents will meet Queen Elizabeth and senior royals in the run-up to the ceremony, Kensington Palace said on Friday. The bride-to-be’s divorced parents, Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, will have “important roles” in the…
[ad_1] China on Friday denied allegations that its forces targeted U.S. military aircraft with high-powered lasers near China’s military base in Djibouti, resulting in minor injuries to two pilots. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said China had informed the U.S. that “after strict verification, we have told the U.S. side that what they alleged is absolutely…
[ad_1] Mr Juncker said that British staff at EU institutions should be entitled to citizenship or a passport, despite Britain’s impending exit from the bloc in March 2019. The EU chief told Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel that the country must “demonstrate the same generosity”as it has to the EU, when awarding Belgian citizenship to…
[ad_1] Beppe Grillo launched a blistering attack on the EU saying the bloc’s regulations “distort” treaties that were right for EU citizens. Mr Grillo told French magazine Putsch: “Within the Five Star Movement we reflected on key issues such as the European Fiscal Compact, the Eurobond, the Eurobond or the debt-sharing. “If we are a…
[ad_1] With dangers to residents health, safety and welfare, Hawaii county Governor David Ige has signed an emergency proclamation forcing the evacuation of thousands. Steam and lava have poured from a crack in Leilani Estates according to Hawaii County officials, and dangerously high levels of Sulfur Dioxide gas have been detected. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory…
[ad_1] This threat was revealed at a meeting in Dublin when the Irish Minister, Simon Coveney, said his government would not allow any delay after June for an outline of an agreement on the Irish border. The issue of the Irish border has been viewed as the biggest risk to any Brexit deal and has…
[ad_1] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas apologizes after he was accused of anti-Semitism for a speech in which he suggested that historic persecution of European Jews had been caused by their conduct and prominence as bankers, not by their religion. Abbas condemned anti-Semitism and called the Holocaust the “most heinous crime in history” in a statement…
[ad_1] Long before much of the world had grasped the scope of Facebook’s data breach, British MP Damian Collins was writing to CEO Mark Zuckerberg looking for answers. Last October, Collins, the chair of a British inquiry into fake news, sent a letter “politely” requesting information on Russia-linked Facebook accounts in an effort to understand…
[ad_1] Though it awards the Nobel Prize in Literature — one of the richest, most prominent literary honours in the world — the Swedish Academy is typically a secretive group, one that offers up little detail on how it does its work. That process has been upended this year, culminating in the academy announcing Friday that the prize…
[ad_1] Back for a return engagement, President Donald Trump’s address to the National Rifle Association on Friday comes after he temporarily strayed from the group’s strong opposition to tougher gun controls following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., — only to rapidly return to the fold. For the fourth year in a row, Trump will…
[ad_1] Nearly 1,500 residents were ordered to evacuate from their volcano-side homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted, sending molten lava to chew its way through forest land and bubble up on paved streets. Volcano officials couldn’t predict how long Thursday’s eruption may last, prompting Hawaii’s governor to activate the National Guard to help with evacuations…
[ad_1] Turns out all you needed to know about the Trump administration’s trade policies, you could have learned from that iconic classroom scene from the 1980s classic film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Remember the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act? Anyone? Anyone? This week some of the best known and respected economists in the U.S. used that very example to warn…
[ad_1] But the President denied any money from his campaign was used to buy off Stormy Daniels. Asked a month ago if he knew about the £95,000 to Ms Daniels, Mr Trump said: “No.” But yesterday insisting an affair never happened, Mr Trump admitted in a tweet his lawyer Michael Cohen had paid off Ms…
[ad_1] “The actions of Europe is not going to cost more: we are actually saving money because a lot of the expenditure that is not necessary is being spent at a national level because the national member states are doing 28 times the same thing over and over again where Europe can provide an added…
[ad_1] Hundreds of small earthquakes in the region are shaking the eastern side of Hawaii, raising concerns that Kilauea Volcano could erupt imminently. On Thursday morning, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the Big Island, which caused a giant plume of pink smoke to rise from the mountain. Mount Kilauea sits on the largest and southernmost…
[ad_1] Javier Vich, president of the Palma and Cala Major Hoteliers Association, said the 100 per cent increase in the tourist tax took holidaymakers by surprise. He told the Mallorca Daily Bulletin: “The tourists had no kind of information about the increase in the rates, which was why they were surprised. “Receptionists and hotel directors…
[ad_1] Lt. Gen. Jack Weinstein said: “The US Air Force has already conducted 26 engineering, development and guided flight tests.” He added the programme was “doing extremely well”. The B61-12 bomb, which has been in development for the past seven years, will eventually be carried by the B-2 Spirit and the future B-21 Long Range…
[ad_1] Local politicians have warned there could be a “catastrophe” because of the delays caused to ambulances, police and fire engines. And resident Marius Bock, 30, told Bild: “What happens in an emergency when we call an ambulance? “Even an ambulance is no longer allowed to drive past the cliffs once the main road is…
[ad_1] A team of around a dozen Green Berets were sent to Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen in December 2017 after Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly asked the US to help the country locate and destroy Houthi ballistic missile launch sites, according to United States officials and European diplomats. The New York…
[ad_1] Mr Trump has warned that unless European allies rectify the “terrible flaws” in the international accord by May 12, he will refuse to extend US sanctions relief for the oil-producing Islamic Republic. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said: “Iran will not renegotiate what was agreed years ago and has been implemented.” Britain, France…
[ad_1] “Because we’re getting vey big in space both militarily and for other reasons.” His comments are not the first time Mr Trump has floated the idea. Last month he mentioned the idea in passing during a speech in San Diego, although it was thought at the time he may have been joking. Kenneth Rapuano,…
[ad_1] It is understood that two victims from the incident have been taken for medical treatment. The Marin County Sheriff tweeted: “Active shooter in the 900 block of East Blithedale Ave in Mill Valley, please shelter in place. “The scene is an apartment complex with two victims that have been taken from the scene by…
[ad_1] Twitter’s share price dropped by one percent following the news in an extended trade at $30.35. The site’s company advisors have urged its users to enable Twitter’s two-factor authentication service and change their passwords to ensure their accounts are protected. Twitter said: “Out of an abundance of caution, we ask that you consider changing…
[ad_1] Cosby, 80, who was known as “America’s Dad” for his fatherly role on the popular 1980s TV comedy “The Cosby Show,” was convicted last week of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. He faces up to 30 years in prison. Polanski, 84, who won the best director Oscar in 2003 for World…
[ad_1] Beijing has apparently installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three of its outposts in the disputed region, according to US intelligence reports. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said: “We’re well aware of China’s militarisation of the South China Sea. “We’ve raised concerns directly with the Chinese about this and there will…
[ad_1] However, the European Commission has said there is no current mechanism ensuring that EU taxpayers’ money is protected ”in case of deficiencies regarding the rule of law in a member state”. A European Commission statement said: “Only an independent judiciary that upholds the rule of law and legal certainty in all member states can…
[ad_1] There were initial claims at least four people had been injured. But local police later said one had been hurt and the gunman was in custody. The victim, a woman, is in a critical condition in hospital. They wrote: “Dispute at Opry Mills Mall results in gunfire. One person shot. Suspected shooter in custody.…
[ad_1] Poor countries are expected to see the greatest swings in temperature as a result of climate change, a new study suggests. Using models for the last report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, European researchers analyzed 37 climate-model simulations to calculate which regions would likely experience the higher highs and lowest lows…
[ad_1] Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday that U.S. demands to change its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers were unacceptable, as a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for Europeans to “fix” the deal loomed. Trump has warned that unless European allies rectify the “terrible flaws” in the international accord by May 12, he will refuse to…
[ad_1] Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski are being expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors met on [May 1] and has voted to expel actor Bill Cosby and director Roman Polanski from its membership in accordance with the organization’s standards of conduct,” the…
[ad_1] Dr Anderson said: “Then, as now, the disappearance of so many lives would have had a devastating impact on maritime families and communities.” Hopes that there could be any survivors from MH370 have dwindled as time has passed since its disappearance. Contact with the plane was lost 38 minutes int the flight, and it…
[ad_1] “But the family wants to maintain a sort of secrecy about this and I respect their will largely. “They do all this for the good of Michael. “I do not even want to talk about this, because I’ve never talked about it, just because the family does not want to. “The visits to him…
[ad_1] “They speak different languages, they dislike each other intensively, there is no national tv station, there is no national newspaper. Belgium is not a nation and maybe that’s why you’re happy to sign up to a higher European level. “Well, if Belgium wants it that’s fine, but I can assure you, and you can…
[ad_1] Mr Brok told the Telegraph: “At a meeting with the delegation from the Norwegian parliament, they reminded me that we should not give Britain the same advantages as those given to member states of the EU. “Norway pays for the cohesion policies of the European Union, and Switzerland does too. “They said this to…
[ad_1] A primitive seabird that prospered about 85 million years ago along the warm, shallow inland sea that once split North America boasted what scientists are calling a surprising blend of traits from its dinosaur ancestors and modern avian characteristics. Four new fossils of Ichthyornis, which had both a beak and teeth and lived a lifestyle like modern gulls, offer…
[ad_1] Scotland’s criminal appeals body said Thursday that it will review the case of a Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, as his family tries posthumously to clear his name. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission said it has decided “that it is in the interests of justice” to review the conviction of…
[ad_1] Bill Cosby’s wife called Thursday for a criminal investigation into the suburban Philadelphia prosecutor behind his sexual assault conviction, saying the case that could put the 80-year-old comedian in prison for the rest of his life was “mob justice, not real justice” and a “tragedy” that must be undone. Camille Cosby made her first…
[ad_1] Many sunscreen makers could soon be forced to change their formulas or be banned from selling the lotions in Hawaii. State lawmakers passed a measure this week that would ban the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate by 2021 in an effort to protect coral reefs. Scientists have found the two substances can…
[ad_1] An aging C-130 Hercules that rescued and resupplied U.S. citizens after last year’s hurricanes crashed onto a highway in Georgia during what was supposed to be its final flight, killing all nine Puerto Ricans on board. After more than 60 years of government service, the huge plane was being flown into retirement in Arizona,…
[ad_1] Facebook Inc. on Thursday said that it fired an employee accused of bragging on matchmaking app Tinder about his access to private user information. The incident comes as Facebook faces global concerns about personal data privacy, including Congressional hearings at which Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg testified. A Twitter user earlier on Wednesday posted about the Tinder conversation along with…
[ad_1] Australia’s prime minister said on Thursday his wife was “flattered and charmed” to be described by President Emmanuel Macron as “delicious,” a compliment that has sparked lighthearted conjecture during the French leader’s first official visit Down Under. Macron raised eyebrows on Wednesday with his description of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s wife of 38 years,…
[ad_1] László Toroczkai, the Mayor of Ásotthalom and founder of the far-right 64 Counties Youth Movement, insists the 100-mile fence, built during the 2015 migrant crisis in Europe, had ‘saved’ his town on the border with Serbia. Mr Toroczkai claims the two parallel barriers, which are guarded by soldiers, thermal cameras and 3,000 ‘border hunters’,…
[ad_1] A group of House Republicans is seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for President Donald Trump because of his work to ease nuclear tensions with North Korea. Luke Messer, from Indiana, made the suggestion in a letter Wednesday sent to members of the Norwegian Nobel committee. It was signed by 17 other Republicans. Any consideration of…
[ad_1] Botanist and ecologist Dr David Goodall boarded a flight wearing a jumper bearing the words “ageing disgracefully”. The London-born academic, who has lived in Australia since 1948, is travelling to the Life Circle clinic in Basel for voluntary euthanasia on the grounds that his quality of life has severely deteriorated. Goodall, who is an…
[ad_1] VLADIMIR PUTIN will give the salute to Russia’s new robot combat army at a huge military parade on Red Square next week. He will also showcase his new state-of-the-art Su-57 stealth fighter fresh from war zone trials in Syria. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] A powerful dust storm and rain swept parts of north and western India overnight, causing house collapses, toppling trees and leaving at least 91 people dead and more than 160 injured, officials said Thursday. The devastation was particularly severe on Wednesday night in Agra, the northern Indian city where the white marble Taj Mahal…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump is confronting the extraordinary possibility of being compelled to testify via grand jury subpoena. And any way you slice it, his options don’t look pretty, constitutional and legal scholars say. If Trump challenges the order in the U.S. Supreme Court, he probably loses. If he agrees to testify, he risks…
[ad_1] Alex Sass is in the happiness business — his app, PostMood, uses Facebook data to give people a picture of how they are feeling. But at his own office, where the team is still trying to sort out Facebook’s tighter rules around how developers use data, it doesn’t take an app to see the mood has…
[ad_1] European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker’s idea of raising the European Union funds to a €1.3 trillion (£1.1 trillion) for the next budgetary period was immediately dismissed by many of the 27 nations. Mr Juncker claimed the proposed increase would not “hamper” growth in member states despite having also announced a 5 percent cut targeting…
[ad_1] “Any budget is important, but the current one is still more important than the previous one because it will decide the future of Europe at 27…and the legacy for a forthcoming generation.” But the leaders of the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Austria rushed to oppose to the proposal, with only Germany and France claiming they were…
[ad_1] Speaking at a conference at the Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, Mr Zarif commented on the degrading relations between the two Middle Eastern nations. Taking direct aim at Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Zarif stated: “The young, simple-minded Saudi comes and says, ‘We aren’t afraid of Iran, and Iran is the…
[ad_1] According to figures published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the US spent $610 billion (£448 billion) on defence, out of a global total of $1.74 trillion. Commenting on the US’s defence expenditure, the US’s 2018 National Defence Strategy stated: “Long-term strategic competitions with China and Russia are the principal priorities for…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s new lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that Trump repaid his personal attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, directly contradicting the president’s past statements. During an appearance on Fox News Channel’s Hannity, Giuliani said the money had been “funnelled … through the law firm and the president…
[ad_1] Xi Jinping has allegedly fitted the outposts in the contested area with anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems. Greg Poling, an expert with specialist knowledge on the South China Sea, declared such a move from the Asian superstate would be an “implicit threat”. He explained: “These would be the first missiles in the…
[ad_1] Some of the first officers to reach the Las Vegas hotel room where a gunman unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history busted in with shields and found his body and assault-style weapons scattered around, according to police body-camera video released Wednesday. Hours of footage from two officers’ body-worn cameras show police…
[ad_1] Ms Chau added a firefighter had declared “several officers are down” following the horrific incident. She went on: “A volunteer firefighter told me he’s hearing several officers are down because of this. “Neighbours tell me the man inside the home rigged his house to explode.” Another local reporter, Kevin Galliford, stated “multiple officers” were…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday hired a veteran attorney who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment process, as the White House shifted to a more aggressive approach to a special counsel investigation that has reached a critical stage. The White House announced the hiring of lawyer Emmet Flood after disclosing the retirement of…
[ad_1] Lorenzo Codogno, the former chief economist and director general at the Treasury Department of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, made the claims against the leaders of France and Germany after a new estimate by Eurostat, the Directorate-General of the European Commission came to light. Mr Codogno stated GDP growth for the bloc…
[ad_1] In the 18th century King Charles XII travelled to Turkey, which was then known as part of the Ottoman Empire, and brought the recipe back to Sweden. Sweden’s official Twitter account admitted the national favourite dish is in fact Turkish. In a tweet, the account said: “Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe…
[ad_1] Over the past 39 years, I am pleased to report that Mr Trump has had no significant medical problems. Mr Trump has had a recent complete medical examination that showed only positive results. Actually, his blood pressure, 110/65, and laboratory test results were astonishingly excellent. Over the past twelve months, he has lost at…
[ad_1] “If the Government of a member state of the European Union does not want to apply, in fact, and to respect European values, it doesn’t also need the European money. “That is the reality that we have to put into this budget. “The European money, in my opinion, should be used to lift up our…
[ad_1] “However, there has been no observed testing at the site. “While many praise the gestures made by North and South Korea, observers caution that such promises by North Korea have been made in the past, only to be broken. “For the time being, however, the threat of conflict in the region is quite low.”…
[ad_1] The organisation, and its parent company SGL Group, has pulled the plug in the wake of the scandal, whereby data of more than 50million Facebook users was used by CA to target them with political advertisements. Critics claim their involvement may have helped tip the 2016 Presidential election in the direction of Donald Trump.…
[ad_1] The male cub was discovered unconscious inside a duffel bag, the US Customs and Border Protection said. The culprits fled back to Mexico after spotting the agents, leaving the animal behind. The cub, which was only a few months old, was revived and is now being cared for by a local zoo prior to…
[ad_1] Protesters blocked roads across Armenia on Wednesday, responding to a call from opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan for a civil disobedience campaign to force the ruling party to make him prime minister. Armenia is locked in a political crisis after the ruling Republican Party, severely weakened after days of protests that forced veteran leader Serzh…
[ad_1] Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city Wednesday for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 US program for young entrepreneurs. The men and their lawyer told The Associated Press the settlement was an effort to make…
[ad_1] Underwater robots have found that a vast, oxygen-depleted “dead zone” in the Gulf of Oman is now the largest such area in the world. Scientists have known about the zone for around 50 years, but until recently they have not been able to collect very much data due to piracy and conflicts in the…
[ad_1] Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S. on Wednesday, outlawing the procedure after a fetal heartbeat is detected, often at six weeks and before a woman realizes she is pregnant. The Senate voted 29-17 to pass the House of Representatives-approved bill, according to the legislature’s online voting tallies. The…
[ad_1] An Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane crashed Wednesday near an airport in Savannah, Ga, the U.S. Air Force said. There was no immediate word of injuries. The plane crashed at the intersection of two roads, the Chatham County Emergency Management Agency said in a tweet. A photo tweeted by the Savannah Professional Firefighters…
[ad_1] The US Air Force confirmed the crashed plane was a C-130 Hercules from the Air National Guard. The C-130 is a transport plane used by dozens of countries across the world, including the UK. It is capable of carrying up to 90 passengers or more than 20,000kg worth of equipment. Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport…
[ad_1] A Southwest Airlines plane flying from Chicago to New Jersey was forced to land in Cleveland on Wednesday after one of its windows cracked. There were no reports of injuries after Flight 957 landed safely at Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport. Dallas-based Southwest said that the plane diverted to Cleveland for a maintenance review after…
[ad_1] Protesters in Malaga, the Canaries, Palma de Majorca, Malaga, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville, as well as Lisbon in Portugal and Venice in Italy have set up a new pressure group as they face the same problems due to what they describe as tourism saturation. Their group, the Network of Southern European Cities in response to…
[ad_1] A principal at a Michigan Catholic high school has rescinded a plan to require female students to wear “modesty ponchos” at prom if their dresses are too revealing. Some students and parents at Divine Child High School in Dearborn had called the policy a form of body shaming. What do you think of this…
[ad_1] The US President’s administration supplied the weapons after shrugging off Putin’s warning whisking them off to Kiev could escalate a four-year smouldering war in the region. Ukraine’s defence minister General Stepan Poltorak was united with Mr Trump and quipped he would waste no time in training his troops to use the highly sophisticated Javelin…
[ad_1] The Basque militant group ETA is announcing that it has “completely dissolved all its structures,” in a letter sent to Basque institutions and civil society groups. In the letter, published by Spanish online newspaper eldiario.es on Wednesday, ETA says it acknowledges its responsibility in failing to solve the Basque “political conflict.” ETA, whose initials…
[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Mahmoud Abbas of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial on Wednesday after the Palestinian leader suggested in a speech that historic persecution of European Jews had been caused by their conduct. Jewish groups also condemned the comments Abbas made in a speech on Monday to the Palestinian National Council, that…
[ad_1] Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday described slavery as a choice, praised Donald Trump for doing “the impossible” by becoming U.S. president and attributed his 2016 mental breakdown to opioid addiction, comments coming a month before the release of his new album. In the latest in a series of startling interviews, tweets and videos, the 40-year-old musician also revealed he had…
[ad_1] A large, so-called ‘skylight’ was created when the roof of a tube collapsed exposing the heat within an upper flow field just east of a vent of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii. Breathtaking photos show a half-mile long fissure ejecting steam resulting from the movement of magma beneath Kilauea’s east rift zone of the…
[ad_1] A group of militants, including at least two suicide bombers, stormed the head offices of Libya’s electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and setting fire to the building, a spokesperson said. Security forces engaged in a gun battle with the assailants for control of the building, said Khaled Omar. The…
[ad_1] Video Facebook is targeting the dating game and offering users more control over their data, in an attempt to foster relationships — between users and with its users. CBC News takes a look at the company’s shift in focus to dating, and how you can take more control of your data on Facebook. Posted:…
[ad_1] A total of 109 people were in custody Wednesday after May Day protests against reforms by French President Emmanuel Macron turned violent in the French capital, Paris police said. Heated demonstrations on Tuesday saw six cars torched, a McDonald’s restaurant smashed up and vandalism at automobile shops. Those in custody Wednesday are suspected of…
[ad_1] South Korea said on Wednesday the issue of U.S. troops stationed in the South is unrelated to any future peace treaty with North Korea and that American forces should stay even if such an agreement is signed. “U.S. troops stationed in South Korea are an issue regarding the alliance between South Korea and the…
[ad_1] The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for President Donald Trump, his former attorney said, confirming that investigators have floated the extraordinary idea of forcing a sitting president to testify under oath. Attorney John Dowd told The Associated Press on Tuesday that special…
[ad_1] In the months since sharing my own story of assault by a famous and powerful man, I have a seen a remarkable shift in our culture. A combination of survivors’ bravery and a newly receptive media and public has led to a climate of accountability for the men being accused of these horrible acts. And…
[ad_1] Respected magazine Spiegel said that coolant leaks in the fighter’s sensor system which detects enemy aircraft or incoming missiles have grounded all but a handful of the advanced warplanes. It means Germany is falling far short of its obligations to the Nato alliance and would be unable to intercept or repel a large-scale incursion…
[ad_1] US Army Brigadier General Jonathan Braga, director of operations for the main US military task force in charge of operations in Iraq and Syria, feared retaliation could lead to World War 3 and claimed the attack occurred on the night of February 7. He said: “We saw vehicle movements, troop movements, rehearsals and alike,…
[ad_1] The EU is the world’s biggest aid donor, and the European Commission will outline its common budget proposal on Wednesday. Ms Mogherini is set to announce an increase in the overall foreign aid budget to €123 billion (£108 billion) for the 2021-2027 period, from €95 billion for the 2014-2020 external financial budget. The top…
[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a dramatic speech on Monday in which he claimed “Iran lied, big time” about its nuclear programme, reigniting fears the country could spark World War 3 by striking Israel with a nuclear bomb. Responding to the revelation on his Fox show, Mr Hannity argued that President Donald Trump…
[ad_1] Sergey Lavrov made the accusations on Saturday while meeting his Turkish and Iranian counterparts in Moscow for talks on the seven-year Syrian war. Mr Lavrov said: “While we are building options for peace, some of our other colleagues are trying to destroy the results of our joint constructive efforts, not even following the international…
[ad_1] The reinforcements were spotted by naval observer Yörük Işık en route to Tartus on the north Syrian coast. Mr Işık said: “BSF Tapir class LST Nikolai Filchenkov 152 transits Med-bound Bosphorus en route to Tartus, Syria for its second deployment in 2018 carrying military vehicles above deck.” The naval observer previously spotted a Project…
[ad_1] The USS John F Kennedy is inching closer to completion according the Huntington Ingalls shipbuilders, and it will soon join the USS Gerald Ford as the second nuclear-powered vessel in the US Navy’s surface fleet. Sam LaGrone, a US Naval Institute news editor, commented on the new era aircraft carrier saying: “The biggest difference…
[ad_1] It is understood Indian experts recently visited Pakistan to discuss aspects of bilateral ties between Islamabad and New Delhi to improve incredibly frosty relations. Track II diplomacy, otherwise known as backchannel diplomacy, involves the use of non-governmental contact to analyse possible solutions to tension and conflict. It is typically not seen as a replacement…
[ad_1] Mueller mentioned issuing a subpoena after President Trump’s lawyers stated he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators probing Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election campaign. The President’s former head lawyer John Dowd slammed Mr Mueller’s warning, stating: “This isn’t some game. “You are screwing with the work of the president of…
[ad_1] The U.K. passed legislation on Tuesday that aims to remove the cloak of secrecy shrouding many of the British tax havens, with activists hailing it as a major victory in the fight against corruption and tax dodging. Amendments added at the last hour to a sanctions and anti-money laundering bill will compel jurisdictions like…
[ad_1] Hami Aksoy, Ankara’s foreign ministry spokesman, declared that a report claiming the three nations condemned the attack “is not true and constitutes a mere attempt of manipulation”. The report stated Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, had blasted the foreign intervention of the US, France and the UK with his counterparts from Russia and Iran.…
[ad_1] Speaking on CNN, Dr Bornstein claims he did not even “write the letter”. He said: “He dictated that whole letter. I didn’t write that letter. “I just made it up as I went along.” The letter was released by Trump’s campaign in December 2015. Speaking of Mr Trump, it read: “His physical strength and…
[ad_1] US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told the US Chamber of Commerce he was not looking to negotiate changes to China’s state-driven economic system in trade talks in Beijing this week but would seek to expose it to more foreign competition. He said: “It is not my objective to change the Chinese system. It seems…
[ad_1] Mr Trump has invoked a 1962 trade law to announce protections for US producers on national security grounds, amid a worldwide glut of both metals largely blamed on China’s excess production. In March, Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminium imports. Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the…
[ad_1] An Alaska man has agreed to plead guilty and serve a life sentence to avoid the death penalty on charges of killing five people and wounding six in a shooting rampage at a Florida airport, authorities announced Tuesday. The plea agreement detailed in court also would require Esteban Santiago to give up his rights…
[ad_1] Hyperloop, a new mode of transport, is a pod-like vehicle that would be sent racing along rails within reduced-pressure tubes. And Sir Richard claimed it could transport time-sensitive goods “at the speed of flight and closer to the cost of trucking”. Virgin Hyperloop One, of which the billionaire is a non-executive chairman, is already…
[ad_1] Counter-terrorism forces have been in action in the volatile region of Dagestan for several days as they try to stamp out extremism ahead of the fast-approaching tournament. Dramatic footage showed marksman firing on a house from an armoured vehicle before a compact armed robot is seen approaching the property to engage the jihadists. The…
[ad_1] The group’s propaganda channels published video of the depraved killing which shows jihadis hurling a terrified Syrian headfirst from a building. After hitting the rubble, explosives on the man’s helmet detonate. He was killed instantly in the blast, which decapitated him. The death cult has released countless other sick murder videos, including beheadings and…
[ad_1] The de-escalation in propaganda from both sides comes amid rare reports from inside North Korea that the public is aware of the ongoing talks with Seoul and hopeful for change. A resident of the South Hamgyong Province told the Daily NK news website: “Right now you can just stop anywhere and hear talk of…
[ad_1] A U.S. outdoor gear company that was dropped by Canadian retailer MEC in the wake of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School School massacre plans to exit the gun manufacturing business. Vista Outdoor Inc., which is based in Farmington, Utah, said Tuesday it will look at selling its Savage and Stevens firearm brands. Vista…
[ad_1] Mark Dickinson was knifed in the chest, neck, back and arm during the horrifying assault on the popular tourist island of Koh Chang. The Stoke City fan shared photos of the wounds he sustained during the attack, as well as a picture of a police reconstruction of the incident which shows him lying in…
[ad_1] Mike Hodge was attacked by the big cat at the Makarele Predator Centre in Thabazimbi, South Africa, seconds after going into its enclosure. Mr Hodge, who emigrated from the UK with his wife Chrissy in 2003, is now in hospital receiving treatment for neck and jaw injuries. Shocking footage of the incident shows the…
[ad_1] Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday warned the ruling elite it could face a “tsunami” of anger from the people if it blocks his bid to become prime minister after mass protests forced the previous holder of the post to step down. With tens of thousands of his supporters rallying in the streets…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized media reports that special counsel Robert Mueller has compiled a list of more than 40 questions to ask the president as part of his probe into Russia’s election meddling. Mueller’s list of at least four dozen questions include ones on Trump’s ties to Russia and others to determine whether the president obstructed the…
[ad_1] Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people on Tuesday, police said. The blasts in the town of Mubi bore the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency in Africa’s most populous country since 2009 and often deploys suicide bombers in crowded places.…
[ad_1] Now that the binders and computer discs filled with stolen documents have been safely locked away in the vaults of Israel’s intelligence agency, the conclusion many nuclear experts and diplomats have come to is there was no “smoking gun” in Benjamin Netanyahu’s showy presentation on Monday about Iran. But perhaps the Israeli prime minister…
[ad_1] The country’s president Moon Jae-in credits his US counterpart for successfully putting pressure on North Korea, with the praise coming as he looks to capitalise on the momentum of last week’s historic summit with Kim Jong-un. It also follows signs of divergence between Seoul and Washington, with the latter indicating a tougher approach to…
[ad_1] An abandoned highrise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighbouring buildings and surrounding streets. Firefighters said at least one person had been killed and there could be more. The building, a former headquarters of the federal police, caught fire around…
[ad_1] The father of a student killed in a mass shooting at a Florida high school is suing the armed officer who stood outside the building as people were killed inside. Meadow Pollack was among the 17 killed on Valentine’s Day in a freshman building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Her father, Andrew…
[ad_1] The world’s oldest known spider has died — but not of old age. Number 16, an Australian female trapdoor spider, was discovered dead in its burrow at the age of 43 after being stung by a parasitic wasp, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pacific Conservation Biology. “[Wasps] are quite brutal in the way they prey…
[ad_1] St. John’s MP Nick Whalen is standing by a move to open oil exploration bids in a marine refuge that is closed to fishing, even though the move has drawn significant criticism from fish harvesters, scientists and conservation groups. Last December, Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced the closure of what’s called the Northeast Newfoundland Slope…
[ad_1] Sung-Yoon Lee snickered at the suggestion, dismissing it as “absurd” and “premature” at first. Then the scholar on the Koreas at Tufts University reconsidered the prospect. Actually yes, Lee conceded. He thinks U.S. President Donald Trump — who once defended violent white nationalists, implored a crowd at a campaign rally to “knock the crap” out…
[ad_1] The rival Koreas dismantled huge Cold War-era loudspeakers used to blare propaganda across their tense border on Tuesday, as South Korea’s president asked the United Nations to observe the North’s planned closing of its nuclear test site. The dismantling of dozens of loudspeakers was in line with an agreement on reconciliation by the leaders…
[ad_1] Ashley Judd sued Harvey Weinstein on Monday, saying the former movie mogul hurt her acting career in retaliation for her rejecting his sexual advances. In the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Judd accuses Weinstein of defamation, sexual harassment and violating California’s unfair competition law. Judd was in the first group of…
[ad_1] Police say a fifth person died overnight from injuries sustained when an unexpected snowstorm surprised a group of Alpine hikers in southwestern Switzerland, forcing them to spend the night out in the cold. The regional Valais police said efforts to identify the victims continued Tuesday. A day earlier, Valais police said the 14 hikers…
[ad_1] It rarely does any good to re-fight old battles — either the military or the political kind. A notable exception might be a new memoir by retired major-general Dave Fraser which sets down in detail, for the first time, his take on the seminal battle of Canada’s Afghan war. Operation Medusa: The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan…
[ad_1] The EU released a statement after US President Mr Trump decided to grant the union a relief from the tariffs until June 1 just hours before this morning’s 5am deadline. The bloc argued that the measures taken by Mr Trump “prolong market uncertainty”, threatening not only the health of the economy but also the…
[ad_1] A defiant Luigi Brugnaro insisted protests will not stop the installation of checkpoints across the city after raging locals tore them down on Sunday. Responding to the local protesters, the mayor announced on Twitter: “We fixed everything after half an hour.” “We will not be provoked. With great serenity we will keep regulating the…
[ad_1] The US President Donald Trump has threatened to take on the European Union over trade after accusing the EU of putting up barriers. The European Union avoided tariffs on metal imports imposed by the Trump administration in March, but the exemption which covers steel and aluminium is due to expire on Tuesday. Speaking on…
[ad_1] Prince Mohammed bin Salman attacked Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for “trying to conquer the world” during a recent interview. He stated: “Hitler didn’t do what the supreme leader is trying to do. Hitler tried to conquer Europe. This is bad. “But the supreme leader is trying to conquer the world. ”He believes he owns the…
[ad_1] The airstrike was carried out against the 47th Brigade of the Syrian Arab army, which contains Iranian forces and soldiers from Hezbollah. The attack hit a military base between Hama and Homs, and 18 Iranian soldiers were reportedly killed. Khamenei commented on the attack, saying: “The US incites the Saudis in order to create…
[ad_1] The Island of Capri wants to follow Venice in bringing in crowd control measures, which saw the installation of check points in some of the most congested parts. The mayor of the island just off Naples said with two million tourists a year the destination could “explode” from the weight of visitors. Hotels and…
[ad_1] Australian Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis, must stand trial on charges that he sexually abused multiple victims decades ago, a magistrate ruled Tuesday. Magistrate Belinda Wallington dismissed some of the charges that had been heard in the four-week preliminary hearing in…
[ad_1] In a report published by NBC on Monday, it claimed the top aide said he needed to “save Trump from himself” and insulted the President’s intelligence by referring to him as an “idiot” during an immigration-related meeting. Mr Kelly denied the claims, saying: “I spend more time with the President than anyone else and…
[ad_1] The Dominican Government stated that it will consequently recognise Taiwan as an “inalienable part of Chinese territory.” Flavio Dario Espina, the legal consultant to the Dominican presidential office, said on Monday that the change in foreign policy was based on the country’s “needs, potential and future prospects”. An official statement said: “We have taken…
[ad_1] VATICAN Treasurer George Pell is set to face a trial for historical sexual offences in a Melbourne court following a month-long pre-trial hearing, it has emerged. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The porn actress alleging a sexual encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump is escalating her legal fight and is suing him for defamation. Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal court in New York on Monday. At issue is a tweet Trump made earlier in April in which he dismissed a composite sketch that…
[ad_1] A dispute arose between an individual and a group of people at around 9.20pm local time, and the sounds of an alarm gun were heard, local media reports. Witnesses report hearing several “detonations” but it unclear what the sound may have been. A man has been arrested by police. Christian Estrosi, the mayor of…
[ad_1] Mr Trump said last week the location of the historic summit had been narrowed down to a handful of locations, with the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar and Singapore two of those mentioned. But Mr Trump made his preference known on Twitter today. He wrote: “Numerous countries are being considered for the MEETING, but would…
[ad_1] CEO Christian Sewing announced a bank strategy on Thursday in a bid to give the institution a new momentum and direction but a former analyst has warned employees now “doubt Deutsche Bank will even survive.” Bank workers expressed their concerns over the bank’s viability after several new strategies and cuts left many believing the…
[ad_1] The news comes after Kim reportedly told South Korean President Moon Jae-in he was “ready for dialogue with Japan at any time”. The pair met in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea on Friday, after which South Korean intelligence chief, Suh Hoon, travelled to Tokyo to debrief Mr Abe about the historic…
[ad_1] The blue creatures, which measure just over a quarter of an inch wide, are actually fairly harmless but can deliver a painful sting, have been identified as Velella. The floating colonies of microscopic organisms known as hydrozoans usually live far offshore in much deeper waters. The creatures are rarely seen washed up in Mediterranean…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump says he may favour the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea for his proposed summit with the North’s dictator, Kim Jong-un. That’s where South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Kim on Friday, the first time a North Korean leader has visited south of the demarcation line that divides…
[ad_1] Detroit emerged from post-bankruptcy oversight of its once-shaky finances on Monday after a state of Michigan board decided to end its active supervisory role. The unanimous vote by the financial review commission, which was created as part of the city’s federal court-approved bankruptcy exit plan, enables Detroit’s elected officials to enact budgets and enter into contracts without first obtaining the board’s…
[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran lied about not pursuing nuclear weapons, and continued to preserve and expand its nuclear weapons knowledge after signing a 2015 deal with global powers. “Iran’s leaders repeatedly deny ever pursuing nuclear weapons,” said Netanyahu. “Tonight I’m here to tell you one thing: Iran lied.” “First, Iran…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: Blue Origin’s Sunday space launch carried a super-secret “space communicator” designed to let astronauts and future orbital tourists send space-selfies home …
[ad_1] The vehicle mounted the footpath ploughing into the officer before smashing into a shop window. The policeman, who was hit while he was standing guard near the Elysee Palace, has been rushed to hospital where local media reports he is “between life and death”. The incident occurred at around 4.50pm local time and the…
[ad_1] Sneaking a cigarette in the school bathroom? How quaint. Today’s teens have taken to vaping, an alternative to smoking that’s so discreet they can do it without even leaving the classroom. Health and education officials across the country are raising alarms over wide underage use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products. The devices heat…
[ad_1] The leader of Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement called on Monday for early elections in June, saying efforts to form a coalition government after last month’s inconclusive vote had failed. His appeal sent a shiver through financial markets, suggesting Italy which has the third largest economy in the euro zone, faced many more months…
[ad_1] After travelling through Mexico with great fanfare for a month under the Trump administration’s watchful eye, nearly 200 Central American migrants attempting to seek asylum in the United States were stopped in their tracks when border inspectors said a crossing facility didn’t have enough space to accommodate them. U.S. President Donald Trump vowed last…
[ad_1] The jurors who convicted Bill Cosby at his sexual assault retrial in the Philadelphia area said the decision was only influenced by what happened in court, and the youngest member of the panel said the comedian’s own words sealed his fate. Harrison Snyder said in an interview aired Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America that…
[ad_1] The country’s European Commissioner Phil Hogan has pleaded with Ireland to act in developing wind and wave energy in a bid to dodge the mammoth bill. EU officials is keen to ensure the bloc does not fall short of its promises it made in the Paris climate agreement to cuts its greenhouse gas emissions…
[ad_1] Three small earthquakes were recorded in Danville, about 48km from San Francisco on Sunday before another one being recorded this morning. On Sunday a 3.0 magnitude earthqauke recorded at 10:34am local time (6:34pm GMT). Four minutes later a 2.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded and then a third one occured five hours later. This mornning…
[ad_1] The country’s nuclear chief Akbar Salehi said on Iran state TV he hoped the US President would come to his senses and not pull out of the multinational deal. US President Donald Trump has given European signatories of the 2015 deal a May 12 deadline to “fix the terrible flaws” in the agreement, or…
[ad_1] Members of a UN Security Council team probing Myanmar’s crisis over its ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority arrived in the country’s capital on Monday after a visit to Bangladesh, where about 700,000 Rohingya who fled military-led violence live in refugee camps. The UN delegation will meet Myanmar’s top leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and military…
[ad_1] A photographer took the photo showing a small yellow patch on the White House South Lawn showing where the tree HAD been planted – but has now vanished. The European Sessile Oak tree was a gift from the French President as it came from the site of a First World War battle where more…
[ad_1] Actress Pamela Gidley who starred in the Twin Peaks prequel, Fire Walk With Me, died earlier this month. She was 52. Gidley’s death was announced Sunday in an obituary. It says that she “died peacefully in her home, on Monday, April 16, 2018 in Seabrook,” referring to a New Hampshire town. The cause of…
[ad_1] A missile attack targeting government outposts in Syria’s northern region killed 26 pro-government fighters, mostly Iranians, a Syria war monitoring group said Monday. Iranian media gave conflicting reports about the overnight incident amid speculation it was carried out by neighbouring Israel. The attack came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked to President…
[ad_1] Avengers: Infinity War has shattered domestic and global records for best weekend opening at the box office, according to Disney Studios. The blockbuster will rake in an estimated $250 million US from North American ticket sales, beating the record previously held by another Disney film — Star Wars: The Force Awakens. About $19.3 million Cdn is projected to come from…
[ad_1] A co-ordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, killing 25 people, including an AFP photographer and a cameraman for a local TV station, the Afghan police said. At least 45 people were wounded in the twin attacks, according to Kabul police spokesman, Hashmat Stanekzai, who also added that four policemen were…
[ad_1] Mr Pompeo met Mr Netanyahu as part of his three-country tour of the Middle East after speaking with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in Riyadh earlier in the day, in which he underlined the need for cooperation and unity between Gulf nations. Speaking in Tel Aviv, Mr Pompeo said: “We remain deeply concerned about Iran’s…
[ad_1] Witnesses heard the horrifying explosion and a police spokesman has confirmed the blast. They added the incident could have been caused by a suicide bomber, however there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. The explosion took place in the Shashdarak area of the city. It is also unknown if any were injured or…
[ad_1] Writing on Twitter, President Trump said: “The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a failure last year, but this year was an embarrassment to everyone associated with it. “The filthy ‘comedian’ totally bombed (couldn’t even deliver her lines, much like Seth Meyers’ weak performance. “Put dinner to rest, or start over!” More to follow… [ad_2]…
[ad_1] Arab and Middle Eastern commentators said a second wave of revolts was “inevitable” as key socio-economic factors which spurred the revolutions between December 2010 and December 2012 still exist. Mohamed Mahjoub Haroon, Professor of Social Science at the University of Khartoum, said: “Massive uncontrolled urbanisation, pressure on the job markets are, among other socio-economic…
[ad_1] Kim Jong-un said the move to unify the time zones was a conciliatory gesture in a bid to improve relations following the first inter-Korea summit in over a decade on Friday. Pyongyang changed the reclusive nation’s time zone unexpectedly in 2015, stating it would return to the time zone used prior to Japan’s colonial…
[ad_1] The fire in the US state has ravaged over 500 acres and is continuing to burn towards the north-east of Blue Ridge Reservoir. Fire officials have declared an estimated 500 staff are attempting to quell the horrifying flames. Pictures have emerged of the devastating fire and smoke billowing across the region. Officials have warned…
[ad_1] DONALD TRUMP is expected to speak at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas later this week, marking his third consecutive speech at the event, it has been claimed. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Ms Rudd told a parliamentary committee last week that the Government had no specific targets for the removal of illegal immigrants. But critics claimed she misled Parliament when a leaked Home Office memo referred to a target of 2,800 enforced returns for 2017-18. And tonight it was announced that Prime Minister Theresa May had…
[ad_1] The country’s Sana news agency reported explosions had been heard in both cities during a missile strike at 7.30pm GMT on Sunday. A law enforcement source stated an “arms depot” had been “attacked near Hama”. They explained: “The arms depot of the 47th brigade of the Syrian army was attacked near Hama. “Powerful explosions…
[ad_1] In the latest sign Kim Jongun’s regime is prepared to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, the Punggye-ri facility will be closed by the end of May. South Korea revealed experts from Seoul and Washington would be invited to inspect the closure. President Trump said he could meet Kim Jong-un within “three or…
[ad_1] Addressing a rally in Michigan at the weekend, the US President said the EU “sounds so nice” but it was “formed to take advantage of the United States”. The EU was temporarily spared a round of tariffs on metal imports imposed by Mr Trump’s administration in March, although the exemption is due to expire…
[ad_1] Britain has accepted the resignation of Home Secretary Amber Rudd amid countrywide outrage over authorities’ mistreatment of long-term legal residents from the Caribbean. The resignation came hours after Rudd said she would stay in her job to ensure Britain’s immigration policy is “humane.” But opposition politicians had demanded that she resign over what has…
[ad_1] Liz Garbus’ first day shooting inside The New York Times newsroom was President Donald Trump’s inauguration day. Her final day was April 16, when the Pulitzer Prizes announced the Times had won three of the coveted awards. In between, she spent more than a year documenting one of journalism’s most distinguished institutions while it…
[ad_1] Officials in Venice had only just installed the tourist checkpoints overnight, in a bid to control the flow of tourists ahead of a long bank holiday weekend. However, the checkpoints have not lasted long as furious Venetian residents tore the barriers down and chanted against the city’s politicians and the unprecedented influx of tourists.…
[ad_1] German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Theresa May have urged US President Donald Trump against imposing unilateral trade measures on the 28 EU member states. The world leaders agreed their joint stance during an organised phone call in which they pledged to defend the bloc from threatening US trade tariffs based…
[ad_1] Eastern EU states such as Poland and Hungary would be punished under the proposals if they are deemed to have fallen short of the bloc’s ‘democratic values’. Brussels’ move comes after growing calls from Germany and France, the EU’s two most influential members, to punish rebel member states. Under the proposals, to be unveiled…
[ad_1] US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that there is a “real opportunity” for a denuclearised North Korea after a historic meeting with Kim Jong-un as he warned a military response was still on the table. Today Mr Pompeo revealed he was able to get a better read on Kim and that there is…
[ad_1] The showdown between the EU and US intensified last night when President Donald Trump blasted the bloc at a rally in Michigan. The US President threatened to take on the EU over trade, as he accused Brussels of putting up barriers. He told rapturous supporters that the bloc may “sound nice,” but in fact “they were…
[ad_1] Larry Harvey, whose whimsical decision to erect a giant wooden figure and then burn it to the ground led to the popular, long-running counterculture celebration known as “Burning Man,” has died. He was 70. Harvey died Saturday morning at a hospital in San Francisco, surrounded by family, Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell said.…
[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview aired on Sunday that he told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that he will have to agree to take “irreversible” steps toward shutting his nuclear weapons program in any deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. “We use the word ‘irreversible’ with great intention,” Pompeo told ABC News. “We are going…
[ad_1] Movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, believes he will eventually be forgiven by Hollywood, according to television presenter Piers Morgan. Once one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, Weinstein has been accused by more than 70 women of sexual misconduct, including rape. Weinstein has denied having non-consensual sex with anyone. Broadcaster…
[ad_1] Actress Ashley Judd, one of the first women to accuse Harvey Weinstein of misconduct, read aloud a personal letter she’d written to sexual assault survivors Saturday, telling them that healing is not only possible, “it’s our birthright.” Judd’s remarks, in which she referenced her own journey to recovery after experiencing sexual abuse in her…
[ad_1] The destruction of the super-secret Shikhany factory comes in the wake of a planned visit by investigators spearheading an inquiry into the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and 33-year-old daughter Yulia, on March 4. The lab was named by British intelligence chief Sir Mark Sedwill as the source of the…
[ad_1] Worries are rising over Donald Trump’s “hostility” and “uncivilised” behaviour towards the North Korean regime making it unlikely the country will ever retain peace in the long run, Janet Daley sensationally claims. Mrs Daley insists Friday’s Korean summit agreement came after a “reckless bout of belligerent hostility” from Mr Trump and added she was…
[ad_1] As Kim Jong-un lifts the veil on his secretive regime and vows to shut down his nuclear test site, it has now emerged his regime is eager for former enemy the US to invest in North Korea and expand its economy. Chung In Moon, special adviser to President Moon Jae-in, suggested American fast food…
[ad_1] Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean peninsula in the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade, but the declaration did not include concrete steps to reach that goal. Kim told Moon that he would soon invite the experts and journalists to “open to the international community”…
[ad_1] A UN Security Council team visiting Bangladesh promised Sunday to work hard to resolve a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to the country to escape military-led violence in Myanmar. The diplomats, who visited the sprawling camps and border points where about 700,000 Rohingya have taken shelter, said their…
[ad_1] It comes just days after US sources confirmed that some of the Russian diplomats expelled in the wake of the Salisbury poisonings were spies tasked with tracking dissidents living there. Last month Moscow laid the blame for a spate of Russian deaths in the UK on British authorities. A statement by Russia‘s foreign ministry…
[ad_1] The producer, who is being investigated by police in London, New York and Los Angeles, broke his silence during a meeting with Morgan, ITV’s Good Morning Britain host. Morgan told GQ magazine he had spoken to Weinstein at a clinic in Arizona, where the producer is seeking treatment for sex addiction. The film mogul…
[ad_1] The ISIS militant has been named as Ebrahim Mesha’al Marei, and was arrested based on accurate intelligence information. An ISIS-linked terrorist possessing a Kornet anti-tank guided missile was also arrested in northern Baghdad. Danny Makki, a Middle East expert, also said there is an ongoing threat from ISIS, saying: “The war is not going…
[ad_1] Rebel group MSA and tribal leaders said more than 30 people were killed on Friday and 12 a day after by gunmen on motorbikes in the Menaka region. Menaka governor, Daouda Maiga, said: “There are various versions, but I know there are women and children among the victims, as well as elderly.” Local people…
[ad_1] Kim Yong Nam, 70, worked for Unesco in Paris while his son Kim Su Gwang, 41, worked for the World Food Programme in their headquarters in Rome. The spies infiltrated the leading UN agencies and allegedly used their roles to cover-up their work organising a network of North Korean spies across Europe. The Treasury…
[ad_1] If U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t comfortable being the target of jokes, comedian Michelle Wolf gave him and others plenty of reasons to squirm Saturday night. “It’s 2018 and I’m a woman, so you cannot shut me up,” Wolf cracked, “unless you have Michael Cohen wire me $130,000.” No, Trump’s personal attorney wasn’t there.…
[ad_1] Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met at Peace House in the border truce village of Panmunjom to discuss a peace settlement, an improvement to inter-Korea relations, and nuclear disarmament. North Korea’s previous five nuclear tests were carried out at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, with the September 2017 test causing a…
[ad_1] Seoul says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to shut down the country’s nuclear test site in May and reveal the process to experts and journalists from the U.S. and South Korea. Seoul’s presidential spokesperson Yoon Young-chan said Sunday Kim made the comments during his summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday.…
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of people marched in northern Spain for a third consecutive day to protest the acquittal of five men on gang rape charges. Local police in Pamplona estimated the size of the crowd at Saturday’s march was 35,000. An 18-year-old woman was attacked during the city’s famed San Fermin bull-running festival in…
[ad_1] The move comes after numerous countries in the region have been hit by missiles launched by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, including Saudi Arabia which reported that it shot down four missiles on Saturday morning. Senior Policy Advisor to Mr Pompeo Brian Hook said: “We are urging nations around the world to sanction any…
[ad_1] Addressing a rally in Michigan, the US president said the EU “sounds so nice” but it was “formed to take advantage of the US”. Mr Trump told supporters: “I do not blame them (the EU). I blame past presidents. “Long-term you’re going to be so happy… or we are not doing business with these…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron will visit New Caledonia during a trip to the South Pacific on Thursday, which will also include a visit to Australia. The planned visit comes as the region prepares for an independence referendum in November, which could see the country break from French rule. The referendum question has recently been settled on:…
[ad_1] Mr Makki was born in London but moved to Syria to work as a journalist and decided to stay in Damascus until the siege of East Ghouta was finished. On April 7 a suspected chemical weapons attack was allegedly carried out in Douma, East Ghouta which prompted a US-led response a week later on…
[ad_1] And his conviction on three counts of sexual assault has paved the way for women to sue him. More than 60 accuse him of drugging and raping them, but most of these claims are out of date under US law. Now many aim to pursue him in civil actions, where there are no such…
[ad_1] Piton de la Fournaise situated on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion started erupting overnight, according to the Piton de la Fournaise volcano observatory (OVPF). The eruption began at 11.50pm local time on Friday, April 27, and continued into Saturday. The eruptive fault opened on the southern flank of the volcano inside the Enclos…
[ad_1] U.S. immigration lawyers are telling Central Americans in a caravan of asylum seekers that travelled through Mexico to the border with San Diego that they may be separated from their children and detained for many months if they seek asylum in the United States. They say they want to prepare them for the worst…
[ad_1] Suspected jihadists killed 40 Tuaregs, mostly young men, in two attacks in northern Mali’s Menaka region, which the local governor said seemed calculated to spark an ethnic conflict between Tuareg and Fulani herders. Menaka governor Daouda Maiga told Reuters by telephone that the attacks happened in the remote desert villages of Awakassa on Friday…
[ad_1] The US President tweeted today that a “time and date” for the groundbreaking meeting with Pyongyang’s dictator is being arranged. Kim was exchanged in a bitter war of words with Mr Trump for more than a year, sparking fears the row could trigger World War 3. But the North Korean president dramatically indicated he…
[ad_1] World War 3 fears were shut down on Friday when Kim Jong-un made the historic trip to South Korea for the first time, ahead of a planned face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump. But former US army colonel Allen West warned Mr Trump must remember that Kim Jong-un has “evil intentions” and the…
[ad_1] The Israeli ambassador to the UN revealed earlier this week a photo of an alleged Iranian base near Damascus, holding up to 80,000 fighters. In response, Israel insisted the country would launch a military strike to prevent Tehran from launching a ground invasion across the nearby border. Ambassador Danny Danon presented the aerial photograph on…
[ad_1] The £337million ($480million) Akademik Lomonosov was towed out of the St Petersburg shipyard ahead of its journey towards Murmansk, on Russia’s northwest coast. The huge barge contains two nuclear reactors, and once loaded with nuclear fuel, the firm behind the plant says it will be capable of generating enough power for 200,000 people. But…
[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, kicking off the Middle East leg of his first trip abroad as America’s top diplomat. Pompeo arrived in the Saudi capital of Riyadh for talks with the Saudi king, crown prince and foreign minister just weeks ahead of several key dates that…
[ad_1] Mrs Macron, 65, confessed she was able to bond with the American First Lady last week, while their husbands were in meetings discussing an array of international issues. The French president’s wife said that people should not be misled by Mrs Trump’s stern look, as she is “really fun”. Mrs Macron said:: “We have…
[ad_1] The dictator met with South Korean president Moon Jae-in this week in historic talks which saw both leaders commit to denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and a formal end to the Korean War – 65 years after hostilities ended. Kim’s brutal regime is accused of a catalogue of human rights violations, including public executions…
[ad_1] Thousands of Yemenis attended a funeral in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa on Saturday for Saleh al-Samad, a top Houthi official killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike last week. Al-Samad, who held the post of president in the Houthi-backed political body, was the most senior official to be killed by the Western-backed alliance, which had offered a…
[ad_1] Brussels had announced a series of changes to the “delegation” rules that allow investment companies to manage money for clients in different countries after the Brexit referendum. Under these rules, funds can be located and regulated in EU centres such as Dublin or Luxembourg while being managed from London, New York and Hong Kong.…
[ad_1] Two days after his conviction, Bill Cosby has already started life as an inmate — though his surroundings are far nicer than they likely will be in a few months. A judge says Cosby will be confined to the same suburban Philadelphia mansion where jurors concluded he drugged and molested a Temple University women’s…
[ad_1] The Canadian military is joining Britain, the U.S. and Australia in a new surveillance mission to monitor ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other goods to and from North Korea in violation of UN sanctions. Canada is sending about 40 support personnel and a long-range patrol aircraft, a CP-140 Aurora, to the U.S. military’s Kadena air base…
[ad_1] The unprecedented arrival of the Chinese aircraft alerted South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said the “military reconnaissance plane” had spent almost four hours in the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone. Seoul had filed a report over a similar incident two months ago, making this China’s third aerial trespass this year. China’s Defence…
[ad_1] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko spoke out against NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s comments on the current Russia-NATO relations, after the Secretary General said the Allies are adopting a “dual-track policy of strong deterrence and defence combined with dialogue” with Moscow. Mr Grushko said: “The point is that in its relations with Russia…
[ad_1] As a 30-year-old rising star in Vladimir Putin’s new government, Vladimir Milov saw a world of economic possibilities open up for his country when he visited the foothills of Alberta’s Rockies in 2002. Kananaskis was hosting the G8 Summit, the annual gathering of the world’s most powerful economies, and with Russia shaking off its post-Soviet…
[ad_1] Alfie Evans, the sick British toddler whose parents won support from Pope Francis during a protracted legal battle over his treatment, died early Saturday. He was 23 months old. Kate James and Tom Evans made the announcement on social media, saying they were “heartbroken.” The death of Alfie, who had a rare degenerative brain…
[ad_1] The Swedish Academy said on Saturday another member would step down, compounding one of the worst crises to hit an institution that picks the winners of the Nobel Literature prize. The prestigious Academy has become embroiled in allegations of sexual misconduct by the husband of one of its members and is reeling over the admission that the names of…
[ad_1] A judge has delayed a civil lawsuit by porn actress Stormy Daniels against U.S. President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, citing a criminal investigation the lawyer is facing. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero agreed to put the case on hold for three months and set a hearing for July 27.…
[ad_1] Donald Trump’s choice to replace Rex Tillerson with former CIA chief Mike Pompeo has infuriated anti-nuclear war campaigners Beyond the Bomb. The group said his confirmation as Secretaty of State was a dark day for the Senate, who approved the appointment, and the world as a whole. Spokesman John Qua said: “The Senate’s decision…
[ad_1] Plumes of smoke have been seen rising from the building, which is still under construction. Witnesses reported that firefighters are on the scene trying to tackle the blaze. It is still unclear what caused the fire. There haven’t been reports of casualties so far. The construction of the tower began in 2008 and by…
[ad_1] Economic analyst Shanker Singham, who was last month was appointed to head up a new Trade Unit at the Institute of Economic Affairs, was speaking at the end of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London. And he said the event, which attracted 53 world leaders, indicated the strength of the organisation,…
[ad_1] The European Commission President will travel to Trier, Germany, where he will give a speech to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth. Mr Juncker has invited to the celebration because he is an honourary citizen of the small German town, which is also the birthplace of the German philosopher who was one of…
[ad_1] Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Dr Julian Lewis argued that despite the EU’s intention of delving into the field of defence it would be inconceivable that PESCO would take precedence over NATO in the event of an international crisis threatening Europe. Dr Lewys claimed that the UK will continue to look to NATO defence and security…
[ad_1] The chilling message – which brags that the writer is ready to strike again – was sent to Ealing Police Station on October 29, 1888. Eleven days later, Miss Kelly was brutally killed in what is generally regarded as the most extreme of the Whitechapel atrocities. A rent collector arrived at Mary’s lodgings in…
[ad_1] Speaking to journalists on Friday, the Pentagon chief said he did not know how it would start but an escalation between the two rivals is likely because of Iran’s links with Hezbollah, who are operating in the area. He said: “I can see how it might start, but I am not sure when or…
[ad_1] Mike Pompeo, a former Army officer who was a Republican congressman, referred to his time as a soldier in the Cold War when talking about modern threats that Russia pose the west amid rising fears of World War 3. Recalling the Cold War he said: “We talked a lot about that, the changing nature…
[ad_1] The shock move was made at the first inter-Korea summit in over a decade on Friday in which the leaders pledge to jointly eliminate the risk of war between the two nations. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared their ambitions to establish “permanent” and “solid” peace on the…
[ad_1] The French servicemen relocated on Thursday, according to the agency citing Syrian sources. French soldiers have repeatedly crossed the Syrian-Iraqi border and have even participated in operations bear Syrian cities Manbij, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, the media outlet said. The forces are stationed at five military bases in the areas controlled by the Kurdish…
[ad_1] Allies including Saudi Arabia are sceptical about sending troops to Syria and contributing funds in order to stabilise towns and cities liberated from ISIS without US support, according to senior US officials. This is particularly the case for countries such as Saudi Arabia which is already engaged militarily in Yemen. A senior US official…
[ad_1] The Toronto police Twitter account said: “Person with a Knife: Markham Rd/ Eglinton Avenue. “Reports of a person with an axe in the area. Unconfirmed. Our units are responding.” Units found a male victim with a hand injury which is allegedly from the axe. The axe has been located but the suspect is at-large.…
[ad_1] Speaking to Channel 4 News, Mr Richardson claimed North Korea leader Kim Jong-un is a “rational” man despite his unpredictability. The former Governor of New Mexico added that the rogue state dictator’s endgame could be to trade his military arsenal in exchange for economic subsidies from South Korea. He said: “We’ve been there before, I…
[ad_1] Amelia Eldred’s left leg is half its original size and her foot points in the wrong direction. The seven-year-old cancer patient had a rare medical procedure called a rotationplasty, which doctors say will allow her to dance, ride a bike and perform gymnastics again after having her left leg amputated “It feels different, but not different,” the Tamworth,…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: Nobel Prize in Literature may be postponed or cancelled altogether this year as the committee overseeing it is rocked…
[ad_1] Officials in Peru believe the gun used to fatally shoot revered shaman Olivia Arevalo last week has been found and that it matches the weapon bought by the Vancouver Island man who was killed in retaliation for her death. Peru’s office of the public prosecutor made the announcement in a tweet Thursday that included a photograph of the weapon,…
[ad_1] The Republican-led House intelligence committee on Friday released a lengthy report concluding it found no evidence that Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign, drawing praise from the president and rebuttals from Democrats. The report caps an investigation that began with the promise of bipartisanship but quickly transformed into an…
[ad_1] Officers arrested Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, on Tuesday at his home in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights after a 40-year investigation. He was charged with eight murders but is expected to face dozens more charges. DeAngelo was caught after an unidentified relative researching a family tree submitted DNA to a genealogy website. Detectives…
[ad_1] Avengers: Infinity War saw some of Earth’s mightiest heroes meet their end. Almost every Avengers fan who was paying attention headed into Avengers: Infinity War knowing that some big characters were going to die. There’s a lot that happens in Infinity War, and it can be hard to keep track of who lives, who…
[ad_1] GETTY The summit was a day of smiles, embraces and handshakes But today the “Supreme Leader” beamed for the cameras as he clasped hands with South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in, in a day of embraces, handshakes, and beaming smiles. And a historic meeting with US president Donald Trump could now follow in May or…
[ad_1] Israeli troops shot dead three protesters along the Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medics said, hours after the United Nations human rights chief criticised Israel for using “excessive force” against demonstrators. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops since Gaza residents began staging protests along the border fence on March 30 to demand the right of return for Palestinian…
[ad_1] Barely 12 hours after being sworn in, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went straight to NATO headquarters on Friday in what European allies saw as strong support for an institution that U.S. President Donald Trump once called obsolete. In a closed door meeting, Pompeo and fellow foreign ministers of the military pact forged a consensus on the need…
[ad_1] A federal judge in Washington on Friday threw out a civil lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman that sought to challenge the authority of the special counsel in the Russia investigation. The decision was a blow to Paul Manafort’s defence against numerous charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller and a…
[ad_1] Romania’s president called on the prime minister to resign on Friday after she endorsed a secret deal to move the country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, overstepping her powers on foreign policy. The head of state cannot dismiss the prime minister but President Klaus Iohannis’s call could trigger a no-confidence vote, something Prime Minister Viorica…
[ad_1] The leaders of India and China met at a lakeside city in central China on Friday amid tensions along their contested border and a rivalry for influence among their smaller neighbours that could determine dominance in Asia. Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at the provincial museum in…
[ad_1] Chinese authorities say seven middle school students have been killed in a stabbing rampage in the country’s northwest. State broadcaster CCTV said the attack happened Friday evening in Shaanxi province’s Mizhi county as students were leaving the No. 3 Middle School. It said 12 other students were injured. CCTV said a suspect identified by…
[ad_1] Germany’s Angela Merkel is visiting U.S. President Donald Trump today with no illusions of matching his “special relationship” with France’s Emmanuel Macron, but hoping to foster a broader dialogue on trade — one of a batch of tricky topics likely to be addressed. The cautious Merkel has failed to establish a good personal rapport with the brash Trump, and the mood of…
[ad_1] Mamma Mia! The members of Abba say they have recorded new material for the first time in 35 years. The Swedish pop supergroup says it has recorded two new songs, including one entitled I Still Have Faith in You. The news was announced Friday in an Instagram statement from Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid…
[ad_1] A woman who worked as a war correspondent for NBC News said Tom Brokaw groped her, twice tried to forcibly kiss her and made inappropriate overtures attempting to have an affair, according to two reports published Thursday. Linda Vester told Variety and the Washington Post that the misbehaviour from the longtime news anchor at…
[ad_1] Police in Bosnia on Friday detained a former Bosnian army commander and 11 other people on suspicion of war crimes against Serb and Bosnian civilians and prisoners during the 1992-95 war. Atif Dudakovic and other commanders and members of the wartime Bosnian army’s 5th Corps were detained in early morning raids in several towns,…
[ad_1] Joseph James DeAngelo, who authorities suspect is the so-called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 80s, was arrested more than three decades after the last killing with the help of information from an online genealogical site. Investigators haven’t disclosed many key elements about…
[ad_1] Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement body, lead an international operation for the two-day “takedown” action, which has left a “big hole in the capability of IS”. On April 25 Europol and authorities from the UK, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Romania, and the US launched a joint attack to severely disrupt the…
[ad_1] Avicii’s family has released a second statement about their late son this week, saying the famed DJ “could not go on any longer” and that “he wanted to find peace.” The Grammy-nominated electronic dance musician, born Tim Bergling, was found dead last week in Muscat, Oman at age 28. Details about his death were…
[ad_1] The Duchess of Cambridge and husband Prince William have decided to name their baby boy Louis Arthur Charles, Kensington Palace said on Friday. “The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge,” the palace said. The couple’s third child weighed eight pounds, seven ounces and was born on April 23…
[ad_1] The leaders of North and South Korea signed a declaration on Friday agreeing to work for the “complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.” At their first summit in more than a decade, the two sides announced they would seek an agreement to establish “permanent” and “solid” peace on the peninsula. “The joint goal is…
[ad_1] Hank Azaria says his eyes have been opened. The voice of Apu — and many others — on the long-running animated series The Simpsons finally said what so many were waiting to hear. “We have to listen to South Asian people, Indian people in this country when they talk about what they feel and how they think about this character,” Azaria said during an…
[ad_1] A jury has found Bill Cosby guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault, but his legal journey is not over — sentencing is likely in the next 90 days, and his attorney has already said there will be an appeal. Cosby, 80, is free on $1 million US bail and under house arrest…
[ad_1] Amid the next round of EU budget negotiations, leaks have suggested money could be awarded based on whether countries stick to the rules and spirit of EU membership. Member states such as Hungary, whose Eurosceptic party was victorious in the last election, have previously expressed outrage at being dictated by Brussels. Poland have also hit…
[ad_1] The Heineken-brewed bottle label features a map of South America including Argentina and the off-shore Falkland Islands – known as Las Islas Malvinas in the Spanish-speaking state. The bottle was designed for drinkers in France but used yeast sourced in Argentina and the commemorative label was intended to reflect this. The French label identified…
[ad_1] North Korean state news agency KCNA reported the two leaders will “open-heartedly” discuss issues of peace, prosperity and reunification. They said: ”Kim Jong-un will open-heartedly discuss with Moon Jae-in all the issues arising in improving inter-Korean relations and achieving peace, prosperity and reunification of the Korean peninsula.” The two leaders will meet at Peace…
[ad_1] General Raymond Thomas claimed at the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation on Tuesday that America is engaged in “aggressive warfare” with its “enemies” in Syria. He said: ”Right now in Syria we are operating in the most aggressive electronic warfare environment on the planet from our adversaries. “They are testing us every day, knocking our…
[ad_1] Islamabad told New Delhi to take steps to resume bilateral talks and refrain from “provocative” statements. Mohammad Faisal, the spokesman for Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs, declared: “India should walk the talk and refrain from provocative statements. “Our armed forces practice restraint but have the capacity and are ever vigilant to give a befitting…
[ad_1] The communist leader wrote on the guest visitor book at Peace House: “New history starts now; age of peace, from the starting point of history.” Kim met South Korean leader Moon Jae-in at Peace House, south of the demarcation line in the border truce village of Panmunjom. The North’s leader is the first to…
[ad_1] The communist leader wrote on the guest visitor book at Peace House: “New history starts now; age of peace, from the starting point of history.” Kim met South Korean leader Moon Jae-in at Peace House, south of the demarcation line in the border truce village of Panmunjom. Both leaders have vowed more meetings between…
[ad_1] The two leaders are meeting at Peace House, south of the demarcation line in the border truce village of Panmunjom. Kim is the first North Korean leader to step foot in South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War, and the two leaders are expected to discuss issues relating to peace and denuclearisation of the…
[ad_1] The mountain test site collapsed following a fifth test blast last year, leading to the creation of a massive ‘chimney’, which could allow radioactive fallout to rise into the air from the blast zone beneath the mountain. The previous five North Korean nuclear tests were carried out at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site under…
[ad_1] More than three decades after his trail went cold, one of California’s most prolific serial killers and rapists was caught by using online genealogical sites to find a DNA match, prosecutors said Thursday. Investigators compared the DNA collected from a crime scene of the Golden State Killer to online genetic profiles and found a…
[ad_1] Brad Done watched carefully as a machinist drilled a hole into a bright yellow metal tube about a metre long and 10 centimetres across at his Surrey, B.C., business, Reliance Foundry. The pole is called a bollard, designed to be set into the ground to keep vehicles away from people and buildings. The demand for…
[ad_1] Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America’s Dad. Cosby, 80, could end up spending his final years in…
[ad_1] The show is called Fox & Friends. But U.S. President Donald Trump may have been a little too loose-lipped with the chummy conservative anchors interviewing him on the Fox News channel Thursday morning, when he rattled off a series of ill-advised remarks that may have legally undermined his lawyer and himself — and moved him closer…
[ad_1] A Canadian known as Russian Mike who has been charged in the drug trafficking case involving notorious drug lord Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman sought Thursday to block his extradition to the U.S. from the Caribbean. Mykhaylo Koretskyy, who was born in Ukraine, appeared before a three-judge panel at an extradition hearing on the Dutch Caribbean island…
[ad_1] Pictures show people crowed in St Peter’s square in the Vatican with lit candles as part of the emotional gesture. On Thursday The Catholic Association called on British authorities to allow the terminally ill toddler to travel to Italy for treatment. The policy advisor for The Catholic Association (TCA), Dr Grazie Pozo Christie, stated…
[ad_1] The April 14 allied airstrikes on Damascus and Homs saw two B-1 Lancers fired a total of 19 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) as part of strikes against three Syrian government alleged chemical weapons targets which critics worried could lead to World War 3. According to the Russian state television, two unexploded missiles were…
[ad_1] The parents of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against North Korea, saying its government tortured and killed their son. Fred and Cindy Warmbier filed the lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The lawsuit seeks compensation for the death of Otto Warmbier, who was arrested by…
[ad_1] The snaps have been shared on Twitter by Sarah Sanders, Washington press secretary, confirming US President Donald Trump’s previous statement that the two men held talks ahead of the much anticipated meeting between the two leaders. Ms Sanders wrote: “Great to have Secretary Pompeo confirmed. “He will do an excellent job helping @POTUS lead…
[ad_1] The two nations leaders, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump, have demanded a new accord to curb Iran’s ballistic ambitions. But foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Wednesday: “On what can happen in the future we’ll see in the future, but there is one deal which exists, it’s working and it needs to be…
[ad_1] The German Chancellor is in a hurry to deal with the pressing issue of trade policy with the US as the temporary exemption granted by the US will expire on May 1. Ms Merkel hopes to convince Mr Trump to keep the bloc away from any potential trade war after China issued its own…
[ad_1] Experts from more than 70 countries met in Paris this week to discuss how to choke off financing for the extremist group intelligence experts fear are covertly regrouping. Never in the past has a terrorist group amassed such a large fortune, France’s Europe 1 radio reported on Wednesday. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the…
[ad_1] Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have dropped charges against two Canadian pilots accused of preparing to fly a commercial aircraft while under the influence of alcohol after their blood samples were mistakenly destroyed at a Scottish prison. Prosecutors say there will be no further action against Imran Syed, 39, and Jean-Francois Perreault, 41, who…
[ad_1] The U.S. Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state on Thursday, putting the former CIA director in a pivotal role to handle U.S. foreign policy challenges such as North Korea and Iran. Pompeo, a former army officer who was a Republican congressman, is regarded as a Trump loyalist with hawkish world views. He is already…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron ruled out meeting the exiled leader in Paris, saying that doing so would draw the ire of China, who has accused him of being a dangerous separatist. But the president told George Washington University students on the last day of his state visit to the United States: “If France can be useful…
[ad_1] China confirmed on Thursday that it had put into a service a new missile that Chinese media has dubbed the “Guam killer” for its ability to hit the U.S. Pacific Ocean base with a conventional or nuclear weapon. China is in the midst of an ambitious modernization program for its armed forces, developing stealth fighters, aircraft carriers and advanced…
[ad_1] An explosion at a Wisconsin oil refinery has left at least 20 people injured. The blast occured at the Husky oil refinery in the city’s East End. Witnesses reported a “sonic boom” at around 10am local time, with buildings shaking one mile from the scene. Police have urged people to avoid the area. The…
[ad_1] Mass graves that authorities say could contain more than 2,000 bodies have been discovered in Rwanda nearly a quarter-century after the country’s genocide, and further graves are being sought nearby. The new discovery is being called the most significant in a long time in this East African nation that is still recovering from the…
[ad_1] Canada and Britain will make a joint announcement today on the remains of the Franklin Expedition that were discovered on the Arctic seabed in 2014 and 2016. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and British High Commissioner to Canada Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque will hold a news conference at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. at 1…
[ad_1] Britain’s interior minister faced calls to resign on Thursday after giving contradictory statements about meeting targets for deportations, deepening a scandal over Britain’s treatment of Caribbean immigrants. For nearly two weeks, British ministers have been struggling to explain why some descendants of the so-called Windrush generation, invited to Britain to plug labour shortfalls between…
[ad_1] The Senate judiciary committee is expected to vote on a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job — legislation that has split Republicans as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Mueller’s Russia investigation. Two Republicans and two Democrats introduced the bill earlier this month as Trump publicly criticized the special counsel. Mueller…
[ad_1] Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt faces potentially make-or-break hearings Thursday on Capitol Hill, where he is expected to be peppered with questions about spending and ethics scandals that have triggered bipartisan calls for his ouster. Pruitt was scheduled to testify about his agency’s budget in back-to-back hearings before two House subcommittees. The public…
[ad_1] YouTube is overhauling its kid-focused video app to give parents the option of letting humans, not computer algorithms, select what shows their children can watch. The updates that begin rolling out Thursday are a response to complaints that the YouTube Kids app has repeatedly failed to filter out disturbing content. Google-owned YouTube launched the…
[ad_1] The comments by Avigdor Lieberman were an unusually explicit Israeli threat to take military action within Iranian territory, and followed a surge of unprecedented confrontations between the countries’ forces in civil war-torn Syria. Mr Lieberman told the London-based, Saudi-owned news website Elaph: ”Israel doesn’t want war but if Iran attacks Tel Aviv, we will…
[ad_1] The Armenian parliament on Thursday called for an extraordinary session next week to vote for a new prime minister after the country was plunged into a political crisis with the abrupt resignation of its leader. Serzh Sargsyan, who ruled the country for ten years before moving into the prime minister’s seat, surprised many when…
[ad_1] The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case began deliberating Wednesday in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, weighing charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home 14 years ago. The panel of seven men and five women got the case after receiving final legal instructions from…
[ad_1] Britain’s Prince Harry has asked his elder brother Prince William to be his best man at his wedding to U.S. actress Meghan Markle next month, his office said in a statement on Thursday. Harry, 33, was William’s best man at his own glittering wedding to wife Kate Middleton in 2011. “The Duke of Cambridge…
[ad_1] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will plant a commemorative tree and inspect an honour guard together after Kim walks across the border Friday for their historic summit, Seoul officials said Thursday. The talks on the southern side of the border village of Panmunjom are expected to focus on…
[ad_1] When North Korean leader Kim Jong-un steps across the border tomorrow, setting in motion the historic inter-Korea summit, every step will have been carefully considered, choreographed and catered. Friday’s meeting between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will take place in the demilitarized zone, or the DMZ, the strip of lands that separates the rival…
[ad_1] Turns out the “Candyman” can’t. Not with allegations of drinking on the job. Of wrecking a government vehicle while intoxicated. Of screaming at underlings. And of recklessly dishing out opioids. White House presidential physician Dr. Ronny Jackson will in all likelihood lose his pursuit of a Senate confirmation to become the next secretary of…
[ad_1] Macron called on Donald Trump not to abandon a nuclear agreement with Iran but warned Tehran that France remained committed to preventing any nuclear weapon development. The French president said: “Iran shall never possess any nuclear weapon. Not now not in five years, not in 10 years, never.” Capping a three-day visit to the…
[ad_1] GETTY Nikolai’s death came eight days after the poisoning of Seregi Skripal and his daughter Yulia Such blatant violation of accepted norms outlined in international agreements has no rational explanation Formal complaint from Russia The ex-Aeroflot executive was found by his daughter Natalia, 34, strangled at his home in…
[ad_1] Palma officials announced the proposals to prevent homeowners from letting flats to tourists in a bid to make rent more affordable for local residents. Antoni Noguera, mayor of Palma, said the city “must be a liveable”, following complaints from locals that sky-high rents are forcing them out of the city. Mr Noguera added: “The…
[ad_1] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blasted the billionaire as unqualified ahead of the vital US decision. He stated: “You don’t have any background in politics. “You don’t have any background in law. “You don’t have any background on international treaties.” The Tehran leader continued to lambaste the superpower leader and placed further questions on his…
[ad_1] The US watchdog website is devoted to analysing North Korea and the group found evidence the communist state could still conduct nuclear testing. This is despite North and South Korea being on the cusp of a high-profile summit meeting in which denuclearisation is expected to be discussed. Observing the satellite imagery, 38 North said:…
[ad_1] South Koreans have erected Korean Unification flags across the country ahead of Friday’s meeting, as despot Kim Jong-un meets his Seoul counterpart Moon Jae-in for the first time. The flags will line a section of the road from Tongil Bridge to the DMZ’s Panmunjom, known as the ‘truce village’. The flags are a symbol…
[ad_1] The children were students of Divine Public School. According to reports, all the children killed were below the age of 10. It is believed they were killed on the spot. Many student were injured in the accident. Between 20 to 30 children were travelling in the school vehicle. The accident happened at a rail…
[ad_1] Nirmala Sitharaman, the defence minister of India, stated New Delhi will be taking part in the exercises being held by Vladimir Putin towards the end of the summer. He stated: “Our shared neighbourhood facing a range of issues such as cross-border terrorism, extremism, cyber security, and narcotics trafficking. “These issues require solutions based on…
[ad_1] The President said he encouraged Trump to stay in the accord, which is endorsed by the United Nations (UN), during his three-day visit to Washington. He told reporters: “I believe he will get rid of this deal for domestic reasons.” Mr Macron said he had “no insider” information on Trump’s decision, but if the…
[ad_1] The Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Qatari troops should replace US in northern Syria or Washington will stop supporting the Middle Eastern power, leading to its downfall. Al-Jubeir said in a statement: “Qatar has to pay for US military presence in Syria and send its military forces there, before the US President Donald…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen said on Wednesday he would assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in connection with a lawsuit filed by adult-film star Stormy Daniels, who says she had an affair with Trump. In a filing in Los Angeles federal court, Cohen said he decided to invoke his constitutional right after the FBI raided his…
[ad_1] A new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll carried out in the US found the majority of the “snowflake” generation (18-34-year-olds) say boomers (51-69-year-olds) have made things worse for them with just 13 per cent saying boomers had improved things. While 30 per cent of boomers said their generation had made things worse, 32 per cent said they…
[ad_1] The UK, along with the majority of other EU member states, are determined to send Russia a warning after the attempted poisoning of former spy Sergei Skirpal and the suspected chemical attack in Syria. But a handful of rebel EU states is blocking the rest from issuing sanctions against the increasingly erratic Russian leader…
[ad_1] A summary of allegations against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs says he recklessly prescribed drugs, had his own private stock of controlled substances and crashed a government car while drunk. The summary was released by Democrats as the White House rallied behind Dr. Ronny Jackson. Based on conversations…
[ad_1] Local authorities announced that tourists set to reach popular locations, such as St Marco’s Square or the Rialto Bridge, will be diverted to visitor-only routes. This crowd measures aim at relieving the locals from the their day-to-day misery created by thousands of visitors congesting their streets. Mayor Luigi Brunero signed a decree declaring “urgent…
[ad_1] Shania Twain has apologized after saying she would have voted for U.S. President Donald Trump, but publicists say it would have been better if the Canadian music legend had simply kept quiet. The controversy started Sunday when the Guardian posted an interview with Twain, in which she stated she would have voted for Donald Trump because “even…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Theresa May was dealt a new defeat by Britain’s upper house of Parliament on Wednesday over her Brexit plans, this time in a challenge to the government’s push to adopt wide-ranging powers to amend laws. The defeat is the latest in the House of Lords for May and her Conservative government as…
[ad_1] A DNA match in the past six days tied a former police officer to some of the crimes committed by a California serial killer behind at least 12 homicides and 45 rapes throughout the state in the 1970s and ’80s, police officials announced Wednesday. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who was fired from the Auburn…
[ad_1] A top politician for Spain’s ruling party resigned Wednesday as the head of the Madrid region following a string of personal scandals, opening a new crisis for the conservative government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Regional president Cristina Cifuentes announced her resignation hours after a website broadcast a video allegedly showing her shoplifting cosmetics…
[ad_1] Construction workers in Iran may have unearthed the mummified remains of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the father of the country’s last monarch, nearly four decades after the Islamic Revolution toppled the dynasty. The recent find of the gauze-wrapped body has triggered intense speculation and revived discussion of Iran’s dynastic past, which the clerically run government…
[ad_1] About 12.4 billion light-years from Earth lies a collection of galaxies that could end up as the most massive structure in the universe. An international group of astronomers, including researchers from Dalhousie University and the University of Victoria, found the cluster using the South Pole Telescope in Antarctica. The telescope doesn’t observe in optical…
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron drew Wednesday on the “shared bond” of France-U.S. relations to call for a rejection of isolationism and instead for the countries to bond together anew for a 21st century security. Macron opened a joint meeting of Congress, saying “the American and French people have had a rendezvous with freedom.” Speaking…
[ad_1] Hank Azaria is ready to stop voicing Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu on The Simpsons in the wake of criticism that it’s a stereotype. Azaria said on Tuesday’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he hopes the Fox animated show makes a change, and he’s willing to step aside if necessary. .<a href=”https://twitter.com/HankAzaria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@HankAzaria</a> addresses the controversy surrounding…
[ad_1] More than a dozen South Carolina corrections employees are facing federal charges related to bribery and bringing contraband into the state’s institutions a week after a deadly prison riot, according to federal court documents obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. The indictments against 14 corrections employees, including at least 11 officers, include charges…
[ad_1] International donors on Wednesday pledged an estimated $4.4 billion US in humanitarian aid for Syria and neighbours sheltering its refugees in 2018, falling significantly short of the more than $7 billion the United Nations is seeking. An estimated 450,000 people have been killed in fighting in Syria since President Bashar Assad’s government cracked down…
[ad_1] With exaggerated handshakes and a pair of kisses, U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron professed a sunny, best-friends relationship, even as the two allies strained to bridge differences over the Iran nuclear agreement, Syria and more. Hosting Macron for the first state visit of his administration, culminating in a lavish dinner…
[ad_1] The European Space Agency released the most accurate census yet of stars in the Milky Way and neighbouring galaxies Wednesday, providing astronomers with a wealth of new data for further research. The high-precision measurements about the distance, motion, brightness and colour of almost 1.7 billion stars were collected by the space agency’s Gaia probe…
[ad_1] With exaggerated handshakes and a pair of kisses, U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron professed a sunny, best-friends relationship, even as the two allies strained to bridge differences over the Iran nuclear agreement, Syria and more. Hosting Macron for the first state visit of his administration, culminating in a lavish dinner…
[ad_1] The family of Avicii is thanking his fans for their support days after the superstar DJ died. Avicii, born Tim Bergling, was found dead Friday in Muscat, Oman. Details about his death were not revealed. “We would like to thank you for the support and the loving words about our son and brother. We…
[ad_1] A former Israeli paramilitary policeman was jailed for nine months on Wednesday for killing a 17-year-old Palestinian protester in 2014, prompting protests from his family, who demanded a tougher sentence. In a plea bargain, defendant Ben Deri had earlier confessed to the negligent manslaughter and aggravated injury of 17-year-old Nadim Nuwara — less serious than…
[ad_1] An Indian court on Wednesday found a high-profile spiritual guru guilty of raping a teenage female devotee in 2013 and sentenced him to life in prison. The verdict against Asaram Bapu, 77, was read out inside the prison where he is being held in Jodhpur in Rajasthan state because of fears that his followers…
[ad_1] A Danish submarine inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for torturing and murdering Swedish reporter Kim Wall. The sentence for Peter Madsen, 47, was handed down Wednesday at Copenhagen City Court. Madsen was charged with murder, dismemberment and indecent handling of a corpse. Madsen denied killing the 30-year-old, saying she died accidentally inside…
[ad_1] Sea ice from the remote Arctic Ocean may look clear and pristine, but up to 12,000 tiny pieces of plastic may be embedded in a single chunk small enough to sit on your hand, researchers have found. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany identified 17 kinds of plastic in the ice of…
[ad_1] Shania Twain has apologized after saying she would have voted for U.S. President Donald Trump, but publicists say it would have been better if the Canadian music legend had simply kept quiet. The controversy started Sunday when the Guardian posted an interview with Twain, in which she stated she would have voted for Donald Trump because “even…
[ad_1] Dozens of Central American migrants from about 600 travelling in a “caravan” through Mexico arrived at the border city of Tijuana late on Tuesday despite warnings it would be futile to try to cross to claim asylum in the United States. By evening, two busloads of men, women and children arrived in Tijuana, a…
[ad_1] Greenland Prime Minister Kim Kielsen’s Siumut party won the most votes in a parliamentary election, results showed on Wednesday, though it lost ground to centrist rivals. The territory’s population, with just over 40,000 eligible voters, went to the polls on Tuesday, many of them hoping to get their fragile economy up to speed to…
[ad_1] The Cambridge Analytica scandal has cost Facebook a lot of trust and goodwill. But it hasn’t really cost the company any money — yet. Today the company will provide its first update of the financial toll it expects. Investors clearly felt Zuckerberg came out ahead when he was grilled by Congress earlier this month: Facebook…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump has been critical of the Iran deal and warned Iran will face “bigger problems than they have ever had before” if Tehran decides to restart its nuclear programme. Tensions in the Middle East have sparked World War 3 fears after Tehran vowed to ramp up its nuclear programme if the agreement…
[ad_1] Only seconds into the visit the French president appeared to surprise Trump by negating his famous firm handshake with a double kiss. Melania Trump, who briefly lived in Paris, seemed more comfortable and also embraced her French counterpart Brigitte Macron. In a later video Trump leans across and sweeps something from Macron’s shoulder. The…
[ad_1] The yearly drills, codenamed “Han Kuang” or “Han Glory”, will take place on June 4. Taiwan seems to be ramping up their drills this year with the first inclusion of its coast guard and National Airborne Service Corps. It comes after China conducted its own live-fire drills on April 18. Taipei’s Mainland Affairs Council…
[ad_1] The summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to take place on Friday in the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom. Foreign Minister Kang said: “The South-North summit talks are expected to be a venue where the leaders discuss the issue of denuclearisation frankly and verify North Korea’s commitment…
[ad_1] AN OIL WELL fire in Indonesia has killed at least 10 people and dozens more have been injured as firefighters desperately scramble to extinguish the engulfing flames, it has emerged. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Backlash toward the University of Alberta is escalating, with donors pulling funding and rallies being planned, but the school’s president says he won’t compromise academic independence by reversing a decision to award David Suzuki an honorary degree. Although some of the school’s own faculty staff have spoken out against the decision, U of A president David Turpin confirmed Tuesday the…
[ad_1] A gunman is currently at large after two police officers and one civilian were shot and critically wounded. Speaking at a press conference, Mr Rawlings said: “Dallas once again is at the precipice looking into the hell of heartbreak as our police department was attacked this afternoon.” He added the Dallas press has always…
[ad_1] Mr Tusk, the European Council President, is on a tour of the Western Balkans, where he said adding Albania and Macedonia to the bloc’s ranks would be tough but “worth the effort”. However, the plan endorsed by Mr Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has been criticised by Mr Macron, who demands EU…
[ad_1] Under the agreement, which was made by President Barack Obama, Iran has curbed its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. Mr Trump has described the agreement as “the worst deal in history”, but the rest of the world is concerned that scrapping the deal would see Iran developing the world’s most…
[ad_1] Speaking during a joint meeting with Emmanuel Macron the US leader warned Iran that a new nuclear deal will need “solid foundations”. He said: “If I do what some people expect, whether or not it will be possible to do a new deal with solid foundations. “Because this is a deal with decade foundations.…
[ad_1] Several police units responded to the scene where they believed the gunman fled into the woods behind the store. Dallas police confirmed the officers were shot and that they were critically wounded. They said in a statement on Twitter: “We can confirm that two Dallas PD officers have been shot and critically wounded. “We…
[ad_1] When is Anzac Day 2018? The annual public holiday observed in Australia and New Zealand is marked on April 25. April 25 was the day the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) troops entered battle in the First World War in the tragic Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915. Despite only being recognised…
[ad_1] Avicii, whose real name was Tim Bergling, was found dead in the Omani capital of Muscat. A cause of death has not yet been released. Bergling began making music when he was just 18 years old, writing and remixing tracks in his bedroom. He quickly began gathering attneion as he thrilled clubgoers with his…
[ad_1] The 11-time Grand Prix winner, who was rushed to hospital in February to remove a tumour, reportedly mentioned former teammate Schumacher in the operating room. Barrichello admitted to a special relationship between him and his ex teammate, and said: “There must be something in my subconscious. Our connection is not just on television.” Schumacher,…
[ad_1] Speaking to Fox News, the Republican Representative warned that Kim Jong-un had been far more resilient to US Presidents’ attempts to denuclearise the region than Iran had been in the past. Mr Rooney added US President Donald Trump should stop making concessions to the North Korean dictator until “credible inspection ability” is given to the…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron showed a clear and strong bond as they appeared during a joint press conference to discuss the US-Iran deal. The pair has been seen sharing affectionate body language for the past three days culminating in what seemed a sincere hug at the end of Macron’s…
[ad_1] Nicaragua has been rocked by a week of protests in which over two dozen people have been killed. The protests began last Wednesday in the capital Managua and quickly spread nationwide, with scenes of massive rock throwing, burning barricades, tear gas and some gunfire. The dead included a journalist shot to death while transmitting…
[ad_1] When asked by a journalist at the press conference what he means by ‘complete denuclearisation’ on the Korean peninsula, Mr Trump said: “It means North Korea get rid of their nukes, very simple. “It would be very easy for me to make a simple deal and claim victory, I don’t want to do that,…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s nomination of his presidential physician, Ronny Jackson, to head the Veterans Affairs Department ran into trouble on Tuesday when a Senate committee delayed indefinitely his confirmation in light of “new information” it had received. “We will continue looking into these serious allegations and have requested additional information from the White House to enable the committee to…
[ad_1] The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who had entered the country illegally. The government had been working for months on an arrangement to expel thousands of mostly Eritrean and Sudanese men who crossed into Israel through Egypt’s Sinai desert. “At this stage, the possibility of carrying out an…
[ad_1] Donald Trump was busy telling the cameras that Macron is “perfect” and they have a “very special relationship”. The US President said: “I will get that piece of dandruff off you. We have to make him perfect because he is perfect.” Trump was speaking to the cameras while declaring his French counterpart a “special”…
[ad_1] Speaking to reporters during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit this afternoon, Mr Trump also blasted the nuclear accord with Iran as “insane”. The US leader has previously threatened to tear up the deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for a stay on economic sanctions. Tehran has vowed to ramp up its…
[ad_1] Emergency food aid for around a million Palestinians in Gaza may run out from June if the UN agency for Palestinian refugees cannot raise another $200 million US following a cut-off in U.S. funding, the agency said Tuesday. Pierre Kraehenbuehl, who heads the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) providing aid for Palestinians across…
[ad_1] A passenger was Tasered multiple times by police and removed from a flight scheduled to depart from Miami on Monday in an incident caught on video. American Airlines says flight 2446 from Miami bound for Chicago was due to take off at around 9:30 p.m. ET when “a disagreement occurred between two passengers.” “The aircraft…
[ad_1] Accompanied for the first time by his wife of more than 50 years, Bill Cosby walked into a courthouse Tuesday morning ahead of closing arguments in his sexual assault retrial. Camille Cosby had been absent from the courtroom as prosecutors called a series of women to the stand who testified her husband drugged and…
[ad_1] Polish MP Dominik Tarczyński voiced concerns over effects a huge European Union reform drive could have on EU member states. Mr Tarczyński said that while he welcomed dialogue with Brussels, he feared the influence of major states could curtail Poland‘s independence. Talking on France 24 about the speech given by French President Emmanuel Macron in…
[ad_1] The pioneering surgery was undertaken by surgeons at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University on a soldier wounded after stepping on a bomb in Afghanistan. A medical team used a penis, scrotum and partial abdominal wall, which was transplanted from a deceased donor. The soldier should be able to regain sexual function, which is impossible in…
[ad_1] In the clip, 25-year-old Alex Minassian is heard shouting “kill me” as he pointed an unknown object at police officers before plummeting to the ground. A police officer is heard warning the suspect “get down or you’ll be shot”, as he proceeded to point the unknown object at police officers. Members of the public…
[ad_1] Police in a southern Chinese city have caught a man suspected of setting a fire at a three-storey building that left 18 people dead and five injured. The public security bureau of Qingyuan City in Guangdong province said authorities arrested Liu Chunlu, 32, in the county-level city of Yingde, which Qingyuan oversees. Police had offered…
[ad_1] A researcher at the centre of a scandal over the alleged misuse of the data of nearly 100 million Facebook users said on Tuesday that the work he did was not useful for micro-targeted advertisements. Aleksandr Kogan, who worked for the University of Cambridge, is at the centre of a controversy over Cambridge Analytica’s…
[ad_1] He has already had his asylum application rejected by Germany and handed a deportation order. But the 42-year-old, who travelled to Afghanistan in the late 1990s to become a bodyguard for the architect of the 9/11 attacks, continues to stay in Germany after a court ruled he could face torture if deported. The state…
[ad_1] Shania Twain has apologized after telling a British newspaper that she would have voted for U.S. President Donald Trump if she were eligible. In an article posted on the Guardian’s website Sunday, the Canadian singer said she would have supported Trump because “even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. “Do you want straight or…
[ad_1] Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with an infection, just after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara, a spokesman said. Jim McGrath said Monday on Twitter that the 93-year-old Bush is “responding to treatments and appears to be recovering.” He was admitted Sunday morning to Houston Methodist Hospital after…
[ad_1] No more nuclear tests. A suspension of missile launches. The closing of a nuclear test site at the base of a mountain that’s reportedly near collapse. As far as the North Korean regime’s nuclear concessions go, this is the least the government could do, according to non-proliferation experts. What the concessions don’t amount to,…
[ad_1] The 70,000-tonne Type 001A CV-17 vessel is a reverse-engineered ship, and much more powerful version of China’s other aircraft carrier, the Soviet-built Liaoning Type 001 CV-16. The ship is now expected to be taken to a designated testing zone in the Bohai Sea for further trials, an area designated as a “no go zone”…
[ad_1] The Chief of General Staff for the Iranian Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Bagheri, addressed a conference of military leaders from more than 35 countries yesterday as he made the stern remarks. In a pointed message aimed at the US he claimed Washington was too involved in the affairs of the Middle East. He…
[ad_1] At least 10 people are dead and a further 15 injured after a van appeared to deliberately drive at speed on the pavement and into a crowd of passersby. Vasiola Bibolli, a 30-year-old law student, has explained how she narrowly avoided being hit by the van. “I just froze, especially when my friend pulled…
[ad_1] The suspect is 25-years-old and comes from Richmond Hill, Ontario, around 30 minutes north of Toronto. According to the suspect’s Linkedin profile, he is a student at Seneca College. Police did not have anything on their files in relation to the suspect prior to the attack, according to the Toronto Police Chief Mark Sanders.…
[ad_1] A Peruvian judge on Monday ordered the arrests of two men accused of lynching a Canadian man in a remote Amazonian village last week as retribution. The Canadian, 41-year-old Sebastian Woodroffe, had been accused by villagers of murdering an indigenous medicine woman in the region of Ucayali and was killed in revenge by a “mob,” according…
[ad_1] Riot police were deployed on the island of Lesbos as desperate migrants called for better conditions and permission to travel to mainland Europe. Residents and ultra-nationalists held counter-protests before the two groups clashed, leaving 12 injured. Violence broke out when 200 members of the far-right Patriotic Movement attacked migrants with stones, glass bottles and…
[ad_1] Beijing and Moscow both claim to have successfully tested their own versions of the terrifying new weapons, which they say are capable of travelling at many times the speed of sound and evading all existing missile defence systems. In response to the growing threat, the US Air Force has awarded a £665million ($928million) contract…
[ad_1] Most French people are in favour of the rail reform, despite rail workers pledging to down tools two days out of every five until the end of June in protest at the planned changes. Mr Martinez, the head of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), one of France’s biggest unions, said as he commented…
[ad_1] He is being treated at the Houston Methodist Hospital, and is responding to treatments. An official statement from the Office of George HW Bush says the former President appears to be recovering from his illness. Former First Lady Barbara Bush died on April 17 at the age of 92. Her funeral was held at…
[ad_1] Far-right activists erected ‘symbolic barrier’ along France-Italy border to denounce Emmanuel Macron’s failure to stem the number of migrants. Members of the right-wing Generation Identity (GI) movement walked up to the Col de l’Echelle near France’s border with Italy, where they erected a makeshift barrier using plastic wire mesh and unfurled a giant banner…
[ad_1] A speeding van mounted the curb around 1.27pm local time (6.27pm BST), in what is being treated as a deliberate act of chaos. The otherwise quite downtown area of Toronto at an intersection of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue East was turned into a nightmarish scene of emergency services treating wounded pedestrians. Toronto police…
[ad_1] A white rental van plowed into a crowd, killing nine people and injuring 16 along a mile-long stretch of busy Toronto pavement during lunch hour on a sunny Monday afternoon, police revealed. Officials declined to answer questions about what motivated the driver to steer his vehicle toward people just before 1:30pm (1730 GMT). At…
[ad_1] Toronto’s idyllic streets were turned into nightmarish scene of chaos after a white van mounted the curb around 1.27pm local time (6.27pm BST), police have confirmed. Between eight to 10 people were injured police said, but the exact number casualties and the extent of the damage is still unclear. Witnesses said at least two…
[ad_1] A man was knifed near the Empire State Building on Monday afternoon, authorities have said. The victim, who is 28, was attacked around 1.40pm local time, just outside the tourist spot near West 33rd Street and Fifth Avenue. He has reportedly been taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and is currently in a stable…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron is expected to urge Donald Trump not to tear up the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran – something the US leader previously said has “terrible flaws”. Mr Trump said unless European allies including France fix these problems he will re-impose sanctions on Tehran – which would leave the nuclear pact on the…
[ad_1] An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding party in northern Yemen, killing at least 20 people, according to health officials. Harrowing images have emerged on social media of the deadly bombing, the third to hit Yemeni civilians since the weekend. Khaled al-Nadhri, the top health official in the northern province of Hajja,…
[ad_1] Toronto police said between eight and 10 people may have been injured after a van ploughed through a crowd in the Canadian city. There are also unconfirmed reports from witnesses of several fatalities. The driver is believed to have intially fled the scene, local media has reported. He was later taken into custody by…
[ad_1] Toronto Police believe the number of injured people could be between eight and ten but is yet to confirm the exact number. A video shows pedestrians aiding at least one of the victims and pointing the directions of the van to a passing police car. The collision occurred at a busy intersection. The van…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: Trial of Peter Madsen, Danish inventor who stands accused of murdering and dismembering Swedish journalist Kim Wall, ends with disturbing…
[ad_1] Top European Union official Donald Tusk said Monday he had no power or role in the preparation of any flights taken by himself or Poland’s president when he was prime minister. Tusk was testifying before a three-judge panel at the provincial court in Warsaw in a case relating to the 2010 plane crash in…
[ad_1] Antifascists clashed with gendarmerie near the village of Claviere on the Franco-Italian border on Sunday, as they reportedly led an estimated 30 migrants from one country to the other. The march was held following the construction of a makeshift anti-immigration border the day before. For the past week, with the end of the tourist…
[ad_1] Another 12 British citizens were injured in the tragedy around 30 miles north of Mecca on Saturday. Raj Begum Hussain, 70, from Blackburn, is understood to have died along with an elderly woman and her adult son, from Preston, Lancashire, and an elderly man, also from Preston. Mrs Hussain was travelling with her younger…
[ad_1] Philippe Loret’s saliva will be matched with genetic material from macabre pieces of skull and jaw bone reportedly belonging to the German leader and held in a vault by the former KGB in Moscow. The Frenchman is convinced his late father, Jean-Marie Loret, was Hitler’s illegitimate son conceived long before the tyrant led Germany…
[ad_1] The aim of the plan is to support the less developed parts of the union as Brussels does not want to continue distributing cash just based on a country’s wealth or GDP (gross domestic product). Cash given to countries will depend on different criteria such as youth unemployment, education, the environment and innovation. Poland…
[ad_1] Bjarni Benediktsson said the EU’s desire for “deeper integration” was making it increasingly difficult for his country to have special exemptions. The comments have been seen as showing the problems that could arise if the UK tries to stay too close with the EU after it leaves the bloc. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph,…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House on Monday at the start of a three-day state visit expected to be dominated by U.S.-European differences on the Iran nuclear deal and souring trade relations. It will be Trump’s first hosting of a state visit since he took power in January 2017. The pair…
[ad_1] Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan said Monday he would resign to help maintain peace in the ex-Soviet republic following daily street protests since before he took up the post on April 17. Sarksyan, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had served as Armenia’s president for a decade until earlier this month and…
[ad_1] Net neutrality in the United States is official over, as of today. In December, the Federal Communications Commission voted to change Obama-era rules that governed how major telecommunications companies treat data over the internet. That ruling comes into effect as of this morning. Under the old rules, companies were largely forbidden from blocking, slowing down…
[ad_1] As the search continued for a gunman who fled naked after killing four people at a Waffle House in Nashville, the man who snatched the rifle from him said it was a “selfish” act of self-preservation and he doesn’t consider himself a hero. Never mind that James Shaw Jr. is being credited with saving several other lives. “When I…
[ad_1] Florida authorities went to a funeral home and used a dead man’s finger to try to unlock his cellphone as part of their investigation. Thirty-year-old Linus Phillip was killed by a Largo police officer last month after authorities say he tried to drive away before an officer could search him. At the funeral home,…
[ad_1] North Korea announced it would suspend nuclear tests in a showcase of good faith ahead of the meeting with Donald Trump. The concession was made just days before crunch talks with South Korea and weeks before Kim and the US President meet in a crucial summit. But nuclear policy expert Tong Zhao warned Pyongyang…
[ad_1] Macron’s visit will give Trump his first opportunity of hosting a state visit since taking power in January last year. A lot of the work is expected to take place tomorrow where meetings at the White House and a state dinner will be held and then on Thursday, Macron will address a Joint Session…
[ad_1] The son of a former dictator’s top aide won the presidential election in Paraguay on Sunday, helped by a booming economy under his party. Mario Abdo Benitez of the governing Colorado Party had 46.5 per cent of the votes, with 96 per cent of 21, 000 polling stations reporting, electoral officials said. Efrain Alegre…
[ad_1] There was a time, not so long ago, when Russia sat around the table where Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her G7 counterparts gathered on Sunday. The group used to be called the G8. That now seems like a lifetime ago. It was before Moscow was expelled following the annexation of Crimea, before the…
[ad_1] The Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran was “highly unlikely” to stay in the deal and the nation would immediately begin enriching uranium. He said: “If they want to kill the deal they have that option but they have to face the consequences.” US President Donald Trump has described the deal passed by…
[ad_1] South Korea halted anti-North Korea propaganda broadcasts across the tense border on Monday as officials from the two Koreas met again to work out details of their leaders’ upcoming talks, expected to focus on the North’s nuclear program. Seoul had been blasting propaganda messages and K-pop songs from border loudspeakers since the North’s fourth…
[ad_1] Thirty-two Chinese tourists and four North Koreans were killed in a traffic accident south of Pyongyang, Chinese officials said Monday. Two other Chinese tourists were badly injured and in “acutely serious condition,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It said China had dispatched a medical team accompanied by diplomats to assist the North Korean…
[ad_1] The senior US official has said that foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations agreed on being opposed to Russia as Putin refuses to drop its support for pro-Assad forces despite the chemical attack. The ministers made the comments when they met in Toronto, where they discussed tensions with Moscow, Iran and…
[ad_1] Bookings to Turkey are up 84 per cent year-on-year, while demand for holidays to Egypt has risen by 89 per cent, according to Thomas Cook’s annual Holiday Report. This is despite the Government’s current foreign travel advice which suggests that terror attacks are “very likely” in both countries. It comes after an Islamic State…
[ad_1] Historian Taylor Downing reminisces the days when the world was in utter turmoil, in his new book, detailing the events that led to Russia’s hysteria as they were convinced the NATO drill was a full fledged war plan. In November 1983 Nato, the West’s collective defence, started an elaborate war game they named “Able…
[ad_1] The women identified only as Ayse, 32, Linda, 33, and Nadine, 29, see themselves as victims who were treated badly for their Islamic faith in Germany so decided to travel to the Middle East to forge new lives. “I was badly treated in Germany because I wore the niqab,” said Linda in an interview…
[ad_1] A Belgian judge on Monday sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Islamic State attacks on Paris, to 20 years in prison over a shootout with police in Brussels in 2016. Abdeslam’s co-defendant Sofien Ayari also received a 20-year term for attempted terrorist murder. While his lawyer argued Abdeslam, 28, should…
[ad_1] The Duchess of Cambridge entered a London hospital Monday in labour with what will be the third child for her and husband Prince William, Britain’s Kensington Palace said. The 36-year-old duchess traveled by car to the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital in central London. The palace said she was in “the early…
[ad_1] Mr Singh was speaking at a gathering at Diu in the Union Territory Daman and Diu on Saturday, when he criticised the actions of Pakistan. The top lawmaker said: “We want to maintain good relations with all our neighbours. “Our sages said the whole world is one family. “We accept our neighbours as friends.”…
[ad_1] Chinese state television’s English-language channel tweeted the news before later deleting the message. China’s Foreign Office have since admitted the incident took place but have failed to confirm how many were injured or died. The incident took place in North Hwanghae province, which borders South Korea and is the location of a well-visited tourist…
[ad_1] The Monroe County Police Department and Toledo Police have not received any calls regarding the noise, but are sending police to the area to investigate. One local resident, Mary Bellestri, commented on the blast, saying: “It sounded like natural gas explosion”. Another social media user Donna Travers said: “I live near downtown Temperance and…
[ad_1] A spokesman for the department said the move was aimed at “reducing military tensions between South and North Korea and creating the mood of peaceful talks”. The talks are scheduled to take place on Friday at the truce village of Panmunjom. The news comes as Pyongyang announced last week North Korea plans to shut…
[ad_1] The coach carrying the four Britons collided with a fuel tanker which caught fire and then set the bus alight The Foreign Office says it is aware British nationals have been killed in an accident in Saudi Arabia. Travel firm Hashim Travel said relatives of those who have died have been informed. It is…
[ad_1] In the grainy, nighttime video, journalist Angel Gahona, clad in jeans and a blue shirt, holds up a cellphone and narrates as he approaches the facade of city hall in Bluefields, Nicaragua, reporting live via Facebook on protests that have rocked the Central American nation for four days. Seconds later a gunshot rings out…
[ad_1] The EU and the South American nation’s agreement is a coup for both parties in the face of increased protectionism from the United States under Mr Trump. Since its plans for a trade alliance with the US were frozen following Trump’s election victory, the EU has focused instead on trying to champion open markets…
[ad_1] A senior US administration official said on Friday that the two presidents will discuss the Iran nuclear agreement at the White House on Tuesday. Mr Macron said: “I don’t have any plan B. Let’s present this framework because it’s better than the sort of North Korean-type situation,” before adding that he wants to “complete…
[ad_1] A man who was naked but for a green jacket shot and killed at least four people before a patron snatched his gun and tossed it over the counter at a Waffle House restaurant near Nashville, Tennessee, early Sunday, police said. The gunman, armed with what was described as an AR-15 assault-type rifle, shot and killed two people in…
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron struggled to defend his collapsing support, after polls revealed that he has lost more than a third of his support in a year. Chris Wallace of Fox News challenged the French leader on his plunging poll ratings during an interview released this afternoon, ahead of his trip to the US.…
[ad_1] North Korea announced that they would halt their nuclear and missile tests as Kim Jong-un is readying to meeting with US President Trump in May. The North Korean leader said the country didn’t need to continue testing its nuclear capabilities because they have been “verified”. Author Michael Malice has claimed Kim Jong-un‘s comments cannot…
[ad_1] In an apparent bid to temper expectations, the US President wrote: “We are a long way from conclusion on North Korea, maybe things will work out, and maybe they won’t – only time will tell. “But the work I am doing now should have been done a long time ago!” Mr Trump sprung a…
[ad_1] Authorities in Peru are investigating after an Indigenous spiritual leader was shot to death, a case that local media reports say resulted in the killing of a Canadian citizen, in reprisal for the murder. Olivia Arevalo Lomas, who was 81 and from the Shipibo-Conibo ethnic group, was killed at her home in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon…
[ad_1] Iran has edged closer towards conflict with the US after their foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that the US will face consequence over a nuclear deal pullout. Donald Trump has considered reinstating sanctions on the Iranian regime and even pulling his country out of the nuclear deal. In response, Mr Zarif told CBS’ Face The…
[ad_1] Na Min-hee, who now lives in South Korea, was among hundreds of young performers at a massive parade in Pyongyang in 2010 marking Kim’s debut as heir to his father Kim Jong-il – and she urged Mr Trump not to be taken in. Her warning came as Kim prepares to travel to the Demilitarised…
[ad_1] The facility is located Anatole-France boulevard in the Saint Denis area of the city and is next to a railway line. BSPP spokesman Clément Cognon said: “We faced a very violent fire. “The fire means allowed it to be reduced in intensity quickly and to prevent the smoke spreading on the SNCF railway and…
[ad_1] She was one of 10 Augustinian nurses who cared for the wounded and dead from the bloody battle, which saw more than half of the 6,086 Allied soldiers captured or killed. When a German officer pointed a pistol at a Canadian soldier, she stood between the gun and the wounded man and told the…
[ad_1] Mark Roberts, the national lead for football policing, fears tense relations between London and Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, plus the recent air strikes on Syria, mean overt displays of patriotism are likely to trigger a violent response. Mr Roberts, the deputy chief…
[ad_1] SOLARPIX/GETTY Protestors have taken to the streets of Ibiza to demonstrate against drunken mass tourism Actors representing “predators” the protestors claiming are killing off Ibiza and destroying local culture kicked off the demo by beating drums while wearing masks. Jaume Ribas, one of the leaders of Prou which says it was created two summers…
[ad_1] The shooting unfolded at around 3.30am this morning inside the popular diner on Murfreesboro Pike in Antioch, near Pin Hook Road. Police say that a man, described as white, who was naked except for a green jacket, went into the restaurant and started firing. He was fring an AR-15, according to police. Police have…
[ad_1] The national gendarme service said the man had made the threat while travelling on a shuttle serving the site in Normandy. A witness heard a man uttering threats after he entered the site in the northwestern region of Normandy. An official said the threat was vague, but sufficient to order an evacuation at about…
[ad_1] The two-day appeal hearing in the case of Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was sentenced to 40 years in prison for genocide and war crimes during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, will begin on Monday at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. In March 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former…
[ad_1] French authorities ordered tourists and others to leave the Mont Saint-Michel abbey and monument in western France on Sunday after a visitor apparently threatened to attack security services. The national gendarme service said the man made the threat on one of the shuttles serving the site, on a peninsula in the English Channel. An official…
[ad_1] Islamic State have brazenly claimed responsibly for the attack in the Afghan capital as civilians waited for their identity cards for the upcoming October election. The bomber detonated an explosive vest, killing 31 and wounding 54 other while destroying cars and shattering windows. “There were women, children. Everyone had come to get their identity…
[ad_1] A suicide bomber struck a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least 31 people, officials said. Public health ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said another 54 people were wounded in Sunday’s attack, updating an earlier toll. Gen. Daud Amin, the Kabul police chief, said the suicide bomber targeted civilians who had…
[ad_1] Pyongyang has raked in billions of dollars by sending dozens of shipments to its ally in the Middle East since Kim Jong-un rose to power. North Korea has also sent its chemical weapons experts to Syria to help the Assad regime produce a terrifying arsenal of poison gasses and nerve agents, including VX and…
[ad_1] The concession was made just days before crunch talks with South Korea and weeks before Kim and the US President meet in a crucial summit. All six of North Korea‘s underground nuclear tests were carried out at the Pyunggye-ri test site, including the last and largest in September. The pledge to halt the nuclear…
[ad_1] Ciaran Martin, the head of the agency’s cyber defence unit said their focus was on building “resilience” in “the systems we care about the most”. These are believed to be Britain’s power and water supplies, internet and transport networks, and health services. Senior representatives from utility, transport and internet firms in addition to the…
[ad_1] The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since January. Tajima, born on Aug. 4, 1900, was the last known person born in the…
[ad_1] The president of the Middle East nation, Hassan Rouhani, warned that Tehran’s atomic agency was ready with “expected and unexpected” actions if the Republican firebrand chooses to abandon the agreement. He added: “Our atomic energy organisation is fully prepared…for actions that they expect and actions they do not expect.” The leader failed to further…
[ad_1] TWO BOATS have capsized in southern China leaving 17 people dead. The boats were practising for a race on the Taohua River in the city of Guilin when 60 people were left fighting for their lives in the water. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Nabi Tajima had 160 descendants including great-great-great-grandchildren. She died on Saturday shortly after 8pm. Ms Tajima was born in 1900. The U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group says that another Japanese woman, Chiyo Yoshida, is now the world’s oldest person in its records. She is 116 years old. More to follow… [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] NC Passenger fears over the safety of aircraft have been raised In a stark warning they say that “tens of thousands” of aircraft have been “inappropriately released into service” and warn that the situation should not be allowed to “drift until disaster provides the spur to action”. Passenger fears over the safety of aircraft…
[ad_1] The action was taken after videos were posted online showing gunfire in a neighbourhood where a royal palace is located. A spokesman of the Riyadh police, quoted by the official Saudi News Agency, said one of the security screening points noticed an unauthorised small recreational drone fyling at 7:50pm loacal time, leading the security…
[ad_1] Russia has not been officially notified about the U.S. Democratic Party’s lawsuit over the results of the 2016 presidential election in the United States, the foreign ministry said on Saturday. The Democratic Party sued the Russian government, U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign and WikiLeaks on Friday, charging that they carried out a wide-ranging conspiracy…
[ad_1] Nicaragua’s government says it is willing to negotiate over controversial social security reforms that have prompted protests and deadly clashes this week. Vice-president, first lady and government spokesperson Rosario Murillo says nine people have been killed in the unrest. She calls the protests “cruel.” Dozens of others have been injured or arrested in the…
[ad_1] Verne Troyer, the actor known for his role as Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films, has died at the age of 49. According to his official Facebook page, the actor was struggling with “his own battles…But unfortunately this time was too much.” His family did not give a specific cause of death but made reference…
[ad_1] Local residents and members of the Jaish al-Islam rebel group have been digging graves to bury the corpses in a bid to preserve hair and clothes of some of the 75 killed in the April 7 attack. They hope the bodies will help the UN-backed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in their…
[ad_1] GETTY Dr Andrew Futter reveals that Cyber weapons are open to possible hackers Dr Andrew Futter’s stark verdict comes as he warns that the world’s nuclear weapons system remain perilously vulnerable to cyber attack. His new book, Hacking the Bomb, revealed that all nuclear systems remain open to cyber attacks and cyber espionage, either…
[ad_1] A team of inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited a site in Douma, Syria, on Saturday to collect samples as it tries to determine whether chemical weapons were used there on April 7, the agency said. In a statement, the OPCW said it would now evaluate and consider…
[ad_1] Blue heeler Max was awarded a police honour after staying by her side for more than 15 hours in the wild and eventually leading rescuers to the child. Max came to the rescue after three-year-old Aurora went missing when she wandered off into bushland on a rural property in Queensland state. Emergency services launched a desperate…
[ad_1] Aid workers tending to Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are ramping up preparations in the weeks before the start of monsoon season, amid warnings that makeshift shelters in their Bangladesh camps could be destroyed by mudslides and flooding. Myanmar’s panel of international advisers on issues concerning the Rohingya recently warned that the season, which begins in earnest in June and runs until…
[ad_1] Queen Elizabeth is marking her 92nd birthday with a Saturday night concert in London featuring British singers such as Sting, Tom Jones and Jamie Cullum. Kylie Minogue, Shaggy, Craig David and Canadian Shawn Mendes also are set to perform for the Queen’s Birthday Party at Royal Albert Hall. The Queen — the world’s longest-reigning living monarch…
[ad_1] Several former U.S. presidents were among the 1,500 mourners expected to gather at a Houston church on Saturday for the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush, who died on Tuesday at the age of 92. Bush, the wife of the 41st president of the United States George H.W. Bush, and the mother of the…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the bill at an emergency meeting after a little girl from his hometown of Gujarat was brutally attacked sending shockwaves across the country riddled with 40,000 rape cases a year – 40 per cent of which are children. The order amends the criminal law to include more drastic punishment…
[ad_1] The Czech Republic is one of the most eurosceptic countries in the EU, and political parties are using the country’s discomfort with the bloc to push for a shock Czexit referendum. Only a quarter of the Czech population supports the European Union, and the most recent election saw an anti-EU party, Freedom and Direct…
[ad_1] A spokesman for Assad said he does not want to be honoured by a country “that supports terrorism”. The dictator was made a top-ranking member of National Order of the Legion d’Honneur when he took office in 2001. The spokesman said: “The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has officially returned the decoration…
[ad_1] PH DICING WITH DEATH: Ron Stallworth as a Colorado Springs policeman in 1979 As crosses burned on front lawns and KKK killers terrorised blacks he risked his life to become a Klan chapter chief. Stallworth won the trust of the organisation’s Grand Wizard David Duke while secretly thwarting the Klan’s plans for bombings, armed…
[ad_1] India’s government has decided to prescribe the death penalty for people convicted of raping girls under the age of 12 to combat crimes against women. The Press Trust of India news agency reported Saturday that the ordinance is being sent to the president for approval. It will require the approval of parliament within six…
[ad_1] Narendra Modi on Friday night said he had a “wonderful meeting” with Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the pair discussed strengthening economic ties. It was the first meeting between the two leaders since Mrs Merkel began her fourth term as German chancellor last month. The visit comes after the Indian Prime Minister spent the week…
[ad_1] How to describe him? When he became president of France in May 2017, some started calling him the European Trudeau. But Emmanuel Macron, while young and charismatic at 40, has more power, more ambition and probably more ego than the Canadian prime minister. Just consider the adjective he chose to describe his presidential style — Jupiterian,…
[ad_1] Queen Elizabeth will attend a special concert on Saturday as the world’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch celebrates her 92nd birthday. Singers Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue, Sting and Shaggy will be among those who will entertain Elizabeth and other British royals at the concert, known as “The Queen’s Birthday Party” at London’s Albert Hall. The event…
[ad_1] The freak accident took place in sweltering temperatures on Thursday in the southwest town of Boulou, near the Spanish border. It is not clear how the metal ball found its way into a grill being used for the unnamed victim’s barbeque. After being heated, the ball exploded, sending metal particles flying into the 31-year-old’s…
[ad_1] Ms Flack was performing a charity concert for the Jazz Foundation of America when she fell ill. New York City Fire Department (FDNY) said the ambulance arrived around 8:50 PM EST, and she was taken to a hospital in Harlem. Ms Flack had enormous hits in the 70s and 80s such as “Killing Me…
[ad_1] Chris Swain, director of the Collegedale Municipal Airport, said one person has died after a plane crash on the runway Friday. Mr Swain said the single-occupant plane was taking off when it crashed. The plane is considered a total loss. The person has not yet been identified. The FAA and NTSB have been made…
[ad_1] Getty Russia has declared its ‘confidence’ that World War 3 will not break out with Donald Trump Moscow’s Sergey Lavrov declared that he felt both Mr Putin and the Republican firebrand have the interests of “peace” at heart. He stated: “Speaking about the risk of a military confrontation, I feel absolutely confident in assuming…
[ad_1] GETTY Iran has warned “arrogant” Israel that it will be “eliminated” in World War 3 General Hossein Salami, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Deputy Commander Brigadier said: ”Don’t trust your airbases. They’re within reach,” as part of the shocking warning given in Tehran He added: “Wherever you are in the occupied land, you’ll…
[ad_1] North Korea says it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the suspension of nuclear and ICBM tests went into effect Saturday. The country says it’s making the move to shift its national focus and improve its economy.…
[ad_1] KCNA stated that “from April 21”, the hermit kingdom will “stop nuclear tests”. It added: “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles. “The North will shut down a nuclear test site in the country’s northern side to prove the vow to suspend nuclear test.” More to…
[ad_1] Britain is leaving the bloc in March 2019, followed by a two-year Brexit transition period of around two years. But Angela Merkel has been warned the move could cause havoc for Germany’s finances and leave Germany a “country where poverty and misery prevail”. Author and economics writer Günter Hannich cited research by the European…
[ad_1] This week, a Danish 18-year-old is facing the huge charge after being seen peeing in the iconic Piazza della Signoria. The desperate teenager had been on a school trip to the tourist hotspot, famed for its beautiful statues and 14th century loggia. A Tunisian man could also be landed with the fine for relieving…
[ad_1] The outburst came from China Aid founder Bob Fu, when speaking during a discussion on religious oppression sponsored by the Heritage Foundation in the US, claimed Mr Xi sees the rise of Christianity as a threat to his rule. There are now more than 38 million Protestants in China but according to Mr Fu,…
[ad_1] Moscow was back on the attack today, warning the military aerial bombing campaign carried out by the US, UK and France on April 14 has worsened the diplomatic situation. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura the military blitz had been carried out “at the least opportune moment”,…
[ad_1] But the move has triggered an angry response in Germany, with thecountry’s far-right, anti-immigration AfD party using social media to blast the decision on social as “a joke”, while others, including the lobby group Pro Asyl claiming the figure is not enough. The European Commission, which is the bloc’s ruling body, unveiled the scheme…
[ad_1] GETTY•GOGLE MAPS Australia warships were confronted by the Chinese navy as they passed through the South China Sea Australia’s HMAS Anzac, HMAS Toowoomba and HMAS Success were challenged by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s navy as they were transiting towards Vietnam for a three-day goodwill visit. Defence sources said the confrontation occurred while China…
[ad_1] GETTY European Central Bank President Mario Draghi have resisted calls to quit the G30 A statement issued by the ECB on Wednesday insisted Mr Draghi’s member of the mysterious G30 group was “fully compatible with the independence, reputation, and integrity” of the bank. It added: “This does not entail any conflict of interest.” Italian…
[ad_1] The ‘Schild and Schwert’ (Shield and Sword, or SS) gathering in Ostritz, near the Polish and Czech borders, is likely to attract Eastern European extremists, as well as Germans. But anti-fascist protesters have vowed to come out in force to oppose the gathering. The initiative ‘Rechts Rockt Nicht’ said online: “We will not stand…
[ad_1] Marion Maréchal-Le Pen’s ’Academy of Political Sciences’ will open in Lyon in September, providing a full-time education to students and eventually awarding them state-recognised diplomas. Earlier this year, Ms Maréchal-Le Pen wrote in right-wing weekly Valeurs Actuelles that the “free and independent” institution aims to “detect and train the leaders of tomorrow who will…
[ad_1] The Democratic Party filed suit against Russia, WikiLeaks and President Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday, charging that they conspired to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, a court filing showed. The party alleges in the federal lawsuit in Manhattan that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian government and its military spy agency to…
[ad_1] The Swedish Academy said Friday that names of some previous Nobel literature laureates had been leaked in advance, and pledged to redraw the ancient rules governing how it functions, amid a sexual misconduct scandal and mass exodus of members that has cast a shadow on the secretive Nobel group. The group also said alleged…
[ad_1] Prince Charles was approved to succeed Queen Elizabeth as head of the Commonwealth at a Friday meeting of the group’s heads of government in the British town of Windsor. “We recognize the role of the Queen in championing the Commonwealth and its peoples,” the Commonwealth leaders said in a statement. “The next head of the Commonwealth shall…
[ad_1] The Swedish-born producer and DJ known as Avicii has been found dead in Oman. Publicist Diana Baron said in a statement that the 28-year-old, who was born Tim Bergling, was in Muscat, Oman. “The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time,” the statement…
[ad_1] Diplomats from South Korea’s presidential Blue House and North Korea’s State Affairs Commission tested the hotline for four minutes. And this paves the way for the two leaders to do the same in advance of the historic meeting, the first between the two countries in 11 years. South Korea’s director for the Government Situation…
[ad_1] The Manoro volcano blanketed the island in ash, acid rain and sulphuric flumes in March and Ambae has become ashen grey and covered with a layer of thick ash between 20cm to 30cm. When the volcano last erupted in September the entire island was evacuated. The residents returned more than a month later. However,…
[ad_1] Pupils from more than 2,600 education institutions will walk out at 10am local time, observing a 13-second silence in honour of the students who died 19 years ago. When was the high school massacre? On April 20, 1999 senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School…
[ad_1] Every year on April 20, smokers gather to smoke cannabis around the time of 4.20pm. In the US, the day is known as 4/20 but the unofficial holiday is marked across the world in the UK and as far afield as New Zealand. 420 is not only a special day for stoners but a…
[ad_1] The World Health Organization says it has co-ordinated shipment of an experimental Ebola vaccine and drugs to treat a laboratory scientist in Hungary who was exposed to the potentially deadly disease earlier this month. The U.N. health agency said in an emailed statement on Friday that Hungarian officials asked for help last week after…
[ad_1] Thousands of Palestinians joined the fourth weekly protest on Gaza’s border with Israel on Friday, some burning tires or flying kites with flaming rags dangling from their tails. Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops firing from across the border fence, health officials said. Huge black plumes of smoke from the blazing tires engulfed…
[ad_1] Police in Nicaragua say that a police officer, protester, and pro-government activist have been killed in clashes over a planned social security reform. The National Police said the officer was killed Thursday by a shotgun blast and the protester died as a result of “a dispute between gangs.” It identified the protester as a…
[ad_1] Insurgents in the last area outside Syrian government control near Damascus agreed on Friday to withdraw, but the army’s bombardment continued pending a full surrender deal, state media and a war monitor reported. The development heralds another advance for President Bashar al-Assad’s push to retake remaining enclaves and strengthen his position around the capital…
[ad_1] All of the figures, up to 30 in total, claim they were victims of political pressure or prosecutions when they arrived in exile in London. Now at least one has already returned, and dozens more have applied, with the prospect of legal action against them in Russia being dropped. But there are also claims…
[ad_1] GETTY STOCK Scientists have found camels infected with a disease similar to “mad cow disease” in cattle Researchers have discovered a prion disease in camels in Algeria. Prions cause fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases, such as the deterioration of the brain or nervous system in humans and animals. Prions caused bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)…
[ad_1] The shooting took place this morning at Forest High School in Ocala. Police warned: “We are asking the citizens to avoid the area. ”Parents please stand by for further direction from the school on how to pick up your children.” Local media reported one pupil had been blasted in the leg. Marion County Sheriff’s…
[ad_1] THE sands of time have finally achieved what six decades of American might, an attempted coup, nuclear confrontation, assassins’ bullets, exploding cigars and economic sanctions failed to do. For the first time since 1959, the Caribbean island of Cuba is without a Castro at the helm. Raúl Castro, aged 86, yesterday stepped down as…
[ad_1] In St Petersburg, close to where the England team will be based for the contest, a law enforcement video shows a dramatic raid on seven suspects accused of being in touch with a terrorist recruiter. Several were wearing just underwear when they were held by a team including a rapid reaction Interior Ministry force…
[ad_1] The US military announced the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade and 4th Infantry Division will be joining American and NATO forces as part of its Operation Atlantic Resolve. The operation was first launched in 2014 by the Pentagon to deter Russian aggression in the region and to reassure allies of its commitment to protect them.…
[ad_1] Thousands of students across the United States will mark the 19th anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School by walking out of classes on Friday, in a show of unity intended to put pressure on politicians to enact tighter gun restrictions. Students from more than 2,600 schools and institutions are expected to walk out…
[ad_1] A video of the Iraqi airstrike, published by Ruptly, shows the ISIS site in Syria crumbling as it gets hit by the Iraqi airstrike. Iraq launched the airstrike in Syria on Thursday in coordination with Assad’s Syrian army triggering fears of a new anti-Western Axis forming in the region. The airstrike came after the…
[ad_1] Speaking to CNBC, political analyst Enea Desideri claimed it would be “very difficult” for the European Union to come to an agreement on the eurozone reform by this June. The analyst for Open Europe said French President Emmanuel Macron‘s proposals for the reform will be crushed by the political instability of key founder member…
[ad_1] The Basque militant group ETA on Friday apologized for the harm caused to victims and their relatives during its half-century-long violent campaign to create an independent state in northern Spain and southwest France. The apology comes as the group is expected to announce its final dissolution early next month, just over a year after it ended its armed separatist…
[ad_1] Mount Io erupted on Thursday sending smoke and ash high into the sky and hurling rocks as far as two kilometres (1 mile). The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said there is a possibility the volcano will continue to erupt. Makoto Saito, an official from the JMA, warned residents in the area to stay away…
[ad_1] North Korea have engaged Donald Trump in talks because they are “afraid” revealed US Senator, Lindsey Graham. Senator Lindsey Graham for South Carolina said: “The only reason that they are at the table is because they are afraid of Donald Trump. “Donald Trump has done a heck of a job of convincing North Korea that he…
[ad_1] A group of 50 Central American migrants who set out from southern Mexico in late March have reached the U.S. border, having endured the long journey despite threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to secure the border with National Guard personnel. Since peaking at about 1,500 people, the so-called migrant caravan has dwindled under pressure from…
[ad_1] Impending World War 3 may be prevented if Mike Pompeo, the current Director the Central Intelligence Agency, was promoted to Secretary of State by President Donald Trump. World War 3 concerns escalated after the US invested an extra $200 million on a missile system which had been previously been criticised by North Korean leader Kim…
[ad_1] Karen Pierce said all the facts had yet to be established after the April 7 attack that was the trigger for the UK, US and French strikes in Syria. And an inspection by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was put on hold after the team came under fire. Ms Pierce,…
[ad_1] “Iran has many options if the United States leaves the nuclear deal,” Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said after his arrival in New York. “The response from Iran, and in fact from the international community, to the US move would be very unpleasant for Americans,” he added. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,…
[ad_1] North Korea and South Korea have installed a telephone hotline between their leaders as they prepare for a rare summit next week aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang. South Korea’s presidential office said Friday a successful test call was conducted on the hotline between Seoul’s presidential Blue House and Pyongyang’s powerful State…
[ad_1] In 1999, they were American suburban teenagers. They were hanging out in the cafeteria, chatting with the basketball coach, dreaming up after-school plans to go fishing. None of these survivors likely imagined the remote possibility that gunfire and explosive devices would rip through Columbine High School that April 20, setting off 49 minutes of horror…
[ad_1] Buildings were evactuated from 8am in an 800m (2,625ft) radius from where the bomb was found. The area includes government buildings, a hospital and the central railway station. Police say there is no immediate danger from the 1,100lb (500kg) British bomb which was found on Heidestrasse. It is believed the device will be defused…
[ad_1] World War 3 fears have been ramped up as China has been increasing the number of military exercises around Taiwan in the past year and has even flown bombers and other military aircraft around the island. Taiwan, claimed by Beijing as a Chinese territory, has said that it would “defend the country’s sovereign dignity” and…
[ad_1] The Iraqi military has previously largely targeted ISIS jihadists in Iraq in coordination with a US backed coalition and Iran, following lengthy conflicts including the Battle of Mosul. Their latest missile campaign comes after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi indicated he may engage more heavily in military interventions against ISIS in Syria, threatening the…
[ad_1] It was the first meeting between Mr Bolton and the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, and the US official underlined the need for better relations between the two nations. A White House statement said: “Ambassador Bolton reiterated that it is in the interest of both the United States and Russia to…
[ad_1] Alabama has executed the oldest U.S. inmate to be put to death in modern times, an 83-year-old man convicted of a federal judge’s mail-bomb slaying. Authorities say Walter Leroy Moody Jr. was pronounced dead at 9:42 p.m. ET Thursday after a lethal injection. He made no final statement and did not respond when a…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump told former FBI director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to memos maintained by Comey and obtained by The Associated Press. The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions that Comey had…
[ad_1] Wess Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of State, issued the warning on Wednesday to the House Foreign Affairs Committee while speaking on behalf of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. He said: “Ankara should be mindful of the risks in making strategic concessions to Moscow in order to achieve its tactical objectives in Syria. “Ankara…
[ad_1] The violent jihadist was captured more than a month ago. Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said: “We can confirm that Mohammad Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national, was captured more than a month ago by SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) partners as part of their ongoing operations to defeat ISIS inside Syria.” More to follow… [ad_2]…
[ad_1] EU and Moroccan officials will meet in Rabat this week to discuss a draft treaty about an important fishing agreement. But the treaty has already been blasted by one British-based campaign group who urged the EU not to allow Morocco to have the right to fish in waters adjacent to Western Sahara- as it’s…
[ad_1] The secretive nation, led by Kim Jong-un, is frequently crippled by power shortages, especially since international sanctions imposed severe restrictions on oil and petroleum supplies. Pyongyang is keen to develop alternative means of power supply, especially nuclear, with North Korea watchdog 38 North, reporting that rapid progress was being made on a 100 megawatt-thermal…
[ad_1] AN OIL refinery has exploded in at the Valero plant in Texas City, Texas, USA with emergency crews on the scene responding to the fire. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The British Prime Minister pledged £15m to strengthen cyber security defences yesterday as she held an “intelligence partners” summit with the leaders of Canada, Australia and New Zealand – who make up the “Five Eyes” security alliance with the UK and US. Speaking at the National Cyber Security Centre in London, the Prime Minister…
[ad_1] George Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF) are considering moving their operations from the Hungarian capital to Germany, according to Austria’s Die Presse. The move is the latest in a long-running, bitter dispute between the Hungarian born business magnate Mr Soros and the populist nationalist government led by Viktor Orban, who has blamed the liberal…
[ad_1] America says it had “credible information” the two allies were attempting to cover-up the attack in Douma, which killed at least 70 people including children. Nearly two weeks after the brutal killings, inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have still been unable to access the site. And US State Department…
[ad_1] Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a one-time federal prosecutor, is joining U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal legal team, Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow said in a statement on Thursday. “Rudy is great. He has been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the…
[ad_1] The £337million Akademik Lomonosov, a barge with two nuclear reactors, is currently located at St Petersburg but is expected to be taken away by the Russian Navy this week. It will then be transported through the Baltic Sea and relocated at Murmansk in Russia’s far east. Once in position, the plant will be able…
[ad_1] The threat of security problems and “provocations” in the wake of the Skripals’ poisoning means they should flee now and move to the “wild east” of Russia. A campaign aimed at bringing home young people studying in the UK and other Western countries has been launched by an official group representing former Soviet states.…
[ad_1] Faced with criticism on many fronts, the French centrist has refused to renege on his promise to deeply transform France via a series of controversial economic and social reforms. The poll, conducted by BVA for the website l’Obs, showed that most French people think that their country has “changed” since Emmanuel Macron took office…
[ad_1] Signed in 2003, the Le Touquet treaty is a bilateral deal which enables British border officials to carry out checks in France, and effectively places Britain’s border with France in Calais. The accord has long drawn criticism from French officials, who say it favours the UK. A renegotiation of the deal was one of…
[ad_1] That is the view of Kent University’s Professor Richard Whitman, who is due to chair a discussion at Chatham House entitled Switzerland and the EU: Lessons for a Post-Brexit UK? tomorrow. As a member of the European Free Trade Association, but not the EU, having voted against joining in a 1992 referendum the Swiss…
[ad_1] The Pentagon announced it would invest an extra $200m in the Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system previously criticised by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The THAAD system is a key component of the US military’s arsenal and is reportedly a source of concerns for North Korea‘s dictator. In 2017 President Donald Trump…
[ad_1] Waving Palestinian flags and wearing T-shirts proclaiming Jerusalem to be “the eternal capital of Palestine,” thousands of Israel’s Arab minority turned out on Thursday for a rally to commemorate a war lost 70 years ago. In a field south of Haifa, near an Arab village that was depopulated and abandoned in 1948, children read…
[ad_1] Swaziland’s King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, said Thursday he was officially renaming the country as the Kingdom of eSwatini. He announced the change to eSwatini, meaning “land of the Swazis,” in the local Swati language at Golden Jubilee celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence and of his 50th birthday. The…
[ad_1] Qatar News Agency, quoting the Defence Ministry, said the ‘Joint Gulf Shield 1’ drill was conducted in the town of Ras Al Khair, north of Jubail city in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia from March 21 until April 16. Officers from the Qatari Armed Forces, led by Brigadier General Khamis Mohamed Deblan, took…
[ad_1] A commander based with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance said German citizen Mohammed Haydar Zammar was in custody and under interrogation. He did not confirm whether or not Zammar was believed to have been fighting on the side of ISIS. The US-led global coalition which is fighting against ISIS was unable to confirm…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: North Korea is saying it would consider “complete denuclearization” in pursuit of a peace deal with the U.S., according…
[ad_1] President Macron faced yet another week of widespread protests as students joined striking rail workers and civil servants to protest the French leader’s proposals to reform the country’s strict labour code. Footage posted on social media shows marchers expressing their anger by lighting up flares and chanting against the President. The crowd can also be…
[ad_1] And Dr Erik Peper of San Francisco State University believes the ability of young people to concentrate for long periods of time has been seriously compromised by their devotion to their devices. Dr Peper and his team undertook a study of 135 students which concluded that the ones who used the most reported higher…
[ad_1] Mr Diaz-Canel, a stalwart of the ruling Communist party for more than 30 years, was sworn in by the National Assembly to replace Raul Castro, with the 57-year-old gaining votes from 603 of the 604 lawmakers present. The transition is seen as a historic shift from an era that began with Fidel and Raul…
[ad_1] Puerto Rico’s power company said Thursday that it has restored electricity to more than 80 per cent of customers affected by an island-wide blackout that was caused by an excavator hitting a transmission line, but tens of thousands of families still remain without normal service seven months after hurricanes Maria and Irma. Officials said…
[ad_1] GETTY Syrian forces are closing in Assad’s army retook eastern Ghouta this month, the biggest rebel enclave near Damascus, but a suspected poison gas attack by his regime caused worldwide outrage. The attack led to Theresa May, Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron joining forces to take out three chemical weapons facilities in the country.…
[ad_1] Beijing’s threat was vague but ominous — a warning from the Maritime Authority to stay out of a parcel of ocean in the Taiwan Strait. “Live-fire drills to check Taiwan independence,” declared the Global Times, a tabloid that often reflects China’s most hawkish leadership voices. Chinese commentators predicted a show of force involving the…
[ad_1] The strikes are in protest at the Government’s plans to overhaul the state-owned SNCF railway firm – which is some £39 billion (€45 billion) in debt – and they have vowed to continue until at least June 28. The lower house of parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of the new rail reform bill, which…
[ad_1] Sniffer dogs helped to locate the woman who miraculously survived under the rubble. She was pulled from the wreckage at 6am this morning after firemen had been on the scene since 11pm last night. The incident happened in the Villamanta district of Madrid and is believed to have been caused by a gas explosion.…
[ad_1] Two hooligans and a female accomplice were jailed two victims in Moscow – where the World Cup Final will be held on July 15. But one of the gang claimed they had murdered as many as 10 victims and now investigators are searching for evidence of others. The disturbing case was revealed just two…
[ad_1] APA / PA / GETTY Hans Asperger has been implicated in Nazi euthanasia by a historian Asperger’s Syndrome, marked by an impaired ability to interact socially with others, tends to affect people of average or above average intelligence. It was first identified by Professor Asperger in 1944 who used the term “autistic psychopathy” to…
[ad_1] It has been 112 years since the 1906 earthquake devastated San Francisco, killing 3,000 people and destroying 80 percent of the city. A new report has been published on the potential effects if a hypothetical major 7.0 earthquake struck directly under the city of Oakland on the Hayward fault. The U.S Geological Survey (USGS)…
[ad_1] Hans Asperger, the Austrian pediatrician who pioneered research into autism and after whom Asperger syndrome is named, “actively co-operated” with a Nazi program under which disabled children were killed, according to a newly published academic paper. The article by medical historian Herwig Czech was published Thursday in the journal Molecular Autism. It says Asperger referred…
[ad_1] The Southwest Airlines pilot being called a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet’s damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls. Tammie Jo Shults, one of the…
[ad_1] Another member of the Swedish Academy awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature said Thursday she is resigning, bringing the total number of board members who are quitting the prestigious institution to six. Dagens Nyheter, one of Sweden’s largest newspapers, said writer Lotta Lotass formally asked to leave the secretive 18-member board amid a scandal…
[ad_1] Prosecutors in the Minnesota county where Prince died will announce Thursday a decision on whether any criminal charges will be laid following a two-year investigation into the music superstar’s accidental fentanyl overdose. Carver County lawyer Mark Metz has scheduled a news conference for 12:30 p.m. ET in Chaska. Prince was 57 when he was found alone and…
[ad_1] Britain plans to ban the sale of plastic straws and other single-use plastic products and is pressing Commonwealth allies to also take action to tackle marine waste, the office of Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said. It said drink stirrers and cotton swabs would also be banned under the plans. Scotland has already said it will ban…
[ad_1] Rare-earth oxide has been found on Minami-Torishima Island, dubbed Marcus Island, alongside enormous supplies of other rare elements in deep-sea mud. Jack Lifton, from Technology Metals Research LLC, said: “This is a game-changer for Japan. “The race to develop these resources is well under-way.” A new Scientific Reoijts study suggested that Japanese researchers have…
[ad_1] Speaking in Berlin, the French leader called this a “decisive moment for Europe” as he secured the backing of German Chancellor Angela Merkel for his ambitious plans. Mr Macron said: “We want to build a Europe with a universal vision. “This is an important moment for the European project. “Our common sovereignty is tested…
[ad_1] Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and backed her son Prince Charles to be the next leader of the association of Britain and its former colonies. In a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the Queen said she hoped Charles would “carry on the important work” of leading the Commonwealth,…
[ad_1] Elected members of the European Parliament can claim over €50,000 to cover travel, staff and office expense. Each month MEPs receive a lump sum of €4,416 to cover their operational costs as part of the General Expenditure Allowance, this has been criticised because MEPs are not required to hand in receipts or justify how…
[ad_1] An era will end in Communist-run Cuba on Thursday when President Raul Castro retires, likely handing over the reins to right-hand man Miguel Diaz-Canel, born the year after Castro and his brother Fidel led their 1959 leftist revolution. However, after nearly 60 years of Castro rule, the change is not expected to herald sweeping reforms to the island’s state-run…
[ad_1] Many of the laws will give the bloc increased powers ahead of Britain’s exit from the EU on March 29, 2019. But it also suggests that the EU believes that the UK is extremely likely to leave with no deal. Brussels has drafted 30 to 40 proposals to amend laws and give special powers…
[ad_1] Io Yama, a 1,298-metre high volcano on the southernmost main island of Kyushu, exploded on Thursday at 3.39pm local time (7.39am BST). It is the latest in a series of eruptions in Japan this year and live images from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) show greyish smoke shooting from several spots on the side…
[ad_1] Donald Trump celebrated the brave service members from the UK and France while claiming Syria “hit none” of the missiles fired at chemical weapon targets. President Trump said: “This evening I want to send a message to all of the brave service members from the US, France and the United Kingdom, who were involved…
[ad_1] The self-titled Christian numerologist has claimed the world teeters on the brink of global war as more world powers get involved in the Syrian conflict. Hinting at the possibility of a World War 3 in the very near future, Mr Meade said neither President Donald Trump nor his Russian counterpart are afraid of reaching…
[ad_1] North Korea has expressed its desire for “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula and is not seeking conditions such as U.S. troops withdrawing from the South first, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday. Moon said big-picture agreements about normalization of relations between the two Koreas and the United States should not be…
[ad_1] The 5.8 earthquake struck in the south of Iran at 7.34am BST, earthquake trackers CSEM-EMSC said. The Iran earthquake struck near the country’s only nuclear power plant in Bushehr. Bushehr Nuclear Power officials have not yet reported any damage but the earthquake has raised concerns about safety stands in the Islamic Republic. The earthquake…
[ad_1] It’s probably the clearest indication yet that U.S. President Donald Trump’s unconventional diplomatic approach toward North Korea might be working to achieve his desired “peace through strength.” It’s also a blaring warning that the North is more dangerous than ever, confident it now has the long-range nuclear goods to strike the continental United States. The…
[ad_1] The magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit the Banjarnegara district of Central Java on Wednesday at 1.28pm local time (7.28am BST). It is reported to have killed at least two people and injured more than 20. At least 2,000 people have taken shelter in evacuation centres set up after the quake, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of…
[ad_1] The list was introduced by the Kremlin in a drive to improve accountability and trust of the Russian government, but critics have suggested it does not reflect the true wealth of Russia’s top officials, and does not outline any foreign properties owned. According to the official list, Putin earned 18.7 million rubles, or £217,000…
[ad_1] A DEVASTATING earthquake in Indonesia has killed three people and damaged hundreds of homes, the country’s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency has reported. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] US forces could be replaced with an Arab coalition of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. But during a press conference, US Army Colonel Ryan Dillon warned of an apparent surge in terrorist attacks. He said: “We have seen also not just reports, but also corroborated through our own intelligence gathering, that…
[ad_1] The B-52 was the go-to bomber for military action against ISIS and the Taliban, and conducted over 1,850 missions in the Middle East and Afghanistan in the past two years. Lt. Gen. Jeff Harrigian, the Commander of US Air Forces Central Command, commented on the bomber’s impact on the war against ISIS, saying: “The…
[ad_1] Igor Bunin, from the Centre for Political Technologies, declared Mr Putin is planning to succumb to pressure from the West but will do so in a way “to appear like he’s not losing”. He explained: “Putin is ready to make numerous, deep concessions, but he has to appear like he’s not losing.” The Centre…
[ad_1] Chinese state television showed footage of helicopters firing missiles during an exercise it said was happening on China’s southeast coast. The drills took place off the coast of the city of Quanzhou, in between two groups of islands close to China’s coast that Taiwan has controlled since 1949 when defeated Nationalist forces fled to…
[ad_1] Speaking at the end of a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida on Wednesday, President Trump underlined his “toughness” in dealing with the growing threat from Russia. Mr Trump said: “There has been nobody tougher on Russia than President Donald Trump. “With the media, no matter what I did,…
[ad_1] Tel Aviv’s Education Minister, Naftali Bennett, attacked Iran for trying to “break our spirit” as tensions between the two nations continue to spike causing renewed World War 3 fears. He stated: “The Iranian octopus is trying to strangle us and break our spirit.” Mr Bennett then sent a stark warning to “not try us”,…
[ad_1] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) declared on Wednesday it would conduct the inspection. An individual dubbed an “air-worthiness directive” is set to carry out ultrasonic tests of all fan blades in CFM56-7B engines. The job is expected to be carried out on aircraft that have conducted a certain number of flights. The number of…
[ad_1] Djamila Boutoutaou, a 29-year-old woman of Algerian origin, told a Baghdad court she was “tricked” into moving to ISIS-controlled Iraq by her husband, Mohammed Nassereddine, a former rapper who was killed in the US-led battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS. She said: “I thought I had married a rapper. It…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump says he would prefer a bilateral trade deal with Japan instead of rejoining an 11-nation Pacific Rim trade pact. But Trump says if he’s offered “a deal we can’t refuse,” he would be willing to re-enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trump said Wednesday during a joint news conference in Florida with…
[ad_1] MEPs passed a resolution demanding an explanation for the bizarre appointment, which saw Mr Selmayr promoted twice in a matter of minutes to become the EU’s top bureaucrat. The promotion of Jean-Claude Juncker’s ally, nicknamed “the Monster”, made him the EU executive’s secretary-general – a move which critics argue “overstretched the limits of the…
[ad_1] Presidential and parliamentary ballots will take place on June 4 after Mr Erdogan’s surprise move. Today, Parliament extended the country’s state of emergency for another three months. The situation had originally been declared in July 2016 following a failed military coup in the country. Mr Erdogan has been praised by some for boosting the…
[ad_1] NORTH Korea has announced it will hold a meeting to discuss the demands of the current “important historical period” ahead of despot leader Kim Jong-un’s meeting with Donald Trump, it has been announced. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The man is said to have been “walking around” with the weapon before emergency services arrived on the scene in the city of Aalst. As the man complied with police orders to throw away his knife, officers saw he was also armed with a gun and opened fire, Christoph D’Haese, the mayor of Aaslt, told…
[ad_1] Moscow is reported to be in discussions with leaders in the East African country with a view to building a 1,500 man-base which would offer support to warships and submarines patrolling the volatile stretch of sea, which is used to traffic huge quantities of goods to and from Europe. Somali media outlet Qarannews claims…
[ad_1] Catherine Hill, a leading epidemiologist, called for the health ministry to introduce a minimum unit price of alcohol to discourage binge drinking and reduce alcohol-related health problems. And in an interview with France Info radio Mrs Hill said: “The president is ill-informed [about the health risks of chronic heavy drinking] and drinks too much.”…
[ad_1] Images released by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) show several military bases in Syria country which the IDF says are being used by Iran to funnel weapons into the war-torn country. The IDF says personnel and planes from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard are located at four regional airports, Damascus International Airport, and a smaller…
[ad_1] Emergency services including a SWAT team rushed to the scene shortly after receiving a report of a shooting at 3pm local time (8pm GMT). Police have locked down an office building in the city centre and are in the process of clearing it floor by floor. However so far, they have not found either…
[ad_1] Former President George H.W. Bush says he’s always known and would tease his wife that she was “the most beloved woman in the world” and that he “had a complex about that fact.” In a statement released by Bush family spokesperson Jim McGrath, the 41st president of the U.S. says the outpouring of love…
[ad_1] The poll, conducted by Ifop-Fiducial for the magazine Paris Match, Sud Radio and the news channel CNews, showed that six out of 10 people in France are unhappy with their 40-year-old leader. When asked whether they were very satisfied, quite satisfied, quite unhappy or very unhappy with Mr Macron’s actions as president during his…
[ad_1] After a delay on Monday, NASA’s TESS spacecraft is scheduled for a second attempt Wednesday evening atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. TESS — short for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — is the next generation of exoplanet-hunting tools, with the ultimate goal of finding worlds out among the stars. Monday’s launch was scrubbed just two…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: Investigation into Tuesday’s Southwest Airlines emergency landing likely to put company’s maintenance record under scrutiny Leaders of Turkey, Armenia…
[ad_1] The head of the global chemical watchdog agency has rejected Russian claims that traces of a second nerve agent were discovered in the English city where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned. Britain blames Russia for the attack, which it says was carried out by smearing a Soviet-developed nerve agent…
[ad_1] France joined the UK and US in missile strikes against Assad’s chemical weapons facilities at the weekend in retaliation against a suspected chemical attack in Douma on April 7 which killed 70 people. The mission was hailed by Western allies as a success, with claims the strikes set back the brutal regime’s capability to…
[ad_1] Lindsey Graham suggested withdrawing US troops from Syria could spiral the war-torn nation into worse conditions that would threaten local democratic fighters. Speaking to C-SPAN following a private all-senator meeting, the Republican politician voiced concerns about possible military intervention from ISIS and Turkey which would potentially “slaughter: Kurd and Arab forces. Senator Graham said:…
[ad_1] A convoy of missiles were paraded through the Iranian capital of Tehran on Wednesday in a shocking warning to the West. Missiles were marched down the street and included the alarming S-200 and S-300 air defence missile system, as part of National Army Day. Following a speech by President Hassan Rouhani, in which he said…
[ad_1] Saudi Arabia will hold a private screening today of the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther — a stark reversal for a country where public movie screenings were banned in the 1980s during a wave of ultraconservatism. Authorities have planned an invitation-only screening of the movie in a concert hall converted into a cinema complex in…
[ad_1] An island-wide blackout has hit Puerto Rico, which is struggling with an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria hit the U.S. territory. Electric Power Authority spokeswoman Yohari Molina tells The Associated Press that crews are investigating the cause. Officials said Wednesday it could take 24 to 36 hours to fully…
[ad_1] Shock photos today revealed Iran’s military might, including the fearsome S-200 and S-300 air defence missile system. The Soviet-built systems have a range of over 150 miles and can shoot shown anything Iran’s rivals throw at the country. A huge number of troops also took part in today’s military games, which are held to…
[ad_1] The coordinated swoops began at 6.00am and included officers of the elite GSG-9 who are usually deployed in anti-terror operations. In Siegen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia a Thai woman aged 59 was arrested along with nine others. The woman is said to be the leader of a brutal gang of traffickers bringing…
[ad_1] For decades in Cuba, the chants of “Viva Castro!” backed one bloodline, famously declared even by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s father, Pierre Trudeau, in 1976. Soon, there may be a different cry in Cuba’s streets: “Viva Diaz-Canel!” Cuba’s next president will be a non-Castro for the first time in nearly 60 years, ending…
[ad_1] Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that presidential and parliamentary elections will be brought forward to June 24, more than a year earlier than planned, saying the country urgently needed to make the switch to an executive presidency. Erdogan said he made the decision after speaking to the head of the nationalist MHP party, Devlet Bahceli, who…
[ad_1] China’s navy is holding live-fire exercises near Taiwan on Wednesday in a warning to the democratic, self-ruled island against what Beijing describes as “dangerous” remarks on independence. Few details about the drills in the Taiwan Strait have been released by the Chinese government. State broadcaster China Central Television reported Wednesday that the exercises targeted…
[ad_1] A preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that set off a terrifying chain of events in the U.S. and left a woman hanging half outside a shattered window showed evidence of “metal fatigue,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Passengers scrambled to save the woman from getting…
[ad_1] The investigations form part of an Ofcom update into the licences held by TV Novosti, the company that broadcasts RT, formerly Russia Today. “Until recently, TV Novosti’s overall compliance record has not been materially out of line with other broadcasters,” Ofcom said. “However, since the events in Salisbury, we have observed a significant increase…
[ad_1] Facebook is introducing more privacy safeguards to users in Europe as part of efforts to comply with new rules meant to make it easier for consumers to give and withdraw consent for the use of their data. The company said in a statement Tuesday that it will begin asking European customers this week for permission…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday the so-called Windrush generation, people who came to Britain as children after the Second World War, are British and her government would not tell them to leave the country. Repeating an apology she made on Tuesday to 12 Caribbean nations, May told Parliament the government was doing all it could…
[ad_1] An internal White House quarrel over the timing of new Russia sanctions played out in public when the new economic adviser suggested UN Ambassador Nikki Haley was suffering from “momentary confusion,” and Haley retorted: “With all due respect, I don’t get confused.” The feud appeared to quiet down after economic adviser Larry Kudlow called Haley to apologize…
[ad_1] A visit by international chemical weapons inspectors to the location of a suspected poison gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma has been delayed due to gunfire during a visit by a UN security team, sources have told Reuters. Syrian state media reported Tuesday that inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of…
[ad_1] Mrs May wants to make ‘Global Britain’ a world leader in free-trade after our withdrawal from the European Union. She said: “Our trade partnership with India is showing how we can remove barriers to increase trade between our two countries.” Mrs May made the remarks after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has…
[ad_1] Munich police believe the drill was necessary after terror “experiences” that have taken place “across Europe”. A German official said: “We just saw impressive, but also, of course, nightmarish, images. A very realistic drill. A drill of an incident by attackers, by terrorists, which we hope we will never experience here at the main…
[ad_1] The chancellor snubbed President Macron’s mission for a bold reform of the EU and creating a monetary fund that he spoke about in his landmark speech in Strasbourg. The leader of Germany, who has been weakened after her failure to clinch a majority in the general election, has voiced her opinion that she was…
[ad_1] Barbara Bush was the wife of the 41st president of the US – George H.W. Bush – and mother of the 43rd president – George W Bush. She died on Tuesday, April 17 and according to some reports, she had been battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart problems in recent years. George…
[ad_1] South Korea said on Wednesday it is considering how to change a decades-old armistice with North Korea into a peace agreement, as U.S. officials confirmed an unprecedented top-level meeting with the North Korean leader. U.S. Secretary of State nominee and CIA Director Mike Pompeo became the most senior U.S. official known to have met…
[ad_1] FACEBOOK / MARTY MARTINEZ / JOE MARCUS Southwest explosion: Jennifer Riordan died after being partially sucked out a plane window Ms Riordan died of her injuries in horrific circumstances when an engine exploded on her Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Dallas. Passengers fought to save her after the window she was sitting…
[ad_1] Four people have been hurt after a student stormed a school in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan. The student was armed with a knife and later attempted to set a room on fire doing the terrifying rampage. Several students and a member of staff were hurt while at least one student threw themselves from a…
[ad_1] The Saudi’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir responded to Donald Trump after a report in the Washington Post said the President called for Arab countries – including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar – to contribute billions of dollars as well as troops to Syria. At a press conference, Jubeir said: “We are in…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump said again on Twitter on Tuesday that he does not like the landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership deal for the United States. “While Japan and South Korea would like us to go back into TPP, I don’t like the deal for the United States,” he tweeted. “Too many contingencies and no way…
[ad_1] The US leader reportedly felt misled by his aides, who also had to explain to him the US was matching the total number of expulsions made by the entirety of EU member states, rather than individual large European countries. One source said President Trump used “a lot of curse words” in response to the…
[ad_1] The two Koreas are in talks about ways to improve security situation on the Korean peninsula towards a “a structure that is more fully peaceful”, according to a high-ranking presidential official. A summit next week between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in is thought to be negotiating the details…
[ad_1] Two sources familiar with the matter have confirmed the meeting between Mr Pompeo and Kim took place over the Easter weekend. The engagement is understood to have laid the groundwork for a direct meeting between the Republican firebrand’s meeting with the head of the hermit kingdom. Yesterday Donald Trump appeared to hint at the…
[ad_1] CIA director Mike Pompeo recently travelled to North Korea to meet with leader Kim Jong-un, two officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Pompeo’s trip to the isolated communist nation came in advance of a potential summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump. The officials spoke anonymously about Pompeo’s trip because they were…
[ad_1] Yury Filatov, Moscow’s ambassador to Ireland, issued the horrifying warning and slammed the recent strike as a “dangerous development” as fears of World War 3 spike. He declared: “We have to state that the situation around Syria has deteriorated significantly. “Obviously that is the result of the reckless actions by Washington, London and Paris.…
[ad_1] Prof Will argued that Italy‘s current economic and political struggles could increasingly become a burden on the European Union. Talking to CNN Money about what EU member states could become an issue for Brussels in the future, the economist suggested Italy had stolen Greece’s spot as the source of EU headaches. He said: “If…
[ad_1] The fresh-faced leader gave the mammoth interview on the results of his first year in office to RMC radio host Jacques Bourdin and Edwy Plenel. Mr Macron talked with the journalists after the show went off the air and made some candid statements, it is alleged. The French premier said: “I am an equal…
[ad_1] Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired president’s wife whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretence made her more popular at times than her husband, U.S. president George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. She was 92. Family spokesperson Jim McGrath confirmed the death in a statement. The cause wasn’t immediately known. Bush brought a grandmotherly style to…
[ad_1] The office of former President George H.W. Bush released a statement that declared the former fist lady had passed. It read: “A former first lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the age of 92.” Mrs Bush was…
[ad_1] Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son sworn in as U.S. president, died on Tuesday, the Bush family said. She was 92. More to come Statement by the Office of <a href=”https://twitter.com/GeorgeHWBush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@GeorgeHWBush</a> on the passing of Barbara Pierce Bush this evening at the age of 92. <a href=”https://t.co/c6JU0xy6Vc”>pic.twitter.com/c6JU0xy6Vc</a> —@jgm41 [ad_2]…
[ad_1] A futuristic weapon called the “European high power laser effector”, capable of blowing off someone’s head, is in the works and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has put a June deadline for a “consortium of scientists”. The scientists will also be given €90million (£79million) in taxpayer funds for the EU Preparatory Action for Defence…
[ad_1] The US’ Airlines for America trade group revealed the US State Department had informed them of the deal. The group said in a statement: “We have received confirmation from the State Department that overflight approvals have been extended through the schedule season, and carriers are continuing to conduct normal operations through Russian airspace.” More…
[ad_1] Carla Freeman, director of the Foreign Policy Institute think tank, and Mel Gurtov, a Professor at Portland State University, said the proposed summit presented an “extraordinary opportunity” for a breakthrough which could potentially make the world a safer place, the opposite could also end up being the case. But the academics warned if talks…
[ad_1] The US President made the disclosure during a photocall with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is staying at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida for two days of talks – and a round of golf. Mr Trump said US officials were having direct talks at “extremely high levels” with Pyongyang in a bid…
[ad_1] EU member states narrowly avoided harsh new tariffs on steel and aluminium imposed by US President Donald Trump last month after Brussels managed to secure a last-minute exemption. But the prospect of nearly being slapped with the severe levies – which Mr Trump insisted are for “national security” reasons – and the tough talk…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron was at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday where he outlined his master plan for Europe. Ukip MEP Nigel Farage gave his account of the event as he branded Mr Macron, the bloc’s last hope. Speaking on his LBC show, Mr Farage said: “He spoke at some length. He is a…
[ad_1] The series of videos shows alleged air strikes from US, Russia and Syria forces. One shocking clip from 2016 in Mosul shows locals walking along a street when out of the blue, a bomb is dropped on a Mosque only a few feet away. The footage shows the fear and terror faced by civilians…
[ad_1] With trademark rhetorical flourish, Justin Trudeau delivered a message of inclusive economic growth, environmental guardianship, progressive trade and gender parity Tuesday as he became the first Canadian prime minister to address the French National Assembly. Beneath the soaring, gilt-edged ceilings of the assembly’s lower house, Trudeau delivered an impassioned defence of the virtues the…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: Tesla Motors has halted production of its Model 3 electric car as CEO Elon Musk tries to sort out assembly line…
[ad_1] The US-led missile strike on chemical weapons factories in Syria could threaten a long-awaited meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un. Mr Trump authorised the strike after it was reported Syrian forces had launched a chemical attack on the city of Douma earlier this month. But North Asia analyst Stephen…
[ad_1] GETTY Jerome Hamon underwent a face transplant surgery twice Jerome Hamon’s new face is said to be “smooth and motionless” but his skull, skin and facial features have yet to be “fully aligned”. His first transplanted face was removed last year after signs of rejection following a treatment with an incompatible antibiotic, and he…
[ad_1] The US State Department said it had information that two chemical weapons were used, not just chorine as previously thought. UN chemical inspectors were finally allowed in to the city after days of being blocked by forces from the Syrian regime and Russia. Experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have…
[ad_1] Starbucks Coffee Co. says it will close its more than 8,000 company-owned outlets in the U.S. for part of a day in May to conduct “racial-bias education” for its staff in the wake of the recent arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia. In a release issued Tuesday, Starbucks said the stores…
[ad_1] Mr Verhofstadt was speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg during a debate on the future on Europe. The session started with a flagship address by Emmanuel Macron but the influential MEP shocked parliament, declaring the EU is “doomed to fail” unless it makes the right and necessary changes. Mr Verhofstadt, Belgium’s former Prime…
[ad_1] The European Commission President told MEPs the EU has to push to expand into the region torn apart by past ethnic wars fought in the 1990s. A Commission report published on Tuesday recommends beginning membership talks with Albania and once again with Macedonia, despite the process being held up by a dispute with Greece…
[ad_1] A tweet by Nicola Kanaan, from Galilee, contained the video, which she billed as “breaking news” and was circulated 1,800 times on the social media platform and elsewhere before she deleted it. The clip shows the top side of Jesus’ grave in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with red spots and stains apparently…
[ad_1] A new study suggests that diamonds found within a meteorite that landed on Earth in 2008 were created by an early lost planet in our solar system. On Oct. 7, 2008, asteroid 2008 TC3, an 80-metric-ton rock measuring 4.1 metres in diameter, lit up the sky over the Nubian Desert in Sudan. Although astronomers knew the…
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in the centre of the Armenian capital on Tuesday to protest as parliament voted to allow former president Serzh Sarksyan to become prime minister in the former Soviet republic. Sarksyan was president from 2008 on, and demonstrators said he was switching jobs but clinging to power. Under a…
[ad_1] The victim, said to be in his thirties, was hit several times in a hail of bullets after more than one gunman opened fire as he sat in a snack bar. He is “serious condition”, according to France TV. The shooting took place in broad daylight shortly before 3pm local time (2pm GMT) this…
[ad_1] Emergency services have scrambled to scene after Southwest Flight 1380 landed in Philadelphia following the aircraft’s take-off New York City’s LaGuardia Airport an hour earlier. The airline on route to Dallas, Texas before disaster struck. Pictures shared on social media show the engine ripped to shreds as passengers disembarked from the aircraft. Additional photos…
[ad_1] A Southwest Airlines plane has made an emergency landing at Philadelphia’s airport with what appears to be a damaged engine. Passengers were seen walking off the plane on the tarmac at the airport. Passengers on board posted on social media that the plane was en route from New York City to Dallas when something…
[ad_1] A former director with Cambridge Analytica, which is at the centre of a scandal over the use of Facebook data, testified Tuesday before a British House of Commons committee that she believed the number of Facebook users compromised in similar ways was “much greater” than the current estimate of 87 million. Brittany Kaiser admitted she was not…
[ad_1] Experts from the global watchdog the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in Syria over the weekend but were ordered to stay away from the site, where more than 40 people were killed, because Russia claimed it wasn’t secure. Russia and Syria initially cited “pending security issues” at the site, which…
[ad_1] Kilauea is the youngest and most active Hawaiian shield volcano and is located on the southern parts of the Island of Hawaii. It is a shield-type of volcano that forms the southeastern side of the Big Island of Hawaii. The summit caldera contains a lava lake known as Halema ‘uma’ u, which is currently…
[ad_1] If the UK quits the customs union then wine and spirits traded between the EU and the UK will be subject to tariffs. A report conducted by the Committee of European Agricultural Organisations and Cooperatives has found the sectors in Italy at risk from Brexit are bovine meat, dairy, wine, fruit and vegetables and…
[ad_1] Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in the fight against pollution. The enzyme is able to digest polyethylene terephthalate, or PET — a form of plastic patented in the 1940s and now used in millions of tons of plastic bottles. PET…
[ad_1] International inspectors on Tuesday entered the Syrian town where an alleged chemical attack was carried out earlier this month, following delays by Syrian and Russian authorities. The fact-finding mission from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is investigating reports that government forces launched an April 7 chemical attack in the final…
[ad_1] The European Parliament’s budgetary control committee voted to adopt its report on the appointment of Mr Selmayr, urging the EU’s executive body to reopen the appointment procedure. MEPs insisted the nomination of Mr Selmayr for the role “could be seen as a coup-like action” after previously saying his promotion raises concerns about the credibility…
[ad_1] Russian politician Igor Lebiediew proposed the Russia World Cup 2018 organisers prepare an event parallel to the tournament where football fans can face on. The politician suggested the arena fights between football ultras could be an antidote to the rampant and brutal fights staged on the streets before and after football games. This way,…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron was the subject of a speech from National Front MEP, Nicholas Bay during a debate on the future of the European Union, who asked the President if he had “not learnt anything?” Mr Bay, a French National Front MEP asked: “President, have you not learnt anything? “You are very far away from…
[ad_1] Bloc nations’ foreign ministers attempted to put on a united front during talks in Luxembourg this week despite divisions over strikes on the war-ravaged nation and how to deal with the growing diplomatic crisis with Moscow. EU Council President Donald Tusk may have been the first to speak up saying the use of chemical…
[ad_1] British officials say the nerve agent used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter was delivered in liquid form, and it will take months to remove all traces of the toxin. The Environment Department says nine sites need “specialist cleaning,” including a restaurant visited by the Skripals on March 4, the…
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday urged the European Union to reform itself to offer better protection for its citizens in a world troubled by wars and authoritarian regimes. The 40-year-old leader, who wants to play a key role in the EU, outlined his vision for Europe’s future in a speech at the Strasbourg-based…
[ad_1] The summit lava lake of Kilauea Volcano remains at a high level and continues to rise. It was measured on Monday at 9.05am HST (7.05pm BST) and was 10 metres below the rim of the crater, making it visible from a safe distance at Jaggar Museum. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spokeswoman Janet Babb said it…
[ad_1] Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music, making history as the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the prestigious prize. The revered rapper is also the most commercially successful musician to receive the award, usually reserved for critically acclaimed classical acts who don’t live on the pop charts. The 30-year-old won…
[ad_1] Harry Anderson, the actor best known for playing an off-the-wall judge working the night shift of a Manhattan courtroom in the television comedy series Night Court, was found dead in his North Carolina home Monday. Anderson was 65. A statement from the Asheville Police Department said officers responded to a call from Anderson’s home early…
[ad_1] Donald Trump will play host to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., this week amid growing strain between the two countries over the U.S. president’s planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his push for new tariffs. The visit will be an opportunity for the two leaders to discuss…
[ad_1] Florian Philippot, a French MEP, compared the new president to Tony Blair for his desperation to be a good “EU pupil” and willingness to accept any policies from the lobby and the commission. “You support the EU in a total opening of borders, disregarding the risk of migration, disregarding the risk of terrorism. You…
[ad_1] Philippe Lamberts, Co-President of the EU Greens, ripped into the 40-year-old President and claimed France was “further away” from what it stands for when guaranteeing freedom to its citizens. It came after Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech in the European Parliament to discuss his plot for further EU integration. Belgian MEP, Mr Lamberts, said: “Mr…
[ad_1] A state of emergency has been declared on Vanuatu’s Ambae island, as it becomes uninhabitable due to the continuing volcanic eruption of the Ambae volcano. The active volcano has been spewing out ash and gases since mid-March and ash fall has fallen on residential and agricultural regions of the small island, contaminating water supplies…
[ad_1] A European Parliament session was held on the Future of the European Union, and one MEP took the opportunity to claim that he was not afraid of another Brexit. Manfred Weber, who heads the European People’s Party, also took the opportunity take a dig at the UK leaving the European Union. The German MEP declared that he was…
[ad_1] The former Belgian prime minister insisted the “binary political model that has governed the Union since its inception is over” as he took aim at the EU for failing to make the changes necessary to truly please its citizens. Mr Macron addressed MEPs in Strasbourg, furthering his Sorbonne speech, considered one of the most…
[ad_1] Evgeny Buzhinskiy, a retired Lieutenant-General, claimed the Cold War was rather comfortable in comparison to the current conflict and the West should be prepared because Vladimir Putin “will not accept defeat” if World War 3 started. Speaking to Channel 4 News, he said: “I think it’s worse than the Cold War, which we have…
[ad_1] Football ultras, or extreme football hooligans, have made themselves known across Europe as the world prepares for the summer championship in June in Russia. Angry thugs at football games have become increasingly violent by the day and a near-fatal incident in Poland shows they are not afraid to shed blood in broad daylight. Over…
[ad_1] Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been waging a brutally effective “siege and starve” campaign for years, military analysts say, a practice his regime will likely continue as it advances to capture two key rebel-held provinces — Idlib in the north and Daraa in the south. “Siege and starve” is as grim as it sounds, said Chris Kozak, a senior analyst with the Institute for…
[ad_1] Enemy missiles – believed to come from Israeli forces – were fired at the Shayrat airbase in Homs an at another base near Syrian capital, Damascus. But local reporter Ibrahim Joudeh has now shared a video that found: “Missile launched against unknown Target in Far East Damascus countryside” – and then the Syrian response…
[ad_1] The French president will push for a series of reforms to deeper integrate the bloc as part of his vision for a “profound transformation” leading to a future without Britain, post-Brexit. The speech also marks a year since the EU poster boy swept to victory in the French presidential elections. Mr Macron, 40, spearheaded…
[ad_1] Senior South Korean officials may visit Pyongyang ahead of next week’s summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a senior South Korean official said on Tuesday. Seoul and Pyongyang are discussing the wording of a possible joint statement to be released at the summit on April 27, the official said.…
[ad_1] The US administration has asked Arab countries including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to contribute billions of dollars and a large number of troops to help reestablish stability in the war-torn country, and in particular in northern regions. Expressing his growing concern surrounding the cost and duration of the military intervention…
[ad_1] In response to criticism of the pact from the Republican firebrand, Britain, France and Germany suggested that sanctions could be targeted at “militias and commanders” from Iran who are fighting for Syria leader Bashar al-Assad but failed to secure an agreement on Monday. One diplomat against the proposal argued: “It may be that the…
[ad_1] The Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department in Pennsylvania said they are looking for a “white male wearing dark clothing” as they issued a desperate appeal for information. The department said: “Police are looking for a white male, wearing dark clothing, believed to be armed with a shotgun. “Anyone who observes a person matching this description…
[ad_1] The French leader said he “convinced” the Republican firebrand to “stay there long term” when questioned about foreign policy in Syria. However, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders dismissed the claims by Mr Macron by saying US policy has not changed. She explained: “We’ve talked about this for a while, but our policy hasn’t…
[ad_1] There have been reports of a significant explosion, according to local reports. It comes immediately after Syrian state TV confirmed an airstrike hit had hit several bases. Syria state television has confirmed its air defences are repelling attacks in the country’s Homs region. The military announced at around 1.10am local time (11.10pm GMT) that…
[ad_1] The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal with reporting that galvanized the #MeToo movement and set off a worldwide reckoning over sexual misconduct in the workplace. The Times and the Washington Post took the national reporting award for their coverage of the…
[ad_1] In undercover footage captured by the BBC’s Panorama, North Koreans revealed ’slave-like’ conditions where they have been forced to work and eat rubbish while enduring gruelling shifts. Around 150,000 North Korean workers are said to have been sent abroad in a bid to raise billions of pounds for Kim Jong-un’s nuclear weapons programme. One…
[ad_1] Local reporter Ibra Joudeh took to Twitter and posted a video of the missiles being shot at in the sky. He said: “Video shows Missile launched against unknown Target in Far East Damascus countryside.” According to local reports, seven missiles have been launched. Mr Joudeh added shortly after that “another air defence missile was…
[ad_1] GETTY Angela Merkel under fire: Germany restricts Chancellor’s eurozone reforms A draft resolution for German lawmakers drawn up by leading members of Mrs Merkel’s conservative bloc rejects plans floated by the executive European Commission to make use of a specific EU legal provision to create a European Monetary Fund (EMF), documents seen by Reuters…
[ad_1] The bombing of Syria was in response to the regime’s suspected chemical weapons attack that killed more than 70 people in Douma on April 7. The weekend airstrikes targeted three of Assad’s key chemical weapons facilities with the USA leading the UK and France. The former Defence Minister of Germany Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and…
[ad_1] Slovakian PM Peter Pellegrini urged the European Union to desist from imposing sanctions on Hungary and respect the reelection of president Viktor Orbán. The eurosceptic leader secured a landslide vote, winning a super-majority that granted him sole control of the country’s Government. Mr Pellegrini told Bloomberg: “I think Hungary is our neighbouring country and I…
[ad_1] The UK joined forces with the US and France to bombard three suspected chemical weapons production facilities on Saturday. A site in Damascus plus two others near Homs were hit by Allied forces in response to an alleged chemical attack by President Bashir al-Assad’s forces in Douma on April 7. Both Syria, and its…
[ad_1] The United States and Britain on Monday alleged that Russian government-backed hackers had infected computer routers around the world in a cyber espionage campaign that targeted government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators. U.S. and British officials told reporters in a conference call that they planned to issue a joint alert on the attacks,…
[ad_1] The Italian election shocked political commentators after the centre-left was replaced by a rising tide of euro-scepticism, with anti-EU parties Lega and Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) taking over more traditional centre-right and centre-left parties. Former PM Massimo D’Alema has warned the European Union the March 4 results could represent a “breaking point” for the European project…
[ad_1] The world is on the verge of World War 3 as political leaders from Syria, Russia, the US and UK head on a collision course. A week of Twitter threats and political posturing ended when US, UK and French forces launched “precision missile strikes” on Syrian chemical weapons facilities on Saturday evening. In a…
[ad_1] French conservative Laurence Sailliet accused Emmanuel Macron of being a “rough draft” president who favours “form over substance”. Mrs Sailliet, a spokeswoman for France’s right-wing Les Républicains party, was commenting on an interview France‘s President Mr Macron gave BFM TV, RMC radio and Mediapart online news on Sunday night, during which France’s 40-year-old leader…
[ad_1] Chinese authorities have set up a website in both English and Mandarin for people to report on spies. The website, 12339.gov.cn, was launched on Sunday April 15 as part of China’s National Security Education Day. Citizens are being urged to report people involved in instigating riots and even “inciting ethic separatism”. The Ministry of…
[ad_1] He said: “France cannot take in all the misery of the world. “In France, the right to asylum is unconditional, it is constitutional, and we have a duty to take in people whose lives would be at risk if they were forced to return home. “That said, people who are not eligible for asylum…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron said France was committed to gender equality, and that the headscarf debate was part of the ongoing battle against the oppression of women. Mr Macron said: “I am not especially happy that some [Muslim] women choose to wear the headscarf when out in public, but it must be tolerated.” France adheres to…
[ad_1] Up to 50 young Russians swarmed to Simferopol in Crimea and set fire to photos of the three Western leaders in a heated protest against the Syrian bombings. A Crimea news agency report said: “Flammable liquid was poured on the portraits of Western aggressors and fire was set to them. “The participants of the…
[ad_1] R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, has died. Ermey’s longtime manager Bill Rogin says he died Sunday morning from pneumonia-related complications. He was 74. The Kansas native was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for…
[ad_1] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it approved a $43,000 US soundproof phone booth last year for the office of embattled Administrator Scott Pruitt, a congressional watchdog unit said Monday. The Government Accountability Office said the EPA violated the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which prohibits an agency from…
[ad_1] The group made the ancient discovery in a tomb in south west China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Speaking to Chinese news agency Xinhuanet, researcher Yu Minghui said it is the only complete skull from that period ever found on the southern region of the country. It is also considered an important relic to scientists…
[ad_1] nstead citizens celebrated with flower festivals, concerts and cookie sculpture shows. People brought flowers to the monuments of current dictator Kim Jong-un’s grandfather and father. North Koreans took turns laying flowers before getting into formation to bow at the bronze statues. The festival of flowers is called The Kimilsungia, which is a specially bred…
[ad_1] GETTY Director Comey has slammed Trump in his new book, declaring him ‘unfit’ to be president Director Comey, fired by President Trump in May last year, was worried the president may be open to blackmail by Russia given claims he was present when prostitutes urinated on each other during a 2013 Moscow visit. Director…
[ad_1] Organisers are staging worldwide protests to condemn a bombing campaign undertaken by the UK, US and France on Saturday. More than 100 missiles were fired on the Syrian regime in three separate blitzes aimed at chemical weapon sites in Damascus and the Homs area. Theresa May is in Parliament today giving a statement to…
[ad_1] Raul Castro took over a country in 2008 where most people couldn’t own computers or cellphones, leave without permission, run most types of private businesses or enter resort hotels. Castro set about re-engineering the system he had helped create and Cuba opened dramatically over his decade in office. But when Castro steps down after…
[ad_1] Mauna Loa volcano located on the island of Hawaii is not erupting, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). During the past week, there have been a few small-magnitude earthquakes which occurred beneath the volcano at depths shallower than 3 miles (5km). There were three felt reports of a magnitude 2.5 earthquake 0.6…
[ad_1] Ambae volcano on the island state of Vanuatu is in the minor eruption state and its volcanic alert level remains at level 3. Authorities have implemented a restricted area of risk which is 3km from the active vent. The volcano started to become more active in March and early April 2018 and it started…
[ad_1] Turkey warned Greece on Monday to refrain from “provocations” after a Greek flag was hoisted on a disputed, uninhabited islet in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters that the Turkish coast guards had removed the flag from the island off the coast of the Aegean resort of…
[ad_1] CBC News has filed a motion to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to force Chevron Corp. to unseal court records in a decades-long environmental battle with approximately 30,000 Indigenous Ecuadorian villagers. An appeal hearing in Toronto on Tuesday will continue to hear arguments with significant implications and will raise the question of what…
[ad_1] Bill Cosby’s lawyer opened the comedian’s sexual assault retrial last week with a blistering attack on complainant Andrea Constand, telling jurors that evidence would show she’s nothing more than a con artist who framed the comedian and cashed in with a $3.4 million US civil settlement. Now with Constand in the witness box and…
[ad_1] Pablo de Mela’s leg was amputated in a life-saving operation after he suffered brutal injuries in the horror attack while swimming off the Piedade Beach, on the northeast coast of Brazil, on Sunday. Two brave witnesses, who were swimming in nearby waters, managed to save the 34-year-old’s life by chasing off the killer animal.…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s personal attorney will appear in federal court today in New York City to argue over evidence found during a recent FBI raid, and porn star Stormy Daniels’s lawyer says she’ll be there, too. Michael Cohen is under criminal investigation for personal business dealings and was ordered to appear in court to…
[ad_1] The UK launched eight missiles in the early hours of Saturday morning, compared to France’s 12 – and in a humiliating turn of events for Britain, the Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyer HMS Duncan was moved away from the action while French ship The Languedoc continued to fire on Syrian targets. The US, Britain…
[ad_1] Protesters used a metal grinder to try to cut off the statue’s feet and tug it down with ropes before riot police intervened and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. At least three protesters were injured, with blood trickling from their heads, according to reports. The statue suffered minor damage following the riots…
[ad_1] Within hours of the joint US, UK and French attack – which saw 105 allied missiles hit strategic targets – the Damascus government attacked the two towns in the Syrian countryside. Rescue workers said “28 barbaric air strikes” hit civilian homes. Volunteer organisation White Helmets, which assists victims of bombing in parts of rebel-controlled…
[ad_1] The United States military have declared that they are “on the balls of their feet” in preparation for any retaliation from Russia, after France, UK and the US launched military action in Syria on Saturday. Lieutenant General Kenneth F. Mckenzie Jr said: “We’re ready for it. We’re postured both in the region and globally.…
[ad_1] The 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards marked a memorable night for the victims of the deadly Las Vegas shooting, comeback queen Carrie Underwood, and triple winners Chris Stapleton and Miranda Lambert. For the third consecutive time, Jason Aldean on Sunday was named entertainer of the year. At this year’s awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena…
[ad_1] More than 2,800 hectares have been scorched in the the Holsworthy and Menai areas of Sydney in the south west of the city. It continues to burn within the Holsworthy Range and around Barden Ridge, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said. It is believed the fire was started deliberately near Leacocks reserve…
[ad_1] Russia may have tampered with the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma, Syria, the U.S. envoy to the global watchdog said Monday, urging the body to condemn the continuing use of banned chemical weapons. The comments came during a closed-door meeting at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical…
[ad_1] Seven inmates are dead and another 17 injured after fights at the maximum-security facility in Bishopville, S.C., a state prisons spokesperson said. Jeff Taillon spoke after State Law Enforcement Division agents helped secure Lee Correctional Institution around 3 a.m. Monday. Lee Correctional Institution was secured at 2:55 AM following an incident which started at 7:15…
[ad_1] Royal fans with a taste for beer will be able to celebrate the wedding day of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with a special ale brewed in the British town where the couple will get married next month. Harry & Meghan’s Windsor Knot has been brewed to give the traditional British pint a U.S. twist…
[ad_1] Cyber and military analysts believe Russia is unlikely to start a direct clash with the West, but so-called “deniable” measures are likely to be launched by the Kremlin. GCHQ and the Ministry of Defence are already protecting the UK against Kremlin cyber warfare but they fear a hugely ramped up operation in the wake…
[ad_1] The French President has made a swathe of recommendations for EU reforms and will give a momentous speech about the “future of Europe” in the upcoming plenary session. Mr Macron’s reforms urge more funding for a further integrated Europe – in defence, finance and border protection. Countries like Hungary and Poland could also be…
[ad_1] More than 100 missiles were launched at Syria in a series of coordinated precision strikes, in the early morning hours of Saturday April 14. The deadly volley of joint-military might comes in the aftermath of Syrian regime forces allegedly using illegal chemical weapons in the town of Douma on April 7, killing around 70…
[ad_1] Hundreds of firefighters continue to tackle a large bushfire which rages on in Sydney’s south-west. It is believed to have been started deliberately on Saturday near Leacocks reserve in Casula and had spread over 2,500 hectares by late Sunday. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) said there was evidence suggesting the…
[ad_1] Russia issued a dire warning to the West in the aftermath of joint US, British and French bombardment of Syrian weapon facilities in response to the alleged chemical attack carried out by Bashar al-Assad’s forces earlier this month. President Vladimir Putin cautioned the actions are stoking the fires of “chaos in international relations” after…
[ad_1] His comments go against the Pentagon who praised the mission as a success saying it hit all targets and the raids had “attacked the heart of the Syrian chemical weapons program”. Brigadier-General Zaher al-Sakat, who served as head of chemical warfare in the powerful 5th Division of the military until he defected in 2013,…
[ad_1] The OPCW was due to conduct an investigation last Saturday into an alleged chemical attack where up to 75 people are believed to have been killed in Douma. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad denied responsibility, but the alleged attack prompted a US-led airstrike on three suspected chemical weapons facilities before the investigation. Maria Zakharova said…
[ad_1] No other details are immediately available, but Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon confirmed deputies are assisting in the response. The incident was confirmed on twitter at 11.46pm local time. Lee Correctional Institution is a level three maximum security prison for men. More to follow… [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] A Project 117 Alligator-class landing ship was spotted at Bosphorus, Turkey on Sunday. The vessel was on its way to the Russian naval base at Tartus on the north Syrian coast. Before the strike on Saturday there were reports of a military build-up around Syria by US, French and UK forces. The movement of…
[ad_1] World War 2 officially ended following the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, in the wake of the US’s nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But North Korea’s current leader Kim Jong-un rejects these versions of events, and passes on a myth surrounding the state’s founding father and Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung, to…
[ad_1] The Russian leader said any further strikes in the region would “inevitably provoke chaos in international relations” as he hinted nations could move closer to World War 3. He said: “If such actions, carried out in violation of the United Nations Charter, are repeated, that would inevitably provoke chaos in international relations.” The statement…
[ad_1] Experts believe hackers in Moscow are already trying to smash their way into vital computer networks that could bring the UK to a standstill. Key targets include airports and rail links, hospitals, water, electricity and gas supplies and banks. Sources said that critical facilities including the national grid and the NHS have been placed…
[ad_1] The bells of Old South Church in Boston rang at 2:49 p.m. to commemorate a citywide moment of silence in honour of Boston Marathon bombing survivors and victims It was an emotional moment in a day filled with service projects and ceremonies to remember those impacted by the deadly bombings five years ago. Boston…
[ad_1] Damascene — a name given to the people of Damascus — had little presence in the Syrian uprising against president Bashar al-Assad compared to those from other Syrian cities. For one reason or another, Assad decided to hold on to Damascus fiercely, so those who wanted to rise up against him either had to leave the city for good, or stay…
[ad_1] The French leader claimed that he was responsible for convincing Donald Trump to “stay” in Syria. He stated: “Ten days ago, President Trump was saying the United States of America had a duty to disengage from Syria. “We convinced him it was necessary to stay. “I assure you, we have convinced him that it…
[ad_1] They include a seven-year-old girl known only as Masa who was left foaming at the mouth, struggling to breathe and terrified after the Assad regime targeted the area where she lived in Douma in an attack which left 70 dead. Survivors reported symptoms of a feeling of loss of control in their limbs, foaming…
[ad_1] Former first lady Barbara Bush is in “failing health” and won’t seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesperson said Sunday. “Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after consulting her family and doctors, Mrs. Bush, now age 92, has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care,”…
[ad_1] The 92-year-old mother of 43rd US President George W. Bush, 71, is said to be suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure according to CNN. The former first lady and wife of 41st US President George Bush snr, 93, is shunning medical treatment in a bid to “instead focus on comfort…
[ad_1] The sick attack in Quetta, Pakistan, comes amid an onslaught of violent persecution against the country’s Christian community. Today’s attack saw worshippers targeted by a pair of assassins on a motorbike, police said. Investigators said the group had just left the town’s Christian church when the men opened fire. They then sped away from…
[ad_1] Up to three lionesses and eight cubs were poisoned to death in a national park in Uganda in what is thought to be a revenge attack by villagers who blamed the cats for killing a cow. The heinous act has been slammed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, which launched an investigation after the entire…
[ad_1] The horror crash took place near Schwabisch Hall Airport, aviation monitors AirLive reported this evening. The collision involved “two small private aircraft” and has left at least two dead. The death toll could rise, investigators have warned. Emergency workers rushed to the scene to search for survivors. Two people were pulled dead form the…
[ad_1] Barely before the ruins of Syria’s chemical warfare factories had stopped smoking US soldiers partnered with Jordanian military personnel to take part in the annual military exercise known as Eager Lion. The focus of today’s exercise – which is taking place 300 miles from the Syrian border in the capital Ammam, is to ensure…
[ad_1] Syrian chemical weapons sites were bombed by Tornado jets that took flight from RAF Akrotiri turning the Mediterranean island and popular British retirement paradise into a war zone. At least 25,000 Britons live in Cyprus with thousands more swarming there every year to soak up the sunshine. But after the US, Britian and France…
[ad_1] More than 500 Australia firefighters are struggling to tackle a massive bushfire, with several residents urged to seek shelters as evacuation is now “too late”. Scenes of the blaze, which started yesterday, have been described as “apocalyptic” after the fire ripped through nearly 2,500 hectares of land close to the suburbs of Sydney. Firefighters failed…
[ad_1] Current leader Kim Jong-un is known for marking key dates in the hermit state’s calendar with crackdowns on his rivals or even rocket launches. So the world has taken a deep breath today as North Korea marks the Day of the Sun, with some fearing a new launch while attention is fixed on Syria.…
[ad_1] An estimated 30,000 runners are gearing up to take part in the annual 26.2mile race from Hopkinton to Boston on April 16 this year. But the day will mark five years since two homemade bombs were detonated 12 seconds and 210 yards apart as participants were crossing the finish line. The Boston Marathon bombing…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of rage against former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday, calling him “slippery,” insisting he never asked him for loyalty and labelling him “the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!” Trump fired off a series of tweets early Sunday ahead of an interview Comey did with…
[ad_1] In a show of support with Prime Minister Theresa May, Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said Britain’s decision to blitz three site’s facilities in Syria on Saturday was the right thing to do. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show, Mr Johnson said “enough is enough” as he referred to President al-Assad’s actions of abuse…
[ad_1] Coachella’s official name is ‘The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’ as it comprises of both some of the world’s most famous artists and bands. The world-famous music festival, which takes place in Indio, California, takes place over two weekends: April 13-15 and April 20-22. The festival’s music is eclectic, with a huge rang…
[ad_1] Before and after pictures show how two buildings in Homes and the Barzah Research Centre near Damascus were left smoking ruins following the allied attack. Even 10 hours after the missiles hit, smoke was still rising from the remains of five destroyed buildings of the Barzah centre, where a Syrian employee said medical components…
[ad_1] Yet again, the people of the Middle East have lived to see another “mission accomplished.” That phrase, last owned by then President George W. Bush after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, has aged badly. Donald Trump’s version 15 years later, after the U.S.-led airstrikes on Syrian targets Saturday, may prove as fleeting as the tweet in which…
[ad_1] Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has written an editorial outlining the reasoning behind the Syrian airstrikes. Johnson wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that the military operation by the U.S., France and the U.K. may not end “sick barbarism,” but shows “we stand up for principle and civilized values.” The missile strikes, he said, were intended to…
[ad_1] Counter-terrorism expert Michael Clarke, who specialises in defence studies, has urged the public to be ready for “cyber warfare” within the next two or three weeks. He said: ”I suspect Russia will choose not to respond in military terms. But cyber warfare is highly likely. “It will be an attack on national infrastructure, not…
[ad_1] This weekend, allied forces launched airstrikes against three chemical weapons sites in Syria following a poison gas atrocity that killed at least 75 people. Western allies say the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) is the hub of the Syrian programme. The centre’s director-general, Amr Armanazi, is currently under sanctions by the US and…
[ad_1] The British crew found themselves involved in a “cat and mouse game” with at least one of the Kremlin Kilo-class subs, dubbed the “Black Hole” because they are so stealthy. Two frigates and an anti-submarine aircraft were also involved in the hunt, the Sunday Times reported. The Tomahawk missile-equipped British vessel had been moving…
[ad_1] Angela Merkel also said it was needed “to maintain the effectiveness of the international rejection of chemical weapons use and to warn the Syrian regime against further violations”. European Council president Donald Tusk said the European Union would stand with its allies “on the side of justice”. He added: “Strikes by US, France and…
[ad_1] The Syrian government has denied using chemical weapons, accusing Western powers of falsely accusing them to “prepare the ground for aggression” against the country. But France says it has conclusive proof that “chemical weapons were used and that they were used by Assad’s regime”. US sources say the substance is likely to have been…
[ad_1] GETTY / EPA Theresa May’s convinced Britons about Russia’s killing of Sergei Skripal, a poll says The ComRes survey for the Sunday Express found just one in seven believes Moscow’s claims it did not attempt to assassinate former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with nerve agent Novichok. This was compared to…
[ad_1] Earlier this month the US announced it had added 38 Russian entrepreneurs, senior officials and companies to its sanctions list as part of an effort to crack down on the country’s “malign activity” taking place across the globe. Now the Kremlin has confirmed it is working on retaliatory measures to hit back at the…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from a nuclear deal with the rogue state and reimpose sanctions by May 12 unless tough new restrictions are imposed on Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Now, following Saturday morning’s airstrikes on Iran’s ally Syria, tensions between Tehran and Washington DC are at an all-time…
[ad_1] Vice-President Mike Pence say the United States did the morally right thing when it attacked Syrian chemical weapons facilities in retaliation for an attack on civilians. Pence credited the strong leadership of President Donald Trump and U.S. allies for conducting what he said was a successful strike with no reported civilian casualties. He told reporters…
[ad_1] Hundreds of Syrians took to the street in support of their leader. Mahmoud Ibrahim, who waved a Syrian flag as he hung out of his car window said: “We are not scared of America’s missiles. “We humiliated their missiles.” The masses of people moved towards nearby Damascus University, where pro-government fighters danced and waved…
[ad_1] There are concerns Beijing has chosen to firmly back Vladimir Putin on the issue of military intervention in Syria. A number of drills by China’s sea force will be carried out in the Taiwan Strait in a show of military strength and support for Moscow, according to a source cited by the South China…
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched Saturday in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, demanding a new election and a new national electoral system in the biggest opposition rally in years. Prime Minister Viktor Orban was re-elected for a fourth term last week. His right-wing populist Fidesz party won a supermajority in the national…
[ad_1] Top-level meetings in London were held this week between senior US diplomats, the Foreign Office and think tank experts on how to tackle Russian propaganda, which soared amid the poisoning of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, and the weekend’s Allied strike against Syria. Brett Bruen, who was president Obama’s director of…
[ad_1] When word of the Humboldt Broncos bus accident reached Jinja, Uganda, there was profound sadness at the St. James Orthopedic Clinic and among the hundreds of young patients it has helped over the past five years. The clinic is a partner with One4Another International, a Canadian-based charity which helps children with birth defects or…
[ad_1] U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said on Saturday he was leaving a summit of Latin American countries in Peru very hopeful that the United States, Mexico and Canada were close to a deal on a renegotiated NAFTA trade pact. Pence told reporters it was possible that a deal would be reached in the next several weeks.…
[ad_1] The base was in the Jabal Azzan region south of Aleppo, a Syrian government-controlled rural region. People claimed to have seen explosions at the site. There are reports it was attacked by Israeli aircraft. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported the blast but said the cause was unknown. More…
[ad_1] The 15-member council gathered today for the fifth time on the subject of Syria since the deadly toxic gas attack on the town of Douma that saw 40 civilians – and innocent children – gassed to death a week ago. In retaliation, the US, UK and France bombed Barzah Research and Development Centre in…
[ad_1] In a summary of the advice given by Attorney General Jeremy Wright to Prime Minister Theresa May, Downing Street pointed the finger at Moscow over its role in leading the UK and its allies to decide to launch an attack on Bashar Assad’s regime. It said international action to alleviate suffering caused by chemical…
[ad_1] Milos Forman, the Czech-born movie director who found fame in Hollywood with the Oscar-winning classics One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus, has died at the age of 86. Forman passed away on Friday in the United States, where he lived, after a short illness, his wife, Martina, told Czech news agency CTK on Saturday.…
[ad_1] Up to four Tornado GR4 aircrafts – with each capable of holding eight tonnes of bombs – were used in the attack, which saw 105 missiles blow up chemical weapons sites across the war-torn country. With a maximum speed of Mach 1.3, the GR4 is the latest phase in the evolution of the Tornado,…
[ad_1] The Pentagon reported the massive spike in online Russian propaganda attempts in the wake of the 105-strong precision-guided missile strike, which hit and destroyed sites that housed deadly chemical weapon agents. Joint forces targeted three sites at the heart of Syria’s chemical weapons programme yesterday, killing 40 civilians. Russia, which has troops supporting the…
[ad_1] Two-year-old Zoomer enjoys all the luxuries other children do – eating ice cream cones and playing with toy trucks, but the child’s parents will not reveal the gender. Parents Kyl and Brent Myer are part of the Gender Creative Parenting Movement and Zoomer is a “theyby”. This means, outside of immediate family, when introducing…
[ad_1] All three nations joined in a coordinated attack on Syria following the chemical weapons outrage in the Damascus suburb of Douma last Saturday, which lef up to 75 people, including children, dead. The missiles were delivered from US, British and French naval platforms in the Red Sea, the Northern Arabian Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean,…
[ad_1] This afternoon, the United Nations Security Council met again at the request of Russia. It follows a wave of strikes by the US, UK and France against alleged chemical weapons facilities in Syria. And US ambassador Nikki Haley told the meeting: “We are confident that we have crippled Syria’s chemical weapons program. “We are…
[ad_1] Video Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana W. White and Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. brief the press on operations in Syria Posted: Apr 14, 2018 11:05 AM ET | Last Updated: April 14 Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana W. White and Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. brief the press on operations in…
[ad_1] Speaking in a press conference hours after the trilateral US-UK-French military strike against the Assad regime in Syria, Iran‘s President Hassan Rouhani said he was not afraid to shout “loud and clear” Donald Trump, Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron were “criminals”. He said: “The attack carried out on Syria overnight at dawn is a…
[ad_1] The US, UK and France have launched airstrikes against several Syrian regime sites early on Saturday morning linked to alleged chemical weapons production. Footage from the country has captured the aftermath of the devastating strikes, including a huge hole left by a British missile in Homs. In another video, released by Syrian state television,…
[ad_1] Terrified passengers were desperately trying to get through to loved ones during a mid-air plane journey after pilots announced an emergency landing was in place. The people on board the Qantas flight between Perth and Sydney were left to contemplate their final moments when oxygen masks dramatically plunged from the cabin ceiling. During the…
[ad_1] Flick through cable news channels on any given night and human suffering will eventually — inevitably — fill the screen. This week the images of Syrian children foaming at the mouth after yet another alleged chemical attack in Syria were horrific. The only takeaway for weary audiences a world away seems the prospect of more violence.…
[ad_1] Mr Putin and his envoys talked tough ahead of today’s airstrikes but Russia’s response since the attacks has been restrained – Moscow has issued more threats but so far refrained from taking military action as threatened. This morning Moscow warned “actions will not be left without consequences”, but a Middle East expert doubts Russia…
[ad_1] Speaking to Fox News, the founder of the National Security Institute claimed it was time Russia and Iran paid the price of supporting Syrian President Assad’s regime following a series of US-UK-French military strikes aimed at the Syrian government forces on Saturday. Mr Jaffer, a former advisor to US President George W. Bush, argued…
[ad_1] Speaking in the White House today, Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the director of the Joint Staff, firmly stated: “There was no military response from actors in Syria.” He said the Syrian’s air defensive efforts were “ineffective” and the mission was over before Syrian military even got a single defensive missile airborne. However, the spokesman…
[ad_1] The winning image in the World Press Photo of the Year 2018 contest and first prize for spot news singles, taken by Ronaldo Schemidt, shows Jose Victor Salazar Balza in flames during a violent protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, on May 3, 2017. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Agence France-Presse via Reuters) Las Vegas massacre In the spot news stories category, a winning…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday the military action should act as a warning to Russia but said the “limited and targeted” operation had been a success. She stressed: “This is not about intervening in a civil war. It is not about regime change.” NATO Secretary General backed the bombing, tweeting: “I support…
[ad_1] This time, as the pre-dawn skies over Syria streaked with U.S.-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles, it was a multilateral effort. The U.S.-European operation was broader than last year’s, hitting three targets rather than one Syrian air base. It was bolder, too, striking near the more densely populated capital of Damascus, after the regime unleashed a suspected chemical…
[ad_1] Syrian state media attacked the Western strikes as illegal and “doomed to fail,” after the US, Britain and France launched a joint operation against the Damascus government. In an address from the White House President Donald Trump said: “I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the…
[ad_1] Syrian state TV has broadcast what they claim is “the aftermath of a British air strike” in a suburb of Homs, one of the first signs of destruction following the attack early this morning. Initial footage captured from the site, which has not been verified, shows people walking around a huge hole in the…
[ad_1] It follows a lack of debate and action and a call for a political solution to the growing threat from Syrian dictator Assad. The action was in response to a suspected chlorine gas attack on civilians in Douma. The coordinated strikes hit three Syrian facilities used to store and produce chemical weapons. Speaking this morning,…
[ad_1] The United States, France and Britain fired more than 100 missiles at Syria late Friday in what the Pentagon is calling a “one-time shot,” following evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians last weekend using at least chlorine gas. The three allies will brief NATO envoys on Saturday…
[ad_1] 10.20am: Further reaction shows mixed response to UK military action World leaders and British politicans have been reacting to the military attacks overnight, with some praising Mrs May while others have criticised the military action. Thornbury and Yate MP Luke Hall saying: “Speed is essential. A clear signal to anyone who believes they can use…
[ad_1] He said: ”By their actions, the United States is further exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria, causing suffering to the civilian population. “In fact they indulge the terrorists who have been tormenting the Syrian people for seven years, provoking a new wave of refugees from this country and the region as a whole.” The…
[ad_1] His former chief economic advisor revealed Mr Putin would not attempt to challenge on a truly united Europe but the Russian finds it too easy to “work, deal or fight” each individual country across the European Union. It is revealed the Russian president has two EU members included his wider vision to create a…
[ad_1] Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78, was arrested on suspicion of murder after stabbing career criminal Henry Vincent during a break-in at the home he shared with his disabled wife. Yesterday, a friend, who did not want to be identified, turned up outside the family home and said: “They are waiting for the dust to settle before…
[ad_1] Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said on Twitter: “A pre-designed scenario is being implemented. “Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences. “All responsibility for them rests with Washington, London and Paris. “Insulting the President of Russia is unacceptable and inadmissible. “The US – the possessor of…
[ad_1] Military action was taken by all three nations in a co-ordinated military response to a suspected chemical attack on Syrian civilians last weekend. Loud blasts could be heard in the capital city of damascus when Syrian military sites came under fire in the early hours of the morning. However, an official from the Assad…
[ad_1] It is believed that the US military scheduled two potential windows for strikes, including one on Thursday night, but Mr Mattis cancelled them both. Mr Mattis is reportedly concerned that anything other than a “show strike”, will risk the situation escalating in the region, particularly with Russia. One White House official said: “He wants…
[ad_1] In an address from the White House Donald Trump said: “A short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad,” At least six loud explosions were heard in Damascus, and smoke was seen rising over the…
[ad_1] GETTY Donald Trump addressed the nation from the White House as he launched airstrikes The US President made the unscheduled statement from the White House at 2am (GMT). The airstrikes were conducted in response to an alleged chemical attack on civilians in Syria last weekend. Here is what Trump said in his announcement in…
[ad_1] In a major announcement the US President said a co-ordinated attack between the US, UK and France was underway. In a statement, the NYPD said: “The NYPD is working with our intelligence bureau liaisons stationed abroad as well as out federal partners, and closely monitoring the US military action in Syria. “There is no…
[ad_1] There are reports of large explosions in Damascus immediately after Trump announced missile strikes. The UK and France have both joined the “precision strikes”. There are also reports that Russian Airforce jets took off from Latakia just now, but these remain unconfirmed and could be disinformation. CNN Chief National Security Correspondent, Jim Sciutto, said:…
[ad_1] US president Donald Trump has said air strikes against Syria are “underway”. In a statement from the White House, Trump said the strikes were in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma last Saturday. The President said: “A combined operation of the armed forces of France and UK is…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the military to launch “precision strikes” on targets associated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons capabilities. The U.K. and France are also on board, he said. The U.S. is prepared to sustain the response “until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents,” Trump said…
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[ad_1] Federal prosecutors revealed Friday that their probe of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, involved suspected fraud and the attorney’s personal business dealings, and was going on long enough that investigators had already covertly obtained his emails. The details in court papers came as lawyers for Cohen and Trump sought to block…
[ad_1] The senior lecturers, based at Edinburgh, Sheffield and Leicester, have formed a group called “Syria, Propaganda, and Media” (SPM), which spreads disinformation about the events occurring in the war-torn Middle East country. A chemical attack on civilians is believed to have taken place in Syria last weekend, with the West attributing blame at President…
[ad_1] The massive P-500 Bazalt is a supersonic cruise missile capable of travelling at speeds in excess of 1,800mph – more than five times the speed of sound. And video footage underlines the colossal destructive power at Mr Putin’s fingertips. The weapon is shown being fired from a ship called the Marshal Ustinov off the…
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[ad_1] Donald Trump was not a topic the Press Secretary of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to discuss during an interview on Sky News. Maria Zakharova refused to discuss Trump when she was asked what Russia thought of the US President’s threats to send missiles against Russia’s ally Syria. Ms Zakharova said: “Please do…
[ad_1] Ingo Senftleben, leader of Mrs Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) in the state of Brandenburg, said he would hold negotiations with the AfD after regional elections next year. The AfD finished third in last year’s general election and became the first nationalist party to sit in the German parliament since the 1960s. It also hold…
[ad_1] Speaking on Rete4 Quinta Colonna, the die-hard eurosceptic claimed Italians were “better than Germans” and that he will manage to form a new Government in less than six months, as he led the largest political coalition in the March 4 Italian election. As he was reminded German Chancellor Angela Merkel struggled to form a government…
[ad_1] The Prime Minister is seeking to reassure colleagues that the UK is not on the verge of dragged into the bloody Syrian civil war by joining a planned US-led attack, a senior Government source said last night. “This is about stopping the use of chemical weapons and has nothing to do with regime change…
[ad_1] Lieutenant-General Evgeny Buzhinskiy, who formerly served on the Russian General Staff, said if ‘Russian blood is spilled’, then Moscow would undoubtedly retaliate. Mr Buzhinskiy stressed that if Russia concluded the UK was behind any attack on Syria, President Vladimir Putin could sanction counter-strike on UK forces in the Mediterranean. He said: “As our chief…
[ad_1] Authorities say a woman who drove off a California cliff last month in an SUV carrying her wife and children was drunk. California Patrol Capt. Bruce Carpenter said Friday that toxicology tests showed Jennifer Hart had an alcohol level of .102. California drivers are considered drunk with a level of 0.08 or higher. Carpenter…
[ad_1] Russia is telling “a pack of lies”, says Peter Westmacott, a former UK ambassador to the US, after the Kremlin denied involvement in the attack in Douma, Syria. Mr Westmacott told Sky News: “The stage we are at now is that the Russians continue their usual operating procedure which is to lie and try to…
[ad_1] Speaking to Bloomberg, the Republican Congressman claimed US President Donald Trump has an “under the scene” plan to come to a cooperative agreement that will bring all sides of the civil conflict in Syria together. Mr Roharabacher said a mere military intervention by the US would only contribute to more chaos in Syria. He…
[ad_1] J. Brien Comey, Sr., is a lifelong Republican who occasionally tunes in to Fox News host Sean Hannity’s program from his suburban New Jersey home. But it was probably for the best that the 87-year-old didn’t catch Wednesday’s show, when Hannity went after Comey’s first-born son, James, the former director of the FBI. In an 11-minute…
[ad_1] Speaking to France24, the founder of Creative Syria claimed the West has decided to pick one side of the deadly conflict in Syria since March 2011, spreading a “daily propaganda” that has not helped to end the conflict. Mr Otrakji, a specialist in the use of technology in social and behavioural change, added that as…
[ad_1] Ullstein Bild Russia claims UK aid agencies staged the Syrian chemical attack The Russian Defence Ministry alleged that the volunteer aid organisation White Helmets was instructed to “stage” the strike at the town of Douma in eastern Ghouta. “We have evidence that proves Britain was directly involved in organising this provocation,” defence ministry spokesman…
[ad_1] Russia declared that “they are there to protect the Syrian people” but that it will protect “its citizens on the ground” if US-Russia escalate. Maria Zakharova, the Press Secretary of Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Sky News: “Russia should protect its people on the ground of course. “This is obvious, this is the…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, a former top aide to onetime vice-president Dick Cheney. Trump said he does not know Libby, but “for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his…
[ad_1] N/A Trump is sending warships toward Syria Mr Trump’s armada of 12 warships is one of the biggest demonstrations of US naval power since the 2003 Iraq invasion. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, which carried a staggering 90 aircraft, is being escorted by its five-strong strike group of cruisers and…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: Former FBI director James Comey’s memoir hits stores Tuesday, and Republicans have launched a campaign to undermine his credibility Canada is running…
[ad_1] The extraordinary claim from the Kremlin is the latest in a series of denials from Russian military chiefs about their involvement in the attack on the stricken city of Douma. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said: “We have evidence that proves Britain was directly involved in organising this provocation.” Maj Gen Konashenkov said…
[ad_1] Speaking to Fox News, US author Marc Thiessen warned the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to retaliate against future US military action in Syria. The former presidential speechwriter claimed a strong message to Assad would also reach North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un who will be watching the escalating debate between Donald Trump and Assad…
[ad_1] A US official said preparations are underway in setting up the summit with North Korea but admitted a time and place is yet to be set. The summit will be a major milestone in US foreign policy with Donald Trump expected to come face to face with Kim Jong-un. And the US President and…
[ad_1] PA The two leaders met to discuss the punishment for use of chemical weapons The two leaders also said there was a need “to deter the further use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime”, as they pledged to work together on the international response to the suspected chemical weapons attack. Meanwhile, Russia has…
[ad_1] GETTY Mexico murders: Dozens have been killed this year In what is believed to be a gang-related killing spree at the popular Mexican resort, Cancun is facing fears for the safety of holiday goers. Drug-related violence has rocketed in recent years – but this week, 14 people were murdered in a 36 hour period as…
[ad_1] GETTY The US ambassador Nikki Haley warned Russia of further harm The US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said the US government believes Assad’s forces have used chemical weapons at least 50 times during the seven-year conflict. She said: “Our president has not yet made a decision about possible action in Syria. But…
[ad_1] Here’s some sobering news: A large international study says adults should average no more than one alcoholic drink per day, and that means drinking guidelines in many countries may be far too loose. The study found that people who down more than seven drinks a week can expect to die sooner than those who…
[ad_1] Russia’s military forces are outnumbered and outmatched by the NATO presence in the Mediterranean and Russian leader Vladimir Putin should expect to lose if the situation in Syria escalates to World War 3, a former US diplomat has warned. Dr Nabeel Khoury, who spent 25 years in the US Foreign Service, was speaking on BBC…
[ad_1] In a press conference on Friday, the foreign minister warned that ultimatums and threats do not help the dialogue. Mr Lavrov said: “God forbid anything adventurous will be done in Syria following the Libyan and Iraqi experience. But now I hope no one ventures on such an adventure.” He added: “Nevertheless, even the smallest…
[ad_1] The French President has suggested a host of “colourful ideas” of how the EU should be changing, including the installation of a Eurozone finance minister, but faces tough opposition from across the bloc to implement them, according to Open Europe policy analyst Leopold Traugott. The so-called Franco-German motor behind the EU has been faltering…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump, who has criticized former FBI director James Comey repeatedly before and after he fired him, said as part of a series of tweets Friday that “James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR.” “Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did — until he was, in fact, fired,” his…
[ad_1] Bill Cosby’s chief complainant is set to testify today at his sexual assault retrial in suburban Philadelphia, making for a climactic courtroom showdown after five other women told jurors the man once revered as America’s Dad is a serial rapist who harmed them too. Andrea Constand’s appearance is the Canadian’s second chance to confront Cosby…
[ad_1] Russia’s lower house of parliament is considering draft legislation that would give the Kremlin powers to ban or restrict a list of U.S. imports, reacting to new U.S. sanctions on a group of Russian tycoons and officials. Senior lawmakers in the State Duma, which is dominated by Kremlin loyalists, said they had prepared the list ranging from food and alcohol to medicine…
[ad_1] Vassily Nebenzia, the Russian ambassador to the UN, fears Donald Trump’s current war of words could escalate into an all-out conflict with Russia, over Western beliefs the Assad regime used chemical weapons on its civilians in Syria. Mr Nebenzia told reporters: “The immediate priority is to avert the danger of war. “We hope there…
[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to arrest an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor if she conducts activities in the Philippines, arguing it was no longer an ICC member, so the court had no right to do any investigating. Hitting out at what he said was an international effort to paint him as a “ruthless and heartless violator of human rights,”…
[ad_1] Roberto Azevêdo, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, has signalled his frustration at the current state of Brexit negotiations, revealing he knows little about the current state of discussions between the UK and European Union. Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme how he thought Brexit negotiations were progressing, he replied: “I would…
[ad_1] A team of inspectors from the international chemical weapons watchdog was en route to Syria on Friday to begin an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons attack near the capital that has brought the war-torn country to the brink of a wider conflict, amid Western threats of retaliation and Russian warnings of the potential for…
[ad_1] Mr Lavrov said in a press conference on Friday: “We have irrefutable evidence that this was yet another performance and that security services of a country which is trying to be in the frontlines of the Russophobic campaign were involved in this performance.” He announced that Russian experts had examined the site of the…
[ad_1] Police were called when the suspected dog killer was reportedly seen by teenagers butchering the animals. The man in his 20s – only known as Nikolay – told officers it was normal in his home country of Kazakhstan to catch and eat the dogs. “When I lived in Kazakhstan, there were a lot of…
[ad_1] The transport-combat helicopter Ka-29 had been conducting a test flight near Kaliningrad when disaster struck and the aircraft plunged into the Baltic Sea last night. The two pilots, who worked for the manufacturer of the helicopter, both died. The Russian press service said: “On April 12, 2018, at about 11.30pm Moscow time, a Ka-29…
[ad_1] The draft law, set to be discussed in the lower house of parliament next week, proposes restricting imports of US-made software and farm goods, US medicines that can be sourced elsewhere, and tobacco and alcohol. State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Moscow was laying out “tit for tat” retaliatory measures against Donald Trump. He…
[ad_1] Cabinet ministers agreed the UK must take action to “deter the further use of Chemical weapons” in an emergency meeting yesterday. Ministers suggested it was “highly likely” President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government were behind an alleged chemical attack killed dozens on Saturday. It was agreed during the meeting that chemical weapons must…
[ad_1] Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative at the Quds Force, cleric Ali Shiraz, was quoted by local news agency Fars as saying: “If Israel wants to continue its treacherous existence, it should avoid stupid measures. “If they give any excuses to Iran, Tel Aviv and Haifi will be destroyed. Iran can destroy Israel.” Fars…
[ad_1] The boy was slightly hurt, his would-be killer unharmed. His mother, who was on the platform with her other children aged one and three, was comforted by fellow travellers as medics pulled her son to safety. Police say the attacker is “known” to them and had attempted suicide before. A spokesman said: “The family…
[ad_1] The prospect of a confrontation between Russia, the Syrian government’s ally, and the West have been running high since Donald Trump said on Wednesday that missiles “will be coming” in response to the attack in the Syrian town of Douma on April 7. Mr Trump has since tempered those remarks and the White House…
[ad_1] Arkady Dvorkovich appeared to be reference Mr Trump’s tweets as he said: “International relations should not depend on the mood of one person when he wakes up in the morning.” “Russia is not prepared for such risks.” Mr Dvorkovich comments come as Russian leaders and Donald Trump have been engaged in a war of…
[ad_1] Former model Janice Dickinson told a jury Thursday that Bill Cosby raped her in 1982 after giving her a pill he claimed would ease her menstrual cramps but instead left her immobilized. Dickinson, the fourth accuser to take the witness stand at Cosby’s sex assault retrial, told jurors she was “rendered motionless” by the…
[ad_1] Former FBI director James Comey blasts U.S. President Donald Trump as unethical and “untethered to truth” and calls his leadership of the country “ego driven and about personal loyalty” in a forthcoming book. Comey reveals new details about his interactions with Trump and his own decision-making in handling the Hillary Clinton email investigation before…
[ad_1] Airstrikes and military responses on behalf of the US are being co-ordinated in connection with Russia, allowing British Prime Minister Theresa May to reassure the UK Government any action taken in Syria will not escalate into war due to rising tensions with Russia. The revelation comes after US President Donald Trump met with his…
[ad_1] Seven US military aircraft have conducted reconnaissance missions, according to RIA Novosti news agency. The airbase is also known as the Khmeimim base and the news follows reports that President Bashar Al-Assad has fled to the same base. The Khmeimim is an airbase currently operated by Russia in the south-east of the city of…
[ad_1] The Khmeimim is an airbase currently operated by Russia in the south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim. According to footage obtained by The Baghdad Post, Assad is held up in the air base in a room with no windows, drapes or Syrian officials. The Syrian dictator was spotted departing the presidential palace…
[ad_1] The “abusive practices” carried out by the energy giant were highlighted in an internal European Commission document relating to a seven-year old anti-trust dispute, which was leaked on Tuesday. The document, which was part of the EU’s longest ever investigation, found that Gazprom had engaged in behaviour which amounted to political bullying, exerting pressure…
[ad_1] The researchers believe the papers provide evidence of the Third Reich’s “criminal plan” to obliterate the city in a series of ferocious aerial bombardments during the Second World War. Hospitals, water systems, road networks and even a vodka factory are all highlighted in the documents, suggesting the Nazis wanted to inflict maximum civilian casualties…
[ad_1] The jets will speed to Syria if Theresa May gives air strike action the go-ahead, after ministers backed her during an emergency cabinet meeting this evening. If the Prime Minister does decide to join US president Donald Trump in calling for air strike action, the jets will fly from Norfolk to the RAF base…
[ad_1] Defence Ministers of Spain María Dolores de Cospedal and her French counterpart Florence Parly today sent a joint letter to Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Presenting the Spanish city of Rota and the French city of Brest as candidates in a letter introducing eight points…
[ad_1] They are the latest in a round of chaotic strikes against Mr Macron’s reforms to overhaul the indebted rail provider SNCF. The French government wants to improve the rail provider’s flexibility and introduce cost cutting, which would deny workers a job for life and pensions to new employees. SNCF has urged people not to…
[ad_1] The first day of the second round of consultations called by Italian President Sergio Mattarella ended with the relationship between the main parties worsened. Members of the centre-right coalition, which emerged as the largest bloc following the March 4 election but fell short of a majority, presented a joint programme to President Mattarella to…
[ad_1] A human rights activist has urged Trump to keep “his promise for military action” and hold Assad and Russia to account for the latest attacks in Syria. Kenan Rahmani is a Syrian-American political activist and demanded on Fox News that the President follow through with his commitments on Twitter. Mr Rahmani said: “I absolutely support…
[ad_1] But one political commentator believes Mr Trump’s motivation for any military response is more than simply to teach Bashar al-Assad a lesson. Political website The Duran believes there are several “real” reasons Mr Trump wants to go to war with Syria, ranging from the Petrodollar to his alleged affair with Stormy Daniels. Writer Alex…
[ad_1] Mr Corbyn made his remarks as UK Prime Minister Theresa May summoned cabinet ministers to discuss her response to the suspected chemical attack on the former rebel stronghold of Douma by forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Mrs May is believed to be ready to back Mr Trump should he opt to take military…
[ad_1] The incredible claims were made in a programme on German television, which included a smuggler who claimed there are more refugees asking him to be carried to Turkey than from Ankara to Western countries. As Germany doesn’t provide Syrian refugees with visas allowing them to go to Ankara, they are obliged to travel through…
[ad_1] The US President followed up earlier posts in which he seemed to suggest airstrikes against Syrian military targets were imminent as he warned Russia to ‘get ready’ for US missiles to be launched. But in a new message posted today he said: “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be…
[ad_1] THE UNITED STATES military could beat any enemy in any conflict and Americans should have no concerns that US soil will ever be truly threatened, a US General claimed. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The worsening situation in Syria, the recent missile attack on Saudi Arabia by Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, the threat posed by Iran, and the Palestinian issue will all be at the centre of discussions, confirmed a spokesperson for the secretary general of the Arab League. The agenda was scheduled to be agreed at…
[ad_1] The new dissident Republican group identified themselves as the IRM – the Irish Republican Movement – and issued their enemies with a “death sentence”. In a statement issued today the group said they would “target Crown forces” and execute drug dealers in nationalist neighbourhoods. The group also released a photo showing five members, complete…
[ad_1] Dr Daniel Lacelle, the Chief Economist for Tressis spoke at the Economic Freedom Summit in the European Parliament, and told them that even though Spain is still “a deficit country,” it spent “11 percent more than in 2011.” He said: “It is extremely important for the European Union to be decisive. “Spain has been an…
[ad_1] Speaking to Ruptly TV, the CEO of the World Cup Local Organising Committee claimed concerns over the rising tensions between rival fans will not have an impact on safety. He said: “We’re not afraid. We can off-balance this criticism with our work, with the quality of the tournament which we are organising, which we…
[ad_1] The United States are “ready to go, any time, anywhere” as Donald Trump continues to manoeuvre US military aircraft carriers as fear of World War 3 with Syria escalates, revealed Rear Admiral Eugene Black. Rear Admiral Black said: “We’re trained, we’re ready, any mission, any time, anywhere, we’re ready to go. “I’m so pleased…
[ad_1] State television showed footage of President Xi Jinping boarding the destroyer Changsha to watch the procession, which involved more than 10,000 naval officers, 76 fighter jets, and a fleet of 48 warships and submarines. Xi, who as chairman of the Central Military Commission is also the army’s commander-in-chief, enjoys putting on eye-catching displays of…
[ad_1] Russian hooligans caused chaos when they attacked England fans during the 2016 European Championship and a repeat of those horrific scenes could take place when Russia hosts the World Cup ithis summer. But club fixtures must be completed before the international tournament begins and tonight’s clash between Arsenal and CSKA Moscow has been flagged…
[ad_1] A group of surfers decided to leave the sea on Wednesday after spotting the jellyfish-like creatures at Es Torrent beach, an unspoiled beach near glam Ibiza hotspot Cala Jondal where Prince William stayed with Kate Middleton before they married. A day earlier others appeared on Migjorn Beach on Formentera’s southern coast. Local reports said…
[ad_1] Over 1,000 participants took part in the study, which is attempting to establish the future leaders of the European Union after the upcoming European elections next year. Mr Barnier, the Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator, emerged as favourite to replace Mr Juncker as the EU’s top eurocrat, which would involve running Brussels while Britain is…
[ad_1] Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she’d had an affair with Donald Trump, the tabloid’s parent made a $30,000 US payment to a less famous individual: a former doorman at one of the real estate mogul’s New York City buildings. As…
[ad_1] Dr Igor Sutyagin at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an expert on Russian missile defence systems and strategic armaments, said Russian S-300 and S-400 missile defence batteries could fall short when up against Donald Trump’s forces. He said Russia’s “air defence systems are designed to intercept high flying targets at a maximum range…
[ad_1] Kremlin security officials have vowed to crackdown hard on troublemakers to prevent a repeat of the ugly Battle of Marseilles between Russian and English supporters at Euro-2016 — but ultra fans are getting kitted out to show foreign visitors they mean business. One T-shirt with a skull and crossbones emblem warns in English: “Our…
[ad_1] EXPRESS/GETTY IMAGES Russia news: Billions of dollars of Western military forces are already near Syria Tensions between Russia and the United States are threatening to boil over after President Donald Trump signalled an imminent strike on Moscow’s Middle Eastern ally in response to a chemical attack in Syria. Hundreds of civilians, including babies, suffered…
[ad_1] Donald Trump, backed by Britain and France, has proposed military action against the Syrian regime in response to a suspected chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma on Saturday. An American naval strike force is currently on route to the Middle East as the White House reveals all options are on the table.…
[ad_1] The international chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday confirmed Britain’s finding that a former spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent, as Russia continues to deny suggestions that it was behind the attack. The report by investigators at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirms “the findings of the United…
[ad_1] Tensions between Russia and USA have risen after President Trump tweeted a warning to Russia to “get ready” for missiles to be fired at Syria. The tweet came as a response to an alleged chemical attack in the eastern Ghouta region on Saturday. Reports now suggest an American aircraft carrier strike group is making…
[ad_1] The American president recently tweeted “Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice, new and smart!” after a suspected poison gas attack killed 80 Syrian people. As a result, a number of countries are now trying to pressure Russia into breaking its close relationship with the Assad regime. But why is Russia backing…
[ad_1] British ministers plan to gather Thursday to discuss whether to join the United States and France in a possible military attack on Syria that threatens to bring Western and Russian forces into direct confrontation. Prime Minister Theresa May recalled the ministers from their Easter holiday for a special cabinet meeting on how to respond to what she has cast as a…
[ad_1] The Kremlin said the two leaders discussed developing an “exclusive strategic partnership between Russia and India”. Putin and Modi agreed to maintain contact in the future after India initiated the phone call on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump threatened to unleash missiles on Russia. Russia’s relationship with India appears to be stronger than…
[ad_1] The Mirage 200-5 plunged into the eastern Aegean Sea today near the island of Skyros. It was thought to have been returning to base after intercepting Turkish fighter jets. Greek authorities are currently searching for the aircraft’s pilot. It is not known yet if he survived the crash. The crash follows a spike in…
[ad_1] He added he would decide on what action to take once all the information has been verified. Macron previously vowed to launch military action if France had evidence of chemical weapons being used. The US and its allies, including the UK, have been considering whether to hit Syria over the suspected poison gas attack…
[ad_1] World War 3 would erupt if the caller named Adam, who demanded immediate military action, got his way as he entered into a heated discussion with another caller named Piers, who warned such behaviour would be “the end of civilisation”. Phoning into the Ian Collins show, Adam said: “I sincerely hope that Trump sends…
[ad_1] Mr Erdogan said he would speak to Russian despot Vladimir Putin later today about the crisis. It comes a day after the Turkish leader talked to Donald Trump, who tweeted that missiles “are coming” to Bashar al-Assad’s brutal Moscow-supported regime. Speaking in Ankara, Mr Erdogan said Turkey would maintain its presence and activities in…
[ad_1] The “European Union is performing very poorly” on several elements of the index – size of government and rule of law – leaving the Brussels project ranked below 100 as a collective force. The EU would in fact be ranked as low as 123 in the world if it was judged as one state,…
[ad_1] The Kremlin said it is very important to avoid steps that could threaten to raise tensions in war-ravaged Syria. The news emerged as British ministers plan to gather to discuss whether to join the US and France in a possible military attack on Syria that threatens to bring Western and Russian forces into direct…
[ad_1] As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today begins his first overseas excursion since a widely-panned trip to India in February, he might take comfort from knowing that at least one chaos-generating politician will be staying home. U.S. President Donald Trump’s last-minute decision to skip the Summit of Americas in Lima, Peru has thrown the event’s entire…
[ad_1] Donald Trump tapped out a pair of tweets about Syria on Wednesday morning, proving to his critics that when it comes to his foreign policy consistency on Twitter, the president is all thumbs. The morning missives promised an imminent launch of missiles against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for unleashing a suspected…
[ad_1] Cross-Bench peer Lord Ricketts questioned whether it was right for Britain to stand aside if the US and France took military action against Syria. President Donald Trump warned missiles would be fired in response to a suspected Syrian poison gas attack, ramping up World War 3 fears. Theresa May is reportedly edging closer to…
[ad_1] Ari Fleischer, a former aide to President George W. Bush, has claimed that US President Donald Trump should respond to the suspected poison gas attack in Douma by targeting the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s personal residence, as fears mount that the situation could escalate to World War 3. Mr Fleischer, who served as Bush’s…
[ad_1] Shocking footage has emerged showing women brawling in the snow in a secluded forest, ahead of the tournament. The two gangs of women, who appear to be wearing team uniforms, sprint towards each other before throwing punches and kicks in the brutal scenes, broadcast on websites dedicated to Russian Ultras. Bystanders are seen filming…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump warned about America’s crumbling relationship with Assad-backing Russia which he said is “worse now than it has ever been”. Noah Rothman, author and associate editor of Commentary, claimed it was time to act now to put a stop to chemical warfare, ramping up World War 3 fears. He said: “Number…
[ad_1] Speaking to Sky News, the Policy Director of Independent Diplomat claimed fears a military attack in Syria could spark World War 3 are unfounded and they delay putting an end to the killing of innocent civilians. Mr Afshar added the Syrian conflict was the main reason behind the escalating terrorist threat faced by the…
[ad_1] Speaking to BBC News, the Former Ambassador to the US said Russia should be held accountable for the deadly chemical attack that killed at least 60 people and injured more than 1,000 others on Saturday as it was the Russians who had responsibility for the rogue regime’s chemical weapons capability. Mr Meyer added that…
[ad_1] Head of the Russian peace and reconciliation centre in Syria, said: “The raised state flag over a building in the town of Douma has heralded the control over this location and therefore over the whole of eastern Ghouta.” RIA news agency reported that Russian military police have been deployed in the Syrian town of…
[ad_1] Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) was formerly known as Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) and is a coalition of Salafist Islamist militant groups based in the Douma and Eastern Ghouta regions of the Syrian capital of Damascus. Douma was the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack where up to 43 people were killed…
[ad_1] Donald Trump warned Russia on Twitter that missiles will be “coming, nice and new and smart”, as a Russia Today journalist warned a strike could be launched “any minute.” Igor Zhdanov, a Russia Today journalist said: “Judging by Trump’s tweets a strike could be launched any minute now. “We do know that a fleet…
[ad_1] Malcolm Turnbull is the latest world leader to speak out and give his opinion on the suspected attack on Douma as the US, France and the UK all appear to be preparing to take military action in response. Speaking to reporters in Melbourne, the Australian leader condemned the attack and implied the use of…
[ad_1] The lawyers for the Italian Roman Pisciotti, who became the first person to be extradited on cartel charges, had said Germany should compensate him for breaching his EU right rights. He claimed he should be treated as a German citizen, which would have granted him rights protecting him from extradition to another country. Although…
[ad_1] California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday to deploy 400 National Guard troops at President Donald Trump’s request, but not all will head to the U.S.-Mexico border as Trump wants, and none will enforce federal immigration laws. “This will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to…
[ad_1] The attack in Douma occurred late last Saturday amid a resumed offensive by Syrian government forces after the collapse of a truce with the Army of Islam rebel group. Syrian opposition activists and rescuers said poison gas was used on the rebel-held town near the capital, after families were reportedly found suffocated in their…
[ad_1] Mr Waititi, whose films include Thor Ragnarok, Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople ruffled feathers in his home country when he declared it was “racist as f***”. The director, named New Zealander of the Year in 2017, suggested Polynesian and Maori people continue to be negatively stereotyped. In a wide-ranging interview with Dazed and…
[ad_1] The US, France and the UK are all considering the possibility of launching airstrikes in Syria in retaliation to an apparent chemical attack on Syrian civilians last weekend. President Assad’s regime have been blamed by the West for the incident, but both Syria and Russia have rejected the claims. The lack of consensus has…
[ad_1] Citing “well-placed sources”, the BBC has said the Prime Minister views the need for a response to an apparent chemical attack near Damascus, which has been widely blamed on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, as urgent. Mrs May, who has described the attack as “abhorrent” is keen to act now – despite concerns…
[ad_1] Signalling that a US-led military attack is imminent, the president promised that the bombs “will be coming, nice and new and smart”. He also mocked Vladimir Putin for his alliance with the “gas killing animal” Assad, who was alleged to “enjoy” slaughtering his own people. President Trump’s extraordinary threat was delivered in two starklyworded…
[ad_1] Speaking on his LBC show, the former Ukip leader admitted that despite being Donald Trump‘s biggest supporter, he was worried about the US President’s latest threat to Russia over the suspected chemical attack in Douma, Syria. Nigel Farage claimed it was surprising to hear Mr Trump keen to attack the Assad regime after he…
[ad_1] The news follows escalating tensions over an alleged chemical weapons attack which has been blamed on the Assad regime. The airline said on Twitter: “Kuwait Airways wishes to inform its distinguished travellers that, on the basis of serious security warnings received from the Cypriot authorities, it is dangerous to fly the atmosphere surrounding the…