Trump proposes ‘long-term jail sentences’ for vandalizing statues
June 24 (UPI) — At least 22 workers, mostly Chinese nationals, were killed in a lithium battery plant fire in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, Monday, firefighters said, in what could be the worst accident to occur at a chemical factory in the country. The death toll could rise further as one went missing while being…
The Houthis said their decision to declare a maritime embargo was in response to what they called “an unjust and oppressive siege” imposed on Yemen by the Saudis. DUBAI/CAIRO, July 20 – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against…
A power outage in Central North Carolina over the weekend has upended daily life, prompting officials to open at least one shelter and impose a nightly curfew potentially through the week while authorities investigate what left an entire county in the dark. The outages in Moore County, about 90 miles east of Charlotte, have drawn…
The FBI raided the upscale homes of two ISIS-inspired extremists accused of hurling bombs during the weekend’s protest near Gracie Mansion, including a $2.25 million six-bedroom mansion in a leafy Pennsylvania suburb. The FBI’s Evidence Response Team searched the Bucks County homes of Ibraham Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18, on Sunday after the radicals were busted…
Westminster looking at ‘nuclear option’ to stop bill on self-identification for people wanting to change legal gender Rishi Sunak has waded into the row over Scotland’s gender recognition bill, insisting it was “perfectly reasonable” to assess its potential impact on women. The prime minister confirmed on Friday that the UK government is considering blocking the…
Iranian authorities have executed at least 150 people this year alone, according to human rights organizations. Iran on Monday executed two men convicted of blasphemy, the country’s judiciary announced, carrying out a rare death sentence for such a crime. The judiciary’s Mizan news agency said in a report that Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare…