Gunman opens fire at Texas church, kills 26
A black-clad gunman opened fire Sunday at a rural church outside San Antonio, killing at least 26 — including several children — and wounding at least 10, law enforcement officials said. The killer, pursued by a good Samaritan with a … Read More
The Russia Investigations: D.C. Braces For More From Mueller; Ripple Effects Widen
Hundreds of people have been detained in Russia on the day of a “revolution” announced by a popular nationalist blogger. Moscow police said they had detained 263 participants of an unauthorised rally on Sunday. OVD Info, a group that monitors … Read More
German police clash with Kurdish protesters in Düsseldorf
Clashes between police and Kurdish protesters occurred over banned PKK symbols. Germany has taken a harder line against PKK symbols in response to criticism from Turkey. German police clashed with Kurdish demonstrators protesting against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in … Read More
Mueller Has Enough Evidence to Bring Charges in Flynn Investigation
WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have gathered enough evidence to bring charges in their investigation of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and his son as part of the probe into Russia’s intervention in the 2016 election, according to multiple … Read More
Netanyahu rejects one-state solution, says settlements are a ‘side issue’
In comprehensive interview with the BBC, PM stops short of endorsing Palestinian statehood; also praises Trump’s ‘leadership qualities’ and Iran policies Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses Israel’s foreign policy at Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London, … Read More
Opinion Is Saudi Arabia Pushing Israel Into War With Hezbollah and Iran?
What connects Lebanese PM Saad Hariri’s sudden resignation and Hezbollah’s assassination threat with Saudi Arabia and Israel? It’s all about Iran. But Israel must not be maneuvered by an impatient Riyadh into a premature confrontation Saad Hariri, who resigned Saturday … Read More
Pentagon: Ground invasion would be required to destroy North Korea nuclear weapons
WASHINGTON – The only way to locate and destroy with complete certainty all components of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is through a ground invasion. That blunt assessment from the Pentagon is in response to a letter from two Democratic … Read More
Open door to migrants makes Germany terror hub of Europe
German police watch as Yamen Alahmad appears in courtULI DECK/AFP On the surface, at least, Yamen Alahmad was a model refugee, a Syrian teenager apparently motivated only by the hope of starting a new life far from the hell of … Read More
Preparing For EU Collapse
If there is one thing the Spain vs Catalonia conflict reminds us of, it has got to be Turkey. And that is a much bigger problem for the EU than it realizes. First of all, Brussels can no longer insist … Read More
6.8-magnitude quake off Tonga, no tsunami threat
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga Saturday in the tectonically active Pacific region, but there was no tsunami threat, seismologists said. The tremor hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) some 90 kilometres off the … Read More
Germany and Singapore ‘have forged tight bond’
Both share strategic interests and are trusted friends at global fora, says President Halimah On the surface, Germany and Singapore look very different, but the two countries have forged a tight bond, President Halimah Yacob said yesterday. This is because … Read More
North Korea: ‘Gangster-like’ U.S. staged ‘surprise nuclear strike drill’
North Korea accused the “gangster-like” United States of staging a “surprise nuclear strike drill” after two bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula in a show of force ahead of President Trump’s visit to Asia. The B-1B bombers based on the … Read More