Hurricane Irma Has Miami In Its Sights After Cutting Deadly Swath In Caribbean
Hurricane Irma was on a track to slam Miami as it continued to cut a destructive swath through the Caribbean islands Thursday, leaving death and destruction in its wake. As of 10 a.m., the glamorous Florida city was 60 hours … Read More
With Irma, Miami and Charleston face their potential nightmare hurricane scenarios
It’s never good when an Atlantic hurricane is compared to Super Typhoon Haiyan, which wiped out the city of Tacloban in the Philippines in 2013 as one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever observed on the planet. Yet we … Read More
100 Tory MPs demand the EU pays Britain a €10 billion Brexit divorce bill
LONDON — A group of at least 100 Conservative MPs has claimed there is no legal or moral basis for Britain to pay the European Union a “divorce bill” as part of Brexit and that instead, the EU should pay … Read More
North Korea May Fire Another ICBM This Weekend, South Warns
SEOUL, South Korea — Less than one week after North Korea appeared to carry out its sixth nuclear test, South Korea warned Thursday that its neighbor may fire an intercontinental ballistic missile this weekend. SouthKorea’s prime minister, Lee Nak-yon, suggested … Read More
Iran Boasts That It Tricked the World, Can Now Start Making Nukes
Israel warned former US President Barack Obama that Iran wouldn’t honor the nuclear arms deal he brokered with the Islamic Republic. The ayatollahs and their elected puppets went through the motions, but never truly fulfilled the stipulations of the agreement. … Read More
Israel reported to have bombed Syrian chemical weapons facility
Syrian military appears to confirm media reports of attack on research centre near Mediterranean coast in night-time raid. Israeli jets have reportedly bombed a Syrian government facility in north-west of the country believed to be associated with Bashar al-Assad’s chemical … Read More
Alleged Russian political meddling documented in 27 countries since 2004
Russia has meddled in the affairs of at least 27 European and North American countries since 2004 with interference that ranges from cyberattacks to disinformation campaigns, according to an analysis by a surveillance organization. The findings, provided to USA TODAY, … Read More
A Merkel win, but at what cost?
Her proposal to suspend Turkish application for EU membership will find obvious backers in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic — the very states that EU itself is mulling action over the refugee crisis In little more than two weeks, Germans will … Read More
Hurricane Irma Blasts Past Puerto Rico With 180-MPH Winds; Risk Rises For Florida
Hurricane Irma is bringing death and destruction to the Caribbean and raising alarm in Florida, where the chance of a direct impact continues to rise. The storm is blamed for at least 9 deaths; thousands of people are being told … Read More
German minister: Refugees who rely on smugglers have no future in Europe
EU funding for Libyan camps would make returns possible, says Thomas De Maizière. Asylum seekers who rely on people smugglers have “no prospect of staying” on the Continent, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said in an interview published Thursday. … Read More
E.U. Countries Must Accept Their Share of Migrants, Court Rules
BRUSSELS — The European Union won an important victory on Wednesday in its fractured effort to deal with the huge wave of migration that began in 2015, as the bloc’s top court ruled that Hungary and Slovakia were obligated to … Read More
‘Potentially catastrophic’ Hurricane Irma nears eastern Caribbean islands
(CNN) As Floridians cleared supermarkets of bottled water and emptied gas pumps, people in the northeastern Caribbean were making last minute-preparations before powerful Hurricane Irma hit their islands. Late Tuesday, the massive Category 5 storm was almost upon islands like … Read More
Refugee crisis: European Court of Justice rejects quota challenge
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has struck down a challenge from Hungary and Slovakia over the bloc’s mandatory refugee quota policy. The ruling is a victory for Brussels, Paris and Berlin. The EU’s top court on Wednesday dismissed a … Read More