Steve Bannon spends his first day out of prison on the airwaves stumping for Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from federal prison early Tuesday and immediately resumed his full-throated support for the former president, urging Republicans to turn out in large numbers next week to defeat Democratic … Read More

Hezbollah deputy Naim Qassem elected as chief after Israeli strike killed Nasrallah

Oct. 29 (UPI) — Hezbollah on Tuesday announced that its deputy secretary general, Nasim Qassem, will serve as its new leader. Qassem was elected to replace long-time Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, ending an ongoing succession crisis to lead the … Read More

No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins fight, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine’s use of American weapons if North Korea enters the fight, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to … Read More

Iran Vows Revenge After Wave of Israeli Retaliatory Strikes

Iran has said it has the right to defend itself following Israeli airstrikes in retaliation for the Islamic republic’s missile strikes earlier this month, but one Iranian expert has told Newsweek that Tehran may not want to escalate hostilities immediately. … Read More

Election shock: Japan’s ruling LDP coalition loses grip on lower house majority

Oct. 28 (UPI) — In a significant political upset, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to maintain its majority in the country’s lower house in Sunday’s general election. The result marks one of the … Read More

Gunmen in southwest Pakistan kill 21 miners, injure 6 others ahead of major security summit

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen killed 21 miners and wounded six others in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday, drawing condemnation from authorities as a search was launched for the assailants. The latest attack in the restive Balochistan province came days … Read More

Albania: Italian government’s migrant centres ready to host first consignment

The centres built by the Italian government in Albania are ready to host migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, eleven months after the agreement between the two countries was signed. Up to 400 people will initially be sent there. Exclusively male, … Read More

Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa region kill four, governor says

KYIV, Oct 11 (Reuters) – A Russian missile slammed into a commercial building in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region overnight, killing four people including a 16-year-old girl, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Friday. It was the fourth Russian attack on … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – October 11, 2024

Greetings from Tyler,  Here we are on the eve of the Day of Atonement, and worrying about our situation.  I can’t remember a time when we were in more trouble.  The Middle East?  Nobody knows what will happen, but it … Read More

Ramaphosa, Xi, Guterres expected at Russia BRICS summit later this month, but no MbS

The leaders of 24 countries will attend this month’s BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, a top Kremlin aide said Thursday. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will be among them, the department of international relations confirmed shortly after. … Read More

Senior Hezbollah official survives Israeli assassination attempt, sources say

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 10 (Reuters) – A senior Hezbollah official eluded an Israeli assassination attempt on Thursday in Beirut, three security sources said, as Israeli strikes there killed 22 people and the U.N. said its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon were in … Read More

Mexico’s Congress Guarantees Minimum Wage Rises Above Inflation

(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s Congress approved a constitutional reform proposed by former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that would require annual minimum wage increases be higher than the previous year’s annual inflation rate. The Senate unanimously approved the proposal submitted to … Read More

Florida picking up the pieces after Milton: 11 dead, 3M in dark. Live updates

SIESTA KEY, Fla. − Hurricane Milton howled across the Florida Peninsula on Thursday, tearing a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic, killing at least 11 people and knocking out power to millions yet averting the … Read More

Osama Bin Laden’s Son Omar Banned From Returning To France

Omar bin Laden, a son of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has been banned from returning to France where he made his home for several years before he was ordered to leave in 2023, France’s Interior Minister announced Tuesday. … Read More

NY high school students will participate in statewide walkout against trans athletes competing in girls’ sports

High school students across New York plan to participate in a walkout later this month to protest transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports. The statewide demonstration, set for Oct. 24, is being organized by The Coalition to Protect Kids, a … Read More

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