Sri Lanka has expelled more than 600 foreign nationals, including approximately 200 Islamic clerics since the Easter suicide bombings at three churches and three luxury hotels that killed 257 people and wounded nearly 500. The attacks were led by a local Islamic cleric known to have traveled to India where he made contact with jihadis. […]
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After 48-Hour Onslaught, Truce Holds Firm in South…
Two days after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) pummeled Israel with some 700 rockets, and Israel responded with a show of force not seen since Operation Protective Edge in 2014, an undeclared ceasefire held in the South on Monday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, made clear that this would not be the last round […]
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Sirens Wail as Israel Remembers Victims of the Holocaust…
Israelis stood in silence while a two-minute siren was heard across the country, in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Pedestrians stood in place, buses stopped on busy streets and cars pulled over on major highways – their drivers standing on the roads with their heads bowed. In homes and businesses, […]
The U.S. Begins to Understand that a Military Option Could Be Unavoidable in Venezuela…
The US government is beginning to understand that a military intervention is needed in Venezuela in order to achieve the exit of the Nicolás Maduro regime, and would be willing to act if Juan Guaidó requests it. The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said in an interview that his country is prepared to undertake […]
Baghdadi Is Back and Turkey Might Be His Next Target…
Remember this dude? He’s back. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, self declared caliph of ISIS, appeared in new video published today. These are the first pictures of him since some three plus years ago. He mentions the recent attacks in Sri Lanka which killed over 250 people and the recent ouster of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan. A […]
Japan’s Emperor Akihito Abdicates with Prayer for Peace as Heisei Era Ends…
On the last day of his 30-year reign, Emperor Akihito on Tuesday said he “sincerely thanks” the Japanese people for their support of him as the symbol of the state, paving the way for the nation’s first abdication in around 200 years and Crown Prince Naruhito’s accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne at midnight. “Today, I […]
“MAY 1ST BEGAN TODAY”…
Those were the words of caretaker President Juan Guaidó from La Carlota airbase at 5:45 a.m. this Tuesday, April 30th. He broadcasted his message through Periscope, with Voluntad Popular leader and political prisoner Leopoldo López by his side. “The end of usurpation began today,” said Guaidó before rallying citizens to join him at La Carlota […]
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Inside the UN’s First Tent Camp for Venezuelans Who Fled to Colombia…
Aldemiro Santo Choles held out for as long as he could. For months, he had hoped it wouldn’t become necessary to open a refugee camp in the small desert city where he serves as city secretary. But early this year, it became clear he had no choice. Thousands of Venezuelans had fled to Maicao and […]
Saudi Arabia Mass Execution – Lad, 16, Tortured with Electricity and Beheaded Just for Sending WhatsApp Messages About Protests…
A YOUNG lad was tortured with electricity and beheaded in Saudi Arabia because he sent WhatsApp messages about a protest aged 16. Abdulkarim al-Hawaj, 21, was a schoolboy when he was detained and accused of being a “terrorist” for sending texts online about an anti-government demonstration. He was a Shiite Muslim – which is a […]
More Than 270 Indonesian Election Workers Die from Fatigue-Related Illnesses…Even More Hospitalized…
In the 10 days following Indonesia’s historic single-day election, 272 election workers have died from fatigue-related illnesses, an official said on Sunday. For the first time in the country’s history, Indonesia’s April 17 elections combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ones, which was done in an effort to reduce costs. Over the […]
Sri Lanka Bans Face Veils…
Women in Sri Lanka will no longer be able to cover their faces under new emergency regulations that came into force on Monday. Authorities say the ban on all types of face coverings will help police easily identify people as they race to find suspects linked to a series of suicide attacks that killed more […]
Scaffolding Firm Says Workers Smoked at Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral…
A scaffolding firm that has worked on the roof of Notre-Dame said some of its workers had smoked on the site, but ruled out that a cigarette butt might have started the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s oak-framed roof last week. A spokesman for family-owned Le Bras Freres, confirming a report in French weekly Le […]
Pregnant Wife of Sri Lankan Bomber Detonates Suicide Vest as Police Raids Home…
The pregnant wife of a Sri Lankan suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest when police raided the family’s Colombo home, killing herself, her children, and police officers. A series of coordinated attacks on hotels and churches devastated Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday leaving at least 250 people dead and hundreds more injured. The Health Ministry […]
Sri Lankan Spice Tycoon’s Sons and Daughter-in-Law Were Suicide Bombers in Easter Attacks…
Inside the sprawling home with a white BMW parked outside, there was a terrifying secret. At least three of the suicide bombers who struck Sri Lanka on Easter belonged to the same extended family, police said. The patriarch is one of the country’s most successful spice traders. Two of his sons carried out attacks early […]
Death Toll Rises to 359 in Sri Lanka Bombings, More Arrested…
The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359, police said Wednesday, as the country’s leaders vowed to overhaul the security apparatus amid a series of intelligence lapses before the attacks. U.S. Ambassador Alaina Teplitz, meanwhile, told reporters that “clearly there was some failure in the system.” Sri Lanka’s leaders […]
North Korea ‘Executes four foreign ministry officials’ After Accusing Them of Selling Information to the U.S. Ahead of Vietnam Summit…
Four North Korean officials have reportedly been executed for selling information to the US ahead of the failed nuclear arms meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, it emerged today. The four workers, all said to be from the foreign ministry, were allegedly killed by firing squad after talks in Vietnam between the two countries […]
The World Just Witnessed the First Entirely Virtual Presidential Campaign…
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was elected president of Ukraine by a landslide on Sunday, is probably the least prepared individual to head a democracy in world history. Until this weekend, his main experience in politics was playing a schoolteacher who becomes the president in a satirical television program. He ran with no party affiliation. Until two […]
Sri Lanka Warned of Threat Hours Before Suicide Attacks…
Sri Lankan intelligence officials were tipped off about an imminent attack by ISIS terrorists hours before a series of suicide bombings killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday, April 21, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Three churches and four hotels were hit by suicide bombers on Sunday morning, killing 321 […]
SHOWDOWN: Philippines’ Duterte Gives Canada 1 Week to Take Back Garbage or ‘we will declare war’…
Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday reportedly threatened to “declare war” against Canada within the next week if the country fails to remove tons of garbage that was previously shipped to Manila. Duterte, in remarks aired by state media and reported by The Canadian Press, said he will “give a warning to Canada maybe next […]
Act II of the Most Important Political Event of the 21st Century Begins in May…
Brexit is the most important political event of the 21st century. It cuts across so many of the dominant narratives playing out daily in the headlines that it is almost mind-boggling. In fact, just about any theory you can dream up as to why Prime Minister Theresa May has worked so assiduously to betray and […]
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