Freed Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle says his two young sons are ‘improving’ just days after the family returned to Canada after being held in Afghanistan. Boyle, his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their three children – two boys and a baby girl – arrived in Toronto on Friday after being held hostage by a Taliban-linked […]
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Spanish High Court Jails Two Catalan Separatist Leaders…
Marking the first time senior figures in the secessionist camp have been imprisoned since Catalonia’s Oct. 1 independence referendum, the court ordered the heads of the Catalan National Assembly and the grassroots Omnium movement held without bail pending an investigation for alleged sedition. Prosecutors allege that the ANC’s Jordi Sanchez and Omnium’s Jordi Cuixart played […]
Somalia Reeling as Truck Bomb Toll Passes 300…
The death toll from a truck bombing in Somalia’s capital has risen above 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the fragile Horn of Africa nation reeled from the deadliest single attack it’s ever experienced. More people died of their wounds in the past few hours, said Dr. Abdulkadir Adam of Aamin […]
Eurosceptic Sebastian Kurz Declares Victory in Nightmare for EU…
The People’s Party (OVP) got 31.6 per cent of the vote, according to exit polls from pollster SORA. Mr Kurz’s party is tough on migration, easy on taxes and widely Eurosceptic after rebranding itself over the last few months to propel its popularity in the wealthy Alpine nation. The 31-year-old is expected to form a […]
Putin Signs Decree Imposing Restrictions on North Korea…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree imposing restrictions on North Korea in order to comply with a UN Security Council resolution. The decree specifically refers to the UN Security Council resolution on restrictions imposed against North Korea in November 2016. The document, spanning almost 40 pages, specifies certain punitive measures that were introduced […]
‘A Severe Blow’: Reactions to the U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO…
The United States will be leaving the United Nations’ cultural agency at the end of 2018, the US State Department told UNESCO on Thursday. A few hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country is also preparing its withdrawal from UNESCO. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, whose successor will be named on Friday, […]
U.S. Effectively Bars Russian General Staff Delegation from Taking Part in U.N. Event…
The US authorities failed to issue visas to a delegation sent by the Russian General Staff to a UN event in New York, a defense ministry spokesman said on Thursday. On Thursday evening, Russia and China held a joint briefing on problems posed by the US missile shield on the sidelines of the UN General […]
Russia Ready to Mediate Talks Between Saudi Arabia & Iran…
Russia is ready and willing to mediate in establishing relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has stated. “We tried several times and offered [to help Iran and Saudi Arabia sit down at the negotiating table], but we do not impose our intermediary role,” Bogdanov told reporters. “But we have […]
Fatah and Hamas Agree to Form Palestinian Unity Government…
After years of deadlock, which saw the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas, which controls Gaza, fail to reach any accord, the two parties have today, signed a unity agreement in Cairo. This is the first time Palestine will be governed by a unitary political force since Hamas took over Gaza in […]
Fukushima Victims Win $1k in Compensation Each in Japanese Court…
A district court in Fukushima prefecture has ordered the Japanese government and the operator of the troubled nuclear plant to pay compensation to thousands of residents and evacuees affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The court said the authorities had failed to properly control Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which operated the power plant. […]
Telephone Terrorism: 1M Evacuated in Russia Over Month As Bomb Scares Continue…
As bomb threat calls continue to inundate public locations across Russia, the number of evacuees has already hit over a million people since the start of the worrying trend a month ago, a source in the emergency services revealed. Some 1.04 million people had to be evacuated starting from September 11, an unnamed source in […]
Erdogan Meets with Iran’s Khamenei to Solidify Partnership…
After holding a press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held a meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei. The meeting between a legally secular but de-facto Sunni Islamist President of Turkey and the legal and spiritual leader of the Shi’a Islamic Republic of Iran holds symbolic […]
Catalonia’s President Says Region Will Declare Independence ‘Within Days’…
He told the BBC the region would declare its independence by the end of this week or the beginning of next week. The announcement comes after Catalonia held a referendum on Sunday, which Madrid deemed as illegal. This evening the King of Spain attacked the Catalonia independence referendum organisers for their “lack of loyalty to […]
Palestinian Cabinet Convenes in Gaza in Move to Reconcile with Hamas…
Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah on Tuesday chaired the first meeting of the Palestinian cabinet in Gaza for three years in a move towards reconciliation between the mainstream Fatah party and Islamist group Hamas. Hamas seized the Gaza Strip in 2007 in fighting with Fatah forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas and has ruled the impoverished […]
Fukushima Potentially Leaking Radioactive Water for 5 Months, Owners Admit…
The Fukushima nuclear power plant may have been leaking radioactive water since April, its owner has admitted. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said on Thursday that a problem with monitoring equipment means it can’t be sure if radiation-contaminated water leaked from the reactor buildings damaged in the 2011 nuclear disaster which was sparked by […]
Revoking the Ban on Women Driving in Saudi Arabia: Too Little, Too Late…
Even if Salman’s kingdom stumbled in its regional foreign policies and domestic political reform, it delivered a coup when the king issued a royal decree on Tuesday revoking the ban on women driving. He ordered the establishment of a high level committee to study the practicalities with a view to implement the edict in 2018. […]
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Iraqi Kurds Overwhelmingly Back Independence…
Voters in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq overwhelmingly backed the Kurdistan Regional Government’s push to break away from Baghdad, official preliminary referendum figures showed on Wednesday. The election commission said 92.73 percent voted yes compared to about 7.27 percent who said no. The turnout was 72.61 percent. The result of Monday’s is non-binding. World […]
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To Prevent Rebellion, Spain Docks Cruise Ship Housing 16,000 Riot Police in Barcelona Port…
Efforts by Madrid to stop a Catalonia independence vote, currently slated for October 1st, seem to be growing more hostile by the day. Earlier this week Spanish police seized control of Catalonia’s finances, seeking to ensure that separatist politicians could not spend further public funds on the referendum, and conducted raids across Catalonia to confiscate […]
A German Election Analysis…
As your host is German you may want to read his opinion and analysis of today’s federal election results in Germany. German election results (ARD 6pm exit poll) Update: Preliminary official result…
Frida The Rescue Dog Is Saving Lives After Mexican Earthquake…
One of Mexico’s most beloved rescuers wears wide protective goggles, a harness and two pairs of boots. Frida is the star of the Mexican navy’s Canine Unit. Throughout her career, the 7-year-old Labrador has detected 52 people — 12 alive — in various natural disasters…
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