Islamic State militants deliver menace to Kuwait in latest video
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Individuals claiming to be Islamic State militants have threatened Kuwait with an overwhelming war in a latest video posted on Saturday, saying that an 2015 attack it carried out there was “a slap on the hand”. The video sowed three masked militants, two hoisting the group’s black flag, while a third stands at […]
Constituent Assembly votes to remove Luisa Ortega
5 August, 2017 Comments Off on Constituent Assembly votes to remove Luisa Ortega
New legislative body sacks dissident chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega hours after troops block entrance to her office. Ortega had asked a local court to halt the inauguration of Venezuela’s new 545-member assembly [File:Reuters] Venezuela‘s controversial new assembly has voted to remove the country’s dissident attorney general, Luisa Ortega, after security forces surrounded the entrance to […]
Continue reading …Trump’s attack on Chinese trade gets sidelined over North Korea
5 August, 2017 Comments Off on Trump’s attack on Chinese trade gets sidelined over North Korea
Senior administration aides postponed the announcement at the urging of United Nations and State Department officials. | Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images An opportunity to hit North Korea with new United Nations sanctions has sidelined President Donald Trump’s bid to punish China for its alleged unfair trade practice. The White House had been preparing for a Friday announcement in […]
Continue reading …Cut the Americans off from space? Here’s how Russia might respond to new US sanctions
5 August, 2017 Comments Off on Cut the Americans off from space? Here’s how Russia might respond to new US sanctions
FILE PHOTO Launch of Soyuz-FG launch vehicle carrying Soyuz-MS spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome © Maksim Blinov / Sputnik The new US sanctions on Russia have angered the Kremlin, especially after Donald Trump promised to repair relations. With the American president increasingly looking a busted flush, Moscow is likely to deliver a forceful response. In the […]
Continue reading …Paul Kagame wins presidential poll by a landslide
5 August, 2017 Comments Off on Paul Kagame wins presidential poll by a landslide
Paul Kagame cast his vote in Kigali [Jean Bizimana/Reuters] Rwanda’s incumbent leader Paul Kagame has sealed a landslide victory in presidential elections, granting him a third term in office and extending his 17 years in power. With 80 percent of votes accounted for, the 59-year-old former guerrilla leader secured 98.66 percent, the National Electoral Commission’s […]
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