A few weeks ago, Belgium lowered the national threat level almost two years after the attacks that killed 32 people in Brussels. The level was dropped to two from three on a four-tier scale. The move indicates the threat has fallen to medium from serious, meaning an attack is now considered unlikely, rather than probable. […]
The president spent most of the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, as White House aides advised against golfing too soon after the shooting at a Parkland high school that left 17 dead. U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly spent much of the holiday weekend watching cable television news and grousing to club members and advisers about the investigation […]
Continue reading …The coldest town in the northern hemisphere has brushed off concerns expressed by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation over low temperatures, claiming that locals have gotten used to such extreme weather. Maarten Takens / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Oymyakon in Russia’s northeastern Sakha republic has been nicknamed the “Cold Pole” for being one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth. […]
Continue reading …February 18, 2018 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese authorities Sunday released dozens of activists and political detainees almost from the National Umma Party (NUP) while have kept in jail the leaders of left forces including the leaders of the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) and Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP). Among the released detainees are Sarah Nugdalla, NUP […]
Continue reading …The Mount Sinabung volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island erupted on Monday causing clouds of ash to reach heights of 5,000 kilometers prompting Indonesia to raise aviation warnings. Mount Sinabung volcano spews lava and ash during an eruption as seen from Tiga Serangkai village. (File Photo: Reuters) The volcano, which is 2,460 meters high, has been […]
Continue reading …A Spanish judge on Monday allowed leading Catalan separatist Marta Rovira, who faces charges over her region’s independence bid, to walk free but ordered her to post bail of €60,000 ($75,000), a source close to the case said. Marta Rovira walked free after posting bail of €60,000. Photo: AFP Judge Pablo Llarena placed Rovira under […]
Continue reading …Nearly 2,000 have been sent away since 2013 because the government says they lied on asylum application forms. Despite its reputation as a haven for refugees, Canada has been deporting North Korean asylum seekers who came to the country through South Korea. Nearly 2,000 have been kicked out of the country since 2013 because the government says they […]
Continue reading …Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militant group has announced killing twenty Iraqi security personnel in an ambush in southwest of Kirkuk. Islamic State militants. File photo. According to Amaq website, the group’s media arm, “IS members killed 20 Iraqi security personnel and burnt five vehicles in an ambush on Sunday evening, southwest of al-Riyad town in […]
Continue reading …Police in southwestern Germany have released a man who stabbed three refugees outside a church on Saturday. A local newspaper expressed disbelief at the fact the crime wasn’t taken more seriously. Photo: DPA A 25-year-old Iraqi was taken to hospital with severe injuries on Saturday evening after a 70-year-old man attacked him with a knife […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump railed against the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election Saturday night into Sunday, sending off a stream of tweets attacking the FBI, CNN, the Democratic Party, his own national security adviser, former President Barack Obama and the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. President Donald Trump’s tweets came after […]
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