‘MANILA, Philippines (Update 5, 3:51 p.m.) — At least 27 people were killed when two bombs hit a cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, a stronghold of Islamist militants, the military said Sunday, days after voters backed the creation of a new Muslim autonomous region. The first explosion occurred inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at around 8:15 […]
Continue reading …Canadian Ambassador to China John McCallum said it “would be great for Canada” if the U.S. dropped it’s extradition request from Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. (PAUL CHIASSON / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO) VANCOUVER—After his earlier comments on Meng Wanzhou drew calls for his firing, Canada’s ambassador to China is now arguing it would be “great” if the […]
Continue reading …Pompeo called for free and fair elections as soon as possible in a speech at the UNSC [Johannes Eisele/AFP] The US secretary of state has called on countries to “pick a side” on Venezuela, urging them to back opposition leader Juan Guaido and calling for free and fair elections as soon as possible in a speech at the […]
Continue reading …An aerial photo taken on Saturday by the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps shows the wreckages of a private plane (L) and of a helicopter in the northwestern Italian Alps. Photo: Mountain rescuer workers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two people, raising the death toll from a deadly collision between a helicopter […]
Continue reading …Trump speaks about the government shutdown [Alex Edelman/AFP] The US Senate voted unanimously on Friday to end a 35-day partial federal government shutdown with legislation to temporarily fund many agencies, but without the $5.7bn President Donald Trump had demanded this year to help build a wall on the US-Mexico border. The House of Representatives is expected […]
Continue reading …From left, Patrick Stein, Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright, who were charged with plotting to bomb an apartment building filled with Somali immigrants in Garden City, Kan. SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/AP WICHITA, Kan. — Three militia members face the possibility of life in prison for a foiled plot to massacre Muslims in southwest Kansas by […]
Continue reading …File photo of US envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad who is holding talks with Taliban representatives. (AP) The Taliban have appointed a co-founder of the movement as the new head of their political office in Doha, where talks have been held since Monday with US officials seeking to end 17 years of conflict in Afghanistan. […]
Continue reading …With the backing of the US-led coalition, the SDF are in the last phase of the operation that started on September 10 to defeat the ISIL in eastern Syria [Reuters] Military operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in Syria are wrapping up and the last pocket of the group’s […]
Continue reading …Washington (CNN)The White House announced Friday that a second summit will take place between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in February. The announcement came after Trump met with Kim Yong Chol, North Korea’s lead negotiator on nuclear talks, for more than 90 minutes in the Oval Office and discussed “denuclearization […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump holds up a picture of a wall during a meeting on border security in the Cabinet Room on Jan. 11. Immigration hard-liners have been disappointed that the president is pursuing his wall at the cost of stricter immigration policies elsewhere. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Democrats aren’t the only ones who wish President […]
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