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3 more arrests in Manchester concert bombing
- May 25, 2017
The father, Ramadan Abedi, denied his son's involvement in an interview with The Associated Press earlier Wednesday, saying "We don't believe in killing innocents". One thousand extra armed police officers are being deployed across the United Kingdom, the Met Police has said. Jane Connors, Commander of the London Police, explained that the goal of the deployment was to "make our city as hostile an environment as possible for terrorists to plan and operate". (more...)
- May 25, 2017
The father, Ramadan Abedi, denied his son's involvement in an interview with The Associated Press earlier Wednesday, saying "We don't believe in killing innocents". One thousand extra armed police officers are being deployed across the United Kingdom, the Met Police has said. Jane Connors, Commander of the London Police, explained that the goal of the deployment was to "make our city as hostile an environment as possible for terrorists to plan and operate". (more...)
Marking difference with U.S., France urges dialogue with Iran
- May 25, 2017
A Presidential election was held in Iran on Friday. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said France is convinced that Iran under Rouhani will have "an important role in the pacification" of the region. Iran has been a long-standing political rival of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . Iran announced some terms of the new investor contract at a November 2015 conference in Tehran , and it targeted signing the first deals in March or April of 2016. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
A Presidential election was held in Iran on Friday. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said France is convinced that Iran under Rouhani will have "an important role in the pacification" of the region. Iran has been a long-standing political rival of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . Iran announced some terms of the new investor contract at a November 2015 conference in Tehran , and it targeted signing the first deals in March or April of 2016. (more...)
US, Israeli spies upset that Trump shared intel with Russia
- May 25, 2017
Embassy to Jerusalem , an Israeli government official told CBN News. The official who had asked not to be identified told Bloomberg News that the new decision was aimed at avoiding any and all provocations that could jeopardize peace talks with the Palestinians. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
Embassy to Jerusalem , an Israeli government official told CBN News. The official who had asked not to be identified told Bloomberg News that the new decision was aimed at avoiding any and all provocations that could jeopardize peace talks with the Palestinians. (more...)
Two men caned 83 times in Indonesia for being gay
- May 25, 2017
An openly gay Liberal MP says the "cruel and sickening" caning of two gay men in Aceh has cast a cloud over Australia's relationship with Indonesia. Some in the crowd carried banners rejecting the presence of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or LGBT community in Aceh. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
An openly gay Liberal MP says the "cruel and sickening" caning of two gay men in Aceh has cast a cloud over Australia's relationship with Indonesia. Some in the crowd carried banners rejecting the presence of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or LGBT community in Aceh. (more...)
House Intel Committee Escalates Effort To Get Flynn Documents And Testimony
- May 25, 2017
He said they are also seeking any documents or memos related to a Washington Post report that Trump asked Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Adm. Though several of his colleagues have increased calls for Trump's impeachment based on the numerous allegations reported in the press recently, Schiff said that was not a judgment members should rush toward making. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
He said they are also seeking any documents or memos related to a Washington Post report that Trump asked Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Adm. Though several of his colleagues have increased calls for Trump's impeachment based on the numerous allegations reported in the press recently, Schiff said that was not a judgment members should rush toward making. (more...)
Ariana Grande reportedly offers to pay for funerals of Manchester bomb victims
- May 25, 2017
Sources said the family are from Cheshire. Armed police patrolled outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London , another popular tourist spot. Peter Rawlinson, deputy of the Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy in Croston, northwest of Manchester, where Callander was a former pupil, told The Associated Press that her family had confirmed the death. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
Sources said the family are from Cheshire. Armed police patrolled outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London , another popular tourist spot. Peter Rawlinson, deputy of the Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy in Croston, northwest of Manchester, where Callander was a former pupil, told The Associated Press that her family had confirmed the death. (more...)
Trump talks of engagement to resolve North Korea crisis
- May 25, 2017
South Korea's newly-elected president said Wednesday that the possibility of a conflict with North Korea is high. Ahead of an emergency meeting by the UN Security Council in NY on Tuesday, U.S. Its latest ballistic missile launch, in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, was on Sunday which it said was a test of its capability to carry a "large-size heavy nuclear warhead", drawing Security Council condemnation. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
South Korea's newly-elected president said Wednesday that the possibility of a conflict with North Korea is high. Ahead of an emergency meeting by the UN Security Council in NY on Tuesday, U.S. Its latest ballistic missile launch, in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, was on Sunday which it said was a test of its capability to carry a "large-size heavy nuclear warhead", drawing Security Council condemnation. (more...)
Death Toll from Ariana Grande Concert Bombing Could Rise
- May 25, 2017
The government said almost 1,000 soldiers were deployed instead of police Wednesday in high-profile sites in London and elsewhere. The Palace of Westminster is closed to the public and the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace is cancelled to redeploy police officers. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
The government said almost 1,000 soldiers were deployed instead of police Wednesday in high-profile sites in London and elsewhere. The Palace of Westminster is closed to the public and the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace is cancelled to redeploy police officers. (more...)
Trump's Saudi Summit Was 'a Show Without Any Value' - Rouhani
- May 25, 2017
Rouhani, a cleric whose administration struck the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers, decisively won a second term in Friday's election. Asserting that unity and consensus is the solution against the terrorism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that terrorism is now on the path to eradication, although there is a lot to be done in this respect. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
Rouhani, a cleric whose administration struck the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers, decisively won a second term in Friday's election. Asserting that unity and consensus is the solution against the terrorism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that terrorism is now on the path to eradication, although there is a lot to be done in this respect. (more...)
US Singer Ariana Grande suspends tour following Manchester terror attack
- May 25, 2017
On Monday, 22 people were killed and 64 injured when a bomber, believed to be Salman Abedi, detonated a device as people left the singer's show at the Manchester Arena . British Prime Minister Theresa May will raise the issue with U.S. President Donald Trump when she meets him at a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Brussels later on Thursday, a government source told Reuters. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
On Monday, 22 people were killed and 64 injured when a bomber, believed to be Salman Abedi, detonated a device as people left the singer's show at the Manchester Arena . British Prime Minister Theresa May will raise the issue with U.S. President Donald Trump when she meets him at a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Brussels later on Thursday, a government source told Reuters. (more...)
Former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes is dead
- May 25, 2017
In my opinion, few sought the comprehensive truth about Roger Ailes . He struck home that way. 'He was very fatherly and mentorish, ' he also said of Ailes . Under Mr Ailes' leadership, Fox became US' most widely watched cable news channel, home to key conservative political commentators, and drew an audience distinct from rivals CNN and MSNBC. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
In my opinion, few sought the comprehensive truth about Roger Ailes . He struck home that way. 'He was very fatherly and mentorish, ' he also said of Ailes . Under Mr Ailes' leadership, Fox became US' most widely watched cable news channel, home to key conservative political commentators, and drew an audience distinct from rivals CNN and MSNBC. (more...)
Trump makes personal appeal for Mideast peace
- May 25, 2017
TRUMP: The Palestinians are ready to reach for peace. "Head spinning: Never has a USA president expressed so much confidence in a conflict-ending peace agreement with so little prospect of success", tweeted Aaron David Miller who was a US negotiator on the Middle East in both Republican and Democratic administrations. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
TRUMP: The Palestinians are ready to reach for peace. "Head spinning: Never has a USA president expressed so much confidence in a conflict-ending peace agreement with so little prospect of success", tweeted Aaron David Miller who was a US negotiator on the Middle East in both Republican and Democratic administrations. (more...)
Trump's Saudi summit was 'show with no value': Iran's Rouhani
- May 25, 2017
Speaking after moderate President Hassan Rouhani's re-election, an Iranian trade minister said the country needs major investments for offshore oil and gas. Iran reached the landmark nuclear agreement with the world powers in 2015, which envisaged lifting nuclear-related sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbing the Islamic Republic's nuclear activity. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
Speaking after moderate President Hassan Rouhani's re-election, an Iranian trade minister said the country needs major investments for offshore oil and gas. Iran reached the landmark nuclear agreement with the world powers in 2015, which envisaged lifting nuclear-related sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbing the Islamic Republic's nuclear activity. (more...)
DOJ ethics experts clear Mueller as special counsel
- May 25, 2017
Flynn of the inquiry, Mr. Trump made Mr. Flynn his national security adviser", the Times reported . This week Flynn refused to comply with a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena for documents, claiming his constitutional right against self-incrimination. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
Flynn of the inquiry, Mr. Trump made Mr. Flynn his national security adviser", the Times reported . This week Flynn refused to comply with a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena for documents, claiming his constitutional right against self-incrimination. (more...)
Trump's miserable Vatican visit blessed the Internet with these perfect memes
- May 25, 2017
Donald Trump , who became the first USA president to visit the wall while in office, donned a yarmulke a skullcap which is customary; the site keeps stacks of them for visitors to wear. "We can use peace", Trump said . "A person who thinks only of building walls, wherever it may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian", the pope said . (more...)
- May 25, 2017
Donald Trump , who became the first USA president to visit the wall while in office, donned a yarmulke a skullcap which is customary; the site keeps stacks of them for visitors to wear. "We can use peace", Trump said . "A person who thinks only of building walls, wherever it may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian", the pope said . (more...)
Did Melania Dodge Trump's Hand Again?
- May 25, 2017
At the same time, there are still policy issues that are not agreed between the American and Israeli governments, but the Trump administration is determined to discuss those issues privately with the Israelis and not make a public dispute, Pollock said . (more...)
- May 25, 2017
At the same time, there are still policy issues that are not agreed between the American and Israeli governments, but the Trump administration is determined to discuss those issues privately with the Israelis and not make a public dispute, Pollock said . (more...)
Trump's first foreign visit starts in Saudi Arabia, then Israel
- May 25, 2017
While addressing the leaders of 50 Muslim-majority countries on Sunday afternoon in his first speech on a foreign soil, Trump , meanwhile, called on the Middle-eastern countries to combat the crisis of Islamic extremism emanating from the region. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
While addressing the leaders of 50 Muslim-majority countries on Sunday afternoon in his first speech on a foreign soil, Trump , meanwhile, called on the Middle-eastern countries to combat the crisis of Islamic extremism emanating from the region. (more...)
Rouhani: Iran's ballistic missile program will continue
- May 25, 2017
Iran called on Washington on Monday to abandon its "warmongering policy, intervention, Iranophobia and sales of risky and useless weapons to the main sponsors of terrorism", according to state-run Press TV. French carmakers PSA and Renault are taking advantage of the lack of USA operations by piling into a resurgent Iranian market that is still off-limits to rivals fearful that Trump's administration will reimpose sanctions. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
Iran called on Washington on Monday to abandon its "warmongering policy, intervention, Iranophobia and sales of risky and useless weapons to the main sponsors of terrorism", according to state-run Press TV. French carmakers PSA and Renault are taking advantage of the lack of USA operations by piling into a resurgent Iranian market that is still off-limits to rivals fearful that Trump's administration will reimpose sanctions. (more...)
Memorial Day remembers men, women who died serving our country
- May 25, 2017
In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared Waterloo, New York as the official birthplace of Memorial Day, but more than two dozen cities also claim to be the place the holiday originated, including Carbondale, Illinois (where a stone declares that the first Decoration Day observance was held there in 1866); Warrenton, Virginia; Savannah, Georgia; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; and, Charleston, South Carolina. (more...)
- May 25, 2017
In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared Waterloo, New York as the official birthplace of Memorial Day, but more than two dozen cities also claim to be the place the holiday originated, including Carbondale, Illinois (where a stone declares that the first Decoration Day observance was held there in 1866); Warrenton, Virginia; Savannah, Georgia; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; and, Charleston, South Carolina. (more...)
Manchester suspect spent 3 weeks in Libya prior to attack
- May 25, 2017
Collomb said Abedi's links with the Islamic State group were "proven". ISIL, also known as ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the attack on its social media channels, saying "one of the caliphate's soldiers placed bombs among the crowds". (more...)
- May 25, 2017
Collomb said Abedi's links with the Islamic State group were "proven". ISIL, also known as ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the attack on its social media channels, saying "one of the caliphate's soldiers placed bombs among the crowds". (more...)
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