British police stationed armed officers outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Friday after tweets from WikiLeaks quoted what it said were high-level sources saying that Julian Assange could be kicked out of the building within “hours to days.” The red-brick embassy building with white window frames and balconies was quiet. No embassy official or […]
[Disturbing] Fears high after soldiers aim at top politician
Britain’s military says it is investigating after soldiers were filmed apparently using a picture of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for target practice. Footage posted on social media shows members of the Parachute Regiment in Afghanistan shooting at an image of Corbyn, Britain’s main opposition leader. Corbyn, a veteran socialist, has often been critical of […]
U.K. lawmakers reject Brexit
U.K. lawmakers on Friday rejected the government’s divorce deal with the European Union for a third time, leaving Britain just two weeks to decide between a long delay to Brexit and an abrupt no-deal departure from the bloc. Lawmakers in Britain’s House of Commons voted 286-344 against the withdrawal agreement struck between Prime Minister Theresa […]
6 baby elephants rescued from hole
Six baby elephants, trapped in a mud hole and separated from their parents, have been rescued by a team of park rangers in northeastern Thailand. The rangers came across the elephant calves on Wednesday afternoon as they were struggling to climb the pit’s slippery banks, according to officials of Thap Lan National Park. Some of […]
3 rare baby tigers make first appearance at Sydney zoo (pics)
Three boisterous 10-week-old rare Sumatran tiger cubs have play-wrestled and explored their jungle habitat in their first public appearance at a Sydney zoo. Taronga Zoo manager Mandy Everett said Friday the cubs were born on Jan. 17 to first-time mother Kartika. The female cubs were named Mawar, or Rose in Indonesian, and Tengah Malam, which […]
Officials warn: “Mother of all caravans” heading towards U.S. border
Mexico is bracing for the possible arrival of the “mother of all caravans,” officials warn. Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero has said a caravan of migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala could be forming — and it’s huge. “We have information that a new caravan is forming in Honduras, that they’re calling ‘the mother […]
Aid finally arrives in cyclone-devastated village
Surprised members of a cyclone-hit community in Zimbabwe paused from retrieving and burying their dead to welcome the first humanitarian aid from the outside world as it arrived nearly two weeks after the storm. Survivors in Machongwe village rushed for aid this week, 12 days after the cyclone hit, putting aside a search that is […]
Airline collapse leaves hundreds stranded
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air collapsed under its financial problems on Thursday, leading it to ground planes and leave passengers stranded across two continents. The airline, a small carrier that specialized in ultra-cheap travel between the United States and Europe, told passengers there would be no further flights and advised them to check with other […]
Refugees turn pirates! Hijacked rescue ship raided
A Maltese special operations team on Thursday boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrants rescued at sea, and returned control to the captain before escorting it to a Maltese port. Armed military personnel stood guard on the ship’s deck, and a dozen or so migrants were also visible, as the Turkish oil tanker […]
Brexit in peril, Theresa May throws Hail Mary pass.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is making a final push to save her European Union withdrawal deal after a promise to step down failed to win over lawmakers from Northern Ireland. May pledged Wednesday night that she would quit if the deal were approved, in hopes of blunting opposition from lawmakers who have criticized her […]
