President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday they’d secured the release of an American family held prisoner by the Taliban for five years — a humiliating blow to former President Barack Obama’s legacy. For years, Obama failed to do anything about it. In 10-months since he left office, the international respect… Read More
Catalonia will not be satisfied without an independence declaration
Catalonia’s regional leader prepared to address parliament Tuesday in a highly anticipated session that could spell the birth of a new republic, marking a critical point in a decade-long standoff between Catalan separatists and Spain’s central authorities. Security was tight in Barcelona and police cordoned off a park surrounding the… Read More
What!? N. Korea STOLE S. Korea’s war plans
A South Korean lawmaker said Tuesday that North Korean hackers may have stolen highly classified military documents that include U.S.-South Korean wartime “decapitation strike” plans against the North, according to South Korean media reports. Rep. Lee Cheol-hee, a lawmaker for the ruling Democratic Party, cited unidentified defense officials as saying… Read More
Brazil authorities say U.S.-based church behind abuse
Every day before work, Liliane Souza says, she and three dozen fellow workers at a Brazilian picture-framing factory affiliated with the Word of Faith Fellowship church were obligated to pray. When workers made a mistake, such as cutting a frame too short, she says they were screamed at and sometimes… Read More
Spanish civil war brewing?
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned anew Monday that Spain will not be divided by a declaration of independence from Catalonia and said the government is ready to respond to any such attempt. Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont plans to address the Catalan parliament on Tuesday evening to debate the… Read More
US Customs blocking all imports from North Korea
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it is ready to block U.S. imports of seafood — as well as any other goods — produced by North Korean laborers who work in China. An Associated Press investigation tracked salmon, squid and cod processed by North Koreans working at Chinese factories and shipped to… Read More
Over 100 bomb threats force evacuations in Moscow
Moscow on Friday faced over 130 fake bomb calls that prompted the evacuation of some 100,000 people from shopping malls, schools, railway stations and office buildings. It was the most massive flurry of fake bomb threats since a wave of bomb hoaxes began in early September. The fake bomb threats… Read More
Iran nuclear deal negotiator sentenced to prison
A member of Iran’s team of nuclear negotiators that struck the 2015 deal with world powers has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted in Iran of espionage, a semi-official news agency reported on Wednesday. While unnamed in the report, the only negotiator known to be facing… Read More
[Warning] N. Korea nuclear test may reach U.S. soil
by Frank Holmes, reporter North Korea has tested nuclear weapons 15 times this year — but the Communist dictatorship may be getting ready to unleash its deadliest test ever in a matter of days. For the first time in nearly 40 years, Communist officials could detonate a nuclear warhead in… Read More
Tragic! Suicide bomb kills 20
A suicide bomber struck a Shiite shrine packed with worshippers in a remote village in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 20 people and leaving at least 25 wounded in an apparent sectarian attack, a provincial government spokesman and the police said. The attacker detonated his explosives vest when he was… Read More
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