Concerns are mounting about escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State after a series of army raids on villages that have...
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A massive winter storm clobbered a huge swath of the eastern United States on Saturday, pounding cities from Washington to...
A supersonic combat jet crashed Saturday afternoon on a training complex in rural Nevada, the Navy said.The F/A-18C Hornet went down about 70 miles east of Naval Air Station Fallon in western Nevada, an hour’s drive east of Reno.The aircraft was conducting a training flight. Navy personnel were en route to the scene Saturday night and had not yet “confirmed the status of the aircraft crew member,” according to a news release.The plane was assigned to the air station’s Naval...
At least 14 people were killed Sunday when a car bomb went off near a hospital in the rebel-held Syrian town of Atmeh, near the border with Turkey, opposition activists said.The bomb exploded near Orient Hospital, run by an opposition activist group that also runs a television station with the same name.Orient TV reported that 50 others were wounded in the explosion, and a large part of the hospital was destroyed. Atmeh, in Idlib Province, houses a large refugee camp...
An anti-drone activist and journalist from Pakistan is missing after being abducted from his home, his lawyer said Monday.Kareem Khan was seized from his home in Rawalpindi on the night of February 5th, according to attorney Shazad Akbar.He was picked up by 20 men, some of them dressed in police uniforms, Akbar said.“Kareem Khan was my first client in 2010 against US drone strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan,” Shahzad told CNN Monday.Shahzad said he lodged a complaint with...
The United States and the European Union “stand with the people of Ukraine” in their fight for the right to choose alliances with countries other than Russia, US. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday.His comments come after a week of political tumult in which Ukraine’s Prime Minister and Cabinet have resigned, a controversial anti-protest law has been repealed and the President has signed off on a contested amnesty bill for anti-government protesters.”Nowhere is the fight for a democratic, European...
Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Sen. Ted Cruz of stealing the Iowa caucuses, calling for either new voting there or the results to be nullified.Meanwhile, Ben Carson hit CNN for what he said was an inaccurate report that he was leaving the race on Monday, even though the network only reported that he was heading home to Florida for a short break after the caucuses.”Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new...
French President François Hollande is visiting the White House Tuesday, and he is the one who’s beating the drums of war, calling for a robust international coalition in the Middle East and declaring that France is in a state of emergency. He is being received by a U.S. president on a mission to avoid fresh and possibly interminable military conflicts in the war-devastated region.The two men greeted each other briefly before the cameras as they kicked off their Oval Office...
Venezuelan police and opposition demonstrators have clashed at the end of a march that gathered tens of thousands of people...
The world risks losing a generation of Syrian children if it ignores their plight, Malala Yousafzai – the Pakistani girl...
Iran is lauding the successful test-firing of new missiles, including one designed to destroy “all types of enemy military equipment,” state media said.US officials say they’re paying close attention.The Iranian Defense Ministry said the new missiles include a laser-guided surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missile as well as a new long-range ballistic missile that can carry multiple warheads, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported.Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan said the long-range ballistic missile can evade enemies’ anti-missile defense systems and...
A police constable guarding a Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan was shot dead Sunday, authorities said.Two assailants in a motorbike shot the policeman who was standing guard outside a temple in Peshawar, said Faisal Mukhtar, the city’s police superintendent. Authorities do not have a motive for the attack. Pakistan is a predominantly Muslim countries where other religions account for little more than 3% of the population. The attack is reminiscent of a November attack in Peshawar where a police officer...
