Leaked documents show the potentially devastating effects a no-deal Brexit could have on Britain. Leaked documents show the potentially devastating effects a no-deal Brexit could have on British society, ranging from food and medicine shortages to protests at the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. The classified documents, obtained by …
Read More »Gibraltar rejects new US demand to seize Iranian tanker
Gibraltar has rejected a renewed US request demanding the seizure of the tanker Grace 1, which has been renamed Adrian Darya 1. The ship is expected to set sail from Gibraltar on Sunday evening. The British overseas territory rejected a warrant issued Friday by a federal court in Washington that …
Read More »Trump factory speech crowd members were paid to listen to him.
Workers ordered not to criticize the president. Workers at a Royal Dutch Shell plant in Pennsylvania were forced to choose between attending a speech by Donald Trump or earning less than their coworkers who did. Attendance was optional, but contract workers who chose not to stand in the crowd would …
Read More »Jordan summons Israel envoy over Jerusalem ‘violations’
Jordan summoned Israel’s ambassador on Sunday in protest over “violations” at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the foreign ministry said. It summoned envoy Amir Weissbrod to voice its “condemnation and rejection of Israeli violations” at the highly sensitive site, where Israeli security forces clashed with Palestinian worshippers last week. Jordan, …
Read More »Greenland has long been a bargaining chip.
Greenland has long been a bargaining chip between the US and Denmark. President Donald Trump made his name in real estate on the world’s glitziest island with the help of tax breaks and loopholes. As President, it seems Trump wants to take his real estate experience to a new level. …
Read More »Tens of thousands march in the latest Hong Kong protest.
Hong Kong- In defiance of a police ban, tens of thousands of black-clad Hong Kong protesters packed into a park and have again flooded the streets of the Chinese territory for the eleventh straight week of anti-government demonstrations. While only a rally at Victoria Park was permitted to proceed on …
Read More »Video: 13 arrested, 6 injured after Portland protests descend into violence
Police have arrested 13 people on a range of charges, including disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and unlawful use of a weapon, after right-wing demonstrators squared off with Antifa counter-protesters in Portland, Oregon. Speaking at a press conference in the wake of the protests in Portland, which were marred by sporadic …
Read More »Iraqi PMF arrests two IS terrorists implicated in car bomb attack.
Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces announced on Sunday that two Islamic State terrorists had been arrested for their involvement in a deadly car bomb attack in Nineveh province. The PMF or so-called “Hashed al-Sha’abi” said in a press statement that the two IS terrorists were arrested during a counter-terrorism operation in …
Read More »63 killed, scores injured as blast rocks Afghan wedding hall in Kabul.
At least 63 people have been killed after a powerful blast rocked a wedding reception in the western part of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. Nearly two hundred people have been injured. The explosion that ripped through the wedding hall bustling with guests claimed 63 lives, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahim confirmed …
Read More »Seven Killed, Four Missing After Ship Catches Fire in Indonesia – Reports.
At least seven people, including children, have been killed and four remain missing after a ship caught fire in waters near Southeast Sulawesi province in Indonesia, the head of communication for media at the national search and rescue office Yusuf Latief told Xinhua News Agency on Saturday. “The incident started …
Read More »“May God ruin Trump”, Tlaib’s grandmother says.
Sitting under an olive tree in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Muftia Tlaib scoffs at the attention she has recently received from the president of the United States. “May God ruin him,” she says. Tlaib is the grandmother of U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, at the center of an affair that has …
Read More »Lionel Messi set to win UEFA Men’s Player of the Year as results leak online.
After being overlooked in last year’s race for the Ballon d’Or, Lionel Messi may have to make some room in his trophy cabinet after an online leak suggested he is in pole position to be named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year. Per the leak, which appeared on social news …
Read More »Why Trump wants to buy Greenland?!
5 questions about Donald Trump’s interest in buying Greenland, answered. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in recent weeks in buying Greenland. That is not a sentence from an Onion article, although you could be forgiven if you made that mistake. This President, the most unorthodox resident of …
Read More »Yemen’s Houthis say hit Saudi Arabia’s Shayba oil field
Yemen’s Houthi group said on Saturday it had attacked oil facilities at Shayba in Saudi Arabia with 10 drones, according to Masirah TV. The facilities attacked included a refinery and oil storage, it said. Shayba is located in eastern Saudi Arabia. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation or comment.
Read More »Iran tanker: US issues warrant to seize Grace 1 supertanker
The US jutice department has issued a warrant to seize a detained Iranian oil tanker, a day after a judge in Gibraltar ordered it to be released. The Grace 1 supertanker, which is carrying 2.1m barrels of oil, was detained on 4 July .A last-minute legal attempt by the US …
Read More »Israel jets conduct fresh airstrikes against Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes have conducted fresh airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, shortly after Israeli troops attacked and injured dozens of Palestinians during anti-occupation protests near the fence separating the coastal sliver from the occupied territories. According to a statement by the Israeli military, Israeli fighter jets struck on Friday two …
Read More »Disclosure of a US military unit moving in Iraq is not affected by censorship and authorized to fire
An Arab newspaper, on Friday, the secret of a US military unit called “Task Force” and its function to protect the crews of the US embassy in Baghdad, pointing out that this force is moving inside Iraqi cities “unaffected by censorship” and is authorized to fire live ammunition. Unlike other …
Read More »Zarif: Holding the oil tanker was completely illegal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif once again rejected claims by the British government that the Iranian oil tanker had overturned European embargo laws. This came in a tweet to the Iranian Foreign Minister on the social networking site “Twitter” I attached two pictures of the letters from the Iranian …
Read More »Nigerian Muslim leader Zakzaky leaves India
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has left India after rejecting the Nigerian government’s “obstruction” of his medical treatment. Speaking to the AFP on Friday, Zakzaky’s daughter Suhailah Zakzaky confirmed that Zakzaky had left New Delhi for Nigeria. “They did fly with Ethiopian Airlines,” she …
Read More »Greenland responds to Trump: not for sale
Greenland on Friday rejected the idea that it might be on sale, after reports that US President Donald Trump had discussed with his advisors in particular the idea of buying the world’s largest island “We are open to trade, but we are not for sale,” Greenland Foreign Minister Annie Lone …
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