Dutch police were on Thursday investigating possible terror links after arresting a Spanish man driving a van containing gas canisters close to a rock concert which was abruptly canceled due to a threat of an attack. The man “was arrested and taken to the police station,” Rotterdam polic
The death toll from Severe Typhoon Hato rose to at least 16 Thursday after the storm, reportedly the strongest since 1968, left a trail of destruction across southern China, blacking out Macau’s mega-casinos and battering Hong Kong’s skyscrapers. Eight died in the gambling hub of Macau,
Venezuela’s fugitive former top prosecutor resurfaced in Brazil on Wednesday claiming to possess “a lot” of proof of President Nicolas Maduro’s corruption and to warn that her life remains in danger. According to AFP, Ortega — speaking at a crime-fighting conference in
The Minister of Commerce and Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qassabi, who is also Chairman of the Saudi side in the Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council, discussed on Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi ways to enhance bilateral relations. Boosting ties wil
Chad is shuttering Qatar’s embassy and giving its diplomats 10 days to leave the country, accusing the Gulf Arab state of trying to destabilize the central African nation via its northern neighbor Libya, it said on Wednesday. According to Reuters, it is not the first African state to move agai
Some send up plastic leaflets that weigh less than a feather and flutter down from the clouds with calls for democracy or blurry cartoons ridiculing North Korea’s ruler. Some send flash drives loaded with South Korean soap operas, or mini-documentaries about the vast wealth of Southern corpora
Three people were killed on Wednesday and 34 injured as Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 stormed, battered Hong Kong with wind and rain that forced a majority of businesses to close. Three men aged 30 to 65 died, the Macau government said, while two people were missing. One of the men died after
Gasoline exports from China to North Korea took a sharp dip in July, which would threaten critical supplies of fuel and force the isolated country to seek alternatives to its main supplier. The decline, revealed by customs data, is the strongest sign yet that the suspension of sales of the fuel by C
Brazilian striker Neymar is being sued by his former club Barcelona FC for breach of contract after his transfer to France’s Paris Saint-Germain for a record fee. The club announced on Tuesday that they are suing the strike for 8.5 million euros ($10.00 million) as they want him to pay back the bonu
Two people were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of being linked to last week’s deadly van-ramming attack in the Spanish city of Barcelona, said Moroccan state TV channel 2M on Tuesday. One of the men, a 28-year-old detained in the Nador, close to the Spanish enclave of Melilla, lived for 12 years in
London – Britain’s prosecution service announced on Monday online abuse will be treated as seriously as offline offenses in new guidance on handling hate crimes. The rules, which included guidelines on helping disabled and bisexual victims were meant to encourage more people to come forw
American comedy legend Jerry Lewis passed away on Sunday at the age of 91, his family announced. He died of end-stage heart disease Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said on Monday. Lewis parlayed his distinctive style of low-brow comedy into a long-running movie and stage career. He also became a
Iran’s atomic chief warned on Tuesday that Tehran may resume uranium enrichment at high levels within five days if the United States abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal signed with western powers. “If we decide, we can reach 20 percent (uranium) enrichment within five days in Fordow (undergr
At least two people were killed and dozens injured in an earthquake that struck the tourist-packed Italian holiday island of Ischia on Monday. Residents and tourists on the island off the coast of Naples ran out onto the narrow streets from homes and hotels. Fearing aftershocks, many decided to leav
Meet one of Germany’s newest residents: Angela Merkel Mohammed, reported the Associated Press. The little girl was born last week to a migrant couple who fled Syria’s bloody war and decided to name her in honor of the 63-year-old German chancellor whose policies allowed them to start a n
The Moroccan suspect held for last week’s stabbing rampage in Finland admitted on Tuesday the killing of two people and wounding eight. Abderrahman Mechkah, an 18-year-old asylum seeker, confessed to carrying out Friday’s attack in the city of Turku but denied he had a terrorist motive, his la
Before he became president, Donald Trump rarely talked about Afghanistan. When he did, he often called for a swift end to America’s longest war, said an Associated Press report on Tuesday. Now that he’s in office — the third American president to oversee the conflict — few in his adminis
International pressure must be exerted on North Korea until it proves it is willing to give up its nuclear program, new Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono demanded on Tuesday. “It’s not the time to discuss (the resumption of) six-party talks,” Kono said, referring to international
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday to hold talks with officials on the battle against the ISIS terrorist group. He made the trip just days after Iraqi forces launched an operation to recapture the city of Tal Afar from the organization, warning that the end o
US President Donald Trump unveiled late on Monday his administration’s long-awaited new strategy on Afghanistan, committing to an open-ended conflict in the country. He signaled that he would send more troops to Afghanistan, vowing a “fight to win” against Taliban insurgents, who have gained ground
