At least 30 people were killed by an improvised explosive device in Nigeria Monday, Reuters reported. The bomb allegedly detonated on a bridge at about 5 p.m. local time in the market town Gamboru in the northeastern state of Borno. Witnesses said more than 35 injured people were taken to the local hospital. “It is […]
Category: Foreign
50,000 Guns Confiscated After Mass Shooting
New Zealand authorities said Saturday their country will be a safer place after owners handed in more than 50,000 guns during a buyback program following a ban on assault weapons. But critics say the process was flawed and many owners have illegally stashed their firearms. The government banned the most lethal types of semi-automatic weapons […]
Mexican Cartel Kills 21 People In Gun Battle With Police
Four police officers were among nearly two dozen people killed after security forces engaged in an hour-long gunbattle with suspected cartel members Saturday in a Mexican town near the U.S. border, days after President Trump said he was moving to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations. The shootout happened around noon in the small […]
Israeli Prime Minister Indicted On Corruption Charges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday, prolonging the country’s political uncertainty as it looks set to head into its third national election in a year. Netanyahu, who has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of […]
Hong Kong Police threaten Protesters With Live Bullets
Police officials in Hong Kong have reportedly threatened to use lethal ammunition if protesters do not leave the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University amid a standoff. The New York Times reported Sunday that police superintendent Louis Lau said that live rounds could be utilized as a “necessary minimum force” against protesters. “Coldblooded rioters can […]
9 American Citizens Murdered In Drug Cartel Ambush
At least six children and three women living in a faith-based community of U.S. citizens in Mexico were shot to death Monday in the northern part of the country, and six more children were wounded after their convoy came under fire during a brazen daylight ambush believed to have been carried out by gunmen affiliated […]
Obama Endorses Justin Trudeau For Re-Election In Canada
TORONTO (AP) — Barack Obama is urging Canadians to reelect Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, an apparently unprecedented endorsement of a candidate in a Canadian election by a former American president. Obama tweeted Wednesday that he was proud to work with Trudeau and described him as a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like […]
Jane Fonda Arrested At Climate Change Protest
Jane Fonda was arrested by Capitol police Friday — and it’s part of her plan to address climate change. The 81-year-old actress and longtime activist was seen being led away from the steps of the Capitol during a climate change protest with her hands tied behind her back. Fifteen other activists were also arrested. Fonda […]
Al Qaeda Leader Calls For Terror Attacks On Americans
He has managed to evade authorities for more than 18 years, but Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri is still using his platform to call for bloodshed from the shadows. To mark the 18th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the terror leader called on Muslims to attack U.S., European, Israeli and Russian targets in a […]
Iran Moving Forward With Nukes, Warns European Powers
Iran is injecting uranium gas into advanced centrifuges in a further breach of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, officials said Saturday. The country’s atomic energy spokesman warned that “Europeans should know that there is not much time left” to save the 2015 deal. Iran has already gone beyond the stockpile and enrichment level […]
Dorian Death Toll At 30 And Rising
Anguish and frustration swirled through the Bahamas on Thursday as the government raised the death toll from Hurricane Dorian to 30. Bahamian Health Minister Duane Sands said the number could climb “significantly higher,” just days after the then-Category 5 storm ravaged the archipelago. The victims were from the Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, those hit […]
Pope Challenges World Powers To Take Climate Change Serious
Pope Francis on Sunday called on world governments to take “drastic” action on climate change. According to Reuters, he said that governments will have a “responsibility” at the United Nations Climate Action Summit later this month to show “the political will to take drastic measures to achieve as quickly as possible zero net greenhouse gas […]