Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terrorism operation on Friday after a van diver ploughed into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people before and injuring scores fleeing, in what police suspect was one of multiple planned attacks. Islamic State claimed the attack on Las Ramblas on Thursday evening, which was packed with[…]
Two psychologists who helped design the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation program settled a lawsuit Thursday by detainees alleging they were tortured. The secret settlement in the suit, brought on behalf of two living ex-detainees and one who died of hypothermia after brutal questioning in US custody, avoided what would have been[…]
Ahead of World Humanitarian Day, to be marked on August 19th, as the United Nations (UN) prepares a global awareness campaign on the impact of conflict on humanitarian aid workers and the broader civil society, including children and families, the occupied Palestinian territory is facing a “worsening child protection crisis”[…]
Facing the threat of disease, Sierra Leone on Wednesday began burying hundreds of victims of a mudslide that swept away homes on the edge of the capital, one of Africa’s worst flood disasters in living memory. Hundreds of Freetown residents queued to identify relatives crushed by the mud on Monday[…]
Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa, says the union has ensured that mine workers will never be exploited by multi national mining corporations. On Wednesday Mathunjwa addressed thousands of mineworkers and political leaders, gathered at the infamous koppie at Marikana in the North West The commemoration was in honour of Lonmin mineworkers[…]
A fire took hold of six buildings, three of which collapsed completely, in Jeddah’s historic center Tuesday, forcing 60 people to evacuate, officials said. “Rescue teams managed Tuesday evening to evacuate about 60 people to safe areas, while firefighters extinguished the blaze that broke out at the front of six[…]
President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday that left- and right-wing extremists became violent during a weekend rally by white nationalists in Virginia, reigniting a political firestorm over U.S. race relations and his own leadership of a national crisis. Trump, who drew sharp criticism from Republicans and Democrats for his initial[…]
The president of Sierra Leone says his country needs “urgent support now” for thousands of people affected by flash flooding and mudslides in and around the capital Freetown. Ernest Bai Koroma fought back tears on Tuesday as he said at a news conference in the hilltop community of Regent that[…]
North Korea’s leader received a report from his army on plans to fire missiles towards Guam and said he will watch the actions of the United States before making a decision to fire, the North’s official news agency said on Tuesday. Kim Jong-un ordered the army to be ready to[…]
Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the Saudi throne, confessed to two former US officials he “wants out” of the brutal two-year war he started in Yemen, and added that he was “okay” with Washington engaging with his arch-foe Iran, according to leaked emails obtained by Middle East Eye. The[…]
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