Cologne police have reportedly launched an investigation into the cops who leaked internal reports of mass harassment and sex assaults on New Year’s Eve to the media. The press only learned about the outrageous attacks four days after the incidents. According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, police recently launched an investigation to[…]
At least three people have died in severe weather in the southern states of the United States, where tornadoes, damaging hail and flash floods left a swath of destruction. Tornadoes churned across many states, from Louisiana to Georgia, but the most destructive were in Louisiana and Mississippi. More than 30[…]
Syria’s president has assured Russia of his readiness to respect a ceasefire deal brokered by Moscow and Washington, the Kremlin said. “A phone call took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad,” the Kremlin said in a statement on Wednesday. “In particular,[…]
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon or avoid travelling there. The move on Tuesday came after Riyadh halted $4bn in aid to Lebanese security forces in response to “hostile” positions linked to Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah. The Saudi foreign ministry issued[…]
Belgium has temporarily abandoned Schengen rules that allow passport-free travel between some of the EU’s internal borders, as it tries to keep potential migration flow coming out of France under control. Belgium’s Interior Minister, Jan Jambon, announced on Tuesday that the decision comes as France is looking into the option[…]
US health officials are investigating whether 14 new Zika virus infections may been transmitted through sex, raising questions about the role of sex in spreading a disease that has been linked to birth defects in Brazil. Several of the cases involved pregnant women, the US Centers for Disease Control and[…]
On Sunday, Israeli forces tore down the only school for Bedouin children in Abu al-Nuwaar community in the occupied West Bank. More than 30 Israeli bulldozers, accompanied with hundreds of Israeli forces and a delegation from Israel’s Civil Administration, raided the area in early morning, destroying and removing the only[…]
He made the announcement following talks with UN chief Ban Ki-moon in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. About 400 people have been killed and 250,000 have fled to neighbouring states since Mr Nkurunziza announced in April that he would seek a third term. He survived a coup attempt in May, and won[…]
Chinese Foreign Ministry has argued that its strengthening defenses on South China Sea islands is similar to the US deployments in Hawaii, telling Washington to stay away from the territorial dispute. “There is no difference between China’s deployment of necessary national defense facilities on its own territory and the defense[…]
Syria’s government has said it will accept a halt to “combat operations”, after the US and Russia agreed on a plan for the cessation of hostilities to begin this weekend. Several parties to the conflict, however, were sceptical that any peace deal would actually take effect. In a statement on[…]
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