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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The Russian army on Friday said it had struck a meeting of Islamic State leaders in Syria on May 28 and was trying to verify whether the group’s leader had been killed, news agencies said on Friday. In a statement, the army said the attack took place near the IS stronghold of Raqa “which was also attended by IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” the media reported, adding that the military was […]
by Matthew Knight Agence France Presse FENGXIAN, China (AFP) — The blast that killed eight people and injured dozens outside a kindergarten in eastern China was caused by a makeshift bomb and the assailant died in the explosion, authorities said Friday. The public security ministry said in a statement that the suspect was a 22-year-old man with health problems who rented a room near the kindergarten in Fengxian, where Thursday’s blast occurred. Police found material […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) — Australia said on Friday (June 16) it would introduce a three-month national gun amnesty, the first in more than 20 years, in a bid to reduce the number of illegal firearms which have been used in recent Islamist-inspired attacks. Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan said that from July 1, locals can hand in illegal firearms to authorities without prosecution. Australia has some of the world’s toughest gun control laws, introduced after […]
SELANGOR STATE, Malaysia (Reuters) — Lawyers representing two women charged with killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader said on Friday (June 16) that some of the documents they had received from prosecutors would be sent to experts in Denmark and other countries for further assessment. The prosecutors handed over a set of 44 documents, including toxicology, autopsy, and arrest reports, the suspects’ statements and photographs, to the women’s lawyers earlier in the day, […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) — A militant attack on a Kabul mosque killed at least four people and wounded eight more late on Thursday (June 15), an official said, as Muslims crowded the city’s prayer halls for religious observances in the month of Ramadan. Two gunmen and a suicide bomber tried to enter the Al Zahra mosque used by Kabul’s Shi’ite minority, but were blocked by police, setting off a gun battle, witnesses and officials said. […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) – The brother of a man named as a victim of a devastating blaze that gutted a 24-story apartment block in London, killing at least 17 people, described a chaotic rescue effort to the BBC on Thursday (June 15). The Syrian Solidarity Campaign said on its Facebook page that Mohammed Al Haj Ali, a refugee from Syria studying engineering in London, was one of those who had been killed in the […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) – Residents living near the burned Grenfell Tower in London called for a safer living environment on Thursday. There are three 20-story buildings near the burned Grenfell Tower. Residents in these buildings are in panic and worrying about the security as there is only one stairway and no fire alarms. “Because our block is going to get regenerated very very soon. If they do that, then we’re going to end up […]
JIANGSU PROVINCE, China (Reuters) — Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Xuzhou said on Friday (June 16) that the death toll in a blast that occurred just outside a local kindergarten has risen to eight, state media reported. Xuzhou city mayor Zhou Tiegen told an early-morning news conference that 65 people have been injured, with eight remaining in critical condition. No kindergarten students or teachers were injured in the blast. Zhou said that authorities […]
TENNESSEE, United States (Reuters) – Two inmates accused of shooting to death a pair of armed guards during an escape from a prison bus in Georgia were captured on Thursday (June 15) in Tennessee, Georgia officials said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed the capture of Donnie Rowe, 43, and Ricky Dubose, 24, in a statement on Twitter but provided no further information. The inmates were caught following a car chase in Tennessee, one state […]
(REUTERS) – President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday (June 15) slammed United States Vice President Mike Pence for saying Venezuela was an example of what happens when democracy is undermined, calling the comments “nauseating.” Already suffering a severe economic crisis, Venezuela, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has recently been convulsed by clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters. “Today the Vice President of the United States (Mike Pence) made some absolutely despicable, vomit-inducing statements. […]
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) — A student died in heated protests in Venezuela on Thursday (June 15) amidst a rising death toll in the divided nation, as thousands take to the streets to demand early elections. Luis Vera, 21, died after he was run over in the western region of Maracaibo. Vera’s death brings the protest death toll to at least 69. Protesters are demanding early elections, angry at widespread shortages, three-digit inflation, and rampant crime. […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – Members of the United States Congress took to the field for their traditional Republicans vs. Democrats baseball game on Thursday (June 15), with many wearing hats to honor Representative Steve Scalise, who was critically wounded by a gunman as his Republican team practised a day before. When the members of the Republican team were announced at Nationals Park, the mention of Scalise’s name drew a standing ovation. David Bailey, […]
