International

Tit-for-tat escalates as President Hollande hits back at Trump’s anti-France remarks

French President François Hollande hit back at Donald Trump with a dig about gun control Saturday, a day after the new US president attacked France’s immigration policies and Paris. “I don’t want to make a comparison, but there are no weapons circulating here, there are no people who take weapons to shoot into a crowd,” […]

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International, USA

The world’s ‘most sophisticated nerve agent’ was used to kill the brother of North Korea’s leader

The nerve agent that was used to kill Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is among the most deadly chemical weapons developed. It’s also been banned by the United Nations. According to Malaysian investigators, two female suspects coated their hands with the liquid toxin and wiped it on Kim Jong-nam’s face as

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International

Hate crime feared after Indian man killed, another shot in Kansas bar

A white US Navy veteran has been charged with killing an engineer from India and wounding two other men when he opened fire in a Kansas bar in what federal authorities were investigating on Friday as a possible hate crime. The shooting on Wednesday night led news bulletins in India and triggered outrage on social

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International, USA

Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul as civilians flee

US-backed Iraqi forces have pushed deeper into western Mosul on Saturday, after retaking the city’s airport from the self-styled Islamic State. Troops have also advanced into several populated built-up southern districts in the so-called Islamic State’s last major stronghold in the country. An alliance of government-sanctioned Shi’ite militias have been launching their own push west

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Middle East

Tom Perez wins hard-fought DNC race to become Democrats’ first Latino chairman

ATLANTA – Tom Perez was elected Saturday as the first Latino chair of the Democratic National Committee, overcoming stiff opposition from the Bernie Sanders wing of the party and delivering a win for former President Barack Obama, who recruited him for the job. The race here turned into a nail-biter after Mr. Perez fell a

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USA

Scott Pruitt, EPA chief, says Obama neglected protecting environment to focus on climate change

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Saturday said the Obama administration neglected would-be department priorities to pursue a climate change agenda and hinted that a rollback of some regulations could be announced as soon as next week. “I wanted to send a message to those at the agency – there are some very important

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The World We Share, USA

New Islamic State group call to violence sparks panic among Copts

An IS group video directed at Coptic Christians, the discovery of a shoulder-fired missile launcher near Cairo airport and recent killings have raised fears of increased terrorist activity in Egypt and resulted in Sinai Copts fleeing their homes. The Islamic State group released a video on Sunday declaring it would specifically target Christians in Egypt.

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Middle East

White House Meeting With Kim Jong Un Regime Called Off After Missile Test

A meeting between officials from the North Korean and U.S. goverment was called off Friday after the State Department revoked visa approvals for Pyongyang’s top diplomants to Washington, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The meeting would have marked the first gathering between the two sides on U.S. soil in nearly six years and the

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International

Coordinated suicide attacks kill over 40 in Syria’s Homs

Damascus (dpa) – Forty-two security personnel were killed Saturday in synchronized attacks targeting government security facilities in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said, with up to six suicide bombers reported to be involved. The dead included the chief of a branch of the military intelligence service, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

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Middle East

Trump Administration Won’t Call Extremist Group ‘ISIL’ Like Obama Did

The Islamic State group will be called ISIS under President Donald Trump’s administration, rejecting former President Barack Obama’s preference for referring to the militants as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a Feb. 12 memo that using the term ISIS to refer to the terrorist

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Middle East, USA

Hollywood stars condemn Trump at pre-Oscars rally

Hundreds of people including Hollywood stars have held a rally in Beverly Hills ahead of the Oscars on Sunday to denounce President Trump’s immigration policies. It was organised by the United Talent Agency, one of Hollywood’s biggest agencies, replacing its annual Oscar party with what it said was a show of support for freedom of

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

GOP Rep. Darrell Issa tells Bill Maher a special prosecutor should investigate Russian election interference

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Friday night that a special prosecutor should be tapped to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, a stance that mirrors the calls of congressional Democrats to sideline the U.S attorney general from such inquiries. Appearing on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” Issa, a San Diego Republican, was prodded

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International, San Diego County, USA