U.S. Official Calls on Myanmar to Free Journalists DHAKA (Reuters) – U.S. envoy Sam Brownback called on Thursday for the release of journalists jailed in Myanmar while covering the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslims forced to flee a military crackdown. Brownback spoke in Bangladesh, where he was on a mission […]
Israeli criticism of journalists on Gaza border conflicts with video Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel’s military has suggested that a photo it has distributed shows journalists are willingly being used as human shields by Palestinian militants during recent protests, but video and a witness account of the incident tell a different […]
Australia Has a ‘Perfect Right’ to Sail in South China Sea, Says PM Australia’s prime minister said the Australian navy has a “perfect right” to traverse the South China Sea after a media report Friday that the Chinese navy had challenged three Australian warships in the hotly contested waterway. The […]
US-backed Syrian fighters capture militant linked to 9/11 attacks The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have captured an individual the US assesses to be Mohammed Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national linked to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “We can confirm that Mohammad Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national, was captured more […]
Swaziland’s King Wants His Country to Be Called eSwatini A landlocked, rural nation in southern Africa, Swaziland has significant problems. Nearly a third of the country’s population lives in extreme poverty, and about as many are infected with H.I.V., one of the world’s highest prevalence rates for the virus. Life […]
Elkhart woman wants to come home after she claims she was tricked into joining ISIS Four years ago, Sam Sally left her hometown in Elkhart for a vacation in Turkey. During the trip, Sally claims her husband duped her and her children into joining ISIS in Syria. Now out of […]
Trump’s arms sales policy puts contractors above common sense In a move that poses grave risks to U.S. security, the Trump administration’s newly released conventional arms transfer policy will put jobs and the interests of arms manufacturers ahead of safety, security, and human rights in its decisions on who the […]
Kushner Cos. Subpoenaed for Information Related to Housing Filings The real-estate company run by the family of White House adviser Jared Kushner in mid-March received a federal grand-jury subpoena for information related to paperwork the company filed in New York City concerning its rent-regulated tenants, according to people familiar with […]
Trump’s NASA Nominee, Jim Bridenstine, Confirmed by Senate on Party-Line Vote Seven and a half months after being nominated to lead NASA, Jim Bridenstine finally gets to start his new job. His confirmation following a vote in the Senate ends the longest span of time that NASA has operated without […]
Trump threatens to pull funding for California National Guard deployment President Donald Trump lashed out at California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday, insisting that his administration won’t pay for the state’s National Guard deployment unless the troops help enforce US immigration laws at the border. “Governor Jerry Brown announced he […]
