U.S. President Barack Obama honored the people closest to him, including First Lady Michelle Obama, during his farewell address in Chicago on Tuesday (January 10) night. “You made the White House a place that belongs to everybody. And a new generation sets its sights higher because it has you as a role model,” Obama told […]
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Almost 15 years since the Taliban government were ousted in a U.S.-led military campaign, Afghanistan remains one of the most dangerous and violent countries in the world. More than 9 million people are in need of humanitarian aid in the country, an increase of 13 percent, according to the United Nations. It said the number […]
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Refugees stranded in Greece suffered sub-zero temperatures and heavy snowfall on Tuesday at camps not designed for winter weather and the government promised those on one island temporary warm accommodations aboard a navy ship. A mid-winter icy spell and snowstorms have gripped central and southeastern Europe for days, and parts of Greece have been covered […]
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Speaking at the Communities and Local Government Committee today, Dame Louise Casey made the case for the findings of her review into opportunity and integration which took over 14 months to complete. Speaking with a sense of purpose, Casey suggested that “integration was not a two way street”, and that in fact she saw it […]
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A truck ramming attack killed four Israeli soldiers and injured at least 16 others at a popular promenade in southern Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon. Rescue workers at the scene said the truck suddenly accelerated towards a group of soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces after they had got off a bus at the Armon Hanatziv […]
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Federal agents in Alaska saying they TOOK a handgun from Florida airport shooter Esteban Santiago in November after he told them his mind was being controlled by US intelligence agents – but RETURNED it to him last month after medical tests found he was NOT mentally ill. FBI Special Agent Marlin Ritzman said: “During our […]
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A Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers on a popular promenade in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four of them in an attack that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said is likely to have been inspired by Islamic State. It was the deadliest Palestinian attack in Jerusalem in months and targeted officer cadets […]
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Philippine security forces killed the leader of a militant group supporting Islamic State in a clash early on Thursday, the country’s police chief said, warning against possible retaliation. President Rodrigo Duterte recently cautioned against Islamic State taking root in the southeast Asian country, saying it needed to avoid “contamination”. “I strongly believe that we have […]
Continue ReadingA brazen attack in India’s tech hub caught on camera. Surveillance video in Bengaluru showing two men on a scooter pulling up to a woman in an alley… with one of the men grabbing the woman as the other stood by watching. The man later dragged the woman to the scooter as she attempted to […]
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A gunman opened fire on New Year revellers at a packed nightclub on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway on Sunday killing at least 39 people, including many foreigners, then fled the scene. Some people jumped into the Bosphorus to save themselves after the attacker began shooting at random in the Reina nightclub just over […]
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