Five people have been killed by a shooter who opened fire along a walking trail in a North Carolina neighbourhood. The suspect eluded officers for hours on Thursday night, before he was cornered in a home and arrested, police said. An off-duty police officer was among those killed by the suspect in the North Carolina capital of Raleigh... .
Iranian security forces stepped up their crackdown on Kurdish regions of the country overnight, deploying militia troops, as authorities pursued their deadly suppression of nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. ...The StandardChannel. IOSAndroid. IOS Android. More>> ... Shops are closed ... (Reuters). .
NATO is holding its exercise, dubbed “SteadfastNoon,” next week ... They involve fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads, but do not involve any live bombs ... ....
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked Ukraine’s Defenders Day on Friday, promising a win against Russia in the ongoing war since February ... To all who won then and to everyone who will definitely win now,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram ... .
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LONDON (Reuters) — British Prime MinisterLiz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday and scrapped parts of their economic package in a desperate bid to stay in power and survive the market and political turmoil gripping the country ... “We need to act now to reassure the markets of our fiscal discipline,” she said. .
In never-before-seen footage from January 6, 2021, obtained by CNN, House SpeakerNancy Pelosi says she’d punch then-President Donald Trump if he made good on his threat to come to the US Capitol with his supporters ... “I hope he comes. I’m going to punch him out,” Pelosi fumes. “I’ve been waiting for this. For trespassing on the Capitol grounds ... .
BEIJING (AP) — When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be ... Xi is all but certain to be given a third five-year term as party leader at the end of a major party congress that opens Sunday — a break with an unofficial two-term limit that other recent leaders had followed ... “He’s really anti-U.S ... ___ ... .
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of launches by the nuclear-armed country amid heightened tensions ... Some analysts do not expect any tests before neighbouring China concludes a congress of its ruling Communist Party, which begins on Sunday ... .
WILMINGTON, Del.--Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion takeover deal for Twitter Inc, the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday ... In late September, Musk’s attorneys had provided a “privilege log” identifying documents to be withheld, Twitter said ... Justice Department ... .
Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan once again showed his annoyance with the American base in Alexandroupolis and the militarization of the islands in his statements to journalists, upon his return from Kazakhstan. When asked about Alexandroupolis and "US-backed equipment on Lesbos and other Aegean islands," Erdoğan replied ... READ MORE ... Tags ... 0. 0 ... .
The House select committee investigating last year's Capitol riot voted Thursday to subpoena former U.S. PresidentDonald Trump... Trump blasted the unanimous vote from the panel to subpoena him for documents and testimony ... On Jan ... ....