An impromptu meeting between U.S. AttorneyGeneral Loretta Lynch – the top law-enforcement officer in the country – and former President Bill Clinton at a Phoenix, Ariz ...The incident "does nothing to instill confidence in the American people that her department can fully and fairly conduct this investigation," and the appointment of a special counsel "in light of the apparent conflicts of interest.” – Sen ... PT....
photo: NASA / ESA, and J. Nichols (University of Leicester)
Jupiter takes center stage with the arrival next week of a NASA spacecraft built to peek through its thick, swirling clouds and map the planet from the inside out. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft is on the final leg of a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile voyage to the biggest planet in the solar system.... ....
An unnamed Turkish official has confirmed the nationalities of the three men who carried out Tuesday’s deadly attack on Istanbul’s airport as Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals, Turkish media and officials told various media outlets.Turkey believes Islamic State militants were behind the suicide gun and bomb attack killing 43 and wounding more than 230 people – many of them airport workers, BBCNews reported Thursday....
(CNN)With just 38 days to go before the Rio Olympics kicks off, the situation in the host city just went from bad to worse. A beach goer Wednesday discovered mutilated human body parts that had washed up on the shore, right in front of the OlympicBeach VolleyballArena on Rio's famed Copacabana beach. A dismembered foot and another body part still unidentified was found, according to Andre Luiz, an officer of the Military Police... ....
The return of budget caps and the potential for automatic across-the-board spending cuts through 2021 pose the No. 1 defense fiscal challenge for the the next president and defense secretary, according to Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord. “There is no deal on the books, so you are starting with a clean sheet of paper” that “overshadows their whole first term,” McCord said in an interview ... 1 ... “What does the new team think?” ... LEARN MORE. ....
In 2000, al-Qaeda was behind the bombing of the USSCole in Aden, killing 17 American sailors ...Al-Qaeda militants seized large swaths of territory in the political and security vacuum after the populist uprising. Its Yemen branch, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, is considered the most dangerous of the affiliates ... "The head of the problem is Abed Rabbo....
The high court in Britain has given the green light for a legal review of the country’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid widespread civilian deaths in Yemen... Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against Yemen in a bid to bring the country’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh, back to power and undermine the Ansarullah movement ... ....
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 30 regime soldiers and 39 rebel fighters had been killed in battles around Al-Maleh, north of Aleppo, since Wednesday afternoon. Militants fighting for the Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda, were also killed, said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman, who did not provide a precise number....
Iraqi pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Units, has vehemently condemned the Saudi foreign minister’s call for the dissolution of the force, which is assisting army soldiers in battles against the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group ... Hashd al-Shaabi also urged the Iraqi Foreign Ministry to take a firm stand in the face of Saudi Arabia’s abusive policies....
Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has described the Yemeni nation’s support for Palestine and Palestinian resistance movements in the face of the Israeli regime’s aggression as “solid and unwavering.” ...Palestinians are angry at increasing violence by Israeli settlers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, saying the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of the sacred site....
A year and nine months after al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri announced the creation of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and introduced Indian-origin Asim Umar as its leader, the United States Thursday designated AQIS as a “foreign terrorist organisation” and added Umar to its list of global terrorists ...Head of al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent is from Uttar Pradesh....
It lays out a US pledge to join forces with Russia in Syria on sharing targets and coordinating bombings against the al-Qaeda branch in the Arab country, al-Nusra Front...Moscow has long insisted that the so-called moderate opposition groups in Syria should leave the areas held by Daesh and al-Nusra terrorists targeted in the Russian air campaign....
We are indeed left with only a few days when over a billion Muslims worldwide will be celebrating Eid Al-Fitr to mark the end of the holy month. But before it finally comes to an end, there are still certain obligations left to fulfil, like paying zakat, fitra and celebrating Eid Al-Fitr ... (Related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim) ... “There is a consensus on all whom we have taken knowledge from that Zakat Al-Fitr is compulsory.”....
Talal al-Tinawi once dreamed of an affluent life in Damascus, Syria... But all that was lost when the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, and al-Tinawi fled Syria to neighboring Lebanon and then arrived in Brazil as a refugee. Last year, al-Tinawi dreamed up another venture in his new home in Sao Paulo ... “As a foreigner and a refugee, starting a business is an enormous challenge,” al-Tinawi writes in his Kickante profile....
Orlando is in a race to get enough plate appearances to qualify for the AL batting race ... About a week ago, Orlando was up in the high .350s, which would have led the AL had he qualified at the time ... Once the Royals get back to playing AL teams, Orlando likely again will become Yost's primary right fielder....
Kuwait international midfielder Fahad AlAnsari has joined Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad on a one-year loan deal. The 29-year-old arrives from Kuwaiti outfit Al Qadsia with high hopes of impressing the Al Ittihad fans.. 'I am honored to join Al Ittihad ...Saudi giants Al Hilal have unveiled former Uruguay international Gustavo Matosas as their new head coach via the club's official Twitter account ... Saudi champions Al Ahli have signed S.C....
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