Sulaimaniya, Iraq/Hajnowka, Poland — When KamaranMohammed travelled with his wife and three children to the Belarus capital Minsk last month from their home in northern Iraq, they went as tourists ... “The planes carry tourists that are not going for tourism,” said Mohammed, speaking on Thursday in his home in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya ... .
LONDON — British police say an explosion in a taxi outside a hospital that killed a man is being treated as a terrorist incident, but the motive remains unclear ...Jackson told media outlets that a taxi driver picked up a passenger, who asked to be taken to the hospital ... .
Steve Bannon, the longtime Trump aide, has surrendered to the FBI and been remanded in custody. On Friday, he was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress... .
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — An Israeli rights group said Sunday that in 183 incidents of Jewish settler violence against Palestinians, Israeli forces did not intervene to protect Palestinians and at times actively joined the attacks ... According to B'tselem, in 183 incidents of settler violence the forces stood by or assisted the attackers ... Image. Section.
Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s decision to return home, despite facing certain arrest and possibly jail time, was encouraged by intelligence agents planted in his inner circle, a veteran radio journalist has claimed. Speaking to RTVi TV, Alexey Venediktov claimed that Navalny fell victim to an operation run by the authorities in Moscow.
French PresidentEmmanuel Macron has changed the color of France’s ‘Tricolore’ flag, opting for a slightly darker shade of bleu marine, but elected not to inform the public, according to national news agencies ... Read more Soldier raped at France’s presidential palace – media ... If you like this story, share it with a friend!. .
With more than 30 million YouTube views, the song 'Fragile' has done something previously unthinkable -- become a commercial success while sending up China's authoritarian leaders. In the Mandopop industry, poking Beijing can end careers. But Malaysian rapper Namewee and Australian singer Kimberley Chen have bucked that trend ...Follow us on Facebook .
TOKYO. A man attacked an elderly woman with a knife in front of Fukushima station in northeast Japan on Monday, police and local media said, the latest in a string of recent assaults on and around the country's train network ... A woman in her 80s was hospitalised after the assault, national broadcaster NHK reported ... No injuries were reported ... .
The global energy transition has highlighted the decreasing relevance of fossil fuels, but what will happen to the jobs and economies that are dependent on oil and gas? ... If these assets lose all value, we could be facing a crash the likes of which we have not seen since the 2008 financial crisis ... READ MORE ... The question is, how much time?.
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