The source quoted by SPA said. "The kingdom affirms its total rejection of any threats or attempts to undermine it whether through threats to impose economic sanctions or the use of political pressure. "The kingdom also affirms that it will respond to any action with a bigger one. The Saudi economy has vital and influential roles for the global economy." ... Several sponsors and media groups have decided to pull out ... What has Mr Trump said?....
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister is threatening "very painful blows" against Gaza's Hamas rulers if they don't halt protests along the perimeter fence that have led to clashes with Israeli troops. Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is very close to waging a "different kind of activity" against the Islamic militants... 13, 2018 ... 13, 2018 ... ....
The social media giant announced new details about the latest security breach on Friday to say the attackers accessed the accounts of nearly 30 million people and stole name and contact details for 29 million users, according to CNBC... "First, the attackers already controlled a set of accounts, which were connected to Facebook friends ... Message content was not available to the attackers, with one exception ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
EU leaders are set to hold an extraordinary “no deal” Brexit summit in November to deal with the potential disaster of the UK crashing out of the bloc should Theresa May fail to deliver decisive progress on the Irish border issue this week, the Guardian can reveal ... EU sources said they had expected that summit to be a sombre ceremonial event, at which Brussels would say goodbye to the UK and complete the political declaration ... .......
Could Jose Mourinho and Eden Hazard be set for a surprise reunion at Real Madrid, in light of the player's comments this week?. Chelsea midfielder Hazard told Belgian newspaper HLN his one regret in football was being unable to work with Mourinho following his sacking from Chelsea three years ago, and that he was the one manager he would like to play under again before the end of his career ... 1.10. WATCH ... WATCH ... He said ... PlaySuper 6 ... ....
MOSCOW (AP) - Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from jail after serving 50 days on two consecutive sentences for organizing unsanctioned protests ... from failures in foreign intelligence to failures in space industry." ... 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) ... 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) ... ....
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people are converging on the Vatican for the canonization of two towering figures of the 20th CenturyCatholic Church... ....
Novak Djokovic continued his unstoppable run of form by outclassing Borna Coric 6-3, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters final for his 18th successive win on Sunday. Djokovic was a class above all week, and Coric, who so impressively knocked out defending champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals, was no match for the second seed from Serbia... ___________ ... ___________....
Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned extremist group al-Muhajiroun, which has inspired a number of Britons to join Isis, is set to be released from prison this week. Choudary is one of about a dozen jailed radicals who are due out in the coming months, sparking concerns about the demands this will place on the police and the security services ... But this could prove problematic ... Twitter ... “He’s not been de-radicalised ... Read more .......
VATICAN CITY >> PopeFrancis today defrocked two more Chilean bishops accused of sexually abusing minors, and to show greater transparency about how he’s responding to the church’s global sex abuse crisis, he publicly explained why they were removed ...The statement said the two were defrocked for abusing minors with evidence so overwhelming that a canonical trial was unnecessary ... John Paul II’s papacy ... ....
Every now and again history arrives at one of those hinge moments when the country could go one way or the other. There was one in 2003, when Peter Goldsmith, the attorney general, decided it would be lawful after all to join the US invasion of Iraq. There was another in 2010, when Nick Clegg faced a choice between going right or left. a coalition with David Cameron, or an admittedly more difficult coalition with Labour. ... 1/9 ... Rex ... ....