A year of war that has set Yemen back decades
Media captionOrla Guerin is shown shrapnel found in the wreckage of a factory in Yemen destroyed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike Ahmed Sharif stood on top of a mound of rubble, waving a dinner plate. "The Saudis attacked this," he said. "There was no weapons facility. There was no military site. This was a tourist attraction."He descended from the wreckage of a house that had stood for 1,400 years to gave me a tour of Kawkaban - an ancient citadel perched on a cliff top. Locals say this..>> view originalAmerican Detainee 'Confesses' To Spying On North Korea
An American detainee held in North Korea has confessed to spying on the communist regime, according to a press conference broadcast Friday on North Korean state television. The detainee is Kim Dong-chul, and he stated that he was taken into custody last October while working in a special economic zone in North Korea. Although Dong-chul was born in South Korea, he was a naturalized citizen of the United States and resided in Fairfax, Virginia, until recently. According to the Wall Street Journal..>> view originalBeijing's fishing fleet asserts claim to contested South China Sea
The Chinese fishing boat Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010, which was sunk by an Argentine coast guard vessel while she was illegally fishing in Argentine territorial waters off Puerto Madryn, 1,300 kilometres south of Buenos Aires. Picture: AFPAbout 100 Chinese-registered boats have been detected encroaching in Malaysia’s waters in the disputed South China Sea, Malaysia’s state news agency has reported. The reported encroachment on Thursday is the latest action by Chinese vessels to raise concern in Southeast..>> view originalRadovan Karadzic: Bosnian Muslim in Australia says 'millions of years' in jail not enough for war crimes
Radovan Karadzic: Bosnian Muslim in Australia says 'millions of years' in jail not enough for war crimes Updated March 26, 2016 12:18:51 A Bosnian Muslim who found a safe haven in Melbourne after serving in the besieged city of Sarajevo says even the death penalty would not have been enough for Radovan Karadzic, the architect of genocide in the former Yugoslavia. Key points:Former Bosnian Serb leader sentenced to 40 years' jail Some survivors say sentence is not enough..>> view original12 Portuguese killed on French 'road of death'
AFP on March 26, 2016, 7:04 am Twelve killed as minibus collides with truck in France: official Lyon (AFP) - Twelve Portuguese passengers, including a seven-year-old girl, died when their minibus collided with a heavy lorry on a motorway in central France known locally as "the road of death".The crash happened late on Thursday night as the minibus was travelling from Switzerland to Portugal, taking the group home for the Easter holidays."The 12 passengers of the minibus, who were al..>> view originalCruz embroiled in sex scandal as Trump denies involvement
Cruz Blames Trump for 'Tabloid Smear'1:50Ted Cruz blamed presidential rival Donald Trump on Friday for a tabloid story that aired rumors about Cruz's personal life. Trump responded that he had nothing to do with it. Photo: AP Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at a campaign stop, Friday, March 25, 2016, in Oshkosh, Wis. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)TEXAS senator Ted Cruz is embroiled in a sex scandal befitting the bizarre nature of the current the Republican race for the..>> view originalMan shot during Brussels anti-terror raid
French police foil planned attack, arrest suspect
Three held in Belgian raids as Europe goes after terror network Belgian police shot a suspect as part of a huge European terror crackdown that netted several arrests on Friday as France’s President Francois Hollande said a jihadist network that targeted both Paris and Brussels was being “destroyed.”French police said they had foiled a terror strike by 34-year-old Reda Kriket — a man previously convicted in Belgium in a terror case alongside Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud — after a..>> view originalMarchers Condemn Obama's Visit on the 40th Anniversary of Argentina's Dictatorship
Argentina remembered the victims of the country's last dictatorship on the 40th anniversary of the coup that started it all, with a massive march through the capital Buenos Aires. Yesterday's march, estimated at around 100,000 people, was peppered with "Go Home Obama" signs in reference to the US president's visit to the country that coincided with the anniversary, and which many saw as an insult. It was also pervaded by the fear that Argentina's new right-wing president, Mauricio Macri, will b..>> view original
Friday, March 25, 2016
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