POLITICS
Man Arrested After Threatening to Bomb Rally for Donald Trump
A 20-year-old man was in custody after threatening to bomb Saturday's rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Waterbury, Connecticut. At around 12:45 p.m., the U.S. Secret Service contacted the Connecticut State Police after seeing a threat posted on Twitter threatening to "bomb" the Trump...
China Says Brunei, Cambodia, Laos Agree Sea Dispute Must Not Hurt Ties
China has agreed with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos that the South China Sea territorial dispute should not affect relations between China and the Association of South East Asian National (ASEAN), China’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. Four members of the 10-member ASEAN – the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei...
Charles Koch: Why I Didn’t Try To Stop Donald Trump
Charles Koch says he won’t “put a penny” into trying to stop Donald Trump, that there are “terrible role models” among the remaining Republican presidential candidates, and that his massive political network may decide to sit out of the presidential race entirely. "These personal attacks and...
Now Obama warns Brits ‘not to pull back from world’ & ‘be optimistic’ after Brexit threat
PRESIDENT Obama warned Britons "not to pull back from the rest of the world" today just hours after being condemned for threatening Britain over Brexit. The President speaking at a Q &A session with young people reitereated his message on Brexit and told them to "reject cynicism." He urged young people...
Syrian government strikes on two rebel-held areas kill 23: monitor
Syrian warplanes bombed the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus and parts of Aleppo in the north on Saturday, killing 23 people, with the death toll likely to rise, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Mediators have struggled to get combatants in Syria's five-year-old war to honour a Feb. 27 cessation of...
Obama’s amazing THREAT to Britain: UK would be at the ‘back of the queue’ after Brexit
BARACK Obama was last night condemned for trying to “blackmail” Britain into remaining in the EU. The US President warned the UK would be “at the back of the queue” for a trade deal with America if it quit Brussels. But his threat provoked outrage and scorn from pro-Brexit campaigners, who dismissed it...
NUCLEAR WARNING: Putin tests vehicle that can BLAST past missile defences & fire NUKES
RUSSIA has sent a chilling warning to the world by testing a new “hypersonic glide vehicle” that can blast past missile defences a fire nuclear warheads at its enemies. State media Russia Today claims the new technology will make it impossible its enemies’ defences to calculate the warhead’s trajectory...
Migrant crisis: Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials are due to visit the Turkish-Syrian border to promote a controversial month-old migrant deal. The visit comes amid questions over the legality of the EU-Turkey pact, which deports back to Turkey migrants who do not qualify for asylum in Greece. Human rights groups say Turkey...
Greek PM criticized Turkey over Aegean violations
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras criticized neighboring Turkey Friday for preventing a NATO force in the Aegean Sea from expanding its activities further south along the two countries' borders as a part of its deployment to help tackle the refugee crisis. NATO has deployed ships in the northern Aegean to help combat...
Is it time for the GOP to unite behind Trump?
How do you think: is it time for the GOP to unite behind...
Donald Trump ‘promises to change image’
Donald Trump has promised to change his image, in a closed-door meeting with Republican party leaders. The businessman, who leads the party's race to be presidential nominee, delivered his message via aides, the Associated Press news agency reports. His success in primary elections so far has set off alarm bells among those...
EU official ramps up pressure on US to take more Syrian asylum seekers
A top European Union official pressured the U.S. Thursday to accept more Syrian refugees feeling the civil war, saying that asylum seekers should not be likened to Muslim extremists. Stavros Lambrinidis, the agency’s special representative for human rights, said that taking more migrants would help ease the pressure on...