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Israel strikes Gaza targets in response to rocket fire
In retaliation to a single rocket that struck an open area in southern Israel on Sunday, the IDF has carried out overnight strikes on Gaza, reportedly hitting at least two According to Palestinian sources, the attacks targeted facilities near the cities of Khan Younis in the south and Deir al Balah in the center of...
New ISIS video features ‘last words’ of Paris attackers, threats to UK
Islamic State has released a new 17-minute video featuring the Paris attackers apparently participating in gruesome murders somewhere in an undisclosed desert location before they infiltrated the EU and subsequently conducted attacks in the France terror attacks, Islamic StateISIS/ISIL) extremists wearing camouflaged...
Exclusive: Saudi-Iranian proxy war over Syria spreads to Davos
Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try to promote peace in Syria, participants said. The barbed exchange between Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at an invitation-only meeting on...
Syrian opposition says Kerry applies pressure over peace talks
The lead negotiator in the Syrian opposition said on Sunday it was coming under pressure from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to attend peace talks in Geneva this week in order to negotiate over steps including a halt to air strikes. The opposition's High Negotiation Committee, which groups political and armed opponents...
Trump says he could ‘shoot somebody’ and his fans would still love him
ASPIRING US president Donald Trump says his supporters are so loyal they would stick by him even if he shot somebody. The billionaire businessman, who is currently the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, made the comments just nine days out from the Iowa caucuses opening voting in the 2016 campaign....
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders tells women to carry self-defence spray against ‘Islamic testosterone bombs’
THE Dutch debate on refugees and asylum seekers has come to this: Firebrand politician Geert Wilders handing out self-defence sprays to women fearful of what he describes as “Islamic testosterone bombs” in the wake of the New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Cologne. Wilders, surrounded by bodyguards and police,...
U.S. says prepared for military solution against Islamic State in Syria
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against Islamic State in Syria should the Syrian government and rebels fail to reach a political settlement. The latest round of Syria peace talks are planned to begin on Monday in Geneva but were at risk of...
Sundance 2016: What was the Obamas’ first date like?
The story of how Barack and Michelle met is among many films making waves at Sundance. The 2016 Sundance Film Festival is under way but many of the most anticipated films still haven’t screened. One of the movies attendees are looking forward to is Southside with You, which dramatises Barack and Michelle Obama’s...
China and Iran relations enter ‘new chapter,’ strategic ties to be expanded
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Iran – the first by a Chinese leader in 14 years – has resulted in 17 agreements being signed between the two countries, with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani saying this opens a new chapter in their relations. The negotiations between Rouhani and his Chinese counterpart...
This Third Grader Completely Destroyed Donald Trump’s Deportation Plan With A Simple Letter
As if we needed any more proof that kids do say the darndest things, a third grader made a very compelling case as to why grown-ups shouldn’t vote Donald Trump for president in an open letter to American voters. Especially if those grown-ups love Netflix, and, more importantly, chill. ...
The crazy way Americans elect their presidents
Is there a greater democratic show on earth than the American presidential election? Indian polls, where elephants ferry electronic voting machines into the foothills of the Himalayas and pyrotechnics explode at the moment of victory, are doubtless more picturesque. Afghan votes, where women queue at polling stations dressed in...
Bury the hatchet? Angry Moscow tenants block clearing company’s office with 3m of snow
Finding it hard to cope with all the snow that was supposed to be cleaned by a local service, tenants of a prestigious apartment block in Moscow Region found a “creative” way out of the plight by dumping a pile of snow at the contractor’s door. The snow pile blocking the door was about reportedly 3 meters...
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