US tones down bellicose talk on South China Sea
A Chinese bomber patrols South China Sea reefs and islands. Territorial disputes have been put to one side in the interests of closer economic ties. AP After the world spent the best part of a month contemplating the fallout from a war between the US and China, there has been a concerted effort by Team Trump in recent days to dial back some of its more combative rhetoric.This was spearheaded by Defence Secretary James Mattis on his trip to Kore..>> view originalIsraeli groups sue to stop settlement legalization law
JERUSALEM -- In the first concrete attempt to counter the contentious new law legalizing thousands of West Bank settlement homes, two Israeli rights groups on Wednesday asked the country's Supreme Court to overturn the measure. Adalah and the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center appealed to the high court, asking it to block implementation of the bill passed in parliament this week that sets out to legalize dozens of settler outposts built on privately owned Palestinian land. It was ..>> view originalLook back at the Queen's visits to Burton as she marks her Sapphire Jubilee this week
As the Queen marked 65 years on the throne this week, we take a look back at her visits to the Burton area. She has officially opened the town's hospital, the National Brewery Centre and the Brewhouse arts centre. She has also made numerous visits to the National Memorial Arboretum. You might also be forgiven for not realising it is HRH's Sapphire Jubilee this week for there has been decidedly less fuss than for her silver, golden and diamond jubliees. At her most recent diamond jubilee in 201..>> view originalControversial new Russia law will dismiss first-time offenders for domestic assault
Russia: Putin orders snap military drills to guage readiness for combat0:44Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered that the Aerospace Forces undergo a surprise inspection to test its readiness for combat, Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu announced in Moscow, Tuesday. From 09:00 AM (05:00 GMT), military units and departments under military control were put on high alert. According to Shoigu, during the inspection "special attention is to be paid to combat alertness, the deployment o..>> view originalRolf Harris found not guilty on three indecent assault charges
London: Rolf Harris has been found not guilty of groping two women and a teenage girl, however he still could face a retrial on four other counts of groping four different teenagers.After more than 26 hours of deliberation beginning last Wednesday, the jury was only able to reach majority verdicts on two charges of indecent assault and one of sexual assault. Rolf Harris has been found not guilty on three charges of indecent assault. Photo: AP It remained divided on the remaining indecent ..>> view originalExclusive: More than 1000 feared killed in Myanmar army crackdown on Rohingya - UN officials
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: More than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims may have been killed in a Myanmar army crackdown, according to two senior United Nations officials dealing with refugees fleeing the violence, suggesting the death toll has been a far greater than previously reported.The officials, from two separate U.N. agencies working in Bangladesh, where nearly 70,000 Rohingya have fled in recent months, said they were concerned the outside world had not fully grasped the severity of the crisis unfold..>> view originalSuitcase murder: Heather Mack says the YouTube video confession is false
ONLY days after American woman Heather Mack appeared in a YouTube video, sensationally confessing to killing her mother in Bali, Mack now claims the video is false, made more than a year ago and that she was pressured into doing it and told what to say.In yet another twist in the so-called Bali suitcase murder, Mack denies the confession is the truth and says that her former boyfriend and co-accused Tommy Schaefer gave her a piece of paper with the confession on it, penned by him, and told her t..>> view originalBarack Obama kitesurfs with Richard Branson during private island getaway
Barack Obama kitesurfs with Richard Branson during private island getaway Updated February 08, 2017 11:17:23 After eight years in the White House, former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are enjoying a well-deserved holiday in the British Virgin Islands.Recently released video and photos of the Obamas' holiday with Richard Branson show them laughing, joking around and having some fun in the water off one of the businessman's private islands.Mr Obama appeared..>> view originalSix Red Cross workers killed, two missing in suspected IS attack in Afghanistan
Suspected Islamic State gunmen have killed at least six Afghan employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday as they carried supplies in the north of the country to areas hit by deadly snow storms, government officials said.Another two employees were unaccounted for after the attack in Jowzjan province, ICRC spokesman Thomas Glass said, but the aid group said it did not know who was responsible. An International Committee for Red Cross convoy in Afghanistan ..>> view originalTrump, Erdogan agree on Syria cooperation, CIA chief visit – Ankara
Thursday, February 23, 2017
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