EU border agency Frontex on Tuesday reported a record 107,500 migrants at the European Union’s borders last month, as the 28-member bloc struggles to cope with a refugee crisis. The July figure, triple the number of migrants during the same period last year, comes days after EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said the world faces its “worst refugee crisis since the Second World War”. The EU has approved 2.4 billion
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her opposition to Arctic oil exploration, putting her at odds with the Obama administration one day after it approved drilling off Alaska. “The Arctic is a unique treasure,” Clinton said in a Twitter post. “Given what we know, it’s not worth the risk of drilling.” On Monday, the Obama administration gave Royal Dutch Shell PLC final approval to resume drilling into
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Tuesday accused U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura of bias and said his recent statements condemning deadly government airstrikes on a market that killed some 100 people show he lacks objectivity.
BANGKOK (AP) — In the grainy security video, a man in a yellow shirt sits on a bench at the crowded Erawan Shrine, removes a backpack he is wearing, and leaves it behind when he walks away.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A forensic examination of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private computer server could unearth more details than what she put in her emails. It could answer lingering questions about the security of her system, who had access to it and whether outsiders tried to crack its contents.
Two women have made military history after becoming the first female soldiers to pass the U.S. Army’s grueling Ranger Course, the Army said on Monday. In April, 19 women and 381 men began the first Army Ranger school that included women. The course, based at Fort Benning, Georgia, includes training in woodlands, mountainous terrain and Florida swampland.
Detroit officials on Tuesday will outline plans for outfitting the city’s police officers and squad cars with body and dashboard cameras, making the city the latest in the United States to enact reforms supporters say protect citizens and officers from bogus claims. Mayor Mike Duggan, who pledged earlier in 2015 that Detroit would be a leader in requiring officers to wear body cameras, and Police Chief James Craig, are scheduled
