ISTANBUL (AP) — Two women opened fire at the heavily protected U.S. Consulate in Istanbul Monday, while assailants exploded a car bomb at a police station then fired on police inspecting the scene, in a day of heavy violence in Turkey’s largest city.
A New Jersey man was arrested on Monday on charges of conspiring to support the militant group Islamic State, becoming the sixth man to be arrested in New York and New Jersey since June as part of what authorities have said is a broader plot. Nader Saadeh, 20, a former resident of Rutherford, New Jersey, had viewed Islamic State propaganda online and planned to travel overseas to join Islamic State,
A man was critically wounded in a gun battle with police as street protests turned violent in Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday night, marring a day of peaceful rallies to mark the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer one year ago. The death of Michael Brown, 18, and a grand jury’s decision to spare the officer, Darren Wilson, from criminal charges sparked a prolonged wave of
A New Jersey man was arrested on Monday on charges of conspiring to support the militant group Islamic State, becoming the sixth man to be arrested in New York and New Jersey since June as part of what authorities have said is a broader plot. Nader Saadeh, 20, a former resident of Rutherford, New Jersey, had viewed Islamic State propaganda online and planned to travel overseas to join Islamic State,
Chinese hackers have been accessing the private emails of top U.S. national security and trade officials since April 2010, according to an NBC News report on Monday, citing a U.S. intelligence official and top secret document. The officials’ government email accounts were not vulnerable to the hacking because they were on more secure systems, NBC said. A National Security Agency briefing in 2014 showed the email intrusion was detected in
Chinese hackers have been accessing the private emails of top U.S. national security and trade officials since April 2010, according to an NBC News report on Monday, citing a U.S. intelligence official and top secret document. The officials’ government email accounts were not vulnerable to the hacking because they were on more secure systems, NBC said. A National Security Agency briefing in 2014 showed the email intrusion was detected in
The controversial killing of Michael Brown Jr. by former Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson prompted a wave of national soul-searching and civil rights activism that is still going on one year later. And it’s been no less transformational for the few black members of Ferguson’s embattled police department.
The controversial killing of Michael Brown Jr. by former Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson prompted a wave of national soul-searching and civil rights activism that is still going on one year later. And it’s been no less transformational for the few black members of Ferguson’s embattled police department.
Somber events will mark the shooting that cast greater scrutiny on how police interact with black communities.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Sunday refused to apologize for a crude attack on a female Fox News journalist that sparked widespread outrage, insisting he was misunderstood. The brash billionaire — who is leading a packed Republican field of White House hopefuls — found himself at the center of controversy after seeming to suggest that Megyn Kelly, one of the moderators of last week’s presidential debate, was tough on
HOUSTON (AP) — Eight people — including five children and three adults — were found slain inside a Houston-area home and a man who exchanged gunfire with police is in custody, Texas authorities said Sunday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday professed his love for women and said he would be their best advocate if elected president, dismissing the firestorm of his own making that has consumed the Republican presidential campaign.
By Carey Gillam FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – Marches, prayers and a moment of silence are planned on Sunday in Ferguson, Missouri, to mark a year since an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot by a white police officer, sparking large protests and a national debate on race and justice. The shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, thrust this mostly black St. Louis suburb into the national spotlight
By Yesim Dikmen and Seyhmus Cakan ISTANBUL/DIYABAKIR (Reuters) – Two women shot at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants. The NATO member has been in a heightened state of alert since starting its “synchronized war on terror” last month,
By Yesim Dikmen and Seyhmus Cakan ISTANBUL/DIYABAKIR (Reuters) – Two women shot at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants. The NATO member has been in a heightened state of alert since starting its “synchronized war on terror” last month,
By Sayed Hassib and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least five people and ratcheting up regional tensions, days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens of civilians and wounded hundreds more. The attacks, which follow a change of leadership in the Taliban, have dashed any hopes of an immediate resumption of
By Sayed Hassib and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least five people and ratcheting up regional tensions, days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens of civilians and wounded hundreds more. The attacks, which follow a change of leadership in the Taliban, have dashed any hopes of an immediate resumption of
Greece and international creditors sought to put final touches to a multi-billion euro bailout accord on Monday to keep the country financially afloat and meet an important debt repayment to the European Central Bank within days. Germany set out “strict” conditions for further aid and said it would be sensible to link the size of the first tranche to Greece’s progress in carrying out reforms, a reflection of worry around
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali police shot dead at least two demonstrators and injured about a dozen others on Monday after they attacked buildings during a protest against proposals for administrative reform in the Himalayan country. Local police official Rajesh Kumar Lal Karna told Reuters the protesters had defied a curfew in the town of Surkhet and had begun throwing stones at public and private buildings.
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali police shot dead at least two demonstrators and injured about a dozen others on Monday after they attacked buildings during a protest against proposals for administrative reform in the Himalayan country. Local police official Rajesh Kumar Lal Karna told Reuters the protesters had defied a curfew in the town of Surkhet and had begun throwing stones at public and private buildings.
Ecuador denied on Monday that it had requested Sweden grant asylum for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a condition for allowing Swedish prosecutors to question him in London. “At no point has the Republic of Ecuador asked the Kingdom of Sweden to grant Mr. Assange asylum,” the embassy said in a statement. Sweden says any questioning has been stalled since asylum has been one of Ecuador’s demands for the meeting,
Ecuador denied on Monday that it had requested Sweden grant asylum for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a condition for allowing Swedish prosecutors to question him in London. “At no point has the Republic of Ecuador asked the Kingdom of Sweden to grant Mr. Assange asylum,” the embassy said in a statement. Sweden says any questioning has been stalled since asylum has been one of Ecuador’s demands for the meeting,
A British court has freed Rwanda’s intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, officials said on Monday, after he was arrested in June on a warrant issued in Spain where he was wanted over alleged reprisal killings after the 1994 genocide. Officials did not immediately provide further details but a fuller statement from Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service was expected shortly. Rwanda had condemned as an “outrage” the arrest of Karake.
A British court has freed Rwanda’s intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, officials said on Monday, after he was arrested in June on a warrant issued in Spain where he was wanted over alleged reprisal killings after the 1994 genocide. Officials did not immediately provide further details but a fuller statement from Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service was expected shortly. Rwanda had condemned as an “outrage” the arrest of Karake.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabweans failed in their responsibility to protect a popular lion named Cecil that was killed by an American in an allegedly illegal hunt, President Robert Mugabe said Monday.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabweans failed in their responsibility to protect a popular lion named Cecil that was killed by an American in an allegedly illegal hunt, President Robert Mugabe said Monday.
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister said Monday his North Korean counterpart has invited Thai businesses to invest in his country because Thais are trustworthy and don’t interfere with matters that don’t involve them.
Prominent Syrian rights defender Mazen Darwish has been released after more than three years in prison pending a verdict in his case at the end of this month, his wife said Monday. “He has been freed ahead of a final verdict in his case on August 31,” Darwish’s wife Yara Bader told AFP. The leading journalist and rights activist was arrested in February 2012 along with two colleagues from his
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The head of Hungary’s immigration office says it has received 110,000 asylum requests so far in 2015, a development that has prompted the government to start building a fence on the border with Serbia.
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi won the support of his cabinet on Sunday to eliminate a layer of senior government positions, part of a push to reduce corruption and save money in the face of mounting unrest. After weeks of protests demanding better government and a call by leading Shi’ite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for tougher action, Abadi proposed cancelling Iraq’s multiple
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by renewing his commitment to a nuclear weapons free Japan, following criticism for not making the same pledge on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing last week. “As the only nation in the world to have suffered a war-time nuclear attack, I have renewed my resolve to play a leading role in pursuing
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States should cooperate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight Islamic State and that this required an international coalition uniting all those for whom the jihadists are “a common enemy”. Washington currently heads a coalition conducting air strikes on Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and is cooperating with Turkey to provide air cover for rebels inside Syria.
Insurgents have regained control of several villages in northwest Syria from government forces and have advanced beyond them, edging closer to a coastal stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad, a monitoring group and other sources said on Sunday. The insurgents launched a counter-offensive after government forces, backed by allied militant groups, last week recaptured the villages on the Sahl al-Ghab plain, which lies close to the city of Hama and is
