'There Was No Blood': US Man Dies After Leg Torn Off in Apparent Shark Attack
May 28, 2019 at 10:41 AM
The probability of a fatal encounter with a shark is millions of times smaller than dying in a car accident, but fate is often said to work in mysterious ways. What appears to be a shark attack on Saturday became only the sixth fatal incident near the islands in more than two decades. Read More »
Pyongyang testing ‘small weapons’ disturbed ‘my people’ but not me – Trump
May 27, 2019 at 12:04 PM
US President Donald Trump brushed off the North Korea hawks on his team, saying he was not at all “disturbed” by the news of renewed muscle flexing by Pyongyang. Read More »
Three French citizens sentenced to death by Iraqi court for joining ISIS
May 27, 2019 at 12:00 PM
A court in Iraq has sentenced three men to death after finding them guilty of joining Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), officials confirmed on Sunday. Read More »
Over 200 Migrants Found Trapped in House in Mexico Without Food, Water - Reports
May 27, 2019 at 10:22 AM
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Mexican authorities have found 230 migrants, the majority of whom are from Central America, trapped in a house in the suburbs of Mexico City without food and drinking water, Excelsior reported. Read More »
Mt. Agung volcano erupts in Bali, spewing lava & hurling rocks (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
May 27, 2019 at 10:14 AM
A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali has erupted, spewing lava and throwing chunks of rock up to 3 kilometers away. An ash column rose about 2.5 kilometers high over the volcano, according to local officials. Read More »
US Urges Iraq to Treat Daesh Fighters' Children as Refugees - Envoy to UN
May 24, 2019 at 02:20 PM
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Washington is calling on the government of Iraq to promote the successful reintegration of children of alleged Daesh terrorist group fighters and provide them with services offered to refugees, acting permanent representative of the US at the UN Jonathan Cohen said during a UN Security Council meeting on Iraq. Read More »
Preparing for War? US Sends Military Convoy From Jordan to Western Iraq – Report
May 24, 2019 at 02:13 PM
The US military has increased its military presence in Iraq to 10,000 soldiers and supplied them with state of the art equipment, according to sources in Iraq cited by Fars News. Read More »
‘Dangerous Tipping Point’: Riyadh to Execute Three Sunni Clerics After Ramadan
May 24, 2019 at 10:52 AM
Saudi Arabia intends to execute three Sunni scholars charged with “terrorism” just as soon as the holy month of Ramadan is over, Middle East Eye reported Tuesday. Read More »
Trash Wars: Philippines' Duterte Orders Garbage Shipped Back to Canada
May 24, 2019 at 10:47 AM
Since 2013, the Philippines have been trying the make Canada ship the trash that arrived in Manila back, but Ottawa responded that it didn't have the authority to force a private company to do that. In 2016, a Philippine court ruled that the garbage should be returned to Canada, but the process had not been launched until now. Read More »
Syrian Daesh Fighters Could Turn Iraq Into Terrorist Breeding Ground - UN Envoy
May 24, 2019 at 10:43 AM
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - A new generation of Daesh fighters might emerge in Iraq if the issue of returning terrorists from Syria is not appropriately managed, UN Special Representative for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told the Security Council. Read More »
