North Korea Launches ICBM For First Time In Two Months
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile that may have landed in Japan’s Economic Exclusion Area, South Korean and US officials have confirmed. The launch was reported by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency and is the first missile North Korea has launched since mid-September. According to NBC News, the Japanese Prime Minister’s office said that […]
Kenya: Kenyatta Sworn In As Police Teargas Opposition
Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second – five-year term as Kenya’s President to a crowd of 60,000 Tuesday, laying to rest the political turmoil bubbling up in the country during recent months. Cheering supporters, many clad in red and yellow Jubilee party colors and carrying Kenyan flags, filled the stadium benches while outside […]
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Zimbabwe Strongman Resigns After 37 Years In Power Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe stepped down on Tuesday after facing impeachment. Mugabe, who rose to power in 1980’s during Zimbabwe’s post-independence elections, ruled for 37 years. He was forced to resign after the Zimbabwean Parliament began impeachment proceedings against him. In a letter to parliament, he […]
Egypt: 235 Reportedly Dead In Sinai Mosque Attack
Thought to be the deadliest attack on Egyptian soil, 235 reported dead and as many as 109 wounded in a Sufi mosque bombing. After detonating a bomb, militants then sprayed gunfire on panicked worshippers as they fled. The al-Rawdah mosque was attacked by extremists in the town of Bir al-Abd, 40 km from the North […]
Ratko Mladic convicted of slaughter to Bosnian Muslims
Sentenced to life in prison by the United Nation’s war crimes tribunal on Wednesday; military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic, a Bosnian Serb, was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity in the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims during the breakup of Yugoslavia. Mladic was found guilty of commanding forces responsible for crimes during Europe’s worst mass […]
FCC To Repeal Net Neutrality
In a move that could allow giant cable and telecom companies to toggle broadband speeds and charge more as well as favor or block websites; the chairman of the Federal Communications Commissions set out to scrap rules around open internet access on Tuesday — an advance dismantling a landmark regulation set to ensure equal access […]
Breaking: Mugabe Finally Bows To Pressure, Resigns As Zimbabwe President
Following a week-long of wrangling and discussion on the need to hand over power in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has finally resigned as president. The parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda announced the end of about four decades reign of the 93-year-old president. Mugabe was swept from power as his autocratic rule crumbled within days of a […]
Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Requests Mugabe’s Resignation
The Central Committee, Zimbabwe’s ruling party, fired longtime President Robert Mugabe as party leader Sunday, requesting his resignations as the country’s president by noon Monday. If he does not, they plan to begin impeachment proceedings when Parliament resumes the following day. Under the Constitution, Mr. Mugabe remains president, even if in name only. Mugabe was set […]
Prime Minister of Lebanon says he will be in Beirut within days
After making a strange resignation announcement from Saudi Arabia that unleashed fears of a political crisis in Lebanon; Prime Minister Saad Hariri stated he would return home in the coming days to declare a political stance. On Saturday in efforts to dispel rumors he was being held against his will in Saudi Arabia, Hariri met […]
Senate Judiciary demand Kushner turn over unreleased documents
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wrote a letter to Jared Kushner’s lawyer Thursday. The letter stated that President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser did not give the panel’s investigators emails he received and forwarded to WikiLeaks and a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite.” In their […]