Turkey’s cabinet agreed on Monday to close its air space to Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq and said work had started to hand over the main land border crossing into the autonomous region to the central Iraqi government. Government spokesman Bekir Bozdag also said the cabinet approved a recommendation from the national security council, chaired by President […]
Iraqi forces retake airport, military base, oil field from Kurds in Kirkuk
Iraqi forces on Monday took control of a military airport from Kurdish fighters near the disputed city of Kirkuk, following tensions over a controversial independence referendum, the military has said. The move came as Iraqi forces also captured an oil field and the main military base in the region after launching a major operation during […]
Iran was behind cyber attack on British lawmakers in June: The Times
Iran carried out a cyber attack on British lawmakers earlier this year, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday, citing an intelligence assessment of the incident. Cables and computers are seen inside a data centre at an office in the heart of the financial district in London, Britain May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez The report came […]
Trump says he spoke to US Virgin Islands’ ‘president’ — which is him
President Donald Trump accidentally referred to the US Virgin Islands’ governor as their President during a speech Friday — even though he is technically their President. “I will tell you I left Texas and I left Florida and I left Louisiana and I went to Puerto Rico and I met with the President of the […]
A hole larger than Switzerland has opened in the Antarctic sea ice
A hole larger than Switzerland opened up in the Antarctic sea ice last month, leaving scientists baffled. The polynya — a vast area of open water that should be covered by ice, but isn’t — formed in the Weddell Sea and covers an area of 16,000 square miles. Scientists are trying to understand why such […]
Natural History Museum crash ‘not terror-related’: British police
A crash outside a London museum that injured 11 people was not terror-related, police have said. A black Toyota Prius hit the people outside the Natural History Museum in Exhibition Road, South Kensington. Video footage that emerged on Twitter showed a man, believed to be the driver, being restrained on the ground. The Metropolitan Police […]
U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia cautions citizens after unconfirmed reports of foiled attack in Jeddah
Riyadh – The United States Embassy in Saudi Arabia warned U.S. citizens to exercise caution in the area around the Peace Palace in Jeddah on Saturday after reports on social media of an attack there. There were several unconfirmed reports that security forces had foiled an attack near the king’s palace, leaving the attacker and […]
Ivanka Trump named the world’s most influential Jew
After marrying Jared Kushner in 2009 and converting to Judaism, Ivanka Trump is now the world’s most influential Jew, surpassing other famous figures such as Wonder Woman Gal Gadot and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have taken the remaining top two spots in a list of the 50 most influential Jews published this week by The Jerusalem […]
U.S. expels 15 Cuban diplomats, fuelling tensions with Havana
The Trump administration on Tuesday expelled 15 Cuban diplomats to protest Cuba’s failure to protect staff at the U.S. embassy in Havana from a mysterious spate of health “attacks,” spurring new tensions between the former Cold War foes. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the expulsions from Cuba’s embassy in Washington were also intended to […]
NRA goes dark after Vegas massacre
The gun rights group follows its familiar public relations playbook, staying quiet as Democrats blame it for another horrific mass shooting. By JOSH MEYER Democrats lashed out at the National Rifle Association after the worst mass shooting in American history on Monday, but instead of fighting back the gun rights group retreated to a familiar […]