COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s richest man Anders Holch Povlsen and his wife lost three of their four children in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, a spokesman for Povlsen’s fashion firm said on Monday. The spokesman declined to give any further details but Danish media said the family had been on holiday in Sri […]
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange arrested in London on a U.S. extradition request
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy, nearly seven years after he first sought refuge there. WikiLeaks accuses Ecuador of “illegally” terminating Assange’s “political asylum in violation of international law.” Assange sought asylum in the embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he had faced allegations of sexual […]
Lebanon today: Tuesday April 9th Top news
Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Lebanon Cabinet finally approves electricity sector reform Lebanon’s Cabinet approved Monday a much-anticipated plan to restructure the country’s dysfunctional electricity sector which hasn’t been developed since the time of the country’s civil war, decades ago.Energy Minister Nada Boustani said that if there were no obstacles, residents could […]
Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border
Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught. Overwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something — anything — to stem the tide. Trump, who campaigned on a promise to secure the border, […]
This man was the only passenger on a 189 passenger Boeing 737 to Italy
When Skirmantas Strimaitis booked a one-way ticket to northern Italy he never imagined he’d be the only passenger on board. But the Lithuanian national, who was flying from Vilnius to Bergamo for a skiing trip on March 16, was in for a shock when he discovered he had the entire Boeing 737-800 to himself. His […]
Tracking Mullah Omar: How the US failed to catch the former Taliban leader
Mullah Omar, who died in 2013, was the founding leader of the Tailban. The US put a $10 million bounty on his head but never found him. A new biography on his life says he was hiding in a village in Afghanistan within walking distance of those hunting for him. “Searching for an Enemy” was […]
Guaido to return to Venezuela Monday to lead fresh protests
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Sunday he would return home to lead new protests against President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, running the risk authorities arrest him given that he flouted a travel ban to leave the country last week. Guaido left Ecuador earlier on Sunday after spending the past few days touring Latin […]
Over two-thirds of Israelis think Netanyahu should resign if indicted, poll
Over two-thirds of Israelis believe that Benjamin Netanyahu should resign if he is indicted for corruption, a survey indicated Friday, a day after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced his intention to file criminal proceedings against the prime minister, Israeli media reported on Friday The findings were part of the first polls published since the announcement, which also […]
Trump’s Hanoi summit with Kim off to rough start even before his arrival
The slapdash nature of Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un was exposed Tuesday as American journalists were abruptly evicted from a Hanoi hotel housing the North Korean leader and key details of the meeting remained a mystery. The White House has set low ambitions for Thursday’s talks, organized in a matter of weeks […]
U.N. chief appeals for violence to be avoided in Venezuela
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly appeals” for violence to be avoided in Venezuela, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday after the first bloodshed linked to efforts to bring aid into the country against the orders of embattled President Nicolas Maduro. “Any loss of life is regrettable,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. “Looking ahead […]