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Rockets fired at Basra airport as violent protests grip Iraq
Numerous rockets were fired at Iraq's Basra airport on Saturday morning following violent protests in the city. The Conquest Alliance of pro-Iranian former paramilitary fighters was "on the same wavelength" as Sadr's Marching Towards Reform list and they would work together to form a new government, Assadi said. [Full Article...]
Security breach at Lyon Airport, a vehicle chase on runway, flights grounded
There, the auto rammed through two glass doors at the airport's Terminal 1 to drive onto the runways, she said. The driver eventually abandoned his auto on the airport tarmac and tried to flee on foot but was surrounded by officers and arrested. [Full Article...]
Calm returns to Basra after week of violent protests
The local military commander of an alliance of powerful Shiite militias is vowing to respond to weeklong protests that have turned violent in the southern city of Basra. An airport official said there had been no disruption to operations. He spoke on condition of anonymity, citing security concerns. An official at the airport said it was not clear who was behind the attack with Katyusha missiles... [Full Article...]
Trump says Justice Department should investigate author of anonymous op-ed
James Dao, the op-ed editor for the Times , said in the paper's Daily podcast on Thursday, "There's nothing in the piece that strikes me as being relevant to or undermining the national security". I say, 'Hey, if I don't know somebody ... Of course, Woodward never spoke to Trump in advance about what is contained in the book. "That's not hypothetical", said the former president. [Full Article...]
Trump Tells Apple to Make Products in USA to Avoid China Tariffs
Ford didn't move production of the Focus to China by accident; it did so because the US market has shifted away from smaller vehicles toward SUVs, which has made production of the Focus in the USA -a relatively expensive location-an illogical choice. [Full Article...]
Watergate's Woodward says 'Times' Trump op-ed not up to his standards
Supreme Court. "I'd do it under certain circumstances", Trump told reporters on board Air Force One. If I did I would not have been elected President. Trump has dismissed the book, which will be released Tuesday, as "total fiction". Woodward describes a " nervous breakdown " in the administration, with senior officials even grabbing official papers from the president's desk so he couldn't see ... [Full Article...]
Pence: I'm confident no one on my staff wrote the NYT column
Pence called the New York Timesop-ed an "assault on our democracy", urging the author to "do the honorable thing, step forward and resign". The opinion piece by a "senior official" in the Trump administration, published last week by the New York Times , said there were "early whispers" within the Cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment , which allows a majority of Cabinet members to tell Congre... [Full Article...]
Florence expected to become a major hurricane as it heads to US
But the gravest threat to the US remains Hurricane Florence , which is expected to strengthen to a major hurricane by Monday night and remain "an extremely risky major hurricane" through Thursday, according to the Hurricane Center. On Sunday evening, the National Hurricane Center was forecasting Florence to become a strong Category 4 just prior to making landfall somewhere on the Southeast or M... [Full Article...]