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Saudi consul's home to be searched for Khashoggi clues
Saudi Arabia has denied any role in Khashoggi's disappearance. Turkey had wanted to search the consulate for days. The Saudis repainted the consulate's interior following Khashoggi's disappearance, a top Turkish official told MEE. Khashoggi has criticized Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen, its recent diplomatic spat with Canada and its arrest of women's rights activists after the lifting of a dri... [Full Article...]
Two top Trump aides get into heated shouting match outside Oval Office
A White House source confirmed to Breitbart News that the argument occurred, noting that Kelly, Trump's former DHS Secretary, and Bolton do not agree on the best way to solve the border issue. A third person described the episode as little more than a typical airing of differences between Bolton and Kelly, who has a temper. According to CNN , though, it appears Bolton got the better of the argume... [Full Article...]
Terror attack at Crimea college kills 10 after 'home-made bomb' is detonated
It identified him as Vladislav Roslyakov. She said the explosion made "mincemeat" of the victims and several had limbs amputated. "Currently we know of 13 dead and around 50 injured", Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said in televised comments. [Full Article...]
Russian woman charged with United States election-meddling
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said recently that his country has no intention to interfere in the midterm elections in the US or meddle elsewhere. Mueller, whose work is ongoing, charged a dozen Russian military officers with hacking Democrats' computers , as well as 13 people and three companies who his prosecutors' allege ran an online propaganda operation to push voters away ... [Full Article...]
Cannabis legalization could result in more vehicle crashes
The analysis is based on collision loss data from January 2012 to October 2017. Highway crashes are increasing in four states that legalized recreational marijuana, a new study shows . Five additional states and the District of Columbia allow the recreational use of marijuana for adults. Recreational marijuana is pending in New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania; marijuana refe... [Full Article...]
Pompeo lands in Saudi Arabia to meet with king
The statement would pin blame on intelligence officials rather than Saudi leaders, alleging that an interrogation attempt had gone wrong and Khashoggi , who is a USA resident and an opinion writer at the Washington Post , was killed without authorization. [Full Article...]
Facebook hires Nick Clegg for top PR job
Clegg will join the social network in Silicon Valley as its head of global affairs and communications , thereby inheriting the fallout over its many privacy , data , PR, and metrics controversies. In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr Clegg said: 'Throughout my public life I have relished grappling with hard and controversial issues and seeking to communicate them to others. [Full Article...]
Jamal Khashoggi disappearance: U.S. asks Turkey for recording evidence
The Washington Post columnist's disappearance on October 2 has escalated into a behind-the-scenes power play, with Ankara apparently pushing for unrevealed concessions from the kingdom. Senator Lindsey Graham is among a handful of well-known names vowing to punish the Saudis. President Donald Trump has been even more forgiving, likening the Saudis to Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh and... [Full Article...]