Guards at Hotel Sahafi and the CID headquarters opened fire following the first two blasts. "Four militants who attempted to enter the hotel were shot dead by our police and the hotel guards", police captain Mohamed Ahmed told Reuters . Sahafi Hotel owner Abdifatah Abdirashid was a renowned businessman who took over running the hotel from his father, Abdirashid Mohamed. A Reuters photograph... [Full Article...]
Laura Anthony witnessed the fire whirl, a whirlwind caused by fire and consisting of flame or ash, on the outskirts of Paradise on Thursday. A member of the town, Brynn Parrott Chatfield, shared a video of the fire while driving in a auto on Facebook. [Full Article...]
US officials told Reuters only a fifth of Saudi-led coalition aircraft require in-air refueling from the United States. The United States is halting refuelling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen, ending one of the most divisive aspects of U.S. [Full Article...]
President Maithripala Sirisena has decided that there will be no snap elections or a national referendum to end the current political and constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka, according to his close aide. At least eight have switched sides, but at least 120 deputies in the 225-seat parliament remain loyal to Wickramasinghe. Wickremasinghe now hopes to go to polls and seek sympathy for way he w... [Full Article...]
Mr. Trump and Macron's early relationship was marked by kisses, frequent meetings and marathon power handshakes. "When I see President Trump announcing that he's quitting a major disarmament treaty which was formed after the 1980s euro-missile crisis that hit Europe, who is the main victim?" Macron told Europe 1 radio that the "main victim" of the U.S. [Full Article...]
He said that if Scott follows through on his "veiled threat" of blocking the ongoing count of "ballots that have been lawfully cast", he would quickly go to court. "I think that people have to look at it very, very cautiously". "Let election officials do their job and count the ballots". She was researching the subject Thursday. [Full Article...]
The registered Republican, who has a criminal history and reported past as a stripper, was subsequently flown to NY and appeared in a Manhattan court earlier this week, before the 30-count indictment was unveiled. Sayoc appeared in NY earlier this week. He was held without bail. Sayoc lives in Fort Lauderdale but was arrested in Plantation, a suburb of Miami. [Full Article...]
Last week more than £400,000 worth of jewellery was seized from her by the NCA before it was due to be auctioned at Christie's auction house. It requires those "reasonably suspected of involvement" or "being connected to a person involved" in a serious crime to explain how their property was obtained, if their lawful income appears to be insufficient to afford it. [Full Article...]