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Drone attack causes minor fire in Saudi gas plant: minister
The drone assault also comes amid heightened tensions in the wider Middle East region between the USA and Iran , whose supreme leader hosted a top Houthi official days earlier in Tehran. A rebel spokesman, cited by the insurgent television station Al-Masirah, also vowed "fiercer and larger attacks" against Saudi Arabia should it retaliate. [Full Article...]
Sudan's Bashir got $90m from Saudi, investigator tells court
The military removed al-Bashir from power in April after months of anti-government protests. Al Jazeera speaks to Mattia Cacciatori, a lecturer in worldwide security at the University of Bath. In a statement issued last week, Amnesty International warned that his graft trial should not distract from the heavier charges he faces in The Hague. [Full Article...]
Hot & humid with passing storms
There's a chance for an afternoon storm or two which may contain strong gusty winds and hail. Highs will be in the 90s to near 100 with heat indices ranging from 105-110. Lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. The high temperature will be in the mid to upper 80s under partly sunny skies, but the humidity will make it feel warmer. [Full Article...]
Air strikes kill 15 civilians in northwest Syria
A volunteer from the group, which operates in opposition areas, said the intense airstrikes hit a main highway in southern Idlib , and that a rescue team came under attack as they were putting out a fire caused by one of the strikes. The town of Khan Shaykhun lies on a key highway coveted by the regime. On Sunday airstrikes by the Syrian regime and its ally Russian Federation killed two peopl... [Full Article...]
Prince Andrew claims he wasn’t involved in Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal
He had pled not guilty to sex trafficking and conspiracy charges, and was held without bail. "The Duke of York has been appalled by the recent reports of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes ", Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday. [Full Article...]
Iceland bids farewell to glacier
After opening remarks by Jakobsdottir at the ceremony, mourners walked up the volcano northeast of the capital Reykjavik to lay a plaque which carries a letter to the future. Howe said that by memoralizing a lost glacier emphasizes what is being lost and disappearing in the world all over. Scientists see the shrinking of glaciers as one of many warning signs that the earth's climate is lurchin... [Full Article...]
Leaked Docs: UK Faces Vast Shortages in No-Deal Brexit
The meetings, ahead of a two-day G7 summit starting Saturday in the southern French resort of Biarritz, are his first diplomatic forays overseas since replacing predecessor Theresa May last month. "The Tories have lurched to the hard right under Boris Johnson , Britain's Trump, the fake populist and phony outsider, funded by the hedge funds and bankers, committed to protecting the vested intere... [Full Article...]
Alan Jones on his last strike following New Zealand PM comments
Alan Jones has apologised to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for his comments. "This was wilful misinterpretation of what I said to obviously distract from the point that she was wrong about climate change and wrong about Australia's contribution to carbon dioxide level", Jones said. [Full Article...]