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At Least 70 Soldiers Killed in Attack on Military Camp in Niger
He said about 34 other persons were unaccounted for after the attack. The fighting lasted three hours, combining artillery fire with "the use of kamikaze vehicles by the enemy". Three Nigerien soldiers and 14 rebel fighters were killed on Monday in an attack on another army post in Agando in western Tahoua region, according to the defence ministry. [Full Article...]
Six dead, including a cop and 2 suspects in Jersey City shooting
But local media reported the confrontation between suspects and police started in or near a cemetery and was linked to a previous homicide investigation. A note was found in the U-Haul, and it contained both anti-Semitic and anti-police writing, the law enforcement source told CNN. Seals was part of a statewide anti-violence unit. [Full Article...]
Boeing 737 Max certification to extend into 2020, FAA chief says
The document known as a Transport Airplane Risk Analysis, dated December 3, 2018, was presented Wednesday at a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee public hearing in which FAA Administrator Steve Dickson testified on the role of the FAA in the MAX crashes. [Full Article...]
Inspector general to testify about report on FBI’s Russian Federation probe
This letter, immediately leaked to the press, touched off a political firestorm that undoubtedly contributed to Clinton's narrow election defeat 10 days later. Steele's reports without any corroborating information. "The president has lied about this constantly-he's still lying about it", Toobin told Cooper. [Full Article...]
Iran says it foiled 'very big' cyber attack by foreign govt
It was not clear whether Azari-Jahromi was referring to the United States cyber attack, which USA officials said took place in late September and targeted Tehran's ability to spread "propaganda". The United States and Israel covertly sabotaged Iran's disputed nuclear programme in 2009 and 2010 with the Stuxnet computer virus, which destroyed a number of Iranian centrifuges that were enriching uran... [Full Article...]
Mumbai people express anger against rapes, murders in India
According to the latest government crime figures, police registered 33,658 cases of rape in India in 2017 - that's an average of 92 rapes every day. Five accused were arrested in the case which included two of them who raped her. "She wanted the rape accused punished". She is in critical condition in hospital, where she is being treated for severe burns. [Full Article...]
General election 2019: Farage promises Reform Party after Brexit
The announcement comes after a week in which the Brexit Party lost four Members of the European Parliament. And he warned of "years of indigestion" unless there were major changes to the PM's "oven-ready" Brexit deal. Ms Rees-Mogg, said the Brexit Party was "now the very party risking Brexit". Mr Farage - who had previously been very critical of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal - said he had ... [Full Article...]
Pompeo Says US Hopes N. Korea Abides by Commitments
The US called a UN Security Council meeting for Wednesday on North Korea's series of rocket launches, the latest return to antagonism as diplomacy languishes. The US plans to send Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun. Experts say the North will likely opt for a satellite lift-off, instead of an ICBM launch, because it can repeat its argument that it has a sovereign right to a ... [Full Article...]