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US could reassess Hong Kongs status: Pompeo warns China #87659
Hong Kong's pro-Beijing government has yet to state clearly whether it has the discretion to allow any of the expelled journalists in - including one who is a U.S. "This goes - when it comes to what the Chinese Communist Party is doing, it goes so far beyond just what's happened in the time of this coronavirus". [Full Article...]
Police arrest three over ‘honour killing’ of teenage sisters in North Waziristan
The man who shot the video has also been arrested, while a relative suspected of carrying out the killing is still at large, local district police officer Shafiullah Gandapur said. Though versus the regulation, "honour" murder instances were formerly hard to found guilty owing to a technicality in the regulation that permitted criminals to stroll complimentary if they were provided an excuse by th... [Full Article...]
Federal Bureau of Investigation discovers Al-Qaeda ties in Pensacola gunman's iPhones
Even while in the US, the shooter had constant communication with the terror group, including the night before the attack. The FBI's newly discovered evidence on Alshamrani's phone signals the end of a spat between Attorney General William Barr and Apple Inc. [Full Article...]
Senate panel approves Trump nominee for spy chief
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Monday that Rubio had accepted the appointment as intel chairman on an interim basis, saying the senior senator from Florida "was the natural choice for this temporary assignment on the basis of accumulated committee service". [Full Article...]
Governor Whitmer Declares State of Emergency for Midland County
About 3,500 homes and 10,000 people have so far been affected by the evacuation notices, CNN reported , quoting Mark Bone, Chairman of the Midland County Board of Commissioners. Emergency crews are working to evacuate residents along the Tittabawassee River south of the Edenville Dam after it ruptured Tuesday. " If you have not evacuated the area, do so now and get somewhere safe ", said Whitme... [Full Article...]
Sudan to pay embassy bomb victims Sh460b
They were the first major attacks on US targets by al-Qaida. The lawsuits accused the country of causing the bombings by aiding al-Qaida and leader Osama bin Laden , who lived in Sudan in the 1990s. Sudan has faced a deepening economic crisis since the 2019 overthrow of its longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir. In his final days in office, then-President Barack Obama began lifting USA sanctions against ... [Full Article...]
Franco-German recovery grants idea a "historic step" - Le Maire
What sets this arrangement apart from other plans is that the debt will not count towards that of individual states. The agreement that the 27 EU members would jointly borrow on financial markets to offer grants rather than loans to hardest-hit sectors and regions in the European Union was reached during virtual talks held on Monday, 18 May. [Full Article...]
Israeli Operatives Behind 'Highly Accurate' Cyberattack on Iranian Port Facility, Report Claims
According to a Washington Post report early Tuesday, US and foreign government officials are suggesting the attack came from Israel. Citing unnamed U.S. Cybersecurity policy fellow at Harvard's Belfer Centre and founder and former chief technology officer of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, Dmitri Alperovitch, told the paper: "Assuming it's true, this is in line with Israeli policy of aggressiv... [Full Article...]