This Is America's Role in Saudi Arabia's Power Struggle
The relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil-rich states in the Middle East, has oscillated from co-operation to conflict throughout history. Alongside a range of factors that shape their rivalry including sectarianism and nationalism has been the politics of oil. Oil is a strategic international commodity, and its use as a political tool is…
AP Photos: University a battleground in Hong Kong protests
HONG KONG (AP) — For more than two weeks a Hong Kong university was transformed, first into a protester fortress with slingshots to fire gasoline bombs, then a city under siege with police arresting anyone who came out. The police departed on Friday, taking with them nearly 4,000 gasoline bombs and leaving perhaps a few…
Protesters Return in Peaceful Post-Poll Rally: Hong Kong Update
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong protesters returned to the city center in a peaceful rally after the city’s pro-democracy forces won by a landslide in local district council elections in a rebuke of the government and its backers in Beijing. President Donald Trump signed legislation this week expressing U.S. support for Hong Kong protesters, prompting China…
Vietnam receives last of 39 remains of trafficking victims
DO THANH, Vietnam (AP) — The last remains of the 39 Vietnamese who died while being smuggled in a truck to England last month were repatriated to their home country on Saturday. Photos by the official Vietnam News Agency showed the arrival at the Hanoi airport of 16 bodies and seven urns, which had been…
Behind in polls, Taiwan president contender tells supporters to lie to pollsters
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The main opposition contender for Taiwan’s Jan. 11 presidential election said on Friday people should lie to pollsters to trick the ruling party into thinking they were going to win. Han Kuo-yu, standing on the presidential ticket for the Kuomintang party which favors close ties with China, is running a double-digit deficit…
Kamala Harris suffers new blow as aide resigns with scathing letter: 'I've never seen staff treated so poorly'
A blistering resignation letter from a member of the Kamala Harris campaign paints a picture of low morale among staffers of a directionless campaign with “no real plan to win” ahead of the crucial Iowa caucus in 2020. According to the New York Times, the sentiments expressed in a letter from now-former state operations manager Kelly Mehlenbacher…
DR Congo buries 27 massacre victims as anger mounts
OICHA (DR Congo) (AFP) – The Democratic Republic of Congo town of Oicha on Friday buried 27 victims of the latest massacre in the country’s volatile east, with hundreds paying homage while lashing out at security forces for failing to stop attacks. Mourners gathered in silence around the tiny morgue of Oicha, located near the…
Where's Lindsey? After GOP Outcry, Graham Emerges as a Trump Defender
WASHINGTON — Late last month, as damaging revelations about President Donald Trump began piling up in the impeachment inquiry, conservative commentators and activists, including one of the president’s sons, trained their anger on an unlikely target: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Graham, normally one of the president’s most ardent defenders in the Senate, had “not lifted…
2 cruise passengers dead, 5 injured after Belize tour bus crash
Two Carnival Cruise Line passengers died in a bus crash while on an independent tour in Belize on Wednesday. Click Here: true religion jean short “Sadly, two of our guests have died and the five others who were injured will continue their medical care in U.S.,” Robyn Fink, director of PR at Carnival, told USA TODAY…
Italy’s ‘Miss Hitler’ Among 19 Investigated for Starting New Nazi Party in Italy
ROME–The tattoo of a Nazi eagle above a swastika that spans the back of Francesca Rizzi leaves no doubt about her political ideology. The 36-year-old winner of an online beauty pageant in which she was crowned “Miss Hitler” was one of 19 people across Italy put under formal investigation this week for illegally forming a…