Crew Member on World's Largest Cruise Ship Dies During Safety Exercise
One crew member has died and four others have been injured during a safety exercise on the world’s biggest cruise liner, the Harmony of the Seas. The BBC reports that a lifeboat carrying five crew members became detached from the fifth deck and fell 10 m into the water during an exercise that took place when the ship had stopped over in Marseille. Sad news to share that a #HarmonyoftheSeas crew member has died of injuries suffered during a lifeboat drill conducted in Marseille, France. — RC..>> view originalDuterte Signals Shift in US-Philippine Military Alliance
MANILA—Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signaled an abrupt departure from his nation’s longstanding military reliance on the U.S., ordering his defense secretary to seek gear from suppliers in China and Russia to fight drug traffickers and insurgents. In another shift, he also said Tuesday that the Philippines would stop patrolling the South China Sea alongside the U.S. Navy, to avoid upsetting Beijing. Instead, he said the...>> view originalTurkey calls for respecting Syria truce
13 سبتمبر 2016 08:15 م 11 ذو الحجة 1437>> view original3 Syrians--believed a sleeper cell sent by ISIS-- arrested in Germany
Three Syrian men believed to have been sent to Germany last year by the Islamic State group as a possible "sleeper cell" were arrested in raids on Tuesday, part of efforts to root out extremists sent to Europe amid the migrant influx, authorities said. The three are accused of coming to Germany in mid-November at the behest of IS "in order either to carry out an assignment they had already received or to keep themselves ready for further instructions," federal prosecutors said. The three are su..>> view originalExclude Hungary from EU, says Luxembourg's Asselborn
Image caption Ten thousand police and soldiers have been deployed along Hungary's border to keep migrants out Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has called for Hungary to be suspended or even expelled from the European Union because of its "massive violation" of EU fundamental values.He cited the Budapest government's treatment of refugees, independence of the judiciary and freedom of the press."Hungary is not far away from issuing orders to o..>> view originalNorth Korea's nuclear program is targeting US, Japanese lawmaker says
TOKYO — North Korea’s nuclear program is directed at the United States, a close adviser to Kim Jong Un said after last week’s atomic test, according to a Japanese lawmaker who just returned from Pyongyang. The warning came as two U.S. military B-1 bombers flew over the southern half of the peninsula in a show of force against North Korea, and top military brass and diplomats alike warned Pyongyang the United States was prepared to take all steps to contain and punish the regime. North Korea de..>> view originalIsrael Denies Claims That Syria Shot Down Warplane and Drone
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said on Tuesday that Syrian forces had fired two surface-to-air missiles at Israeli aircraft that were targeting artillery positions in the Syrian Golan Heights overnight, but it categorically denied a claim by the Syrians that they had shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone.It was not immediately clear whether the Syrian antiaircraft fire early Tuesday, a rare response to an Israeli air incursion, was intended to hit the Israeli planes or to serve as a warni..>> view originalThe Latest: Russia says rebels have violated Syrian truce
BEIRUT — The Latest on developments in Syria, where a cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia has come into effect (all times local): 6 p.m. The Russian military says U.S.-backed rebels have repeatedly violated a cease-fire in Syria, but that the nearly day-old truce has largely held. Col. Sergei Kopytsyn says in a video call from an area near Aleppo that six people have been killed and another 10 have been wounded in the northern city since the truce went into force at sunset Monday. Separa..>> view originalAmericas|Ex-Speaker Cunha Latest to Fall in Brazil Corruption Probes
RIO DE JANEIRO — The once-powerful speaker of Congress' lower house is the latest top politician to fall before the mammoth corruption scandals that have caused widespread anger among Brazilians.In a 450-10 vote late Monday, the Chamber of Deputies stripped the congressional seat from Eduardo Cunha, who has been accused of numerous corruption allegations and obstructing justice.Although prosecutors allege Cunha received millions of dollars in bribes linked to the corruption investigation at ..>> view original
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