Satellite Photos Show North Korea Preparing for Submarine Missile Launch
Recent satellite images appear to show activity at one of North Korea’s submarine bases.
Year: 2017
At least 18 dead after gunmen attack restaurant in Burkina Faso: official
Suspected Islamic extremists opened fire at a Turkish restaurant in the capital of Burkina Faso late Sunday, killing at least 18 people in the second such attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in the last two years.
Strong earthquake strikes off Indonesian island of Sumatra
A strong earthquake struck Sunday off the coast of southern Sumatra in Indonesia, causing panic as it was felt several hundred miles (kilometers) away in Singapore.
Trump’s apparently split with Hill Republicans could widen when Congress returns to Washington
The breach will come in September. The breakpoint has been coming for a while now. It’s built over the past few weeks as President Trump browbeat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Britain Says Brexit Talks Should Move to Next Phase, as Ministers Show Unity
Britain said on Sunday that it wants talks with the EU to move on to the next phase, as it set out details of the future relationship it envisages with the bloc and senior ministers presented a united approach to negotiations.
Nasrallah threatens ‘greater defeat’ to Israel in future war
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah marked 11 years to the Second Lebanon War on Sunday with a speech in which he threatened that ‘the defeat Israel suffered in 2006, it will suffer again, but it will be a much greater defeat.’
Russia says Syrian government doubled territory it controls
The Syrian government has increased the size of the territory under its control by two and a half times in just two months, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Sunday, as Syrian forces backed by regional allies and the Russian air force seized thousands of square kilometers from the Islamic State group in the center of the country.
Iran filling vacuum left by IS retreat in Syria, Iraq, Mossad chief warns
The head of the Mossad warned Sunday that as the Islamic State terrorist group is beaten back, Iran and its proxies are rushing in to take over its territory.
Protesting ban on visits, lawmaker to set up office outside Temple Mount
A Knesset lawmaker said Sunday he will set up his office outside an entrance to the Temple Mount in protest of an ongoing ban against MKs visiting the holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, imposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Democrats see ObamaCare leverage in spending fights
House Democrats want to use the looming battle over government spending and raising the debt limit as leverage to shore up ObamaCare.
Two U.S. service members killed, five injured in northern Iraq
Two U.S. service members were killed and five injured during combat operations in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said, adding that initial reports indicated the incident was not due to enemy contact.
Netanyahu to introduce law making it easier to declare war: report
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promoting a legal amendment that would give him more leeway to declare war without consulting the full cabinet, Channel Two reported Sunday.
Gospel Being Released into N Korea by Balloon Offensive (Video)
For nearly three decades, one Christian human rights group has carried out an unusual aerial offensive to encourage North Korea’s secret believers.
DNC Hack was ‘Inside Job’ : Report
The Democratic National Committee was not hacked by Russia — nor by anyone else — but instead was ‘an inside job by someone with access to the DNC’s system,’ according to a report in The Nation.
Hamas Considering Military Rule in Gaza
Hamas is reportedly considering advancing an unprecedented move in the Gaza Strip in response to the harsh sanctions imposed on it by the Palestinian Authority. This is a scenario that has been taken into account in Israel and could lead to chaos in the Gaza Strip. A source within Hamas said that the organization’s military wing recently submitted a proposal to the organization’s political leadership, suggesting Hamas create a political and security vacuum in the Gaza Strip by waiving its management of the Gaza Strip.
Ex-US intel chief says Trump leaks have a ‘corrosive effect’
US President Donald Trump’s sharing of Israeli intelligence with Russia without prior coordination ‘has an erosive and corrosive effect’ on global data sharing with Washington, a former US intelligence chief told The Jerusalem Post.
State Department: U.S. Passports to North Korea Restricted Beginning Sept. 1
The Department of State has announced it will restrict all U.S. citizens from traveling into, in, or through North Korea beginning Sept. 1. This warning, issued on Thursday, comes in the wake of the escalating rhetoric between the DPRK and President Donald Trump over the past few days.
Trump: Opioid Crisis is a National Emergency
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the opioid crisis is a national emergency.
Trump: Iran is ‘not in compliance’ with nuclear deal
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran was not upholding its obligations under the landmark nuclear deal struck in 2015 by former president Barack Obama.
Trump administration defends travel ban in Supreme Court brief
President Donald Trump’s administration reiterated arguments defending its temporary travel ban in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, repeatedly citing the executive’s broad powers to exclude foreigners from the United States.