‘Gang Massacred’ Missing Mexico Students
Confessions by three suspected gang members indicate 43 missing college students were murdered at a landfill site before being burned beyond recognition and dumped in a river, authorities in Mexico have said. In a sombre and lengthy news conference detailing the investigation, Attorney General... read more »
Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces battle the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday. Obama’s decision greatly expands the... read more »
Intelligence agencies spying on lawyers in sensitive security cases
The intelligence services have routinely been intercepting legally privileged communications between lawyers and their clients in sensitive security cases, according to internal MI5, MI6 and GCHQ documents. The information obtained may even have been exploited unlawfully and used by the agencies in... read more »
Terror groups citing ISIS crusade to recruit Indian youths
Terror groups are invoking the name of the Islamic State (IS) as a tool for recruiting youths in India. These youths can be trained in the lawless areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border for carrying out terror strikes in India, officials in the security establishment said. Intelligence... read more »
sraeli strike targeted Hamas military chief, group leader says
Israeli and Palestinian officials traded blame early on Wednesday for the collapse of the Cairo negotiations aiming to secure a long-term truce in Cairo. Hamas claims that Israel attempted... read more »
Strong quake hits remote area in southwest Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — A strong, magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted a sparsely populated mountainous province near Iran’s border with Iraq on Monday, Iranian state television reported. There were... read more »
Crisis talks on Ukraine prove difficult but ‘some progress’ made, says German ...
Ukraine crisis talks in Berlin Sunday were “difficult” but made “some progress”, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting with his... read more »
For Chinese, Pope Seems Worlds Away in South Korea
BEIJING — Pu Ge sat on a green bench outside Beijing’s oldest Catholic cathedral and stared at the ornate gray edifice, contemplating God and his shepherd. She said she had thought that... read more »
Putin says Moscow does not want war or confrontation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would stand up for itself but not at the cost of confrontation with the outside world. Putin was speaking to Russian ministers and MPs in... read more »
