Two HUGE earthquakes STRIKE New Caledonia – tremors RICOCHET across Ring of Fire

TWO MASSIVE earthquakes have struck the French island of New Caledonia sending aftershocks ricocheting through the volatile Ring of Fire region. A huge magnitude 6.8 quake rocked the region early on Tuesday morning. The earthquake followed an earlier quake that was … Read More

Sessions: MS-13 gang, drug cartels among top threats to US

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, joined by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, left, and Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, right, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in Washington, … Read More

Iran’s Growing Influence in Syria Sparks Concern

posted in: Middle East, News

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, right, meeting with Iran’s defense minister Amir Hatami, in Damascus, Syria, Aug. 26, 2018. WASHINGTON —  While Russian and Iranian-backed Bashar al-Assad’s regime is consolidating … Read More

Merkel vows to restore Germans’ confidence in government

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Monday to do more to restore Germans’ confidence in her unhappy coalition after a battering for both of her governing partners in Bavaria’s state election added to tensions in the alliance. Sunday’s vote … Read More

North, South Korea agree to reconnect roads, rail amid US concern over easing sanctions

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North and South Korea have agreed to reconnect road and rail links. The two countries said in a statement that they will carry out joint transport surveys later this month. U.S. concern exists over any easing of sanctions while the … Read More

World War 3: Russian MP boasts TERRIFYING new defence system can ‘SHUT DOWN WHOLE PLANET’

posted in: News, Russia

World War 3 fears are growing after the particularly sabre-rattling comments by nationalist lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Mr Zhirinovsky said Russia now possessed, or was preparing, S-600 and S-700 missile defence systems, something he said had set alarm bells ringing in Washington. He said: … Read More

Moon urges US Move

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Formal Ending Korean War.  Says N Korea willing to abolish all nuke weapons. South Korean President Moon Jae-in yesterday called on the United States to move towards the nuclear-armed North’s demands for a declaration the Korean War is over, as … Read More

Global hunger relief back-tracking, especially in war zones

Germany’s Welthungerhilfe (World Hunger Relief) aid organization published the Global Hunger Index (GHI) in Berlin Thursday, warning that gains made since 2000 have gone into reverse, with 821 million people, many of them children, undernourished. Zero hunger by 2030 is one of … Read More

Feinstein Shocked Trump Won’t Take Her Opinion on 9th Circuit Vacancy

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was a major player in the bombshell allegation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh that resulted in one of the most unfortunate Supreme Court nominations in recent memory. Now, she’s dumbfounded as to why President Trump is so … Read More

Andrew Brunson, American pastor detained in Turkey, is freed, sentenced to time served

Andrew Brunson, the American pastor who was imprisoned and then placed under house arrest in Turkey due to his alleged ties to an outlawed group, was ordered freed on Friday and sentenced to time served — and is now expected … Read More

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