India Flood Toll Jumps to 144 as Roads, Highways Cut off

An aerial view of locals being rescued on a boat in waterlogged Jamkhandi Taluk at Belgaum district of Karnataka state in the south Indian city of Bangalore, Aug. 11, 2019. NEW DELHI – Indian authorities on Sunday mounted a major … Read More

Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas Amid Continuing Pro-Democracy Rallies

People holding umbrellas gather at Victoria Park to take part in an anti-extradition bill protest in Hong Kong, Aug. 11, 2019. Suzanne Sataline contributed to this report from in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police fired tear gas at protesters Sunday … Read More

Poll: Most Britons back a No Deal exit over delaying or cancelling Brexit

NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP/Getty A plurality of Britons would back leaving the EU on time, even without a deal, over delaying or canceling Brexit. The poll by Opinium published on Saturday revealed that a no-deal Brexit had a 17-point lead over the next … Read More

Dozens of bodies of migrants who perished in the Mediterranean wash up on Libya’s shoreline

UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, called it “the worst Mediterranean tragedy” so far this year. Around 150 African migrants died off the Libyan coast on Thursday, in their apparent bid to reach Europe. Now their bodies are washing up on … Read More

Police: El Paso shooting suspect said he targeted Mexicans

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The man accused of carrying out last weekend’s deadly mass shooting at a Walmart in the Texas border city of El Paso confessed to officers while he was surrendering and later explained that he had … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 9 August 2013

Greetings from Tyler, Go ahead.  Look at the headlines of the major “news” outlets.  Try tuning in to the mainstream news networks or cable channels, and you’ll know what full-blown insanity looks like.  Up to this point, the writers, anchors … Read More

In Ciudad Juárez, Migrants Dream of America but ‘Run Into Trump’s Wall’

Little Habana recently opened in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Its staff of 10 Cuban migrants serves up traditional fare.CreditCreditCelia Talbot Tobin for The New York Times CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — There is a new hint of life in the dilapidated downtown … Read More

Iran Considers Israel’s Participation In U.S.-Led Force ‘Obvious Threat’

A speedboat of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, July 21, 2019 Iran … Read More

Venezuela: Trump freezes all of Maduro Regime’s U.S. Assets

FEDERICO PARRA, JIM WATSON/AFP President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze on all of the Venezuelan regime’s U.S.-based assets. In a press release on Tuesday, the White House announced they were “cutting off financial resources from Maduro and his cronies” while “isolating … Read More

Turkey: Quake damaged nearly 1,000 buildings, official says

Minor damage, from an earthquake, is seen on a street as residents stay out of buildings and on streets in Bozkurt, in Denizli province, west Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 hit western … Read More

Christians in northeast Syria fear Turkish invasion

Turkey apparently wants to rout the Kurds across the border, but Syriac population is in the middle. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the dedication of a Syriac Orthodox church outside of Istanbul this past week. But is Erdoğan at the … Read More

Iran, Iraq consider killing US dollar in bilateral trades: ambassador

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – In line with the efforts to boost the economic ties between Iran and Iraq, the two neighboring countries are considering ways to include local currencies in their bilateral trades to reduce reliance on US dollar, … Read More

Sighting of foxes on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount triggers prophecy theories about third Jewish temple

Main image: Temple Mount © Global Look Press; inset: Fox © Global Look Press Prophecy watchers are on high alert after a group of foxes were spotted frolicking on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, potentially auguring the long-prophesied reconstruction of the Jewish … Read More

Nadler: Committee has launched ‘formal impeachment proceedings’ against Trump

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., confirmed on Thursday evening that his committee has officially launched “formal impeachment proceedings” into the alleged misconduct of President Trump. Appearing on CNN, Nadler said people shouldn’t be “hung up on the semantics” since his committee … Read More

Guatemala dengue outbreak nears 10K cases, predominantly of the DEN-2 serotype

Guatemala/CIA The Guatemala Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance is reporting a significant increase in dengue fever cases in 2019 to date. On 29 July, the Minister of Health declared an Epidemiological Red Alert to report an “epidemiological crisis … Read More

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