Thursday, January 26, 2017

Istanbul attack victim Jacob Raak cheats death in Reina nightclub when Santa Killer's bullet bounces off his MOBILE ... and other top stories.

  • Istanbul attack victim Jacob Raak cheats death in Reina nightclub when Santa Killer's bullet bounces off his MOBILE ...

    A MAN was saved from a fatal bullet by his phone after a gunman opened fire on crowds at a nightclub in Istanbul. William Jacob Raak, 35, was one of the 600 people caught up in the horrific New Year’s Eve terror attack at the city’s Reina nightclub, which killed 39. Facebook/Jacob Raak Jacob Raak had been celebrating his 35th birthday in the city when the atrocity happened The small business owner from Greenville, Delaware, was shot in the leg but another bullet destroyed his pho..
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  • What you need to know about new UN chief António Guterres

    What you need to know about new UN chief António Guterres
    The Security Council has unanimously agreed that Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres should be the next U.N. secretary-general. (Oct. 5) APIncoming UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech in Lisbon, Portugal, on Dec. 23.(Photo: EPA)Portuguese diplomat António Guterres took over as the United Nations' new secretary-general Sunday and issued an appeal for peace.“Let us make 2017 a year in which we all — citizens, governments, leaders — strive to overcome our ..
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  • The Latest: Turkish Bar Urges Prosecution of Attack Backers

    The Latest: Turkish Bar Urges Prosecution of Attack Backers
    Prime Minister Binali Yilidirim sent a Twitter message on Sunday warning that legal action would be taken against those who praised terrorism. ___3:40 p.m.Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry says it is looking into media reports that the gunman in the New Year's Eve night club attack in Istanbul could be from the Central Asian country."We have ordered the consul in Istanbul the check this report that has appeared in the press," ministry spokeswoman Aiymkan Kulukeyeva was quoted as saying Monday by th..
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  • Daughter of Key Figure in South Korean Scandal Is Detained in Denmark

    Daughter of Key Figure in South Korean Scandal Is Detained in Denmark
    Photo Chung Yoo-ra, center, with her equestrian team members in South Korea in 2014. Ms. Chung is the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the longtime confidante of President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the scandal. Credit Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters SEOUL, South Korea — One of the most-wanted figures in the influence-peddling scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye’s parliamentary impeachment last month has been detained by the Danish police, South Korean officials said o..
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  • Pilot passed out in cockpit, accused of being drunk, police say

    Pilot passed out in cockpit, accused of being drunk, police say
    Story highlightsThe pilot's blood alcohol level was 3 times legal limit, police sayGate crew reported behavior to co-pilotCapt. Miroslav Gronych was "behaving oddly before he became unconscious in the cockpit" on Saturday, Calgary police said. The plane, with 99 passengers and six crew members, was scheduled to fly to Regina before heading to Winnipeg and Cancun, Mexico.Gronych, a 37-year-old Slovak national in Canada on a work visa, was charged with having control of an aircraft while impaired...
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  • 17 Still Missing After Indonesia Boat Fire Kills 23

    17 Still Missing After Indonesia Boat Fire Kills 23
    JAKARTA, Indonesia — A search resumed Monday for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia's capital that left at least 23 dead, officials said.The victims died Sunday when the vessel, Zahro Express, carrying more than 260 people from a port near Jakarta to Tidung, a resort island in the Kepulauan Seribu chain, caught fire, officials said. Most of the passengers were Indonesians celebrating the New Year holiday, according to local media reports.Denny Wahyu Hary..
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  • ISIS Kills At Least 24 In Baghdad Bombing, Cut Key Road To Mosul

    ISIS Kills At Least 24 In Baghdad Bombing, Cut Key Road To Mosul
    BAGHDAD/TIKRIT, Iraq, Jan 2 (Reuters) - An Islamic State car bomb killed 24 people in a busy square in Baghdad’s sprawling Sadr City district on Monday, and the militants cut a key road north from the capital to Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country. An online statement distributed by Amaq news agency, which supports Islamic State, said the ultra-hardline Sunni group had targeted a gathering of Shi’ite Muslims, whom it considers apostates. Sixty-seven people were wounded in the bla..
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  • Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers' Somali HQ, at least three dead

    Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers' Somali HQ, at least three dead
    MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Suicide bombers attacked the main peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital on Monday, killing at least three Somali security officers, police said.Islamist al Shabaab militants, who want to topple the Western-backed government, said they carried out the assault near Mogadishu's main airport, an area used by several embassies, aid groups and telecoms companies.One bomber drove a car into a checkpoint outside the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping force AMISOM, kill..
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  • Look more deeply at the tangled relationship between Russia and America

    Look more deeply at the tangled relationship between Russia and America
    Russia's President Vladimir Putin makes his annual New Year address to the nation in Moscow on Dec. 31. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters) January 1 at 7:10 PM Dana Milbank’s Dec. 28 op-ed asked President-elect Donald Trump and the American public to take “a sneak peek into Putin’s soul.” It is apparent what is in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s soul, and it ain’t pretty. Given the capability of Russian intelligence and Mr. Putin’s blatant efforts to assist Mr. Trump..
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  • Istanbul attack: ISIS claims nightclub shooting

    Istanbul attack: ISIS claims nightclub shooting
    The terror group offered no further clues about the identity of the attacker, and authorities in Turkey continue their search for the suspect.ISIS' claim -- made in a statement posted to Twitter -- cannot independently be verified by CNN."In continuation of the blessed operations which ISIS carries out against Turkey, a soldier of the brave caliphate attacked one of the most popular nightclubs while Christians were celebrating their holiday," the statement reads.Eight people have been detained b..
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