'Mother of all bombs' killed 94 ISIS fighters, Afghan official says
"The number of Daesh fighters killed in the US bomb in Achin district jumped to 94, including four commanders," Nangarhar provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogiani told CNN, using an alternative name for ISIS. "Our team is in the area and they are doing clearance, so the figure might change as they find more bodies," said Dawlat Waziri, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defense.The initial toll given by Afghan officials for Thursday's strike was 36. A statement released Friday through ISIS' m..>> view originalNorth Korea flaunts long-range missiles in massive parade
TOKYO — North Korea put on a huge military spectacle Saturday to celebrate its founder’s birthday, parading its series of new and technologically advanced missiles in front of Kim Jong Un, and in a defiant show of force in front of the world. North Korea did not, however, carry out another nuclear test or ballistic missile launch, against widespread speculation that it would seek to celebrate Kim Il Sung’s 105th birthday with a bang. April 15 is the most important day in the North Korean calen..>> view originalFive-year-old boy dies after being pinned at rotating restaurant in Atlanta
A 5-year-old North Carolina boy has died from injuries he received at a rotating restaurant 72 stories above Downtown Atlanta. “The family was visitors to our city. They were up enjoying one of our favorite attractions, the restaurant and just things went horribly wrong,” said Sgt. Warren Pickard, Atlanta Police Department. Firefighters were called out to the Sun Dial at the top of the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel around 3:30 p.m. Investigators said the boy was pinned between the rotating porti..>> view originalFired officers had previously arrested same man
In this undated Gwinnett County Police Department photo, Sgt. Michael Bongiovanni poses for an official portrait. Gwinnett County police said in an emailed statement Thursday, April 13, 2017, that Bongiovanni was fired after a new video surfaced ...>> view originalAssad Opponents Seek Justice for Syria's War Victims
As demonstrations spread, so did arrests. Syria already had a well-documented network of prisons where torture and forced confessions were common. But it expanded to what a United Nations Commission of Inquiry and human rights groups have described as an industrial scale, holding tens of thousands at any one time. Thousands have been executed in just one facility, Saydnaya prison, Amnesty International found.The United Nations commission, in a report last year, quoted a defector from an intelli..>> view originalWe must ask ourselves: Will Donald Trump ever truly become president?
It’s been a week now since Donald Trump once again became our president.Here’s how it happened.After he unleashed missiles on a Syrian airfield, members of Washington’s national security establishment and elite pundits swooned. Top Democrats and Republicans led the way. Good soldiers all in the military-industrial-political complex, they stood smartly at attention and saluted the commander-in-chief for sending a message to the world, although exactly what the message meant remains far from clea..>> view originalEgypt's Coptic Christians Celebrate Easter in the Shadow of ISIS
As Christians around the world celebrate Easter, eight million of them will be praying alongside security checkpoints, police guards and the threat of religious violence. This is the fate of the Coptic Christians of Egypt — an ancient religious minority whose persecution today is "the worst it has ever been," according to analysts. Bombers targeted these Christians during Palm Sunday one week ago, killing 44 people in twin attacks on churches in two different cities. A woman stands..>> view originalThousands of evacuated Syrians stuck as transfer stalls
This frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media shows Syrian families gathering to leave in buses from Madaya, an opposition-held town near Damascus, Syria, Friday, April 14, 2017. The Syrian government and rebels began a coordinated population transfer Friday of about 10,000 people from four towns besieged for years amid the country’s bloody, six-year civil war. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP) (Associated Press) By Associated Press B..>> view originalJerusalem stabbing: Tributes paid to Hannah Bladon
Image copyright PA Image caption Hannah Bladon was on an exchange programme at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem The University of Birmingham says it is "deeply saddened" by the death of its student Hannah Bladon.Ms Bladon, 20, was stabbed to death on a tram in Jerusalem on Good Friday.She was on an exchange at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which expressed "deep sorrow" over her death. Ms Bladon was stabbed several times in the chest while she ..>> view originalSome Turks fear the rise of a dictatorship as a referendum nears to greatly expand Erdogan's powers
As Turks prepare to vote in a referendum that would greatly expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the advocates of the change are brimming with confidence while opponents say they don’t know how to prevent the advent of one-man rule.The package of 18 constitutional amendments up for a vote Sunday would replace parliamentary democracy with a “presidential government” that puts most of the levers of power in Erdogan’s hands. Lawmakers would have little influence on key decisions, a..>> view original
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