PITTSBURGH — The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue told officers that Jews were committing genocide and that he wanted them all to die, according to a charging document made public early Sunday. Robert Gregory Bowers killed eight men and three women inside the Tree […]
Ireland has voted to lift a rarely enforced constitutional ban on blasphemy in the latest secular reform for the once staunchly Catholic country, referendum results showed on Saturday. The ban was overturned with 65 percent of voters in favour, following recent votes to allow abortion and same-sex marriage. […]
Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad, the night-and-day candidates for Brazil’s presidential runoff election Sunday, have picked running mates as radically different as they are. Bolsonaro, a far-right ex-army captain known for heaping praise on Brazil’s former military regime (1964-1985), has perhaps unsurprisingly tapped a retired general as his […]
ISLAMABAD— Pakistan’s top court has reinstated a ban on the broadcast of Indian TV content following a petition from local producers. Pakistan’s Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar announced the verdict Saturday, overturning a lower court ruling last year that had lifted the 2016 ban on airing Indian content […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said Saturday that the global outcry and media focus on the killing of a Saudi journalist earlier this month has become “hysterical” as he urged the public to wait for the results of an investigation before ascribing blame to […]
PITTSBURGH— During the week, anyone who wanted to get inside Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue had to ring the doorbell and be granted entry by staff because the front door was kept locked. Not so on Saturday — the Jewish Sabbath — when the building was open for […]
DUBAI – Iran’s parliament approved a government economic reshuffle on Saturday, days before new U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s oil exports take effect, after President Hassan Rouhani said Washington was isolated among its allies in its confrontation with Iran. “It does not happen often that the U.S. makes a […]
WELLINGTON- Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan were treated to a ceremonial welcome in New Zealand on Sunday where they arrived for the final leg of their Pacific tour, their first international royal tour since marrying in May. The royal couple, who have already visited Australia, Fiji and […]
MANAMA, Bahrain— The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “undermines regional stability” and the U.S. State Department plans to take further action in response to the killing, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday at an international conference in the Middle East. Mattis never mentioned Saudi Arabia directly in […]
Oct. 26 (UPI) — North Korea‘s socialist system of economic planning has completely collapsed and Kim Jong Un inevitably faces reform or demise, South Korean activists said Friday. Kim Young-hwan, the South Korean representative of nonprofit PrepFuture, said the socialist system collapsed “a long time ago” and has spurred Kim to […]
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