A large package containing around $40 million in cash for “humanitarian aid” was seen on an airport tarmac in Afghanistan, officials there said last week. The money was handed over to the Da Bank of Afghanistan, the Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan, which is headquartered in Kabul. The bank tweeted …
Read More »2 Australian police officers, bystander fatally shot in Queensland ambush
Two Australian police officers and a bystander were fatally shot Monday in an ambush at a remote property in Queensland state as officers were investigating reports of a missing person, police said. At least two gunmen were reported to have opened fire as police arrived at the rural property in …
Read More »Hotel in Afghanistan’s capitol attacked, 21 reported dead
A hotel catering to foreign visitors in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul was attacked Monday and three of the assailants were killed, a Taliban official said. Two foreign residents were injured when they jumped out of windows to escape, said Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban government’s spokesman. Residents reported explosions and gunfire …
Read More »Ken DeLand: Dad of American college student missing in France warns other parents over studying abroad
The father of an American college student who has been missing in France for more than two weeks delivered a warning to other parents with adult children looking to study abroad. Ken DeLand told Fox News Digital that he had no reservations as a parent when his 22-year-old son Ken …
Read More »Three children die after falling into icy lake as Britain grapples with winter weather
Three children died and one was left in critical condition after they fell into a frozen lake in central England Sunday as large parts of the country contend with severe winter weather. The boys – ages 6, 8, 10, and 11 – were rushed to a hospital in the West …
Read More »Ken DeLand, American college student missing in France, interned for New York senator: ‘A positive energy’
Ken DeLand, an American college student missing in France for more than two weeks, previously interned for a New York state senator’s office, as the politician remembers how the now unaccounted-for 22-year-old had “brought a positive energy with him every day.” DeLand, enrolled at St. John Fisher University in …
Read More »Greek government slams Turkey for threatening Athens
The Greek government lashed out at Turkey Monday after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened over the weekend to hit Athens with ballistic missiles. “It is unacceptable and universally condemnable for threats of a missile attack against Greece to be made by an allied country, a NATO member,” Greek Foreign …
Read More »Dogs gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un end up in South Korean zoo
A pair of dogs gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un four years ago ended up at a zoo in South Korea after a dispute over who should finance the caring of the animals. Kim had given the two white Pungsan hunting dogs — a breed indigenous to North …
Read More »Lockerbie victim’s widow speaks before Pan Am flight 103’s alleged bombmaker makes first court appearance
A widow of a victim in the 1988 plane explosion that killed 270 people in Scotland spoke Monday, shortly before the suspected Lockerbie bombmaker is expected to appear in court. The alleged Pan Am flight 103 bombmaker, Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, was taken into custody by the United …
Read More »IAEA chief to make trip to South Korea amid concerns of North Korean nuclear test
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi is making a four-day trip to South Korea as concerns grow that North Korea is readying another nuclear test. “The IAEA chief’s four-day visit to South Korea this week is an enticing opportunity for North Korea to conduct its much-anticipated seventh …
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