The State Department has accused a Chinese firm of directly aiding Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen by providing satellite imagery used to target U.S. and international vessels in the Red Sea. The news comes as U.S. airstrikes targeting an oil port held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 74 people and wounded 171 others on …
Read More »US man stabs 2 passengers and pilot before fatally shot while hijacking small plane in Belize
Authorities at the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport (P.G.I.A.) say they were alerted to a U.S. man who was hijacking a small plane in Belize on Thursday. The man stabbed two passengers and a pilot, before one of the stabbed passengers fatally shot him, according to officials in Belize and the United …
Read More »Trump drives debate in Canada prime minster’s electoral debate over who could take him
President Donald Trump is the greatest challenge Canada is facing, Prime Minister Mark Carney said during a Wednesday night electoral debate with conservative challenger Pierre Poilievre. “This election [is about] the question of who will succeed, and who will face up to Trump,” Carney said in French, according to a …
Read More »Pope Francis kept the tradition of visiting inmates during Holy Week
Pope Francis spent Holy Thursday visiting those serving time in a Rome prison. Despite recovering from a bout of pneumonia, Francis met with dozens of inmates at Regina Coeli prison as he kept an Easter season appointment among the less fortunate. Francis offered words of encouragement and gifted inmates with …
Read More »Israel to maintain Gaza buffer zones post-war, Defense Minister Israel Katz says
Israeli troops will not leave the buffer zones in Gaza, even after the war ends, according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. On Wednesday, Hamas appeared to reject an Israeli-proposed ceasefire deal that would see the return of nearly a dozen hostages who have been held captive for more than …
Read More »Puerto Rico hit with massive island-wide blackout ahead of Easter
A massive island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as residents were looking ahead to the Easter weekend. A spokesman for Luma Energy, which oversees the transmission and distribution of power for the U.S. territory, told The Associated Press that all 1.4 million customers were affected, including the main international …
Read More »A Berlin doctor has been charged with the killings of 15 patients under palliative care
A doctor in Berlin has been charged with murder over the deaths of 15 patients under palliative care, prosecutors said Wednesday. He is also accused of trying to cover up the evidence by starting fires in their homes. The doctor was part of a nursing service’s end-of-life care team and …
Read More »Accusations of lawfare in Albania sparks concern over upcoming election as conservatives targeted
A former Albanian ambassador to the U.S. says the country’s upcoming election will be more like a runoff between the policies of President Trump and George and Alex Soros as opposition parties call foul over corruption by the ruling socialists. “Albania is now effectively a one-party system pretending to hold …
Read More »UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of woman is biological
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, a move that now excludes transgender women from the legal definition of a woman. Trans women can be excluded from some single-sex spaces and groups under the U.K. Equality Act, the five …
Read More »Russia-linked hacking campaign targets European diplomats with fake wine tasting events
A Russia-linked hacking group unleashed a new “advanced phishing campaign” targeting European diplomats with invites to fake wine tasting events, according to a report. Check Point Research said the APT29 group is trying to “impersonate a major European Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send out invitations to wine tasting events, …
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