(Reuters) SEOUL, July 16 – South Korea will face “devastating consequences” for dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets over North Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday, citing Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister. At least 29 large balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets from South Korea were found around North Korea, prompting a blockade […]
CNN — At least 22 people were killed in a strike Saturday that hit a makeshift mosque in a displacement camp in west Gaza City, according to an official at the hospital treating the casualties. The head of the emergency room of Al-Ahli Hospital, Dr. Amjad Elewa, told CNN that 20 men were killed in the strike […]
BBC: Questions have swirled about how police officers and agents tasked with securing Donald Trump’s rally allowed the gunman to get as close as he did. Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to access the roof of a building near the outdoor event at Butler County fairgrounds, Pennsylvania, from where he shot at Trump 130m (430ft) […]
BBC: US President Joe Biden has condemned the assassination attempt on his predecessor Donald Trump in a primetime address from the White House, telling Americans that US politics must never be a “killing field”. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, was wounded in the ear after a gunman opened fire at a rally in […]
BBC: Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, feared and admired in equal measure, is seeking to extend his 24-year rule in an election analysts say he will win by a landslide. He has dominated every election since becoming president in 2000, with over 90% of the vote. In 2017 he won with a staggering 99%. Mr Kagame, […]
BBC: One man in the audience died while trying to protect his family during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Saturday, authorities say. Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief, dove onto family members when the shots rang out. “Corey died a hero,” Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said at a news conference on Sunday. […]
BBC: The small Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park in Pennsylvania is reeling after the FBI named a young local man, Thomas Matthew Crooks, as the person who shot at Donald Trump during a campaign rally and shocked the nation. Investigators believe that Crooks, armed with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle, opened fire at the former president while he […]
NDTV: K P Sharma Oli was appointed Nepal’s Prime Minister for the third time on Sunday to lead the new coalition government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability in the country. K P Sharma Oli, 72, succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda who lost the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON, July 13 – Various world leaders on Saturday condemned the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania in which the former president was shot in the right ear while one rally attendee and the shooter were left lead. Leaders from multiple nations expressed shock at the incident, denounced political violence and wished Trump a quick […]
(Reuters) SEOUL, July 14 – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sacked or demoted some senior officials for their “irresponsible” handling of his flagship project to build a new town in the country’s north, state media KCNA said on Sunday. Kim announced the decision while visiting Samjiyon, where North Korea has been building what it […]
BBC: President Joe Biden has condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, calling on all Americans to denounce such “sick” violence. The US president was quick to call for unity in the hours after a gunman shot Trump in the ear, killed one member of the crowd and injured two others at a rally in […]
BBC: Former US President Donald Trump was rushed off stage after gunshots erupted at a rally in Pennsylvania in an apparent assassination attempt. Footage showed him grimace and raise a hand to his right ear, before ducking as sharp cracks – a series of shots – broke out. He was quickly swarmed by US Secret […]