Section: US & Canada
Hostages held in Mali hotel after jihadist attack kills 8
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Jihadists stormed a hotel hosting United Nations staff in central Mali on Friday, seizing hostages and killing at least five Malian soldiers and a U.N. contractor in one of the most brazen attacks in months, the government said.Officials said at least two militants were also killed in the fighting.Mali’s army continued...
Russian TV Deserters Divulge Details On Kremlin’s Ukraine ‘Propaganda’
Former employees of Russia’s largest state media holding have divulged behind-the-scenes details about what they portray as a Kremlin propaganda campaign to deliberately mislead and inflame television audiences with news coverage of the Ukraine conflict. The Russian culture website Colta.ru this week published tell-all accounts by two...
A Plague of Locusts
In the Biblical Book of Exodus, the eighth plague that Yahweh inflicts on Egypt is one of locusts: “They covered the surface of the soil till the ground was black with them. They devoured all the greenstuff in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. No green was left on any tree or plant in the fields throughout the...
Nuclear Fuel Bank Aims to Avoid Politics, Deter Proliferation
An International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear fuel bank set to open August 27 in eastern Kazakhstan will be aimed at guarding against energy supply disruptions and discouraging countries from developing their own nuclear weapons technology. The agency’s fuel bank, its second, will hold up to 90 tons of low-enriched uranium for energy...
Several foreigners held hostage, eight killed in Mali hotel attack
Bamako (AFP) – A Ukrainian hostage managed to escape from the “four or five terrorists” who were still barricaded inside the hotel in Sevare, telling soldiers that he had been with three South Africans and a Russian when the shooting began.Three bodies were still lying next to a burned-out minibus at the entrance to the hotel, a...
Hostages Seized in Mali Hotel Attacks That Leave at Least 4 Dead
(BAMAKO, Mali)—Jihadists stormed two hotels in central Mali on Friday, seizing at least six hostages and killing three Malian soldiers and a U.N. peacekeeper in one of the most brazen attacks in months, defense officials said. The Islamic militants assaulted one hotel in the town of Sevare, and then after an exchange of gunfire moved on to the...
Hostages held in Mali hotel after attacks kill at least 4
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Jihadists stormed two hotels in central Mali on Friday, seizing at least six hostages and killing three Malian soldiers and a U.N. peacekeeper in one of the most brazen attacks in months, defense officials said.The Islamic militants assaulted one hotel in the town of Sevare, and then after an exchange of gunfire moved on to...
Obama: Russia And Iran ‘Don’t Seem Concerned About The Humanitarian Disaster’ In Syria
WASHINGTON — The prospects for a political resolution in Syria are improving now that Russia and Iran have revised their view of President Bashar al Assad’s chances of survival, President Barack Obama told a group of reporters gathered at the White House on Wednesday afternoon.“The window has opened a crack for us to get a political...
Ex-PM launches ‘Committee for the Salvation of Ukraine’ in Kiev
Jared M. FeldschreiberKIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 7 (UPI) — Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov presented the newly-formed “Committee for the Salvation of Ukraine” this week at a press conference in Moscow. …read more Source: United Press...
Militants Launch Deadly Attack On Mali Hotel Used By UN
BAMAKO, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants attacked a hotel in central Mali used by United Nations staff on Friday, killing at least three people and exchanging fire with troops near the building, residents and military sources said.Smoke rose from the hotel and heavy weapons fire was heard as government forces moved in to...
