(Eagle News) — The FBI has taken the lead on the investigation into the Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting and is now working to identify the victims. https://youtu.be/4VZ2S5IqjeI
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South Korea says Pyongyang will face stronger sanctions if it is to launch an ICBM
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean defense ministry on Monday (January 9) called North Korea’s threat to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘provocative’ and said Pyongyang will face stronger sanctions if it is to launch it. North Korea declared on Sunday (January 8) it could test-launch the ICBM at any time from any location set by leader Kim Jong Un, saying a hostile U.S. policy was to blame for its arms development. Kim […]
Turkey to begin debating new Erdogan powers
by Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey’s parliament on Monday begins debating a controversial new draft constitution aimed at expanding the powers of the presidency under Recep Tayyip Erdogan that is expected to be put to a referendum by the spring. The new constitution, which would replace the basic law drawn up after Turkey’s 1980 military coup, seeks to set up for the first time a presidential system for ruling the […]
US Senator Ted Cruz meets with president of Taiwan
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Senator Ted Cruz met on Sunday with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen, despite objections from Chinese diplomats. The Republican from Texas, who lost in the US primary elections to President-elect Donald Trump, said in a statement that the two discussed arms sales, diplomatic exchanges and economic relations during the meeting in Houston. “Furthering economic cooperation between our two nations must be a priority; increased access to Taiwanese markets will benefit […]
Video emerges of Florida airport gunman opening fire
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Video of the moment a gunman opened fire at a Florida airport emerged Sunday as authorities try to piece together his motive for traveling to the state to carry out a killing spree that left five dead and six wounded. Iraq war vet Esteban Santiago flew to the Fort Lauderdale airport on Friday and retrieved a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and ammunition that he had declared and packed in his checked luggage. […]
Truck-ramming attack kills four Israeli soldiers
by Laurent Lozano Agence France Presse JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) — A Palestinian rammed a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers visiting a popular tourist spot in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four and wounding 17 others, authorities said. The driver was also killed at the location overlooking holy sites such as the Dome of the Rock and providing one of the most spectacular views of Jerusalem. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the […]
Iran ex-president Rafsanjani dies
by Ali Noorani Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pugnacious moderate who survived for decades despite challenging his own turbaned elite, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. Rafsanjani, who was 82, was a pivotal figure in the foundation of the Islamic republic in 1979, and served as president from 1989 to 1997. “Despite the efforts of the doctors he died” at Shohadaa Hospital in northern […]
Some 100 killed in one week in Brazil’s prisons
MANUAS, Brazil (AFP) — At least four inmates were killed Sunday in a facility in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, sending the number of violent prison fatalities over 100 in just one week. Much of the violence, which includes several massacres with decapitations and disemboweling, has been among rival drug gangs in vastly overcrowded facilities. On Sunday four inmates were killed in as yet unclear circumstances in a Manaus prison, state public safety officials […]
33 killed in new explosion of Brazil prison violence
BOA VISTAa, Brazil (AFP) – Brazil was hit Friday by its second eruption of grisly prison violence this week, as inmates beheaded and mutilated fellow prisoners at a northern jail, leaving at least 33 dead. Pictures taken by a police officer at the scene showed bloodied, mangled bodies piled in a concrete hallway at the Monte Cristo Farm Penitentiary (PAMC) in Roraima state. Many of the victims were beheaded, disemboweled or dismembered, said officials. The […]
Troops seize Ivory Coast’s second city in pay protest
Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) – Soldiers seized control of Ivory Coast’s second city Bouake on Friday in a protest over pay, firing rocket launchers in the streets and terrifying residents, as the government called for calm. The protests in Bouake spread to the central towns of Daloa and Daoukro as well as Korhogo in the north, as angry troops took to the streets demanding salary hikes. Witnesses said the soldiers had left the streets […]
Five dead in Fort Lauderdale airport shooting
by Leila MACOR Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) – A gunman opened fire Friday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport, a major tourist hub in Florida, killing five people and injuring eight, and sending panicked travelers fleeing for safety. Broward County Sheriff’s office tweeted that a suspect was in custody following the shooting that broke out around midday, shutting down the international airport. The Sheriff’s office said five people were dead and eight had been taken […]
Ukraine’s military denies Russian hack attack
by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France-Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukraine’s military on Friday denied reports claiming Russia may have hacked targeting software for its heavy artillery in a breach that could have helped Moscow track and destroy Kiev’s big guns. The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike — the same one that discovered the Kremlin’s alleged interference in the US election — said in December it had evidence Russian hackers might have bolstered Moscow’s spying on Ukraine’s forces […]
