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(Reuters) — U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday (October 3) appeared to complain about the public attention he has received over his leaked 1995 of tax filing which showed he had over $900 million in losses that year. The New York Times first reported the story, saying the losses were from bad business deals in the 1990s. Experts have said the losses might have allowed Trump to avoid paying federal income taxes […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish authorities suspended more than 12,000 police officers over alleged links to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of masterminding the July failed coup, the police headquarters said on Tuesday. Of the 12,801 suspended from duty as part of the investigation into the coup attempt, 2,523 were police chiefs, the police authorities said in a statement. In total, Turkey has around 270,000 police officers. They were suspended over suspected links to the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A jihadist group that was formerly Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria on Monday confirmed that an air strike killed a senior leader after the Pentagon said it had targeted him. Ahmed Salama Mabrouk, an Egyptian also known by his nom de guerre Abu Faraj “was martyred after a coalition air strike in the west of Idlib province,” the Fateh al-Sham Front said in a statement on the Telegram app. Born in […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The top state prosecutor in New York has ordered Republican nominee Donald Trump’s charitable foundation to stop fundraising in New York immediately, saying that it was operating without proper certification. The office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told the Donald J. Trump foundation last Friday that it must “cease and desist from soliciting contributions” in New York. The notice was made public on Monday. The notice of violation informed […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The UN Syria envoy voiced deep disappointment Monday at the collapse of US-Russian talks to revive a Syria ceasefire, but vowed to keep working for a political solution. “The UN will continue to push energetically for a political solution of the Syrian conflict regardless of the very disappointing outcome of intense and long discussions among two crucial international stakeholders,” the office of Staffan de Mistura said in a statement. © 1994-2016 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton has firmed up her lead over rival Donald Trump one week after their bruising first head-to-head debate, new polls released Monday showed. Results from a nationwide poll by Politico and Morning Consult has Clinton surging, with 42 percent support from likely voters compared to 36 percent for Trump in a four-way race that includes two lesser-known candidates. The result is a four-point climb for […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – by Carole LANDRY The UN Security Council on Monday was considering a draft UN resolution imposing a ceasefire in Aleppo and putting an end to all military flights over Syria’s war-battered city. The French-drafted text obtained by AFP on Monday was circulated to the Security Council at the weekend and a vote could take place this week, diplomats said. The measure was the latest bid to pile pressure on Russia […]
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) – by Edouard GUIHAIRE Katherine HADDON “Divorces always cost you a lot of money,” sighed Charlie Mullins, one of many British bosses pushing ministers for more details on life post-Brexit at the Conservative Party’s annual conference. Dressed in an electric blue suit, Mullins is the charismatic founder of Pimlico Plumbers, whose vans are a common sight in the British capital and whose clients reportedly include Richard Branson. Fronting his company’s stall at […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon was heading for Japan’s southernmost Okinawa island chain on Monday, packing powerful winds that forced flight cancellations. The “very strong” storm is set to hit the subtropical islands later in the day, packing gusts of up to 250 kilometres (155 miles) per hour, Japan’s weather agency said. The storm was some 270 kilometres south of the Okinawan capital Naha early Monday, moving in a north-northeasterly direction, the Japan […]
IDLIB, Syria (AFP) — The frail cries of four-month-old Wahida made the rescue worker who carried her out of the rubble in Syria’s Idlib break down in sobs. The full story is one of tragedy. “I was in the shop when the airplane began carrying out air strikes,” recalls 32-year-old father Yehya Maatouq almost matter-of-factly. He was speaking to AFP on the destroyed rooftop of his home in the northwest city of Idlib, clearing away cement […]
Airstrikes against hospitals in Syria are war crimes that make the resumption of peace talks in the country’s civil war impossible, Britain’s Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday (October 2). Johnson criticised Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russia for hitting civilian targets as he highlighted the tragic consequences of the Syrian crisis on the spiralling numbers of refugees. “it is the continuous savagery of the Assad regime against the people of Aleppo and the […]
Major roads in Kingston, Jamaica quickly flooded on Sunday (Oct 2) as the first bands of Hurricane Matthew lashed the Caribbean island. Cars quickly stalled as rain-drenched owners attempting to push their vehicles through streets that flooded within minutes of the torrential downpour. Inland waterways quickly overflowed onto streets adding flooding conditions. The storm was advancing northwest at 5 miles per hour (7 km per hour), located about 295 miles (475 km) southeast of Kingston […]
