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(Reuters) — Concerned parents of Los Angeles Unified School District students support the decision to shut down more than 1,000 public schools on Tuesday (December 15) over a threatened attack with bombs and assault rifles, Hundreds of thousands of students and school employees were sent home as city leaders were criticized for overreacting to what federal officials later said was likely a hoax. The emailed threat, which authorities said was “routed through Germany” but likely […]
(Reuters) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (December 15) announced the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement published on state news agency SPA. A long list of Arab countries such as Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, together with Islamic countries Turkey, Malaysia, Pakistan and Gulf Arab and African states were mentioned. Shi’ite Muslim Iran, Sunni Saudi Arabia’s arch rival for influence in the Arab world, […]
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday (December 14) that Islamic State militants had lost swaths of territory they once controlled in Iraq and Syria but that progress needed to be made faster against the group. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon Obama said that the Islamic State, which he referred to as ISIL, has not conducted a successful offensive since the summer. “In many places, ISIL has lost its freedom of maneuver because they […]
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the central Philippines on Monday (December 14) as a typhoon with winds of up to 150 kph (95 mph) made landfall, dumping heavy rain that could cause flooding, landslides and storm surges, authorities warned. About 40 domestic flights were grounded, while 73 ferries and hundreds of fishing boats were ordered to remain in port as typhoon Melor hit the village of Batag on the northern tip of […]
The far-right National Front’s high score in regional elections should be a warning to all mainstream politicians, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday (December 13) after exit polls showed the National Front had failed to win any regions. Tactical voting by Socialist voters kept Marine Le Pen’s National Front out of power in its three main target regions in French regional elections on Sunday, handing power in all of them to the conservatives […]
Residents in the town of Lindale, Texas, about 90 miles (144.8 km) southeast of Dallas, are taking stock of the damage from a weekend tornado on Sunday. (December 13) The twister touched Saturday afternoon, damaging dozens of homes, according to local officials. Despite the collapsed roofs and missing walls, no one suffered any major injuries. Lindale’s mayor has issued a disaster declaration, according to local media, to help the small town cope with the scale […]
Global powers press Libya’s warring factions to implement a plan for a national unity government, to counter the growing influence of Islamic State. The United States and Italy are leading an international push to get Libya’s warring factions to sign a deal that sets up a national unity government, to help stabilize the chaotic North African country. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a unified government is the only way to counter the growing […]
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented a landmark global climate accord on Saturday, a “historic” measure for transforming the world’s fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and turn the tide on global warming. At the tail end of the hottest year on record and after four years of fraught U.N. talks often pitting the interests of rich nations against poor, imperiled island states against rising economic powerhouses, Fabius urged officials from nearly 200 nations to support […]
PARIS, Dec. 12 (PNA/Xinhua) — Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on negotiators and ministers to reach a final outcome the Paris climate talks. “As secretary general of the United Nations, I’m urging the negotiators to make their decision, based on global vision,” he said, adding that “this is not the moment of talking about national perspectives.” “A low-carbon economy will help implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted […]
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has killed the group’s finance minister and two other senior leaders in air strikes in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday (December 10). Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing that coalition strikes had killed Abu Salah, Islamic State’s financial minister, as well as a senior leader responsible for coordinating the group’s extortion activities and another leader who acted as […]
Hundreds of activists rallied on Thursday (December 10) in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in midtown New York City to condemn the Republican 2016 presidential candidate’s call to bar Muslims temporarily from entering the United States. Chanting “Dump Trump” and “refugees welcome,” the protesters castigated Trump’s comments. “There shouldn’t be a number on how many Syrians should be allowed into this country and Islamophobia and Arabphobia and Xenophobia and all of it, it’s becoming a real […]
Joint efforts to fight against terrorism effectively among countries in the Middle East have proven difficult as they lack mutual trust among each other, say analysts in the region. Saudi Arabia has enhanced domestic anti-terrorism campaigns and security measures after it suffered many suicide bomb attacks in 2015. But as for airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, Saudi Arabia cannot stand with Iran as it believes that Iran aims to help consolidate the […]
