Caracas – President Nicolas Maduro said a police helicopter fired on Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Tuesday in a confusing incident that he called a thwarted “terrorist attack” aimed at ousting him from power. -AP/UNB
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5 GOP senators oppose health bill enough to sink it
Washington, Jun 24 (AP/UNB) – Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party’s banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama’s health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the…
Prince Harry says no one in royal family wants throne
London – Britain’s Prince Harry has suggested that no one in the royal family really wishes to rise to the throne. –AP/UNB
Australia lifts suspension of airstrikes against IS in Syria
Canberra – Australia said Thursday it had lifted a suspension of its airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria that was imposed amid tensions with Russia after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane this week. –AP/UNB
Benelux, Baltic and Nordic leaders meet ahead of EU summit
The Hague – Leaders of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are due to meet with counterparts and senior officials from Baltic and Nordic nations for talks ahead of a European Union summit and two days after formal negotiations on Britain’s…
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince deposed
Saudi Arabia’s king deposed the sitting crown prince Wednesday and replaced him with Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the deputy crown prince, the state news agency reported.
Suspect fatally shot in Brussels Central Station terror attack
A suspect was fatally shot at Brussels Central Station Tuesday after a failed bombing that Belgian authorities are calling a terrorist attack.
Global shares higher in subdued trading on Wall Street rise
Tokyo – Global shares were higher Monday after Wall Street ended last week barely higher and investors watched for Brexit talks set to start later in the day. –AP/UNB
Conservationists: Imperiled Atlantic salmon decline worsens
Bangor – Fewer of North America’s Atlantic salmon are making it back to rivers to spawn, which bodes poorly for the future of the imperiled fish, an international conservation group says. –AP/UNB
Trump attorney says president not under investigation
Washington – A member of the president’s outside legal team said Sunday that Donald Trump is not under investigation, days after Trump tweeted about being the target of a “witch hunt.” –AP/UNB
731 Turkish soldiers hospitalized with food poisoning
Istanbul – A Turkish prosecutor says 731 soldiers at a western base were sent to the hospital with food poisoning and 21 people from the company that provided the food have been detained. –AP/UNB
Expert lawyers, investigators join Trump investigation
One hunted terrorists in the 1990s for the FBI and later helped build a case against 9/11 suspect Zacarias Moussaoui. Another headed the federal task force investigating the Enron corporate scandal of the 2000s. A third has argued more than…
BD Landslide: Rangamati hill district struggling to get back to normal
Dhaka – The roads connecting the Rangamati the hill town with and port city of Chittagong – badly damaged by last week’s landslide – is likely to be restored from Tuesday, according to sources in the Bangladesh Army.
Search on for 7 Navy crew after ship damaged in collision
Yokosuka – The U.S. Navy says sailors from the destroyer USS Dewey are helping crew stabilize the damaged USS Fitzgerald after it collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan before dawn Saturday, leaving seven sailors missing. -UNB
Saudi king strips crown prince of prosecution oversight
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a royal decree that restructures the country’s system for prosecutions, essentially stripping the crown prince of longstanding powers overseeing criminal investigations. -UNB
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135 million people face displacement for land degradation
Bonn, Germany, Jun 14 (IPS) – We all have dreams. For most of us, those dreams are often quite simple. They are common to individuals and communities all around the world. People just want a place to settle down and…
Firefighters battle massive blaze in London high-rise
London – Firefighters battled a massive fire in a 27-floor high-rise apartment building in west London for several hours Wednesday. –AP/UNB
Asian stocks up as investors shrug off tech rout, eye Fed
Seoul – Asian stock markets were higher on Tuesday as investors brushed off a second straight session of big losses on Wall Street tech stocks a day before the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates. –AP/UNB
Trump travel ban dealt another blow from court
Seattle, Jun 13 (AP/UNB) – Another U.S. appeals court stomped on President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban Monday, saying the administration violated federal immigration law and failed to provide a valid reason for keeping people from six mostly Muslim nations…
France: Macron party set for big parliamentary win
The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron looks on course to win a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentary elections.
Iran says it has killed mastermind of twin attacks
Tehran – Iran says it has killed the alleged mastermind of twin attacks last week claimed by the Islamic State group. –AP/UNB
Pilot diverts EasyJet flight to London over suspicious talk
Berlin – An EasyJet flight to London has made an unscheduled stop in Germany after the pilot became concerned about a suspicious conversation on board. –AP/UNB
Gadhafi’s son released after more than 5 years of detention
Benghazi, Jun 11 (AP/UNB) – Seif al-Islam, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has been released after more than five years in detention, his captors said on Saturday.
3 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Jun 11 (AP/UNB) – Three U.S. soldiers were killed and another was wounded Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.
Iran arrests 7 suspects for supporting Tehran attacks
Tehran – Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country’s authorities have arrested seven suspects for supporting the Islamic State-claimed dual attacks that killed 17 people in Tehran. –AP/UNB