A mother’s attempt to show her son the dangers of stealing ended with her being arrested and losing custody of her children. According to The Huffington Post, Tyeesha Mobley called the police on her son Keyshawn, whom she hoped to teach a lesson about stealing, after she caught him trying to
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is White House-bound on Tuesday for a series of meetings, a working lunch, and a press conference with President Barack Obama, where U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan are expected to be at the top of the agenda, CNN reports. Ghani has requested that the U.S. consider adjusting its troop withdrawal timeline, […]
UK inflation rate fell to 0 per cent in February, the lowest since records began, official figures show. According to BBC, lower prices for food and computer goods helped to cut the rate from 0.3 per cent in January, official figures show. February’s figure is the lowest rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation since […]
A cortege carrying the remains of King Richard III began a solemn tour on Sunday to the battlefield where he was slain 530 years ago. Rediscovered under a car park in 2012, Richard’s remains will be reinterred at Leicester cathedral on Thursday in a ceremony led by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual head of […]
Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, has warned German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, ahead of their meeting that his country will not be able to pay its debt without help from the European Union, according to a report in Monday’s Financial Times. The Times said it had acquired a copy of a letter, dated March 15, in […]
Theresa May says new extremism analysis unit is compiling list of legal but unacceptable individuals and groups to prevent another Trojan horse scandal A Home Office blacklist of extremist individuals and organisations with whom the government and public sector should not engage is being drawn up, Theresa May has revealed. The list of legal but unacceptable […]
The EU has pledged 2billion (£1.45bn; $2.15bn) to ease what it calls Greece’s “humanitarian crisis” – echoing a term used by Greece to describe the results of its financial crisis. European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said the money would be spent on growth and “social cohesion”. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed
Pakistan’s military said it has killed at least 80 Islamist militants and lost seven soldiers in fierce fighting near the mountainous Afghan border. The clashes have been taking place in the remote Tirah Valley in the insurgency-plagued northwestern Khyber tribal district. Army spokesman Major General Asim Bajwa reported “steady progress” in the counter-terrorism operation
With 10 days to a nuclear deal deadline, top US and Iranian officials spoke on Saturday of substantial headway, and Iran’s president proclaimed that agreement was within reach. But America’s top diplomat said it was up to Tehran to make the decisions needed to get there. Iranian President Hassan Rohani said “achieving a deal is […]
The United States has withdrawn all its personnel from Yemen, one day after suicide bombers killed at least 137 people at two mosques in the rebel-controlled capital, Sana’a. The U.S. State Department said in a statement Saturday that the temporary relocation was due to “the deteriorating security situation in Yemen.” About 100 U.S. special forces […]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Washington on Sunday for his first official visit to the United States since taking office in January, CNN reports. The highly anticipated visit marks the latest chapter in an evolving U.S.-Afghan relationship — one that seems to be warming even as the governments seek to bridge the gap on […]
Afghan women’s rights activists dressed head-to-toe in black broke with tradition Sunday to carry the coffin of a woman who was beaten to death by a mob in the capital Kabul over allegations she had burned a Quran. The mob of men beat 27-year-old Farkhunda before throwing her body off a roof, running over it […]
The first-term senator from Texas will on Monday announce his interest in the 2016 presidential bid, CNN reports. He will make his official declaration in Lynchburg, Virginia, at Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the world. The news was first reported by the Houston Chronicle. Cruz, 44, will be the first candidate to formally […]
U.S. troops are being pulled out of Yemen Saturday after al-Qaida attacks the country on Friday. UPI has more: Roughly 100 special forces troops, inlcuding Navy SEALs and Delta Force Army troops, will withdraw from the Al Anad Air Base in Yemen, sources have told multiple news agencies. The United States has not confirmed the […]
A 12-year-old Colorado girl has been arrested after allegedly trying to poison her mother twice just because her mother seized her iPhone. Police said her mother noticed a bleach smell in her finished smoothie and soon fell sick. But authorities said when the sickness passed and she noticed the same smell coming from a jug […]
Dr Bandar bin Hajai, Saudi Arabia Minister of Hajj Affairs on Friday said that Nigeria would maintain her 76,000 slots in the forthcoming Hajj. Bandar stated this in a statement after a joint meeting between him and the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Aminu Wali, in preparation for this year’s Hajj. The statement explained […]
The international relations between Iran and the United States could enhance drastically in the upcoming years, Barack Obama has flagged. He signalled that in a video clip message where he wished the Iranian individuals a cheerful Iranian new year, Mr Obama said the two nations’ relations were entering an “early spring” Be that as it may he […]
Outrage is spreading across the University of Virginia grounds over the bloody arrest of a student after he attempted to enter a bar near the college, an incident that is now at the center of a police brutality investigation at the request of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, ABC News reports. The student, Martese Johnson, 20, […]
British military advisers are training Ukrainian troops in Ukraine, the UK said Thursday, as part of efforts to support the government in Kiev as it combats pro-Russian separatists in the east, CNN reports. UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced last month that Britain would send military advisers to Ukraine and provide an additional 15 million pounds […]
President Barack Obama suggests it might be time to make voting a requirement, according to a report by CNN. “In Australia and some other countries, there’s mandatory voting,” Obama said Wednesday in Cleveland, where he spoke about the importance of middle-class economics. “It would be transformative if everybody voted — that would counteract
