US authorities have secretly required airlines from 13 nations to forbid passengers from carrying any electronic or electrical device larger than a cellphone. The new edict was distributed in an email described as “confidential” from the US Transportation Safety Administration on Monday. The
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The Turkish government has failed to convince Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency that U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind last summer’s failed coup in Turkey, the BND head told a German magazine. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish government accuse Gulen of orchestrating Turkey’s failed coup on July 15 in which more than 240
A letter exploded when it was opened at the offices in central Paris of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday and one person was slightly injured, police sources said. The Paris police department said on Twitter an operation was ongoing at the offices of the IMF and World Bank after a person was hurt […]
A landslide swept through a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, killing at least 24 people and leaving several dozen missing, residents said, as officials vowed to relocate those who called the landfill home. Addis Ababa Mayor Diriba Kuma said 15 bodies had been recovered since the landslide Saturday night at the […]
TWITTER users have gone crazy speculating whether Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has died after a series of reports appeared online. The rumour has been swirling on social media about the 93-year-old dictator’s demise since early this evening. And a number of websites shared the so-called “news” to Twitter. Many online users were quick to jump […]
While the White House on Tuesday stood by Donald Trump’s assertion that he was wiretapped by Barack Obama during the 2016 presidential campaign, top Republicans on Capitol Hill provided little support to bolster his explosive and unsubstantiated claim. Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, said he had not seen any evidence to back up a […]










