Category Archives: World News
North Korea expert says nuclear threat remains
The findings of a Washington think tank reveal that North Korea may be progressing its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases. Victor Cha, one of the report’s authors, speaks to Christiane...
Nov 20, 2018
Family auctions off child bride on Facebook
Facebook is facing backlash after the social network was used by a family in South Sudan to auction off a child bride, even though it is illegal in South Sudan to be married before age 18. [van id=...
Nov 20, 2018
Topless protester rushes Trump motorcade
President Trump’s visit to France brought protesters into the streets, including one topless woman who rushed the President’s motorcade in Paris.[van id=”world/2018/11/11/topless-wom...
Nov 12, 2018
Mattis and Pompeo Call For Yemen Ceasefire
[van id=”world/2018/10/31/mattis-pompeo-yemen-ceasefire-briggs-es-vpx.cnn”] Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on all participants in the Yemen civil...
Oct 31, 2018
Candidate: Climate change like Nazi Germany
In a speech about her economic plan, congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared climate change to Nazi Germany. [van id=”politics/2018/10/23/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-climate-chang...
Oct 23, 2018
Business opportunity in Saudi Arabia in doubt
As the number one oil exporter, Saudi Arabia has earmarked $1.4 trillion for domestic infrastructure spending. But with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman facing global scrutiny, the risk is starting to...
Oct 23, 2018
Turkish official: Khashoggi’s body was cut into pieces
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s body was cut into pieces after he was killed in the Saudi consulate, a Turkish official told CNN. [van id=”world/2018/10/16/jamal-khashoggi-turkish-investigati...
Oct 17, 2018
Bombing in Crimea kills more than a dozen
At least 13 people were killed and around 50 more injured following a possible terror attack in Russian-annexed Crimea, according to Russia. [van id=”world/2018/10/17/crimea-explosion-update-vpx...
Oct 17, 2018
Ex-ambassador: Don’t read into Pompeo meeting
Former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia Robert Jordan warns not to “read too much into” the relaxed images coming in from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s meeting with the Saudi crown p...
Oct 16, 2018
Trump: Saudi King denies knowledge of Khashoggi
President Trump tweeted that he spoke with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and that he denied any knowledge of what happened to missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. [van id=”politics/2018/10/15/...
Oct 15, 2018