Conservative Catholic Wins Hungary’s Opposition Primaries For Prime Minister
After winning Hungary’s first-ever primaries, a conservative Catholic mayor has become the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate.
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North Korea fires suspect submarine-launched ballistic missile into Sea of japan
North Korea fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile Tuesday into the Sea of Japan, the latest in a series of launches recently by the rogue country in an increasing show of force.
UN nuclear watchdog heading back to Iran for talks in coming weeks
The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog plans to visit Iran before the end of next month, amid questions about whether Iran will return to negotiations aimed at reviving the languishing 2015 nuclear deal.
Facebook announces it’s hiring 10,000 people in EU to build ‘metaverse’
Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the “metaverse,” a virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future.
Amid civil war fears, Hezbollah chief reveals terror group has 100,000 fighters
Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader declared for the first time on Monday that the powerful terror group has 100,000 trained fighters. His speech appeared to be meant as a deterrent to domestic foes following the nation’s worst internal violence in years.
US caught by surprise by Chinese hypersonic missile test
China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught US intelligence by surprise, the Financial Times reported, citing five unnamed sources.
Father Of Alleged Killer Of British Legislator ‘Traumatized’
The father of the suspected killer of British Conservative legislator David Amess says he is “traumatized” by his son’s arrest.
British Police Link Killing Legislator To Islamist Extremism
British police say Friday’s killing of British legislator Sir David Amess at a Methodist church in southeast England was a terror attack potentially linked to Islamist extremism.
Turkey Airstrikes Target Christians Killing Dozen in Syria, Iraq
A dozen people were killed in recent months as Turkey increased airstrikes as part of an alleged “anti-terrorist military campaign” in Syria and Iraq targeting Christians and other minorities, rights investigators say.
Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, and remember everything you do
Facebook is pouring a lot of time and money into augmented reality, including building its own AR glasses with Ray-Ban. Right now, these gadgets can only record and share imagery, but what does the company think such devices will be used for in the future?
6 killed, 20 wounded by gunfire at Beirut protest over port blast probe
Gunfire killed six people and wounded 30 at a Beirut rally organized by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year’s port blast.
Britain hopes to join transatlantic trade agreement next year, no date for US-UK deal yet
While it is not known when post-Brexit Britain will be able to sign a full and comprehensive free trade deal with the United States, Boris Johnson hopes to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) partnership in 2022, Reuters reports.
US to rejoin UN Human Rights Council following Trump withdrawal
The United States is rejoining the controversial UN Human Rights Council (HRC) amid concerns that China has used America’s three-and-a-half year absence to grow its influence and power, AFP reports. Former President Trump withdrew the US from the Council in June 2018 to protest what UN Ambassador Nikki Haley described as the body’s “disproportionate focus and unending hostility toward Israel” which is “clear proof that the council is motivated by political bias, not by human rights.”
Norway ‘Bow-And-Arrow Attack Act Of Terror’
Norwegian police say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town near Norway’s capital appeared to be an Islamic terrorist act.
Man Kills Five With Bow and Arrow In Norway
Norwegian police feared an attack of terrorism Wednesday after several people were killed and others injured in Norway as a man used a bow and arrow to attack them.
G20 Leaders Fear “Economic Catastrophe” In Afghanistan
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies pledged at least $1.7 billion Tuesday to avert an economic catastrophe in Afghanistan. Still, it was unclear when and where the promised money would arrive.
Remains Holocaust Denier In German Jewish Grave
Germany’s Protestant Church and others have condemned the burial of a prominent neo-Nazi’s ashes in a vacant plot of a Jewish musicologist outside Berlin.
Hungary Sentences Islamic State Commander To Life Imprisonment Over Mass Killings
A Hungarian court has sentenced a Syrian national to life imprisonment for his involvement in “crimes against humanity” and “terrorism” as a military leader of the Islamic State terror group in Syria.
Kim Jong Un vows to build ‘invincible’ military
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed missiles developed for use on the United States mainland, vowing to build an “invincible” military, according to state media.
‘Iran becoming a nuclear threshold state,’ Lapid tells Biden aide in Washington
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid told US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Tuesday that Iran is “becoming a nuclear threshold state.”