Austria Terror Attacks Leave Several Dead and Wounded
Austrian police rushed towards central Vienna after shots were fired near a synagogue, killing at least one person and injuring others, authorities said.
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WHO allows China to seize the reins of investigation into origin source of the coronavirus
Nine months after the beginning of the global coronavirus pandemic, there is still no public, independent investigation into the origins of the novel virus that came out of China.
Hurricane Eta rapidly intensities into major storm, will be Category 4 by landfall
An explosive Hurricane Eta rapidly intensified on Monday, becoming a major storm in a matter of hours while threatening to grow even stronger before making landfall.
Iranian-American expert says UN is complicit in Iran’s global terror activity
A renowned Iranian-American political scientist and Harvard-educated scholar has warned that the United Nations is turning a blind eye to Iranian terrorist “sleeper cells” in foreign countries and is therefore complicit in Iran’s malignant conduct around the world. Writing for the Gatestone Institute on October 26, head of the International American Council Majid Rafizadeh suggests the US should stop giving billions of dollars to the UN without getting what it pays for from the organization.
Super Typhoon Claiming Lives In Philippines
Authorities say at least 10 people died and three others were missing Sunday as the world’s strongest typhoon this year raged through the eastern Philippines with disastrous force.
U.S. Announces Seizure Of Iranian Weapons It Says Were En Route To Yemen
The United States says it has seized a variety of missiles that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force shipped to Yemen and announced the sale of Iranian oil it seized in August before it reached Venezuela, saying the proceeds will benefit victims of terrorism.
Hezbollah terror chief tells France to back down over Muhammad cartoons
The head of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah on Friday told France to back down from its defense of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
‘Death to France’: Tens of thousands of Muslims protest against Macron
Tens of thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to Jerusalem, poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president’s vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad continues to roil the Muslim world.
Covid-19: PM announces four-week England lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a second national lockdown for England to prevent a “medical and moral disaster” for the NHS.
7-magnitude earthquake rocks Turkey, Greece
A 7-magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea on Friday rocked Turkey and Greece, killing at least eight, injuring 200 and prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning.
Super Typhoon Goni Pounds Philippines, One Million Evacuated
Super Typhoon Goni pounded the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday forcing the evacuation of a million people.
Mother, Children, Rescued In Rubble Of Greek-Turkey Earthquake
A mother and three of her children were pulled out of a building’s rubble in the western Turkish city of Izmir some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed dozens of people.
France Mourns Victims Of Islamic Church Attack, Two Detained
French law enforcement officials say they have detained a second suspect linked to Thursday’s Islamic terror attack that killed three people in a church. The detentions came as the southern French city of Nice was mourning the victims of the murders in its Notre-Dame basilica.
Top Iranian official says Israeli-Arab normalizing ties is a failed US-Israel plot against Iran
A senior official in Iran’s Islamist regime has described the recent normalization of ties between Israel and Arab states as a US-Israeli plot against Iran, which will ultimately fail, Jerusalem Online (JOL) reported. Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei made his comments Wednesday at an international conference in Tehran on the decline of America.
DOJ says forfeiture of missiles and oil seized from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is largest ever
The Justice Department announced that it was filing a forfeiture complaint related to two large shipments of Iranian missiles the U.S. Navy seized that were bound for Iranian-backed militants in Yemen sent by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has been designated a foreign terrorist group by the United States.
Europe’s Main Economies In Lockdown Measures As Virus Spreads
Two of Europe’s biggest economies are reinstating some form of national lockdown. France and Germany’s measures are due to be followed in other nations as authorities warn of a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.
France Church Attack Kills Three
Three people visiting a famed church in the French city of Nice have been killed in a suspected Islamic terrorist attack, authorities said Thursday.
Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear site
Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday show, just as the U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant after its last one exploded in a reported sabotage attack last summer.
France recalls ambassador to Turkey following Erdogan’s comments on Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has recalled France’s ambassador to Turkey in response to public statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday that Mr. Macron needs treatment for a mental health problem, Fox News reported Monday.
US imposes new sanctions on Iran’s oil sector
The Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Iran’s oil sector Monday, also making it more difficult for a subsequent administration to reverse the measures, the Times of Israel reports. Affecting the National Iranian Oil Company, Iran’s oil ministry, and the National Iranian Tanker Company, the new measures were taken under counterterrorism authority, such that a new administration would have to take legal action to change course.