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Islamic State Claims Austria Terror Attack Killing Four

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Austrian police detained 14 people in several raids Tuesday after an Islamist gunman shot and killed four people in Vienna.

Chinese fighter jets encroach numerous times close to Taiwan’s airspace

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2020

The Chinese government sent fighter jets from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) to fly threateningly close to Taiwan’s airspace on eight separate occasions Monday, CNS News reports. Taiwan’s foreign ministry has said Beijing may be taking…

US advancing new sale of advanced-grade military drones to Taiwan

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2020

A $600 million deal for the sale of four MQ-9 SeaGuardian advanced US aerial drones to Taiwan has passed a key stage in Congress and is ready for final approval, Reuters reports. One of several other current US…

New Zealand to legalize Euthanasia

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2020

New Zealand is set to become the seventh country in the world to legalize euthanasia, the Christian Post reports. The decision to allow the terminally ill to end their lives was made in a national referendum on October…

Austria Terror Attacks Leave Several Dead and Wounded

Posted on Monday, November 2, 2020

Austrian police rushed towards central Vienna after shots were fired near a synagogue, killing at least one person and injuring others, authorities said.

WHO allows China to seize the reins of investigation into origin source of the coronavirus

Posted on Monday, November 2, 2020

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

Posted on Monday, November 2, 2020

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

Posted on Monday, November 2, 2020

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.…

Super Typhoon Claiming Lives In Philippines

Posted on Monday, November 2, 2020

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.

Hezbollah terror chief tells France to back down over Muhammad cartoons

Posted on Sunday, November 1, 2020

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

Posted on Sunday, November 1, 2020

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…

Covid-19: PM announces four-week England lockdown

Posted on Sunday, November 1, 2020

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

Posted on Sunday, November 1, 2020

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

Posted on Sunday, November 1, 2020

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

Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2020

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

Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2020

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…

Top Iranian official says Israeli-Arab normalizing ties is a failed US-Israel plot against Iran

Posted on Friday, October 30, 2020

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…

DOJ says forfeiture of missiles and oil seized from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is largest ever

Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2020

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,…

Europe’s Main Economies In Lockdown Measures As Virus Spreads

Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2020

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.

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• Liechtenstein In Shock Over Suspected Murders, Suicide
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