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The struggle over Brexit spilled onto the streets of London in a huge show of discontent and frustration over the political limbo. Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in the streets demanding that the question be put back to the people with a fresh vote that would include the option of staying in the European Union. Organizers say that more … Read More

With the British Prime Minister Theresa May barely clinging to power, Britain’s Parliament in open rebellion has made a stunning power grab from the PM over the government’s efforts to leave the European Union. May’s plan for withdrawal from the EU has already been voted down — twice. So frustrated British lawmakers late Monday passed an amendment handing themselves the power … Read More

French President Macron deployed the French Army with armored carriers and with authority to shoot if needed into the streets of France to tackle the continuing and increasingly violent yellow vest protests. The deployment of army troops alongside regular security forces was done after French cities following the last riots were ransacked and charred from arson fires. It was the … Read More

Two Russian Air Force planes landed in Venezuela’s main airport this weekend carrying a Russian defense official and around 100 troops and equipment. A flight tracking website showed the two aircraft left a Russian military base for the Venezuelan capital. The arrival of the military jets was confirmed by Javier Mayorca, an independent journalist, who said an Antonov-124 cargo plane and another jet had landed. … Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short his trip to Washington, D.C., to return to the Jewish state after a Gaza rocket attack struck a home in central Israel, wounding seven people. Netanyahu, who was in the U.S. capital to meet President Trump and give a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, called the rocket launch in the agricultural community of Mishmeret a … Read More

The European Federation known as the EU announced it will not recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s declaration that Washington would do so. A spokesperson for EU foreign policy said “The European Union, in accordance with international law, does not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the territories it occupied since July 1967, … Read More

The U.S. State Department changed its usual description of the Golan Heights from “Israeli-occupied” to “Israeli-controlled” in an annual global human rights report. The move came amid intensified efforts by Israel to win U.S. recognition of its claim to sovereignty over the strategic plateau it captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and effectively annexed in 1981, a … Read More

The strategic Offutt Air Force Base was devastated by the unusual “Bomb Cyclone” that developed over land in 24 hours and brought devastation to the central U.S. Offutt is home to Strategic Command, which oversees the country’s nuclear arsenal. Flooding at the U.S. Air Force base damaged buildings and forced the attempted removal of planes until its runway was rendered unusable. … Read More

Popocatépetl, the active volcano that rises some 40 miles southeast of the Mexican capital, has exploded sending a plume of ash and gas more than two miles into the sky and raining glowing rocks onto its slopes. Video released by Mexico’s national disaster prevention agency showed a fiery light at the volcano’s crater. Then the explosion was quickly enveloped in ash … Read More

National Guard troops have been called in and residents told to stay inside after elevated levels of a dangerous chemical were detected in the air near a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility that had erupted into massive flames and burned for days. Harris County officials said the National Guard and hazardous materials teams have established perimeters around the Intercontinental Terminals Company in … Read More