By David McAfee Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to head U.S. intelligence departments, became the subject of jokes and speculation as violence in Syria escalated. Trump over the weekend declared that the U.S. “should have nothing to do with” fighting in Syria, prompting outrage among some experts who pointed out there are American troops there. […]
By Agence France-Presse A former British soldier on Friday pleaded not guilty to murdering two men during the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre, one of the most significant events in Northern Ireland’s decades-long conflict. The ex-paratrooper, identified only as “Soldier F”, applied to have the case against him dismissed, but a judge at Belfast Crown Court […]
By Agence France-Presse by Kang Jin-kyu South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared emergency martial law, accusing the opposition of being “anti-state forces intent on overthrowing the regime” amid parliamentary wrangling over a budget bill. “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate […]