Fraidoon “Fred” Akhtari said his life began the day he first set foot on American soil at Dulles International Airport just outside Washington D.C. Akhtari served the U.S. military for 13 years as an interpreter in Afghanistan, knowing he would become a target of the Taliban for enlisting with the […]
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YANGON, Myanmar — She was seen as a beacon of democracy whose unflinching stance against Myanmar’s brutal dictatorship and years under house arrest saw her honored with a Nobel Peace Prize. But Aung San Suu Kyi, who as “state counsellor” is now Myanmar’s de facto leader, is facing increasing international […]
Maelys de Araujo, aged nine, vanished from the venue, a community hall in the village of Pont-de-Beauvoisin near Genoble, on August 27. Despite a painstaking search by police using sniffer dogs, the child has still not been found. According to prosecutors, the dogs lost the scent from Maelys’ cuddly toy […]
“Hitler 1 and Hitler 2. The Sexual No-Man’s-Land” by bestselling psychologist-author Volker Elis Pilgrim draws on a mass of archival material to paint the Fuehrer as a lurid pervert who – among other things – masturbated in cinemas when he witnessed acts of violence. One of the sources for the […]
It comes just four months after his landslide victory over Front National leader Marine Le Pen. The poll carried out for Huffington Post and CNews shows Mr Macron’s popularity rating has dropped to a dismal 30 per cent, from 43 per cent at the end of June and 36 per […]
The federal health response to Hurricane Harvey gets high marks from disaster experts. By the time Harvey made landfall on the southeast Texas coast last Friday, the Health and Human Services Department had pre-positioned 460 staffers from the National Disaster Medical System to be ready to roll in and help. […]
Kim Jong-un’s regime forced a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) on Sunday, warning the US faced its “greatest disaster” if it tried to retaliate. The threat has led to worldwide condemnation, with US President Donald Trump threatening the regime with military action and South Korea carrying out a missile drill simulating an […]
A survey, conducted by Kantar TNS, showing an extension of Høyre’s lead means there could potentially be a majority for the centre-right parliamentary bloc after the election on 11 September. The four parties in the Conservative bloc would get 87 seats in parliament, if the poll is correct. The left-wing […]