LONDON — American hostages are at greater risk of being murdered or tortured because some European nations pay multimillion-dollar ransoms to terrorist groups, a think tank warned Tuesday. The U.S. has a policy of not paying ransoms to banned militant organizations, a principle it has stood by through the high-profile […]
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Mr Schulz has claimed that “too many questions are still open,” as he appeared live on Germany’s ZDF channel. Schulz and the SPD are lagging behind Ms Merkel and the Christian Democrats (CDU) in polls with just two weeks left until the September 24 election. The first debate, held on […]
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — A leader of President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission clashed on Tuesday with the man who has ruled elections in New Hampshire for decades over the integrity of ballots cast in last year’s presidential election. At the commission’s second public meeting, Kris Kobach, the panel’s vice […]
GETTY Angela Merkel’s allies accused David Davis of trying to call Brussels’ bluff Angela Merkel’s allies have blasted the UK Brexit team, accusing David Davis of trying to call Brussels’ bluff and “pick the raisins from the cake”. In a furious editorial news magazine Spiegel said: “The British still do […]
Ahead of touching down at the island’s airport on board the Royal Air Force’s Airbus A400M Altas, packed with aid supplies and carrying the latest deployment of Royal Marines, he surveyed the damaged from the window of the cockpit. Yesterday morning, Mr Johnson will be venturing out into the community […]
The lady owner snapped up the diamond, emerald and ruby brooch in Ohio before leaving it in the bottom of her handbag for months. On a chance visit to a jeweller, she pulled out the brooch and shared the story of how she got it. In a shocking revelation, the […]
The six officers involved in Freddie Gray’s fatal ride in a Baltimore police van won’t face federal civil rights charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday. All six ─ Officers Caesar R. Goodson Jr., Garrett E. Miller, Edward M. Nero, William G. Porter, Lt. Brian W. Rice and Sgt. Alicia D. […]
A husband, wife and their 11-year-old son were all engulfed in a hole as the ground opened up under their feet. Only the couple’s younger son, a boy of seven, survived the horror at the Solfatara volcano near the Italian city of Naples. The tragedy, which left other visitors and […]