- FG Paid Huge Ransom To Secure Dapchi Girls’ Release – UN …Says Lai Mohammed Lied 17 Aug 2018 07:08 Tide The United Nations has said that the Federal Government paid a huge ransom to Boko Haram for the release of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls in March 2018. The government had denied reports that it paid millions of Euros for the release of the girls, …
- Janice L. Jacobs Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who 17 Aug 2018 07:06 24 7 Press Release Janice L. Jacobs spent the last year and a half of her career from 2016-2017 as the State Department's first Transparency Coordinator. WASHINGTON, DC, August 17, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier …
- Trump's military parade 'won't go ahead this year' 17 Aug 2018 07:05 The New Zeland Herald The Defense Department says the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won't happen in 2018. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday that the military and the White House "have now agreed to explore …
- Urgent tasks for government and opposition 17 Aug 2018 07:02 Pakistan Today The timer is ticking fast Imran Khan would do well to realise that he is required to take difficult decisions soon after he is anointed the new PM. Some of these relate to the economy, international relations, and internal security. Many think they are …
- Tinder trouble, Turkish crisis and the new man at the top of country music 17 Aug 2018 07:02 Irish Times In numbers: Cheating allegations 10 Group of current and former top executives of dating app Tinder who are suing Tinder’s parent company IAC and its subsidiary Match Group, accusing them of undervaluing it and cheating them out of billions of dollars of …
- Former Intelligence Officials Critical of Pulled Security Clearance 17 Aug 2018 06:55 VOA WASHINGTON — Twelve former senior intelligence officials have issued a statement on what they call “the ill-considered and unprecedented remarks and actions by the White House regarding the removal of John Brennan’s security clearances.” The statement is …
- Turkish lira weakens to 5.86, US warns of more sanctions 17 Aug 2018 06:52 Indian Express By: Reuters | Istanbul | Published: August 17, 2018 11:27:32 am The lira has weakened 35 percent against the dollar this year. (Reuters/File Photo) The Turkish lira weakened to 5.86 against the dollar on Friday from its previous close of 5.8150 as …
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 'a leader for the ages-ahead of his times' 17 Aug 2018 06:47 Sify.com [India], Aug. 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in his blog post, stating that he was leader for the ages.'Gentle Giant' Vajpayee breathed his last at 5.05 pm here at All India …
- Nigerian Govt Paid Huge Ransom To Free Dapchi Girls – UN 17 Aug 2018 06:45 Prompt News Online New York—The United Nations said, yesterday, in its analytical report that the Federal Government paid a huge sum as ransom to secure the release of Dapchi school girls in Yobe State, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents on February 18, 2018. The …
- Pentagon says Trump’s military parade won’t happen in 2018 17 Aug 2018 06:31 Henderson View WASHINGTON — The Defense Department said Thursday that the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won’t happen in 2018. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said the military and the White House “have now agreed to explore …
- 2 Arrested After Threats Made Against A Norman School 17 Aug 2018 06:23 KWTV NORMAN, Oklahoma - Two men were arrested after Norman police received a report of threats made against a Norman middle school, police said. Ryan Nathaniel Tripp, 21, and Michael Shane Mahseet, 28, were arrested on complaints of conspiracy to commit a …
- Trump's Military Parade Could Be Postponed Until 2019, Official Says - New York Times 17 Aug 2018 06:21 Google WASHINGTON — A military parade ordered up by President Trump and planned for Veterans Day this year could be postponed until 2019, the Pentagon said Thursday. The abrupt decision to look into changing the parade date came as Defense Department officials …
- Asia-Pacific money-laundering watchlist's review of Pakistan to conclude tomorrow 17 Aug 2018 06:20 India TV News Image Source : REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE Asia-Pacific money-laundering watchlist's review of Pakistan to conclude tomorrow A visiting delegation from the Asia-Pacific group on money laundering will complete its review on Thursday of Pakistan's …
- IS deadly new front in Pakistan’s decades-old terror war 17 Aug 2018 06:19 WFED DHABEJI, Pakistan (AP) — Hafeez Nawaz was 20 years old when he left his religious school in southern Karachi to join the Islamic State group in Afghanistan. Three years later he was back in Pakistan to carry out a deadly mission: with explosives strapped …
- The Rohingya lists - refugees compile their own record of those killed in... 17 Aug 2018 06:19 euronews By Clare Baldwin KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Mohib Bullah is not your typical human rights investigator. He chews betel and he lives in a rickety hut made of plastic and bamboo. Sometimes, he can be found standing in a line for rations …
- Environmentalists, not climate, blamed for fires 17 Aug 2018 06:19 euronews Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's claim that "environmental terrorist groups" created the conditions that enabled California's wildfires triggered substantial blowback from environmental groups, who chastised the Trump administration …
- Eden student Luma remanded for spreading rumours 17 Aug 2018 06:16 Bangladesh News Lutfur Nahar Luma, a central leader of quota reform movement, was placed on a three-day remand by a Dhaka Court on Thursday in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for allegedly spreading rumours of deaths on the social …
- S. Korean hostage in Libya remains healthy: envoy 17 Aug 2018 06:07 South Korea News SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man who was kidnapped last month by an unidentified armed group in Libya remains in good health, a diplomat here said Thursday after visiting the country seeking the release of the hostage. Baik Joo-hyeon, former …
- Nigeria paid huge ransom to Boko Haram to free Dapchi girls – UN report 17 Aug 2018 06:04 Eagle Online The predominance of the cash economy is a major factor fuelling the nefarious activities of the Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin region, a UN report has revealed. This was contained in the 22nd Report of the Analytical Support …
- Trump's military parade delayed until at least 2019 17 Aug 2018 06:01 www.madison.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department says the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won't happen in 2018. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday that the military and the White House "have now agreed …
- Trump’s military parade delayed until at least 2019 17 Aug 2018 05:51 The Sacramento Bee The Defense Department says the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won't happen in 2018. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday that the military and the White House "have now agreed to explore …
- UN: FG Paid Large Ransom for Release of Dapchi Girls 17 Aug 2018 05:47 This Day Says cash economy aiding Boko Haram No, we didn’t, insists Mohammed Vincent Obia A United Nations report has revealed that the Nigerian government paid huge sums in ransom to secure the release of the over 100 school girls kidnapped on February 19 by the …
- The Rohingya lists - refugees compile their own record of those killed in Myanmar 17 Aug 2018 05:40 The Malaysian Star KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Mohib Bullah is not your typical human rights investigator. He chews betel and he lives in a rickety hut made of plastic and bamboo. Sometimes, he can be found standing in a line for rations at the Rohingya …
- Military parade in DC won't happen this year 17 Aug 2018 05:38 The Journal Gazette WASHINGTON – The Defense Department said Thursday that the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won't happen in 2018. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said the military and the White House “have now agreed to …
- China’s dystopian rule over a Muslim minority 17 Aug 2018 05:37 The Washington Post Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today’s WorldView newsletter Beijing has long made it difficult to report in Xinjiang, a …
- Trump’s military parade delayed until at least 2019 17 Aug 2018 05:34 The Republic WASHINGTON — The Defense Department says the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won’t happen in 2018. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday that the military and the White House “have now agreed to explore …
- Al Qaeda’s master bomb maker may be dead: UN 17 Aug 2018 05:34 Can India News United Nations, Aug 17 (IANS) The Al Qaeda’s master bomb maker who was responsible for planning to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day. may have been killed, according to a UN report. The UN report said that Ibrahim al-Asiri, long regarded …
- Why Dev Patel in Dickens could change film for ever 17 Aug 2018 05:30 The Guardian Like most cheap paperbacks of David Copperfield, my battered old copy features a cover illustration of its eponymous hero as a boy: rosy-cheeked and blue-eyed under a nest of golden ringlets. (The artist gets it a bit wrong with the cruel smile, more …
- After Tajikistan terror attack, is cycling the Pamir Highway safe? 17 Aug 2018 05:29 The New Zeland Herald On July 29, five terrorists in Tajikistan rammed a car into a group of seven Western cyclists, then set upon them with knives. Four of the cyclists were killed: two from the United States, one from Switzerland and one from the Netherlands. The Islamic …
- The Rohingya lists: refugees compile their own record... 17 Aug 2018 05:28 Charleston Daily Mail By Clare Baldwin KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh, Aug 17 (Reuters) - M ohib Bullah is not your typical human rights investigator. He chews betel and he lives in a rickety hut made of plastic and bamboo. Sometimes, he can be found standing in a line …