CNN — Poland convened an emergency meeting of national security officials on Tuesday, after Polish media reported projectiles killed two people near the border with Ukraine on Tuesday. It is unclear where the projectiles came from, but they landed in the NATO member’s territory roughly the same time as Russia launched its biggest wave of […]
Editor’s Note: Leading Women connects you to extraordinary women of our time, remarkable professionals who have made it to the top in all areas of business, the arts, sport, culture, science and more. Story highlights British actress Emma Watson held a Facebook chat to mark International Women’s Day The HeforShe campaigner calls for men to […]
A French policewoman is among the four taken into custody, French national police said. The policewoman worked at the Fort de Rosny-sous-Bois, northeast of Paris, the spokesman said. Coulibaly killed four hostages in the grocery store before police shot and killed him. His attack followed one on the office of the French satirical magazine Charlie […]
Story highlights Presenter was involved in an encounter with a BBC producer ‘Top Gear’ was due to air this Sunday, episode pulled from schedule CNN — The BBC has suspended Jeremy Clarkson, the host of car show “Top Gear,” following “a fracas with a BBC producer,” the broadcaster said in a statement. “Jeremy Clarkson has […]
Story highlights Advocacy group CAGE releases emails between “Jihadi John” and the organization’s research director Mohammed Emwazi complained about his treatment by British airport security officials and police Rashad Ali, director at counterextremism consultancy, argues that the emails don’t give the full picture CNN — It’s a controversial question that’s sparked debate since officials revealed […]
Story highlights German Muslim groups organized symbolic pro-tolerance and anti-terror rally at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck attended the rally Berlin rally came one day after 25,000 Germans assembled in Dresden to protest against what they say is an “Islamization of Germany” Berlin, Germany CNN — 10,000 people […]
Story highlights Attackers force their way into the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris on Wednesday; 12 die in all On Thursday, a gunman fatally shoots a police officer in Montrouge On Friday, three suspects are killed in two standoffs with police CNN — The attack Wednesday on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris touched off […]
President Joe Biden arrives at the formal welcome ceremony to mark the beginning of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Tuesday. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) President Joe Biden is confronting competing issues at home and abroad while he’s at the Group of 20 Summit in Bali this week, using the moment on the world’s stage […]
CNN — Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner Group is heavily involved in the fighting in Ukraine, has applauded a video in which a former member of the group is brutally murdered. The video surfaced over the weekend on the Grey Zone Telegram channel, which frequently showcases the activities of mercenary fighters of the Wagner […]
CNN — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenksy made a surprise visit to Kherson Monday to offer support to residents of the newly recaptured city, where investigators have begun to uncover possible proof of wartime atrocities committed during the months-long occupation by Russian forces. Zelensky said in his nightly address Sunday that officials had uncovered evidence of […]
