One of Europe’s most notorious human smugglers was arrested Monday in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, security officials said. The regional government’s security agency said it had arrested Barzan Majeed, known as “the Scorpion,” in the area of Sulaymaniyah, upon a request from Interpol and “after the exchange of intelligence information.” TURKEY CARRIES…
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News How to View the Northern Lights on Sunday Night
The spectacular aurora borealis, the nighttime light display triggered by solar flares that has been so unusually prevalent since Friday, could be visible again on Sunday night in much of the United States as a powerful geomagnetic storm continues. The aurora borealis, or northern lights, has been observed from locations much farther south than usual,…
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News Russian Forces Push Deeper Into Northern Ukraine
Russian forces continued their advance across northeastern Ukraine on Sunday, seizing a number of small settlements along the border and forcing Ukrainian troops to retreat from some positions, aid workers and the Ukrainian military said. Aid workers said that Russian troops had advanced deeper inside Ukrainian territory and were now threatening several small towns on…
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News A Severe Solar Storm Hitting Earth May Make Northern Lights: What to Know
Dramatic blasts of particles from the surface of the sun have prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to issue a severe geomagnetic storm warning. As nuclear reactions occur on the sun, it routinely expels material from its surface. This type of space weather is what creates auroras, also known as the northern and southern…
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News Three-year-old child hospitalized after fall through ice lake northern Vermont
A 3-year-old fell through ice on Lake Memphremagog in northern Vermont with two adults and another child on a side-by-side recreational vehicle over the weekend and was later hospitalized, Newport Police said Tuesday. By the time police responded Saturday evening, the four were out of the water, and three people ran toward the officers pulling…
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News Hamas is a future partner for peace, Northern Ireland’s First Minister says
Michelle O’Neill, the recently elected First Minister of Northern Ireland, said on Thursday that the terrorist organization, Hamas, would eventually be regarded as the “future partner for peace” in the Middle East. In an interview on Tonight with Andrew Marr on British broadcaster, LBC, O’Neill stressed the importance of communication, comparing the ongoing Israel-Hamas war…
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News Former British soldier prosecuted in 1972 ‘Troubles’ killing in Northern Ireland
A former British soldier will be prosecuted for the killing of a man in Belfast during sectarian violence known as the “Troubles” half a century ago, Northern Irish prosecutors said Thursday. The ex-soldier, who is not named, is accused of the murder of Patrick McVeigh, 44, who was shot in the city of Belfast on…
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News Northern Ireland Has a Sinn Fein Leader. It’s a Landmark Moment.
The idea of a first minister who supports closer ties to the Republic of Ireland — let alone one from Sinn Fein, a party with historic ties to the Irish Republican Army — was once unthinkable. On Saturday, it became reality. Related Posts UK House of Commons votes against cease-fire amendment, over 50 labour lawmakers…
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News In Northern Ireland, a Knotty Brexit Problem Is on the Brink of Being Solved
Almost two years of political gridlock. Decision-making paralyzed. Rising tension in a place where peace remains fragile even after the end of decades of sectarian strife. There are few places where the impact of Britain’s exit from the European Union has been felt more sharply than in Northern Ireland. But on Wednesday there were rising…
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News Israel Raids West Bank Hospital as Clashes Erupt With Hamas in Northern Gaza
One of the Israeli soldiers wore medical scrubs, another a white coat and surgical mask. Their team swept into the West Bank hospital brandishing rifles, took up positions by the waiting-room chairs, then entered a patient’s room and killed a Hamas commander. Fifteen minutes later they were gone. The raid on Tuesday took place as…
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