1,000 Officers and One Arrest: German Terror Raids Sow Doubts
BERLIN — Cloaked in body armor and bearing heavy weapons, more than 1,000 German police officers swooped down Wednesday on homes, offices and mosques in shock-and-awe raids centered on
Fearful of Hacking, Dutch Will Count Ballots by Hand
Concerned about the role hackers and false news might have played in the United States election, the Dutch government announced on Wednesday that all ballots in next month’s elections would be counted by hand.
The Phrase Putin Never Uses About Terrorism (and Trump Does)
MOSCOW — Vladimir V. Putin, Russia’s president, hardly misses a chance to talk tough on terrorism, once famously saying he would find Chechen terrorists sitting in the “outhouse” and “rub them out.
Evans to open Davis Cup clash
Dan Evans will take on 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov in the opening match of Britain’s Davis Cup clash against Canada this weekend.
Apple missed deadline for multi-billion euro tax payment to Ireland
“Well the recovery is not done yet, but we have been working with the Irish authorities, and we can see that they are moving forward to do the recovery of the unpaid taxes,” said Vestager as quoted by CNBC.
Oil prices jump as Trump administration puts Iran ‘on notice’
The senior administration official refused to rule out any options for a US response, including military intervention. With the lifting of international sanctions over its nuclear program, Iran has been rapidly boosting oil exports in recent months exacerbating global overproduction.
‘Nonsense & downright lie:’ Mexico denies Trump threatened to send troops against ‘bad hombres’
The statement “did not happen during that call,” the Mexican government said on Twitter. “I know it with absolute certainty, there was no threat. The things that have been said are nonsense and a downright lie,” Peña Nieto’s spokesman, Eduardo Sanchez, said in a radio interview.
‘Dumb deal’ drags Australia-U.S. ties to new low after tense Trump call
SYDNEY U.S. President Donald Trump labeled a refugee swap deal with Australia “dumb” on Thursday after a Washington Post report of an acrimonious telephone call with Australia’s prime minister threatened a rare rift in ties between the two staunch allies.