A 29-year-old man who snuck into a California woman’s home and sucked on her toes as she slept allegedly claimed he was a Greek god on a mission. Richard Michael Parkhurst believed “he was a Zeus-like god who was sent down from the stars to seduce women,” his public defender, Robert Flory, wrote in a court document, reports Patch.com. “It […]

‘None of the documents from the 29 volumes of the investigation was published in full,’ said Russian historian Glushko. Yuri Gagarin, feted as a Soviet national hero for being the first man in space, was killed in a plane crash 50 years ago but the details of his death remain shrouded in mystery and tales. For the first time in […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.  — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty to two counts of misdemeanour solicitation of prostitution in a Florida case, according to court documents released Thursday. Kraft’s attorney Jack Goldberger filed the written plea with the Palm Beach County court on Wednesday. Kraft, 77, is requesting a non-jury trial. Kraft was among hundreds […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – The new leader of Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, has accused the Social Democrats (SPD) of jeopardizing Germany’s defense industry and jobs by refusing to soften its stance on arms deliveries to Saudi Arabia. The SPD, junior party in the ruling coalition, on Monday said it would extend a unilateral freeze in German arms exports to […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and Russia both failed on Thursday in rival bids to get the United Nations Security Council to take action on Venezuela, cementing a global split over how to deal with a political and humanitarian crisis in the South American country. Russia and the United States have been at loggerheads over a U.S.-led campaign […]

A $1million bounty is being offered for the capture of the son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Hamza bin Laden, now 30 and dubbed the "crown prince of jihad", has been the subject of speculation for years with reports of him in Pakistan, Afghanistan or under house arrest in Iran. In a statement, the U.S. State Department told the […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Progressives aren’t the only ones enamored with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — speakers Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Convention made her their No. 1 liberal punching bag. Sebastian Gorka, a former aide to President Trump, name-dropped the Democratic congresswoman and then cued the boos, which quickly followed. He mocked her Green New Deal. “Remember this one, […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday dismissed as a politically motivated “witch-hunt” an announcement of possible criminal charges against him by Israel’s attorney-general, and vowed to clear his name. “There is nothing to these (allegations),” he said in a televised statement. “This entire house of cards will collapse.” Source: Read Full Article

GENEVA (Reuters) – An estimated 30,000 Nigerians have returned since Tuesday from Cameroon to the flashpoint town of Rann, which has been targeted repeatedly by Boko Haram militants this year, the U.N. refugee agency said in an emailed comment to Reuters on Thursday. They returned after being visited by Nigerian officials who encouraged them to go, and gave assurances that […]

Hanoi: North Korea's Foreign Minister held a midnight press conference to dispute US President Donald Trump's account of why the two sides had failed to strike a deal at the Hanoi summit. The unusual press conference was called hours after Trump had left Hanoi and had blamed North Korea for demanding full sanctions relief. Ri Yong-Ho, North Korea’s Foreign Minister, […]