JAKARTA (Reuters) – Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Muslim cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, will be granted early release from jail on humanitarian grounds, Indonesia’s president said on Friday. Bashir, 81, who is considered the spiritual leader of the Islamist group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), was convicted in 2010 under anti-terrorism laws for links to militant training […]

    While there has been a recent spate of Canadians finding themselves detained in China, a retaliation to Canada’s detention of Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou, the tension between the two countries has been growing for years. And geographically speaking, it’s no surprise that a large percentage of that tension can be felt on Canada’s west coast. As the fentanyl […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a series of meetings with some of her top ministers on Friday to discuss the way forward on Brexit after her deal with Brussels was rejected by parliament, her spokeswoman said. May spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday, and will have further […]

Dov, 23 months, was crying hysterically at his home in Randwick, Sydney, Australia, after father Eran Eitan, 36, discovered the tot’s Huggies nappy had disintegrated overnight. The graphic designer took to social media to voice his concern after finding the £16-a-pack nappies had overflowed and leaked up to his son’s chest after just seven hours of wear. Dad-of-two Eran said […]

Sky News presenter Kay Burley suffers a ‘little episode’ on the London Underground with fellow passengers coming to her rescue Kay Burley was taken ill on London Underground’s Piccadilly Line today The Sky News presenter flagged the incident to her 413,000 Twitter followers The 58-year-old praised both staff and fellow commuters for their help  Newsreader and presenter Kay Burley suffered […]

Stormy Daniels, 39, is alleged to have had an affair with the US President while he was married to his wife Melania in 2006. Daniels, who was paid to remain silent about the affair by Trump's jailed ex-fixer, made the revelation on Twitter. It came during a conversation with other users about the controversial American conservative commentator Tomi Lahren. One […]

Toronto residents venturing outdoors this weekend are urged to bundle up due to plummeting temperatures beginning Friday evening. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement due to “bitterly cold temperatures” as a result of a cold front masking most of southern Ontario. In Toronto, the overnight low is expected to reach -14 C but will feel like -22 C […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – The idea of Britain delaying its departure from the European Union beyond the scheduled date of March 29 cannot receive a response as long as the British government does not say what it wants, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday. As German president, Steinmeier’s job is largely ceremonial. Source: Read Full Article

It appears that Macron wants a piece of the pie from the world’s largest population, especially in food, nuclear power and aerospace. French President Emmanuel Macron says it is time to bring his country’s ties with China into “the 21st century”. The two leaders signed several trade deals in Beijing. It appears that Macron wants a piece of the pie […]

A new memorial honoring the late Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Michael P. Murphy was installed Thursday at a park in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., after the original was vandalized last July. (Kevin J. LaValle (Facebook) / Navy) A new memorial honoring a Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient was unveiled at a park in New York state […]