Ankara says US withdrawal is ‘necessary immediately’ as it plans to push Syrian Kurdish fighters from all of north Syria Turkey has called on the United States to withdraw its military personnel from northern Syria’s Manbij region after announcing Ankara’s plan to push Syrian Kurdish fighters from the area, according to local media. Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s foreign minister, said on […]

The US wants the Security Council to take tougher action against Iran and is using debris it claims came from a Houthi missile fired at Saudi Arabia to make its case. The US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has taken members of the UN Security Council on a tour of Washington, DC. Among the highlights was a look […]

More than 100 protesters were arrested at the heavily-policed DSEI, which took place in September 2017 in London. The UK spent more than $1m on providing security for the world’s largest weapons fair, Al Jazeera reveals, in an operation campaigners say undermined the rights of anti-war activists. A Freedom of Information Request submitted by Al Jazeera to London’s Metropolitan Police […]

Assaulting on-the-job journalists would become a felony in New York State under a proposal put forth by Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his State of the State address on Tuesday. Cuomo called on Albany lawmakers to pass the protection for journalists, citing rising vitriol against the media from the White House, as well as a wave of pipe bombs mailed to […]

The mysterious blob, which has a blondish hue, was found in the waters at Durras Beach, New South Wales, Australia. A picture was then sent to Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre in Eden, who turned to the public for help identifying the seabeast. Centre manager Kerryn Wood said: "Suggestions included a jellyfish, part of a jellyfish, part of a sea […]

Thai cave: Entire soccer team rescued The dramatic three-day rescue of a youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand last year was so complicated that the boys needed to be heavily sedated with their handcuffed behind their backs, according to a new book. The 12 Wild Boars spent more than two weeks trapped in the Thailand's Tham Luang […]

A tiny cotton seed has sprouted into a seedling on the far side of the moon, marking another historic first for China‘s Chang’e 4 mission, scientists behind the experiment announced on Tuesday. A team of researchers at Chongqing University shared photos of the sprout at a news conference in Chongqing on Tuesday. “The first green leaf on the moon!” the […]

A fraternity at the University of California – Irvine is on interim suspension after one of its youngest members died, officials said. Noah Domingo, an initiated member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, died at an off-campus home on Saturday, the fraternity’s national headquarters said. The 18-year-old died at about 3:30 a.m. at a private residence in Irvine, the Orange County Coroner’s […]

The anti-crime group Wake Up Surrey has told city council that Surrey needs another 350 police officers. In a presentation to council, Wake Up Surrey spokesperson Sukhi Sandhu said Surrey is lacking a significant number of police officers. Based on the number of police officers relative to the population in cities like Vancouver and other municipalities, and considering increasing crime and […]

A Peterborough man faces several charges following a crash in the downtown area on Monday night. Police say shortly after 9 p.m., a pickup truck entered a construction zone and knocked over a street light in front of the Harvey’s restaurant. Police say the driver and occupants then fled the scene on foot. No injuries were reported in the crash. A […]