2016年3月26日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Sanders Wins Alaska, Washington; Clinton Holds Delegate Lead

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 04:49 PM PDT

Bernie Sanders scores wins in Democratic presidential caucuses in Alaska and Washington state

Italy arrests Algerian suspect wanted by Belgium in terror probe: reports

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 04:29 PM PDT

An Algerian national wanted by Belgium is arrested in Italy in connection with a probe into fake ID documents used by the attackers behind the Paris and Brussels terror assaultsAn Algerian national wanted by Belgium over a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers was arrested in Italy on Saturday, local media reported, citing police sources. The suspect, named as Djamal Eddine Ouali, 40, was detained under a European arrest warrant in the southern region of Salerno, the reports said. The alleged accomplice of the Brussels attackers would be extradited to Belgium in the coming days, it added.


After Bleak Week, Pope Francis Offers Easter Message

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 04:37 PM PDT

ope Francis concluded a bleak week in Europe with a message of hope during an Easter Vigil service Saturday, saying darkness and fear must not prevail and "imprison" the world with pessimism

Brussels attack victims came from Belgium and around world

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 02:44 PM PDT

A woman lights a candle at floral tributes at a memorial site at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels, Saturday, March 26, 2016. Brussels airport officials say flights won't resume before Tuesday as they assess the damage caused by twin explosions in the terminal earlier this week. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)BRUSSELS (AP) — Victims of the attacks on Brussels' airport and subway included commuters heading to work and travelers setting off on long-anticipated vacations. In a city that's home to international institutions including the European Union and NATO, they came from Belgium and around the world. Among the confirmed dead:


Analysis: Obama Sees Tide Shifting in Cuba, but Can It Last?

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 02:36 PM PDT

For a few short days, President Barack Obama was America's man in Havana

Rolling Stones unleash rock and roll on massive Cuban crowd

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 12:07 AM PDT

Stones' lead singer Mick Jagger performs in Havana, Cuba, Friday March 25, 2016. The Stones are performing in a free concert in Havana Friday, becoming the most famous act to play Cuba since its 1959 revolution. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)HAVANA (AP) — The Rolling Stones unleashed two hours of shrieking, thundering rock and roll on an ecstatic crowd of hundreds of thousands of Cubans and foreign visitors Friday night, capping one of the most momentous weeks in modern Cuban history with a massive celebration of music that was once forbidden here.


Obama stirs calls for change in Cuba. Can it last?

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 04:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro during their meeting at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)"We shouldn't kid ourselves that they're going to all of a sudden tolerate dissent," said one observer.


Wrong number? Trump's TV telephone interviews in spotlight

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 05:37 AM PDT

Wrong number? Trump's TV telephone interviews in spotlightNEW YORK (AP) — In television news, a telephone interview is typically frowned upon. Donald Trump's fondness for them is changing habits and causing consternation in newsrooms, while challenging political traditions.


Easter delivery: Cargo ship arrives at space station

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 08:44 AM PDT

This still image taken from NASA TV shows acommercial cargo ship named Cygnus about to connect to the International Space Station on Saturday, March 26, 2016. It's the first of three shipments coming up in quick succession. A Russian cargo ship will lift off in a few days, followed by a SpaceX supply run on April 8. NASA has turned to private industry to keep the space station stocked. (NASA via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The six astronauts at the International Space Station got an early Easter treat this weekend with the arrival of a supply ship full of fresh food and experiments.


Pentagon to propose boosting US military presence in Iraq

Posted: 25 Mar 2016 04:44 PM PDT

US soldiers give guidance as they train Iraq's 72nd Brigade in a live-fire exercise in Basmaya base, southeast of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on January 27, 2016The Pentagon will submit proposals to President Barack Obama for strengthening military support to Iraqi forces in the near future, a top US military official said Friday. "We have a series of recommendations that we will discuss with the president in the coming weeks to further enable our support for the Iraqi security forces," said General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "(Defense Secretary Ashton Carter) and I both believe that there will be an increase in US forces in Iraq in coming weeks, but that decision hasn't been made," Dunford said Friday during a news conference at the Pentagon.


Rolling Stones unleash rock and roll on massive Cuban crowd

Posted: 25 Mar 2016 10:59 PM PDT

Stones' lead singer Mick Jagger performs in Havana, Cuba, Friday March 25, 2016. The Stones are performing in a free concert in Havana Friday, becoming the most famous act to play Cuba since its 1959 revolution. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)HAVANA (AP) — The Rolling Stones unleashed two hours of shrieking, thundering rock and roll on an ecstatic crowd of hundreds of thousands of Cubans and foreign visitors Friday night, capping one of the most momentous weeks in modern Cuban history with a massive celebration of music that was once forbidden here.


N. Korea video depicts imagined submarine attack on Washington

Posted: 25 Mar 2016 10:23 PM PDT

North Korea has released a new propaganda video menacingly titled "Last Chance", showing a submarine-launched nuclear missile laying waste to Washington and concluding with the US flag in flamesNorth Korea released a new propaganda video Saturday titled "Last Chance", showing a submarine-launched nuclear missile laying waste to Washington and concluding with the US flag in flames. The video was published on the North's propaganda website DPRK Today and shows images from the Korean War, the capture of US spy ship Pueblo in 1968 and the first crisis over North Korea's nuclear programme in the early 1990s. The threats have turned increasingly personal, and North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un on Friday watched a live-fire long-range artillery drill simulating a strike on the official residence of his South Korean counterpart.


Cuban agents brutalize democracy protesters after Obama visit

Posted: 25 Mar 2016 02:59 PM PDT

On Thursday, pro-democracy demonstrators in Havana were beaten and arrested by Cuban police agents just steps away from where Obama had addressed the nation.

US teen describes surviving Boston and Belgium attacks

Posted: 25 Mar 2016 02:58 PM PDT

Mason Wells an American survivor of the attacks in Belgium this week answers questions during an interview in a hospital in Ghent, Belgium Friday March 25, 2016. Mason Wells, who is from Sandy, Utah, told The Associated Press on Friday that he felt at peace in the moments after surviving the attacks and a sense that "someone greater than us is watching over us. " But what is remarkable is that this is the second time Wells survived an attack. He was in Boston at the time of the Boston marathon attack, having gone to support his mother in her race. (Pool TV via AP)GHENT, Belgium (AP) — An American teenager wounded in the Brussels Airport attack is lucky to be alive. And he knows it.


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