Behold: Some New and Very Rare Photos of Rob Kardashian
From Cosmopolitan Rob Kardashian shared a rare pic on his Instagram account yesterday. He’s all dressed up for Halloween with his mom, Kris Jenner, and daughter Dream. It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from Rob Kardashian, aka the most reclusive member of the Kardashian family. He made news in July after his sister…
Teenage boy charged in Halloween shooting of seven-year-old girl in bumblebee costume
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a seven-year-old girl was shot while she was trick-or-treating in a bumblebee outfit in Chicago. The young girl, who was critically wounded while trick-or-treating for Halloween in the city’s West Side on Thursday, is believed to have been hit in the lower neck with a…
2 bodies found at Texas beach are New Hampshire couple
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The two bodies found buried at a South Texas beach have been identified as a missing New Hampshire couple, investigators announced Friday. The deaths of James Butler, 48, and Michelle Butler, 46, are being investigated as homicides, the Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office in Texas said in a release. “At present…
Hong Kong mall clash ends in bloody knife attack and bitten off ear
By Jessie Pang and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong anti-government protesters crowded a shopping mall in running clashes with police on Sunday during which a man with a knife slashed several people and apparently bit off part of a local politician’s ear. A human chain in Cityplaza, in the eastern suburb of…
Knifeman stabs four in Hong Kong as mall clashes between protesters and police end in bloodshed
At least four people were injured by a blade-wielding man who rampaged through a mall in Hong Kong as riot police stormed shopping centres in a move to block protesters from staging rallies. The bloody attack took place amid a day of chaos in Hong Kong that also saw an elected local councillor have part…
Venezuela Gives El Salvador’s Diplomats 48 Hours to Head Home
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela gave El Salvadoran diplomats just 48 hours to leave the country after a similar move by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. The meltdown in foreign relations came amid an ongoing power struggle between sitting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and National Assembly leader Juan Guaido, who has declared himself president and says Maduro’s…
Myanmar ethnic rebels release Indians held in Rakhine after one dies
By Sam Aung Moon YANGON (Reuters) – Ethnic rebels in Myanmar have detained and interrogated a lawmaker and several Indian nationals, one of whom died, the rebels said on Monday, in the latest escalation of violence in the restive western state of Rakhine. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced across Rakhine since clashes…
'Deepening repression' alongside Saudi reforms: HRW
Dubai (AFP) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has pursued landmark reforms since coming to power, but his rise has been accompanied by “deepening repression and abusive practices”, Human Rights Watch said Monday. Despite a perception that the outcry over the October 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi had left the Saudis chastened, critics…
‘Not our mission’: private fire crews protect the insured, not the public
The engines, big and small, came from all over the country to fight the Kincade fire in the Sonoma county wine region of California. There were trucks from Nevada, South Dakota, Colorado – and from the wildfire protection unit of home insurer AIG. As fires have increasingly encroached on development in California’s wildlands in recent…
Trump's 'Take the Oil' Strategy in Syria Is Not What You Think
On October 6, around fifty U.S. commandos in northeastern Syria tasked with hunting down ISIS forces were withdrawn from territory near the Turkish border controlled by the Kurdish-Arab SDF faction. The U.S. withdrawal was a prequisite for a Turkish attack against the Kurdish positions which subsequently took place in a matter of hours. The remaining…