Trump bid to restore travel ban rejected
From BBC The US federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a travel ban blocked by a federal judge on Friday. The late night ruling means the travel ban will remain suspended until the full case…
NYT: Trump Preparing Exec Order to Reduce US Role in UN
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax The Trump administration is preparing executive orders to drastically reduce the U.S. role in the United Nations and other international organizations, The New York Times reported Wednesday. According to the Times, the draft order establishes…
Russian Ambassador to Turkey killed; Gunman shouted ‘Don’t Forget Aleppo’
From Newsmax Russia’s ambassador was shot dead in the Turkish capital on Monday in an assassination apparently linked to Syria’s civil war, heightening tensions over a conflict that’s drawn in almost all the region’s main powers. Andrey Karlov was shot…
Free Beacon: Loretta Lynch ‘Pleads Fifth’ on Iran ransom probe
By Joe Crowe Attorney General Loretta Lynch is declining to comply with a probe into the Obama administration’s secret efforts to send Iran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year to avoid incriminating herself, according to The Washington Free Beacon….
Saudi Arabia is key for an OPEC deal to happen in November
By Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com Fro Business Insider Oil prices shot up more than 6 percent this week on the news that OPEC reached a deal to cut oil production, but by Friday the rally seemed to be already running out of…
Peter Binose: Argyle Airport [S.V.G.] the New and Old Crisis
By Peter Binose Remember some weeks ago when I told you about sitting on the rocks at Argyle. Well I was there surveying the ground pollution deposited from the tarmac plant and the machine and plant yard, workshop and plant…
The Editor Speaks: Will there ever be peace?
Can you ever remember a time when there was total peace on earth? There were no wars happening anywhere. Actually I can and I was a schoolboy. I don’t believe it lasted longer than a week but it was proudly…
WSJ: Iran’s $400M Was ‘Timed’ With Freed Prisoners
By Eric Mack From Newsmax President Barack Obama has maintained the $400 million paid to Iran was not a ransom for American prisoners, but a report Wednesday detailed a “tightly scripted exchange specifically timed” with the plane carrying the cash…
Smart gadgets from guns to cars ripe for hacking
By Glenn Chapman, AFP From Business Insider Hackers are not just after your computer: connected devices from cars to home security systems to sniper rifles are now targets for actors looking to steal or cause mischief San Francisco (AFP) –…
Lawyers for U.S., Iranian captives celebrate prisoner swap
By Nell Gluckman, From The Am Law Daily After a tense night filled with stops and starts, lawyers helping to win reporter Jason Rezaian’s release from an Iranian prison learned Sunday that their year-and-a-half- long effort had finally come to an…
