Thousands of Delays At US Airports Amid Customs System Outage
The customs processing system at a number of U.S. airports was hit with an hours-long outage Monday night, causing delays for travelers, officials said.
Kenya Moore Pulls A Gun on Three Trespassers
Trespassers, beware: Kenya Moore is armed.
Son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Goes on Trial For Graft In Paris
The corruption trial of Teodorin Obiang, the eldest son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, opens Monday in Paris. Obiang is accused of amassing millions of dollars through “bribes and kickbacks”.
At Least 60 Killed In Brazil Prison Riot
Rio de Janeiro – Around 60 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot sparked by a war between rival drug gangs in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, officials said on Monday, in some of the worst violence in years in Brazil’s overcrowded penitentiary system.
Iran Received More Than $10B In Cash and Gold
Iran has received more than $10 billion in sanctions relief from around the world in the form of cash and gold in the past three years, since it signed a preliminary nuclear deal with world powers, The Wall Street Journal has revealed.
60 Minutes Spotlights On Caribbean Passports For Sale
NEW YORK, – The controversial practice in some Caribbean nations of Citizenship By Investment was in the global spotlight Sunday as CBS’ 60 Minutes put the focus on what it called simply: “Passports for Sale.”
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Istanbul Nightclub Attack
ISTANBUL — The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people and wounded scores of others.
Analysis: Surreal US Cyber Diplomacy
Bizarre became surreal this week when the Obama administration expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two central Russian facilities in the US in response to Russian cyber interference in the US election, and Russia responded with New Year’s invitations to US diplomats’ children.
Greek Ambassador’s ‘Cheating’ Wife Says She Had Nothing To Do With His Murder
All sides agree on two things in this fatal international love triangle: Kyriakos Amiridis, the Greek ambassador to Brazil, is dead, and his wife’s young police-officer lover killed him.