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Germany’s Social Democrats called a crisis meeting for next week to discuss strategy after the SPD suffered a double humiliation on Sunday, Reuters reported. Defeated in a regional vote in the northern state of Bremen for the first time in 73 years, the Social Democrats also saw their share of the vote slide more than…

A Canadian drone operator snagged amazing footage of a stunning passing iceberg as it made its way along the country’s eastern seaboard. Spotting the hulking chunk of ice floating off Bacon Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador, photographer Rodger Price sent his drone into the skies above and captured compelling birds-eye views of the gorgeous ‘berg….

Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was struck by lightning just 10 seconds after take-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome… but it still weathered the tough hit. The thunderstorm began shortly before launch of the device which is carrying the Glonass-M navigation satellite. Yet, the strike was no obstacle for the cosmodrome team, and the space journey continued as…

At least 16 people, most of them elementary school children, have been stabbed by a knife-wielding man in Tokyo Metropolitan Area early on Tuesday morning, Kyodo news reports, citing the local fire department. The suspect, who also appears to have injured himself in the stabbing spree at a park in Kawasaki City, was taken into custody,…

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to form a coalition government, his friend from across the Atlantic, President Donald Trump, has thrown his support with no scruples about meddling in Israeli politics. “Hoping things will work out with Israel’s coalition formation and Bibi and I can continue to make the alliance between America and Israel…

Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice demanded an apology after a BBC pundit suggested on national television that the party gets illicit support from Russia. The exchange unfolded during the BBC’s coverage of the European elections, when commentator and former Blair press secretary Alastair Campbell made an off-handed remark about “rubles” while ostensibly praising the Brexit…

Twitter went into overdrive over a fabricated quote of US President Donald Trump praising North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The fake quote drew real outrage from Rep. Ted Lieu and other members of the anti-Trump resistance. The ‘quote’ was posted by foreign policy expert and TIME magazine contributor Ian Bremmer on Sunday and was quickly…

Heavy clashes are slowly nearing the center of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, AP reported, citing an official and residents, as military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces battle to seize power. Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) launched an offensive last month to take Tripoli from militias loosely allied with a UN-supported government. Click Here: Saraj al-Majbri, an…

The long-discussed deep water port project near Kaliningrad, Russia has won the support of President Vladimir Putin, Kommersant newspaper reports. The construction of the shipping hub with a 48-million-ton capacity and linked infrastructure including railway and roads, may cost more than US$3.1 billion (200 billion rubles). One quarter of the sum may come from the…

Qatar says that it has received an invitation from Saudi Arabia to attend emergency regional talks to discuss mounting tensions between Tehran and Washington. Riyadh had called two gatherings – one for Arab League members, the other for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regional bloc nations – after a spate of attacks. Click Here: Several tankers in…