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Good morning
'You just made the connection': Top senator asked if FBI investigated child pornography on Hunter Biden's laptop
Monday October 19th, 2020

Marjorie-King-001a-by-ACJ
Sudan's Hamdok pledges to cooperate with war crimes court
Islamists, Darfur allies of al-Bashir regime call to involve them in Sudan's transition
The Azerbaijani AF have once again grossly violated the new HUM ceasefire
Yerevan will recognize the independence of Karabakh if it becomes clear that Baku will not go through negotiations
Azerbaijan rejects agreement to withdraw wounded
Saraya al-Quds announced the death of another member from an 'incurable disease'
Chicago man, 18, is charged with sexually assaulting his female relative, 7, after the 'abuse was livestreamed to the girl's teacher and classmates during a remote learning session'
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 11:02 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  She's got a pearl necklace, all over!
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/19/2020 12:02 Comments || Top||

#2  "O poils, herty-tertiest ferls
Fer da woist (and da poitiest) goils..."
Her hair coils! Who coised her?
Some doity old erster
Whose boig was desperled of its poils.
Posted by: Katie Scoige of da Yats6006 || 10/19/2020 12:59 Comments || Top||

#3  She's the kind of a goil
That makes the News of the Woild
You could say she was attractively built
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Posted by: Zenobia Critle6881 || 10/19/2020 13:31 Comments || Top||

#4  mmm-mmm-mmm
Posted by: Jay-Dubya || 10/19/2020 18:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Classy and sassy. Need I say more?
Posted by: jpal || 10/19/2020 19:16 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Nope. Perfect statement.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/19/2020 20:22 Comments || Top||

#7  Depends. Does no tattoos fall under classy?
Posted by: gorb || 10/19/2020 23:01 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Another bloody weekend in Chicago as gun violence leaves several killed including a teenager
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/19/2020 08:39 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 10/19/2020 9:06 Comments || Top||

#2  I sure was lucky, none of my guns got violent with me over the weekend.
Posted by: Cesare || 10/19/2020 10:13 Comments || Top||

#3  none of my guns got violent with me over the weekend.

Possibly because you regard them as tools and not magical talismans with a life and powers all their own.

As for "bloody weekend", 6 dead in a population of ~2.7 million is only 0.0002 percent. According to my Journalism Style Guide, this is "mostly not dead".
Posted by: SteveS || 10/19/2020 12:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Actually, there were 8 homicides, and 31 wounded, over the weekend in the Windy City.

Still doesn't affect your math, SteveS.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 10/19/2020 13:28 Comments || Top||

#5  there were 8 homicides,

Before I hit "Submit", I thought about going over to Hey Jackass and getting up-to-date totals because, dollars to donuts, they're going to be higher. Of course, I didn't.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/19/2020 13:34 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
8 Local Force Members Killed in Kunduz: Source
[ToloNews] At least eight local police and public uprising forces members were killed in a Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
attack in northern Kunduz province on Saturday night, a source said on Sunday.

Around 9pm local time in Imam Sahib district a group of Taliban attacked a security checkpoint and six public uprising forces and two local coppers were killed, the source said.

"The Taliban have stolen all the equipment of the security forces after the attack," the source said, adding that "the Taliban beat feet from the area before the reinforcements arrived."

Local security officials have not yet commented on the attack.

The Taliban has grabbed credit.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/19/2020 08:40 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Uruzgan: Mortar Shell Kills 2 Women, Injures 2 Children
[KhaamaPress] Two women were killed and two children were maimed when a mortar shell hit a civilian house in the Dehrawod district of Uruzgan province.

Ahmad Shah Sahil, the front man for the governor of Uruzgan province, said the incident took place in the Zartala area of ​​Dehrawod district on Saturday night.

He said the mortar shells were fired by Talibs at the house of a tribal elder in Dehradun district.

He added two women were killed and two children were maimed in the incident.

The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
have not yet commented on the incident.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


PD8 Of Faizabad City Falls Under Taliban Influence
[khaamaPress] Security officials in Badakhshan say Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
fighters have taken control over parts of Faizabad city, the quiet provincial capital, after days of heavy fighting.

Badakhshan police front man Sanaullah Rouhani said security forces had retreated from the eighth district of Faizabad after several days of fierce fighting with the Taliban.

Rouhani added security forces had made a tactical retreat to prevent civilian casualties and that efforts are underway to retake the area from Taliban control.

According to the front man for provincial Police HQ, 29 Taliban fighters were killed and 64 others including three Afghan cops were maimed in the fighting.

Seven security forces were killed and three maimed during skirmish.

The northeastern province of Badakhshan is one of the provinces where Taliban fighters have a large presence and activity; the murderous Moslems are reportedly smuggling natural resources of the province to cover their war expenses.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, the spittle had reached unprecedented levels...
local officials in Kandahar province say Taliban attacks on Shurabak and Takht-e-Pul districts in the province have been repelled by Afghan cops.

Kandahar police front man Jamal Barakzai told the media that 28 Taliban fighters had been killed and 20 others maimed in the festivities.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


12 killed by CarBomb targeting Afghan police
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
A boom-mobile on Sunday targeting an Afghan police headquarters in the western province of Ghor killed at least 12 civilians and maimed more than 100, officials said.

The attack took place in Feroz Koh, the capital of Ghor, a province that has not seen much violence compared to some other regions of the conflict-wracked country.

"The Lions of Islam detonated an explosives-filled car as a result 12 non-combatants were killed and more than 100 people were maimed," the interior ministry said.

Juma Gul Yakoobi, a Ghor health official, told AFP victims also included members of security forces.

The presidency blamed the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
for the attack.
Tolo News adds:
The incident happened around 11am local time after a Toyota Corolla-brand vehicle "loaded with explosives" exploded close to the police headquarters and government offices for women, deaders and disabled affairs, the statement said.

Eyewitnesses said that a number of nearby buildings were damaged in the boom-mobile.
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Opinions may differ, but I'm calling that car a total loss just like the country.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/19/2020 7:29 Comments || Top||

#2  "It'll buff out. Right as rain"
Posted by: Frank G || 10/19/2020 7:43 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Islamists, Darfur allies of al-Bashir regime call to involve them in Sudan's transition
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Islamist and Darfur region political groups that participated in the regime of the ousted President Omer al-Bashi, on Saturday, launched a political programme saying they want to "make the transitional period successful".

The alliance of the National Programme Forces (NPF) held a meeting at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum on Saturday to inaugurate its political platform including issues of peace, federal governance, and the formation of the election commission.

"We are proposing a national project to contribute to the national construction and to reject exclusion and resentment," said NPF chairman Tijani al-Sissi who joined al-Bashir regime after signing the Doha peace agreement in July 2011.

Al-Sissi further announced the coalition’s support for the peace agreement signed between the government and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front on October 3.

Al-Sissi and other Darfurian groups who participated in the former government say they do not share the Islamist and totalitarian nature of the ousted regime but they were linked with it by a peace agreement to preserve the lives of displaced people and refugees in Darfur.

However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
other Darfur groups signatory of peace deals with the al-Bashir regime distanced themselves from the alliance refusing to associate themselves with Islamists groups like the Popular Congress Party (PCP) which backed al-Bashir until its collapse.

The NPF consists of the Sudan Renaissance Alliance of Tijani al-Sissi, the PCP, the Democratic Unionist Party’s faction of Ahmed Bilal, the Justice Party led by Bechara Aru, the Third Way group, and the Union of Independent Representatives, a group of former MPs in the dissolved parliament, headed by Abu al-Gasim Burtom and some other small groups.

The PCP political secretary Abdel-Wahab Saad said that the new programme calls to return to the 2005 Sudanese Interim Constitution, to avoid fallacies about the constitutional document.

Saad further said they called on the Forces for Freedom and Change to put an end to the current political polarization and to reach consensus on the success of the transition period."

For his part, Political Secretary of the Justice Party, Bechara Aru, said that the national programme is open to everyone and accepts all possible changes to make the transitional period successful.

"The forces signing the national program are supportive of democratic transformation through elections," he stressed.

Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


Arabia
Arab coalition says it intercepted a militia ballistic missile targeting civilians in Yemen’s Sanaa
[TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Death toll from the Syrian mercenaries who were transported by Turkey to fight in Azerbaijan reached 134, including 92 whose bodies were returned to Syria
[TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies


With assistance of Bashar al-Assad's regime, militants and weaponry are delivered by civil aircraft from Syria to Armenia
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Russian Arms shipped through Iran to Armenia

Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Russia not wanting to piss off the Azerbaijani gov while still aiding the treaty obligated Armenians.
Posted by: Angoluter Thremp3808 || 10/19/2020 2:21 Comments || Top||

#2  ^Nope. Iran.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/19/2020 2:23 Comments || Top||


Nagorno-Karabakh says 37 more of its military killed in the latest conflict
[TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies



Azerbaijani forces attempt to advance in southern Karabakh despite ceasefire announcement
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies

#1 
Posted by: 3dc || 10/19/2020 1:57 Comments || Top||


The Azerbaijani AF have once again grossly violated the new HUM ceasefire
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies


Azerbaijan rejects agreement to withdraw wounded
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies


Europe
Thousands rally in Paris in protest at murder of teacher Samuel Paty by refugee Islamist terrorist, 18, who FILMED moment he beheaded him for showing pupils cartoons of Prophet Mohammed and then posted grisly clip online
See also here, and here.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Samuel Paty, 47, was stabbed to death and beheaded by Aboulakh Anzorov, 18, in a northern suburb of the French capital on Friday afternoon.

Demonstrators also gathered in major cities including Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nantes, Marseille, Lille and Bordeaux.

It has been revealed that Islamist terrorist Anzorov filmed himself killing and then beheading Paty outside the gates of his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine before sharing a video of the victim's severed head to fellow ISIS supporters.

It also emerged that the half-sister of the Russian-born killer travelled to Syria to join ISIS in 2014 and was the subject of an anti-terror investigation.
Previously reported as the half-sister of the complaining father — no doubt it will soon be revealed which is true.
Investigations are focusing on Brahim Chnina, father of a 13-year-old girl in Paty's class, who denounced the teacher online and gave details of the school. He has since been arrested.

Branding Mr Paty a thug in a video posted on Twitter sometime in the last week, he asked the community to complain about the teacher's behaviour. The killer is presumed to have seen the video and acted upon it.

After the killing, Anzorov himself shared pictures and videos online with Chechen ISIS Telegram channels, and also denounced President Emmanuel Macron as the 'leader of the infidels'.

Chnina, the concerned parent, and an Islamic activist friend, Abdelhakim Sefrioui, are among 11 people who have been arrested in connection with the attack.

The video shared by Chnina sparked community outrage and was shared by a mosque in Pantin, a Parisian suburb. Days later, Mr Paty was stabbed and decapitated.
More from the Daily Mail article in Skidmark’s comment, below
Police today raided the homes of dozens of suspected militants in a crackdown which interior minister Gerald Darmanin said was intended to send a message that 'enemies of the Republic' will not enjoy 'a minute's respite'.

Darmanin told Europe 1 radio that police operations were continuing against 'dozens of individuals' after 11 people were arrested over the weekend and Emmanuel Macron vowed new measures against extremism.

He said there were about 80 investigations under way into online hate speech in France and that he was looking into whether or not certain groups from the French Muslim community should be dissolved.

According to Le Monde, Anzorov had tried to bribe students with hundreds of euros for information about the teacher, with a 15-year-old pupil apparently among those arrested. The boy 'absolutely denies knowing what Anzorov was going to do,' said an investigating source.

Investigators believe 'support for ISIS and other links to extreme Islamism' prompted Anzorov to approach the Bois-d'Aulne school with weapons including a 14-inch kitchen knife and an air pistol.

Anzorov had travelled 50 miles from his home in Evreux to get to the school, where Mr Paty taught history and geography.

Anzorov 'had recently taken up boxing' and had been dismissed from a 'wrestling club in Toulouse' last year, a source told Le Parisien. The club was registered by the French Wrestling Federation but was known for attracting radicalised youths, including many of Chechen origin.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/19/2020 09:40 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


#2  BOOT
THEM
ALL
OUT

Islam is not compatible with civilisation.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/19/2020 12:52 Comments || Top||

#3  What miserable POS they are. Just go through life being "outraged" over every damn little thing.
Posted by: Chris || 10/19/2020 13:16 Comments || Top||

#4  Re: @2, replace "B" with "Sh".
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 10/19/2020 14:35 Comments || Top||

#5  Just go through life being "outraged" over every damn little thing.

We got a lot of that going on in this country, seems to me.
Posted by: Bobby || 10/19/2020 15:23 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Antifa surround and harass a federal officer near the Portland @ICEgov facility
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  As I have repeatedly stated and will continue to do so.

ANTI-FA
is the very thing they claim to be against.


Their tactics, violence, their deep root anti-Jewish elements in the group and the supporting Democrat Party. Make it clear they are the latest version of National Socialism's BROWN SHIRTS.

BTW: There are a number of videos and Pictures floating around of the ANTI-FA Protesters, New Marxist BLM, the Pinkies and even more radical groups attending and being part of the same groups.

I totally agree with Trump, given these groups openly displayed Violent history, they should be declared Domestic Terrorists and arrested and place on trial.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/19/2020 5:54 Comments || Top||

#2  /\ It IS INDEED domestic terrorism. Do they have to hijack an airplane and fly it into the White before someone labels them for what they are ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/19/2020 6:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Sorry to tell you this Beso but that would only classify them as "mostly peaceful protestors" for all their enablers in the Dem party.
Posted by: AlanC || 10/19/2020 7:23 Comments || Top||

#4  Lower Manhattan was mostly peaceful on the 11th of Sept-2001
Posted by: Glomons Slavick2622 || 10/19/2020 7:26 Comments || Top||

#5  James Woods on Twitter: The real issue driving this election is completely ignored by the news media. Every family knows, however, that the mob insurrection coming down when President Trump is re-elected will be beyond the ability of police to handle it.
Posted by: Matt || 10/19/2020 10:44 Comments || Top||


Seattle Police responded to antifa’s weekly riot overnight
[TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM



Home Front: Politix
Female Trump supporter attacked, hospitalized following altercation with Women's March activists in DC
Yesterday’s Reuters report completely neglected to mention that the Women’s March was actually a counter protest, and that it was not just the usual run of Fourth Wave feminists screeching.
[PostMillennial] A female Trump supporter was allegedly attacked and hospitalized by Women’s March and Black Lives Matter activists after she participated in a pro-Trump rally on Saturday in Washington D.C.

Isabella Maria DeLuca, whose bio identifies her as a Turning Point USA ambassador, posted images of her injuries while recovering at a local hospital. NationalFile identified DeLuca as the Outreach Director for the pro-Trump organization Republicans for National Renewal.

While there was no footage of the attack, a Breitbart News news hound attending the event captured footage of DeLuca waving a Trump flag and shouting "four more years" earlier in the day.

In a statement provided to the publication, DeLuca alleges that she was assaulted by a "older female."

"The first woman was a white older woman — she had glasses on, a glittery bedazzled Black Lives Matter shirt," DeLuca said. "She looked like she could’ve been my grandma, honestly."

According to DeLuca, the younger assailant grabbed DeLuca’s pro-Trump flag and when she tried to grab it back, the woman allegedly punched and choke her. DeLuca said that she felt reluctant to defend herself due to the advanced age of her attacker but was determined to retrieve the flag when it was snatched.

DeLuca told the publication that a younger female Black Lives Matter supporter assisted the older woman who had initially assaulted her by hitting, pushing, and punching DeLuca.

DeLuca was hospitalized following the attack and treated with a cervical collar due to her head and neck injuries. She told the publication that she was suffering from blurry vision and dizziness due to the impact.

Trump supporters turned out in Washington DC outside the Supreme Court today to show their support for Amy Coney Barrett. They were met by a large group of counter-protestors from the Women’s March and Black Lives Matter movements.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Post sharpshooters, and eliminate the attempts of the putschists to inflict serious bodily harm. The common law, the U.S. Constitution, federal law, and commonsensical prudence require such countermeasures.
Posted by: cingold || 10/19/2020 3:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Shw was allegedly attacked and you can see a picture of her alleged injuries.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 10/19/2020 7:59 Comments || Top||

#3  So even grannies are now attacking people? What's this nation coming to?
Posted by: Thavitle Gonque1778 || 10/19/2020 11:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Even with the injuries, she looks a lot nicer than the BLM/Antifa types that we see getting busted in places like DC, Seattle and Portland.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/19/2020 12:46 Comments || Top||

#5  I guess not having green or pink hair has something to do with it. That and not doing meth.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/19/2020 12:49 Comments || Top||

#6  #3 So even grannies are now attacking people? What's this nation coming to?

Sixties Boomers' last gasp.
Posted by: charger || 10/19/2020 15:06 Comments || Top||

#7  Not OK, boomer
Posted by: Bob Snavimp3336 || 10/19/2020 16:11 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Prime minister of Iraq Mustafa al-Kadhimi attends funeral of eight people killed by unidentified gunmen in Salahuddin province
[TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Huge numbers of protesters organize marches in the streets of Nasiriyah today
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Employees sit-in in front of the Basra governorate building, demanding to receive their salaries that have been delayed for 7 months
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  who keeps working when they haven't been paid for 7 months?
Posted by: Chris || 10/19/2020 8:12 Comments || Top||


Iraq's CTS forces break up an ISIS terrorist network and arrests 11 of its members in Salah al-Din
[TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Russian fighter approaches Israeli passenger jet over Mediterranean
[IsraelNationalNews] A Russian fighter jet was involved in an air “incident” with an Israeli civilian aircraft Sunday.

According to a report by Yediot Aharonot Monday morning, an Israir Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft was flying from the Greek island of Rhodes back to Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport Sunday afternoon, when a Russian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet approached it without warning.

The Russian fighter jet reportedly approached the Israeli aircraft as soon as the civilian plane entered Cypriot airspace.

The report said that the Israeli plane and its passengers were not in danger during the incident. The Su-27 flew to within a distance of approximately one mile (1.6 kilometers) from the A320, and travelled at high speed during the incident.

Several additional civilian aircraft were in the vicinity at the time of the incident, and also reported the disruption to Cypriot air traffic officials, who worked to ensure that the civilian planes remained at a safe distance from the Russian fighter.

Russia has reportedly increased its air activity around Cyprus, ostensibly to protect Russian forces operating off the Syrian coast, east of Cyprus.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/19/2020 04:24 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If the Europeans wish to permit the Med to become a Russian pond, not much we an do about it. Have a splendid day.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/19/2020 8:07 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Why would we care? Not like we need any middle eastern oil. Plus we have our own Mediterranean-style produce
Posted by: Herman Jalet3888 || 10/19/2020 8:22 Comments || Top||


Saraya al-Quds announced the death of another member from an 'incurable disease'
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Islamic Jihad (Palestian)

#1  I would have guessed AIDS.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/19/2020 12:50 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Deir Ezzor SDF and International Coalition arrest three persons for ''belonging to ISIS''
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Ain Issa countryside Civilian killed by gunfire originated from “Peace Spring” areas in northern Raqqa province
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Deir ez Zor countryside Unknown explosion rocks areas held by Iranian militias
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Massive Iranian artillery reinforcements on route to the border with Nagorno-Karabakh
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 10/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2020-10-19
  Israel and Bahrain have signed an agreement on establishing diplomatic ties
Sun 2020-10-18
  Hundreds of Antifa Attack Conservative Free Speech Rally in San Francisco, Punch Organizer’s Teeth Out, Assault Several Others
Sat 2020-10-17
  Millions of $ of farm equipment burned possibly due to Trump Flag in central Nebraska - I-80
Fri 2020-10-16
  Trump Wants US Troops Out Of Somalia: Report
Thu 2020-10-15
  Lavrov: Russia does not consider Turkey a strategic ally, despite the partnership between the two countries
Wed 2020-10-14
  Denver Local News Bodyguard Who Killed Trump Supporter Bragged About Harassing and Confronting Conservatives in the Past
Tue 2020-10-13
  Vatican to open refugee reception centre in Rome
Mon 2020-10-12
  Osama bin Laden's ex-London spokesman is ‘freed early from 25 year US jail term because he is at high risk from Covid due to his obesity' and 'will return to the UK within weeks'
Sun 2020-10-11
  Iraq reshuffles military chiefs amid escalation of ISIS groups
Sat 2020-10-10
  Elon Musk and the U.S. military plan to build a reusable 7,500mph cargo rocket
Fri 2020-10-09
  US hits Iran’s entire financial sector with sanctions
Thu 2020-10-08
  International mediation meeting on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict set for Geneva
Wed 2020-10-07
  BLM rioters in Los Angeles are breaking into buildings & smashing the glass
Tue 2020-10-06
  Baku demands apology from France after Macron claims Syrian jihadists deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh
Mon 2020-10-05
  DC Antifa ‘Ringleader’ Jason Charter Arrested Again at WalkAway Rally


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