U.S. allies including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain did not uphold principles of religious freedom in 2016, while Islamic State has carried out “genocide” against religious minorities, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Tillerson made the comments at the State Department while introducing the agency’s annual report on religious freedom, required by a 1998 act of Congress. ...

Former chief of staff for Brexit Secretary David Davis, plans to launch a new political party aimed at reversing Brexit with no second referendum, according to The Independent. Hours after carrying out a social media tirade against Davis — saying he witnessed his boss being “drunk, bullying and inappropriate”— James Chapman unveiled the foundation of the Democrats party, the report ...

Former chief of staff for Brexit Secretary David Davis, plans to launch a new political party aimed at reversing Brexit with no second referendum, according to The Independent. Hours after carrying out a social media tirade against Davis — saying he witnessed his boss being “drunk, bullying and inappropriate”— James Chapman unveiled the foundation of the Democrats party, the report ...

Three British men have been sentenced to jail and caning for sexually assaulting a Malaysian woman during a stag party in Singapore, The Guardian reports. The defendants – Khong Tam Thanh, 22; Michael Le, 24, and Vu Thai Son, 24 – were originally accused of taking turns raping the woman in a hotel room. The three men pleaded guilty to ...

Three British men have been sentenced to jail and caning for sexually assaulting a Malaysian woman during a stag party in Singapore, The Guardian reports. The defendants – Khong Tam Thanh, 22; Michael Le, 24, and Vu Thai Son, 24 – were originally accused of taking turns raping the woman in a hotel room. The three men pleaded guilty to ...

A French prosecutor said the man who purposely drove his vehicle into a pizzeria outside Paris told authorities he has a history of medical drug abuse and wishes to be sent to prison for his own safety, Reuters reported on Tuesday. A 12-year-old girl was killed and more than a dozen wounded during the ordeal in Sept-Sorts, east of the ...

A French prosecutor said the man who purposely drove his vehicle into a pizzeria outside Paris told authorities he has a history of medical drug abuse and wishes to be sent to prison for his own safety, Reuters reported on Tuesday. A 12-year-old girl was killed and more than a dozen wounded during the ordeal in Sept-Sorts, east of the ...

According to traders and analysts, Asia would benefit the most by United States sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector because exports would be redirected to the region, Reuters reported. Washington is considering placing sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry in retaliation to the ruling Socialist Party’s crackdown on officials and parties against the government, the report said. A potential embargo against the ...

According to traders and analysts, Asia would benefit the most by United States sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector because exports would be redirected to the region, Reuters reported. Washington is considering placing sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry in retaliation to the ruling Socialist Party’s crackdown on officials and parties against the government, the report said. A potential embargo against the ...

The death toll following massive mudslides in west Africa’s Sierra Leone’s capitol continues to rise as more bodies have washed ashore and workers search for victims buried in their homes unable to flee, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The Red Cross estimated 600 people were still missing, the report said, with 300 people killed following heavy rains in and around ...