Left sidebar

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing.
Posted by The Analyst | 19 February 2020 | Foreign Affairs
3 killed by al-Shabab extremists in bus attack in Kenya

The owner of a bus company says three people have been killed by suspected extremists from Somalia after they were pulled out of a bus in northeastern Kenya. Haji Abass … Click to Continue »

Continue Reading
Posted by The Analyst | 19 February 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Haiti’s police are angry. And they are taking their frustrations out on the streets.

Haiti police want to unionize but the internal regulations of the Haiti National Police prohibit it. A few rogue officers have taken their fight to the streets, allegedly destroying property including Carnival stands. … Click to Continue »

Continue Reading
Posted by The Analyst | 19 February 2020 | Politics
Dubuque council OKs agreement to build cruise ship dock

The Dubuque City Council has approved an agreement to split with Viking Cruises the nearly $1.8 million cost of building a dock so Mississippi River cruise ships can stop and … Click to Continue »

Continue Reading
Posted by The Analyst | 19 February 2020 | Politics
Pritzker’s budget to boost spending amid calls for restraint

Gov. J.B. Pritzker must walk a fine line between hopes for additional spending and calls for restraint when he proposes his second annual budget Wednesday after a whirlwind first year … Click to Continue »

Continue Reading
Posted by The Analyst | 19 February 2020 | Breaking News
Iran confirms first 2 cases of new coronavirus – official

Tehran confirmed on Wednesday its first two cases of the new coronavirus, Iran's spokesman said, shortly after reports that preliminary tests on the two had come back positive. “As we had promised to announce any confirmed cases, a few minutes ago the health minister confirmed the two cases of the new coronavirus in the city...

Continue Reading
Posted by The Analyst | 19 February 2020 | Politics
Turkey faces strategic defeat in Idlib after failing to live up to its commitments on Syria

Under the 2018 Sochi agreement, Turkey was supposed to disarm and disassociate itself from the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Its failure to do so has sown the seeds of Turkey's inevitable defeat in Syria. When Turkey threw its weight behind the anti-Assad rebellion in 2011, it did so believing that it would be able...

Continue Reading
Posted by The Analyst | 19 February 2020 | Breaking News
Captain of TV’s The Love Boat tells Princess Diamond passengers: hang in there

The fictional captain of hit TV show The Love Boat was among those sending a video encouraging passengers on the quarantined Princess Diamond cruise liner to “hang in there”.

Continue Reading