The world’s oil industry is turning upside down under President Donald Trump’s economic leadership, as the United States is now selling its exported oil in the Middle East to the most unlikely oil-rich buyers. MORE
The world’s oil industry is turning upside down under President Donald Trump’s economic leadership, as the United States is now selling its exported oil in the Middle East to the most unlikely oil-rich buyers. MORE
Russia has started the process of expelling North Korean migrant workers from its Far East region in order to comply with a United Nations Security Council resolution passed in December, officials said Tuesday. MORE
A prominent Republican political donor demanded on Saturday that the party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and vowed not to contribute to any candidates or electioneering groups that did not support a ban on the sale of military-style firearms to civilians. MORE
The recent flood of news about instances of child abuse around Turkey has caused a backlash of anger among the public and politicians from different parties. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed six ministers to work on more effective administrative and legal measures to address child abuse, including harsher penalties, such as the highly debated chemical castration for offenders. The commission held its first meeting Feb. 22. MORE
The Arctic storm dubbed the “Beast from the East” saw temperatures across much of Europe fall Monday to their lowest level this winter and even brought a rare snowstorm to Rome, paralyzing the city and giving its residents the chance to ski, sled and build snowmen in its famous parks and piazzas. MORE
A Facebook meme gets the basic facts right about the gun lobby’s status as a social welfare organization.
Apocalypse weather not letting up
At least five people are dead as a storm system that stretched from Texas to the Canadian Maritime provinces roars eastward across the central U.S., spawning tornadoes and floods and leaving a path of destruction in its wake from the Upper Midwest to Appalachia. MORE
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Six suspected drug traffickers were arrested after 860 pounds of cocaine were found in the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s government said on Thursday. MORE
Florida’s governor announced plans Friday to put more armed guards in schools and to make it harder for young adults and some with mental illness to buy guns, responding to days of intense lobbying from survivors of last week’s shooting at a Florida high school. MORE
One of Asia’s most senior Catholic leaders has accused the Vatican of “selling out” the Church by pursuing a rapprochement with Beijing while the Chinese government cracks down on religious freedom. MORE
Three more companies said Friday they had ended discount programs with the National Rifle Association, as U.S. corporations take a closer look at investments, co-branding deals and other ties to the gun industry after the latest school massacre. MORE
Despite two attempts from Republican lawmakers to send the bill back to committee, Oregon Democrats on Thursday passed the first gun control measure since the deadly shooting at a Florida High School—and advocates say the measure is a huge step forward for single women. MORE