The U.S. watchdog tasked with overseeing the spending of billions of U.S. dollars in aid to Afghanistan said unprecedented restrictions on the movement of American government employees is sending a dangerous message to Afghan people and hinder the U.S. work in the country.
Monthly Archives: July 2017
{FD} Analysts doubt North Korea’s ICBM re-entry capability
North Korea after decades of effort has a missile potentially capable of reaching the continental United States, but analysts say Pyongyang has yet to show the ICBM can inflict serious damage once it gets there.
{FD} Xi says China will never permit any loss of territory
Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a tough line on national sovereignty amid multiple disputes with his country’s neighbors, saying China will never permit any loss of territory.
{FD} College considered selling land before Sander’s wife left
An economic development official says a financial services company had considering buying some of a now-defunct college’s lakefront property while U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ wife was president of the Vermont school.
{FD} Food fight erupts over Pennsylvania ‘Pierogi Festival’ name
A Pennsylvania celebration of a popular Polish treat is embroiled in a food fight after a suburban Chicago chamber of commerce threatened a trademark infringement lawsuit over the use of the name “Pierogi Festival.”
{FD} Brazil’s president faces congressional vote on his future
For Brazilian leaders, August is the cruelest month — and one that now presents a potentially fatal challenge to the presidency of Michel Temer.
{FD} Maduro says he will radically overhaul Venezuela’s system
President Nicolas Maduro brushed off new U.S. sanctions on him and condemnation at home and abroad of the newly chosen constitutional assembly, saying the vote has given him a popular mandate to radically overall Venezuela’s political system.
{FD} UK: Muslim girl stuffed in a freezer after brutal raped and murder ‘for honour’
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Celine Dookhran: Tributes for young Muslim woman ‘who had throat slit in suspected honour killing’ ‘There is nothing honourable about murdering and raping a young girl for being in love’ Rachel Roberts, The Independent Thursday 27 July 2017 16:49 BST The 20-year-old was described as ‘talented and loving’ by family members. Tributes have poured in … Continue reading 
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{FD} Supporters gather at Thai court before ex-PM defends self
Supporters of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra are gathering outside a court in Bangkok where she is expected to defend her management of a rice subsidy Thailand’s current military government says she grossly mishandled.
{FD} Few speak up on sex assaults, harassment at Aussie campuses
A survey of Australian university students has found that half the respondents had been sexually harassed and almost one in 50 had been sexually assaulted, but few made formal complaints.