| Armenia opposition chief urges new protests, strike Posted: 16 Apr 2018 01:39 PM PDT  An Armenian opposition leader on Monday urged demonstrators to take to the streets again, even after he and dozens of others were hurt in protests over moves by the country's former president to maintain his grip on power. "I call on all of the population of Yerevan and other towns and cities in Armenia to take to the streets tomorrow (Tuesday), block the main axes, and start a strike," Nikol Pashinian told a rally. During the rallies against former president Serzh Sarkisian, police used stun grenades against protesters who sought to break through a barbed wire cordon in the centre of Yerevan in an effort to get to the parliament building.
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| US bars China's telecom giant ZTE from buying US components Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Commerce Department is blocking Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. from importing American components for seven years, accusing the company of misleading U.S. regulators after it settled charges of violating sanctions against North Korea and Iran.
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| Eight on trial for rape, murder of girl in India's Kashmir amid public anger Posted: 16 Apr 2018 10:06 AM PDT  By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India's Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and criticism of the ruling party. The girl, from a nomadic community that roams the forests of Kashmir, was drugged, held captive in a Hindu temple and sexually assaulted for a week before being strangled and battered to death with a stone in January, police said. Public anger at the crime led to protests in cities across India over the past few days, with outrage fueled by support for the accused initially shown by state government ministers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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| Things to know about former first lady Barbara Bush Posted: 16 Apr 2018 09:16 AM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush is in failing health and after a series of hospitalizations, she has decided not to seek further medical treatment, a family spokesman says. Here are some things to know about her:
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| Colin Kaepernick Invokes Jackie Robinson's 'I Cannot Stand' For Anthem Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:56 AM PDT  Colin Kaepernick celebrated Major League Baseball's Jackie Robinson Day on
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| Asia stocks mostly down after Syria strike Posted: 16 Apr 2018 02:52 AM PDT  Most Asian markets fell on Monday after a US-led strike on Syrian targets fuelled fresh concerns over the tinderbox Middle East, though analysts said investors were hopeful the crisis would not escalate. The Syria crisis, which has seen the West's relationship with Russia grow increasingly frosty, has encompassed other regional players including Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel, and led to talk of a military standoff. Hong Kong fell 1.6 percent, while Shanghai had slipped 1.5 percent at the close, with traders there awaiting the release Tuesday of first-quarter Chinese growth data.
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| Syrians Say Americans Should Care About the Civil War in Their County Posted: 16 Apr 2018 01:07 AM PDT  Two Syrian-Americans living in Seattle say the U.S. along with the international community should care about Syria`s civil war.
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| Britain pushes for Syrian ceasefire alongside US and France Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:46 PM PDT  The UK will join the US and France in a push for a peaceful path forward to the Syrian crisis, proposing a new United Nations-backed ceasefire. The three allies have produced a draft resolution that will be debated by the Security Council in New York, although it remains unclear when the vote will take place. It comes as Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said new sanctions would be imposed on Russian businesses that help the Assad regime make and deploy chemical weapons. The proposed UN resolution includes a request for an independent investigation into the toxic gas attacks which killed more than forty civilians earlier this month and safe passage for aid convoys and medical evacuations. A fact-finding team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrived in Damascus to "begin work" on Saturday, according to the organisation's Twitter feed. A Syrian man receives medical treatment after Assad regime forces conducted poisonous gas attacks on Duma Credit: Andalou The France-led initiative also demands that the Syrian government engage in peace talks "in good faith, constructively and without preconditions" and allows weapons inspectors into the country. France's ambassador to the United Nations, Francois Delattre, said that Syria's chemical weapons program must be dismantled in a "verifiable and irreversible way." "We must spare no effort to set up an international attribution mechanism, prevent impunity, and stop any repeat attempts by the Syrian regime." US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley Credit: LUCAS JACKSON Speaking to US media, Ms Haley defended the air strikes, warning that if action had not been taken, the United States could also become a target of chemical attacks. "This (a chemical attack) very easily could happen in the United States if we're not smart, and if we're not conscious of what's happening," she said. She also said that a new raft of Russian sanctions would be outlined Monday, by Steve Mnuchin, US treasury secretary. "They will be going directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to [Bashar] Assad and chemical weapons use," she told CBS News. Syria strikes | Read latest Western diplomats are preparing for diplomatic efforts to convince Russia to vote for a ceasefire. Moscow has used its veto 12 times to block action targeting its Syrian ally. Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, said renewed peace efforts should "begin with a ceasefire which is really respected this time." A ceasefire in February failed. President Emmanuel Macron was expected to strike a similar tone in a television interview on Sunday night. Mr Macron is seeking to position himself as a broker between Russia and the Western powers. France has maintained regular contacts with Russia despite heightened tensions. Hours before the strikes, the French president discussed Syria in a phone call with Vladimir Putin, his Russian counterpart. Mr Macron said he intended to go ahead with a planned state visit to Moscow at the end of next month. Next week he is to be hosted by Donald Trump on a state visit. In Germany, the president warned against a "dangerous alienation" from Russia, as tensions grow between the country and the West. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a Social Democrat (SPD) politician, told the country's Bild am Sonntag newspaper that "we should not designate Russia in general, the country and its people, as an enemy".
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| Beyoncé Treated Coachella Crowd To An Epic Destiny's Child Reunion Posted: 15 Apr 2018 06:56 PM PDT  > ICYMI: Destiny's Child Reunion at #Beychella pic.twitter.com/NkiVTs8Pc2
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| Will Trump Fire Rosenstein? It May Not Matter. Posted: 15 Apr 2018 03:46 PM PDT  Something very fishy happened last week. On Friday, we were treated to almost
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