British spies are deliberately not interviewing British Islamic State suspects in Syria partly because of fears any contact could strengthen the detainees’ case for returning to the UK, The Sunday Telegraph has learned. The government is worried that any encounter between MI6 officers and British Isil suspects risks giving the detainees a legal foothold which
Who says back to school can’t be a stylish affair? Since as far back as we can remember, students have agonized over their first day of school ensembles. Backpacks always played second fiddle, but if you think about it, your bag is kind of a big deal. After all, it’s the one item you wear
Glen Schofield, one of the co-founders of Sledgehammer Games, has announced he is leaving Activision at the end of December. Revealed through Twitter, Schofield said he feels it’s time to “try something new” after he’s done taking some time off for relaxation. It isn’t clear what his next move is, though he wrote he’s off
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Junior outfielder Lindsey Stephens of Texas and Western Kentucky senior Miranda Kramer were named the 2015 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively for games played over Feb 5-9. Stephens had a tremendous opening weekend for the Longhorns against strong competition at the Kajikawa Classic. Starting
The founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei has thanked the Trump administration for helping him to “promote” 5G technology in advance of an expected ban on the company operating in the US over concerns about “national security.” During an interview on CBS This Morning, Ren Zhengfei said, with a hint of sarcasm, that US officials
The group of men who briefly took control of the North Korean embassy in Madrid in February are believed to have made off with vital decryption computers that Pyongyang needs to communicate with its diplomatic missions and agents overseas, according to a former North Korean diplomat. Thae Yong-ho, who was the deputy head of the
Eschewing the usual artwork and cigars, Pakistani senators gave visiting Saudi dignitary Mohammad bin Salman a gift from the heart: an embossed golden Heckler & Koch MP5. What do you get for a guy who has everything, and whose country has recently been implicated in the murder of a prominent dissident journalist? Pakistani senators had
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oregon freshman Jenna Lilley and Kent State senior Emma Johnson were selected 2015 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Pitcher and Player of the Week respectively, for games played over April 20-26. Lilley had a masterful weekend in helping the second-ranked Ducks complete a big non-conference sweep of then-No. 9 Louisiana-Lafayette. The
French President Emmanuel Macron’s vow to outlaw “anti-Zionism” as racism has less to do with actually fighting hate crimes and more to do with courting votes, according to French commenters. “Anti-Semitism is hiding itself behind anti-Zionism,” Macron said Wednesday, speaking at the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (Crif) and announcing that France seeks to
Young Burmese women are being trafficked to China as ‘brides’ then locked in rooms and raped until they become pregnant, says a chilling new report by Human Rights Watch released on Thursday. The 112-page report, “Give Us a Baby and We’ll Let You Go,” reveals that vulnerable young women from Burma’s conflict-ridden northern Kachin and