Dorian Jones ISTANBUL — The Turkish government crackdown that followed the failed July coup is expanding to businesses, with the assets of major multibillion-dollar conglomerates seized, along with hundreds of smaller companies. Earlier this month, three of Turkey’s most prominent businessmen, the Boydak brothers, appeared in handcuffs at their mother’s funeral. Their multibillion-dollar Boydak Holdings was […]readmore
Carla Babb Jamie Dettmer VOA News The general running the coalition’s ground campaign in Iraq is urging Iraqi forces fighting for Mosul not to «go so fast that they start to give opportunity to the enemy.» «I’m not telling the Iraqis not to rush to Mosul. I’m telling them, ‘You’ve got the momentum — sustain […]readmore
Luis Ramirez LONDON — Ecuador’s decision to temporarily cut Julian Assange’s internet access is a sign that the WikiLeaks founder could be overstaying his welcome at the country’s London embassy — or so some in Britain hope. British officials have long expressed frustration at Ecuador’s decision four years ago to let Assange take refuge in the […]readmore
Carla Babb PENTAGON — The flow of foreign fighters traveling from Latin America to join Islamic State forces in the Middle East has been “significantly curtailed,” a top U.S. admiral said Tuesday.Navy Admiral Kurt Tidd, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, which oversees American military activities in Central America, South America and the Caribbean, told reporters […]readmore
VOA News The lower house of Russian parliament, Duma, has unanimously approved a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin to suspend a deal with the United States on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium. Earlier this month, Putin said there is an “emerging threat to strategic stability” as a result of Washington’s «unfriendly actions.» Putin said […]readmore
VOA News A southern California man convicted of trying to become a fighter for the Islamic State terrorist group was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison. Muhanad Badawi, 25, was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to aid a foreign terrorist organization and other crimes. “The significant sentence the defendant received illustrates the gravity […]readmore
Providence City Council members Wilbur Jennings, Jr., Nicholas Narducci, David Salvatore, Seth Yurdin and Samuel Zurier issued a statement today concerning the City Council leadership’s failure to approve a ‘clean’ infrastructure bond which will appear on the November ballot: “It is troubling that the City Council leadership has continued to demand member-controlled slush funds rather […]readmore
Carla Babb VOA News PENTAGON — More than 100 American troops are accompanying Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces in their push to take back the city of Mosul from Islamic State forces. Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters Tuesday the Americans are assisting about 10,000 Kurds, 18,000 Iraqi Security Forces and another couple thousand […]readmore
Press Conference Council President Luis Aponte en Español Councilwoman Sabina Matos PROVIDENCE, R.I.- Members of the Providence City Council Finance Committee introduced a resolution tonight that recommends withdrawal of support for Mayor Elorza’s $40 million infrastructure bond issuance. While acknowledging that infrastructure improvements are important, committee members have routinely expressed their reluctance to overextend the […]readmore
Providence – El presidente del concejo de la ciudad de Providence Luis Aponte junto al comité de finanzas del concejo le retiraron el apoyo al bono de $40 millones. Esto es duro golpe para el alcalde Elorza que quería utilizar este dinero para las infraestructuras.readmore