March, 2017

• 4 March

  Scapegoater in chief

  

    “I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American victims,” President Donald Trump said in his address to Congress Tuesday night. He was referring to a very specific kind of victim — those harmed by undocumented immigrants. And his comments show that, current conventional wisdom notwithstanding, President Trump is not so different from ...

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• 4 March

  Scottish plebiscite call threatens hard-Brexit

    British Prime Minster Theresa May is facing political fights not only in Brussels over Brexit, at home, she’s bracing for Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to call a second referendum on independence. In 2014, Scotland rejected independence from UK by 55-to-45 votes. But the recent survey shows that margin is narrowing. Only 51 percent of Scots favour to stay ...

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• 4 March

  Top Philippine officials fly to US carrier in disputed sea

  

    MANILA / AP The Philippine defense chief and two other Cabinet members on Saturday toured a US aircraft carrier patrolling the disputed South China Sea on the invitation of the Navy, US Embassy officials said. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II visited the USS Carl Vinson along with three Philippine security ...

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• 4 March

  EU’s Mogherini urges Kosovo ratify Montenegro border deal

    PRISTINA / AP The European Union’s foreign policy chief has urged Kosovo’s opposition to ratify a border demarcation agreement with Montenegro, the last remaining condition before its citizens enjoy visa-free travel with Europe’s Schengen member countries. Federica Mogherini was in Kosovo, the last stop on her tour of the Western Balkans, where she met senior leaders on Saturday. She ...

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• 4 March

  Jordan hangs 10 for attacks linked to extremist group

  

    AMMAN / AP Jordan on Saturday executed 10 prisoners with ties to militant groups who carried out five shootings and a bombing since 2003, the government spokesman said. It was the largest round of executions in the kingdom in recent memory. Among those killed in the attacks were a British tourist, an outspoken Jordanian critic of extremism and members ...

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• 4 March

  Iran tests Russian-made air defense system

    TEHRAN/ AP Iran successfully test-fired a sophisticated Russian-made air defense system, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. The report said the test of the S-300 system came during a recent military exercise named Damvand, the name of Iran’s highest mountain. It said the test targeted various flying objects including missiles. With a range of up to 200 ...

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• 4 March

  Alleged air strike kills 8 civilians in Afghanistan

    KABUL / AP At least eight Afghan civilians, including four children, were killed in an attack in western Farah province, according to Afghan officials. However there is disagreement over what exactly caused the deaths. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said Saturday that the incident was a roadside bomb explosion which took place in the Bala Buluk ...

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• 4 March

  UN: If confirmed, chemical attacks in Mosul a war crime

    IRBIL / AP The United Nations warned that the alleged use of chemical weapons in Mosul, if confirmed, would be a war crime and a serious violation of international humanitarian law, according to a statement released on Saturday. “This is horrible,” Lise Grande, the humanitarian coordinator in Iraq said in the statement, “there is never justification — none whatsoever ...

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• 4 March

  Dior sings the blues to Paris celebs in fashion ode to navy

  

    PARIS / AP Christian Dior sang the blues to its star-studded front row at Paris Fashion Week on Friday in Maria Grazia Chiuri’s sophomore ready-to-wear show that celebrated all things navy. Attendees Kate Moss, Rosamund Pike, Uma Thurman, Sienna Miller and a tardy Rihanna, ensured that Dior’s was the most attention-grabbing on the fourth day of fall-winter 2017 collections. ...

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• 4 March

  Patterns, prints hit Paris shows

  

    PARIS / AP A tardy Nicki Minaj held up H&M’s fall-winter evening show that ended on a stirring note with a performance by The Weeknd. It capped a dizzying day in Paris. Day 2 of Paris Fashion Week saw deconstructed clothes, blown-up prints, and contrasting patterns shake up the runways at the VIP-filled collections of Dries Van Noten, Maison ...

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