Masked men burned families out of their homes in Belfast and torched a number of vehicles in a wave of anti-immigrant violence that followed a knife attack by a Sudanese man.
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Taiwan’s military fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding counter strikes.
China and Taiwan sparred on Wednesday over the legality of Chinese coast guard patrols to the east of the island, after the government in Taipei said merchant ships had been “harassed” close to its waters.
Marty O’Donnell, backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary on Tuesday for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, a Las Vegas-area battleground that could help decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, U.S. media projected.
Republicans Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff in South Carolina’s tightly contested gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, U.S. media projected.
Hilton and Becerra led the field in the state’s top-two primary with Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer in a close third place.
The district is likely to play a decisive role in determining the balance of power in Congress.
Asian stocks fell on Wednesday while oil prices surged as escalating tensions in the Middle East unsettled markets, dimming hopes for an end to the months-long war that has pushed commodities higher and stoked inflation worries.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had carried out attacks against a U.S. base in Jordan and 21 other targets in the Gulf on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported.
The Trump administration has called on European nations to follow Washington’s lead and impose travel restrictions on people who have recently been in Central African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak, in hopes of avoiding the spread of the virus during the soccer World Cup, sources and officials said on Tuesday.