IPC: Connections
Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas After Protesters Defy Ban
HONG KONG (AP) — Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas Saturday at protesters who defied authorities’ warnings not to march in a neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station. Protesters wearing black streamed through Yuen Long, even though police…
Philippines: Authorities surprised by Filipino jihad suicide bomber, thought suicide bombing “against local culture”
Confirmation that the attack involved a Filipino would mark a major escalation in terror tactics in the Southeast Asian nation, where authorities had long said suicide bombings went against local culture, analysts said.” This is yet another illustration of the cost of authorities’ refusal to consider Islam as a motivating…
Putin Signs Law Suspending Russia's Participation in INF Treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that suspends the country's participation in the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between Moscow and Washington. The law, which was backed by parliament last month, was published on the government portal for legal information on July 3. In February, the United…
U.S. Envoy Demands Russia, 'Forces It Backs' Immediately End Fighting In Ukraine
The U.S. charge d’affaires in Kyiv has condemned Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine after reports of deadly attacks on medical personnel and called on Moscow and the “forces it backs” to end the fighting “immediately.” “Attacks by Russia-led forces on medical personnel show a complete lack of respect for human…
