Daily Archives: Apr 7, 2017

The situation in Syria "amounts to an international armed conflict" following U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told Reuters on Friday.

Immediate action is needed to protect the Syrian people but it should be "rooted in the principles of the United Nations and international law," U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman said on Friday.

In London on March 22, a man in a car plowed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four, and then stabbed a policeman to death before being shot by police. Islamic State claimed responsibility for both an attack in Nice, France, last July, when a truck killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day, and one in Berlin in December, when a truck smashed through a Christmas market, killing 12 people. A government source told Reuters all Swedish government offices had been closed. All ministers were safe, the source said. "We were standing by the traffic lights at Drottninggatan (Queen Street) and then we heard some screaming and saw a truck coming," a witness, who declined to be named, told Reuters. "Then it drove into a pillar at Ahlens City (department store) where the hood started burning. When it stopped we saw a man lying under the tire. It was terrible to see," said the man, who saw the incident from inside his car. Radio Sweden reporter Martin Svenningsen said he saw three dead people "but probably more". A Reuters witness saw a number of body-like forms covered by blankets at the scene. RELATED COVERAGE EU offers Sweden support after Stockholm attack Norway police to carry weapons at Oslo airport and main cities after Stockholm attack Police confirmed three deaths and eight people injured. King Carl Gustaf, Sweden's head of state, expressed his horror at the attack. "Our thoughts are going out to those that were affected, and to their families," he said in a statement from the royal palace. In Brussels, the European Union offered Sweden support and solidarity. "An attack on any of our member states is an attack on us all," said EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker. "One of Europe's most vibrant and colorful cities appears to have been struck by those wishing it – and our very way of life – harm.

U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base were one step away from clashing with the Russian military, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev charged on Friday, underscoring the risks in U.S. President Donald Trump's first major foray into the Syrian civil war.

Former West Indies captain Sir Viv Richards has blamed the "arrogance of administrators" involved in West Indies cricket for the failure to ensure the best players...

President of the Antigua & Barbuda Cycling Federation (ABCF) Mervin Gore said he will seek to have the lifespan of his executive increased from...

LeBron James' willingness to take games off for rest shows he's not as "tough" as Michael Jordan, according to Jordan's former Chicago Bulls teammate Dennis Rodman. Rodman took the Cleveland...

Lasith Malinga became the fifth man to take a Twenty20 international hat-trick but it was not enough to prevent Sri Lanka losing by 45...

West Indies once again find themselves in the unenviable position of hoping to make a fresh start, when they clash with Pakistan in the...

Antigua & Barbuda, on Wednesday, launched what government said was a strong objection with the US State of Illinois, which has introduced legislation, listing the twin...