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Japan Restoration Party deputy leader and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto attends a joint news conference to unveil their party's election campaign platform in Tokyo, in this November 29, 2012 file photo.

U.S. slams Japanese mayor’s sex-slave comments as ‘offensive’

The United States condemned as “outrageous and offensive” comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan’s military brothels during World War Two were “necessary” to provide respite for soldiers.

Posted in International, News
Tagged brothel, comfort women, Japan, mayor, Osaka, sex-slaves, Toru Hashimoto, U.S., World War II
An off duty American sailor used her thighs to fight off a would-be rapist

U.S. woman sailor uses thighs to send would-be Dubai rapist packing

An off-duty U.S. Navy sailor on her way back to her ship in a Middle Eastern port, fended off a [...]

Posted in National, News
Tagged bus driver, Dubai, pakistani, rape, sailor, sharjah, U.S. | Reply
A Palestinian boy from the village of Jabaa, east of Ramallah, looks at Hebrew graffiti reading 'Revenge' (L) and 'the war has begun' (R) on a mosque which settlers tried to burn overnight on June 19, 2012. Unknown attackers attempted to torch the mosque and sprayed it with Hebrew-language graffiti, in an incident that bore the hallmark of extremist Jewish settlers.
AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI        (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GettyImages)

U.S.-Palestinian boy faces Israel trial for throwing rocks

A 14-year-old boy with dual U.S.-Palestinian citizenship went before an Israeli military court on Thursday accused of throwing rocks at Israeli cars in the occupied West Bank.

Posted in International, News
Tagged boy, Israel, israeli, Palestine, Palestinian, rocks, trial, U.S.
North Koreans attend a rally held to gather their willingness for a victory in a possible war against the United States and South Korea.
Credit: Reuters

North Korean army says it has ‘ratified’ nuclear strike against U.S.

North Korea said it had “ratified” a merciless attack against the United States, potentially involving a “diversified nuclear strike”.

Posted in International
Tagged North Korea, nuclear, South Korea, strike, U.S., war | Reply
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a meeting of information workers of the whole army at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang
Credit: Reuters

North Korea: Nukes or love?

Metro’s guide to the hermit state’s sabre-rattling

Posted in International
Tagged North Korea, nuclear, South Korea, U.S., war, war ships | Reply
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) participates in the 7th session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea.
Credit: Reuters

South Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. deploys stealth jets

South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the U.S. deployment of radar-evading fighter planes.

Posted in International, News
Tagged fighter jets, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, South Korea, stealth jets, U.S.
North Koreans including soldiers attend a rally in support of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's order to put its missile units on standby in preparation for a possible war against the U.S. and South Korea, in Pyongyang March 29.
Credit: Getty Images

North Korea readies rockets after U.S. show of force

North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force

Posted in International
Tagged attack, bomber, North Korea, nuclear, Pacific, South Korea, U.S. | Reply
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