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CROSS BORDER TUNNELS WITH GAZA GOT DESTROYED BY EGYPTIAN ARMY… The Egyptian army has destroyed three cross-border tunnels linking Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to the blockaded Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said.. Army Colonel Tamer al-Rifai said the army had demolished three tunnels found under Egypt’s border with the Hamas-run coastal enclave. Due to a decade-long blockade imposed by both Israel and Egypt, the Gaza Strip’s roughly 2 million inhabitants have come to rely on a sophisticated network of cross-border tunnels to import basic commodities, including food, fuel and medicine. Ever since Egypt’s 2013 military coup against the country’s first freely elected president, the Egyptian authorities have cracked down hard on the cross-border tunnel network. In 2014, Egypt set up a “buffer zone ” along its border with the Gaza Strip following a spate of militant attacks on Egyptian security forces deployed in the Sinai Peninsula. One year later, the Egyptian army began

AT A FARM HOUSE IN FRANCE, A FAMILY OF 5 WAS SHOT DEAD..  Officers investigating the case suspect the father may have shot his wife and three children in a suspected domestic incident. A family of five died after being shot in a suspected domestic incident at a farmhouse in northern France. The family was found dead by three farm workers at about 8.15am on Tuesday morning. The victims are a farming couple, both aged 47, and their three children - two boys and a girl aged 12, 18 and 20. The incident took place on a farm near Nouvion-et-Catillon, in the Aisne region in northern Fran The public prosecutor in the nearby city of Laon said officers investigating the shooting have ruled nothing out, but currently think the shooting was a "family tragedy". They suspect the father killed his family before turning the gun on himself in a suspected suicide. They currently have no clues as to what caused his actions as they have not found a note. The family was discovere

AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ROSE MCGOWAN, US.ACTRESS… An arrest warrant has been issued in the US for the actress Rose McGowan for possession of a controlled substance. It follows an investigation into belongings left on a United Airlines flight from LA to Washington Dulles airport in January.     The belongings reportedly belonged to McGowan and had traces of a controlled substance. Washington police obtained the warrant on 1 February, spokesman Rob Yingling said. The authorities say they have been trying to contact McGowan so she can appear in court in Virginia. McGowan, 44, is among the most prominent accusers of Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood mogul facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment. Ms McGowan hit out at the arrest warrant, asking "Are they trying to silence me?" McGowan has accused Weinstein of raping her at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. She received a $100,000 (£76,000) settlement after the incident. Through a sp

MILITANTS KILLED, VEHICLE DESTROYED BY EGYPTIANS AIR STRIKERS…   Egypt’s military says its airstrikes have destroyed three vehicles loaded with weapons, ammunition and explosives, and killed a “large number” of militants in the western desert allegedly involved in a brazen ambush on the country’s police earlier this month.     Military spokesman Col. Tamer el-Rifai said in a statement that Tuesday’s airstrikes took place in a mountainous area outside Fayoum province, 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Cairo. He said the scene was still being assessed and a casualty count was incomplete. The attack comes nearly two weeks after authorities announced that at least 16 policemen were killed in an ambush about 135 kilometers (84 miles) southwest ofCairo. Tuesday’s attack took place in Egypt’s western desert, where a previous series of attacks were blamed on Islamic militants coming from Libya. https://www. semperdiamondlodge.com/

HACKERS IN NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF STEALING WARSHIP BLUEPRINTS…   They accessed and stole roughly 40,000 documents after penetrating the computer systems of Daewoo Shipbuilding last year, according to a South Korean politician who attended an intelligence briefing.      Kyeong Dae-soo, a member of the main opposition party in the National Assembly, was informed of the hack by the South Korean Defence Ministry and other military agencies. Among the reportedly stolen information was roughly 60 classified documents describing weapons systems and test data for submarines and destroyers.     Mr Kyung said : "We are almost 100% certain that North Korean hackers were behind the hacking and stole the company's sensitive documents." A spokesperson for Daewoo Shipbuilding said they were unaware of the breach until Tuesday and were attempting to confirm the politician's claims. The information could be used as part of war preparations by the regime in Pyony

IN KABUL’S DIPLOMATIC ZONE, MOTORCYCLE SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 3 (THREE)…. A suicide attacker   riding a motorcycle blew himself up inside Kabul's heavily fortified diplomatic zone on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding 15, officials said.       It was the first attack targeting the Afghan capital's so-called "Green Zone" since a massive truck bomb ripped through the area on May 31, killing or wounding hundreds."Our initial information shows the suicide attacker was on a motorcycle. He made it through the first checkpoint but was stopped at the second checkpoint and detonated," defense ministry     We don't know the target but it happened a few meters from the defense ministry's foreign relations office. No casualties to our personnel." T here was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which the health ministry said had killed at least three people and wounded 15. "I was 100 meters away when the expl

FOLLOWING NUCLEAR TEST, NORTH KOREA TUNNEL COLLAPSE LEAVING MORE THAN 200 WORKERS DEAD… Over 100 workers were affected by the initial collapse at the Punggye-ri site on 10 September following the country's sixth nuclear test, TV Asahi reported, citing unnamed North Korean sources.     Over 100 more are likely to have died as further collapses occurred during a  rescue operation, the broadcaster said. There has been no independent confirmation of the report. Experts said the sixth blast, on 3 September, would have destabilized the region. It was reported two weeks ago that  the area surrounding the Punggye-ri nuclear test site , in the country's north west, was suffering from "Tired Mountain Syndrome" as a result of the underground blasts.     The geological condition occurs when underground nuclear blasts cause the surrounding rock to become weak and permeable. The 3 September test caused the USGS to register a tremor of magnitude 6.3, with a smaller, se

AN ARRESTED KENYA MAN OVER AUSTRALIAN WIFE’S DEATH GOT RELEASED… A Kenyan court has released a man whom police had called the prime suspect in the murder of his estranged Australian wife. Cyrus Bernard Maina Njuguna and his cousin John Njuguna Waithira had been in custody for a week after being arrested in connection with Gabrielle Maina’s murder. Police had detained the men for seven days to complete investigations. Magistrate Kuto Derrick ordered their release Tuesday after the prosecution filed no charges against  them. Police said, Gabrielle Maina was shot dead by armed men riding a motorbike as she walked near her home in the capital, Nairobi, earlier this month. The couple had been separated at the time. https://www. semperdiamondlodge.com/

FOUR CHILDREN KILLED IN GOVERNMENT SHELLING, SAYS SYRIA ACTIVISTS….   Syrian activists say at least four children have been killed when government shelling hit their school in a rebel-held town outside the capital Damascus.     The Ghouta Media Center and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say a shell landed Tuesday at the gate of a school in Jisreen, a town in the Eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus. The shelling killed five, including four children, and left many injured.     Residents of the Eastern Ghouta suburbs have been living under a suffocating government blockade amid intense bombings. The violence and siege have continued even though the suburbs are part of a de-escalation agreement guaranteed by Syrian government backers Russia and Iran. The United Nations on Monday said it reached thousands of the suburbs residents for the first time in over a month. https://www. semperdiamondlodge.com/

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UN Official says over 13 million people needs aid in Syria More than 13 million people inside Syria still need humanitarian assistance and nearly half are in “acute need” as a result of having fled their homes, of hostilities, and of limited access to food, health care and other basic needs, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Monday. Mark Lowcock told the Security Council the number of Syrians who have been displaced within the country for a long time has dropped from 6.3 million to 6.1 million. But he said “levels of new displacement remain high,” with 1.8 million people reportedly forced to leave between January and September. Since just the offensive began in November 2016 that ousted the Islamic State extremist group from the city of Raqqa, its self-proclaimed capital, airstrikes and clashes resulted in over 436,000 people being displaced to 60 different locations, Lowcock said, speaking via video conference from Amman, Jordan. In the eastern province of Deir el-Z

3 Largest Opposition Parties in Venezuela to shun local polls Three of Venezuela’s largest opposition parties vowed on Monday to boycott mayoral polls later this year in protest at an election system they say is biased in favour of President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialists. The multi-party Democratic Unity coalition has had a tough 2017, first failing to bring down Maduro in four months of protests that led to 125 deaths, then losing surprisingly to the Socialist Party in a gubernatorial election earlier this month. That has left the opposition weakened and divided, and Maduro strengthened, despite growing foreign pressure on his government over alleged rights abuses and corruption, and an unprecedented economic crisis that has millions skipping food. Three heavyweight movements in the opposition - Justice First, Popular Will and Democratic Action - announced on Monday they did not trust the government-leaning election board sufficiently to participate in the munici

Israel attacked tunnel from Gaza led to the killing of 7 Palestinian militants Israel’s military said Monday that it  destroyed an attack tunnel that led into its territory from the Gaza Strip, killing at least seven Palestinian militants,including a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad group and two members of Hamas.  The tunnel crossed from the area of Khan Younis in Gaza and was still under construction , according to Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a spokesman for the Israeli military.  Islamic Jihad, the second-largest armed faction in Gaza after Hamas, said five of its members were killed, including the commander of its military wing in central Gaza. The group described the destruction of the tunnel as a “dangerous escalation” and said it reserved the right to respond to the “terrorist aggression.”    Hamas said two of its militants were killed during a rescue mission after the tunnel was targeted.  Israel has been working on new technology to detect and destroy tun

Regional Meeting in Morocco aims to ‘open the dialogue between the diplomat and the civil society’ Morocco is hosting a regional meeting on migration aiming at developing an African agenda on the issue. The three-day meeting gathers representatives of African states, the United Nations, the African Union, NGOs and academics. Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita said during the opening speech Monday that the set of informal sessions aims to “open the dialogue between the diplomat and the civil society, the researcher.” Since March, Morocco’s king Mohammed VI has been in charge of coordinating the migration issue within the African Union. The agenda on migration will be formed into a roadmap ahead of the next African Union summit scheduled in January 2018. https://www.semperdiamondlodge.com

Catalonia President hires Lawyer as he moves to Brussels A Belgian lawyer says he has been hired by Carles Puigdemont amid reports the ousted leader may file a claim for political asylum. Catalonia's disputed president has travelled to Brussels after Spain's state prosecutor called for him to face charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds. On the first working day since his regional government was sacked, Mr Puigdemont and other Catalan leaders were accused of committing offences which carry sentences of up to 30, 15 and six years in prison respectively. Hours later, Mr Puigdemont and five former members of his cabinet reportedly drove to Marseille, where they boarded a flight to the Belgian capital. The development sparked rumours Mr Puigdemont would seek political asylum in Brussels - a prospect that Belgian migration minister Theo Francken described as "not unrealistic" and "100% legal". However, Belgian Prime Minister Cha

Las Vegas Shooting Survivals killed in car crash Dennis and Lorraine Carver chose to 'live in the moment' after escaping festival massacre unharmed, but died weeks later   A couple who survived the Las Vegas Shooting have been killed in a car crash less than half a mile from their home. Dennis and Lorraine Carver's daughters said her parents discovered a new lease of life after escaping unharmed from the massacre at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on 1 October. Mr Carver, 52, dived on top of his wife, 53, to shield her from a hail of bullets after Stephen Paddock opened fire on crowds from the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel, killing 59 people. The couple, who had two children, fled to safety during a lull in the gunfire. But they died just weeks later after their car crashed and burst into flames outside their gated community in Riverside County, California. “After the shooting, they heard from all of the people they cared about most. They were so ha

First Date Gone Sour: Elderly Man Arrested after ‘strangling 23-year-old woman Alan Richard Schmitt apparently 'grabbed the woman around the neck and threw her to the ground' A 77-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly strangling a 23-year-old woman on their first date.   Alan Richard Schmitt, from Virginia, was arrested at the home of the woman, who has not been named, after she claimed he attacked her following conversations on a dating website.  The woman said that she had rejected Mr Schmitt’s advances and said she was not looking for a relationship after realising he was older than he had claimed to be.  He did however manage to persuade her to accompany him to a shopping centre, after which the altercation occurred.   Mr Schmitt apparently bought her $400 (£300) worth of clothes before taking her back to her home.   It was at this point he demanded she return all of the items he had bought, including the shirt that she was wearing. When she re

A Key Militant Captured by U.S. Forces in Benghazi Attack U.S. officials say special operations forces have captured a key militant in the 2012 Benghazi Attack on a U.S. consulate that left four Americans dead,   national security correspondent David Martin confirms. The unidentified militant was taken aboard a ship. His name and role in the  attack are unclear, Martin reports. Officials said that U.S. commandos captured the man in Libya and are transporting him back to the U.S. The officials say the mission was approved by President Trump and done in coordination with Libya's internationally recognized government. The officials weren't authorized to speak on the matter and demanded anonymity. The  September 2012 assault killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, U.S.State Department computer expert Sean Smith and CIA contractors Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods. The attack was the fodder of  multiple congressional investigation to determine what went wrong and whether