One policeman was shot dead and three others shot and wounded in four US cities on Sunday, coinciding with an epidemic of racially-tinged gun violence involving law enforcement. Police were shot in San Antonio, Texas, Sanibel, Florida, and in the Missouri cities of St. Louis and Gladstone, local police departments ...
US President Barack Obama said he is “not optimistic” about Syria’s future, warning that Aleppo was likely to “fall”. Obama said the Russian and Iranian backing for Syrian government had made the situation untenable for the opposition. “I am not optimistic about the short-term prospects in Syria,” he said Sunday ...
