Hadi al-Ameri has vowed to banish sectarianism but critics say he is an Iran proxy

Der Weg zur Bombe ist im Grunde leicht. Es braucht das Wissen, beziehungsweise einen Bauplan, und das Material. Beides mag im Falle einer Nuklearwaffe nicht trivial sein, doch sollte niemand annehmen, die Iraner wären Amateure. Jahrelang haben sie ein äußerst ambitioniertes Atomprogramm vorangetrieben. Und nicht einmal die Befürworter des auf der Kippe stehenden Nuklearabkommens haben…

ATLANTA (AP) — Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North’s appointment as the next president of the National Rifle Association gives some star power to the gun lobby but also inspires disdain by gun-control advocates who call it a tone-deaf move that shows an unwillingness to find solutions to gun violence. North, long a popular speaker before…

He takes home up to £400,000 a year – so it is perhaps no surprise that Simon Mayo says he finds the BBC’s new policy of publishing staff salaries ‘uncomfortable’ He takes home up to £400,000 a year – so it is perhaps no surprise that Simon Mayo says he finds the BBC’s new policy…

Elon Musk and Grimes. Rashid Umar Abbasi/Reuters; Neilson Barnard/Getty; Melia Robinson/Business Insider Tech billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly dating musical artist Grimes. The two stepped out together at the Met Gala on Monday night. The couple allegedly bonded online over a joke about artificial intelligence.   Elon Musk has found a new love interest in…

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he will step down as the state’s highest law enforcement official, hours after a report in which four women accused him of physical violence. “It’s been my great honor and privilege to serve as attorney general for the people of the State of New York,” he said in…

Image copyright AFP New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned following allegations of assault by four women. The resignation came after The New Yorker magazine published a report quoting the women who accused Mr Schneiderman of hitting them. Two identified themselves as former girlfriends of his. Mr Scheiderman – who contests the allegations -…

The stats are simple: Arrests in the city of Los Angeles have gone down 15% since 2011, but arrests of homeless people have gone up 31%. By far the top charges have been for non-violent or minor offenses; these make up the majority of the charges cited in homeless arrests. There you have it—the data portion…

As shares of Estee Lauder Companies slid on Monday amid widespread weakness in the consumer packaged goods stocks, Cramer came out in defense of the decades-old beauty giant. « The truth is Estee Lauder’s miles ahead of its peers and the stock deserves to be a lot higher, » Cramer said. « Bizarrely, this stock’s been getting slammed…

Daniel Michalow, a senior portfolio…