US threatens to sanction Turkey over detained American preacher

Source: Al Jazeera

The United States has threatened Turkey with sanctions over a detained American pastor held on terrorism and espionage charges - comments Turkish officials angrily denounced.

Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that if Turkey does not take immediate action to free Andrew Craig Brunson, "the United States of America will impose significant sanctions on Turkey".

"Brunson is an innocent man, there is no credible evidence against him," Pence said.



Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/threatens-sanction-turkey-detained-american-preacher-180726152149447.html

human trafficking and pedophiles in the Trump administration

I'm curious, has anyone kept a tally of all the pedophile, human trafficking cases related to the Trump administration?

Now with all the missing children it seems even more important to dig into this. It seems to me there are a lot of these who have been uncovered.
Recently there was
"Timothy Nolan, a 71-year-old former Campbell County district judge, pleaded guilty to human trafficking and other felony sex crimes involving minors, according to multiple reports."

Nolan is also a conservative political activist and worked on President Trump’s campaign in Kentucky during the 2016 presidential race."
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/386454-former-kentucky-judge-given-20-years-in-prison-for-human-trafficking
Then there was:
"Trump's Oklahoma campaign chair to plead guilt to child sex trafficking"
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-oklahoma-campaign-chair-plead-guilt-child-sex-trafficking-n822461
And then"
"Trump says he backs Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of molesting several teenage girls."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/trump-backs-accused-child-molester-roy-moore-senate-171204184857551.html
Moore has not been convicted,
Prominent Republicans such as John McCain and Mitt Romney called for Moore to drop out of the race after the allegations were reported.[128][129] Other senators withdrew their endorsements of Moore's Senate candidacy.[130][131][132][133] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he believes the women who made the accusations and that Moore should "step aside".[134] Speaker of the House Paul Ryan also called for Moore to abandon his campaign.[135] President Donald Trump initially said Moore should step aside if the charges are true, but otherwise expressed support for Moore.[136] Trump later formally endorsed Moore.[137][138] Alabama Republicans have largely defended Moore from the accusations;[139][140] an exception was Richard Shelby, the state's U.S. Senator since 1987, who said two days before the election the accusations against Moore "are believable" and that "Alabama deserves better." He said he wrote in the name of another Republican on his absentee ballot.[110]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Sexual_misconduct_allegations

Saudi says two Houthi missiles intercepted over Riyadh

Source: Al Jazeera

At least six loud blasts were heard on Sunday and bright flashes were seen in the sky over Riyadh, a witness told Reuters news agency.

Shrapnel was spotted on a street in the diplomatic quarter where most embassies are located and many foreigners live.



Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/saudi-houthi-missiles-intercepted-riyadh-180624232232166.html

Question submitted by Alameda