(Reuters) – Battle-hardened jihadists returning from Syria’s civil war are no longer an ‘abstract threat’ but a ‘deadly danger’ to Europe, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday. An estimated 2,000 Europeans, including some 320 German citizens, have travelled
(Reuters) – The head of Iraq’s state-run South Oil Company Dhiya Jaffar said on Wednesday that Exxon Mobil has carried out a “major evacuation” of their staff and BP had evacuated 20 percent of its staff. He said ENI, Schlumberger,
(Reuters) Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they had found the remains of at least 28 people in a mass grave at a ranch in the eastern state of Veracruz, which has been wracked by violence between feuding drug gangs. In
The 11-hour time difference between China and Brazil has given Chinese wheeler-dealers a lucrative opportunity selling fake sick notes to football fans staying up all night to watch World Cup games. A search by AFP for “Beijing” and “sick notes
BEIJING (AP) — A court in eastern China on Thursday sentenced to up to 6 ½ years in prison three activists who were part of a nascent civil rights movement that has urged government officials to publicly disclose their assets.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Trying to tough it out in an accelerating government crisis, Poland’s prime minister said Thursday that early elections within weeks may be necessary to calm the situation sparked by eavesdropping on political leaders. Donald Tusk called
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Twitter account Iran experts believe is run by the office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in comments apparently inspired by Iraq’s turmoil, accused Sunni militants on Thursday of wanting to bring about a war in
BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni militants hung their black banners on watch towers at Iraq’s largest oil refinery, a witness said Thursday, suggesting the vital facility had fallen to the insurgents who have seized vast territories across the country’s north. A
NATAL, Brazil (AP) — The must-win World Cup encounter between England and Uruguay could boil down to which team best targets Luis Suarez. Both former champions realize a loss Thursday could signal the end of their World Cup campaign after
An 89-year-old man has been arrested and denied bail in the United States for alleged war crimes as a teenage Nazi guard at Auschwitz. Johann Breyer, a retired machinist born in Czechoslovakia to a US mother, admits joining the Waffen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Republican primaries heat up and the conservative grassroots battles the Obama administration’s dictates from Common Core to immigration reform, conservatives gathered for one of the biggest awards ceremony of the year on Wednesday night at
Defending champions Spain crashed out of the World Cup on Wednesday after losing 2-0 to Chile in their second defeat in five days. Chile’s victory — through goals from Eduardo Vargas and Charles Arranguiz — took them and the Netherlands
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders believe he does not need authorization from Congress for some steps he might take to quell the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency sweeping through Iraq, the Senate’s top Republican and Capitol Hill aides said
WASHINGTON (AP) — About 10 percent of veterans seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics have to wait at least 30 days for an appointment — more than twice the percentage of veterans the government said last week were
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces and Sunni militants battled fiercely for control of the nation’s largest oil refinery on Wednesday as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went on a diplomatic offensive, reaching out in a televised address to try to regain
Lisa Lampanelli may call herself the Queen of Mean, but Joan Rivers wrote the book on toxic humor. River’s latest book offers up more of the same. The comic memoir, Diary of a Mad Diva, takes aim at alleged “It
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An actor who played a police officer on “The Shield” TV show pleaded not guilty to murder Wednesday in the death of his wife and was ordered to stay away from his two young sons. Michael
On Wednesday, Bob Raskopf, the Redskins’ trademark attorney, said the team expects to win its appeal of the Patent Office’s ruling to cancel the team’s trademark and emphasized that the trademarks will still be effective during the process. “We’ve seen this
Iraq has asked the United States to conduct air strikes against jihadist-led Sunni militants that have seized key cities and large swathes of the country, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Wednesday.
After the Patent Office canceled the “disparaging” Washington Redskins trademark on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said it was only a matter of time before the Redskins change their name. Reid has predicted that the team would change
Writing at Business Insider, Brett LoGiurato examines the disastrous new numbers coming out about Americans’ disapproval of Barack Obama’s foreign policy. President Barack Obama has seen support for his foreign policy plummet to an all-time low, according to a new Wall Street Journal-NBC poll released
No tuition fees and generous grants give young Danes an opportunity that would make most green with envy — a university education without a massive debt yoke. But many, in both industry and politics, feel it’s become a free lunch
A 15-hour flight to Hong Kong proved a particular ordeal for one US passenger who accidentally trapped his middle finger in a toilet rubbish bin early Wednesday, police said. Police said in a statement the 32-year-old suffered the accident on
From the Financial Times: It is not a corporation and does not have shareholders, but the military success and brutality of the jihadi group surging through Iraq have been recorded with the level of precision often reserved for company accounts.
Spain’s King Juan Carlos signs an act of abdication Wednesday to end his 39-year reign, as a flag-festooned Madrid spruces up its streets for the people to hail his 46-year-old son as their new king, Felipe VI. The 76-year-old Juan
