Search-and-rescue operations are under way off the coast of Hawaii after two Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters on a nighttime training mission collided, with six people aboard each aircraft.
Liberian government officials and residents of the New Georgia Community gathered together to celebrate Christ Kingdom Harvest Church’s enormous efforts to fight Ebola. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf chose to kick off her “Ebola Must Go!” campaign in the community because
According to a Palestinian opinion poll released Tuesday, an overwhelming majority of Palestinians are in favor of the recent round of terror attacks against Israeli civilians in and around Jerusalem. The Washington Post reports that the poll also showed a
A father in Saudi Arabia allegedly punished his nine children, including a three-month-old daughter, with red-hot skewers for almost a week because he could not find 100 riyals ($26). The eldest attended school when the principal noticed she was not
(Reuters) – A bomb exploded in a marketplace in Nigeria’s second city Kano on Wednesday afternoon, security sources told Reuters. The chairman of the Kantin Kwari market, Alhaji Liti Kulkul, said there had been an explosion but did not have
(Reuters) – Three journalists from the Syrian opposition television channel Orient News were killed in the southwest of the country when a missile hit their vehicle, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said late on Tuesday. The U.S.-based media advocacy
VILLACOUBLAY, France (AP) — President Francois Hollande, welcoming a freed hostage home, urged French citizens not to travel to areas where they risk being kidnapped. Serge Lazarevic, held captive for three years by al-Qaida’s North Africa branch, arrived Wednesday at
New evidence from the Pew Research Center reveals that Mexican Catholics who emigrate to the United States are considerably less religious than their counterparts who remain in Mexico. A hefty majority of US Hispanics are of Mexican descent (64%), according
(Reuters) – A former Connecticut resident and Chinese citizen who allegedly worked on the F135 engine was charged with trying to take sensitive documents about military technology to China, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday. Yu Long was en
(AFP) The UN’s Ebola czar on Tuesday hailed widespread progress in the fight against the deadly virus, but warned the outbreak was still surging in western Sierra Leone and northern Guinea. He said more foreign health workers and specialists were
Pope Francis has written a preparatory letter for the 8th World Meeting of Families, which he plans to attend in Philadelphia next September, saying that he “looks forward with confidence and hope to this blessed event.” This will be the
(AFP) Gunmen on Tuesday killed a member of a polio vaccination team in Pakistan, as Taliban insurgents claimed the killing of two policemen assigned to protect an immunisation team the day before. Tuesday’s attack — the latest of many on
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Seven people have been detained in Moldova on suspicion they smuggled uranium and mercury in a metal container from Russia to be used in a dirty bomb, police said Tuesday. House searches were carried out last
HONG KONG (AP) — Police warned Hong Kong pro-democracy activists that they have until Thursday to leave a sprawling protest camp which has blocked traffic in the Chinese financial hub for more than two months. Authorities are set to move
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation that would direct President Barack Obama to levy sanctions against Venezuelan government officials or others accused of perpetrating acts of violence or human rights abuses of anti-government demonstrators. The bill, passed in
Saudi Arabian officials have arrested 135 individuals on terrorism charges following an Islamic State-supported attack last month in the country’s Eastern Province. In November, Islamic affiliated jihadis stormed a Shiite parade in the country, killing seven. The group has also
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing its freedom of speech,” the Lawfare Project quotes Benjamin Franklin in their new video meant to raise awareness about the campaign to silence critics of militant Islam. The
A Bolivian deputy-elect is facing jail time for having publicly refused to shake the hand of leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales. While Norma Piérola claims she did so out of a respect for the Bolivian people, she now faces criminal
After it was learned the U.S. Federal Reserve has dumped 6% of its humongous bond portfolio in the last 90 days and The Wall Street Journal reported the Fed for the first time since December 2008 may stop assuring investors
Despite evidence that Russian-backed rebels were responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July, Russian media continue to find new culprits to blame for the incident. This time, Russian TV show Moment of Truth and the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The CIA director said that enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs), condemned in a Senate Intelligence Committee report as ineffective, did help thwart terrorist attacks against the United States, capture terrorists, and save lives. “Our review indicates that interrogations
Israeli security forces thwarted another terrorist attack, arresting two Palestinians outside the Tekoa community in the West Bank on Tuesday, according to a Jerusalem Post report. One of the suspects. Muhammed Abu Eisha, is the nephew of the terrorist Amar Abu Eisha,
The European Union has announced that it will give Turkey $85 million to help the nation support almost two million refugees from the Syrian Civil War. The donation to the Erdogan government overlooks Turkey’s role in helping the Islamic State,
The 11-year-old twin sons of Ibolya Ryan, an American teacher stabbed to death in a bathroom in Abu Dhabi, were waiting for their mother outside the shopping mall bathroom while the burqa-clad murderer ended her life, the boys’ father has
Fighters who are battling the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group on the ground are running dangerously low on ammo, telling the media that they may only have a few days of ammunition reserves left before they become defenseless against the
A group of hackers calling themselves the Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for knocking down Sony’s Playstation Network (PSN) for the majority of Sunday evening. Although Sony acknowledged that their PSN servers were down, the company did not make any
