(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with the four leaders of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, a senior congressional source said on Friday, amid rising concern in Washington about the advances of the Islamic State. The source told
Unless bundled cable providers find a way to move their racket online, the demographic reality of younger people moving online looms as an existential threat to the most lucrative business in entertainment and the news media. In just four years
MINSK (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels reached a ceasefire agreement on Friday, the first step toward ending fighting in eastern Ukraine that has caused the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War ended. The ceasefire
(AFP) Canada said Friday it will deploy “several dozen” military personnel to Iraq to advise security forces fighting Islamist militants in the northern part of the country. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office said the Canadians will join US advisers in
(Reuters) – A hail of U.S. missiles aimed at the leader of Somalia’s al Shabaab militants may have left a gaping hole in the group’s leadership, potentially the biggest challenge to its unity since it emerged as a fighting force
(Reuters) – The Oakland Raiders have agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 90 members of the team’s cheerleading squad who alleged they were underpaid or faced lengthy delays in receiving their wages in violation of
Patriarch Louis Sako, leader of the Iraqi Christian Chaldean Catholic Church, has attacked the United States as “indirectly responsible” for the plight of Christians in that nation at the hands of the violent jihadist group the Islamic State. In a
The World Health Organization has released a controversial study claiming that North Korea has the second-highest suicide rate in the world, with almost 10,000 people taking their lives in the oppressive dictatorship in 2012. Many question state statistics, however, as
It’s happening right now in America. Billionaires and big business are teaming up with Obama and his socialist cabal to destroy the middle class. Unfortunately, the tone deaf GOP has not only allowed them to do it–but they’ve managed to
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is currently traveling in Mexico, but he has absolutely no desire to discuss immigration reform or the crisis on the border. During remarks to the press, Christie actively challenged reporters who pressed him on the
CAPE TOWN, Sept 4 (Reuters) – South Africa has denied a visa to the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, for the third time in five years, one of his representatives said on Thursday, intensifying speculation about the extent of Beijing’s sway
(Reuters) – At least 73 people have been killed across Pakistan after heavy rains brought flash floods and caused homes to collapse in the Punjab and Kashmir regions, government officials said Friday. Most deaths occurred in the city of Lahore,
The man allegedly at the center of a 2012 outbreak of meningitis that killed 64 people was apprehended this week attempting to fly to Hong Kong, the Department of Justice reported on Wednesday. The Centers For Disease Control began an
All right, so we’re slightly premature. By one measure – according to Bishop Hill – we’re still a month away before “no global warming” achieves its coming of age. But by other measurements, as Matt Ridley notes in the Wall
New sanctions against Russia expected to be announced on Friday in response to the Ukraine crisis could be lifted if a ceasefire is implemented, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said. “What would be sensible is to go ahead with our
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Roman Catholic Church has admonished the ruling Socialist Party for re-writing the Christian “Lord’s Prayer” into an ode to its beloved late leader Hugo Chavez. “The Lord’s Prayer, the typical prayer for Christians around the world,
The Cardinal Newman Society has solid evidence that contrary to what the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) attested, the state did not have a long-standing policy of viewing elective abortion as a mandatory, “medically necessary” insurance benefit. In
(Reuters) – The United Nations said $600 million in supplies would be needed to fight West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, as the death toll from the worst ever epidemic of the virus topped 1,900 and Guinea warned it had penetrated a new part
(Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of Washington’s closest allies in the Middle East, has called for a “unified effort” to root out radical militancy in regional hotspots including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Afghanistan. In a statement issued on the
In a remarkable admission on Wednesday, the Obama administration’s Department of Justice argued that granting a Constitutional “right” for illegal immigrant juveniles to have lawyers would make the border “completely open” for foreigners under 18 and attract even more illegal
On September 3, Australian Prime Minster Tony Abbott refused to rule out “boots on the ground” when a reporter asked about Australia’s strategy against the Islamic State (IS) terror group. Instead, Abbott said the “conflict” with IS is one that Australia
Sweden’s Security Service confirms that two terror attacks planned by Islamists within the country have been foiled. The Local reports that “a chief operating officer of the Security Service” told Aftonbladet newspaper that the two plots were discovered via “research
Up to 70 veteran USA Today journalists, editors, and others were laid off Wednesday, and reports claim that the newly unemployed were “marched out by security” and within 15 minutes had their email accounts shut off. The layoffs came as
(Reuters) – The family of Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants, said on Wednesday he was “a gentle soul”, and challenged the group’s leader to a debate on the peaceful teachings of the Muslim holy
Spain is considering a ban on burqas as part of a new security package. Speaking in a press conference, interior minister Jorje Fernández Diaz said that now would be a good time to obtain “a level of consensus” on the
