This article originally appeared in BBC: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a videoed message the creation of an Indian branch of his militant group to “raise the flag of jihad” across South Asia. In the 55-minute video posted
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is considering providing arms and training to Kurdish forces to help its fight against Islamic insurgents, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday. Britain has so far carried out aid drops and surveillance and transported military
(Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande raised the possibility on Wednesday of carrying out military action against Islamic State. “The head of state underlined the importance of a political, humanitarian and, if necessary, military response that respects international law,” Hollande’s
Steven Sotloff, the US journalist beheaded by ISIS, was Jewish, had moved to Israel to study, became an Israeli citizen, and, while in captivity, risked his life to fast on Yom Kippur and pray towards Jerusalem. The Israeli government Wednesday
Between 1707 and about the mid-1930s, Great Britain was the most successful and important nation in the world. In a fortnight, it may no longer exist. Until last month, that was unthinkable. Now it may even be likely. What the
With the midterm elections a mere two months away, a new bipartisan George Washington University Battleground Poll shows noticeable movement towards the GOP. When poll respondents are asked if they will be voting for “the Republican candidate or the Democratic
This Friday the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added 230,000 jobs in August. The pace has picked up a bit but is still far less than needed to reemploy all the prime aged workers displaced in the
This post originally appeared in Salon: Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thomas Frieden began a press conference on Tuesday with the warning that “the window is closing” on containing the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. “This
President Obama confirmed that the beheading video of American journalist Steven Sotloff was authentic during a press conference in Estonia and offered his condolences to the family. Obama added that the prayers of the American people were with the family
ISIS fighters are capturing civilians and using them as slaves, transporting them enormous distances and separating them from their families forever, according to the testimony of a Yazidi girl in today’s Times. The 16-year-old girl, called Sama, says that she
Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko has ‘U-turned’ over his announcement of a ‘permanent ceasefire’ this morning, with confusion now surrounding the matter in Eastern Ukraine after the statement was redacted at 1100 GMT. Despite this, there are no indications that fighting
BRUSSELS/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – EU officials proposed sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russian firms of cash as punishment for Moscow’s role in Ukraine, where rebels said they were storming Donetsk airport, potentially their biggest prize since turning the war’s tide
Orange County could see a surge in the issuance of concealed carry weapons (CCW) permits following the passing of a February court ruling that relaxed the standards for obtaining such permits. Prior to the ruling, interested applicants — typically business
(Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group released a video purporting to show the beheading of U.S. hostage Steven Sotloff, the SITE monitoring service reported on Tuesday. Show full story at Reuters.
After Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) alleged in her book that some of her male colleagues made sexist remarks about her weight, a Washington Post columnist and editorial said that weight is now “the new rape.” “And by the way, for politicians
(Reuters) – Defensive end Michael Sam’s bid to become the first openly gay player in the National Football League (NFL) looked even more remote on Monday when he failed to make the St. Louis Rams’ 10-man practice squad. Two days
On September 1, a police officer in Portland, Oregon, shot a man standing on a ramp on I-84 pointing a gun at passing cars. Police say they received a number of 911 calls around 10:00 a.m. which “reported that a
(Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament threw its weight behind embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday as a deepening crisis over violent protests demanding his resignation prompted fears of an army intervention. Sharif, who enjoys a solid majority in the chamber,
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has pledged weapons and ammunition to Iraqi forces battling the threat of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. He issued a statement saying: The United States government has requested that Australia help to transport stores of military
DALLAS, Texas — Friday, Judge Lee Yeakel of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, ruled that parts of Texas’ abortion law, HB 2, were unconstitutional. The law was passed in 2013 after two
LONDON (Reuters) – A plan to build a major new airport to the east of London was rejected by a government-appointed commission on Tuesday, dealing a blow to its high-profile backer, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson. The Airports Commission said
Sometime on Saturday night, vandals attacked three Christian houses of worship in Columbus, Indiana, spray-painting the word “infidels” and citations of verses from the Koran on the outer walls. St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, Lakeview Church of Christ, and East Columbus Christian Church all had
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants beheaded a Lebanese soldier who was one of 19 captured by hardline Syrian Islamists when they seized a Lebanese border town for a few days this month, a video posted on social media showed on
A Wisconsin homeschooling parent has developed a curriculum “Roadmap” to help fellow homeschoolers distinguish between those publishers who have chosen to align their instructional products with the Common Core standards and those who have not. Tina Hollenbeck, a former public
