Former NATO Supreme Commander General Sir Richard Shirreff said the West must wake itself up and re-arm if it wants any real chance of stopping “Russian adventurism.” He said the West is making a mistake by talking big but not
Fifty days. If the current ceasefire holds, that is how long intense, cross-border rocket fire into Israel by Gaza terrorists was met with retaliatory attacks on Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Air Force. Here is a look
Nigeria closed all schools until October 13 due to Ebola. The measure is to prevent the deadly disease from spreading. Students were due back on Monday. “All primary and secondary schools in private and public sectors are to remain closed
On August 23, an 89-year-old World War II veteran grabbed an armed robber’s gun, then pulled out his own gun and wrestled with the suspect before shooting him six times. The veteran, Arthur M. Lewis, was working at his Lake
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group of them hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at the weekend, pictures posted on the Internet and on Twitter by supporters
As Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto travels across California and declares America to be “the other Mexico,” a Pew Research survey has found that 60% of Mexicans disapprove of Peña Nieto on the economy. Perhaps as a result, a plurality of
(Reuters) – Unidentified, heavily-armed strangers with Russian accents have appeared in an eastern Ukrainian village, arousing residents’ suspicions despite Moscow’s denials that its troops have deliberately infiltrated the frontier. Two witnesses told Reuters on Tuesday that the dozens of men,
Kirsten Powers, the great moderate liberal commentator to who actually has the courage and honesty to practice the tolerance and compassion she preaches, has asked her Twitter followers to contribute to Catholic Knights of Columbus fund to assist Iraqi Christians
As the November elections draw closer, public contribution disclosures show that Bill and Melinda Gates have given a total of $1 million to support the passage of Washington state’s Initiative 594 – a gun control initiative expanding background checks over private
On August 25, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the Islamic State (IS) militants “killed up to 670 prisoners in Mosul” and “ruthlessly” targeted religious minorities for “religious cleansing.” Pillay also said IS was carrying out “ethnic…cleansing
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a page from a seized Hamas training manual that supports its case that Palestinian militants deliberately use the cover of residential areas for combat operations, reports Reuters. Hamas “dismissed the document as a forgery
SAN DIEGO — “Got Unwanted Guns? Get a Gift Card,” reads the header for a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department program offering grocery store gift cards for anyone who wants to turn in guns, “no questions asked.” Two events will
The French cabinet was dissolved this weekend thanks to increasing signs of rebellion from ministers on the left who are angry over “German austerity”. French President François Hollande has ordered his Prime Minister Manuel Valls to convene a new cabinet.
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s prime minister will scramble to put together a new pro-reform government on Tuesday, a day after the surprise eviction of rebel ministers who had opposed budgetary rigor. Manuel Valls will seek as wide a basis as
U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii ruled California’s 10-day waiting period on firearm purchases was unconstitutional on Monday. The ruling was the result of Sylvester v. Harris, a case in which Plaintiffs Brandon Combs and Jeff Sylvester filed suit against CA
After a four-day battle, jihadi fighters from the Islamic State (IS) terror group overtook a Syrian military airport in Raqqa on Sunday, securing the last piece of their accumulation of the entire province. President Bashar al-Assad’s state-run Syrian news agency
As President Barack Obama considers enacting executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, USA Today urged him not to do it, saying it would “set a dangerous precedent” for future presidents to act unilaterally on a host of “significant matters
President Barack Obama is reportedly set to give temporary amnesty to nearly 5 million illegal immigrants, and White House officials reportedly believe that is not “huge.” On MSNBC’s Jose Diaz-Balart, Chris Jansing, the network’s senior White House correspondent, said that Obama is
From the BBC: Militant group Boko Haram has said it has set up an Islamic state in the towns and villages it has seized in north-eastern Nigeria. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was speaking in a video released to congratulate
FREETOWN/LONDON (Reuters) – A British medical worker was flown home from West Africa on Sunday after becoming the first Briton infected in an Ebola epidemic, and a separate new outbreak of the disease was detected in Democratic Republic of Congo.
NAPA, Calif., Aug 24 (Reuters) – Prized collections and wooden casks crashed to cellar floors when a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Napa Valley on Sunday, but damage to the famous wine region at the start of harvest time might be
According to scientists at the University of California at Berkeley, an earthquake early warning system operated successfully and was able to detect the quake ten seconds before the 6.0 quake hit on Sunday morning in Napa Valley. Although ten seconds
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed Friday that over 1000 businesses across the U.S. have been targeted by a cyber attack that allows hackers to steal personal data from customers’ debit and credit cards. Some of the biggest names that
On Saturday, President Barack Obama reportedly ordered a federal review of the increasing militarization of local police forces after Ferguson, Missouri erupted in rioting and looting after Michael Brown’s death. According to Reuters, Obama called for a review of “federal programs
Sectarian violence continues to rise in Iraq as suicide bombs and gunfire killed over 85 people in areas around Baghdad in the Diyala province. On early Friday, a bomber attempted to murder a leader of a local Shi’ite tribe. He
