Reuters on Tuesday published figures showing that Iran has, for the eighth straight month, violated crude export restrictions set by the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) agreement. Reuters cited experts suggesting that the Obama administration has been deliberately looking the other
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong lawmakers on Thursday pelted Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying with objects including a glass of water, while others shouted and held up signs demanding democratic reforms in the former British colony. The incident within the
On July 1, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously in support of Assembly Bill 1964, a bill that would add “single-shot handguns” to the list of unsafe and, therefore, banned handguns in city limits. According to WestsideToday.com, Councilman Paul
Hundreds of Palestinian protesters have been rampaging through the streets of the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Shu’afat since early morning Wednesday following news that the burned body of 16 year Palestinian teenager Muhhamad Abu Khdeir had been found in the
France’s conservative family-values campaigners have forced the Socialist government to scrap plans to force all schools to introduce a gender-equality programme. Parents fear the programme is an attempt by the government to teach primary school children that “they aren’t born
HOUSTON ,Texas–140 illegal immigrants were transported via plane to San Diego and then bussed to a federal housing facility in Murrieta, California. But things didn’t go exactly as planned–a large crowd of angry U.S. citizens protested the migrants’ arrival, which prompted agents
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 467, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Giving the latest update on the disease which has hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the WHO said there have
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — They captured the eyes and hearts of a suddenly awakened soccer nation, who gathered in unprecedented numbers to watch the world’s game. But the end of the ride came at the exact same point as four
Like the author of the attached article I hate to completely give up the term “liberal.” Liberal used to be such a good word. It stood for limited government and human freedom and thought unbridled. Then FDR had to come
A grandmother has been arrested on grounds of child endangerment and possession of drugs after her two-year-old granddaughter drank from the meth-laced tea she had left unattended. Cynthia Watson, 51, had been visiting from Oregon and staying with relatives in
As thousands of illegal immigrants have crossed the U.S. Southern Border and flooded into Texas and many are now being flown into California, one member of a Latino pro-immigration organization claims that “This issue with the children could be the
The NCAA has re-opened an investigation into the no-show classes and grade fixing scandal for athletes at the University of North Carolina years after the scandal and long after it allowed its own investigation to lie fallow. Between 1997 and
Japan is expected to enact historic expansions to their constitutional ability to construct and keep an active military, a controversial topic for many in the region who recall with horror the crimes of the Japanese military in World War II.
Oakland mayor Jean Quan has not yet provided her insurance information to Lakisha Lovely, the driver of another vehicle who was injured after the two were involved in a car accident nearly three weeks ago, according to Lovely’s attorney. CBS
Tuesday, the Supreme Court announced it will take another major religious liberty case, this one for its next term, which begins on October 6th. Reed v. Town of Gilbert is a case brought by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a First
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will not take no for an answer on amnesty legislation. After President Barack Obama said he would try to unilaterally change as many of the nation’s immigration laws as possible on Monday because House Speaker
The UFC holds its biggest event of 2014 in the midst of the biggest global sporting event of the year. So on the conference call promoting UFC 175, the World Cup naturally came up. “I like watching the World Cup,”
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 1 (UPI) — Israel launched nighttime airstrikes on Gaza after Monday’s discovery of the bodies of three missing Israeli teens. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retribution for their deaths, telling his cabinet, “Hamas is responsible and
(Reuters) – Afghan forces battled the Taliban in southern Helmand province on Monday for a second week, officials and residents said on Monday, seeking to reassert control over a strategic district just weeks after the departure of U.S. troops. The
In order to set a political tone against deportations, a large group of illegal immigrants and activists escalated their tactics this week by blockading the garage entrances of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, obstructing workers
On the front page of Monday’s The New York Times, published just hours before the bodies of three missing Israeli teens were found murdered and partially buried in a field outside Hebron, a story by Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren
On June 30 The Atlantic ran a column focused on treating firearms as “a public health crisis” and allowing physicians “to determine who is fit to carry a gun.” According to The Atlantic, “all U.S. states allow citizens to carry
A California man who reached out to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan in an attempt to help train terrorist fighters has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release. The man, identified as 25-year-old Sinh
Reuters and The New York Times have both had paradigm shifts in their coverage of the gubernatorial campaign of Wendy Davis. From early stories that seemed intoxicated with the soaring hopes of the Texas Democrat, the tone has shifted to
