A car for Denis Pushilin, the self-proclaimed leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, exploded in the middle of the city on Thursday. “Pushilin’s car was blown up. Three bodyguards were injured. He was not in the vehicle,” spokeswoman Klavdiya Kulbatskaya
PARIS (Reuters) – It’s not a good sign when the leader of a G7 nation feels the need to state his country still matters. That is precisely what French President Francois Hollande did at a meeting of European Union leaders
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is coming home to America as early as Friday morning. The former Taliban captive has been deemed ready to enter a new phase of his recovery after being released in exchange for five high-ranking Taliban officials this
Rio de Janeiro airport workers had planned to strike Thursday in order to maximize their outreach and effectiveness. However, their plans fell apart after a court threatened massive fines if they didn’t return to work immediately. According to the Brazilian
Not content with causing major instability with deadly attacks and mass kidnappings, Boko Haram is targeting the World Cup. Viewing centers set up in northeastern Nigeria have canceled screenings of Nigerian World Cup matches after Boko Haram threatened to bomb
On Wednesday, the West African nation of Sierra Leone shut down its border with neighbors’ Guinea and Liberia to try and contain a widespread Ebola virus outbreak. The country declared a state of emergency, shutting down all of its schools,
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi visited a hospitalized woman sexually assaulted by a mob at a celebration of his inauguration on Wednesday, apologizing publicly to her for the crime and to “every Egyptian woman.” Sisi, who visited the woman with a bouquet
Hours before the start of the World Cup, police and protestors clash in Sao Paulo. The conflict injured at least five people. According to The Associated Press, 100 people gathered in the city. Though smaller than what most expected, the
Khair Mundos, one of the top officials of radical Islamist terror group Abu Sayyaf, has been arrested in a Manila slum Wednesday after escaping from prison in 2007. Among other duties, Mundos was responsible for keeping ties with al Qaeda.
As many as 20% of men working in sugar cane fields in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Costa Rica may be suffering from chronic kidney disease and not know it, according to new research on finding an epidemic of unknown
The California State Controller has announced that sales, income and corporate tax revenue came in $530.4 million, 7.8%, below budget for the month of May. That substantial budget miss comes less than two weeks after the California Bureau of State Audits
Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers. Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers. These American rivalries have nothing on Argentina and Brazil. Argentinian Hernan Crespo said the Argentina team should be whisked out of Brazil
(Reuters) – Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday after government forces abandoned their posts in the face of a sweeping Sunni Islamist rebel push towards Baghdad that threatens Iraq’s future as a unified
(Reuters) – As NATO refocuses on its eastern borders after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the United States is quietly deploying more troops to train special forces in former Soviet bloc states anxious about Moscow’s intentions. Major exercises began last month
A day after he was stunningly ousted in his primary because of his embrace of amnesty legislation, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) continued to push for amnesty for the children of illegal immigrants. At a Wednesday press conference in
On June 11 Iraq announced it will join with Kurdish forces in an attempt to drive insurgents from Mosul. Mosul was “seized” by “an Al Qaeda splinter group” on June 10. According to Reuters, Iraq foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari said:
Chinese officials announced Tuesday that Hong Kong is not designated with “full autonomy” and must submit to the control of Beijing. The notice comes less than a week after over 100,000 people gathered in Hong Kong to remember the 25th
The Al Qaeda-affiliate Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan now claim they were ultimately responsible for the assault in Pakistan on Karachi’s international airport. The militant Islamist group said they fought side by side with the Pakistani Taliban during the raid that
Sunni Islamist militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have rapidly expanded their control of Iraq as a whole. The group is now said to be within range of overtaking Iraq’s biggest oil refinery in the
Stanislav Shushkevich, former head of state of Belarus, helped officially end the Soviet Union in 1991, but he feels the USSR is making a comeback. Ex-Soviet leaders lead the old Soviet states and there is corruption everywhere, especially in Belarus.
After calling his shocking victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) a “miracle” that he attributed to God, Dave Brat said voters are fed up with a Washington that cares more about Wall Street than Main Street. Cantor was
BEIJING, China – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will pay official visits to Britain and Greece from next Monday to Saturday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said. Li, who is to attend an annual meeting with his British counterpart David Cameron,
Although some may say good riddance to the side-show behavior at Venice Beach, Climate Central is predicting that, within 30 years, global warming-triggered conditions could produce “unprecedented coastal flood heights in the Los Angeles area.” The LA Weekly reported that
Ex-Soviet states Moldova and Georgia are following Ukraine, another ex-Soviet state, to sign a trade agreement with the European Union on June 27. Russia warned both countries not to proceed with the agreement. “There is an aggressive attitude from Russia
The government of North Korea has responded with signature bombast to the news that the United Nations is opening an office in South Korea dedicated to studying and combating human rights abuses within North Korea, warning that the challenge “to
