Leaders of India’s ruling Congress Party conceded defeat a day before the official results are even announced according to the Times of India, and a day after Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi’s image was removed from party headquarters and posters
On Wednesday, the European Union gas industry and Russia met in Brussels to discuss the ongoing conflict between the EU, Russia, and Ukraine over gas and energy. Not much was accomplished, but Eurogas President Jean-Francois Cirelli stressed the importance of
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey–A day after Governor Chris Christie claimed that he did not believe the George Washington Bridge scandal would affect his political future, former campaign manager Bill Stepien’s attorney demanded that Christie’s office correct alleged misstatements in the
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop (D) is asking gun companies to provide police with information “about their business practices” in order to stay in play for future city firearm contracts. According to The Wall Street Journal, the information requested includes
Alexis Tsipras, leader of The Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) Party, is reported by Greek media to have “lambasted western policy on Ukraine and expressed support for separatist referendums in the Ukraine during an official visit to Moscow, upon the
Hardcore “Net Neutrality” advocates won’t be very happy with the rules proposed by the FCC today, since as Reuters reports, the rules “may let Internet service providers charge content companies for faster and more reliable delivery of their traffic to
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood, has notoriously made anti-American and anti-Semitic statements during his sermons and speeches. Earlier this week, his official Arabic website published notes from a speech Qaradawi gave at a conference in Doha entitled “Jerusalem
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has condemned the moderate opposition for ending talks with the government in protest of the National Guard’s continued violent repression of protesters. The dissolution of talks, he said on his radio program, was the result of
A veteran underwater explorer claimed he has found ship wreckage off the coast of Haiti, the final destination of Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria vessel. Explorer Barry Clifford believes he has found the famous ship that hit a reef off of Haiti’s coastline
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sat down with Bloomberg Television and said that Ukraine “is as close to civil war as you can get” and the situation in east Ukraine will make it hard for Kyiv to hold presidential elections
Almost 200 US Marines have been moved from their base in Spain to the US Naval Air Station at Sigonella in Sicily in case the American embassy in Libya comes under threat. The Pentagon said this was a precaution due
Empowered Firearms in Vista, California is the first gun store in the country to have a firearms simulator “like the police use for weapons training” which is open to the public. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, store owner LeAnne
The Palestinian Football Association is set to lobby FIFA to sanction Israel over incidents in which Palestinian soccer players were shot and arrested for issues not relating to soccer. Palestinian FA president Jibril Rajoub announced that FIFA had a responsibility
California Democratic Assemblyman Rob Bonta, representing the 18th district, which comprises the central East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, is sponsoring a bill that would give the state permission to distribute condoms to prison inmates. The bill is
Ukrainian politicians, religious leaders, lawmakers and regional officials gathered in Kyiv to address the situation in east Ukraine with pro-Russian forces. Even though these forces are the cause of trouble, none of them were invited to discuss their grievances with
Chris Christie appeared at the Petersen Foundation’s 2014 Fiscal Summit today. He was asked during an on-stage interview with Bob Schieffer whether Bridgegate would have any impact on his career. Christie responded “As far as the impact on my political
U.S. Judge Christopher Klein, who is presiding over the Stockton city bankruptcy case, said on May 13th he will question officials from the California Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) in a bench trial that will last until Thursday, May 15th to determine whether the
The Philippines lodged a formal complaint with China Wednesday accusing it of moving building materials onto a disputed strip of the South Johnson Reef, a move perceived as yet another act of belligerence by China in heavily disputed territory. The
Many gun owners were disappointed when the Supreme Court declined on May 5 to take Drake v. Jerejian, but they shouldn’t be. Drake was an important case but also had significant problems, and there are more promising cases elsewhere in
The severe drought in California has created a problem for cattle ranchers, many of whom are selling their herds across state lines. Reuters reports that as many as 100,000 cattle have left the state in the past four months alone.
Manned U.S. planes are flying over Nigeria, aiding in the search for the nearly 300 school girls abducted by Boko Haram. The girls were taken from a secondary school in Chibok on April 14th. According to BBC News, a senior
The 2002 New Jersey law mandating only smart guns be sold in the state once a “viable” smart gun is on the market has an exemption for law enforcement, leading one to assume smart guns are not smart enough for
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled Turkey must compensate Cyprus for its 1974 invasion of the island state. The $123 million ruling marks the largest charge ever declared under the auspices of the ECHR. The court ruled
