Russian President Vladimir Putin is launching an aggressive campaign to control more of the Arctic’s oil-rich territories in response to plummeting oil prices. With a nation for whom oil represents 20% of its GDP, control of the Arctic would allow
Rochester bookie Joseph Ruff pleaded guilty to extortion, illegal gambling, and money-laundering in a federal court, which included extortion of $230,000 from Minnesota Wild hockey player Thomas Vanek. Ruff’s attorney claimed Vanek owed Ruff more than $10 million. Ruff never
Russian state-run network Rossia doctored a clip from a commercial to use as evidence against the “erosion of morals” in the West with “sex education and tolerant views towards homosexuals.” Fathead, the company whose clip was used on Rossia, is
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised and thanked the Chechen government for responding to an attack in the capital of Grozny late Wednesday night. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov attended Putin’s state of the nation address on Thursday. “Now the ‘rebels’ once
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf banned public gatherings of any kind for the next 42 days to prevent the spread of Ebola. The country is in the middle of senatorial elections, but Sirleaf wants to prevent mass bodily contact as
Authorities in Abu Dhabi arrested 38-year-old Dalal al Hashemi, an Emirati citizen, who allegedly stabbed to death American teacher Ibolya Ryan with a large knife that was hidden in her burqa. Hashemi did not act alone. The second suspect, also a
Fighting broke out in Grozny, Chechnya, one day before Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his state of the nation. Russian authorities said militants killed three police officers at a checkpoint just after midnight. The attack forced Putin out of bed,
Nigerian police apprehended aspiring female suicide bombers on December 2, who told authorities there are still over 50 aspiring female suicide bombers scattered in the northwest city of Maiduguri, planning on when to strike. The woman said the bombers were trained to
Reports of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) brothels run by British women flooded the media in September. Unfortunately, the situation only worsened in the past two months. Young girls in Britain tell people how desperate they are to run to the terrorist
The World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations agency, suspended a food program to Syria due to lack of funds–right before the start of winter. The program provided food for 1.7 million Syrians. “A suspension of WFP food assistance will
Conditions for openly gay and lesbian Russians have become so dire that America is experiencing a surge in the number of LGBT Russians seeking asylum in America from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s tyranny against them. Several asylum-seekers spoke with the
Experts believe a new strain of malaria, which is resistant to drugs, is a “disaster in the making” in Thailand. The massive outbreak is on the Thailand-Myanmar border, but popped up in Vietnam and Laos. “It’s already a disaster in
The mayor of Kenema, Sierra Leone has condemned Ebola Burial Team workers for using the corpses of Ebola victims to protest their lack of payment. The protesters, who have not yet received their salaries for two months, publicly displayed the
A Nigerian court will pursue the death penalty against 14-year-old Wasilat Tasi’u for allegedly murdering her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani. The case caught the attention of activists around the world concerned about child brides and forced marriages. “She was married
A preacher identified as Ali Abu Ahmad delivered an impromptu sermon in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem that contained a hate-filled language towards Americans and Jews, but insisted on a caliphate similar to the one the Islamic State is attempting
Over 130 schools in Cameroon closed due to Boko Haram attacks in neighboring Nigeria. Cameroon shares a 1,242 mile border with Nigeria and over 310 of those miles border Borno state, which is controlled by the terrorist group. “The diagnosis
An Afghan woman, only known as Rezagul, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty how she murdered between 10 and 25 Taliban militants after they murdered her 27-year-old son right in front of her. The attack occurred on November 17 in western
Saddam Hussein’s granddaughter Banin enraged Iraqis with photos of her expensive wedding preparations on social media. She is set to marry Badr Raad Mahmoud Nasser in Jordan’s capital Amman on Friday. Her mother, Raghad, Hussein’s eldest daughter, posted pictures of
The death toll in Madagascar continues to rise due to the bubonic plague outbreak. The health ministry reported the disease killed forty-seven so far, but it could become worse since the plague is now in the capital Antananarivo and deltamethrin,
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite told Lithuania National Radio and Television (LRT) Russia is a “terrorist state” and urged the European Union to do more to help Ukraine against Russian aggression. “Lithuania is one of the countries that recently walked a
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported at least 119 cases of the bubonic plague in Madagascar with at least forty deaths. The situation could become worse since the disease is now in the capital of Antananarivo, the country’s largest city,
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announced Monday that he intends to present a Declaration of War resolution against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to Congress in December to make the current military action legal. “When Congress comes back into session in December,
Ukraine is taking steps to formally join NATO after President Petro Poroshenko met with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, a day after she called Russia a “terrorist state.” Lithuania is also a former USSR state and a member of NATO and
ONE Campaign, an organization that fights poverty and disease in Africa, published a video with celebrities in complete silence to protest the world’s slow response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. The video, titled “Waiting,” features Morgan Freeman, Ben
According to a report by human rights group Amnesty International, Turkish border guards have a record of abusing and killing Syrian refugees. Those who do survive face extreme poverty in makeshift camps. The revelations are featured in their new report, “Struggling
Speaking to German newspaper Der Spiegel, a former FBI agent and security expert warned that the Islamic State’s success on social media has helped strengthen the numbers of the organization. Former FBI agent and CEO of The Soufan Group Ali Soufan
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitri Peskov told the BBC that Moscow demands a “100% guarantee” that Ukraine will never join NATO. The organization continues to accuse Russia of aggravating the situation in Ukraine and breaking the ceasefire truce from September. Peskov
The National Cathedral in Washington, DC, hosted its first Muslim prayer service on Friday. There are some Americans who are not thrilled about it. These people took to social media to express their outrage over the service and praise the
The Shaam News Network posted a video of a young Syrian boy who ran into sniper fire to rescue a small girl. The incident allegedly took place in Yabroud, which is along the Syria-Lebanon border. The Telegraph reports people believe
US General Philip Breedlove, NATO’s top commander, said the organization witnessed more Russian troops move into Ukraine. Russia continues to deny sending troops to Ukraine, but evidence over the last nine months quash these denials. “Across the last two days
Rudaw, a Kurdish media network, received backlash from Facebook when the social network blocked posts and deleted pictures of Abdullah Ocalan, a jailed Kurdish leader. He founded the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey. The PKK is considered a terrorist
In Germany, authorities arrested ten men on suspicions of robbing churches and schools to fund the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), Ahrar al-Sham, and Jund al-Sham in Syria. The men, aged 22 to 58 years old, resided in Cologne, Siegen, Bergisch-Gladbach, Kreuztal,
Liberia reports a decrease in Ebola cases, but there is one town near the Sierra Leone border that is still fighting the disease. Jene-Wonde is a small town with 300 people, but is the new epicenter of Ebola in the
According to reports, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) murdered four journalists on November 4 and five on November 6 in Mosul, Iraq. Since the terrorist group drove out journalists when they took over the city in June, the reports cannot be
Russia continues to test the West’s patience as more Russian jets are intercepted over NATO airspace. Incidents on November 6 and 8 put the total of 2014 interceptions over 100, which is three times more than 2013. On Thursday, NATO
Russian President Vladimir Putin finds nothing wrong with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in World War II. This pact basically allowed Stalin to design what became the modern USSR after WWII. At the same time, Poland announced new defense strategies for a
A man found a dead newborn girl at a scrapyard in the ELWA Junction in Monrovia, Liberia, umbilical cord still attached. It is unknown if the baby died at the yard or if the girl was already dead. Residents said this
Russian actor and President Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Devotchenko, 49, was found dead in his Moscow apartment. Police suspect foul play due to the crime scene but did not elaborate. “There is reason to suppose that the artist’s death is
Ukrainian authorities claim over 200 rebels were killed in the east amid reports Russia sent 32 tanks, 16 howitzer cannons, and 30 trucks with Russian troops into the Luhansk region in Ukraine. On November 6, Ukrainian forces killed several rebels at Donetsk airport.
