Nations facing the Ebola virus have experienced a devastation unprecedented in the history of the disease. To fully grasp the magnitude of the outbreak’s disastrous affects on Liberia, a column in the nation’s largest newspaper, the Liberian Observer, asks whether
Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has announced that the terrorist group the Islamic State (ISIS) kidnapped Raad Mohamed Al-Azaoui, an Iraqi journalist, on September 7. The jihadist group is threatening to behead him if he does not agree to work for
Medical worker Pierre Trbovic helped run an Ebola clinic in Liberia. Specifically, he helped keep patients out, as the facility was far too small to harbor the number of patients storming in. In a column for The Guardian, Trbovic attempts to
The jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is linked to al-Qaeda, released 45 Fijian United Nations peacekeepers in Syria to Israeli military in Golan Heights. The terrorists captured the group on the Syrian and Israeli border. On Wednesday, al-Nusra released a
Iraq’s only Yazidi Member of Parliament (MP), Vian Dakhil, alleged that the Islamic State (ISIS) militants are leaving some of the towns they conquered due to the strong smell from the bodies of those they killed to seize the towns.
Recently, seventy members of Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority escaped a brutal Islamic State (IS) prison after a month of captivity in Mosul, Iraq. Some of those prisoners, including young girls, chose to tell the media about the horrific treatment Yazidis
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has debuted a video of a girl it claims is the youngest female fighter in its ranks. The video, posted online by the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC), features both a speech from
The Islamic State (ISIS) asked lone wolves in America and Europe to assassinate Twitter employees because the social media platform deletes ISIS accounts. The terrorist group uses Twitter to spread its propaganda and hate. The account @DAWLAMOON, who had 3,000
The U.S. State Department released a video to counter the numerous propaganda videos from the Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS. The department’s “Think Again, Turn Away” campaign developed the video with graphic images of the Islamic State murdering
Chinese authorities killed over 5,000 dogs in Baoshan in the Yunnan province to combat a rabies outbreak. The disease killed five people over the summer. Baoshan’s government asked local authorities to kill any stray dogs. Animal rights activists denounced this action, especially
Instead of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Lebanese citizens started the Burn ISIS Flag Challenge after the terrorist group beheaded two Lebanese soldiers. It went viral on social media with pictures and videos from people around the world. The first
Egypt’s prosecutor general arrested seven men who participated in a “gay marriage” video on YouTube. Homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, but it does violate morality laws. The men are charged with inciting debauchery and violating public decency. “Nine of
Lebanese Christians are taking precautions as the Islamic State (ISIS) continues to terrorize Iraq and Syria. Men grabbed weapons and set out for the hills to prepare for an eventual attack by the terrorist group. “We all know that if
The Islamic State (ISIS) Sharia Law in their self-declared “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq include laws that treat women as second-class citizens. Yet, somehow this terrorist group manages to recruit women from around the world to participate in their jihad.
The Jabhat al-Nusra jihadist group, a branch of al-Qaeda in Syria, set its eyes on Mhardeh, which is one of the last Christian cities in the war-torn country. Locals claim ten-year-old Shaza Bitar was killed in one attack on September
South Sudan’s civil war is forcing people to flee towns and villages, leading to a devastating food crisis. Over 4 million of the 11 million citizens in South Sudan face starvation, including 50,000 children. Unfortunately, the country is in the middle
British human rights activists Krishna Upadhyaya, 52, and Gundev Ghimire, 36, are missing in Qatar. The two men went to the country on behalf of The Glabal Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) to investigate the country’s treatment of migrant
Johnson & Johnson’s Crucell unit, along with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), decided to move forward with a two-shot Ebola vaccine to protect a person’s immune system. The vaccine will target the Zaire strain, which is
Dead bodies are strewn all over the streets in Bama, Borno State in Nigeria. The Islamist terror group Boko Haram attacked the city for two straight days, attempting to establish their rule there and expand within the state. Residents and
The Islamic State (IS) terror group, also referred to as ISIS, posted more disturbing pictures of babies surrounded by weapons and ISIS paraphernalia. One, no more than two months old, is wearing an ISIS onesie, and another, at least twelve
Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, also referred to as ISIS, released a video filled with threats against Russia, responding to President Vladimir Putin’s promise to provide aid to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In the video, jihadists vow to liberate
Iraq’s minister of defense posted two pictures of an alleged Chinese Islamic fighter with the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, formerly known as ISIS. This would be the first confirmation of a Chinese national within the jihadist group. The Facebook post
Russia passed laws to restrict free assembly, but there are Russians who defy the laws to protest or hold vigils for the war in Ukraine. In the most recent event, Russians attempted to light 2,249 candles to commemorate the number
At least fifteen young men dug up the casket of a suspected Ebola victim in Liberia and placed it in the middle of a busy highway towards Roberts International Airport–a highly trafficked airport close to the capital, Monrovia–authorities in the
Nigeria’s Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu said medical workers put 271 people under surveillance for Ebola. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country with 174 million people. Chukwu said 72 people in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populated city and Africa’s second fastest
Nigerians have begun to flee their homes in droves for neighboring Cameroon seeking refuge from the jihadist terror group Boko Haram. A three-day siege upon the town of Gamboru, in northeastern Borno state, led its residents to flee across the
Russia President Vladimir Putin told outgoing European Commission President Jose Manual Barroso he could take Kiev, Ukraine in two weeks if he wanted to, according to a report in Italian newspaper La Repubblica. This latest threat surfaces just days after Putin
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
America identified a 26-year-old woman the Islamic State (IS) is holding in Syria, but the family asked for her identity to remain a secret. IS sent out a $6.6 million ransom and US prisoners in exchange for the woman. The
Records show that Australian, British, and Malaysian women travel to Iraq and Syria to participate in jihad al-nikah, or sexual jihad, for the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists. They intend to become comfort women for the jihadists as the men continue
A leopard attacked Kamla Devi, 56, when she gathered water in the Uttarakhand province in India. The leopard did not survive the attack because Devi, armed with an axe and a sickle, fought back. “At first, I was terrified,” she said.
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carried out airstrikes in Libya a week ago but did not tell the United States government. New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick said it is because the new government does not trust the
There are 400 missing garden gnomes in Vorarlberg. These are not regular garden gnomes, though. The Social Democrat Party used these garden gnomes in a political campaign for an election on September 21. Members posted the garden gnomes, known as
Liberian doctor Abraham Borbor died from Ebola, though he received ZMapp, the experimental Ebola drug. Borbor was one of three Africans who took ZMapp. There is no word on the conditions of the other patients. Information Minister Lewis Brown told
The World Health Organization announced one worker is infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone. Ebola killed almost 1,500 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia since the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, the disease is still rampant. WHO did not
Egyptian feminist Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, 23, challenges the strict nature of Islam on her blog and Facebook pages. She went a step further in her protest against the Islamic State (IS) with a photo of Elmahdy and a veiled woman pooping
August 24 should be a special day for all of Ukraine. The separatists in east Ukraine, especially in Donetsk, decided to celebrate Independence Day with a parade of Ukrainian POWs and stolen Ukraine military equipment through the city center on
In a step to prevent the deadly disease from spreading, the Sierra Leone government amended its health act to make it illegal for anyone in the country to hide people infected with Ebola. A person faces two years in prison
On August 24, 1991, Ukraine’s parliament adopted The Act of Declaration of Independence, thus freeing the country from the USSR. Twenty-three years later, Ukraine is still fighting against Russia, but the war in the east and tensions with Russia did
The weather is warm. The air drips with humidity. It must be late August with the US Open, the last Grand Slam for tennis, around the corner. Question is, will the tournament award the usual suspects or will the next
