Reuters - Page 29

Netanyahu's Approval Sinks After Gaza Ceasefire

A new Israeli poll shows that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s job approval rating has suffered dramatically in the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, which many Israelis felt was premature. At the same time, another poll shows that Israel’s right-wing parties

Netanyahu's Approval Sinks After Gaza Ceasefire

France rules out Assad as partner in terror fight

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande has ruled out an international partnership with Syria’s leader to fight against the Islamic State group, saying any alliance with Bashar Assad would play into the militants’ hands. In a wide-ranging speech Thursday

France rules out Assad as partner in terror fight

The Gaza War, By the Numbers

Fifty days. If the current ceasefire holds, that is how long intense, cross-border rocket fire into Israel by Gaza terrorists was met with retaliatory attacks on Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Air Force. Here is a look

The Gaza War, By the Numbers

Nigeria Closes Schools Due to Ebola Outbreak

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

Nigeria Closes Schools Due to Ebola Outbreak

Israel Finds Hamas Training Manual in Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a page from a seized Hamas training manual that supports its case that Palestinian militants deliberately use the cover of residential areas for combat operations, reports Reuters. Hamas “dismissed the document as a forgery

Israel Finds Hamas Training Manual in Gaza

Guns for Gift Cards, 'No Questions Asked'

SAN DIEGO — “Got Unwanted Guns? Get a Gift Card,” reads the header for a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department program offering grocery store gift cards for anyone who wants to turn in guns, “no questions asked.” Two events will

Guns for Gift Cards, 'No Questions Asked'

Islamic State Takes Over Syrian Military Air Base

After a four-day battle, jihadi fighters from the Islamic State (IS) terror group overtook a Syrian military airport in Raqqa on Sunday, securing the last piece of their accumulation of the entire province. President Bashar al-Assad’s state-run Syrian news agency

Islamic State Takes Over Syrian Military Air Base

USA Today to Obama on Exec Amnesty: 'Don't Do It'

As President Barack Obama considers enacting executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, USA Today urged him not to do it, saying it would “set a dangerous precedent” for future presidents to act unilaterally on a host of “significant matters

USA Today to Obama on Exec Amnesty: 'Don't Do It'

Scientists Detected Napa Earthquake Before It Struck

According to scientists at the University of California at Berkeley, an earthquake early warning system operated successfully and was able to detect the quake ten seconds before the 6.0 quake hit on Sunday morning in Napa Valley. Although ten seconds

Scientists Detected Napa Earthquake Before It Struck

Report: Obama Orders Federal Review of Police Militarization

On Saturday, President Barack Obama reportedly ordered a federal review of the increasing militarization of local police forces after Ferguson, Missouri erupted in rioting and looting after Michael Brown’s death. According to Reuters, Obama called for a review of “federal programs

Report: Obama Orders Federal Review of Police Militarization

China, Indonesia Pledge Anti-Terrorism Cooperation

China’s senior security official met Indonesian anti-terrorism chief in Beijing on Friday, with the pair vowing more cooperation in fighting terrorism, reported Chinese news agency (Xinhua). Meng Jianzhu told Ansyaad Mbai, head of the Indonesian National Counter Terrorism Agency, that

China, Indonesia Pledge Anti-Terrorism Cooperation

Famous Jewish Couple in Turkey Stabbed to Death

Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News is reporting that a famous Jewish couple were stabbed to death in their home in Istanbul. The bodies of Jak Karako, 77, and his wife, Georgia Karako, 69, were discovered by police in their apartment in Istanbul’s

Famous Jewish Couple in Turkey Stabbed to Death

Islamist Militants on Rise in Austria

(Reuters) – Authorities suspect around 130 people resident in Austria – most of them foreign nationals – have allied themselves with Islamist militants fighting abroad, officials in Vienna said on Friday, raising their estimate by nearly a third. Public safety

Islamist Militants on Rise in Austria

IL Dem Candidate Callis Confused About Where She Lives

Democrat House candidate Ann Callis, a former Illinois circuit judge, is running against GOP Rep. Rodney Davis in the state’s 13th Congressional District. The 13th is a politically competitive district, unlike the neighboring 15th District, where Callis has long called

IL Dem Candidate Callis Confused About Where She Lives

Hamas Goes on Killing Spree of Alleged 'Collaborators'

Hamas killed 11 Gazans suspected of informing for Israel on Friday, a Gaza security official said. The killings of the 11 were also reported by al-Rai and al-Majd, two websites linked to Hamas. The execution spree followed Thursday’s assassinations of

Hamas Goes on Killing Spree of Alleged 'Collaborators'

Senegal Closes Borders to Guinea to Curb Ebola

Senegal has become the latest African country to restrict travel as a result of the Ebola outbreak, closing its borders to neighbouring Guinea, the Senegalese Press Agency reported Friday. “This measure also applies to air and maritime borders, to planes

Senegal Closes Borders to Guinea to Curb Ebola

2 French Teen Girls Probed As Would-Be Jihadis

PARIS (AP) — Two girls, aged 15 and 17, are under investigation in France for allegedly making plans to join jihadis in Syria. The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Friday that the girls, one from Tarbes in the southwest, the

2 French Teen Girls Probed As Would-Be Jihadis