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On Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. local time, the US continued its aerial campaign against Islamic State positions, striking a mortar setup in the area of Mt. Sinjar where over twenty-thousand Yazidis remain under siege by the jihadi terror group. The

Mexican officials will reportedly speed up “The Beast” to deter migrants from hopping on and off. Thousands of migrants have risked life and limb by jumping on “The Beast,” the so-called “Death Train” or “La Bestia,” in Southern Mexico to

This weekend, The Washington Post published “Five myths about the Border Crisis,” an article that argued that more border security and less amnesty would not deter illegal immigration. It also significantly downplayed the threat of gang recruitment in the United States.  Douglas

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State insurgents who seized a Lebanese border town this month planned to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by unleashing sectarian war between Sunnis and Shi’ites that would have endangered the nation’s very existence, the army commander

SRINAGAR India (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Pakistan on Tuesday of waging “proxy war” by sending militants to attack India and he used a trip to the disputed Kashmir region to stress that reconciliation between the nuclear-armed

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, 75, the first European infected by a strain of Ebola that has killed more than 1,000 people in West Africa, has died in hospital in Madrid, a spokeswoman for the city’s health authorities

The White House issued a statement late Monday from the Obama family, remembering Robin Williams after news of his death spread across the nation: Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a

Left-wing and mainstream media are slowly catching on there’s something happening in Europe, with a rapidly growing conservative movement that looks an awful lot like the same movement here. This was true exponentially for BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder, who was hired

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. With Ukraine reporting Russia has massed 45,000 troops on

(Reuters) – Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border with Ukraine backed by an array of heavy equipment including tanks, missile systems, warplanes and attack helicopters, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday. He said they were supported

For a story about a poll that shows only 13% of Americans want the children in this recent flood of illegals to be allowed to stay in America, The Huffington Post wrote this headline: “Most Americans Believe Migrant Children Should

Rockets pummeled a high-security prison in Donetsk, which immediately disabled all alarms. Officials said one person died and three were wounded, but 106 potentially dangerous criminals escaped. This could include people jailed for murder, robbery, and rape. “Extremely dangerous prisoners

Reuters commissioned a border poll and obviously didn’t care for the results. When you are Reuters, though, that’s not a  problem. You simply bury the inconvenient numbers under a misleading headline that reads, “Obama vow to speed deportation of children

British authorities are planning to burn 8.5 million illegal cigarettes to produce power for the National Grid, according to the Daily Mail. The cigarettes were seized after an inspection of a container from Malaysia that was supposed to contain fabric.

A top public health expert said U.S. officials are not prepared for a possible Ebola outbreak and do not even want to plan for contingencies.  Days after experts said an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. may be “inevitable,” Dr. Jane

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling party begins deliberations on the shape of the next government on Monday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan secured his place in history by winning the nation’s first direct presidential election. Erdogan’s victory in Sunday’s vote

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces are preparing for the final stage of recapturing the city of Donetsk from pro-Russian separatist rebels after making significant gains that have divided rebel forces, a military spokesman said on Monday. The spokesman, Andriy

According to the Los Angeles Times, the LAPD incorrectly classified nearly 1,200 violent crimes that occurred between October 2012 and September 2013, allowing hundreds of stabbings, beatings, and robberies to be categorized as minor offenses.  This resulted in the LAPD

American airstrikes were carried out Saturday and Sunday through drones and fighter jets in order to provide air support for Kurdish ground troops in the area of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region.  The Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers have been

CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian court on Saturday dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, preventing its participation in the parliamentary elections. The Muslim Brotherhood itself was banned in Egypt after the organization unleashed

West Nile Virus cases have been increasing across California with the uptick in incidents, including two deaths resulting from the virus, leading to a warning and precautionary measures for residents across the state. Sixteen human cases of West Nile virus have

In 2005, boycotts of Israel and divestments from companies with ties to Israel began in earnest.  In 2014, Sun News Network reports that Israeli supporters are countering these movements by buying Israeli products–especially the civilian version of IDF’s new battle

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives will lose next year’s election because they have neglected ethnic minority voters, Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister, who last week resigned over the government’s Gaza policy, warned on Sunday. Sayeeda Warsi, a

The article originally appeared at Bloomberg: The international response to the Ebola outbreak that has killed almost 1,000 Africans has been slow and inadequate, and the World Health Organization is at least partly to blame, said spokesmen for two key aid groups.

Sierra Leone (CNN) — It’s Monday, mid-morning as we drive east down rain-slicked roads. There are no cars, no trucks, and no people. Sierra Leone’s government demanded a shutdown and its citizens are listening. The West African nation crippled by

The article first appeared in The Independent: A hospital in Ontario, Canada, has isolated a patient with flu-like symptoms after the person was revealed to have recently travelled from Nigeria – one of the Ebola-hit areas.  The measure is just

British military chiefs are drawing up plans to help American airstrikes in Iraq, the Times reports. Senior figures are considering sending a spy plane to provide intelligence on ISIS positions, while Royal Air Force aircraft capable of refuelling U.S. fighter

In a bit of remarkable spin on Friday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the public’s dissatisfaction with Obama’s handling of illegal immigration has put Obama in a better position to enact executive amnesty.  Earnest said Obama’s abysmal poll

On August 7, the U.S. ordered diplomats’ families, not the diplomats themselves, to leave Liberia in light of the current Ebola outbreak. The families are expected to return to the United States via commercial airline travel, the State Department tells

At what was at times a combative congressional hearing Thursday on the burgeoning Ebola crisis in West Africa, congressmen and Africa aid workers criticized both the United States and international response to the outbreak, asserting it has been insufficient to

Though there has been a decrease in the number of illegal immigrants who have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in the past month, the White House is preparing for another spike once the temperature starts to cool in the

Scottish banks would flee to the rest of the UK is Scotland became independent, according to a report from the National Institute of Social and Economic Research. The report also warns that the new state’s economy could be thrown into

This article originally appeared in The Independent: The health care system in Liberia is collapsing as hospitals shut down and medical workers flee from the Ebola epidemic, Liberia’s foreign minister has said. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan said diseases such as malaria

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) – The British government told its citizens to leave parts of Iraqi Kurdistan, including the regional capital Arbil, on Friday as the sweeping advance of Islamist militants brought them closer to Kurdish territory. The government said