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(Reuters) – Anti-immigrant groups in Germany seized on Wednesday’s deadly attack in Paris, with leaders of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and PEGIDA saying it showed the threat of Islamist violence.

(Reuters) – U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month’s massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday.

Boko Haram bombs targeted the capitals of two northern states in Nigeria today, following the release of a graphic video of jihadists slaughtering civilians in a dormitory. In a video released this weekend, footage shows militants murdering civilians in a school dormitory 37

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Handing environmentalists a breakthrough victory, New York plans to prohibit fracking for natural gas because of what regulators say are its unexplored health risks and dubious economic benefits. New York, which overlies part of the gas-rich

(AFP) Pakistan is to end its moratorium on the death penalty in terror-related cases, the prime minister’s office announced Wednesday, a day after Taliban militants killed 141 people in an attack on a school. The assault on the army-run school

President Obama will use his administration’s executive power to authorize as much travel to Cuba as possible in lieu of Congress changing the law that restricts travel to that country, according to a senior administration official. The official briefed reporters

Pope Francis and the Vatican were involved in the negotiations with Cuba, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on background. The Vatican also hosted the United States and Cuban delegations to discuss the political exchange of prisoners

The Church of England has announced that its first female Bishop will be Rev Libby Lane, a parish priest from Hale, Greater Manchester and mother of two. She has been appointed as the new Bishop of Stockport just one month

Iran repeatedly warned Australia about the criminal past of the perpetrator of the Sydney cafe siege and called for him to be kept under surveillance, top officials in Tehran said. Man Haron Monis, the Iranian-born self-styled cleric who died along

European stock markets slid Wednesday after sharp gains the day before, while oil prices drifted to new lows, as investors awaited the outcome of the US Federal Reserve meeting. Oil prices extended their losses to fresh five-and-a-half-year lows, while the

UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening told Reuters Britain’s efforts to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone will see “rapid progress” in the next 4-6 weeks. Follow Breitbart London on Twitter @BreitbartLondon

PBS Newshour ran a gun control poll on their homepage and the found that over “95 percent” of respondents opposed “more restrictive gun laws” on Sunday. They introduced the question about gun control by pointing out that “it has been two

At least 100 soldiers loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime and 80 Islamic fighters, including members of the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusrah Front, were killed in a two-day fight for the Wadi al-Deif military base in Syria, reports a U.K.-based watchdog

On Monday, one of President Barack Obama’s top immigration officials assured illegal immigrants that Obama’s executive amnesty will be permanent.  Addressing an immigration conference in Los Angeles on Monday in Spanish, Leon Rodriguez, who heads U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

A man in San Francisco pulled off an expertly camouflaged heist when he robbed a bank wearing a Santa costume during the annual SantaCon celebration on the weekend, when thousands of people were similarly dressed up and in the streets.

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Plunging oil prices couldheighten geopolitical tensions, trigger defaults by U.S. shaleoil and gas firms and destabilise euro zone inflationexpectations, the Bank of England warned on Tuesday. In a half-yearly assessment of global financial risks, Britain’s

Fanatical pro Brussels Tory Lord Heseltine has predicted the UK will end up scrapping the pound and adopting the euro. In an interview with the BBC the former Deputy Prime Minister rejected the idea that pro-European voices had “lost the

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 16 (UPI) — At least 126 people, mostly children, were killed Tuesday, and more injured and captured, when a Peshawar, Pakistan, school was overrun by Taliban militants.The attack shocked a country accustomed to news of violence. Most of

(Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir claimed victory over the International Criminal Court on Saturday after it shelved further investigation of war crimes in Darfur, and reaffirmed his hard line on the rebel region. The Hague-based court indicted Bashir in

(AFP) Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012, said she was “heartbroken” by “the senseless and cold blooded” killing of scores of children by Taliban militants Tuesday in Pakistan. At least

At least 126 people, including 84 children have been killed in a Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan and around 122 injured, according to reports. Officials say at least six armed men stormed the military run school in the

Supporters of a new tax on sugary drinks in London are promoting it on the grounds that it will save the NHS in London £39 million over the next twenty years. But their own figures show that it would cost

China has just banned the burqa (ambulatory body bag and face mask) in the mainly Muslim province of Xinjiang’s capital, Urumqi. The government has also banned Islamic head coverings and beards in an effort to contain restive Islamic fundamentalism (“political

A recent study by the BBC World Service and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at King’s College London revealed that, in the month of November, over 5,000 people died at the hands of jihadi violence worldwide. 

The Gaza-ruling Hamas terrorist group held a military parade over the weekend in which thousands of jihadis marched through the streets, celebrating the 27th anniversary of the holy warrior organization’s founding, while calling for Israel’s destruction and praising its client-state,

(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, brushing aside suggestions that a low turnout tarnished his coalition’s election win, vowed on Monday to stick to his reflationary economic policies, tackle painful structural reforms and pursue his muscular security stance. But

Thousands of Germans will take to the streets today to protest against what they see as the country’s “Islamification” in what are likely to be the largest in a string of demonstrations in recent weeks. Protests have started taking place

The Department of Health and Human Services reports that the error rate for Medicare payments increased to 12.7% of total fee-for-service reimbursements last year. This is up almost 50% since 2012 and represents a $46 billion annual loss for the health

Three months after the independence referendum, the majority of Scots now support an independent Scotland a YouGov poll has found. The survey says that 52 percent of Scots now want Scotland to break away from the UK, once undecided voters

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When word of an EU ban on high-power vacuum cleaners hit Eurosceptic British tabloids in August, “Hoovergate” brought home a dilemma for the bloc that goes well beyond house-proud devotees of deep-pile English carpet. Now, fear of

LIMA (Reuters) – About 190 nations agreed on Sunday the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit increases in global temperatures.

A law professor at the University of California Los Angeles has been forced to apologize for, and withdraw, an exam question that asked constitutional law students to draft a memo outlining the arguments for prosecuting Michael Brown’s stepfather for incitement after

The United States Senate’s release of a controversial CIA torture report — widely seen as being a politically-motivated attack — has been met with both the ire and praise of many in the international community. Most recently, the United Nations

LODZ, Poland (Reuters) – The European Union has given Poland more than 100 million euros ($125 million) to build at least three “ghost” airports in places where there are not enough passengers to keep them in business. The result is