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(AFP) Seventy Ethiopian migrants have drowned after their boat sank near the entrance to the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, the Yemeni Interior Ministry said. The boat capsized off the port city of Al-Makha, near the Strait of

The group behind the November 24th cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, which saw thousands of employee Social Security numbers and five full feature films leaked on file-sharing websites, posted a new warning on Monday, vowing that FBI and Sony

(Reuters) – A quiet student at Kabul University, 25-year-old Abdul Rahim has a dream: to join Islamic State in Syria and fight for the establishment of a global caliphate – a new, alarming form of radicalism in war-weary Afghanistan. “When hundreds of foreigners,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria claims Israel’s warplanes strike near Damascus Egypt continues building buffer zone on Sinai border with Gaza Bank of International Settlements warns of ‘fragile’ and ‘sensitive’ markets Syria claims Israel’s warplanes strike near Damascus

Playing the race card more overtly than ever before, Barack Obama told Black Entertainment Television that racism is “deeply rooted” in the United States.  In Obama’s interview, which will be broadcast Monday evening, he intoned, “This is something that is

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi announced Saturday that three top former officials of the Vatican Bank are being charged with embezzlement and that their bank assets totaling 16 million euros have been seized. Former Vatican Bank President Angelo Caloia, its

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

On Thursday, two top editors of the liberal The New Republic magazine quit over a dispute with the magazine’s new owner about the publication’s future. The next day, nearly the entire Washington-based staff resigned in support of the editors. Now,

Women will soon be allowed to fight alongside men on the front line as the government looks to relax restrictions on them joining infantry regiments. A six month study into whether women are suited to fight in combat units has

Interpol issued a bulletin Friday seeking the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s most influential cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi. The bulletin was sparse on details but said that Egypt wanted the 88-year-old Qaradawi “to serve a sentence” for crimes including “incitement and assistance to commit

The U.S. Department of Defense, ever concerned that local police departments might lack needed equipment for their efforts combating crime, sent the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department an early Christmas present last March: 500 snowshoes and 132 snow trousers. That wasn’t

“Continue along the path of voluntary and disinterested commitment,” Pope Francis encouraged international Christian service groups on Thursday. “There is so much need for a witness of the value of giving freely.” But, he warned, “the poor cannot become an

Fat commuters should lose weight if they want more space on the train, an MP has said. Anne Milton, a former public health minister, tweeted yesterday that a “very large bottomed man” was making her feel “squashed” as he sat

Dec 5 (Reuters) – Scottish Power, owned by Spain’s Iberdrola, and Egdon Resources have decided to move ahead with a joint project to explore and develop shale gas in Britain, after seismic data showed the potential for reserves. Britain is

(Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban militants holed up in Afghanistan are being squeezed by U.S. drone strikes and a revolt against them, a trend that could disrupt the insurgents’ capability to strike in Pakistan. For years, Pakistani Taliban commanders fighting the

As expected, President Obama says he’s decided to make Ashton Carter his nominee for Secretary of Defense. “I accepted the president’s offer to be nominated for Secretary of Defense because of my regard of his leadership,” Carter said during Obama’s

The economy added 321,000 jobs in November–a dramatic jump from October. Overall the economy is creating many more jobs, but the outlook remains guarded. Unemployment stayed constant at 5.8 percent because the jobs count is based on the survey of

In one of Israel’s worst environmental accidents, millions of liters of crude oil gushed from a pipeline leak into a desert nature reserve on Wednesday and Thursday, causing severe damage, reports the BBC. The spill damaged the Evrona nature reserve

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com AQAP in Yemen bombs Iranian ambassador’s house, killing six AQAP in Yemen threatens to kill journalist not saved by failed US rescue attempt AQAP in Yemen bombs Iranian ambassador’s house, killing six Aftermath of

LONDON (Reuters) – The British Museum said on Friday it had loaned one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia, the first time any of the ancient sculptures have left Britain since they were taken from the Parthenon in Athens 200

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

Iranian hackers have breached the networks of 50 organizations from 16 countries, including the United States, leading to the possibility that the state-sponsored cyber thieves have left those affected extremely vulnerable, according to IT security firm Cylance. The attack, which

An “increase in the Muslim population” in Northern England and the Midlands has exacerbated the rate of pub closures, a Conservative member of the House of Lords has said during a debate on a cross-party amendment that will allow landlords

Boris Johnson has said that it is “human nature” to be fearful about being swamped by immigrants and those who seek to curb it are “not bad people”. The Mayor of London said it was the role of politicians to

Eighty-two-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former archbishop of Hong Kong, joined the three leaders of the Occupy Central movement in turning themselves in to police on Wednesday. “I’m prepared to be jailed, which is the strongest and most sincere proof

The creators of the new pro-Hillary Clinton country music video that’s exploding across the internet do not appear to like the Ford Motor Company. In the video, the ’90s model Ford F-150 pickup is spotted missing the blue Ford oval in

An independent forecaster has said Britain’s contributions to the EU coffers will rise by £100m a year for the next five years, The Telegraph reports. The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said the country will pay an extra half

LONDON (AP) — Afghanistan’s leader is asking international politicians not to abandon his country amid the withdrawal of most foreign troops and a surge in Taliban attacks. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and British Prime Minister David Cameron are jointly hosting

Less than three months after he came to power, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has been forced to call another election. The move came after his left-of-centre minority government failed to get their budget passed through the Riksdag after the

Family members of an Ebola victim in the devastated town of Jene-Wonde, Liberia, report that they are being denied food and water by villagers as part of their quarantine. Alice Massally, a member of the family, tells FrontPageAfrica the denial

(Reuters) – Turkey has seen a sharp rise in religious schooling under reforms that President Tayyip Erdogan casts as a defense against moral decay, but which opponents see as an unwanted drive to shape a more Islamic nation. Almost a million students

Cardinal George Pell, whom Pope Francis hand-picked as head of the recently created Vatican “Secretariat for the Economy,” revealed Wednesday that the Vatican’s financial situation “is much healthier than it seemed.” “In fact,” Pell said, “some hundreds of millions of

Which of these would you say is the more admirable black role model a) Baron (Herman) Ouseley, former chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, holder of thirteen honorary degrees from the Universities of Edinburgh, Sheffield Hallam, Bradford, Leicester, Leeds

Jordanian officials have detained twenty-one Muslim Brotherhood operatives, who have been charged with smuggling weapons and cash into the disputed West Bank region, according to reports in Arabic media. The Muslim Brotherhood operatives were accused of attempting to create a

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Supporters of the Islamic State extremist organization have released a video claiming responsibility for the shooting and wounding of a Danish citizen in the Saudi capital Riyadh last month. The Al-Battar Media Foundation’s video,

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is backing up several other conservative senators in publicly calling on all House Republicans to band together to block funding for President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty. He advocates using a strategy that will hurt the Democrats