22,322 People Have Vanished in Mexico’s Drug War
The number of people who have disappeared since the beginning of the drug war in Mexico has risen to 22,322, Assistant Attorney General Mariana Benitez said Thursday, up from a reported 8,000 in...
View ArticleEbola Kills 1,427: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has led to 1,427 deaths out of 2,615 known cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.In its latest update, the WHO reported 142 new...
View ArticleU.S. Ready to Take Further Action Against Islamic State: White House
EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - The White House on Friday said the United States stands ready to take additional action against Islamic State fighters who beheaded an American journalist and will not be...
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Assassin’s Creed: Taking Out Individuals as a War Strategy
Where do you stand on assassinations? The targeted killing of terrorists may be illegal, immoral, even counterproductive. Yet military commanders and intelligence operatives have increasingly come to...
View ArticleThe World’s Most Expensive Coffee Comes From Elephant Poo
The priciest coffee in the world now comes from beans that have gone through the digestive tract of elephants, NPR reports. The brew, known as Black Ivory Coffee, costs about $70 for one serving, which...
View Article'Fifty Shades of Grey' Readers More Likely to Be in Abusive Relationships
Erotic novelFifty Shades of Grey, which started out as Twilight fan fiction, is the fastest-selling paperback book of all-time. Dubbed “mommy porn,” the book has surpassed even Harry Potter in sales,...
View ArticleU.S., NATO Condemn for Russian Aid Convoy Entering Ukraine
World leaders have condemned Russian president Vladimir Putin after a convoy of trucks carrying what Russia calls “humanitarian aid” crossed the border into Ukraine without permission from Kiev or the...
View ArticleAll Vehicles in Russian Aid Convoy Have Left Ukraine, Says OSCE
All 227 vehicles that entered Ukraine as part of a Russian aid convoy have now returned to Russian soil, security watchdog the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on...
View ArticleEgypt Calls for Gaza Ceasefire as Fighting Rages
Egypt called on Israel and the Palestinians on Saturday to halt fire and resume ceasefire talks, but violence continued unabated with Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip and Hamasmilitants firing...
View ArticleU.S. Considering Taking Fight on Islamic State into Syria
The United States is considering taking the fight against Islamic State militants into Syria after days of airstrikes against the group in Iraq and the beheading of an American journalist, the White...
View ArticleWhy the U.S. Does Not Pay Ransoms for Americans Kidnapped by Terrorists
Should governments pay ransoms to terrorists to free hostages? The brutal murder of the journalist James Foley by Islamist State terrorists has brought this debate to the fore. Here, in a talk given...
View ArticleIntroducing...Bitcoin Poker
On Sunday, at 6 p.m. ET, poker players around the world will log onto a gaming site with the curious name of SealsWithClubs to bet not with the dollar, euro or pound, but with bitcoin – increasingly...
View ArticleTexas Governor Rick Perry Tries to Turn Indictment into Election Gold
Texas Governor Rick Perry has sought to parlay attention over a felony indictment into a fresh political push in New Hampshire, the crucial presidential primary state where his dismal showing in 2012...
View ArticleThousands March in New York City to Protest Police Chokehold Death
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Reverend Al Sharpton led thousands of chanting but peaceful activists in a march across Staten Island on Saturday to protest the death of Eric Garner, who died after New York...
View ArticleChina Says Charges Its Fighter Jet Got Way Too Close to American Plane...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Saturday called US criticism of an approach by one of its jets to a US Navy patrol plane off the Chinese coast earlier this week "completely groundless" and said its pilot...
View ArticleIsraeli Air Strike Destroys Residential Tower Block in Gaza City
GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike destroyed a 13-storey residential tower block in the center of Gaza City on Saturday and initial reports said 17 people were wounded, the Israeli army and Gaza...
View ArticleVideo: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes Midflight
(Reuters) - A Space Exploration Technologies’ Falcon 9 rocket suffered an anomaly shortly after launch on a test flight in Texas on Friday, triggering its automatic termination system, the company said...
View ArticleAnonymous House of Representatives User Banned for Transphobic Wikipedia Edits
Twitter account congress-edits reported on Thursday that an anonymous Wikipedia user—writing from an IP address linked to the U.S. House of Representatives—is editing articles on the online database to...
View ArticleObama Orders Review of Military Hardware Distributed to State and Local Police
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson,...
View ArticleSt. Louis County Police Officer Suspended After Racist Video Surfaces
A St. Louis County police officer has been suspended after a Youtube video surfaced of him making offensive remarks about killing, Muslims and President Barack Obama. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch states...
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