Abbas Rolls Statehood Dice With International Criminal Court Move
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - For someone nearing 80, President Mahmoud Abbas still knows how to shake things up. But his decision last week to join the International Criminal Court is a high-risk move that...
View ArticleNYC Mayor: Crime Down in 2014, ‘Working Very Hard’ to Resolve NYPD Work Slowdown
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton heaped praise on the city’s Police Department Monday as they unveiled new statistics that show the crime rate dipped in 2014. The...
View ArticleISIS Captive John Cantlie Appears in New Propaganda Video
John Cantlie, a British photojournalist and a captive of the Islamic State (ISIS), appeared in yet another propaganda video for the jihadi group on Monday. Only this time, instead of wearing an orange...
View ArticleTwo New York Police Officers Shot in the Bronx
Updated | Two New York City police officers were shot in the Bronx around 10:30 p.m. on Monday during a search for suspects in an armed robbery. One officer was shot in the chest and arm and the other...
View ArticlePutin Makes His First Move in Race to Control the Arctic
In november, the Russian K-550 nuclear ballistic submarine Alexander Nevsky, submerged in the Barents sea between Russia and the north pole, successfully launched a missile that travelled its...
View ArticleGoing Dry for January is More Popular Than Ever
The first week of January is when alcohol sales collapse and family lawyers are at their -busiest. The two may be connected. But while divorce has always been with us, -giving up the booze for a month...
View ArticleThousands Flee Intensifying India-Pakistan Clashes
Thousands of Indians have fled from their homes as fighting between India and Pakistan spread along a 200-km (124 mile) stretch of the border in the disputed region of Kashmir.Tension between the...
View Article50 Prominent Germans Condemn Anti-Muslim Rallies
Top-selling German tabloid Bild and 50 prominent Germans called on Tuesday for an end to what they see as rising xenophobia, a day after thousands of protesters in several German cities rallied against...
View ArticleIslamic State 'Police' Official Beheaded
A senior figure in Islamic State's self-declared police force in Syria, which has carried out beheadings, was himself found decapitated in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, the Syrian Observatory...
View ArticleLawyer Named in Prince Andrew 'Sex Slave' Case Seeks to Disbar Accusers
Well-known U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz has vowed to seek the disbarment of two lawyers representing a woman who has accused him of sexually abusing her when she was underage. But legal...
View ArticleOil Falls Below $50 a Barrel at New Five-and-a-Half-Year Low
Oil prices sank to fresh 5-1/2-year lows on Tuesday, extending losses after a 5 percent plunge in the previous session as worries over a global supply glut intensified.Brent crude fell by 3 percent to...
View ArticleVictims’ Groups Call for Serious Organised Crime Investigator to Head...
Groups representing the victims of child abuse have said that they want a younger figure, who has experience in investigating serious organised crime to head the inquiry looking into abuse by...
View ArticleJordan’s Maverick Prince Ali to Run Against Blatter for FIFA Presidency
Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein announced on Tuesday that he is standing in May’s election to become the president of FIFA, the world football governing body.The 39-year-old Prince Ali made public...
View ArticleFemale Suicide Bomber Strikes Police Station in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew herself up inside a police station in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, killing one officer and wounding another, the city's governor and...
View ArticleHamas Member Given Life Over Murder of Israeli Teens That Led to War
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian to life imprisonment over the killing of three Israeli youths, whose abduction in the occupied West Bank set off a...
View ArticleHow Russians Are Sent to Fight in Ukraine
In Yekaterinburg, the main city of Russia’s Ural region, retired army officer Vladimir Yefimov organizes army veterans to fight for Russia in southeastern Ukraine, more than 1,000 miles away.While...
View ArticleTop Executives Earn the Average Annual UK Salary in Just Two Days
Pay inequality in the UK has grown worse in the last year with today, Tuesday 6th January, marking the point at which Britain’s top executives will have amassed the same amount of pay as the average...
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How to Travel Like a CIA Spy
I unreservedly condemn Edward Snowden's massive release of important U.S. government secrets. Once they're out, though, it makes no sense to ignore the information now available.A 14-page document from...
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What Is the Deal With That Art Alexakis Cameo in 'Wild'?
There is not an Oscar category for "Most Bewildering Cameo by a Grunge-Era Rock Star," but if there were, Wild would have a lock. The well-received and very pastoral adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s 2012...
View ArticleFourth Russian General Commits Suicide in Less Than a Year
Lieutenant general Anatoly Kudryavtsev, a 77-year-old former serviceman in the Russian air force committed suicide in Moscow on Tuesday according to Russian police, becoming the fourth case of a former...
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