Assad Dared to Undergo ‘Snow Bucket Challenge’ for Syrian Refugees
Syria’s president has been dared to undergo a “snow bucket challenge” to raise awareness of Syrian refugees living in freezing winter conditions in camps across the region.In a nod to the Ice Bucket...
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Thousands Attend Anti-Islam Protests in Germany
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - A record 25,000 anti-Islamist protesters marched through the east German city of Dresden on Monday, many holding banners with anti-immigrant slogans, and held a minute's...
View ArticleAre North and South Korea Heading for Talks?
In a New Year's press conference Monday, South Korean President Park Geun-hye made an overture to North Korea, extending an offer to hold talks without any preconditions. "My position is that to ease...
View ArticleOil Prices Plunge Again as UAE Defends Holding Production
Brent and U.S. WTI crude oil prices fell to their lowest levels in almost six years on Tuesday as a big OPEC producer stood by the group's decision not to cut output to tackle a glut in the market.Oil...
View ArticleGerman Anti-Islamist Rally Swells After Attacks in France
A record 25,000 anti-Islamist protesters marched through the east German city of Dresden on Monday, many holding banners with anti-immigrant slogans, and held a minute's silence for the victims of last...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo Print Run Could Hit Three Million After Attack
Up to 3 million copies of Charlie Hebdo could hit newsstands this week, dwarfing its usual print run of 60,000, in response to soaring demand for the first edition of the satirical weekly since last...
View ArticleGreek Leftist: German Taxpayers Have Nothing to Fear From Syriza Government
German taxpayers should not be afraid of a Greek government led by the left-wing Syriza party, its leader Alexis Tsipras wrote in an article published on Tuesday in a German business daily.Speculation...
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The Strategic Blunder Behind the War on Terror
The Global War on Terror has ended. The Global War of Terror has begun.That is the widely overlooked but frightening lesson from last week’s murderous attack by Islamic fundamentalists on Charlie...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Still Supports the NYPD in Muslim Spying Lawsuit
Tension between Bill de Blasio and the New York City Police Department was building long before Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch accused the mayor of having blood on his hands...
View ArticleKim Jong-un ‘Snubs China’ and Accepts Putin’s Invite to Moscow
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has accepted an invitation from Russian president Vladimir Putin to attend a military march in Moscow this May, according to South Korean media, making his first ever foreign...
View Article‘People Starving’ in Eastern Ukraine as Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds
Vulnerable people living in east Ukraine are in serious danger of starving if normal government services aren’t restored by the government in Kiev. In November 2014 the decision was made to stop social...
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Ohio State Buckeyes Crush the Peaking Ducks for National Title
It happened late in the third quarter, as flawed but inexorable Ohio State nursed a 21-20 lead against Oregon in Monday night’s national championship game. Although the Buckeyes would ultimately win...
View ArticleThe Future of The Hague May Hinge on the War in Gaza
Since it was created more than a decade ago, the International Criminal Court (ICC), has largely been seen as a toothless, albeit well-intentioned institution. Tasked with what its top prosecutor,...
View ArticleAfter Charlie: What the Paris Attacks Mean for Israel
Part of the recent heartbreaking events in Paris reached their tragic end today in Israel, when the victims of the attack on the Jewish supermarket were laid to rest in Jerusalem. The leaders of Israel...
View ArticleFrenchman Held in Bulgaria Accused of Contact With Paris Killers
A French citizen detained in Bulgaria had allegedly been in contact several times with one of the two Islamist militants who shot dead 12 people at the offices of Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a...
View ArticleThe Shanghai Stampede and Xi Jinping’s Lost Opportunity
In the wake of the New Year’s Eve stampede along the Bund in Shanghai that resulted in the death of almost 40 people, Chinese President Xi Jinping wasted no time calling for hospitals to treat the...
View ArticleTed Cruz on Bush, Romney and ‘Mushy’ Moderates
The verbal blows have begun as contenders step into the ring for the 2016 Republican presidential primary.On Monday, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz fired his opening salvo against former Florida governor Jeb...
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How Denmark Learnt From Its Own Charlie Hebdo Moment
The autumn of 2005 was Denmark’s Charlie Hebdo moment, except it was more deadly. On 30 September, the newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, including one showing him...
View ArticleWoody Allen to Write and Direct His First TV Show for Amazon
Almost 50 years into his filmmaking career, Woody Allen will write and direct his first ever TV series—and it’s for Amazon.Half-hour episodes of the as-yet unnamed project will be available on Amazon's...
View ArticleFearing ISIS, Saudi Arabia Turns Back to Washington
In a predawn raid earlier this month, armed militants operating from the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, breached the northern Saudi Arabia border and launched a suicide attack on a military post,...
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