ISIS Have Made Their Move Into Afghanistan Says Army General
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is now active in southern Afghanistan, according to Afghan officials, who say the extremist group are now fighting the Taliban and recruiting new members in...
View ArticleFrance Votes to Keep Fighting Islamic State in Iraq
PARIS (Reuters) - The French parliament voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to extend the country's military intervention against Islamic State militants in Iraq that started four months ago.There were 488...
View ArticleWatch Out Jeb! Santorum Comes Out Swinging
Rick Santorum finally inserted himself into the discussion of the Republican Party's 2016 presidential nomination. In an interview in The New York Times, the former Pennsylvania senator said his...
View ArticleWhatsapp and Snapchat Could be Banned Under Cameron's New Surveillance Laws
The British prime minister David Cameron has said that he wants to impose new surveillance legislation on the UK that would outlaw certain forms of encrypted digital communication, a move which has led...
View ArticleUltra-Rare Shark Birth Captured on Camera for First Time
At first, photographer Attila Kaszo didn’t think much of a picture he took of one particular thresher shark in the Philippines. One of the frames “ended up in my trash folder because it appeared to...
View ArticleChange Gun Laws in Europe to Let Jews Carry Arms, Says Leading Rabbi
A prominent Jewish leader has written to the governments of all the EU countries, calling on them to pass legislation giving special licence for Jewish people to carry guns.In a letter sent to interior...
View ArticleBoom: Small Business Confidence at 8-Year High
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. small business optimism jumped in December to its highest level in more than eight years, the latest sign of strength in the economy even as dark clouds settle over global...
View ArticleNazi-Era German Word 'Luegenpresse' Makes a Comeback
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German linguists' panel has chosen a Nazi-era term "Luegenpresse" (lying press), which anti-immigrant protesters have revived and shouted at the media, as the country's non-word of...
View ArticleBoehner's Plan to Block Obama's Immigration Moves
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security this week while blocking President Barack Obama's actions on immigration, House...
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Hearing Voices? You're Not Alone
One night, during her first year at the University of Sheffield, Rachel Waddingham struggled to fall asleep. She could hear three middle-aged men she didn’t know talking about her in another room....
View ArticleRussian Troops Stationed Near Finnish Border as Putin Begins Move on Arctic
A detachment of about 800 servicemen from Russia’s Northern Fleet have been stationed in the Russian town of Alakurtti, Murmansk region, just 50km from the Finnish border, part of a large-scale...
View ArticleCuban Dissidents Out of Prison, But Still Not Free
HAVANA (Reuters) - Most of the 53 Cuban prisoners released from jail under a historic U.S.-Cuba accord remain bound to the justice system under conditions that could easily return them to prison,...
View ArticlePhotos: German Anti-Islamisation Rally Draws Thousands
An anti-Islamisation rally in Germany drew a record 25,000 people to the streets of Dresden on Monday night, five days after deadly terrorist attacks in Paris resulted in 20 people dead, including...
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Accurate Size of Largest Sea Creatures Revealed
We humans like to tell tall tales. Literally. When people—even scientists—record and communicate the size of various animals, they tend to exaggerate the beasts’ size. Looking to set the record...
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Does Facebook Know You Better Than Your Mother? Or Roommate?
In the 2013 sci-fi romance Her, a writer falls in love with his computer’s operating system. Theodore Twombly, played by Joaquin Phoenix, begins to feel as if his Samantha—the female identity of his...
View ArticleBoko Haram Steps Up Attacks in Nigeria Ahead of Election
ABUJA/BAUCHI (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Tuesday, killing at least two other people and wounding 14 during prayers, a Red...
View ArticleU.S. To Target North Korea's Finances
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States aims to use new sanctions imposed on North Korea over the cyber attack on Sony Pictures to cut off the country's remaining links to the international financial...
View ArticleFighting Escalates in Ukraine With Attacks on Bus, Donetsk Airport
KIEV (Reuters) - A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport...
View Article2 Chainz, Nancy Grace Debate Marijuana Legalization
Rapper 2 Chainz joined television host/justice enthusiast Nancy Grace to discuss the pros and cons of legal marijuana on HLN Tuesday night, and the result was great television.Using the hashtag...
View ArticleMost British Jews Feel They Have No Future in Europe: Poll
A quarter of Jews in Britain have considered leaving the country in the last two years and well over half feel they have no long term future in Europe, according to a survey published on...
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