A car bomb detonated in a southern suburb of Beirut has killed at least 16 and left over 200 wounded. The bombing appeared to target strongholds of the Shia terrorist movement Hezbollah.
Heavy damage was reported to nearby buildings and cars. The BBC reported smoke was still rising from buildings two hours after the bombing. Continue reading
A new report says that American nuclear facilities are vulnerable to a “high-force” terrorist attack and some are still vulnerable to sabotage intended to create a nuclear meltdown.
The Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas released the report stating they want to shine a light on the security gaps left a decade after 9/11. Continue reading
The UN Security Council is meeting in a closed session over the violence in Egypt.
Argentina’s UN ambassador told Reuters after the meeting that all the parties were in agreement that the violence needs to immediately end. Continue reading
After 22 years of attempting to help the civilians in war-torn Somalia, the humanitarian group Doctors without Borders is pulling out all of their staff and closing all programs in the country.
The group says they are leaving because of “extreme attacks on its staff”. It said terrorists and even some civilian leaders “support, tolerate or condone the killing, assaulting, and abducting of humanitarian aid workers.” Continue reading
The Eurozone showed 0.3% growth from April to June meaning the group is officially out of a recession. It was the first major growth since the third quarter of 2011.
The report of the zone’s growth was expected by most economists after the biggest economy in the zone, Germany, drew 0.7% during the same period. Continue reading
A lighting sparked wildfire is raging near a Utah resort town where 13 homes have already been destroyed by the fast moving blaze.
The fire started in the Lake Rockport Estates subdivision near Park City, Utah. In addition to the homes, over 20 other buildings such as cabins and barns have been destroyed by the fire. Continue reading
Hundreds of people connected to the Muslim Brotherhood forced their way into a government building in Cairo and burned it.
The mob was repelled by police after burning the offices of the local government in Giza, Cairo’s twin city on the west bank of the Nile.
The Brotherhood had been staging a protest sit-in over their removal from power but those protest camps were cleared out yesterday by the government. The Brotherhood then began firing at police and civilians. Continue reading
Egypt’s interim prime minister has stated in a televised address to his nation that today’s action against supporters of Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood was necessary because authorities had to restore security.
Hazem Beblawi said the decision to move into the camps and disperse the protesters was not easy. Continue reading
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed ElBaradei has resigned as Vice President of Egypt after today’s clashes between government forces and Muslim Brotherhood protesters.
“It has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear,” ElBaradei said in his resignation letter. “I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.” Continue reading
Egypt’s government has declared a state of emergency that will last at least a month. A curfew has been put in place for 11 provinces starting at 7 p.m. local time.
The country’s health ministry is reporting that 149 people are dead in clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and government forces who cleared out Pro-Mohammed Morsi protest camps throughout the country. Continue reading