The U.S. has closed 21 embassies and consulates around the world through next week due to intelligence reports that say a major terrorist attack is planned by al-Qaeda.
The State Department said that closing the embassies for the rest of this week instead of just the weekend was due to “an abundance of caution” related to the initial threat. Continue reading
A rocket attack on an arms dump in Syria has killed at least 40 according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The death toll is expected to rise as more than 100 people have been injured, many of them seriously wounded. Continue reading
The UN released casualty figures that shows over 1,000 people were killed in July.
The UN report states that the death toll was the highest monthly total in 5 years. Continue reading
A judge ruled on Wednesday to block North Dakota’s law that would require doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital.
“Certainly none of this comes as a surprise,” East Central District Judge Wickham Corwin said as he issued his injunction stopping the law from taking effect. Continue reading
Union County South Carolina police have reported that the United Methodist Church in Buffalo, SC was vandalized with Nazi graffiti.
Sheriff David Taylor told WBTW that swastikas, graffiti and satanic symbols were spray painted inside and outside the church. The vandals also went through the church and ripped apart all Bibles within the building. Continue reading
Temperatures in China during the day are so high that people are grilling shrimp on manhole covers and eggs are hatching without incubators.
Chinese officials say that in some locations the heat is the worst in 140 years and has forced them to issue a “level 2” weather emergency. “Level 2” is usually reserved for typhoons and flooding. Continue reading
The earth barely missed taking a massive solar punch in the teeth two weeks ago, an “electromagnetic pulse” so big that it could have knocked out power, cars and iPhones throughout the United States. Continue reading
The African news service BosNewsLife is reporting that 45 people are confirmed dead after a series of attacks on Christian churches in Kano, Nigeria.
The attacks have been attributed to Boko Haram who has called for all Christians to leave northern Nigeria. Continue reading
Officials from Brevard Public Schools are on the defensive after parents began to discover a textbook in world history classes is openly promoting Islam.
The Prentice World History textbook has a 36 page chapter on Islam but no chapters on Christianity or Judaism. The book, intented for 9th graders, declares Muhammad the “Messenger of God”. The book includes large passages from the Koran but not a single verse from the Bible.
The book says “some believed he was the messiah” in mentioning Jesus and later says he was executed but nothing about his resurrection. Continue reading
Honduras has declared a state of emergency due to an outbreak of dengue fever that has already killed 16 people.
The disease, which causes high fever and joint pains, has been confirmed in over 12,000 people. Doctors say that in more than 1,800 cases there is a real risk of internal bleeding and death. Continue reading