A second night of violence by Islamists angry over a French government ban on Muslim face veils burned at least 20 cars and led to four arrests.
A police official told reporters that at least 50 Islamists were involved, firing weapons at police. At least one assailant threw a gasoline bomb at police officers. Continue reading
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that he will hold a national referendum on any peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Netanyahu said the decision on a peace agreement was too important to leave to the government. Israel has never held a single-issue referendum in its 65-year-history and cannot happen without legislation in the Knesset. Continue reading
An earthquake of at least 5.9 magnitude struck in rural western China Monday morning killing at least 20 people. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was very shallow at only 6 miles deep.
Officials in the Gansu province say the quake struck near the city of Dingxi. The area is about the size of New Jersey and a total population of 2.7 million population. Continue reading
History was made late Thursday afternoon when the nation’s 18th largest city filed for bankruptcy protection.
Detroit’s filing marks years of decline for a once iconic city that houses America’s automotive industry. Financial mismanagement, population loss and a shrunken tax base are all being blamed for the city’s dire state. Continue reading
A North Korean ship has been seized trying to pass through the Panama Canal containing a large cache of hidden weapons which may violate U.N. prohibitions against sending weapons to the unstable Asian nation.
Missiles reportedly “being sent for repair” from Cuba were found buried under large sacks of sugar. None of the weapons were listed on the ship’s manifest which is a violation of maritime law. Continue reading
Consumers love falling oil prices because of the corresponding drop in gas prices at the pump.
However, a significant slide in the price of oil could end up causing major civil unrest in the Middle East and other oil producing nations according to multiple economists and researchers. Continue reading
The magazine Rolling Stone has placed Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of its most recent edition drawing outrage from the Boston area as well as the entertainment industry.
The magazine claims it is maintaining a “commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage” of issues that impact their readers. They noted the average Rolling Stone reader is about the same age as the bomber. Continue reading
Algeria’s state news agency says a 5.1 magnitude earthquake has caused massive damage in the northern part of the country.
The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey said was magnitude 4.9, hit around 4 a.m. about 25 miles south of the capital city of Algiers. Continue reading
Two Spanish aid workers for the group Doctors Without Borders were rescued from their Islamic terrorist captors Thursday.
Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut were kidnapped in Kenya in 2011 by al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group based in Somalia. The abduction of the two women along with others in a short span led the Kenyan government to launch a military assault on the terror group in Somalia. Continue reading
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban has sent a letter to a schoolgirl that the Taliban tried to assassinate in 2012.
Adnan Rasheed doesn’t apologize but says he wishes the attack “had never happened” and that she was not attacked for advocating for girls’ education but because she an ran “an anti-Taliban smear campaign.” Continue reading