Al-Qaeda has released a statement that the group’s #2 leader in Yemen has been killed in a U.S. drone strike.
Saeed al-Shihri had survived multiple drone strikes including one last year that the Yemeni government said had killed him. The new report is the first time at Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of al-Shihri. Continue reading
Peruvian officials are showing concern about an outbreak of the H1N1 “swine flu” that has killed at least five people in the impoverished country.
The Ministry of Health confirmed the number of identified cases has jumped from 46 to 73. They also confirmed the third death was a 38-year-old police officer who died within 48 hours of admission to St. Joseph’s hospital. Continue reading
Southern Peru has been rocked by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. The quake was the seventh quake in the region in the last week.
The U.S. Geological Survey marked the quakes epicenter at 53 miles northwest of Arequipa, Peru. The quake registered a depth of 52 miles. Continue reading
Hundreds of people have been evacuated after the Tungurahua volcano erupted Wednesday.
The volcano shot an ash plume over three miles into the air. Continue reading
Protesters connected to the Muslim Brotherhood upset about the ouster of Mohammed Morsi attacked security forces overnight resulting in the deaths of at least 7.
Police also used tear gas to disperse the protesters who had blocked major roads throughout Cairo. The protesters responded by throwing rocks at the police. Continue reading
In a major sign that the European Union is going to vacate a position of neutrality and side with Palestine in their ongoing campaign against Israel, the EU has issued new guidelines that starting in 2014 banning any funding of Israeli projects in disputed territories.
EU members will be banned from any Israeli project in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Continue reading
A musician from Norway who has connections to the mass murder Anders Breivik has been arrested in France on “suspicion he was preparing a major terrorist act.”
Kristian “Varg” Vikernes was called a “threat to society” by the French Interior Ministry. Vikernes is reportedly connected to neo-Nazis and received a manifesto from Breivik, who killed 77 in a bomb and gun attack on Oslo, Norway and a nearby island in July 2011. Continue reading
A new study suggests that obesity is a contributing factor to the frail bone disease osteoporosis.
A Harvard Medical School study on 106 men and women in the Boston area showed hidden fat inside their bones that could lead to fractures. Body scans of the overweight but otherwise healthy patients showed fat hidden in the liver, muscles and bone marrow along with belly, hips or thighs. Continue reading
Clothing, gas and service price increases drove a 1.8% increase in inflation during the month of June according to U.S. government reports.
The rise was 0.4% above May but below the government’s target figure of 2%. The consumer price index rose half a percent in June. Continue reading
The Islamist leader of Bangladesh has been convicted on multiple charges related to the country’s 1971 war with Pakistan.
Ghulam Azam, 90, was sentenced to 90 years in prison for convictions related to mass killings and mass rapes during the war. Azam was leader of the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party from 1969 to 2000. Continue reading