Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group is apparently planning more attacks on schools after their leader called for his members to rise up against “western education.”
Abubakar Shekau said “Western-style” education is a “plot against Islam.” Continue reading
In a week where the highest temperature of the year was recorded at Heathrow Airport in London, the U.K. Is facing a serious heat crisis.
London’s Waterloo train station was facing delays after a rail buckled due to the heat. The station’s platforms one through four are closed pending repairs to the warped rail. Network Rail had issued restrictions to trains last week because of the high temperatures trackside. Continue reading
Officials in the region surrounding the Popocatepetl volcano are on heightened alert due to a small earthquake and increasing emissions from the volcano.
The alert level has been raised to Yellow-3, the third highest level on the country’s seven-stage warning scale. Continue reading
Analysts were disappointed with the slow growth in the American retail sector in June.
The seasonally adjusted rate of growth was 0.4%, half the amount expected by most financial analysts. Sales of building materials fell 2.2% in the month according to the commerce department which depressed the overall sales number. Continue reading
Saudi Arabian health officials have asked any Muslim coming to their country on a religious pilgrimage to wear surgical masks to lessen chances of contracting the deadly MERS virus. Continue reading
Pro-abortion enthusiasts were caught with jars filled with urine, feces and paint as they tried to sneak into the gallery of the Texas State Senate to disrupt the debate on Texas’ new abortion restrictions.
In addition to the attempt to bring projectiles into the chamber, several abortion supporters tried to chain themselves to the railing in an attempt to keep the chamber from being able to vote on the measure. Continue reading
Five people have been confirmed dead with the death toll likely to rise after Islamic terrorists conducted a homicide bombing raid on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia. Continue reading
Typhoon Soulik has hit China with winds of at least 74 mph causing the Chinese government to launch emergency response plans.
Over 300,000 residents of the Fujian Province have been forced to evacuate their homes amid the winds, floods and landslides. Flights have been canceled and train service suspended throughout the region. Continue reading
A terrorist bombing targeted a restaurant in Kirkuk, Iraq at the end of the day’s Ramadan fast, killing 38 and wounding at least 26. Continue reading
After 18 years of court challenges and political wrangling, a law requiring parental notification for abortions by girls 17 and under is going to go into effect. The Illinois Supreme Court rejected an ACLU appeal against the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 which has already been upheld by a federal court.
“We find that, while a minor clearly has an expectation of privacy in her medical information, which includes the fact of her pregnancy, the intrusion on the minor’s privacy occasioned by the Act is not unreasonable,” Justice Anne Burke wrote for the majority. The vote was unanimous and bipartisan. Continue reading