After the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it would begin to scale back stimulus funds later this year, global markets responded with significant downturns.
European stock markets were off 3% along with other risky investments. With the belief that interest rates will be rising earlier than expected the dollar rose in late trading. Continue reading
An Israeli tour guide discovered a pillar thinking he had made a major discovery only to find that the government had been hiding its existence for years.
The pillar is believed to be 2,800 years old and could be a landmark in mapping Old Testament locations. Archeologists believe that the pillar could connect Israel today with Judaism’s historical roots. Continue reading
A chicken in Scott County is confirmed with avian influenza and state officials have quarantined poultry within a 6.2-mile radius around the infected bird’s farm. Continue reading
The family of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini was able to visit him in iran’s brutal Evin Prison.
They report that he is in “good spirits” and that the most severe of his medical symptoms have eased. However, the Iranian government is still refusing to allow him treatment for severe abdominal pain. Continue reading
The foothills southwest of Denver erupted into flames Wednesday forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes.
Firefighters in the region say that hot and windy conditions are making it easy for fires to start. The newest fire near Pine, Colorado is small but a concern to local officials because of large flames and headed toward a ridge.
More than 400 homes were told to evacuate. The same area was hit last year with a fire four miles away from the current fire that destroyed 23 homes. Continue reading
Two New York men appeared in court facing charges related to providing support to terrorists.
Glendon Scott Crawford and Eric Feight claimed they could build an X-ray weapon that would be mounted on the back of a truck and “kill Israel’s enemies while they slept.” Continue reading
The Islamic terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for an attack on the UN Offices in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 15.
A witness told the BBC that a homicide bomber drove a car to the entrance of the UN compound and detonated his explosives. Four gunmen then ran through the opening in the wall and began to fire. Continue reading
Military troops are now leading rescue operations in the flood-torn northern states in India including the use of helicopters to rescue stranded civilians.
Officials have confirmed the deaths of 138 people with hundreds more still missing.
In addition to the flooding, landslides are now a serious threat to the region. In Nepal, a landslide killed 22 and has 18 people missing. Continue reading
The World Health Organization has confirmed a 33rd death from the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus along with three new cases in Saudi Arabia.
The new cases make 58 laboratory-confirmed cases of the infection. The latest death was a 21-year-old man who had been admitted into intensive care earlier this week. The death is unusual in that most cases involve older people; the other two cases in Saudi Arabia are a 63-year old woman in stable condition and a 75-year-old man in intensive care. Continue reading
India officials have listed the latest confirmed deaths from widespread flooding in the northern part of the nation at 70. Hundreds are still missing after heavy rains have washed buildings into the rivers along with cars and heavy equipment.
In addition to thousands being forced to leave their homes, officials say at least 75,000 people on a religious pilgrimage are trapped in the region because flooding has cut off all roads to the southern part of the country. Continue reading