The World Health Organization had admitted the Novel Coronavirus (NCoV), which has killed 18 of the 34 people it has infected, can be passed between people.
The release from the WHO follows reports from France of a second man who has contracted the virus in a very likely case of human-to-human transmission. Saudi Arabia also announced two more deaths from the virus. Continue reading
A double car bombing in Turkey is suspected as being the work of the Syrian Intelligence agency.
Turkish government officials say the bombs have the marks of Syrian Intelligence and come days after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told world media that his country had proof Syria had used chemical weapons on their citizens. Continue reading
The anti-Christian organization Freedom From Religion Foundation descended on the small Oklahoma town of Muldrow demanding that schools remove plaques of the Ten Commandments from classrooms. They claimed that an “anonymous” member of the community had filed a complaint.
What the FFRF didn’t count on was the students fighting back against the anti-Christian bullying. Continue reading
The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City shook with increasingly powerful explosions that have forced the Mexican government to evacuate some residents and launch emergency measures. Continue reading
Pennsylvania officlals have been working to raise awareness that in light of the Kermit Gosnell trial and the descriptions of the filth within the abortion clinic that new laws have been passed strengthening the state’s abortion laws. Continue reading
Turkey’s prime minister is making a bold claim that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against citizens that it crosses the “red line” declared months ago by U.S. President Barack Obama.
“It has been passed a long time ago,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told NBC News’ Ann Curry during an exclusive interview on Thursday. “We want the United States to assume more responsibilities and take further steps. And what sort of steps they will take, we are going to talk about this.” Continue reading
A Tunisian national who met with one of the men arrested for plotting to bomb a Canadian train has been arrested in New York on visa fraud charges.
Ahmed Abassi is believed to have helped radicalize Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two men charged in Canada with conspiracy to carry out an attack and kill people. The indictment against Abassi alleges that he then came from Canada to obtain a U.S. work visa to “facilitate an act of international terrorism.” Continue reading
The government of Panama has ordered the closing of all schools in an attempt to help the country in the midst of a major power crisis connected to a national drought.
Nearly 60% of Panama’s power is generated through hydroelectric plants . The drought is causing significant problems for the plants as demand is far outpacing their ability to produce. The government has declared a drought emergency for over 1/3 of the country. Continue reading
The head of the terrorist group Hezbollah told a gathering in Beirut that Syria is going to be providing their group with “game-changing weapons” less than a week after alleged Israeli airstrikes destroyed a shipment of Iranian missiles that were being transported out of Syria.
Israel has not admitted being behind the strikes but did say that they would strike against any shipment of missiles bound for the terrorist group. Continue reading
The Centers for Disease Control has released a report showing an almost 20% mortality rate for the H7N9 bird flu breaking out across China.
The CDC says the virus appears to have struck older people, a majority of them male, and have admitted that while bird-to-people transmission seems the most common transmission some human-to-human has taken place. Continue reading