A one-two punch of flash flooding and a 5.6-magnitude earthquake has killed 24 Afghan citizens and injured hundreds.
The earthquake struck around 2 p.m. about 17 miles northwest of Jalalabad. At least nine have died in the region around the epicenter including a child. Hundreds of homes collapsed during the quake leaving thousands homeless. Continue reading
The Jewish Federation of Nashville has joined with a group of parents to protest a textbook that compares a suicide terrorist bombing to the land disputes between Israel and Palestine.
The offensive question reads: “If a Palestinian suicide bomber kills several dozen Israeli teenagers in a Jerusalem restaurant, is that an act of terrorism or wartime retaliation against Israeli government policies and army actions?” Continue reading
A large fire that began with explosions aboard two fuel barges in Mobile, Ala., was rocked by a seventh explosion early Thursday and fire officials said they planned to let the fire, which has injured three, burn overnight. Continue reading
In the first major terrorist attack on a foreign embassy in Libya’s capital, the French embassy was attacked Tuesday in a car bombing.
The blast destroyed the compound’s security wall and the ground floor reception area. An embassy guard was severely injured and is in critical condition. Continue reading
Israeli military officials have stated that Syrian troops have used chemical weapons multiple times against the rebels seeking to overthrow the government of President al-Bashir.
Brigadier General Itai Brun said that military intelligence believes that the chemical weapon used was the deadly nerve gas sarin. Continue reading
A United Nation official has blamed the Boston Marathon terrorist bombings on “American global domination.”
In an article called “A Commentary on the Marathon Murders”, UN Human Rights Council’s Palestine monitor Richard Falk wrote “the American global domination project is bound to generate all kinds of resistance in the post-colonial world.” Continue reading
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has rattled Papua New Guinea.
The epicenter of the quake is reported to be 18 miles north of Rabaul on the island of New Britain. The quake was measured at 10 miles deep. Continue reading
The judge in the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell has thrown out three of the eight murder charges, granting defense motions regarding insufficient evidence.
The defense motions to acquit after the prosecution presents a case is common but rarely granted. Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Minehart did not explain why he granted the motions. The dismissals were on three counts where the defense claimed the prosecution could not show the babies were alive when born despite testimony from multiple staffers to that effect. Continue reading
American Biotech Labs (ABL) has just released what is believed to be the first ever human-ingestion safety study on both a silver supplement, and also a nano-particle. The published abstract for the study states that ingestion of the patented ABL nano-silver particle showed no negative effects on any tested system in the body. Continue reading
What appears to be a meteor flash turned the nighttime skies over Argentina as bright as day on Sunday. Amateur video shows the green streak and flash in the background of a concert setting.