As part of a higher status for security amid Easter, Nigerian forces raided a suspected rebel hideout and killed 14 Boko Haram terrorists.
According to information found in the raid, the terrorist group had been planning a massive Easter Sunday attack on Christians in the Kano area. Residents reported gunshots and explosions. One soldier died in the assault and a potential homicide bomber was caught in a car filled with explosives. Continue reading
North Korea has declared a “state of war” with South Korea in their latest round of rhetoric.
Few are taking the declaration seriously as North Korea has been threatening South Korea in some form since a nuclear test in February. Technically the war between the nations has never ended because the armistice in 1953 was never turned into a peace treaty. Continue reading
Two men in Shanghai, China have died after contracting a new strain of bird flu.
The H7N9 strain has reportedly never been found in humans. Continue reading
A homicide bomber attacked a convoy containing a senior police commander killing at least 10 people.
The target of the assassination, Frontier Constabulary Adbul Majeed Marwat, was not seriously injured in the assault. Continue reading
Hard rain caused severe flooding in the Mauritian capital city of Port Louis on Saturday killing at least 11 and leaving thousands homeless.
Eight of the dead were caught in underground areas when the flood waters rose too rapidly for officials to evacuate threatened areas. Continue reading
A study released by the Rasmussen Reports polling firm on Good Friday found that 64% of Americans believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
While Americans who believe in the resurrection remain in the majority, that number is down significantly when compared to a Rasmussen Poll that asked the same question, released a year ago. Continue reading
Earth is experiencing an unusual cosmic bombardment as four large asteroids pass it in just one day. Fortunately astronomers don’t seem to be joking when saying none are expected to pose danger. Continue reading
A Phoenix, Arizona man who served in the Army has been arrested charged with fighting as part of Al Qaeda in Syria.
Eric Harroun, who left the Army on diability after a truck accident in 2003, faces charges of conspiring to use a rocked-propelled grenade while fighting with Al-Qaeda. Harroun had admitted to being a “Muslim freedom fighter” during a Skype interview with Fox News on March 11th. Continue reading
A new report is showing that a fungal infection called Valley Fever is up across the Southwest United States.
More than 22,000 cases were confirmed in 2011, a rise from 2,265 cases in 1998 according to the CDC. The report only looks at cases in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Texas also houses the fungus that causes the disease but they do not report statistics to the CDC. Continue reading
North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea, but Seoul and its ally the United States played down the statement as tough talk.
Pyongyang also threatened to close a border industrial zone, the last remaining example of inter-Korean cooperation which gives the impoverished North access to $2 billion in trade a year. Continue reading