A terrorist attack on a busy road in northwest Pakistan has killed at least 9 and wounded at least 20.
The bomb was intended to take out a van belonging to the Pakistani Air Force but also destroyed two other vehicles including a passenger bus. The attack happened in Peshawar, a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. Continue reading
A former Obama administration advisor wrote in Sunday’s New York Times “we need death panels.”
Steven Rattner, former advisor to the Obama administration’s Treasury Secretary, wrote “elderly Americans are not entitled to every conceivable medical procedure or pharmaceutical.” Continue reading
Civilian casualities in Idlib and Hama have dramatically risen according to Amnesty International’s report that government forces are indiscriminately firing missiles and making air strikes into civilians neighborhoods.
The Amnesty International report says that the international community has not seen the war crimes happening in the two provinces because media outlets have been focused on the fighting in the larger cities of Damascus and Aleppo. Continue reading
The leaders of 11 European Union nations are putting plans in place to make the 27-nation bloc more of a “European government” that would direct elect it’s leader who then would appoint a continent-wide government.
The “Future of Europe Group” headed by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle released a report that says the current Eurozone crisis has caused a “crisis of confidence” in the EU. A result of the crisis, the report states, is a necessity for a stronger European Commission and a directly elected head of the Commission. Continue reading
The PKK, recently given official terrorist group designation by the US government, has launched another attack against Turkish soldiers killing seven and injuring at least 56 others.
The terrorists attacked a convoy with rockets. Most of the injured came from a nearby bus that caught fire during the attack. The group has recently ratcheted up their attacks on government forces without concern for civilian collateral damage. Several children have been recently killed by the group’s bombings and rocket attacks. Continue reading
Somali citizens are fleeing the city of Kismayo, the key stronghold of the Islamist group al-Shabab, as government forces close in on the city and defeat major pockets of terrorist resistance.
A general in the Somali army told the BBC they plan to take the port but did not give a timetable for the assault. Continue reading
A British woman who induced an early birth of her full-term baby and then claimed the baby was stillborn has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
Sarah Louise Catt, 35, buried the body of the child and has refused to tell authorities of the baby’s location. Continue reading
The BBC is reporting that the spokesman for the Al-Qaeda related terrorist group Boko Haram has been killed by Nigerian military forces.
A military spokesman told the BBC that two militants had been taken into custody by military forces and that one of the two men had later died while in custody. Boko Haram is refusing to confirm that their spokesman, Abu Qaqa, is the man who died while in government custody. Continue reading
Islamic militants have attacked the Egyptian security headquarters in the Sinai firing rockets and bullets from a different building. The attack in al-Arish was the flashpoint of daily battles between militants and security forces.
One police officer was killed and three wounded in the clashes. Continue reading
The University of Texas was evacuated Friday morning after a man with a middle-eastern accent called the school claiming to be with Al-Qaeda and said he had planted bombs throughout the campus.
The call arrived around 8:35 a.m. with a warning the bombs would go off in 90 minutes. University officials posted a message on the campus’ emergency alert website at 9:53 a.m. telling people to “immediately evacuate ALL buildings and get as far away as possible.” Continue reading
