ISIS using hundreds as human shields in Falluja
As the Iraqi army attempts to drive ISIS out of the city of Fallujah, ISIS is holding thousands of civilians hostage, and using hundreds as… Read More ›
As the Iraqi army attempts to drive ISIS out of the city of Fallujah, ISIS is holding thousands of civilians hostage, and using hundreds as… Read More ›
Oil traders keep a low profile. So when one of the most widely followed oil traders on Twitter abruptly closed his account last week,… Read More ›
Legendary investor Carl Icahn has announced a new position in Allergan Pharmaceuticals. Allergan has been very popular on Wall Street. Back in 2014, billionaire… Read More ›
The French financial authorities went to some pretty extreme lengths to ensure that Google didn’t get tipped off early about their tax investigation into… Read More ›
Washington – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that while presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is “a phenomenon” and political outsider, he… Read More ›
California – At least five animal rights activists on Monday rushed the stage as presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at a rally in Oakland,… Read More ›
Poland’s government will appeal a court’s decision to block Roman Polanski’s extradition to the United States, an official said Tuesday, reviving prospects the aging… Read More ›
London – As one of the world’s most renowned scientists, Stephen Hawking is regularly called on to help explain the universe’s more mysterious phenomena.… Read More ›
Cuban state employees are abandoning their jobs for high-paying, private-sector gigs—in Cuba. As bartenders, bellhops, and taxi drivers. The growth of the Cuban private… Read More ›
China is hooked on debt, and the policymakers’ idea of treating the addiction could make things worse. Chinese officials said two months ago they will make it… Read More ›
The City University of New York (CUNY) is the largest urban public university system in the US. The school, however, sometimes called “the poor… Read More ›
Tampa, FL – Donald Trump calls his presidential campaign a mass movement, but he must show he can coax enough support from voters who… Read More ›
Cincinnati – The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy tumbled into the ape’s enclosure triggered outrage and questions… Read More ›
New York – Billionaires’ Row. That’s what New York real estate experts have dubbed a lineup of a half-dozen new superluxury skyscrapers overlooking Central… Read More ›
A Czech mountaineer died after falling about 1,500 feet while skiing down Denali, officials said Sunday. Pavel Michut, 45, fell while doing a ski… Read More ›
Orlando, Florida – Libertarians on Sunday selected a presidential ticket headed by former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, who lit into presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump… Read More ›
Thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga troops are involved in an offensive to regain formerly Kurdish villages near the ISIS-held town of Mosul, Kurdish officials say.… Read More ›
For second time in a month, terror group targets soccer club’s supporters; team’s president dedicates championship win to those killed A suicide bomber blew… Read More ›
King Abdullah orders new elections to be held after dissolving the parliament in accordance with constitutional custom. Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi… Read More ›
Pushed back by US-led coalition in Iraq and elsewhere in Syria, jihadist group’s advance in Marea cuts off escape for desperate civilians BEIRUT (AP)… Read More ›