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Two men charged after threats made to Pokemon event in Boston

Two men charged after threats made to Pokemon event in Boston

  Two Iowa men are facing firearm charges after authorities found weapons and ammunition in their vehicle following social media threats made to attendees of… Read More ›

Train shooting heroes: The men who helped avert a massacre in Europe

Train shooting heroes: The men who helped avert a massacre in Europe

The three friends from the United States traveled in Europe as vacationers. Now the world knows them as heroes. Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone and Alek… Read More ›

2015 World Athletics Championships: Usain Bolt defeats Justin Gatlin

2015 World Athletics Championships: Usain Bolt defeats Justin Gatlin

Usain Bolt overcame the doubters and the form book to beat controversial rival Justin Gatlin to 100m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing… Read More ›

IS blows up 2,000-year-old temple in Syria’s Palmyra

IS blows up 2,000-year-old temple in Syria’s Palmyra

Antiquities chief says jihadists destroyed shrine of Baal Shamin, built in 17 CE and expanded in 130 CE   Islamic State group jihadists on Sunday… Read More ›

Will West and Arab states accept border changes that redivide region?

Will West and Arab states accept border changes that redivide region?

Almost 100 years ago, the Sykes-Picot Agreement carved out the modern Middle East; Is stage two in the works?   As a result of regional… Read More ›

The pot industry is being cannibalized by startups

The pot industry is being cannibalized by startups

  The pot industry is not just for growers anymore. Tech entrepreneurs with high ambitions are finding money in applying startup solutions to the budding… Read More ›

Ukraine’s president made one of the gloomiest predictions for the country’s conflict with Russia

Ukraine’s president made one of the gloomiest predictions for the country’s conflict with Russia

  KIEV (Reuters) – Military pressure on Ukraine from Russia and the separatists that Moscow supports is likely to last decades and future generations will… Read More ›

This swimming pool in the sky is the ultimate symbol of London’s affordability crisis  7

This swimming pool in the sky is the ultimate symbol of London’s affordability crisis 7

  Surely nothing bad could come from the decision to build an impossibly wondrous amenity that is accessible exclusively to a city’s very wealthiest’s residents.… Read More ›

Pyongyang – Over 1 Million Volunteers In N. Korea Step Up To Defend Country

Pyongyang – Over 1 Million Volunteers In N. Korea Step Up To Defend Country

  Pyongyang – North Korean media have reported that more than 1 million young people have volunteered to join or rejoin the military to defend… Read More ›

Tehran – Iran Unveils New Missile, Says Seeks Peace Through Strength

Tehran – Iran Unveils New Missile, Says Seeks Peace Through Strength

  Tehran – Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km… Read More ›

New York – Congressman Says NYC Federal Building Gunman Got ‘raw Deal’

New York – Congressman Says NYC Federal Building Gunman Got ‘raw Deal’

  Edgartown, MA – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met on Saturday with Senator Elizabeth Warren, a popular progressive leader with a big support base… Read More ›

Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to second cub at National Zoo

Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to second cub at National Zoo

  And then there were two! Hours after giving birth to a cub, giant panda Mei Xiang delivered a second one Saturday night, the Smithsonian’s… Read More ›

34 Syrians killed by government rockets, shelling in Douma, opposition says

34 Syrians killed by government rockets, shelling in Douma, opposition says

  A new wave of Syrian regime attacks on the western city of Douma killed at least 34 people Sunday, an opposition activist group said.… Read More ›

Train heroes: The men who helped avert a massacre in Europe

Train heroes: The men who helped avert a massacre in Europe

The three friends from the United States traveled in Europe as vacationers. Now the world knows them as heroes. Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone and Alek… Read More ›

Secret IAEA deal inked with reported ex-head of Iran nuclear bomb effort

Secret IAEA deal inked with reported ex-head of Iran nuclear bomb effort

Ali Hosseini-Tash headed up nuclear research, university with nuke department for IRGC, dissident group says   The Iranian official who could be in charge of… Read More ›

South Korea seeks business opportunities in Iran

South Korea seeks business opportunities in Iran

Officials from Asian country set to meet with officials in Tehran to discuss possible oil, gas, and construction deals   Iranian and South Korean officials… Read More ›

Britain reopens embassy in Iran, with FM on hand

Britain reopens embassy in Iran, with FM on hand

Four years after Tehran building trashed by a mob, Hammond hails ‘historic moment’ in relationship with Islamic Republic   Britain’s foreign secretary reopened his country’s… Read More ›

In fresh leak, Ashley Madison CEO’s emails released

In fresh leak, Ashley Madison CEO’s emails released

Hackers post second, larger batch of data from infidelity site, including correspondence by Jewish founder Noel Biderman   Hackers released a second batch of data… Read More ›

Chinese investors are gobbling up US homes

Chinese investors are gobbling up US homes

Chinese home buyers comprise roughly 2% of US housing demand—and far more than that in the gateway metro areas with excellent airport access. According to… Read More ›

STOCKS GET CRUSHED: Here’s what you need to know

STOCKS GET CRUSHED: Here’s what you need to know

  It was an ugly Thursday for the stock market. The Dow lost more than 350 points, tumbled to its lowest level since February, and… Read More ›