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AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappears

AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappears

AirAsia said there are 155 passengers on board—138 adults, 16, children and one infant. Also on board are two pilots and five crew members. The… Read More ›

Pyongyang – N. Korea Suffers New Internet Outage, Calls Obama ‘Monkey’ And Threatens “Deadly Blows”

Pyongyang – N. Korea Suffers New Internet Outage, Calls Obama ‘Monkey’ And Threatens “Deadly Blows”

Pyongyang – After the release of a comedy film about a fictional plot to kill its leader, North Korea suffered a new Internet outage on Saturday… Read More ›

Lebanon – The Twitter Account For Iranian Army: Our Soldiers On Israel’s Borders

Lebanon – The Twitter Account For Iranian Army: Our Soldiers On Israel’s Borders

Lebanon – A twitter account affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) tweeted photos of IRGC soldiers with blurred faces supposedly on the border of… Read More ›

New York – JetBlue Flies 730 Law Enforcement For NYC Officer’s Wake, Funeral, For Free

New York – JetBlue Flies 730 Law Enforcement For NYC Officer’s Wake, Funeral, For Free

New York – JetBlue flew 730 officers from law enforcement agencies across the country to New York for the wake and funeral of a slain… Read More ›

London – Snow And Ice Sweep Europe Stranding Drivers And Leaving Some Without Power

London – Snow And Ice Sweep Europe Stranding Drivers And Leaving Some Without Power

London – Snow and icy weather swept through parts of Europe on Saturday stranding drivers overnight and leaving thousands of homes without power in Britain.… Read More ›

Tehran – In Military Drill Iran Tests Suicide Drone

Tehran – In Military Drill Iran Tests Suicide Drone

Tehran – On Saturday, Iranian army officials said it deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic… Read More ›

Queens, NY – Fellow Officers Salute The Flag-draped Casket Of Slain Police Man

Queens, NY – Fellow Officers Salute The Flag-draped Casket Of Slain Police Man

Queens, NY – Peers, family and friends of a policeman gunned down along with his partner lined up outside a church Friday and dozens of… Read More ›

New York – Outside Executed Officers Funeral Hundreds Of Angry Police Turn Their Backs On The Mayor

New York – Outside Executed Officers Funeral Hundreds Of Angry Police Turn Their Backs On The Mayor

New York – At the funeral  held for a policeman killed along with his partner in an ambush shooting, hundreds of officers turned their backs… Read More ›

New York – Mourners Will Gather For Slain New York Policeman Today

New York – Mourners Will Gather For Slain New York Policeman Today

New York – Hundreds of mourners were due to gather at a New York City church on Friday to pay their respects for one of… Read More ›

Should democrats be optimistic on 2016 presidential chances?

Should democrats be optimistic on 2016 presidential chances?

“The notion of demographics as destiny is overblown,” said Republican pollster and media strategist Wes Anderson. “Just like (Bush aide Karl) Rove was wrong with… Read More ›

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Asia Marks 10 Years After Indian Ocean Tsunami

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Asia Marks 10 Years After Indian Ocean Tsunami

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Many Grieving people  took part in beachside memorials and religious services across Asia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of… Read More ›

Helsinki – 5 Injured When Suspected Arsonist Sets Mosque Ablaze In Sweden

Helsinki – 5 Injured When Suspected Arsonist Sets Mosque Ablaze In Sweden

Helsinki – Police in Sweden say a mosque has been set ablaze by a suspected arsonist, injuring 5. Another mosque in the same town was… Read More ›

Tehran – Iran Expands ‘Smart Filter’ Internet Censorship To Facebook

Tehran – Iran Expands ‘Smart Filter’ Internet Censorship To Facebook

Tehran – On Friday Iran said it is going to expand what it calls “smart filtering” of the Internet, a policy of censoring undesirable content… Read More ›

New York – In Broad, Thinly Traded Rally, Wall Street Hits Records

New York – In Broad, Thinly Traded Rally, Wall Street Hits Records

New York – Though trading was light with many traders still out for the Christmas holiday, U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with major indexes hitting… Read More ›

Moscow – Visa, MasterCard Not Supporting Bank Cards In Crimea Any Longer

Moscow – Visa, MasterCard Not Supporting Bank Cards In Crimea Any Longer

Moscow – Following U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this month, the world’s two largest credit and debit card companies, Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, said on… Read More ›

Guns and rifles were smuggled aboard US airliners

Guns and rifles were smuggled aboard US airliners

A brazen scheme in which guns — even an AK-47 rifle — were taken onto passenger jets for years in carry-on luggage was described by… Read More ›

Sydney – Australia PM Says There Is, Increased Terrorist Chatter Following Sydney Siege

Sydney – Australia PM Says There Is, Increased Terrorist Chatter Following Sydney Siege

Sydney – Tony Abbott, Australian Prime Minister, said on Tuesday security officials had intercepted a heightened level of “terrorist chatter” in the aftermath of the… Read More ›

Washington – FBI Warns Of Islamic State Threat To Mississippi River Bridge

Washington – FBI Warns Of Islamic State Threat To Mississippi River Bridge

Washington – The FBI has warned local authorities of a threat that Islamic State militants would blow up the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge spanning the… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Mayor And Wife Visit Site Of Police Officers’ Killings

Brooklyn, NY – Mayor And Wife Visit Site Of Police Officers’ Killings

Brooklyn, NY – With his wife by his side, Mayor Bill de Blasio visited the place where two New York City police officers were shot… Read More ›

New York – Israeli Bank Assists U.S. Taxpayers In Hiding Assets In Offshort Bank Accounts, They Admit

New York – Israeli Bank Assists U.S. Taxpayers In Hiding Assets In Offshort Bank Accounts, They Admit

New York – Bank Leumi will pay $130 million and has fired two senior employees to settle an investigation into a scheme to help U.S.… Read More ›