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1 Mar. 2018
A police official in Afghanistan says a large explosion has occurred in eastern Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A police official in Afghanistan says a large explosion has occurred in eastern Kabul.
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21 May. 2023
Mariupol: A Year Later
[E]ven before you start a war, you must try to form a vision of how it might end, preferably at a point at which you can claim victory or, if that isn’t possible, get out with a minimum of losses. Right now neither side in this war seems to have any idea
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2 Mar. 2018
The Latest: Geneva airport reopens after 2nd weather closure
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on frigid weather in Europe (all times local):12:20 p.m.Authorities at Geneva’s airport say it has reopened after a mid-morning shutdown that was the second closure in as many days due to snowy and icy conditions
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1 Mar. 2018
Explosion heard in Afghan capital Kabul: Reuters witness
KABUL (Reuters) – A police official said a suicide bomber had struck in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after a loud explosion was heard in an area close to foreign embassies on Friday. Police sirens could be heard in the area but there was no imm
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26 May. 2023
The Jihad on Christians in Mozambique
A savage jihad — replete with massacres, beheadings, and sexual enslavement — has been raging in the Christian-majority nation of Mozambique since 2017. Few in the West are aware of this, not least as the situation has been garbed in Marxist language
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14 Feb. 2017
Note to the Left: Four Years Ago, Conservatives Were Just as Depressed
Here’s a news flash for Democrats and other Americans on the left: Four years ago, when Barack Obama was re-elected president, conservatives were just as depressed as you are now that Hillary Clinton lost and Donald Trump won. I describe this as news because this undoubtedly surprises many of you. You probably never gave a
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2 Mar. 2018
Burkina Faso police director general says capital is being attacked by suspected Islamic extremists
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso police director general says capital is being attacked by suspected Islamic extremists.
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7 Feb. 2017
Audi: The Car for the Unhappy Woman
In the Audi Super Bowl ad, a male voice in grave tones says: “What do I tell my daughter? “Do I tell that her grandpa is worth more than her grandma? “That her dad is worth more than her mom? “Do I tell her that despite her education, her drive, her skills, her intelligence, she
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2 Mar. 2018
Fire kills at least 26 people in drug treatment center in capital of Azerbaijan
BAKU (Reuters) – A fire killed at least 26 people in a drug abuse treatment center in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a health ministry source told Reuters on Friday. (Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; Writing by Polina Nikolskaya; Edi
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2 Mar. 2018
Egypt arrests mother cited in BBC report; lawyer disappears
CAIRO (AP) — A mother who in a BBC report that angered Egyptian authorities accused the police of torturing her daughter and being behind her disappearance has been arrested.Also, a human rights lawyer who reported the woman’s arrest has gone mi
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19 May. 2023
'Murdered Like Animals': The Genocide of Christians in Nigeria Reaches New Heights
[S]ince the Islamic uprising began in 2009, 52,250 Christians “have been butchered or hacked to death” in Nigeria. – Report, intersociety-ng.org, April 10, 2023 In just the first 100 days of this year [Jan.1-April 10], “no fewer than 1,041 defenseless
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23 May. 2023
Turkey's Elections: Nationalist Identity Politics Wins Out Over Misery
There will be a second round for the presidential vote on May 28, but an opposition victory seems unlikely. Turkey is a country where average schooling is 6.5 years. In other words, the average person is a 7th grade drop-out. Ninety-five percent of
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