The number of Nigerian girls abducted in a second kidnapping carried out by Boko Haram has been pushed from eight to 11, according to the NY Times. Men suspected of being fighters from the radical group Boko Haram kidnapped 11 more girls in Nigeria’s northeast, local officials said Tuesday, an intensification of its campaign against female education […]
It’s been three weeks since members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, dressed in Nigerian military uniforms, stormed an all-girls secondary school and kidnapped nearly 300 students, disappearing into a nearby forested area. For three weeks the world has watched, outraged at the lack of response from other nations and the boldness of Boko […]
UPDATE: 1:55 PM EST The White House has announced that a U.S. team will head to Nigeria to help in the search for hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls. According to the Associated Press: Spokesman Jay Carney says Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated the offer during a conversation Tuesday with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. Carney says “time […]
It’s been two weeks since 234 girls (ages 12-17) were abducted in the middle of the night from their boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria. It’s been two weeks since the Nigerian government, who first claimed to have recovered all but eight of the missing, has offered grieving families any definitive information regarding their daughters. And […]
News regarding the 234 missing Nigerian school girls is slow to trickle in, but new reports are suggesting the missing were sold as brides to Islamist militants for 2,000 naira, or $12. According to the Washington Post: Village elder Pogo Bitrus told Agence France Presse locals had consulted with “various sources” in the nation’s forested northeast. “From the […]
Malaysian officials are refusing U.S. advances to take on a bigger role in the case of the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. According to the New York Times, there are only two F.B.I. agents in Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur leading the U.S. investigation of the case. Malaysian officials have shown no interest in expanding the […]
Pope Francis and President Barack Obama will meet at the Vatican for the first time as part of a European trip scheduled in March. The White House says Obama “looks forward to discussing with Pope Francis their shared commitment to fighting poverty and growing inequality” during their March 27 meeting. He also plans to meet in […]
This doesn’t sound good. For the first time in history, most members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics. Last year, 257 members, or about 48 percent of lawmakers, had a median net worth of at least $1 million, this year’s numbers are disturbingly high […]
So this happened. An Indiana man is in jail on a $1 million bond after police found him with 50 bombs and four guns. His intent, however, is unknown. Andrew Scott Boguslawski, 43, of Morris Hill, Ind. was charged with one count of illegal manufacture or processing explosives, a felony of the second degree. His […]
In the span of 24 hours, two suicide bombers have attacked the southern Russian city of Volgograd, killing at least 31 people. The attacks highlight the terror threat the country faces as it prepares to host the Winter Games in six weeks. According to USA Today: A suicide bomber on a bus early Monday in Volgograd killed […]
The disturbing new trend, the Knockout Game, may have spread fear across areas like Philadelphia, NYC and even Washington, but police in several cities where such attacks are being reported believe the game is nothing more than an “urban myth.” The game, where young people try to knock out a stranger with one blow, might […]
At least 25 people are dead and another 150 wounded after suicide bombers, one in a rigged car and another on a motorcycle, attacked the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. According to the Daily Star: Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television reported that seconds before the car bomb exploded, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew […]
