A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the green light for Russian troops to invade Ukrainian territory, the country is rejecting accusations that they have acted aggressively towards their neighbor. The country is urging Western critics to put aside “geopolitical calculations” in favor of the interests of the people in the former Soviet Republic. While Moscow defended Putin’s […]
The father of a 6-month-old girl is under fire after posting a picture on Facebook of the baby holding a rifle at a Connecticut gun store, just 20 miles from the scene of the Sandy Hook massacre. The father, Christopher Duffy, purchased the rifle baby Genevieve was holding on Tuesday from Woodbridge Firearms. In response […]
After pressure from major corporations, the NFL and politicians, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed SB1062, or the controversial “right-to-discriminate” bill, which would have allowed businesses to discriminate against gays for religious reasons. “I call them as I see them, despite the cheers or the boos from the crowd,” Brewer said, criticizing what she described as a “broadly […]
Ukrainian police have issued an arrest warrant for President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled the country on Friday. With many political protestors getting killed by presidential law enforcement and government groups, police have issued a warrant for mass murder. An interim president was put in his place over the weekend, while Yanukovich flew out of Kiev by […]
Exactly a year after he shot and killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, South African paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius is speaking out about his sorrow and the shooting, which he called accidental. If you recall, Pistorius claims he mistook Reeva for an intruder when he shot her through the bathroom door on Valentine’s Day 2013. In a statement on […]
New video of what is said to be a 4-year-old jihadist firing an AK-47 in Syria has surfaced, alarming international experts and shining light on the frightening war in Syria. The boy’s father, who stands behind him, can be heard with others exclaiming “Allahu Akbar” as he props the barrel up on a street barricade […]
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 […]
Smugglers moving drugs made a huge “logistical error” when they sent boxes filled with bananas and cocaine to five Berlin supermarkets. Supermarket staffers discovered the 140 kg of drugs on Monday, just before the fruit went on sale to the public. Authorities in Berlin say the cocaine discovery was the largest in Germany’s capital in about 15 […]
A U.S. air strike killed 15 people on their way to a wedding in Yemen after the party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy. Five others were injured in the attack, according to local security officials. “An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another […]
Heated protests over Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision on Nov. 21 not to sign the accords with the European Union have resulted in the toppling of a statue of Vladimir Lenin on Sunday, as outrage mounts over the government’s push for closer ties with Russia. Police are investigating the incident. Ukraine’s government news agency said a lawmaker […]
Kenyan officials have identified four out of the alleged 15 terrorists who attacked shoppers on September 21st at Westgate Mall in Nairobi. More than 60 individuals died in the horrific shooting. Spokesperson Major Emmanuel ChriChri of the Kenya Defense Forces named Khattab al-Kene, Abu Baara al-Sudani, from Sudan; Omar Nabhan, and a man named Umayr as […]
Investigators are still trying to pin down who the terrorists were that unleashed a flurry of bullets on innocent bystanders during last week’s Westgate Mall attack in Kenya. But there has been talk that an internationally known (and wanted) terrorist named Samantha Lewthwaite (aka The White Widow) was behind the attack. It’s the stuff of urban […]
