Mideast Conflict: Despite Offensive, Hamas Still Firing Rockets At Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says its punishing air assault on Hamas militants, their property and their weaponry has delivered a devastating blow to the Islamic militant group. Yet rocket fire at...
View ArticleDwight Howard Quickly Deletes, Apologizes For #FreePalestine Tweet
Apparently NBA star Dwight Howard has some things to say about the conflict between Israel and Gaza. Well, kind of. Over the weekend, the Houston Rockets center tweeted "#FreePalestine" then quickly...
View ArticleIsraeli Doctors Treat Palestinian Children Born With Heart Defects
Despite the continued rocket fire persisting between Israel and Gaza, there is a glimmer of hope for unity among the warring sides. Israeli doctors in Holon have been working to save the lives of...
View ArticleGuam Rampage Suspect Attacked In Jail By Lawyer's Other Client
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — The lawyer for a Guam man accused of killing three tourists in a crash and stabbing rampage said Monday that her client was assaulted in jail by another inmate. Public Defender...
View ArticleBritish Foreign Minister William Hague Stepping Down
LONDON (AP) — Britain's high-profile foreign minister, William Hague, is leaving his job, the government said Monday — a surprise announcement that precedes a major shakeup of the Conservative-led...
View ArticleObama: 'Israel Has The Right To Defend Itself'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama praised Egypt's proposal Monday for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, telling Muslim-Americans that he's hopeful that the plan...
View ArticleU.S. Deports Honduran Children In First Flight Since Obama's Pledge
(Adds quote from migration expert in Honduras) By Gabriel Stargardter SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras, July 14 (Reuters) - The United States deported a group of Honduran children as young as 1-1/2 years old...
View ArticleThe Call for Transnational Jihad by Arif Jamal
The American government and the public had very limited understanding of Islamist extremist groups and their global jihadist ambitions before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Afterwards,...
View ArticleTripoli Airport Shelled In Libya, U.N. Pulls Staff
By Feras Bosalum and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI, Libya, July 15 (Reuters) - A militia shelled Tripoli airport, destroying 90 percent of planes parked there, a Libyan government spokesman said, as heavy...
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Cuba's Football Hangover
The World Cup 2014 on Cuban TV (14ymedio) Gone is the last game, the German goal, Götze's hands raising the 2014 Brazil World Cup. Gone are the get togethers with friends, wrapped in the flag of Italy...
View ArticleSuspect in Benghazi attack found dead
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Faraj al-Shibli, who was suspected of involvement in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been found dead, a Libyan source and locals in the...
View ArticleAl-Qassam Brigades, Armed Wing Of Hamas, Rejects Ceasefire Proposal From Egypt
GAZA, July 15 (Reuters) - The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday rejected the reported text of an Egyptian ceasefire proposal made on Monday, according to its official...
View ArticleMoscow Subway Train Derails; 5 Dead, Nearly 100 Injured
MOSCOW, July 15 (Reuters) - Five people were killed and nearly 100 were injured when an Moscow underground train went off the rails between two stations during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, the...
View ArticleAfghanistan Car Bombing Kills 30 At Crowded Market
GARDEZ, Afghanistan, July 15 (Reuters) - A car packed with explosives exploded on Tuesday as it was passing by a crowded market in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika, killing at least 30 people...
View ArticleThe last chance for Israel and Palestine
Once again, a conflict breaks out between Israel and one of its neighbors; this time, as in 2008, against Hamas, which still governs Gaza. The downward spiral appears to be unstoppable: The killing of...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius Accosted At Nightclub Over Murder Trial, Family Says
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius recently visited a nightclub with a cousin and was accosted by a man who aggressively questioned him about his murder trial, his family said Tuesday. Anneliese...
View ArticleMourning the National Phallus: What Is Left of Brazilian Identity Without...
The first time I saw my father cry was on June 21, 1986, the day France eliminated Brazil from the World Cup in a dramatic penalty shootout. At that moment my father granted himself the right to weep...
View ArticleHenry Kissinger Recovering After Heart Surgery
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger underwent heart surgery at a New York City hospital on Tuesday and was resting comfortably,...
View ArticleCousin Of Teen Beaten By Israeli Police Says She Was Kicked Out Of Dem Rep's...
WASHINGTON -- After Tariq Abu Khdeir was brutally beaten by Israeli police last week, the 15-year-old Tampa boy's family thought his congresswoman, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), would step in to offer...
View ArticleReport from Berlin: Global Trade Deals Can No Longer Include Investor-State...
As negotiations move forward on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a wide range of German elected and civic leaders are in disbelief that the U.S. remains serious about...
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