Sleeping Humpback Whale Captured In Rare Footage
Have you ever wondered how humpback whales sleep? A group of underwater photographers known as Panga MX says it captured rare footage of the majestic marine mammal snoozing earlier this year. “We...
View ArticleSave Syrian Kurds From Slaughter in Kobani
ISIS is on the verge of occupying Kobani, the Kurdish city on the Syria-Turkey border. The UN Special Envoy warns that up 700 people, mainly elderly, will "most likely be massacred." Kurdish fighters...
View ArticleReconstructing Gaza Means Reinventing Aid
Co-authored by Jeremy Wildeman, Guest Author at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. Despite his failure to negotiate a Palestinian-Israeli peace, US Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back...
View ArticleHere Are The Worst Countries To Grow Old In
The global population is aging rapidly. Today, there are roughly 868 million people who are at least 60 years old globally, or about 12% of the world’s population. By 2050, more than 2 billion people...
View ArticleThe Best Countries To Grow Old In
The global population is aging rapidly. Today, there are roughly 868 million people who are at least 60 years old globally, or about 12% of the world’s population.
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The Sun Looks Uncannily Like A Jack-O-Lantern, Just In Time For Halloween
Halloween is on its way, and everyone’s starting to get into the festive spirit. Even the sun, it seems, wants to get in on the fun. On Wednesday, the same day that skywatchers were treated to a full...
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Mormon Missionary Has Dance-Off With Michael Jackson Impersonator, Flaunts...
Passers-by in Barcelona, Spain, were given an unexpected treat when a Mormon missionary and a Michael Jackson impersonator went head to head in an impromptu dance-off. Posted to YouTube by the Mormon...
View ArticleHagel: ISIS Fight Won't End Anytime Soon
SANTIAGO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday that the embattled Syrian city of Kobani was a very difficult problem but added that air strikes had made some progress...
View ArticleISIS Battles Iraqi Forces Near Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — On the western edge of Iraq's capital, Islamic State group militants battle government forces and exchange mortar fire, only adding to the sense of siege in Baghdad despite airstrikes by...
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October 16: A UN Vote to Watch
On August 30 I wrote about an upcoming election at the UN General Assembly to determine two of the non-permanent seats reserved for the so-called "Western Group" of countries in the Security Council....
View ArticleCyclone Hudhud Reaches Peak Strength As It Batters India
* Winds lash Andhra Pradesh, uproot trees, knocking out power * Cyclone at peak strength, packing gusts of 195 km/h * Could be Category 4 storm with 'catastrophic' damage - agency * More than 1500,000...
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Bahrain Human Rights Defender Faces Charges for Tweet
Within two weeks of releasing leading human rights defender Maryam Al Khawaja from jail the Bahrain authorities detained another. On September 30 Nabeel Rajab was taken into custody for allegedly...
View ArticleU.S. Doesn't Yet Need Ground Troops Against ISIS, General Says
The U.S. hasn't yet reached the point where it requires ground troops to battle the Islamic State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "Yeah, there will...
View ArticleCyclone Hudhud Lashes Eastern Seaboard Of India
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A powerful cyclone that slammed into India's eastern seaboard weakened as it moved inland Monday, leaving at least eight dead in its wake. Rescue workers readied helicopters,...
View ArticleSusan Rice: No Evidence Kim Jong Un Has Been Deposed
There's "no indication" that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is no longer in power, National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "Obviously, we are watching very...
View ArticleKenyans Eliud Kipchoge And Rita Jeptoo Win 2014 Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO (AP) -- Kenyans ruled the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, with Eliud Kipchoge leading a 1-2-3 men's sweep and compatriot Rita Jeptoo repeating as the women's winner. Kipchoge pulled away over the...
View ArticleObama Orders Immediate Federal Action To Help Halt Spread Of Ebola
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has gotten an update about the latest developments on Ebola from his health secretary and his assistant for homeland security. The White House says Obama has...
View ArticleIslamic State Magazine Says Group Enslaved Yazidis
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group militants captured, enslaved and sold Yazidi women and children, the latest issue of a magazine purportedly published by the extremists claimed Sunday, the group's...
View ArticleTriple Suicide Bombing Kills Scores In Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — A triple suicide bombing Sunday killed at least 58 people in Iraq as a roadside bomb killed the police chief of the western Anbar province, authorities said, attacks that dealt major...
View ArticleU.S. Says Turkey OKs Use Of Bases Against ISIS
AREQUIPA, Peru (AP) — Turkey will let U.S. and coalition forces use its bases, including a key installation within 100 miles of the Syrian border, for operations against Islamic State militants in...
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