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Everything You Need To Know About The Lava Currently Flowing Through A Hawaii...
What happens when hot liquid earth rolls through a residential area? The rural town of Pahoa, on Hawaii's Big Island, is about to find out. Here's everything you need to know about the slow-moving lava...
View ArticleBritain Won't Support Search-And-Rescue Operations For Migrants In Mediterranean
Britain will not support future search-and-rescue operations for migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean while crossing from North Africa to Europe, according to a statement that surfaced on...
View ArticleLearning From the Silk Roads: Food, Manners, and World Politics
In my previous post, I introduced the Silk Roads as a remedy to contemporary crises. An old friend -- I'll call him Professor Rao -- read the post and challenged me to explain its practical...
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Antares Rocket Explodes Shortly After Lift-Off From Virginia Launch Site
An unmanned Antares rocket exploded six seconds after liftoff from NASA’s Wallops Island launch facility in Virginia at 6:22 p.m. EDT. The cause of the accident wasn’t immediately known, NASA mission...
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Neighbors Are Outraged At This Man's Ebola-Themed Halloween Home
James Faulk has covered the exterior of his apartment with alarmist signage, caution tape and hazardous waste bins. But his Texas residence isn't a dangerous place to be -- it's an Ebola-themed home...
View ArticleRomantic Shampoo Ad Wants You To Say Yes To Shiny Hair, No To Divorce
The video above features all the characteristics of a good shampoo commercial: lustrous locks blowing in the wind, gorgeous people lucky enough to possess said locks. But this ad doesn't want to just...
View ArticleEnough! Mexico Is Ready to Explode
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico has been profoundly shaken by atrocities and high-level corruption in Guerrero. The earthquake's epicenter is Iguala, the state's third largest city. Fifty thousand marchers...
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Cuba's Roofs, Small Spaces of Freedom
Screen grab from Madagascar (1994), a film directed by Fernando Pérez 14ymedio, YOANI SANCHEZ, Havana, 28 October 2014 - Some cities have a subterranean life. Metros, tunnels, basements... the human...
View ArticleMitch McConnell Flip-Flops On Ebola Travel Ban
WASHINGTON -- It was just two weeks ago that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was saying lawmakers need to listen to health experts when it comes to imposing flight restrictions on...
View ArticleZambian President Michael Sata Dead At 77
LUSAKA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Zambian President Michael Sata has died in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, a government source in Africa's second-largest copper...
View ArticleMotiur Rahman Nizami, Bangladesh Islamic Party Chief, Sentenced To Death For...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Wednesday sentenced the leader of the country's largest Islamist party to death for his role in the deaths of thousands of people during the...
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2014 Doing Business in Algeria Conference Concludes in Washington
Co-written by Andy Mullins, Visiting Scholar, Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS For the first time ever, Algeria presented its business and investment opportunities to the business community in...
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11 Of The Scariest Looking Creatures In The Animal Kingdom
We share earth with some amazing, yet terrifying creatures. This Halloween we've gathered together some of the creepiest looking animals we could find. From the bottom of the ocean to the tops of...
View ArticleStarbucks Is 'Ground Zero For Ebola' Because Of Its LGBT Appeal, Anti-Gay...
The pastor of a New York church which sparked controversy after posting a billboard which claimed that "Jesus would stone homos" is back in the headlines. Pastor James David Manning of the ATLAH...
View ArticleThe Sub-Text of "Klinghoffer"
"The Death of Klinghoffer" juxtaposes, in a brilliantly executed opera, one of the most horrible Palestinian terrorist acts of the 20th Century with the narrative of Palestinian suffering and deaths...
View ArticleThe Unbelievable Story Of A Woman Who Taught North Korea's Elite Undercover
With a dictatorial regime, a powerful security apparatus and ruthless crackdown on dissent, what goes on in North Korea has long remained a secret for much of the rest of the world. But one journalist...
View ArticleProgress in Haiti: A Period of Rebuilding, Training and Transition
Flying at 39,000 feet on my return home from Haiti, I finally had a few moments to think about what I saw and heard over the past few days in the country. Certainly I was struck by what has changed on...
View ArticleDon't Worry, Government Weed Will Probably Remain Legal In Uruguay After All
In the run up to elections over the weekend, it looked as though the opposition may gain enough momentum to throw cold water on Uruguay’s trailblazing legalization of the marijuana trade. But after a...
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Malala Donates Prize Money To Help Rebuild 65 Damaged Schools In Gaza
Malala Yousafzai is putting her own accolades toward a global mission for change. The recent Nobel Peace Prize winner -- who gained international prominence for surviving gunshot wounds to the face at...
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Afghan Translator Whose Dad Was Killed By Taliban Desperate To Bring Family...
When Mohammad, 24, told his father that he was offered work as a translator with the U.S. military, his dad was thrilled. He felt this was the best way Mohammad could defend his country against the...
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