Jon Stewart Would Really Like To Know Why It's So Difficult To Treat Our Vets...
Jon Stewart pressed former defense secretary Robert Gates on a number of issues on Wednesday night. But things got particularly heated when the two got to the topic of the benefits backlog at the...
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Valerie Trierweiler, France's First Lady, Recovering In Hospital After...
France's first lady is making progress in hospital where she has been receiving care following a magazine's report that President Francois Hollande was having a secret affair with an actress. Valerie...
View ArticleNSA Collects Millions Of Text Messages Globally, The Guardian Reports
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text messages a day from around the world, gathering data on people's travel plans, contacts and...
View ArticleTed Nugent Compares Harvey Weinstein To Nazi Propagandist (AUDIO)
Rock musician and gun advocate Ted Nugent compared Harvey Weinstein to a Nazi propagandist after the movie mogul announced his plans to make a film that tears into the National Rifle Association. Those...
View ArticleObama Officials Warn Jewish Groups Against 'Dangerous' New Iran Sanctions
Top Obama administration officials spoke in a conference call Wednesday with leaders of American Jewish groups to warn against new Iran sanctions, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. The call,...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Countries: Constitutional Reform in the Middle East
Most of us know Charles Dickens' famous phrase about the best of times and worst of times, but few remember the next line: "it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." As Tunisia and...
View ArticleRhino Poachers In South Africa Set Terrible New Record
Poachers in South Africa reached a milestone in 2013 when they killed more than 1,000 rhinos for their horns. The harrowing benchmark is a new record for poaching in the African nation. It represents...
View ArticleBanks Launder Billions of Illegal Cartel Money While Snubbing Legal Marijuana...
In the past few weeks, violence in the western Mexican state of Michoacán has been rapidly escalating. The government's inability to deal with the powerful cartels has led to citizens taking the law...
View ArticleMore Border Patrol Arrests Are Made Here Than Anywhere Else
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Border Patrol says agents made more arrests along the Mexican border in Texas last year than any other place in the country. Border Patrol said Friday agents in Texas made 235,567...
View ArticleThis Man Is Trying To Find 'Mike,' The Stranger Who Stopped Him From...
Six years ago, Jonny Benjamin almost jumped off the Waterloo Bridge in London. The then-20-year-old had just been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, according to a blog post he wrote for The...
View ArticleTurning the Tide: Three Years Later Tunisia Is Still the Forerunner of the...
On January 9, Ali Larayedh dutifully resigned as the Prime Minister of Tunisia, fulfilling his promise to end the political deadlock in Tunisia following the crises that ensued as a result of the...
View ArticleAssange: Snowden To Respond To Obama's NSA Speech
Edward Snowden will offer a response to President Obama's major speech on government surveillance, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. "Edward Snowden next week will be making, I believe, an...
View ArticleNobody Has Ever Figured Out What These 5 Mysterious Sounds Are
Do you hear that? Earlier this month, YouTuber Dark5 uploaded a video listing the five most mysterious sounds ever recorded. It covers everything from the infamous 1997 bloop to the low-frequency hums...
View ArticleDespite Violence, Cambodian Workers Vow To Continue Their Fight
Though Cambodia's days of colonialization, war and genocide may be over, the country is still wrestling with political turmoil. At the start of the new year, when workers massed in Phnom Penh to demand...
View ArticleUkraine Rolls Back Freedom of Speech
A year ago today, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara addressed the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and told representatives of 57 nations that media...
View ArticleThe War on Terror: A Key Part of Syrian Regime's Survival Strategy
In the coming days, all eyes will be on Montreux, Davos, and The Hague, where historical events will unfold, intimately involving Iran, Syria, and their allies - especially Russia and Hezbollah, even...
View ArticleNun Gives Birth To Baby Boy In Italy
A Salvadorean nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italy this week after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital, Italian media reported on Friday.The...
View ArticleSeveral UN Personnel Killed In Kabul Attack, Says Secretary General
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says four United Nations personnel have been killed in the "horrific attack" on a Kabul restaurant. Officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up...
View ArticleA Response to the Law That Further Criminalizes the LGBT Community in Nigeria
At the core of every human life, there are irreducible qualities that pay no homage to cultural beliefs, values, and systems. How easy it is sometimes for us to forget these inalienable qualities that...
View ArticleObama Starts To Turn Tide Against Lobby's Sanctions Bill
It's the weekend and the tide may have turned President Obama's way in his battle to prevent Congress from enacting new Iran sanctions, sanctions that would almost surely kill the agreement the P5+1...
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