Israeli Raids At Al-Aqsa Mosque On The Rise
The Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, witnessed the highest number of Israeli raids in 2016 since East Jerusalem was occupied by Israel 50 years ago, according to a Palestinian news agency that cited Israeli statistics released Sunday. The figures depict a steep increase in the number of raids by Jewish settlers and extremists…
Istanbul Nightclub Suspect ‘Trained in Afghanistan’
The main suspect in the Istanbul New Year’s Eve nightclub attack is an Uzbek national who trained in Afghanistan and was operating on behalf of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), according to the city’s governor. Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said at a Tuesday press conference that the suspect, identified in media reports as Abdulkadir […]
Orlando nightclub shooter’s widow charged in attack
Los Angeles (dpa) – The widow of the man who gunned down 49 people in a nightclub in Florida last June was charged Tuesday with helping him prior to the attack and obstructing justice in its aftermath, the US Department of Justice said. Noor Salman was arrested in California on Monday, four days after she […]
Amnesty Warns EU Values, Rights Slipping Amid Security Clampdown
Rolling states of emergency, blanket surveillance, selective house searches and detentions, and legislation to strip some citizens of their nationality — these are among a raft of counter-terror measures that are threatening cherished European values and freedoms, according to a new report released Tuesday by Amnesty International. Terror attacks across the European Union have profoundly […]
Is mass murder becoming a form of protest?
If there’s one thing Americans can agree upon, it might be that people – no matter how angry they are – shouldn’t be indiscriminately firing guns into crowds. Yet mass shootings are on the rise, with the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport just the latest example.
Death toll in Yemen conflict passes 10,000
The United Nations’ humanitarian aid official in Yemen has said that the civilian death toll in the nearly two-year conflict has reached 10,000, with 40,000 others wounded. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ Jamie McGoldrick said that the figure is based on lists of victims gathered by health facilities and the actual number […]
Domestic terror attacks on the rise in N.J. and U.S., report finds
The greatest terrorism threat facing New Jersey is likely already here, according to an annual counter-terrorism report that found domestic attacks across the U.S. were on the rise. The 2017 “threat assessment” from the state Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness ranks homegrown violent extremists as the single-highest threat to the New Jersey, months…
Brexit: UK will leave EU single market, says May
Britain will leave the European Union’s single market but will “seek greatest possible access to it” as it exits the bloc, Theresa May, the UK’s prime minister, has announced. In a highly anticipated speech, May said on Tuesday that it was necessary to make a clean break and not opt for anything that “leaves us […]
Seth Meyers put the president-elect on blast for his attacks on John Lewis
The John Lewis and Donald Trump feud has been boiling over for the past few days. Left-leaning pundits argue that the president-elect’s claim that Lewis is “all talk” is a complete dismissal of the congressman’s history in fighting for civil rights, while those on the right say Trump’s statement had nothing to do with civil […]
Donald Trump Trolls Silicon Valley
Close How to Fuck Up America: A Field Guide for New People in Power. 1. Humble the Technology Industry The new regime in D.C. seems to have had enough of smarty-pants geeks who spend one Red Bull–fueled week writing an emoji chatbot food-ordering app and sell it for a billion dollars.
