A Thin Line of Defense Against Honor Killings
KABUL, Afghanistan — Faheema stood trembling in the courtyard of the large house, steeling herself for the meeting with her family. She took a deep breath and ran inside, her…
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Attica’s Ghosts: A Look At The Difficulty Of Reforming A Dysfunctional Prison
On the evening of Aug. 9, 2011, one month before the 40th anniversary of the bloody Attica prison riot, a guard in that remote facility in western New York was…
Jailhouse Interview: Why 18-Year-Old Says He Went On The Run With 13-Year-Old Girlfriend (VIDEO)
Dalton Hayes, 18, and his 13-year-old girlfriend made headlines in January when they allegedly embarked on an interstate crime spree. Dubbed the modern “Bonnie and Clyde” by the media after…
Look From Behind, With Feeling
Credit Jules Aarons Credit Shalmon Bernstein Credit Martin Lehmann – After a winter storm on Friday, a prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.” Ukrainian soldiers near the city of…
As Tourism Sags on Kenyan Coast, Terrorists Could Lure the Unemployed
As international terror warnings deflate Kenya’s coastal tourism industry, growing unemployment leaves many vulnerable to recruitment by Islamic extremist groups like the Shabab. MOMBASA, Kenya — Every morning at the…
Brazen, brutal: 5 terror groups making headlines this month
Over the weekend, Al- Shabaab released a video urging its sympathizers to attack malls in the United States, UK and Canada. The same day, ISIS had one showing its members…
Brazen, brutal: 5 terror groups making headlines this month
Over the weekend, Al- Shabaab released a video urging its sympathizers to attack malls in the United States, UK and Canada. The same day, ISIS had one showing its members…
Magical Scenes As Snowstorm Blankets Middle East
A heavy winter storm descended on parts of the Middle East on Friday, with snow forcing the closure of all roads leading in and out of Jerusalem and sprinkling Israel’s…
Top 7 Myths About Daesh
The self-styled ‘Islamic State’ Group (ISIS or ISIL), the Arabic acronym for which is Daesh, is increasingly haunting the nightmares of Western journalists and security analysts. I keep seeing some…
Iran Ayatollah Khamenei Sent Obama Secret Letter: WSJ
(Adds White House declines to comment, more details from the report, background) WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S. President…
ISIS militants seize western Iraqi town, menace base housing U.S. personnel
Now they’re closing in on the strategic Ayn al-Assad Air Base, only about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Al-Baghdadi, the security officials said, and Iraqi forces there are calling for…
The disconnect between diplomacy, reality in Ukraine
“It is a life or death moment for us,” one Ukrainian MP told a senior western diplomat. Ukraine is at war. It’s not a 21st century, media-driven war — or…
A nation in chaos: What you need to know about Yemen
Yemen has been without clear leadership and potentially on the brink of armed conflict since Houthi rebels seized control of key government facilities, dissolved parliament, and placed the President under…
Once Friendly With Putin, German Goes to Court Over Seized Assets
MUNICH, Germany — For anyone looking for insight on how to deal with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and the Kremlin as negotiations over Ukraine intensify, Franz J. Sedelmayer…
Egypt Moves Toward Retrial for 2 Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists
CAIRO — Egypt began moving on Sunday toward a retrial of two journalists whose yearlong incarceration has drawn widespread condemnation from Western governments and human rights groups. Defense lawyers raised…
Is It Time To Change The NBA Playoffs?
in which the top eight teams from both the Western and Eastern conferences, respectively, make the postseason — been decried in basketball circles. Why? Simply because bad teams are getting…
China Warns Against 'Western Values' in Imported Textbooks
Today, however, Mr. Li’s work might be considered dabbling in subversion. This week, China’s ideological drive against Western liberal ideas broadened to take in a new target: foreign textbooks. Meeting…
Body Found In New York In 1979 Identified As Tammy Jo Alexander
A girl found shot to death in a western New York cornfield 35 years ago has been identified as a missing Florida teenager. – Police asked people with information about…
Prank Caller Pulls Wool Over British Surveillance Agency’s Eyes
LONDON — At a time when Western leaders are clamoring for greater powers to conduct covert surveillance, a prankster in Britain has turned the table on the watchers, securing a…
Man Who Fathered Child With 11-Year-Old Gets 15 Years
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A convicted sex offender was sentenced to 15 years in prison for fathering a child with an 11-year-old girl in western New York. – Judge Sara…
Snubbed by U.S. and Europe, Kremlin Looks to Asia at Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland — On opening night at the annual gathering of the moneyed here, Russia’s state-owned bank VTB put on a lavish party, with dancers in gorgeous versions of Russian…
Man Sentenced To Crime He Doesn’t Remember Following Car Wreck: Lawyer
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a year’s probation for crimes his defense attorney says the man can’t recall because of a brain injury…
Iran’s Supreme Leader pens open letter to the young people of the West
“The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them,” Khamenei’s letter reads. “I am addressing you,…
Coy about his own future, Rick Perry criticizes Obama
“What is needed at this time in history is a clear vision for the world with America leading again, and freedom on the march again,” Perry said Friday afternoon in…
Big threats, big questions in Europe’s anti-terrorism fight
European security services in recent weeks have received indications that the extremist group ISIS may have started directing European adherents in Syria and Iraq to launch attacks back in their…
Belgian terror suspects wore all black; police killed 2, wounded and arrested 1
Officers killed two suspects, and wounded and arrested a third. Like the Paris killers, the three suspects in the town of Verviers were seen on Thursday dressed in all black….
The most Instagrammed places in 2014
“Siam Paragon itself is more than just a shopping mall in Western terms. Aside from the many shops, cafes and restaurantstaking a photo of your food/coffee is standardthere’s an aquarium,…