Hundreds Of Jewish Tombs Damaged In Northern France
Hundreds of graves have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what the president called an “odious and barbaric” anti-Semitic act against French values. The vandalism comes…
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ISIS Releases Video Purporting To Show Beheading Of 21 Egyptian Christians In Libya
CAIRO, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the militant group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya. In the video, militants in…
U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker frees boat stranded near Antarctica
‘The situation was dire,” said Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy. “Had the Polar Star not reached the Chieftain, it would have had to winter in the ice.” –…
UN Council Set To Demand Houthis Withdraw, End Yemen Violence
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Feb 15 (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council was on Sunday set to demand Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen withdraw from government institutions, call…
Copenhagen Shooting Suspect Was Danish-Born 22-Year-Old Known To Police
COPENHAGEN, Feb 15 (Reuters) – The gunman believed to have attacked a Copenhagen synagogue and a free speech event on Saturday was a Danish-born 22-year-old known to police because of…
A Valentine’s Day wedding for Benedict Cumberbatch
The star of “The Imitation Game” married pregnant fiancee Sophie Hunter on Saturday in a quiet ceremony on the British Isle of Wight. – Hunter is a British playwright, actress…
Despite Truce, Shelling Continues in Parts of Ukraine
LUHANSKOYE, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists blamed each other on Sunday for violations of a cease-fire during the first day the accord took effect. Some lingering violence…
Kurds Clash With Turkish Police While Calling For Release Of PKK Leader
By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Thousands of Kurds rallied in towns across Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast on Sunday and some clashed with riot police in calling…
Female Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 10 In Nigerian Bus Station, Boko Haram Suspected
By Joe Hemba and Ardo Abdallah DAMATURU, Nigeria, Feb 15 (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of…
Ukraine Rebels Disavow Ceasefire at Encircled Town
By Anton Zverev and Gleb Garanich DONETSK/ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s rebels disavowed a new truce on Sunday hours after it took effect, saying it did not apply…
Danish Police Shoot And Kill Man After Copenhagen Attack
By Sabina Zawadzki and Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Danish police shot dead a man in Copenhagen on Sunday during an intensive manhunt after earlier shootings in which…
India crushes arch-rival Pakistan to open World Cup title defense
Inspired by a century from man-of-the-match Virat Kohli, India piled up 300 for seven wickets in its 50 overs, with Pakistan dismissed for 224 in 47 overs. The match was…
Police Kill Man Believed Behind 2 Shootings In Copenhagen
Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing two men, including…
Police Say They Killed Suspect in 2 Attacks in Copenhagen
A police officer stood guard in central Copenhagen, Denmark, after shots were fired near a synagogue on Sunday.rn The attack there came only hours after a gunman sprayed bullets into…
FAA to announce new rules for flying drones
Currently, all commercial remote controlled aircraft are banned, unless a specific, rare exception is obtained from the FAA and operators follow a lengthy list of rules. Only a handful of…
Raw Eggs and No Husband Since ’38 Keep Her Young at 115
VERBANIA, Italy — Celebrity came late to Emma Morano. Her routine life, in fact, might have raised barely an eyebrow were it not for the fact that she’s managed to…
India vs. Pakistan: How a great cricketing rivalry matured
A few years later my family moved from London to Calcutta. We had migrated from the birthplace of cricket to the game’s burgeoning new Mecca. India’s 1983 win turned out…
Michele Ferrero, Maker of Nutella, Dies on Valentine’s Day
ROME — Michele Ferrero, the world’s richest candy maker whose Nutella chocolate and hazlenut spread helped raise generations of Europeans and defined Italian sweets, died on Valentine’s Day, the company…
Here’s What 5 Years Of Community Restoration Looks Like In Detroit
In the last five years, a quirky idea for helping others has transformed into an event that has spurred thousands of people to donate more than $85,000 to nearly 100…
Copenhagen Shootings Leave 2 Dead, 5 Wounded
A shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a synagogue left two dead and five…
Shooting Reported At Copenhagen Synagogue
Three people were shot outside a synagogue in Copenhagen early Sunday morning, hours after a gunman fatally shot a man and wounded three police officers at a free speech event…
Americans have plotted to kill cartoonists who lampooned Islam
Think again. Pennsylvania resident Colleen LaRose, a 46-year-old high school dropout who called herself “Jihad Jane” when she was surfing jihadi websites, pleaded guilty in 2011 to being part of…
Cease-Fire Period Begins In Ukraine
The cease-fire period for fighting in Ukraine began one minute after midnight Sunday, but there are no immediate indications of whether either side in the conflict that has killed more…
American Woman Confessed To Valentine’s Day Massacre Plot In Halifax: Canada Police
Canadian police have foiled a plot by three suspects who were planning to go to a mall in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and kill as many people as they could before…
Copenhagen Cafe Event Is Shattered by Gunfire
LONDON — A gunman on Saturday fired shots into a Copenhagen cafe that was hosting a public event on freedom of speech, featuring a Swedish artist who had received death…
In Spanish Abuse Scandal, a More Open Vatican
GRANADA, Spain — David Ramírez Castillo first met his parish priest, the Rev. Román Martínez, as a 7-year-old catechism student. Later, he became one of his altar boys. Step by…
Ukraine: Rockets shatter nerves as army, rebels dig in ahead of ceasefire
Artillery and rocket fire can be heard almost constantly in the village Talakovka, about 10 kilometers from the strategic port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army has…
Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware
PALO ALTO, Calif. — In late 2013, an A.T.M. in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day. No one had put in a card, or touched a…
‘We’ve Got To Give Migrants The Same Attention We Give All Sorts Of Other Issues’
Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. Today, we speak with Leonard Doyle of the International Organization for Migration…
Shots Fired at Copenhagen Cafe Free Speech Event
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Shots were fired Saturday at a cafe in Copenhagen that was hosting a freedom of speech event organized by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has faced numerous…