Activists Say ISIS Releases 19 Syrian Christians
The Islamic State group released at least 19 Christians on Sunday who were among the more than 220 people the militants took captive in northeastern Syria last week, activists and…
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Exclusive: King Abdullah calls ISIS ‘outlaws’ of Islam
Last December, ISIS captured Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh after his plane went down during airstrikes that were part of the United States-led coalition to defeat the group….
Dear Chandrika: Conversations with my missing wife
When will you be back? Your guess is as good as mine. For good. That is. What if I am gone for good? *** K.S. Narendran wrote these words, an…
Crowd Kills Teenage Girl Suspected To Be Suicide Bomber In Nigeria
A crowd beat to death a teenage girl accused of planning to be a suicide bomber and then set her body ablaze Sunday, according to police and witnesses at a…
Emails Suggest ‘Jihadi John’ Had Suicidal Thoughts
Newly published emails suggest the man who became known as “Jihadi John” had suicidal thoughts before leaving Britain for Syria. – “His concerns seemed to border on paranoia,” Verkaik wrote….
Tens of Thousands March in Moscow to Honor Putin Critic
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of people representing a wide range of political parties and movements marched solemnly through central Moscow on Sunday to honor the opposition leader Boris Y….
Incredible Photos And Video Capture Moscow’s Massive March For Boris Nemtsov
On Sunday, a procession of thousands marched to the Moscow bridge where prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov was gunned down. Waving Russian flags and holding posters of the slain…
Widow Of Murdered Spy Blames Russian Government For New Killing
The widow of murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko thinks the Russian government may have been involved in the murder of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. Marina Litvinenko told BBC Radio…
Thousands March In Moscow To Mourn Slain Boris Nemtsov
Thousands were converging Sunday in central Moscow to mourn veteran liberal politician Boris Nemtsov, whose killing on the streets of the capital has shaken Russia’s beleaguered opposition. President Vladimir Putin…
Hong Kong Police Use Pepper Spray During Chaotic Shopping Protest
Hong Kong police used pepper spray Sunday to break up scuffles between protesters demonstrating against mainland Chinese shoppers and villagers from a border town. – Cosmetics, medicine and luxury goods…
UN: Iraq Violence Kills At Least 1,100 In February
The U.N. mission to Iraq said Sunday that violence claimed the lives of at least 1,100 Iraqis in February, including more than 600 civilians. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq…
Documentary on Air Pollution Grips China
“This was the PM 2.5 curve for Beijing in January 2013, when there were 25 days of smog in that one month,” explains Ms. Chai, a former Chinese television reporter,…
Chile’s President Meets With Teen Who Asked To Die
Chile’s president went to a hospital Saturday to meet with a 14-year-old girl who shocked the country by going on YouTube to plead for the leader to let doctors euthanize…
Germans at the Crux of Crises, but Reluctantly
BERLIN — Germany has become Europe’s indispensable nation, at the center of crises over Ukraine and Greece. But a country uncomfortable with leadership, often labeled a reluctant hegemon, has had…
Venezuela’s Maduro Cracks Down On American Visitors
(Refiled for wider distribution) CARACAS, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had captured American citizens involved in “espionage activities,” and said U.S. citizens…
Netanyahu Takes Campaign Against Iran Deal To Jerusalem Holy Site
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu took his campaign against a nuclear deal with Iran to Jerusalem’s sacred Western Wall on Saturday, on the…
Fertile Ground for Militancy in Hometown of Jihadi John
LONDON — When Mohammed Emwazi went to the mosque, a short walk north from Notting Hill and its millionaire mansions, he would sometimes run into another young Muslim from the…
Nemtsov killing: A chilling historical parallel?
In Moscow on February 27, 2015, a lone gunman killed Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and a powerful and charismatic opposition leader who stood as an alternative to…
Fear Envelops Russia After Killing of Putin Critic Boris Y. Nemtsov
MOSCOW — About two weeks before he was shot and killed in the highest-profile political assassination in Russia in a decade, Boris Y. Nemtsov met with an old friend to…
U.S. Seeks To Deport Bosnians Over War Crimes
Immigration officials are moving to deport at least 150 Bosnians living in the United States who they believe took part in war crimes and “ethnic cleansing” during the bitter conflict…
U.S. Seeks to Deport Bosnians Over War Crimes
WASHINGTON — Immigration officials are moving to deport at least 150 Bosnians living in the United States who they believe took part in war crimes and “ethnic cleansing” during the…
‘Netanyahu Has Caused Israel The Most Strategic Damage On Iran’
Meir Dagan feels a debt of gratitude towards Benjamin Netanyahu. “When I got sick,” Dagan told us on Wednesday, “I needed a liver for a transplant. Netanyahu stepped in to…
5 Killings That Show How Dangerous It Is To Be A Kremlin Critic
MOSCOW (AP) — Prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov’s killing follows the slaying over the past decade of several other high-profile critics of President Vladimir Putin and his policies. Here…
Restaurant In Hawaii Offers Fresh Start For Former Prostitutes, Convicts, Others Who Need A Hand
When Mary Nelson started working at a restaurant in Honolulu last year, she hid in the back as a dishwasher. Despite her lively personality and quick humor, she was too…
Restaurant In Hawaii Offers Fresh Start For Former Prostitutes, Convicts, Others Who Need A Hand
When Mary Nelson started working at a restaurant in Honolulu last year, she hid in the back as a dishwasher. Despite her lively personality and quick humor, she was too…
Touching Photo Series Captures Dying Pit Bull’s First And Last Time Seeing The Ocean
When a photographer’s beloved pit bull got sick, she decided to take him on one last special trip so he could make a few more beautiful memories. Zhenia Bulawka spent…
ISIS to release 29 Assyrian Christians, monitoring group says
ISIS captured at least 220 Assyrians, all Christians, on February 23 during an attack on the villages around the town of Tal Tamer in the northern Syrian province of al-Hasakah….
How Boko Haram Uses Female Suicide Bombers To Terrorize Nigeria
Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic making headlines around the world. Today, we speak with Elizabeth Pearson about Boko Haram’s use of female…
Woman In Wheelchair Shovels The Snow And Blows Us Away
The record snow in Massachusetts has met its match. From her motorized wheelchair, Crystal Evans of Braintree has shoveled snow for more than 100 hours since January, WCVB reported. Holding…
Russian Opposition Leaders See Kremlin Links To Nemtsov Slaying
Russian opposition leaders on Saturday accused the Kremlin of being behind the death of a towering figure of post-Soviet politics, Boris Nemtsov, as they struggled to come to grips with…