How Boko Haram Has Left Northeast Nigeria In Ruins
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Bassim Haidar On How Boko Haram Impacts Nigeria
Speaking with HuffPostLive at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bassim Haidar, the founder, chairman and CEO of Nigeria-based telecoms and logistics group Channel IT discussed the violent campaign of…
Auschwitz’s forbidden art
In the midst of that horrorindeed, in perhaps the most horrific place a Jew could land at the timeprisoners sought to take their images back and made sure that art…
No truce with Ukraine, rebel leader says
“Since we’re attacking, there is no sense to have peace talks now. We’ve made this mistake before. It’s not decent to repeat it,” Aleksandr Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed People’s…
Groups Place Free Hats And Scarves Around Cities, Spread Warmth To Those Who Need It Most
These good Samaritans are working to make sure that the homeless and others in need are prepared for the winter weather. Hats and scarves have been spotted around several areas…
Homeless Veteran Set On Fire Gets Outpouring Of Support From Community
A stunned California community is demanding justice and offering an outpouring support for a homeless veteran who was set on fire in a gruesome attack. Three perpetrators doused John Frazier…
Islamic Militants Celebrate Saudi King Abdullah’s Death
Islamic militants and their supporters celebrated the death of Saudi King Abdullah on social media Friday, many of them describing him as a “servant” of the Americans who conspired with…
What Greece’s Election Means For The Rest Of The World
Greece will vote in parliamentary elections on Sunday, nearly one month after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was forced to call a snap vote after parliament failed to agree on a…
How To Reign In The New ‘Digital Economy’
At the annual World Economic Forum underway right now in Davos, Switzerland, the agenda typically vacillates from human rights topics to environmental concerns to financial polemics. But there’s no stopping…
Ukraine Rebels Reject Peace Talks As Conflict Escalates
Signs emerged Friday pointing to a major offensive in eastern Ukraine by rebels fighting to break off from the rest of the country. A rebel leader said they will continue…
Amedy Coulibaly, Gunman in Paris Attacks, Is Buried Outside City
PARIS — Amedy Coulibaly, one of the three attackers in a three-day onslaught in which 17 people were killed in and around Paris, was buried early Friday in Thiais, a…
New Saudi King Salman Names Heirs And Promises Stability
Saudi Arabia’s newly enthroned King Salman moved quickly Friday to name a future successor to the crown in his oil-rich kingdom, a significant appointment that puts the kingdom’s future squarely…
Obama is wrong about ‘fast track’ trade policy
The voters scoffed at me, surveying their decaying porches with the decaying economy all around them. They blamed trade deals, especially the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the…
The mysterious world of ‘lightbombing’: Dazzling art illuminates the streets
It’s 4 o’clock in the morning. Most of Birmingham, the second most populated city in England, is fast asleep. But like a thief in the dead of night, a solitary…
The world is closer to having a real weapon to fight Ebola
Another vaccine from Merck and NewLink will also be tested. “Shipping the vaccine today is a major achievement and shows that we remain on track with the accelerated development of…
Dozens Of Ukraine Rebels Killed In Rocket Attack On Captured Airport Outside Donetsk
Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine said Friday that they will continue to fight for more territory and will refuse to consider any new cease-fire proposals. Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko said…
The tech trends that will change the world
That said, there are a few undeniable trends. Making sense of the numbers According to every credible source we can find, there are almost 3 billion people connected to the…
Is ‘Hotel California’ the future of work?
Our stuff has turned against us. Abundance rather than scarcity is the new horror of our age, and the more goods we acquire, the less satisfaction they provide. In fact,…
Saudi King Abdullah’s legacy: 5 things to know
His two decades at the helm of one of the West’s key strategic allies in the Muslim world left an indelible, if ambiguous, legacy. Here are the five most notable…
New Saudi King’s big challenges: Yemen, Iran and ISIS
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has inherited the throne from his older brother and with it a host of pressing challenges in a turbulent region. To the south, Yemen is…
Islamic State-Linked Militants Say Countdown For Japan’s Hostages Has Begun
Militants affiliated with the Islamic State group have posted an online warning that the “countdown has begun” for the group to kill a pair of Japanese hostages. The posting which…
Bungled Training Exercise Blamed For Sydney Bomb Scare
A bomb scare on a ferry that caused major disruptions in downtown Sydney was a training exercise gone wrong, an official said Friday. The transport hub of Circular Quay, between…
Woman on 14-year hunger strike freed after court drops suicide charges
Sharmilaalso known as the “Iron lady of Manipur”has demanded the repeal of India’s Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) because it gives sweeping powers to the military to search properties,…
Australia appeals to Indonesia to spare ‘Bali 9’ drug smugglers
Widodo had already turned down an appeal for clemency from Myuran Sukumaran, Chan’s collaborator in the scheme, which included seven other people who are serving lengthy prison sentences. Together they…
Chinese court puts up ‘wall of shame’ for overdue fines
Their photos and personal details have been splashed across a giant electronic screen outside a major train station in Changsha city in China’s southern province, Hunan. Curious onlookers and commuters…
Australian Open: Roger Federer upset by Andreas Seppi
Seppiwho was 0-10 against Federeradvanced 6-4 7-6 (5) 4-6 7-6 (5) to hand the Swiss his earliest exit at the year’s opening major in 14 years. The result was an…
Thousands to say farewell to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah
Thousands are expected to gather at the Grand Mosque in Riyadh on Friday to say farewell to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a cautious reformer who succeeded…
Yingluck Shinawatra, Former Thai Prime Minister, Impeached And Banned From Politics For 5 Years
Thailand’s military-appointed legislature on Friday voted to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars, a move…
Rethinking The Three Rs: Why We Need A New Model Of Education
In America, traditional schooling has frequently drawn inspiration from the trusty “three Rs”: writing, reading and arithmetic. But as the technology sector continues to boom, educators have realized that this…
Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra faces criminal charge
The announcement by the Attorney General’s office came as Yingluck, who was ousted in May last year shortly before the military swept to power in a coup, faces an impeachment…