Watchdog: Student jailed in Egypt’s crackdown on atheism
Karim Ashraf Mohamed al-Banna was arrested with a group of people at a cafe in November, according to the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression. An Egyptian minor offenses…
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French Muslims warn of growing anti-Islam backlash
Groups representing French Muslims have urged authorities to step in to protect them in the same way as they have boosted security around Jewish sites. “All Muslim organizations in France…
The terrorist recruiting crossroads: Where Jihad meets rap
Rap videos supporting the Islamist ideals of Jihad are popping up all over the Internet. They have names like “Blow by Blow” and “Dirty Kuffar.” The videos espouse an us-against-the-world…
D.C. train service snarled after smoke fills metro station, kills 1
One passenger died after smoke filled the L’Enfant Plaza metro station Monday afternoon, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said. A total of 84 people were taken to hospitals. Metro…
Al Qaeda branch issues warning to France
“As long as its soldiers occupy countries such as Mali and Central Africa and bombard our people in Syria and Iraq, and as long as its lame media continues to…
Reports: 2nd black box retrieved from wreckage of AirAsia Flight QZ8501
Retrieving the device, which is designed to record all sounds on a plane’s flight deck, is expected to help investigators understand what went wrong aboard Flight QZ8501, which went down…
For Paris attackers, terror ties ran deep
The documents show that Amedy Coulibaly and Cherif Kouachi were close associates and go into explicit detail on how the two Paris attackers plotted to stage a prison break to…
Ryan says no to presidential bid
Romney vs. Bush: The establishment match-up “It’s clear our country needs a change in direction. And our party has a responsibility to offer a real alternative. So I’m going to…
Why Boko Haram is more worrying than ISIS
On Sunday, at almost the same moment that dozens of world leaders linked arms and led millions of people through the streets of Paris to commemorate the 17 victims of…
Thousands expected at German anti-Islam rallies
On its Facebook page, PEGIDA says citizens should “wake from their slumber” and recognize the “danger in the Islamic ideology.” “Stop the radical Salfists’ Islamization,” it urges. “As a society,…
High alert: Troops, police protect sites including Jewish schools across France
At least 10,000 soldiers and 8,000 police officers will be deployed across the country, French media reported. “We must remain vigilant because the threat is still very much present,” Prime…
Sweet turnaround for Uganda’s sugar kings
Packing this rough, woody crop is heavy going and making sure every inch of space is utilized is key. Transport costs money, after all, and this humble sugar farmer has…
Kerry defends absence from unity rally, will go to Paris on Thursday
“This is sort of quibbling,” Kerry told reporters when asked about the absences at the anti-terrorism rally Sunday, attended by at least 3.7 million people, including the heads of Great…
Jake Tapper: I’m ashamed by U.S. leaders’ absence in Paris
The rally Sunday for unity drew 1.5 million people in Paris and more than twice that nationwide; it was like nothing I’ve ever seen or covered. Our nation’s oldest ally…
Five years after the quake: Haiti at a crossroads
The government estimated about 220,000 deaths from the disaster, which occurred five years ago Monday. It also left about 1.5 million Haitians homeless. Then things got worse. A massive cholera…
Derision for Bill Cosby at Golden Globes
The host then broke into a Cosby impression. Related: Bill Cosby back on stage “I put the pills in the people!” Fey said with a Cosby voice. “The people didn’t…
Explosives strapped to girl kill 20 people at Nigerian market
The police estimate differed with the local hospital’s, which counted 51 people with blast injuries. The suicide blast happened at the main entrance of the ever-crowded Monday Market, which is…
Why ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ resonates despite unclear evidence
Or would the evidence corroborate Wilson’s version of events: that Brown charged him with his left hand balled in a fist and his right in the waistband of his shorts,…
Barbara Boxer’s retirement sets off wild scramble
Top Democratic contenders weigh California Senate run “There’s an entire generation of Democratic politicians who have been waiting for an opportunity like this one,” said Dan Schnur, executive director of…
Watching ‘Selma’ with 103-year-old matriarch of the movement
A photograph immortalized the momenta black, middle-aged woman beaten unconscious by white state troopers in a 1965 civil rights march that became known as Bloody Sunday. Now, on this Sunday…
Put that iPhone down! And 14 other digital resolutions for 2015
I am one of “those” people who loves the new year, makes resolutions and normally fails to keep up with most of them by the end of January. But there…
Flu season shaping up to be bad one, CDC says
Frieden also said that five more children have died since the CDC last reported figures, bringing the number of pediatric deaths up to 26 since the flu season began in…
Charlie Hebdo attack: What we know and don’t know
Blasts and gunshots were heard from both locations Friday afternoon. Twelve people were killed in Wednesday’s attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, which has prompted widespread shock and condemnation. Separately,…
Star Wars-themed light show and other Christmas magic
“The joy and the happiness it brings to little kids and adults is fantastic,” Lynch said. After 18 years of decorating, the retired New York City firefighter has no plans…
Convicted rapist’s search for soccer club goes on
An English soccer club has abandoned an attempt to sign a convicted rapist after death threats were made to its staff amid an atmosphere of “unbearable pressure.” After days of…
A year of Airbnb: Meet the man who lives only in online rentals
Ask Kevin Lynch. Originally from Chicago, Lynch moved to Shanghai over a year ago with his wife and daughter “for an adventure.” When a position in the advertising company he…
Desperation, dire conditions for migrants fleeing to Europe
For the second time in days a merchant ship had been abandoned by its crew in atrocious weather in the Ionian Sea between Greece and Italy, its human cargo left…
Stranded migrant vessel arrives in Italian port
Francesco Perrotti, the harbormaster in Corigliano Calabro, said 360 migrants were found on the cargo ship Ezadeen74 under 18 years of age and four pregnant. The Red Cross arrived to…
The transgender life: What to know, say and understand
Leelah explained that she always felt like a girl and wanted her parents to accept that. They did not, mother Carla Alcorn told CNN, for religious reasons. Though she loved…
An Ohio transgender teen’s suicide, a mother’s anguish
“We don’t support that, religiously,” Alcorn’s mother told CNN on Wednesday, her voice breaking. “But we told him that we loved him unconditionally. We loved him no matter what. I…