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Acquisition Of DirecTV By AT&T Hinted

Acquisition Of DirecTV By AT&T Hinted

Discussions are reportedly ongoing for the acquisition of DirecTV by AT&T for around $50 billion. The acquisition will expand the video offerings of the mobile service provider and prevent it from being left behind wih the consolidations happening within the pay-TV industry. The price in the discussions has been with the $90 to $95 price […]

Syrian Rebels Withdraw From Homs

Syrian Rebels Withdraw From Homs

The last remaining pockets of Syrian rebels withdrew from the historic city of Homs in the past two days, marking an important victory for Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian army. Homs was considered the capital of the revolution, one of the cities that were first to oppose the Assad regime, even proclaiming itself the first […]

Saudi Arabia Forces Arrest Al-Qaeda Members

Saudi Arabia Forces Arrest Al-Qaeda Members

Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry declared via a press release that it arrested a whopping 60 people who were either members or associated with certain terrorist organizations including Al-Qaeda. According to the press release, the cell’s members were planning a series of attacks on government institutions as well as foreign targets inside Saudi Arabia. According to […]

Menacing Remark Supposedly Made By Oscar Pistorius

Menacing Remark Supposedly Made By Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius reportedly asked Kim Myers, a close friend of his slain girlfriend, if she can sleep at night while the court was in recess, according to Attorney Ian Levitt. The lawyer of the Myers family said the tone was very sinister and it disturbed Myers. However, the South African athlete denied that he made […]

Abducted Girls To Be Sold By Boko Haram

Abducted Girls To Be Sold By Boko Haram

A videotaped statement was released by the leader of Boko Haram indicating that he will sell over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted around three weeks ago. The Islamic extremist leader, Abubakar Shekau, also claimed responsibility for the mass abduction from a school located in the northeastern part of the country. He said in the one-hour […]

Price Of Apple Shares Reach $600

Price Of Apple Shares Reach $600

The increase in the price of Apple shares may be attributed to solid earnings of the company and the announcement of a 7-to-1 split by the company. The stock of the tech giant went beyond the $600 level during after-hour trading recently. This is the first time the shares of the company reached this level […]

Train Station Bombing In China Linked To Religious Extremists

Train Station Bombing In Chine Linked To Religious Extremists

A terrorist attack at a train station in Urumaqi, a city in China’s western Xinjiang region was attributed to two religious extremist that were killed in the blast. The attack left three people dead two of whom were the terrorists and 79 injured in what regional sources say was a knife and bomb attack. The […]

Meredith Kercher Fatal Blow Came From Amanda Knox

Meredith Kercher Fatal Blow Came From Amanda Knox

Meredith Kercher supposedly died after Amanda Knox delivered the fatal blow on the UK student. This was indicated by the Italian judges who overturned the acquittal of Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. The judges revealed that Kercher was killed by the former couple following a violent argument. The initial conviction of the […]

Pro-Russian Separatists Capture Luhansk

Pro-Russian Separatists Capture Luhansk

Kiev’s control over a growing number of eastern cities and regions is steadily decreasing as pro-Russian separatists have captured the regional government building of Luhansk after getting into a one sided fight with local police forces. Tensions with local police forces escalated and culminated in a one sided gun fight. Ukrainian officials said police forces […]

North Korean Live Fire Drills Conducted Along Disputed Sea Border

North Korean Live Fire Drills Conducted Along Disputed Sea Border

North Korean live fire drills were conducted recently close to its disputed border with South Korea where numerous clashes have occurred in the past. A similar drill was also conducted by the North in March along the Northern Limit Line, which is a disputed sea border between the two countries. Over five hundred rounds were […]

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