As the Kenya mall attack pushed toward its third day, the militants remained at large within the complex in Nairobi. Forty people are believed to be still trapped inside the upscale shopping center. Kenyan security forces pushed into the mall on Sunday anticipating to end the siege started by around fifteen armed militants. The militants […]
An agreement between BlackBerry and a group headed by Fairfax Financial Holdings was entered into recently that will take the company private. The deal will give shareholders $9 per share, which is slightly higher than the $8.23 value of the stock. The deal follows an uncertainty that clouded the future of the company. The company […]
Hassan Rouhani Iran’s recently elected president said that neither him nor his cabinet is seeking out war while criticizing Israel for destabilizing the entire Middle East region. He also accused them of trying to manipulate the world’s perception on Iran’s nuclear intentions. Rouhani, who is considered by most Western analysts to be a moderate politician […]
Inspectors from the United Nations found evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria during an attack last month. The attack resulted to the deaths of hundreds of people. The medical, chemical and environmental samples indicate that rockets with sarin were used on August 21 in the Ghouta area in Damascus, according to a […]
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has shocked the world media and a good part of Bangladesh’s population by sentencing Abdul Quader Mollah to death. Quader Mollah, better known as the leader of the Jemaat-e-Islami party was one of the main leaders and key figures of the 1971 independence war carried out by Bangladesh against Pakistan. He […]
The ruined Costa Concordia cruise ship was lifted by salvage crews, who accomplished among the most expensive and difficult maritime salvage operation in the world. The cruise ship was lifted by over 25 degrees from where it laid half-submerged off Giglio, an island in Italy. Work was delayed by three hours due to a storm. […]
A data feed issue resulted to a halt in trading at the stock-options market for around twenty minutes on Wall Street recently. The latest issue affected the quote processing data on Wall Street. This issue resulted to a halt in the trading of US stock-options on Monday afternoon. The Options Price Reporting Authority or the […]
A woman was arrested at the Bogota airport in Colombia after she tried to smuggle cocaine out of the country and into Canada. The woman whose name is Tabitha Leah Ritchie has Canadian citizenship and is currently being held at the Bogota police station. Ritchie tried to smuggle cocaine out of Colombia, a veritable pastime […]
An agreement by South and North Korea will set the stage for the resumption of operations at the Kaesong industrial Zone. The two Koreas agreed on a trial restart of the closed industrial zone on September 16 following discussions recently, according to the Unification Ministry of the South. The company ceased operations in April following […]
Protests against Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government have gained momentum in several cities this Tuesday after a 22 year old protester was killed during a march. Some of the biggest cities in Turkey like Istanbul, Hatay and the capital Ankara have all seen an increase in protests that could spell trouble for Erdogan’s government. Hatay, the […]
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