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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Runs For Re-Election

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Runs For Re-Election

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford shocked even his most loyal followers and kept his promise of running for re-election as he filed his candidacy papers this Thursday at the Toronto City Hall. Ford told reporters that had gathered at the City Hall election office that his main asset is his track record, one that speaks for […]

Suspect In Railway Station Bombing In Volgograd Identified

Suspect In Railway Station Bombing In Volgograd Identified

Officials in Russia revealed that they already have the identity of the man involved in the train station bombing in Volgograd recently. The man was identified as Pavel Pechyonkin. The suspect became a part of a militant group after converting to Islam. Pechyonkin reportedly joined fighters in the Dagestan region after quitting his job as […]

John Kerry To Present Possible Middle East Deal

John Kerry To Present Possible Middle East Deal In Israel Visit

United States Secretary of State John Kerry will present a basic outline of a final version of the Middle East peace agreement during his future visit to Israel scheduled for this week. Spokeswoman Marie Harf said that Kerry will discuss with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about what a framework […]

Fears Raised Following Second Suicide Bombing In Russia

Fears Raised Following Second Suicide Bombing In Russia

A second suspected suicide bombing in Russia resulted to the death of at least fourteen people in Volgograd, which increased concern on security during the Winter Olympics Games. The second bombing happened in a crowded trolley bus, which Russian authorities said may be connected to an earlier bombing of the main railway station of the […]

Al-Qaeda Abducted American Sends New Video Plea

Al-Qaeda Abducted American Sends New Video Plea

Warren Weinstein, a 72-year-old American kidnapped by al-Qaeda members in Pakistan back in 2011, has released a new video plea this Thursday, asking President Barack Obama to help negotiate his release. In the video, Warren Weinstein says he feels abandoned and forgotten by his government. Weinstein was the country director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin […]

Kim Jong Un Warned War Can Start Any Time

Kim Jong Un Warned War Can Start Any Time

The Korean Central News Agency revealed recently that Kim Jong Un has given instructions to increase the combat readiness of his military and warned that war may start without any earlier notice. The comments of the North Korean leader were made as he visited a combat military unit recently. The statement comes as the neighbors […]

Syria’s Opposition Says It Will Not Take Part In Peace Talks

Syria’s Opposition Says It Will Not Take Part In Peace Talks

Syria’s opposition coalition released a statement this Tuesday saying that it would not take part in the Geneva peace talks scheduled for next month if President Bashar al-Assad didn’t stop the constant bombarding of the rebel held part of Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city and former business capital. With a death toll that exceeds 300 people […]

Dennis Rodaman Visits North Korea For The Third Time

Dennis Rodaman Visits North Korea For The Third Time

Although Dennis Rodman was not able to meet with Kim Jong Un in his latest visit to North Korea, he praised the North Korean basketball players. The former NBA star provided assistance in setting up a possible exhibition game between a number of NBA veterans and North Korean basketball players. The names of the players […]

Pussy Riot Members Released From Prison

Pussy Riot Members Released From Prison

Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonikova who is 24 years of age and Maria Alekhina who is 25 years old were prematurely released from prison. The three month reduced sentence came after the two members of Pussy Riot along with fellow band member Yekaterina Samutsevich were arrested after playing their “Punk Prayer: Mother of God Drive […]

Pentagon Investigators To Check Death Of US Troops In Afghanistan

Pentagon Investigators To Check Death Of US Troops In Afghanistan

US officials revealed that an investigation is being undertaken by the Pentagon on the possibility that six US troops may have been killed by enemy fire following a helicopter crash in Afghanistan last Tuesday. One official revealed that it remains uncertain how the soldiers were killed. It also has to be determined if the crash […]

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