UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Tuesday that the Taliban might be willing to talk with the UN about minimizing causalities in Afghanistan.
“I encourage a meaningful dialogue to reduce this intolerable, continuing death toll and to protect civilians,” Ban said. He attributed his position to recent Taliban statements he felt showed a “willingness to engage.” Continue reading
Admit outcry from citizens, the government of Cyprus has unanimously rejected a bailout measure from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund that would require seizing funds from every bank account in the nation.
After the vote the European Central Bank said they would move to assist Cyprus in any way they can under the currently approved banking systems. Continue reading
Adrienne Moton, a former employee of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, told a courtroom Tuesday that she personally “snipped the necks” of “a good ten” babies to kill them after they were illegally aborted in Gosnell’s clinic.
Gosnell is on trial for the murder of seven newborn babies and one woman in a botched abortion. Continue reading
The North Dakota Senate has passed legislation that would make the state the hardest in the nation to get an abortion.
The bill, House Bill 1456, would ban abortion after the first sign of a fetal heartbeat which can be as early as five weeks into pregnancy. The bill also prohibits doctors from performing abortions due to gender or genetic abnormalities. The Governor is expected to sign the measure. Continue reading
A new study is showing that not only are Americans waiting longer to get married but that most first children born into a family are born out of wedlock.
The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia showed that the average age of women to marry is 27, men 29 with an upward trend due to economic and cultural reasons. Continue reading
At least 10 people are dead and over 20 wounded when homicide bombers drove a car toward the head of Mogadishu’s intelligence services and detonated explosives.
The Islamic terrorist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack. Continue reading
Banks in Cyprus are closed through Thursday after citizens tried to withdraw all their funds ahead of a possible government seizure of funds.
The European Union and International Monetary Union have requested that Cyprus seize a portion of all bank accounts in the country before any bailout funds will be given to the nation. Continue reading
A river near the city of Petropolis, 40 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, burst its banks and flooded the city center launching mudslides that have killed at least 16 and injured dozens.
Two emergency workers have been confirmed among the dead. Continue reading
A homicide bombing in Kano, Nigeria has killed at least 20 people and injured dozens.
No terrorist group has yet made a claim of responsibility but the attack is very similar to previous attacks by the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. Kano is the largest city in the northern part of Nigeria. Continue reading
A U.S. Appeals Court has ruled that a student who was denied the chance to hand out invitations to classmates to a church Christmas party had her rights violated by the school district.
The child, identified as K.A., should have been allowed to hand out the invitations in a way that did not cause a “substantial disruption” to the class. Continue reading
