#BringBackOurGirls campaigners fight apathy and intimidation
Since her escape, Rebecca Ishaku has been haunted by nightmares of the moment Boko Haram stormed her school in Chibok, snatching nearly 300 students. As she awakes six months to the day after the...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo attack: live coverage
6am: As Australia wakes up, a recap of developments overnight in France, a nation on high alert. * Cherif and Said Kouachi, the two brothers suspected in the Charlie Hebdo massacre, have been killed in...
View ArticleThe Latest: European Union calls for minute of silence
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 6:05 p.m. The leaders of the European Union nations are calling for a minute of silence across the 28-nation...
View ArticleThe Latest: Searches, reported arrest in Belgian capital
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 5:35 p.m. Belgian media are reporting police searches and at least one arrest connected to the Paris attacks...
View ArticleThe Latest: London reviews plans to thwart firearms attacks
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 5:30 p.m. London's Police chief says authorities will review their approach to a firearms attack following...
View ArticleThe Latest: Foo Fighters cancel European concert dates
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 5:10 p.m. The Foo Fighters are canceling the rest of their European tour following the deadly attacks in...
View ArticleThe Latest: Social media overflowing with sympathy for Paris
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 4:40 p.m. Social media is awash with public buildings lit up in the French colors of red, white as people...
View ArticleThe Latest: Air France flight evacuated in Amsterdam
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 5 p.m. An Air France flight from Amsterdam to Paris has been evacuated at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after...
View ArticleIt's ISIS vs. the World, Not Islam vs. the World
PARIS -- La Ville Lumi�re -- The City of Light -- and its magnificent icon, the Eiffel Tower, stood draped in eerie darkness. Parts of Paris were under curfew. Street cafes bore a haunted look....
View ArticleThe Outpost That Doesn't Exist in the Country You Can't Locate
A Base Camp, an Authoritarian Regime, and the Future of U.S. Blowback in Africa Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Admit it. You don’t know where Chad is. You know it’s in Africa, of course. But beyond...
View ArticleIsraeli president: ISIS jihadis are today's Nazis
Text smaller Text bigger Israeli President Reuven Rivlin UNITED NATIONS – The president of Israel compared the brutalities of ISIS and the Nigerian group Boko Haram to the Nazi genocide, declaring the...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo attack live: hunt near Paris intensifies, hostage fear,...
8.07pm: SHOTS were fired during a car chase and at least one hostage was taken to the north-east of Paris tonight, in the same area police were hunting for two heavily armed brothers accused of...
View Article#BringBackOurGirls campaigners fight apathy and government repression
Campaign to rescue abducted schoolgirls continues in face of Boko Haram violence and a public inured to death statistics...
View ArticleWorldview: Help Nigeria's girls
0 comments Travel Deals $39 & up -- Amtrak: One-Way Northeast Fares, 25% Off See all travel deals » Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Opinion Columnist Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2014, 1:08 AM If it hadn't...
View ArticleBoko Loco: A View From Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — On April 14th, more than 250 Nigerian girls were kidnapped from their dormitories at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, a sleepy rural town in the Northern state of...
View ArticleNigeria: in defence of hashtags and #BringBackOurGirls
South Africans protest in support of more than Nigerian 200 girls abducted from their school. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA I am not Nigerian and I do not have constitutional rights accorded to me by the...
View ArticleHollywood glamour gals wake up to holy war
Text smaller Text bigger WASHINGTON — One of the nation’s leading foreign-policy experts has revealed to WND what he believes is the key to getting leftists to join the war on terror: Enlisting...
View ArticleAn Aging United Nations in 2015. But How About a New United Nations in 2020?
The new report from the Commission on Global Security, Justice, and Governance, co-chaired by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, suggests that the 75th anniversary year in 2020 might be...
View ArticleRemember Boko Haram’s victims, too
On Nov. 13, people from every corner of the world reeled over the horrific attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and injured 350 more. Millions filtered their Facebook profile pictures with the blue,...
View ArticleFrance's flag flies on social media as people worldwide grieve terror victims
Social media is awash with public buildings lit up in the French colors of blue, white and red as people globally expressed their solidarity with the French after deadly terror attacks in Paris. Users...
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