Hollywood 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 ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleNigeria Is Letting Boko Haram Get Away With Murder
Remember the #bringbackourgirls campaign? The girls are still gone and as the body count rises in Nigeria, and the country’s leaders are almost as silent as the global community. No one knows for sure...
View ArticleThe terror of Boko Haram - Yahoo News
By Kaye Foley On April 14, 2014, a group of terrorists known as Boko Haram raided a school in Chibok, Nigeria, and kidnapped 276 girls. The horrible act sparked outrage across the world and brought...
View ArticleWhy did the world ignore Boko Haram's Baga attacks?
As the media coverage focused on the Paris terror attacks last week, over 2000 Nigerians were reported to have been killed by Islamist militants. What makes one massacre more newsworthy than another?...
View ArticleISIS isn't the world’s deadliest terrorist group. Boko Haram is.
After three attacks in as many weeks — in Paris, Beirut and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula — in which a total of at least 397 people were killed, the world's attention is fixed on the Islamic State and its...
View ArticleSolidarity in symbols: Responding with light to Paris attacks
Just an hour after a series of attacks rocked Paris on Friday night, the Eiffel Tower went dark in mourning. But the response worldwide was to turn on the light: Three colors began appearing in...
View ArticleFive facts about the missing Chibok schoolgirls
In this file photo taken from video released by Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorist network, Monday May 12, 2014, shows missing girls abducted from the northeastern town of Chibok. (Source: AP Photo) Two...
View ArticleOne year since #BringBackOurGirls: What did it accomplish?
One year after Islamic extremists kidnapped hundreds of young girls from a northeastern Nigerian town, the world still wonders what happened to the 219 girls that are still missing. The event sparked...
View ArticleWorld wounded, angered by Paris terror attacks
Mourners across the globe reacted to the attacks in Paris with tears and anger, but also with colourful shows of solidarity with France. Monuments across the world, from the Sydney Opera House in...
View ArticleBoko Haram Calls Girl Hostages ‘Infidels,’ Orders Them To Return To Village
Boko Haram kidnapped the women on January 6th, from Katarko, which is about 12 miles away from the state capital of Damaturu. According to the New York Times, dozens of armed Boko Haram terrorists...
View ArticleBoko Haram mystery: Where -- or who -- is African terrorist group's leader?
Of all the terrorist leaders sending out suicide bombers in Africa, Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau is probably the most globally recognizable: Who could forget that leering laugh as he boasted last year...
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...
View Article'Unhashtagable?'
Hashtag activism draws on the logic that outrage or heightened audience reaction caused by iconic images can sway public opinion and eventually effect changes in policy, an argument that in its modern...
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 ArticleHashtag fail? #BringBackOurGirls two years on
By Stephanie Findlay Nigerian women living in Kenya, using #bringbackourgirls, campaigning on May 16, 2014 in Nairobi. By Tony Karumba (AFP/File) Lagos (AFP) - More than a week after 276 schoolgirls...
View Article'Peace for Paris' symbol goes viral
A "Peace for Paris" symbol, combining the city's beloved Eiffel Tower with the peace sign of the Sixties, has gone viral following the Paris terror attacks. The designer is a 32-year-old French graphic...
View ArticleNigerian President Promises Malala That Kidnapped Girls 'Will Be Returned'
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised Malala Yousafzai that the missing Nigerian schoolgirls "will be returned as soon as possible," the activist said, succeeding where protests and Twitter...
View ArticleThe interesting origin of the Eiffel Tower peace sign
An artist's reactionary sketch that he drew following the news of the attacks on Paris has gone viral. How to add the French flag to your Facebook profile Artist Jean Jullien was on vacation when he...
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