A Muslim man was sentenced to 20 lashes after being convicted of homosexual offences by an Islamic court in the city of Bauchi, Nigeria. Under Islamic law, homosexual acts are normally punished with death by […]
New, dark details have emerged about last year’s takeover of an Algerian gas plant, revealing a young Canadian militant to be the the maker and carrier of a suicide bomb. In a CBC interview airing […]
The European Union has dropped a dinner traditionally held during the EU-Russian summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Brussels later this month. This would cut the long-planned summit short and demonstrate to Russia that the relationship has […]
Grade 9 student Aitazaz Hassan Bangash has been called a hero after he tackled a suicide bomber and then died at the main gate of his school in Pakistan Jan. 6. The 14-year-old boy’s father […]
Temperatures in the -40s, colossal ice storms and frost warnings in Florida- do these sound like results of global warming? To many they do not. The recent polar vortex affecting cities across North America has […]
Russian security forces went on high alert after six bodies and several explosive devices were discovered on the outskirts of Pyatigorsk near the Caucasus mountains 500 kilometres from Sochi. The gunshot riddled bodies were […]
Political satirist Bassem Youssef seemed to escape the hot seat again. For now…. On March 30th, an arrest warrant was issued for Youssef for allegedly insulting Islam, and President Morsi. The most recent episode of […]
In today´s world of news content and delivery, Twitter is a tool that can either inform or mislead the audience. So what do reporters have to consider when they use tweets in delivering their stories? […]
The news of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death Mar. 5 shook up the entire world. Not only Latin Americans but people from other regions and countries broke into tears. By contrast, some Western countries such […]
South Korea sent a “stern warning” to its peninsula partner today, as a response to the North’s third nuclear test. The test, which took place on Tuesday, defied United Nation Sanctions and was an attempt […]
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