2016-03-29 Women More Religious Than Men
Women are more religious than men. That is the finding of a new report by the Pew Research Center. Worldwide, 83 percent of women say they identify with a religion,…
2016-03-29 Drug Traffickers Dig Tunnel Into US
The United States and Mexico announced they discovered a long tunnel used to smuggle drugs into the U.S. They said the tunnel began in a restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico and…
2016-03-28 US Warns Against Fines on Poor People
The U.S. Justice Department says that issuing large fines and putting poor people in prison for not paying them is illegal. The law enforcement agency said putting people in jail…
2016-03-28 Pakistanis Bury Children Killed in Terror Attack
Parents Monday began burying the children who were killed in a suicide bombing Sunday at a crowded park in Lahore, Pakistan. Officials put the death toll at 72, including 29…
2016-03-27 Suspected Bomber May Be Kidnapped Chibok Schoolgirl
A girl who may have been planning a suicide bombing in Cameroon said she is one of the Chibok girls kidnapped in 2014. Cameroon officials received intelligence reports of three…
2016-03-27 At Least 50 Dead in Pakistan Suicide Bombing
Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber attacked a crowded public park in Lahore Sunday night, killing more than 50 people and wounding another 300. A government official said most of…
2016-03-27 Iranians Buying Up Land in War-Torn Syria
Iran’s government wants its builders to buy up property in Shi-ite majority neighborhoods of Syria’s capital, Damascus. It is also asking construction workers to go to Syria. This information comes…
2016-03-26 Rare Rhino Birth in Kenya
The first black rhino in more than 25 years was born in northern Kenya this month. It was born at the Sera Community Rhino Sanctuary. The birth comes when poaching…
2016-03-25 Irish Comedian Calls Trump ‘Bad Boyfriend’
This is What’s Trending Today… An Irish entertainer compared U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump to a terrible boyfriend in a viral Facebook video. The video, created by Clisare, has received…
2016-03-25 Detainees Freed from Gitmo Said to Spread Terror
Detainees released from the prison in Guantanamo Bay have killed Americans, said a senior Defense Department official this week. Paul Lewis is the Pentagon’s special envoy for closing the prison…
2016-03-24 Chinese Businessman Pleads Guilty to US Computer Hack
A businessman from China pleaded guilty Wednesday to hacking into the computer systems of American businesses. Su Bin, also known as Stephen Su, faces a maximum five-year prison sentence for…
2016-03-25 Kurds: IS Recruits Children For Suicide Attacks
A Kurdish commander in Iraq says the Islamic State terror group recruits children as young as eight-years-old to carry out suicide attacks. Sirwan Barzani is the commander of the Kurdish…
2016-03-25 Iran Says Missile Launch Was Not Violation
Iran has defended its recent launch of ballistic missiles in a letter written to the United Nations. Iran launched two missiles March 9. The rockets hit targets off of Iran’s…
2016-03-24 Anti-IS Forces Launch Attacks in Iraq and Syria
Iraqi forces have launched an attack in Mosul and Syrian troops entered Palmyra in an offensive against the Islamic State militant group. On Thursday, Iraqi forces attacked Islamic State militants…
2016-03-24 Karadzic Gets 40 Years For Muslim Genocide
Radovan Karadzic — the former Bosnian Serb leader — was convicted Thursday of genocide and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Karadzic has been called the “Butcher of Bosnia.” He…