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Meet the Western women who are flocking to join ISIS
New York Post - 14 May 2017 03:34
ISIS is recruiting an army of AK-47-brandishing women from the West who are just as bloodthirsty as the men they are marrying. Calling themselves "lionesses of Allah," they are thought to now number more than 600, and th...
Venezuelan grandparents take to the streets to protest their government
Miami Herald - 14 May 2017 04:18
For more than six consecutive weeks, violent demonstrations have overtaken cities in Venezuela, as the country has descended into an economic crisis that anti-government protesters are pinning on socialist President …
Pope Francis acknowledges 2,000-case backlog in sex abuse cases
Fox News - 14 May 2017 06:01
Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican has a 2,000-case backlog in processing clerical sex abuse cases and says criticism of the slow pace was justified. But he says more staff are being added and insists th...
WATCH: Hospital employee taken hostage by a jail inmate patient
ABC News - 14 May 2017 02:49
SWAT teams surround the emergency room of the hospital on lockdown, just outside of Chicago.
Trump may drop Spicer, Bannon and Priebus: report
New York Post - 14 May 2017 16:31
President Trump is weighing a “huge reboot” in his White House staff after becoming disappointed with several aides, according to a report on Sunday. The shake-up could include White House press secretary Sean Spicer...
Emmanuel Macron sworn in as president of France
USA Today - 14 May 2017 14:27
France's new President Emmanuel Macron took office Sunday during a ceremony at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris.
India's not-so-foolproof ID plan
Miami Herald - 14 May 2017 10:00
Inside the buzzing enrollment agency, young professionals wearing slim-fitting jeans and lanyards around their necks tapped away at keyboards and fiddled with fingerprint scanning devices as they helped build the …
Aurora woman remembers mother's battle with Alzheimer's
Chicago Tribune - 14 May 2017 09:00Trump calls for tougher sanctions on North Korea
Al Jazeera English - 14 May 2017 16:37
White House says latest ballistic missile test should serve as a call for stronger sanctions against Pyongyang.
At least 4 dead after train derails in Greece
Fox News - 14 May 2017 15:03
A passenger train has derailed in northern Greece, leaving four passengers dead and at least five seriously injured, including the driver, the state railway has said.
U.S.: Missile test shows North Korea 'a flagrant menace'
USA Today - 14 May 2017 14:58
North Korea's latest launch of a ballistic missile Sunday drew strong criticism from the United States and other nations.
Jordan, Israel in rare row over Jerusalem stabbing, killing
Miami Herald - 14 May 2017 16:19
Jordan and Israel have traded rare verbal barbs over a stabbing in which a Jordanian was killed by an Israeli policeman whom he had attacked. The two countries spar sometimes …
Fewer than 1 in 3 Americans approve of Trump's decision to fire Comey
The Week - 14 May 2017 16:06
Just 29 percent of Americans support President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll results published Sunday reveal. That's not to say, however, that Comey has received...
Emmanuel Macron sworn in as president of France, promises economic focus
USA Today - 14 May 2017 15:41
Macron's first international trip as president is scheduled for Monday: a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
10,000 march against Moscow government's demolition plans
Miami Herald - 14 May 2017 15:38
More than 10,000 people have taken to the streets in Moscow to protest a controversial plan to tear down Soviet-era low-rise apartment blocks. Protesters gathered on a central street on …
North Korea blights China's party with missile launch
CNN - 14 May 2017 14:07
North Korea's missile launch Sunday came at a highly embarrassing time for China, its chief ally and economic partner.
Sen. Mike Lee Says Trump Is 'Fully Cooperating' With Russia Investigation
The Huffington Post - 14 May 2017 16:12
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said Sunday that President Donald Trump is “fully cooperating” with the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, despite Trump’s explicit acknowledgeme...
School turns away immigration agent looking for 4th grader
New York Post - 14 May 2017 15:37
An immigration agent tried to search for a fourth-grader at Queens school — but was sent packing by staff, according to city officials. “Mayor’s been briefed on a fed immig agent showing up at Queens’ PS58 Thurs....
Grandchild of Nazis becomes friend of elderly Holocaust survivor
New York Post - 14 May 2017 14:06
Nazi killers slaughtered Ben Stern's parents and eight of his siblings, sent him to nine extermination camps and forced him on two death marches. Today the 95-year-old Holocaust survivor lives in Berkeley, Calif., with a...
Evacuations of rebels from last Damascus stronghold begins
Miami Herald - 14 May 2017 13:54
State media and opposition activists say scores of rebels and their families have begun leaving a northeastern neighborhood of the Syrian capital Damascus toward rebel-held areas in northern Syria. The …
Several dead after Greek train derails, crashes into house
New York Post - 14 May 2017 13:41
Three people died and 10 more were injured when a train derailed in northern Greece on Saturday night and ripped through a house, police said. The train carrying 70 passengers and five crew was heading from Athens to the...
Iraqi forces push toward ISIL's 'last pocket' in Mosul
Al Jazeera English - 14 May 2017 13:39
ISIL controls nine percent of war-torn city's west, army official says, as US-backed Iraqi forces seek to evict group.