Mexico’s interior minister has told multiple media outlets the death toll from the double whammy of Hurricane Ingrid and Hurricane Manuel is now at 110.
Another 68 are missing and presumed dead after a landslide covered over half of the village of La Pintada in Guerrero state. Continue reading
A video posted on the website of Women’s Rights National Historical Park shows American Muslim students blaming hatred against their faith on the 9/11 attacks, called Islam a pioneer in women’s rights and addressed what they called “general ignorance.”
The video is quoted as saying “Islam within itself, Islam itself means peace. Islam brings nothing but peace if you truly look into it.” Continue reading
The death toll from Typhoon Usagi in China has jumped to 25 as officials are able to access more areas cut off because of flood waters and damage from the super typhoon.
The dead were either killed by flying debris or drowned in the flash flooding created by the storm. Continue reading
An Egyptian court has ruled that the Muslim Brotherhood is banned from operating within the country.
The decision by the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters applied the ruling to the Islamist group, its non-governmental organization and any group that claims to be affiliated with the Islamist organization. Continue reading
Kenyan security forces launched an all out assault Monday against a group of terrorists that had seized a shopping mall in the capital city of Nairobi.
The official death toll has stayed at 62 while at least 170 have now been reported wounded by government officials. The interior ministry has taken to the social network Twitter to tell people to stay away from the mall complex. Continue reading
The grisly massacre at an upscale Kenyan shopping mall by al-Shabab militants is a “great shot in the arm” to the Al Qaeda-linked group’s efforts to recruit fighters from the West, including the U.S., terror experts tell FoxNews.com. Continue reading
Kenyan forces have secured an upscale Nairobi shopping mall, killing three suspected terrorists and promising to “punish” any others they encounter, following a three-day hostage standoff with an al Qaeda-linked rebel group that has killed at least 62 people and injured 175, police said. Continue reading
Survivors of the ongoing siege at an upscale mall in Kenya are describing moments of confusion and utter terror — including a woman who hid under mattresses in a store and an African journalist who watched a pregnant friend die.
Extended gunfire and at least seven large explosions resounded from the mall, in the capital city of Nairobi, on Monday as Kenyan security forces struggled to take control on the third day of the attack. Continue reading
A study published in the journal Nature Medicine says that scientists have made a huge jump forward in the search for a universal flu vaccine.
The flu virus mutates so much each year that flu vaccines from the previous year are completely worthless for the current year. The virus changes the proteins on the surface of the virus that tricks the body’s immune system. Continue reading
Pope Francis spoke out against the world’s economic systems on Sunday urging those who are unemployed to find work and for everyone to avoid the “god called money.”
The Pope tossed aside prepared text that he was scheduled to deliver to a group of unemployed workers on the island of Sardinia and spoke off-the-cuff for 20 minutes. Continue reading
