EU approves naval operation targeting human smugglers in Mediterranean
By Megan Specia EU officials approved plans for a naval operation targeting human smuggling networks that bring thousands of migrants from northern Africa into Europe across the Mediterranean during a meeting of foreign and defense ministers on Monday. The operation…
China has outfitted missiles capable of reaching the US with multiple nuclear warheads
By Jeremy Bender From Business Insider In a break from decades of cautious nuclear policy, China has started a process of upgrading its ballistic missile capabilities into a more potentially dangerous form. Foregoing a longstanding policy of maintaining a small…
Cars that talk to each other could be here sooner than you think
By Luc Olinga, AFP From Business Insider New York (AFP) – Engineers have known for some time that if cars could only “talk” to each other, they could avoid a lot of accidents. Vehicles could be driven more safely with…
Olwomen story of the week
By Jane Sills From Olwomen Are you suffering from hair problem? Do you want to make your hair grow faster? Or are you facing the problem of dry and dull hair? Here is the best solution with a considerable list…
Life Sentence for conspirator in 1998 Embassy bombings
By Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal Convicted al Qaida conspirator Khalid al-Fawwaz asked Southern District Judge Lewis Kaplan if he could turn and address victims of the murderous attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kenya in 1998. Kaplan,…
Australian doctor denies he was brainwashed into joining ISIS
By Ariel Bogle From Mashable An Australian doctor who recently appeared in a propaganda video for the Islamic State (ISIS) denies he was brainwashed and vows never to return home in a letter sent to a nationwide health agency that…
Twitter just made it harder to figure out how many inactive users it has
By Jim Edwards From Business Insider Twitter has stopped disclosing the percentage of its users who take “no discernable user action” on the app, making it harder for observers to figure out whether Twitter’s core user base is growing or…
Commentary: Terrorism on the shores of the Caribbean!
By Youri Kemp From Caribbean News Now The Bahamas ministry of tourism’s website was hacked last week. Apparently, a group out of Tunisia calling themselves the “Fallaga Team” is responsible for the attack. They took over the servers that hosted…
BP injury settlement upheld, but worker must answer fraud claims
By Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has refused to invalidate a nearly $2.7 million settlement that BP PLC reached with a member of a boat crew who went to court…
Major banks admit guilt in Forex probe, fined $6 billion
From Newsmax Four major banks pleaded guilty on Wednesday to trying to manipulate foreign exchange rates and six banks were fined a total of nearly $6 billion in a settlement that substantially ends a global probe into misconduct in the…
