Palmyra’s Baalshamin temple ‘blown up by IS’
From BBC Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra’s ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials and activists say. Syria’s head of antiquities was quoted as saying the temple was blown up on Sunday. The UK -based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Misguided U.S. foreign policy fueled terrorism
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist From The Dallas Weekly They were young and largely impoverished. To find work, they had migrated from their native Egypt to a mid-coastal city in Libya, an unstable country that in recent years has become…
China signaled it may join operations against ISIS in Iraq
By Jeremy Bender From Business Insider As the US-led campaign against the Islamic State grinds on, China has unexpectedly offered to help in the war effort, Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Lucy Hornby report for the Financial Times. Wang Yi, China’s foreign…
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Cayman Islands’ Taste of Cayman 2015 admission tickets to cost more unless you buy them now The Cayman Islands Taste of Cayman 2015 admission price will bet $5 more than this year’s, unless you act between now and December 15th….
An air force plane saved from the scrap heap is now in Iraq
By Christopher Harress, International Business Times From Business Insider The once-endangered A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, saved from the scrap heap by Congress earlier this year, will now fly operations in Iraq after previously being deployed to Afghanistan this year. Only a…
Foreign policy issues becoming a headache? There’s an AUMF for that
From Huffington Post WASHINGTON — As Congress wrestles with its role in authorizing the president to use military force overseas, a quick look through the archives reveals that the White House has plenty of other active military authorizations to choose…
Anti-Obama forces cloud global stability
By Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 13, 2014 – With just 2 years effectively left in Barack Obama’s Presidency of the United States, the world suddenly looks set to face even more danger than it does currently….
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Total number of ChikV cases in Cayman islands reach 20 The total number of confirmed chikungunya cases reached 20 this week (6 October 2014). The distribution of confirmed cases (20) has been: George Town -seven; Cayman Brac three; West Bay…
ISIS within a mile of Baghdad
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Islamic State militants are reportedly within a mile of Baghdad despite battling Iraqi forces and U.S.-led airstrikes, and there is “immense fear among everybody,” the vicar of the only Anglican church in Iraq said Tuesday….
Still determined to force-feed us war
By Les Slater From Caribbean Life When FDR delivered his historic “day that will live in infamy” speech about the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, there was no great cajoling effort needed to get the American public on board…
