RALEIGH, N.C. — At least 47 people have died in three days of storms that ripped across the South and Midwest, NBC News reported on Sunday. At least 24 were killed in North Carolina alone, NBC reported from Raleigh, where roofs were ripped off stores, trees were plucked out of the ground and “scores” of homes… Read More 47 dead after 62 tornadoes, floods, and ball sized hail
A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged. BBC News- Tim Whewell-One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be… Read More Ugandan Goverment: Ritual killings of children on the rise
On February 2, Mexico’s director for citizen security, Manuel Farfan Carriola, was assassinated on his way home from work. Also killed were four bodyguards and numerous police officers were also shot and wounded. Intelligence indicates that the most likely perpetrator of this attack was the Zeta organization. As we’ve seen with previous attacks by the… Read More Senior Mexican public safety officer assassinated
As the crowds of protesters in Cairo grew from thousands, to tens of thousands, to hundreds of thousands, the price of oil shot upward. The price of benchmark Brent crude oil this week surged to $100, up 5 percent since the beginning of last week, when violence spread from Tunisia to Egypt. It’s the first… Read More Oil prices soar amid chaos in Egypt
Midwesterners accustomed to dealing with snow, sleet and ice have readied themselves for a monster winter storm that could be bigger than many cities in the nation’s midsection have seen in years. As the storm began its trek across the Midwest, it brought a bit of everything: ice, sleet and snow — even tornadoes were… Read More Wicked weather pounds the world
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has sent a warning to Mexican drug cartels, saying they will be met by a “powerful” response if they cross the border. Napolitano made the comments Monday at the University of Texas-El Paso, which sits across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez, a city torn apart by drug-related violence.… Read More Drug violence escelates along US/Mexico Border
Raytheon Company signed a contract on Saturday worth USD 475 million with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the combat-proven Paveway family of precision-guided munitions. “Raytheon’s Paveway family of weapons provides the warfighter unmatched precision and standoff capability,” said Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems president. “This sale is the latest chapter in Raytheon’s… Read More Raytheon feeds Saudi with bombs ready for targets in Israel
Somali pirates’ use of “mother ships” to attack their prey is complicating foreign navies’ efforts to improve safety in the Indian Ocean. The vessels offer greater physical protection during boarding and whose kidnapped crews act as human shields. “Pirates have gone high tech and few use speed boats. They have switched to usage of motherships,”… Read More NATO commanders admit, Somali pirates getting better
One of the few subjects on which there is unanimity in Israel has to do with the country’s relations with the United States. Some within the Israeli political establishment feel this relationship is immune to any change. America’s attitude to Israel rests on three major pillars. The first is the idealistic dimension in United States… Read More Israel must trust her God and Messiah above America
