
Texas Gov. Perry to Deploy 1,000 National Guard Troops to Border
Texas  Gov. Rick Perry said on Monday he planned to send 1,000 Texas National  Guard troops to the Mexican border to boost security during a surge in  illegal immigration by children, a move that could increase pressure  on.. Obama.  
Fiji Earthquake Today 2014: 6.9 Strikes Off the Coast
Officials  tell news that the Fiji earthquake today started at a significant  depth. It posted a depth of three hundred eighty-three miles below sea  level.
Whistleblower: IRS in cahoots with NSA
“Do  you think the IRS partnered with the NSA potentially, to target the tea  party?” “I already know they have access to it,” Binney responded. “One of the  answers that came from some of the testimony in Congress by people who  are being asked those questions kind of implied that that’s exactly what  they were doing.”  
Earthquake measuring 6.6 magnitude hits Japan’s North-East coast
The  agency said that the quake struck at 02:32am in the Pacific Ocean at a  depth of 60 kilometres north east of Japan's Hokkaido island, close to  the disputed Russian-administered Kuril Islands.  
French minister decries ‘anti-Semitic’ Gaza protests
“When  you head for the synagogue, when you burn a corner shop because it is  Jewish-owned, you are committing an anti-Semitic act,” Bernard Cazeneuve  told reporters outside the Sarcelles synagogue.  
‘Test it on Brits:’ Snowden says GCHQ even worse than NSA
Taking  that into account, Snowden is sure the UK citizens could be ones on  whom intelligence techniques could be tested to then be used by all of  the other so-called Five Eyes partners – Canada, the United States,  Australia and New Zealand.  
Fighting flares in Ukraine as crash investigators arrive
Fighting  flared in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Monday as  investigators began to inspect the bodies of victims of the downing of  Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 last week.  
The Caliphate Means Constant War on us on a Scale Not Yet Seen
The  very existence of a caliphate would usher a state of constant  hostility: Both historically and doctrinally, the caliphate is obligated  to wage jihad, at least annually, to bring the “disbelieving” world  under Islamic dominion and enforce sharia law. Most of what is today  called the “Muslim world”-from Morocco to Pakistan-was conquered, bit by  bit, by a caliphate begun in Arabia in 632.  
The ‘Big One’ is coming: L.A. long overdue for mega-quake that could kill thousands of people, experts say
The  southern section of the San Andreas Fault that runs near the city has  not had a “mega-quake” of more than 7.5-magnitude since 1680 and it is,  according to seismologists, more than a century overdue.  A flurry of  lesser earthquakes in recent months has refocused attention on whether  America’s second city can withstand the “Big One.”  
Transplanting gene into injured hearts creates biological pacemakers
Cardiologists  have developed a minimally invasive gene transplant procedure that  changes unspecialized heart cells into “biological pacemaker” cells that  keep the heart steadily beating. The laboratory animal research is the  result of a dozen years of research with the goal of developing  biological treatments for patients with heart rhythm disorders who  currently are treated with surgically implanted pacemakers.  genes are  used not only to correct a deficiency disorder, but to actually turn one  kind of cell into another type,".  
Ebola virus spreads in four more Liberian counties
Ebola  has spread through several West African countries, including Sierra  Leone, Liberia and Guinea, since its latest outbreak in February. The  death toll from the virus has surpassed 600 despite efforts by regional  and international health experts to contain the epidemic.  
WHO can't fully deal with Ebola outbreak, health official warns
Efforts  to address the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in 40 years also have been  hindered by the failure of some countries to implement the WHO's  International Health Regulations, which went into effect in 2007, Dowell  said. The regulations require countries to report outbreaks of certain  diseases, including smallpox, polio and new strains of influenza, to the  organization.  
Deadly mosquito virus reported in eastern Mass.
...Mosquitoes:  we’ve talked about them for months, and for the first time this year  mosquitoes have infected someone in Massachusetts with eastern equine  encephalitis, or triple E.  The Massachusetts Department of Health just confirmed that a July 15th  laboratory test in Plymouth County has tested positive for EEE, a  dangerous virus that can cause inflammation of the brain and in one  third of cases, death.  
MH17 plane crash: Kerry points finger at Russia
US  Secretary of State John Kerry has said there is overwhelming evidence  of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in  Ukraine.  Mr Kerry called on Russia to take responsibility for the actions of the  rebels, saying their handling of the dead had been "grotesque".  All 298 people on flight MH17 died when it was reportedly hit by a  missile.  
China 'spy ship' at US-led navy exercise off Hawaii
China  says it has the right to send a surveillance ship to monitor a US-led  naval exercise, after US media reported the vessel's presence off Hawaii  over the weekend.  Navy ships had the right under international law to operate in "waters  outside of other countries' territorial waters", the defence ministry  said.  China is also taking part in the drill.  
Report: Alleged Israeli strike on Sudanese weapons arsenal
Sources  in Khartoum claimed on Monday that Israeli forces struck a weapons  arsenal which held long range missiles for Hamas.  ...Sudan is not confirming the incident in order to cover up relations  with the terrorist organization in Gaza. Such ties could entangle the  country's president Omar al-Bashir with an accusation of supporting  terrorism from the US and Western nations.  
Putin blames others for exploiting Ukraine crash
Russian  President Vladimir Putin has lambasted those who use the downing of a  passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for "mercenary objectives," the Kremlin  said Monday.  In a statement posted on the Kremlin website, Putin again lashed out at  Ukraine for ongoing violence with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern part  of the country.  
Early HIV drugs 'may not stop virus'
HIV  can rapidly form invulnerable strongholds in the body, dashing hopes  that early treatment might cure the virus, according to new research.  A baby was thought to have been cured with treatment hours after birth,  but the virus emerged years later.  
Two soldiers killed fighting for Israel were U.S. citizens
Two  American men were among the 13 Israeli soldiers killed in the conflict  in Gaza on Sunday, the U.S. State Department said, the bloodiest day of  the conflict, in which about 100 Palestinians were also killed.  
Why Hamas Fires Those Rockets
Many  Gazans, not just their leaders in Hamas, think they have little to lose  by fighting on. For one thing, the spotlight has been switched back  onto them since the Israeli campaign began earlier this month.  
Hamas military wing claims abducted Israeli soldier
The  armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas group claimed on Sunday night that  it had kidnapped an Israeli soldier, prompting celebrations in the  streets of Gaza City.  
Iraq Catholic leader says Islamic State worse than Genghis Khan
The  head of Iraq's largest church said on Sunday that Islamic State  militants who drove Christians out of Mosul were worse than Mongol  leader Genghis Khan and his grandson Hulagu who ransacked medieval  Baghdad.