Thousands of children orphaned by Ebola outbreak
Thousands of children across West Africa have been left orphaned by the Ebola outbreak, with friends and neighbours too fearful of the disease to take them into their homes. As the outbreak sweeps across Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the children of many of the virus’s victims have been left destitute and alone.
Catholic synod: Gay rights groups 'disappointed'
Catholic gay rights groups say they are disappointed after bishops rejected proposals for wider acceptance of gay people, which had the Pope's backing. The call to "accept and value" homosexuals was in a draft report, but failed to win the backing of two-thirds of the bishops at a synod in Rome. The final report says only that anti-gay discrimination is "to be avoided".
Nicaragua rains: Downpours leave 22 dead
Twenty-two people have died in Nicaragua during several days of heavy rains. Nine of them were killed in the capital Managua when a wall collapsed during a torrential downpour. In other areas of the city, emergency crews evacuated families from areas at risk from mudslides.
Seeking the annihilation of a UN member: Initiators and accomplices
The announcement by Sweden’s new prime minister that his government plans to extend recognition to a “Palestinian” state raises major questions in both international and United Nations law. ...By stamping Israel as an apartheid state akin to South Africa, Israel could be prevented from successfully defending itself.
Sweden Appoints First Muslim Minister
Aida Hadzialic, a 27-year-old Bosnian Muslim immigrant, was elected as the new Swedish minister of education, the youngest person ever to serve as a minister in Sweden.
Mortar Shells Fired From Kobani Land Turkish Soil
At least seven mortar shells landed in Turkey's southern Sanliurfa province Saturday during an intense battle between two militant groups in the Syrian town of Kobani. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent near the Turkish-Syrian border, the shells landed inside the Turkish territory when the battle for Kobani waged on between the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or the PYD, and the ISIS.
Chinese coastguard vessels patrol disputed waters
China has sent coastguard vessels to disputed waters in the East China Sea after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angered Beijing by sending a ritual offering to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead from Japan's wars.
Slumping price of oil has Iran worried about paying its bills
Iranian officials are expressing new worry over the global oil price slump, which is threatening the country’s budget and could undermine its strategy in international nuclear negotiations.
Bermuda clears trees, power lines hit by Gonzalo
Crews cleared away downed trees and power lines Saturday after Hurricane Gonzalo battered this tiny, wealthy British territory for several hours but caused no deaths or serious injuries.
Pennsylvania ambush suspect spotted carrying gun, police say
The survivalist charged with murdering a Pennsylvania trooper and wounding another was spotted near his old high school carrying a rifle and with mud smeared on his face, police said on Saturday, five weeks after a manhunt for the suspect began.
Amid Frequent Earthquakes, USGS Installs 4 Seismographs Around Cushing
Cushing is the 'Pipeline Crossroads of the World.' “It's kind of the Grand Central station of the big oil,” . But more recently, Cushing has been making headlines for its earthquakes. “This is a potential catastrophe,”. Jackman says the small town can store up to 46 million barrels of crude oil. There were ten earthquakes in Cushing last week, the two largest at 4.0 and 4.3 magnitude. And the U.S. Geological Survey says the 4.3 was centered directly under a Cushing tank farm and across the street from the Cushing Municipal Airport.