Three girls turned the tables on ISIS recruiters.
If you’re low on funds for that big vacation, you could always ask to borrow money, make a Kickstarter campaign… or swindle a couple of Islamic State recruiters. It may not be the safest way to make money, but that’s what three girls from Chechnya, a Russian republic in southeastern Europe, did. The Chechen girls are under investigation for fraud
While the killing of the lion in Zimbabwe has attracted the world’s attention, the death of the five elephants has received almost no coverage, even though elephants are under a far greater threat from poachers than lions.
NAIROBI — While the world mourned Cecil, the 13-year-old lion that was allegedly shot by an American hunter in Zimbabwe, an even more devastating poaching incident was quietly carried out in Kenya. Poachers killed five elephants in Tsavo West National Park on Monday night. The carcasses were recovered by rangers on Tuesday morning — what
With the ratio of contractors to governmental personnel swelling, many worry that targeting decisions could become meaningless.
Some months ago, an imagery analyst was sitting in his curtained cubicle at Hurlburt Field airbase in Florida watching footage transmitted from a drone above one of the battlefields in the War on Terror. If he thought the images showed someone doing anything suspicious, or holding a weapon, he had to type it in to a chat channel seen by the pilots
In many ways, the current conflict in Yemen can be seen as a “proxy war” between two OPEC members, motivated by oil.
VIENNA --- Since its formation in Baghdad over 50 years ago, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, has used its influence not just to benefit members’ own profits from exporting crude, but also to affect global politics through the power of energy. OPEC formed at the “Baghdad Conference,” held from Sept. 10-14, 1960,
Saudi Arabia opened its checkbook in response to a U.N. appeal for funds to cover the most urgent humanitarian aid to Yemen. But that aid would come at a steep price and with more than a few strings attached.
SANAA, Yemen --- Five months have passed since Saudi Arabia declared war on Yemen, and for all its might, political resolve and military arsenal, the kingdom has yet to bring the poorest nation on the Arabian Peninsula to heel. Its institutions in tatters, its military apparatus reduced to rubbles, and with no economy to speak of, Yemen’s
The charges stem from an investigation by the Louisiana Inspector General and FBI.
PORT ALLEN, LA - A former police chief facing multiple felony charges was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution after pleading no contest Thursday morning to two counts of malfeasance in office. Ex-Brusly Police Chief Jamie Whaley entered the plea in a West Baton Rouge Parish courtroom. Judge Robin Free sentenced him to three
