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WHY ARE SCIENTISTS PREDICTING AN UPTICK IN EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY NEXT YEAR?

Winchester, VA - Forbes reports that scientists are predicting an uptick in the amount of large earthquakes throughout the world during 2018. This is why: Earth's rotation follows a cyclical pattern, and slows down for a few milliseconds each day, then speeds up again. Scientists now believe that this slowdown in the earth's rotation is related to a cyclical increase in earthquakes. Upon analysis of every earthquake since 1900 of a […]

today11/21/2017 9

A UN OFFICIAL IS CALLING FOR THE END OF THE SAUDI COALITION’S BLOCKADE ON YEMEN

Winchester, Va - The BBC is reporting that Mark Lowcock, U.N. Under-Secretary general for Humanitarian Affairs issued a call for the Saudi-led coalition to remove its blockade of war-torn, cholera ridden Yemen. The blockade was placed on air, land and sea routes into the country earlier this week after Iranian backed Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile into Saudi Arabia, aimed at one of their airports. The missile was intercepted and […]

today11/09/2017 5

ARRESTS WERE MADE IN THE DEATHS OF 26 NIGERIAN GIRLS WHO WERE TRYING TO CROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Winchester, VA - Two stories of arrests were in the news yesterday. One tragic, one bizarre. UPI reports that 2 human traffickers, identified by the Guardian as Al Mabrouc Wisam Harar from Libya, and Mohamed Ali Al Bouzid of Egypt, were arrested after the boats of the at least 150 people they were trafficking sank. Among the dead, 26 Nigerian girls aged 14 to 18, who were found when Spanish military […]

today11/08/2017 3

WHAT TO DO WITH THE TERRORIST NOW?

Winchester, VA - Now that the New York City terrorist has been captured alive, what is in store for him next? NBC News reports that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham suggested that Saipov should be labeled an enemy combatant, which would enable him to be interrogated without a lawyer present. University of California Davis school of Law professor Carlton Larson indicated that this designation is unlikely to happen since civilian courts […]

today11/02/2017 8

UPDATES ON THE NEW YORK CITY TERROR ATTACK

Winchester, VA - An update on the New York City terror attack in which Uzbeki Sayfullo Saipov mowed over bikers on a bike path, crashed into a special needs bus, brandished fake guns, and was shot in the stomach the by NYPD officer Ryan Nash. Eleven people were injured, and eight were killed: 5 Argentinians, 2 Americans and 1 Belgian. Fox News reports that Sayfullo Saipov has not only shown no […]

today11/02/2017 17

SWEDEN HAS EXPERIENCED FOUR—COUNT’EM, FOUR—BOMBINGS IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS

Winchester, VA - Bare Naked Islam is reporting that a bombing at a police station in southern Sweden caused no injuries, but happens to be the fourth bombing in Sweden in the last five days. The police building sustained significant damage. The location of the bombing was about thirty miles north of Malmo, the country's third largest city. Malmo is also one of Sweden's 55 Muslim NO-Go Zones, an area where […]

today10/19/2017 12

SPAIN IS THREATENING CATALONIA WITH DIRECT RULE

Winchester, VA - The BBC is reporting that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is making attempts to clarify Catalonia's status regarding independence. The Prime Minister has asked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to confirm whether or not the region has declared its independence. There has been some confusion due to the fact that Mr. Puigdemont's signed a declaration of independence yesterday, but then put a hold on its implementation in order to […]

today10/12/2017 5

AN AMERICAN WOMAN AND HER FAMILY WERE FREED FROM THE TALIBAN YESTERDAY

Winchester, VA - ABC News reports that 31 year old Caitlan Coleman and her husband 34 year old Joshua Boyle along with their three children have been freed from Taliban captivity and were rescued yesterday, five years to the day since the couple were taken into captivity. All three children were born as captives. Their freedom was secured in an exchange between Pakistani military and U.S. commandos in a secret operation. […]

today10/12/2017 1

BOKO HARAM IS MEETING JUSTICE IN NIGERIA

Winchester, VA - The Guardian reports that over 2,300 suspected Islamic militants were to appear in court today in what will be a series of mass trials against the insurgency group known as Boko Haram, whose name means “no to western education.” The authorities are hoping that this will provide proof of their continued fight against Islamic extremism, however there are concerns over the secrecy of the trials, which will be […]

today10/09/2017 11

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