CAIRO — Gunmen in military uniforms killed 19 people on Wednesday in a midday attack on a museum in downtown Tunis, dealing a new blow to the tourist industry that is vital to Tunisia as it struggles to consolidate the only transition to democracy after the Arab Spring revolts. Tunisian officials had initially said that […]
Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock announced his resignation Tuesday following weeks of revelations that he may have broken House ethics rules and campaign financing laws “Constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction that has made it too difficult for me to serve the people of the 18th District with the […]
Potential 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson apologized Wednesday for saying homosexuality was a lifestyle choice. “I do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation,” Carson said on his Facebook page late Wednesday afternoon. “I regret that my words to express that concept were hurtful and divisive. For that I apologize […]
NCP leader and former Maharashtra home minister RR Patil passed away on Monday reportedly due to multiple organ failure. He was undergoing treatment at Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital and was on life support system. He was transferred to Lilavati hospital two months ago for treatment of oral cancer. Previously, he was undergoing treatment at Breach Candy […]
President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Congress requesting a resolution that will grant him authority to use military force against ISIS. In an effort to placate opponents of military intervention in both parties, the administration has hedged the request by including language that restricts “enduring offensive ground forces” and limits any intervention to […]
Three members of a Muslim family were killed on Tuesday near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, allegedly by a militant atheist Three American Muslims have been shot dead near the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill in the US. The three were named by police as Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, […]