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Sunday, December 27, 2015

December 27, 2015

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Siargao Island
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake yesterday rattled Siargao Island residents and tourists along the islands’ Pacific Ocean facing coastal areas.  
Media Watchdog Blasts Haaretz, Daily Mail for Anti-Israel Bias in “Dishonest Reporting” Awards
Among this year’s winners are left-wing Israeli newspaper Haaretz and Britain’s Daily Mail. Also listed are the New York Times, reporter Brian Williams, and MSNBC.  
The truth behind ISIS leader's threats against Israel and Jews
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's rare statement...in which he threatened Israel and Jews, bares witness more to the fact that he and his organization are under pressure... Baghdadi addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "The Israelis thought that we forgot Palestine and that they diverted our attention from the issue, but that is not the situation. We have not forgotten Palestine for a moment," he stressed.  
Nasrallah: Israelis hiding like rats along border, Kuntar revenge will come
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, speaking on the...assassination of Samir Kuntar, praised the terrorist...saying he was an icon for the school of resistance... "The Israelis are hiding like rats along the border," he said. They are worried and they should be worried along the border and inside Israel. Their threats will not benefit them."  
Ukrainian legislator toasts Adolf Hitler
A video of a Ukrainian opposition lawmaker saluting Adolf Hitler made its way online...days after his country’s President apologized for Ukrainian collaborators’ role in the Holocaust... ...Artyom Vitko...a member of the Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko, can be seen sitting in the back of a car wearing camouflage fatigues and singing along to a song by a Russian neo-Nazi band extolling the virtues of the Nazi dictator.  
Webb Attacks Clinton With Eye on Independent Run
When Jim Webb quit the Democratic presidential race on Oct. 20 amid low poll numbers and a minimal debate presence, the former Virginia senator left open the possibility he'd return for a White House run in a different political guise. Now he appears to be edging closer to making good on it.  
Jerusalem knife attacker shot dead, Israeli police say
A Palestinian man tried to stab an Israeli police officer on Saturday near Jerusalem's Old City and was killed, a police spokeswoman said.  
Over 100,000 flee flooding in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
More than 100,000 people have had to evacuate from their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina due to severe flooding in the wake of heavy summer rains brought on by El NiƱo, authorities said on Saturday.  
Islamic State leader Baghdadi goads West in rare audio statement
The leader of the self-declared Islamic State issued a defiant message to the West, warning “crusaders” not to dare fight on his turf. In a rare public statement - his first in seven months - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said Western countries had "learned from" previous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  
In Sweden, a Cash-Free Future Nears
Parishioners text tithes to their churches. Homeless street vendors carry mobile credit-card readers. Even the Abba Museum, despite being a shrine to the 1970s pop group that wrote “Money, Money, Money,” considers cash so last-century that it does not accept bills and coins.  
Tornadoes sweep through Dallas area; significant damage
Tornadoes swept through the Dallas area after dark on Saturday evening causing significant damage while a blizzard was blanketing parts of New Mexico and West Texas with snow, the latest in the nation's freakish winter weather pattern that sent temperatures plunging to near zero wind chill in the western Plains even as numerous record highs are forecast for the eastern U.S.  
Boko Haram kills at least 14 in Christmas Day attack in Nigeria
At least 14 people were killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen in a Christmas Day attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria, vigilantes said Saturday.