From Yahoo! News: “The U.S. government has raised concerns about Israel’s arrest of a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship whose cousin was burned to death by Israeli extremists earlier this summer.  The State Department says […]

From an article in Yahoo! News: “Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth, teems with microscopic life. Tiny organisms dwell on the ice and live inside glaciers, and now, researchers confirm, a rich microbial ecosystem persists […]

From an article in The Irish Times: “THE WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has spent over two years inside Ecuador’s London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden, plans to walk out a free man.  According […]

A great article by CityLab about the current code orange volcano in Iceland: “The millions of air travelers that were stranded for a week during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption should avoid booking any getaways now […]

ABC News Local N. Carolina and OpenMinds.com both reporting, “OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — What was in the sky over Ocean Isle Beach this weekend? “I thought that’s a strange light. Maybe it’s a […]

From English language German newspaper The Speigel: “Berlin is home to an annual fair dedicated to all things Americana. The recent decline of the carnival says a lot about the poor current state of German-American […]

According to an article published by NKNews.com, “Damascus proposed a proportional allotment agreement between North Korean state airline Air Koryo and Syrian Air during a Syrian-DPRK Joint Economic Committee meeting in June.  The arrangement will […]

From FOX News (link): SEOUL, South Korea – In its latest personal attack on a prominent official from a rival country, North Korea on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a wolf with […]

From an article in The Norway Post, “The Norwegian government will provide a transport aircraft to be used in the effort to move humanitarian aid to the needy in Northern Iraq, as well as NOK […]