LONDON — Members of parliament (MPs) in the UK have rejected a bill that would provide clarity to existing abortion laws to ensure that gender-selective abortions are considered a crime in the nation. The bill, presented by MP Fiona Bruce, sought to add an amendment to the country’s “Serious Crime Bill,” which would simply state, “nothing […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death as he walked through Bangladesh’s capital with his wife, police said Friday. The attack Thursday night on Avijit Roy, a Bangladesh-born U.S. citizen, occurred on a crowded sidewalk as he and his wife, Rafida Ahmed, were […]
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Regional presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are voting on whether to ratify a vote taken by the General Assembly and regional delegates last year to change the definition of marriage in its law book and to allow ministers to perform same-sex “marriages” in states where the practice is legal. As previously […]
A video released this week by the barbaric Islamic group ISIS, which also identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, shows the terrorist organization training children as young a five years old to fight for Allah. The nine-minute video shows young boys wearing fatigues and black bandanas with the ISIS insignia lined up […]
Photos of three Thailand men who recently ‘married’ each other have gone viral, garnering societal support for the concept of same-sex “throuples” worldwide, but also generating remarks from Christians about the confirmation of the slippery slope that has long been predicted. The men, who have only been identified as Joke, Belle and Art Thani, reportedly participated […]
The masked man known as “Jihadi John,” who has been seen in a number of beheading videos released by the barbaric Islamic group ISIS, has been identified. Officials have identified the man as UK’s Mohammed Emwazi, a Muslim in his mid to late-20’s who traveled to Syria at some point in 2012 and later joined the […]
LONDON — The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve the creation of what has been called “three parent babies”—a move that has has generated applause as an important health advancement while others have expressed concern about the ethical aspects of the practice. As previously reported, the practice involves in vitro fertilization […]
NEW YORK — Three would-be jihadists from Brooklyn who plotted to join the Islamic State were nabbed Wednesday—including one who declared himself ready to “execute” President Obama or “plant a bomb in Coney Island.” Two of the suspects—falafel restaurant workers Abdurasul Juraboev and Akhror Saidakhmetov—were expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court. The third—kitchenware […]
FORT LAUDERDALE — A video released online shows a Fort Lauderdale police officer slapping a homeless man across the face after he sought to use the restroom at the public bus station, adding to existing concerns over the city’s questionable treatment of the homeless. The video begins by showing the man, Bruce Leclair, walking through […]
CHICAGO – A University of Illinois at Chicago student leader has been charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female student in what Cook County prosecutors say was a re-enactment of scenes from the film “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Freshman Mohammad Hossain, 19, appeared shocked after a Cook County judge set his bail at $500,000, walking […]