Christopher Binse, aka Badness, engages Australian police in firefight
From Australia comes a story of a famous criminal, Christopher Binse, a convicted armed robber and prison escapee, who now is firing upon Victorian police. The Australian reports: The gunman at the centre of a siege in Melbourne’s northwest suburb of Keilor east fired another shot overnight taking the number of shots to seven. Police are still More...
Ukraine’s topless protesters FEMEN, Anna Hutsol target upcoming Euros
KIEV (Reuters) – Anna Hutsol darts gleefully around the two sparsely-furnished rooms situated through an archway off a steep street that climbs up from Kiev’s Independence Square. She is a general showing off More...
Yemen targeted by terrorists on the eve of Yemen’s national day
Reports of mass casualties in attack apparently targeting soldiers in centre of capital on eve of Yemen’s national day. Dozens of casualties are reported in a suicide bombing in the centre of the Yemeni capital More...
Islamic hardliners making their presence known in Indonesia
Indonesia has generally been one of the most tolerant Muslim nations as far as allowing Christians to freely worship in an peaceful environment. However, recent news from the largest Muslim population appears to More...
Taiwanese President, Ma Ying-jeou fined for Facebook post
Photo/Jiang via Wikimedia Commons Although he won reelection to his second tern as Taiwan’s President, apparently Ma Ying-jeou use of social media didn’t sit well with Taiwanese election laws. On Wednesday, More...
73-year-old Tamae Watanabe climbs Mt. Everest- beats own record
Photo by Pavel Novak via Wikimedia Commons For anyone to scale the world’s highest mountain at 8,848-meter-high (29,029-foot-high) would be quite an accomplishment, however for one 73-year-old Japanese woman, More...
Uzbekistan Christians raided, Bibles confiscated as freedoms attacked
Police in Uzbekistan raided a home where Christians were meeting in the search for an alleged bomb, which was never found. Christian books and a laptop were confiscated, however, and 14 members of the church gathering More...
Muslim Brotherhood candidate in Egypt sees “dream of Caliphate coming true”
CAIRO – At a campaign rally for the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for president, a hardline cleric and TV preacher sang Mohammed Morsi’s praises before thousands massed in the stadium of an industrial More...
Despite thousands of dead Christians, Nigerian President says Islamic attacks ‘overblown’
AMERICAN SPECTATOR: Long a troubled nation, Nigeria now risks religious war. So far the killing essentially runs one way: Islamic extremists kill Christians. President Goodluck Jonathan has responded with good intentions More...
Indonesia elections Islamic governor, 17 Christian churches close
Election of hard-line Islamic governor followed by closure of 17 churches. COMPASS: The election of a hard-line Islamic governor in Indonesia’s Aceh Province last month appears to have opened the way for a crack-down More...
