Former Al-Qaeda Members Take Control of Syria: Everything You Need to Know In recent days, new leaders have come to town in Syria. The Assad Dynasty has crumbled, and its former high-rolling leader Bashar Al-Assad has fled the nation. His tyrannical regime was hijacked by ... 12/24/2024 - 4:42 am | View Link
US Removes Bounty on New Syrian Leader Who Got His Start With Al-Qaeda The leader of the rebel forces group that took back Damascus from Bashar al-Assad will now rule without fear of a $10 million bounty the U.S. had on him. 12/21/2024 - 6:41 am | View Link
Jihadi history: Kenyan detainee transferred out of Guantanamo shows the extent of Al Qaeda’s jihad in East Africa The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced yesterday that longtime Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was transferred to his native Kenya. Bajabu’s history presents an interesting ... 12/18/2024 - 3:39 am | View Link
Reasons to Leave Syria—and to Return In one border town, some Syrians were fleeing to Lebanon, as others celebrated Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, or returned from exile in search of the missing. 12/16/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Assad's cousin says Syria's new leaders can't be trusted to shun violence and unite country Bashar al Assad's cousin has said Syria's new leaders cannot be trusted to turn away from their extremist past and unite the country. Ribal al Assad, an exiled critic of his cousin, was scathing in ... 12/16/2024 - 1:20 pm | View Link
NEW YORK — The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first appearance in court this week, while authorities were yet to publicly identify the victim.
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arraigned on murder and arson charges on Tuesday afternoon in a Brooklyn court, where he was remanded back to custody.
Jumping Jesus Christ on a Pogo, after the incoming Vice President sent out a Merry Christmas to all post on his Truth Social platform, he unleashed another one to the "Radical Left Lunatics." Hey, that's us! We are radical for wanting a viable healthcare plan in this country and not wanting our children buried in crippling student debt for a lifetime.
By Emily Weinstein, The New York Times
Happy holidays, everyone! I have a gift for you: five recipes with as little cleanup as possible.
I’ve picked one-pot dinners that are nice but also casual — cozy, even — for the lazy days between Christmas and New Year’s Day, when you want to be anywhere but in the kitchen doing the dishes.
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured.
“The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge — just a few meters from where we were — and the runway were damaged,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on the social media platform X.
He added that he and U.
The parents of a one-month-old baby boy who was found in a car seat in the median of Pecos Street in Adams County on Christmas morning, clad in just a diaper, have been arrested.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jarvis Sims, 42, and Christina Thurman, 33, on Wednesday on suspicion of felony child abuse.
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO, AP Business Writers
Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data.
Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve climbed 3.8%, outpacing the 3.1% increase from a year earlier, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments including cash and debit cards.