In a related report by The Inquisitr, the state of Utah is considering bringing back firing squad executions for their death penalty because it’s considerably cheaper than lethal injection and other methods. But some people also say it’s a better way to go: “It sounds like the Wild West, but it’s probably the most humane way to kill somebody. The prisoner dies instantly. It sounds draconian. It sounds...
UNITED NATIONS • The U.N.Security Council officially declared on Thursday that Boko Haram is a terrorist group linked to al-Qaida and imposed sanctions against the Islamist militants who have carried out a wave of deadly attacks and the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria. U.S....
Former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga is to be sentenced on Friday after being found guilty of war crimes at the International Criminal Court. Germain Katanga was found guilty in March this year and is only the second person to be convicted by the court. He was behind the 2003 massacre of...
The UNSecurity Council, acting at the request of Nigeria, on Thursday imposed sanctions on Boko Haram in a bid to cut off funding and weapons to the extremist group. Nigeria had requested the measure on Monday because of the recent surge in Boko Haram's violent activities. The council moved...
BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE — In the deadliest raid yet on Ukrainian troops, pro-Russia insurgents attacked a military checkpoint Thursday, killing 16, and the interim prime minister accused Moscow of trying to disrupt the upcoming election for a new president to lead the divided country out of its...
Travel deals NEW YORK - (AP) -- Guatemala's ex-president has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy in New York as part of a bribery scandal. Alfonso Portillo was sentenced Thursday to a prison term of five years, 10 months. The 62-year-old ex-president...
Yes, the Thai military has thrown out the government once again, and the top general has made himself prime minister. A report from Bangkok under curfew. BANGKOK, Thailand — The normally garrulous waiter hurried about frantically as he helped move patio tables into the bowels of one of the more...
Hours after it declared a coup d'etat, Thailand's military instituted a media blackout on Thursday. "All radio and television stations, satellite and cable, must stop normal programming and broadcast army content until told otherwise," an army spokesman said in a televised statement. See also: In...
When militia forces led by a rogue general stormed Libya's parliament on May 18, the crisis in the country took on a new dimensions. How much support did the controversial GeneralKhalifa Hifter enjoy among the Libyan people? How much foreign backing did he have? Could he get away this...
