Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling“Anyone who has been tortured remains tortured” wrote Holocaust survivorPrimo Levi in “The Drowned and The Saved.” What‘s more, he knew all too well that in the shadowy, bureaucratic, and dehumanizing places like Auschwitz, “Anyone who has suffered torture never again will be able to be at ease in the world,” and “the abomination of the annihilation is never extinguished.”1U.S ... 24. ....
Lincoln Lewis' girlfriend Chloe Ciesla shared a topless image of herself on social media on Tuesday as she posed for a holiday snap while standing along the beach side ... ....
The U.S.Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) engaged the help of professional hackers to find at least one software flaw to break into an iPhone used by one of the terrorists responsible for the Dec. 2 San Bernardino terrorist attacks, the Washington Post reported. The hackers were paid a one-time flat fee for their help, the Post said, quoting people familiar with the case....
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Two Russian fighter jets have made “simulated attack” passes near a US navy guided missile destroyer in the Baltic Sea, says a US official. The incident took place on April 11, when USS Donald Cook was confronted by two Sukhoi SU-24 warplanes in international waters off Russia, a senior military official told CBSNews on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity ... The event ended without incident ... ....
Japan has called for hundreds of thousands tonnes of irradiated water from the nuclear plant to be released into the Pacific Ocean. Karl Mathiesen looks at the potential impacts. @karlmathiesen. email. More than 1,000 tanks brimming with irradiated water stand inland from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Each day 300 tonnes of water are pumped through Fukushima’s ruined reactors to keep them cool ... The substance can be harmful if ingested ... ....
ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of helping to provide financial support to an al-Qaida leader wants a judge to allow him to live with relatives in Georgia while he awaits trial ... drone strike killed al-Awlaki in Yemen in 2011....
Afghanistan's top defense official has warned that al Qaeda - the reason the United States first invaded Afghanistan - is "very active" and a "big threat" in the country. A senior U.S. official said they were concerned about al Qaeda leaders in remote areas of the country and there may be many more core operatives in Afghanistan than previously thought ... ....
The death of HalabTodayTV presenterMohammed Zahiral-Sherqat marks the fourth assassination of a Syrian journalist in Turkey claimed by the extremist group. Sherqat, who was shot in the neck from close range on Sunday while walking on a street, died in a hospital in Gaziantep near the Syrian border, according to his friend Barry Abdulattif, a Syrian activist ... ....
TORONTO (AP) - Yankees catcher Brian McCann is not in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, still suffering from the bruised big left toe that forced him to leave Tuesday's 3-2 win. McCann, who leads the Yankees with a .500 average and leads the AL with ... ....
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) directed a state law enforcement agency to help bring him his wallet — by helicopter — after an argument between the governor and his wife at the time, Al.com reported. Bentley made the request after he “stormed out” of his home in Tuscaloosa a... ....
Although the report found human rights abuses on every continent, Secretary of StateJohn F. Kerry singled out the Middle East.... ... The CIA waterboarded three al-Qaeda detainees it held in secret prisons overseas after the Sept ... Kerry also cited "shocking abuses of human rights" and violations of international law by terrorist groups such as the Islamic State, Boko Haram, al-Shabab and the Taliban ... . ....
WASHINGTON -- For the vast majority of people, filing taxes is currently way more annoying than it has to be. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to change that. There's really no need for many people to prepare their tax returns at all ... ... That is wrong," Sen ... Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Edward J ... ....
LANGLEY, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama claimed progress Wednesday in the U.S.-led fight against the Islamic State group, even as political turmoil in Iraq and renewed violence in Syria threatened to jeopardize hard-fought gains ...Russia, which had been bolstering Assad with an air campaign against his opponents, recently ordered a drawdown in warplanes, but said strikes would continue against IS and the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front ... ....
LANGLEY, Va. — President Barack Obama claimed progress Wednesday in the U.S.-led fight against the Islamic State group, even as political turmoil in Iraq and renewed violence in Syria threatened to jeopardize hard-fought gains ...Russia, which had been bolstering Assad with an air campaign against his opponents, recently ordered a drawdown in warplanes, but said strikes would continue against IS and the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front ... ....