Canada vows to accept 13,000 more refugees from Syria and Iraq
anada is opening its doors wider for refugees fleeing a Middle East civil war and the Islamic State’s reign of terror, announcing it will accept another 10,000 Syrians over three years and 3,000 more Iraqis in 2015. Ottawa is expecting private organizations, such as church groups, to shoulder the... read more »
Uganda army confirms rebel LRA commander in custody
Uganda confirmed on Wednesday that U.S. forces in Central African Republic were holding Dominic Ongwen, a child recruit to the Lord’s Resistance Army who became a top commander of the rebel group and is wanted by the International Criminal Court. The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday a... read more »
Pro-Russia group says it hacked Merkel website
A WEBSITE affiliated with pro-Russia hackers took responsibility for an online attack that brought down key German government websites, including that of Chancellor Angela Merkel, for several hours. The attack came the same day that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk arrived in the German... read more »
Discovery of AirAsia Flight QZ8501’s tail could lead to black boxes
Searchers have found the tail section of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in the murky depths of the Java Sea, raising hopes that the plane’s black boxes and the precious information they hold might soon be recovered. The tail section, marked with part of the airline’s logo, was detected by... read more »
