Somali pirates have demanded a $7m ransom for the safe release of Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler. The 59-year-old retired quantity surveyor and his economist wife Rachel, 55, were kidnapped while sailing in the Indian Ocean. They had been taking their vessel, the Lynn Rival, from the Seychelles towards Tanzania. Somali journalist Abukar Albadri told [...]
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden toured several countries in Central Europe last week, including the Czech Republic and Poland. The trip comes just a few weeks after the United States reversed course and decided not to construct a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in those two countries. While the system would have had little effect [...]
I work in online video and spend a good amount of time reading and talking about social media. Lately, however, I’ve starting getting a little frustrated with what I have been seeing in the space. As I watch social media completely transform a variety of industries, online video is continuously left off the playing field. [...]
The Islamabad office of the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) was struck by a suicide bomber just after noon local time Oct. 5. The bomber, who wore an improvised explosive device (IED) concealed under his clothing, was wearing the uniform of the Frontier Constabulary, a paramilitary force, and reportedly made his way past perimeter [...]
