A new DoD report indicates that violence on the continent today is far worse than when the US military went in to ‘help’ Deaths from terrorism in Africa have skyrocketed more than 100,000 percent during the U.S. war on terror according to a new study by Africa Center for Strategic Studies, a Pentagon research institution. These findings contradict claims by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) that it is thwarting terrorist threats on the continent and promoting security and stability. Throughout all of Africa, the State Department counted a total of just nine terrorist attacks in 2002 and 2003, resulting in a combined 23 casualties. At that time, the U.S. was just beginning a decades-long effort to provide billions of dollars in security assistance, train many thousands of African military personnel, set up dozens of outposts, dispatch its own commandos on a wide range of missions, create proxy forces, launch drone strikes, and even engage in ground combat with militants in Africa. Most Americans, including members of Congress, are unaware of the extent of these operations — or how little they have done to protect African lives. Last year, fatalities from militant Islamist violence in Africa rose by 20 percent — from 19,412 in 2022 to 23,322 — reaching “a record level of lethal violence,” according to the Africa Center. This represents almost a doubling in deaths since 2021 and a 101,300 percent jump since 2002-2003. For decades, U.S. counter-terrorism efforts in Africa have been centered on two main fronts: Somalia and the West African Sahel. Each saw significant spikes in terrorism last year.

Starmer and Biden see themselves as custodians of stability. But their support for this bloody conflict shows nothing but weakness. Gaza has become the expression of a legitimacy crisis for an Anglo-American political class who preside over already fragile systems that deliver less and less to their populations, and whose main offering is that the alternative is worse. Things may look stable, but underneath lurk managed discontents about costs of living, diminished social mobility and the ravages wreaked by rightwing governments to which centrists provide no real answer.

The man who beheaded his father was not a Q follower. His ideas are much more mainstream than that.

Indonesia election results: The military is preparing to install Prabowo, one of the Suharto’s top commanders and a longtime U.S. protégé.

Event has already been widely used as PR opportunity for notorious Chechen unit accused of war crimes in Ukraine and notorious New York unit accused of several murders

Former professional baseball and football player Vincent “Bo” Jackson, a running back who won the Heisman Trophy at Auburn, has won a $21 million verdict in his civil case against his niece and nephew for trying to extort him.

The $7 million ad seen by tens of millions of viewers drew direct parallels between the independent candidate and his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. It also used the exact same ad template as a JFK ad from the 1960s.

Harris County Sheriff's Office and Houston Police Department are responding to a possible shooting at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston Sunday afternoon.

The Palestinian thobe fills my phone screen. It is black, originally indigo-dyed. It flares with orange, red, and jewel-coloured embroidery. The chest-piece is laden with intricate triangles, zigzags, and flower-like motifs. The front of the skirt bursts with a panel of squares bearing stars. The sleeves and sides are rich with greens, blues, and pinks […]

If someone smells really bad it can be an embarrassing topic to bring up - even more so if you're dating them. But how do you bring up such a sensitive subject?

A passenger died on a long-haul flight after blood suddenly erupted out of his mouth and nose and splattered all over the walls of the plane. The 63-year-old German man tragically passed away in the horrifying incident on Thursday while travelling from Thailand to his home country. Witnesses said the gentleman appeared unwell when he got on the flight from Bangkok just before midnight, suffering from cold sweats and breathing difficulties. But when staff tried to soothe his condition with some chamomile tea, blood suddenly poured out of his mouth and nose. Martin Missfelder who watched the tragedy unfold said traumatized passengers were left screaming in shock.

It’s difficult to overstate what an absolutely astonishing own goal Merrick Garland scored by appointing Robert Hur to lead the Biden documents case. Hur was nominated by Donald Trump to be the US Attorney for the District of Maryland. US Attorney positions are extremely important POLITICAL appointments.

It also mapped some of the consequences of Amoc collapse. Sea levels in the Atlantic would rise by a metre in some regions, inundating many coastal cities. The wet and dry seasons in the Amazon would flip, potentially pushing the already weakened rainforest past its own tipping point. Temperatures around the world would fluctuate far more erratically. The southern hemisphere would become warmer. Europe would cool dramatically and have less rainfall. While this might sound appealing compared with the current heating trend, the changes would hit 10 times faster than now, making adaptation almost impossible.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the southern Gaza town.

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was in Las Vegas last night for Donald Trump's victory speech after the Nevada caucus, and he was asked to respond to his arch-enemy Matt Gaetz's suggestion that he should take over the RNC from Ronna McDaniel.

At the center of everything I’ve written for the last few months (if not the last few years), sits a cancerous problem with the fabric of how capital is deployed in modern business. Public and private investors, along with the markets themselves, have become entirely decoupled from the concept of what “good” business truly is, focusing on one metric…

The Liberal government is looking to put a dent in automobile theft by finding ways to ban devices commonly used to steal vehicles and eyeing tougher criminal penalties for perpetrators.

In a video posted on TikTok Feb. 3, @olivesongs11 composed a song based on the lore that Punxsutawney Phil has been alive since 1886, and his longevity comes from an "elixir of life" that he takes a sip of every summer. According to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phyliss, his wife, is unfortunately not offered the same elixir and is not given her own immortality.

Warner was seeking of $75 – $80 million for Coyote vs Acme nd rejected offers from Netflix, Amazon and Paramount, insiders tell TheWrap

A small plane pilot who authorities say has stalked a New York woman for years, flying low and sometimes throwing tomatoes, has been arrested for a fifth time.