The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to block negotiations with the House of Representatives on funding the Department of Homeland Security, leaving few options for House Speaker John Boehner as another midnight Friday deadline loomed.Read More
A young woman was beaten and burned alive by an irate crowd at a market in Bauchi, Nigeria, on Sunday after she refused to be bodily searched, prompting people to suspect that she was a suicide bomber.Read More
The U.S. Senate voted 98-2 on Wednesday allowing the Department of Homeland Security funding bill to proceed after weeks of standoff between Senate Republicans and Democrats, thus averting a Feb. 28 partial shutdown of a super-agency primarily responsible for U.S. domestic security.Read More
President Obama has announced that people who are eligible for protection from deportation under the immigration programs he announced last November should be ready with their papers even as his administration is fighting a decision made by a Texas judge blocking his executive actions.Read More
Abductors of an American missionary in Nigeria are demanding ransom payment that has been reduced to $150,000 from the original amount of $300,000.Read More
XBOX announced three free games for March for its paid subscription program Live Gold members. "Rayman Legends" will be available on Xbox One the whole month of March. XBOX calls its "one of the best platformers ever made." Xbox 360 owners also get "Tomb Raider" from March 1 to 15 and "BioShock ...Read More
As more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree on a ceasefire during the 10 days of Easter observances.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen shot to death four people, including a pastor and two women in two separate attacks in Benue State on Tuesday, according to Nigerian media reports.