Hostage Situation Continuing in Texas

1/15/22 TERRORISM Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments The FBI joined local and state police to surround a synagogue in Coleville, Texas, a city of about 26,000 residents about 15 miles northeast of Fort Worth, where a man has been holding the rabbi and four other people hostage since late morning. A few minutes ago, Read More >

U.S. Judge Orders Colombia’s Now-Demobilized Insurgents to Compensate Family of Kidnapped Politician

1/15/22 TERRORISM Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled on Thursday that Colombia’s now-demobilized Marxist guerrilla, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), will have to pay $36 million in compensation to the son of Ingrid Bentacourt, a Colombian politician who was kidnapped by FARC in 2002 and held hostage for Read More >

Massive Cyberattack Targeting Ukraine’s Government Websites

1/14/22 THE RUSSIA CONNECTION Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Several Ukrainian government websites have been targeted in a massive cyberattack amid heightened tensions between the West and Russia, which has massed troops and military equipment near the border with Ukraine. The news was first reported early on January 14 by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education Read More >

British Intelligence Shines Light on Chinese Spy ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’

1/15/22 CHINA WATCH Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, is coming under political pressure to explain why it did not alert lawmakers sooner about the activities of a suspected Chinese spy, who the security service now say was “knowingly engaged in political interference in the U.K.” The British security agencies have Read More >

For Accurate Health Information: Mainstream News More Reliable Than Social, Alternative Media

1/13/22 MISINFORMATION Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments People may find it difficult to discern the facts about vaccines with the extensive amount of health misinformation disseminated on websites and social media. Accuracy and truth, according to a new study involving three countries, including the United States, has been found by individuals who rely more on Read More >