Wiccan Academy Teaches Pagan Witchcraft in Downtown New York City

NEW YORK – A small academy in Manhattan is teaching students as young as five years old how to practice witchcraft and become full-fledged Wiccan sorcerers. The Wiccan Family Temple Academy of Pagan Studies (WFTAPS),… Read More

House passes ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

The Republican-controlled House passed legislation Tuesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, offering social conservatives a symbolic victory even as the bill is all but certain not to become law. The… Read More

‘Extreme’ Arizona wildfire burns 5,000 acres in just 7 hours

Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours. More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to… Read More

Nigeria militants kill school children in Maiduguri

Suspected Islamist militants in north-east Nigeria have killed at least nine school children, the second targeted attack on students in recent days. Gunmen believed to be from the Boko Haram group opened fire on… Read More

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tests showed Strontium-90 was present at 30 times… Read More

A LITTLE MORE OFF THE TOP PLEASE: Obama ‘to call for’ US-Russia nuclear weapons cuts

US President Barack Obama is to use his public speech in Berlin to propose cuts of one-third in American and Russian nuclear arsenals, US officials say. They say he will also call for reductions… Read More

BAD TO WORSE: Brazil to deploy National Security troops against protesters

DISTRESS OF NATIONS:  The Brazilian government will deploy National Public Security Force in five cities hosting the FIFA football tournament in an effort to contain the ongoing protests across the country. The announcement by… Read More

PROPHECY WATCH: Syria’s Islamists seize control as moderates dither

As the Syrian civil war got under way, a former electrician who calls himself Sheikh Omar built up a brigade of rebel fighters. In two years of struggle against President Bashar al-Assad, they… Read More

Torrential rains kill 73 in northern India, strands 73,000

INDIA - Rains on Tuesday claimed 11 more lives in North India, taking the toll to 73, even as 71,440 pilgrims bound for the Himalayan shrines remained stranded in monsoon-ravaged Uttarakhand, apart from 1,700 people… Read More

DISTRESS OF NATIONS: thousands in Brazil take to streets in anti-government protests

BRAZIL - What started as small protests about higher bus fares has swelled into nationwide, massive anti-government demonstrations in Brazil. Last night, reports O Globo, more than 100,000 protesters filled the streets of Rio de… Read More

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