US Secretary of State Kerry assured Israel will be safer over the next six months due to the agreement reached in Geneva concerning Iran’s nuclear program and uranium enrichment plan. Though “Israel is threatened by what has been going on in Iran”, the deal brokered on Saturday will keep the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program under supervision and control, said John Kerry. “But I believe... 

A new study shows nine out of 10 families occupying aging high-rises in Toronto’s low-income neighborhoods are living in inadequate housing and risk homelessness. The University of Toronto study, released on Friday, showed half of those families live in overcrowded places and one third spend more than half their income on rent. The results of the study were published on the same day that people... 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed the international deal over Iran’s nuclear program, branding it a “historic mistake.” He accused the P5+1 of allowing Tehran a step further “towards obtaining the world’s most dangerous weapon.” Netanyahu condemned the deal at a cabinet meeting on Sunday and said the world has become a more dangerous place. “What was achieved... 

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran’s right to enrichment has been recognized in the nuclear deal between Tehran and the Sextet. After more than four days of intense negotiations, Iran and the P5+1 group, the US, Britain, Russia, France, China and Germany, sealed an interim deal in Geneva on Sunday morning to pave the way for the full resolution of the West’s decade-old dispute... 

Parents of a sixth grade student at the Milam Elementary School in Tupelo, Mississippi were shocked when their daughter brought home a political beliefs worksheet that teachers told students to fill out. The in-class assignment entitled “Are you a Democrat or Republican?” was posted to the “Stop Common Core in Mississippi” Facebook page with a message alleging that the young female student... 

Gibraltar, one of the British Overseas Territories, is on the UN list of areas awaiting decolonization. Spain has sent a survey ship into Gibraltar’s territorial waters amid continuing tension with the UK government over the sovereignty of the breakaway island nation. The Ramon Margalef, a 50-meter oceanographic survey ship defied repeated orders from British Royal Navy patrol boat HMS Sabre... 

In a mission statement last year the US National Security Agency described how it would continue to expand its power and assert itself as the global leader in clandestine surveillance, according to a new report based on the Edward Snowden leaks. The five-page document brought to light Friday by the New York Times reveals the intelligence agency’s intention to “aggressively pursue legal authorities... 

The biggest inconvenient truth is Al Gore has refused the environmental solutions he has been screaming for since 1994/5. I’ve told Al for a long time now screaming for a solution isn’t a solution, and neither is suppressing the solution you scream for. Al has spent decades announcing that the world needs something that will somehow finally achieve, what everyone else has proven they can’t,... 

Necessary nutrient: While it’s a mandatory addition to table salt, many sea salts and kosher salts don’t have iodine added A new study indicates that Americans gained up to 15 IQ points after the addition of iodine to salt became mandatory. In an effort to prevent goiter related to iodine deficiency, authorities ruled that iodine be added to U.S. salt products in 1924. The iodine, in addition... 

Recently discovered Snowden information reveals the NSA infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malware, the Dutch news outlet NRC.nl reports. Not only does the NSA snoop your personal communications, the agency also excels at infecting computer networks with malicious software. Edward Snowden, the former NSA analyst roundly excoriated by government as a dangerous leaker, has revealed... 

Rescuers search for survivors at the scene of a supermarket collapse in the Latvian capital Riga on November 22, 2013. The death toll from the collapse of the roof of a supermarket in the Latvian capital Riga has risen to 51 as more bodies are recovered from the rubble. There were a large number of customers in the building on Thursday evening when a big part of the roof collapsed. Firefighters who... 

The anthropological world was stunned when the recent genome study of the 24,000-year-old remains of a small Siberian boy revealed that the child was both part-Western European and modern Native American. This turns on its head the long-held notion that those who first settled the Americas (themselves descendants of Siberian populations) were related to East Asians, as well as raising questions as... 

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that the Vityaz early-warning radar system deployed along the entire Russian border has confirmed the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) launching from their Type 092 Xia-class nuclear ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) of two atomic JL-2 missiles off the Northeast American coastline near the State of Oregon on Wednesday 30 October and Wednesday 20 November. According... 

FIFA President Joseph Blatter has backed calls from the EU Parliament condemning the exploitation of migrant workers in Qatar, but he also said Europe bears responsibility for the working conditions at the 2022 World Cup sites. Blatter said on Friday that there is a need to investigate what has happened in Qatar regarding the alleged abuses of the migrant workers, who are preparing venues for the... 

After a long court hearing over allegations Samsung violated Apple patents, a US jury has awarded the US tech giant $290 million. This brings the total Apple patent fines against Samsung to $929 million. The South Korean manufacturer intends to appeal. The sum was lower than the initial $379.8 million asked by Apple’s advocates. The federal court of San Jose, California requires the South Korean...