An Iranian student group has said it will pay $100,000 to anyone who is able to destroy the newly opened U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. The hard-line Iranian organization—the Iranian Justice Seekers Student Movement—has distributed posters calling for attacks on the embassy. In English, Arabic and Farsi, the fliers say the group “will support anybody who destroys the illegal American embassy … Read More

Congo’s new Ebola outbreak has spread to a crossroads city of more than 1 million people in a troubling turn that marks the first time the vast, impoverished country has encountered the lethal virus in an urban area. “This is a major, major game-changer in the outbreak,” Dr. Peter Salama, the World Health Organization’s deputy director-general of emergency preparedness and … Read More

A strong earthquake hit the Philippines measuring a whopping 6.1-magnitude on the island of Catanduanes, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which hit at a depth of 30 km (18 miles), about 50 km north-northwest of Pandan, on the island of Catanduanes. The tremor was also felt in parts of … Read More

Seventeen people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died from Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday, describing the fresh outbreak as a “public health emergency with international impact.” “Twenty-one cases of fever with haemorrhagic indications and 17 deaths” have been recorded in Equateur province, it said, citing a notification to the ministry as of May 3. In … Read More

This video shows the emergence of new vents emitting dangerous gases into streets and yards prompting more evacuations in Hawaii. Police went door-to-door in Hawaii to move out residents near the new volcanic vents emitting dangerous gases in residential areas since volcanic vents popped open and released lava, gas and steam inside neighborhoods. A new area just to the west … Read More

Geologists have warned that Kilauea may be entering a phase of explosive eruptions, the likes of which Hawaii has not seen in nearly a century, that could hurl “ballistic blocks” and dust towns with volcanic ash and smog. Hawaii authorities scrambled to move tens of thousands of gallons of highly flammable chemicals from the path of lava, and the state’s … Read More

This video shows how Israel launched another airstrike this week at another Iranian base in Syria after Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal, and Israel noticed unusual Iranian military action indicating an imminent missile attack against Israel. Israel’s attack came right after U.S. President Trump’s announcement that the United States is pulling out of the 2015 nuclear … Read More

U.S. President Trump has underlined his desire to militarize space and introduce an American “space force.” When speaking to a group of West Point cadets at the White House recently ,Trump said, “You will be part of the five proud branches of the United States Armed Forces—Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and the Coast Guard,” upon completing their studies. “And … Read More

The Boy Scouts of America, an American organization over 100 years old, in its quest to become the scouting organization of choice for anybody, announced it will drop “Boy” from the name of its signature program, with it now becoming genderless. Boy Scouts, which includes kids from 10 to 17, will become known as Scouts. The term Cub Scouts, for kids 7-10 years … Read More

The number of people who are getting transmitted diseases has more than tripled in the United States in recent years. Federal health officials reported that the number of people who get diseases transmitted by such as mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States. And since 2004, at least nine such diseases have been newly … Read More