Mexico’s National Electoral Institute has granted registration to three new political parties, including one led by former leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Lopez Obrador’s National Regeneration Movement, or MORENA, registered with a half million members, many of whom are former members of the Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD. READ MORE: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-registers-political-parties-24514957
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (PIX11)– A 3-year-old girl who appeared to have died of a fever shocked her family when she woke up at her funeral, according to a report. According to The Philippine Star, the girl had been experiencing fever for several days and was brought to a clinic for medical attention last Friday. READ MORE: http://pix11.com/2014/07/14/see-it-3-year-old-girl-wakes-up-at-her-own-funeral/
(CNN) — Never in her worst nightmares did Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff imagine such a crushing soccer defeat, she told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. “My nightmares never got so bad, Christiane,” she said through an interpreter. “They never went that far. As a supporter, of course, I am deeply sorry because I share […]
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Iraq witnessed another violent day Wednesday as the country’s security and political crises deepen. More than 50 unidentified bodies were found in the predominantly Shiite town of Alexandria on Wednesday, Iraqi security officials said. READ MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/09/world/meast/iraq-crisis/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
Directors of a Mosul museum housing biblical relics are warning that they won’t be able to protect them from radical Islamic militants, The Daily Beast reports. The museum, still recovering from brutal raids during the Iraq War, was “unable to take preventative measures” when ISIS descended on Mosul in June. “These groups of terrorists — their […]
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he is halting a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists and says Ukrainian forces will go on the offensive against the rebels. A statement from Poroshenko on his website early Tuesday said the cease-fire is being halted and that “we will attack and we will free our country.” […]