THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED, SEE BELOW. Indonesian media is reporting that an AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with Air Traffic Control in Jakota, Indonesia. The local media is basing this off of a Transport Ministry official. The flight number is QZ8501 and it contained 155 passengers and […]
More than twelve hours ago, a hostage situation began in Sydney, Australia. A flag in Arabic was put up in the window as the some hostages held up the flag while others merely held their hands against the window. The flag is a Shanada, or an Islamic expression of faith […]
Thirty-one Turkish citizens were arrested today after the government passed a new law allowing people to be arrested and held on reasonable suspicion. Those arrested included television program personnel, media executives, journalists, and law enforcement and were charged with setting up and assisting terrorist organizations and fraud. Last year as […]
Former Uruguayan President Tabare Vasquez was elected today to serve another term as President, according to exit polls. Vasquez had previously served a term from 2005 to 2010 and left office with high approval ratings. Uruguay, like Virginia, has a one-term limit, however Uruguay’s Presidents serve five-year terms. The current […]
Data from the Japanese Cabinet Office shows that the Japanese economy contracted for the third quarter. This was the second-straight quarter of negative growth, fitting the definition for a recession. The Japanese economy shrank 2.2%, as opposed to the 1.6% growth that was expected. The latest GDP report could have […]
