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BY MELISSA SIEGLER STAFF WRITER Drug cartel confesses to the mass murder of missing college students Members of a Mexican drug cartel have confessed to killing and burning the bodies of the 43 college students who went missing on September 26th in Iguala, Mexico. According to a New York Times article, the suspects told investigators […]
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BY JEAN-MARIE BRALLEY STAFF WRITER More details on Canadian gunman emerge Muslim leaders said Friday that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the Canadian man who shot and killed a soldier and then invaded Parliament, had criticized his Vancouver mosque for being too liberal. According to a Fox News article, Assam Rashid, spokesman for the British Columbia Muslim Association, […]
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BY MELISSA SIELGER STAFF WRITER Ex-Iraqi pilots are reportedly training ISIS militants The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that ex-Iraqi fighter pilots are training ISIS militants to fly three war planes that were captured from a Syrian air base. The planes were reportedly seen flying over the Jarrah air base in the small […]
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BY JEAN-MARIE BRALLEY STAFF WRITER UN envoy warns of massacre Staffan de Mistura, the new United Nations envoy to Syria, warned Friday of a potential “massacre” of 500 people who are threatened by the Islamic State in Kobani, a Syrian Kurdish border town. ISIS has gained nearly complete control of “Kurdish security quarters,” and according […]
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BY MELISSA SIEGLER Staff Writer ISIS beheads fourth captive ISIS, also known as ISIL, released a video on Friday, October 4, of one of their militants beheading British captive, Alan Henning. This is the fourth video of its kind to be released by ISIS. This particular malicious act was blamed on the United Kingdom for […]
Man on the Street: A survey of current events
Do you know what is making the news today? BY LAUREN RAMSEYER Assistant Editor The Troubadour took a survey of Franciscan University students concerning recent events that have been prominent in the news during the past two weeks. Take a look to see how they answered, and see if you can answer it correctly! […]
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BY JEAN-MARIE BRALLEY Staff Writer Three more countries join international coalition against ISIS Belgium, Denmark and Britain are now part of the international coalition helping the United States and Iraqi governments combat the Islamic State. In all, more than 50 countries have agreed to aid in the fight against ISIS. On Friday, Russia’s foreign minister, […]
NEWS BREIFS: International news
BY MELISSA SIEGLER US to send military aid to help with Ebola outbreak On Tuesday September 16, President Obama announced that the US will send 3,000 troops to West Africa to help control the worsening Ebola outbreak, a New York Times article indicated. The US will aid in the construction of 17 Ebola treatment centers […]
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BY JEAN-MARIE BRALLEY ISIS numbers estimated to be up to 31,500 The CIA said Thursday that the Islamic State fighters now number between 20,000 and 31,500, up from an estimated 10,000. ISIS numbers are growing due partially to an influx of foreign recruits. The foreign fighters hail from several different countries, including Western nations like […]
Cease-fire between Ukraine and Pro-Russian rebels
BY MELISSA SIEGLER Ukraine and the Pro-Russian rebels have agreed to a ceasefire that will end almost five months of fighting. The New York Times reported that negotiators representing all involved parties said that the ceasefire was to begin on Friday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m. local time (11 a.m. Eastern time). However, it was […]
