Thousands of migrants are rushing across the Balkan state of Macedonia before a new razor wire topped fence is inaugurated on the Hungarian border with Serbia later this week, impeding their entry to the European Union. The crowd is now so large that it has overwhelmed the Macedonian army, who are now powerless to stop them crossing from Greece. The country has declared a state of emergency along its border, but numbers continue to build. Up to 3,000 people are now crossing into Macedonia each day, nearly all of them heading to the town of Gevgelija where they are crowding station as they try to board trains to Serbia. From there they hope to cross into the EU over the Hungarian border. The Times spoke to several migrants at Gevgelija station. One, Mohammed Zain al Hudari from Syria, said: “My brother was held in a regime prison for two years
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Europe’s Open Borders Agreement Under Scrutiny Following French Terror Attack
The future of the Schengen zone, a borderless area stretching across much of mainland Europe, is in doubt following the gun attack on a train in France last Friday. Politicians from across northern Europe questioned whether the arrangement can be allowed to continue considering the increased terrorist threat brought about by large scale migration from the Middle East and North Africa. On Friday, a Moroccan gunman armed with a Kalashnikov rifle, a pistol and a knife opened fire on passengers on a train en-route from Amsterdam to Paris. The gunman, who had been granted European residency by Spain but had been drifting around Europe, embarked in Brussels, Belgium without having to go through any security checks or show his passport. The attack has prompted Charles Michel, Belgium’s prime minister, to call for urgent talks with France, Germany and the Netherlands on increasing security on cross-border trains, according to the Financial
Fake Babies and Boob Bombs: Why Women Make Better Suicide Bombers
Female suicide bombers are exploiting societal expectations in order to do greater damage to targets than their male counterparts could manage, academic research has revealed. As they are less likely to be suspected as terrorists, women are better able to conceal explosives and bypass security, making an attack more likely to be successful. Writing for Turkish news site Hurriyet Daily News, Burcu Pınar Alakoç, an assistant professor of international relations at Webster University in St. Louis has explained that women have four distinct advantages when carrying out suicide attacks, thanks to their gender. Firstly, no one expects women to be terrorists. She cites the case of 27-year-old apprentice lawyer Hanadi Jaradat, who blew herself up in the middle of Maxim Restaurant in the Israeli city of Haifa in 2003. “Almost nobody suspected that she could be a suicide bomber deployed by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization,” she says. “Before her
Report: ‘Al Qaeda Mere Shadow of the Group It Once Was’
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is vanquishing Al Qaeda in the fight for the hearts and minds of jihadists, reports Foreign Policy (FP).
UC Irvine Orientation Tells Freshman to Ask Before They Touch
Incoming freshman at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) learned at their orientation that any sexual encounters must be accompanied by a step-by-step list of requests before any action can be consummated. As hundreds of eager students watched, a video showed actors in an educational video offering examples of the proper method of sexual courtship, including definitions of “consent” and what questions to ask before initiating contact, according to The Orange County Register. Definitions of “consent” included: “It’s talking about what you like” and “Consent is knowing your partner wants you as much as you want them.” Questions suggested to avoid sexual assault charges included; “Is this OK?” “What would you like me to do to you?” and simply, “Do you want to have sex?” On September 28, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 967, which stated: “This bill would require the governing boards of each community
Deez Nuts Endorses John Kasich for GOP Presidential Nomination
Deez Nuts, the 15-year-old Iowa boy whose fake third-party presidential campaign has gone viral, has endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich for the GOP nomination.
2016 Will Be a Crisis Election
The 2016 election is very likely to be a crisis election, with voters looking for leadership in an anxious world. Another financial crisis, or a series of crises, seems certain to dominate the next Presidential election. The slowing of growth in China…
Chinese Crash Crushes Stock Market as Obama Imitates Chinese Economy
On Monday, the global stock crash continued with the New York Stock Exchange dropping nearly 1,000 points at times, before bouncing back up to a 500-point loss as of mid-morning Eastern Time.