Police Find Car Packed With Gas Cylinders Next To Notre Dame Cathedral

Armed French soldiers patrol in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, December 30, 2015, as a security alert continues during the Christmas and New Year holiday season following the November shooting attacks in the French capital. REUTERS/Charles Platiau French police have arrested a man on its terror watch list after his car was found packed with seven gas cylinders next to the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Tim Kaine: Trump is too ’emotionally volatile, fact-challenged,…

Flake fires back at Trump, warns GOP - Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake is firing back against Donald Trump with a warning for the Republican Party at large. - The Republican presidential nominee denounced Flake as "very weak and ineffective," particularly with respect to illegal immigration

Putin Closes Down The Only Real Polling Agency In Russia After Popularity Dip

Members of Russia's FSB security service are seen in the offices of Renova during a search of the offices of its subsidiary, T Plus, which also shares the premises of Russian tycoon Viktor Vekselberg's Renova group, in Moscow, Russia, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Russia's Justice Ministry labeled the only independent polling agency a "foreign agent" Tuesday, after its polls showed a dip in support for Putin's ruling party 'United Russia.'

#Ain’tFair Protesters Shut Down State Fair Entrance Over Castile’s Death

Demonstrators carry a "Black Lives Matter" banner and protest the shooting death of Philando Castile as they gather in front of the police department in St Anthony, Minnesota, U.S., July 10, 2016. REUTERS/Adam Bettcher Demonstrators shut down the main entrance to Minnesota's State Fair Saturday to protest the recent shooting of Philando Castile.

Labor Day and forced labor

The Venezuela regime of strongman Nicolas Maduro has issued a decree providing that, to quote CNBC, "workers can be forcefully moved from their jobs to work in farm fields or elsewhere in the agricultural sector for periods of 60 days." It's shocking, yet as I note in a new post at Cato , "in fact elements of forced labor have cropped up in socialist experiments even in nations with strong track records of constitutional government and civil liberties, such as postwar Britain."

Christians Are Under Attack By Radical Muslims Around The World -…

The mother of Samuel Alham, one of 27 Egyptian Coptic Christian workers kidnapped in the Libyan city of Sirte, mourns in front of the family's house in Al-Our village, in Minya governorate, south of Cairo, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih While most Americans may not be mindful of the day-to-day persecution of Christians by the Islamic State, the founder of ISIS, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, specifically targets Christians for execution, rape and crucifixion, promising to march to Rome "breaking the crosses" of Christians.

A young opposition leader in Cuba risks his life to bring real change to the island

With the harsh sun of Santiago de Cuba reflected on his face and a few pounds lighter than his normal weight, one of the island's youngest dissidents, Carlos Amel Oliva, recently traveled to Miami. His goal: To thank exiles for the support he received during his four weeks on a hunger strike to demand that the Raul Castro government respect the human rights of the island's 11 million people.

French School Children Will Be Taught Games To Hide From Terrorists

A French soldier patrols the Christmas market along Champs Elysees in Paris as part of the "Vigipirate" security plan December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Young French children returning to school this month will be taught games to hide from terrorists as part of a new curriculum created in response to a series of attacks in the past year.