NEWS NOT NEWS Government and Russian/Iranian-backed warplanes have been bombing Syrian capital Aleppo since Friday, after a week-long ceasefire, killing at least 91, including innocent civilians and children. At least 40 buildings were destroyed in the bombing, which head of Civil Defense Ammar al Selmo called “annihilation in every sense of the word,”...

NEWS NOT NEWS A wedding in Gaziantep, Turkey was the target of a suicide bombing that killed 53, including at least 22 children. The bomber, probably from ISIS, was believed to have been 12 to 14 years old. Gaziantep is near the Syrian border. According to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “Daesh is trying to position and organize itself in...

NEWS NOT NEWS A referendum allowing UK citizens to vote on whether or not to leave the EU was held on Thursday, June 23, 2016. The “leave” side won by 52 to 48. Scotland and Northern Ireland both had higher showings from the ‘stay’ side, but both countries are part of the UK so the overall vote affects them. The European Union is an economic...

NEWS NOT NEWS Muqaddas Bibi, 22, was murdered by her family on Tuesday in Buttaranwali village because she had married for love instead of accepting a marriage arranged by her family. Bibi was seven months pregnant with her second child at the time of her murder. Last week, a sixteen-year-old girl who married for love was killed by her family and a young married...

NEWS NOT NEWS Venezuela is in the midst of a financial crisis that has been getting worse for years. According to the official exchange rate, it costs $150 to buy a dozen eggs at a street market. There are two supermarket chains with the prices regulated so people can afford to buy food, but it takes all day to do your shopping because the line-ups are so long. To...

NEWS NOT NEWS Paris mayor Anne Hildago has joined the long list of international politicians who have something bad to say about the Donald with the comment, “Mr. Trump is just stupid, my God.” Other major world leaders who have noticed that Donald Trump is stupid include (but is not limited to) London’s new Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan,...