Hazel Torres

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  Obama gets warning from Russia, draws rebuke from Republicans, Dems for move to deploy 'less than 50 troops' to Syria

  US President Barack Obama drew a barrage of criticism from both Republican leaders and his own Democratic party mates following his decision to deploy fewer than 50 Special Operations forces to Syria to lead the fight against hundreds if not thousands of battle-hardened Islamic State (ISIS) militants, various reports said.

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  The 'Hand of God' seen 17,000 light years away: A reminder that 'God is everywhere'

  Nowhere is the awesomeness of God more clearly visible than in the spectacular sight and majestic beauty of the Universe, showing various celestial bodies that are beyond man's grasp to fully comprehend in their complexities.

• Preview of world's end: Scientists see what happens when dying star eats up its planets

  Scientists have just seen the "preview" or the "trailer" of the ultimate disaster "movie"—the destruction of Earth. And this is no science fiction at all. Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in the United States have discovered a dying star—which will eventually happen to our own Sun—and how it is tearing apart the planets that orbited it for billions of years and devouring their scattered remains, the Daily Express reported.

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  'Islam worse than Nazism, poses clear and present danger to America's existence'

  Islam is not a religion but a "totalitarian political ideology" worse than Nazism which poses "the clearest and most present danger to America's existence." This assertion was made by an Egyptian woman who used the pen name Magda Borham in an open letter addressed to the United States and other Western countries, Charisma News reported.

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  3rd Republican presidential debate turns into slugfest; Trump quickly regains lead from Carson in poll

  The third US Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night that was supposed to be a debate on economic policy turned into a free-for-all among the candidates. Worse, the journalists in the panel also took some hits.

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  Stunning discovery: Oxygen — lots of it — found on comet in Rosetta mission

  To survive, humans breathe in oxygen, a gas vital to sustain life. It was previously thought that oxygen can only be found on Earth. Not anymore.

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  Dying girl, aged 5, prefers 'heaven' over hospital: Did she and her parents make the right choice?

  Can a terminally ill five-year-old child decide whether to live or die? As far as a family in Oregon is concerned, the answer is yes. But other people are not so sure whether it's the right call.

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  Downfall of European Union seen with leaders' decision to welcome migrants

  The massive influx of migrants from the Middle East to Europe could lead to the "political and cultural downfall" of the European Union, a veteran columnist of The Telegraph, a British publication, warned.

• Russia uncovers ISIS plan to invade Central Asia; Putin itching to unleash 150,000 troops to fight jihadis

  A massive army of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters coming from various nations are massing on Afghanistan's northern border ready to march and conquer neighbouring states, Russian intelligence officials have revealed.

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  Ben Carson now leads GOP race; Christian leaders slam Donald Trump for questioning rival's faith

  All of a sudden, there is a new Republican presidential frontrunner. For the first time, erstwhile leader Donald Trump has been overtaken by the fast-rising GOP star: Ben Carson.

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  Austrians, mostly women, rushing to gun stores to buy weapons amid fears of Muslim invasion

  As tens of thousands of mostly Arabic-speaking male "refugees" continue to pour into central and northern Europe from the Balkans, many European civilians—particularly women—are scrambling to purchase firearms to protect themselves, WND reported.

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  Migrant women, kids forced to engage in 'survival sex' in exchange for transport

  In a desperate attempt to stay alive, some young women and even children among the refugees flooding Europe have been forced to engage in "survival sex" in exchange for transport to enable them and their families to continue their journey, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) revealed.