Matters are escalating in the Middle East:

November 24, 2015

Russia said Tuesday one of its Su-24 fighter jets was shot down along the border between Turkey and Syria, but said “firing from the ground” was responsible for downing the plane.

The Pentagon is pushing for more involvement of Sunni-dominated nations in the region to coalesce and fight the so-called Islamic State:

The European Union has taken steps to tighten its borders because of the issues it is having with predominantly Islamic refugees and terrorists:

The Islamic State has seemingly put up another video, this time targeting New York City.  I heard Wolf Blitzer report this on the radio on CNN today. The Islamic State has threatened New York City in the past as the image at the beginning of this post shows.

The International Monetary Fund has boosted China’s currency internationally:

November 16, 2015

The IMF is already clearing a berth in its basket of reserve currencies for the Chinese yuan. 

France’s President is calling for a union to crush the Islamic State:

Hollande Calls for Union to Crush Islamic State in Syria

What French President Hollande called ‘an act of war’ hit Paris last night:

November 14, 2015

The near-simultaneous attacks in Paris that killed nearly 130 people were an “act of war” organised by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, French President Francois Hollande says.

A newly released study finds that the majority of adults in the USA are overweight and the number who are obese is greater than those who are only overweight:

An austerity protest in Greece turned violent:

November 12, 2015

ATHENS — Hundreds of thousands of Greeks walked off their jobs on Thursday to protest austerity economics, as officials of the leftist-led government wrangled with the country’s 

Notice the following about the migrant situation:

November 10, 2015

A convicted terrorist with ties to the Islamic State group was caught trying to enter Europe in a migrant boat with asylum seekers arriving from Libya.