As the Dollar Rises, Emerging Markets Will Fall Like Oil and the Ruble: With the Federal Reserve beginning a t... bit.ly/1wf6hZS

Monitor: 100 Regime Troops, 80 Islamic Fighters Killed in Battle for 2 Syrian Bases: At least 100 soldiers loy... bit.ly/1wfbv83

Germany's Anti-Islamist 'Pegida' Movement Draws Thousands in Rally Against Jihad: A far-right populist group i... bit.ly/1GOmA10

EU Removes Hamas from Terror List Due to 'Paperwork': The European Union has removed Hamas from its list of te... bit.ly/13xVSxD

AP Sources: US, Cuba Seek to Normalize Relations: WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Cuba will start talk... bit.ly/13yjAtN

With Alan Gross Release, US Must Not Ignore Cuba's Status as Violent Thug Nation: The nightmare of Alan Gross,... bit.ly/13yjCSj

World View: Pakistan Taliban Crosses a Red Line with Mass Slaughter of Army Children: This morning's key headl... bit.ly/13yjAKg

'Green' Christmas Carols Replace Christ with Climate Change: Silent Night! Endless night! All is dark, there’... bit.ly/13b2UaG

Cuba: A Good Deal, a Bad Deal: The surprise deal with Cuba announced Wednesday morning, which will bring Ameri... bit.ly/13yjD8Q

White House Overhaul of Cuba Policy Includes Havana Embassy, Expansion of Travel: In the immediate aftermath o... bit.ly/13yrjYD

ISIS Executes Thirteen Men in Tikrit, Iraq: The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group released pictures of... bit.ly/1AcIWJA

Pakistan Shooting Survivors Were Forced to Play Dead, Watch Teacher Burn Alive: The Taliban slaughtered at lea... bit.ly/1AcIWcs

AQAP Bombs Kill Yemeni Schoolgirls: At least thirty-one individuals, including twenty schoolgirls, were killed... bit.ly/1J3Zho6

Raul Castro Demands Obama Executive Action on Embargo in Victory Lap Speech: The people of Cuba received unpre... bit.ly/1Aq9JA9

India Bans ISIS After Arrest of Shami Witness: India officially banned the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) after a t... bit.ly/1AdqyA4

Chilean Women Arrested for Recruiting Slave Brides for ISIS: A 25-year-old Chilean national was arrested for u... bit.ly/1GR6wf2

Obama: Pope 'Issued Personal Appeal to Me' and Castro on Cuba: The White House has credited Pope Francis with ... bit.ly/1GR6xQf

ISIS Slaughters 150 Females in Iraq for Refusing to Marry, Have Sex with Them: Iraq’s Ministry of Human Rights... bit.ly/1wijFfS

Is Cyberattack on Sony Disruptive Enough to Constitute an Act of War Against US?: The government of North Kore... bit.ly/1J4sjnn

Pope Francis' Disturbing Cuba Activism: On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced that the United States ... bit.ly/1AfYHPN