A full 40 percent say a major attack is "very likely," matching the level of concern after the 2005 subway bombings in Britain, according to the Washington Post. The survey also shows 59 percent think "the United States is at war with radical Islam." But Americans are also deeply disapproving of President Barack Obama's approach to the problem, the poll finds.

"I just think he's just politically correct, doesn't want to ruffle feathers and is not a strong leader," Ken Kaas, a heavy-equipment operator in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, tells the Post, describing the president's approach as "horrible." He said many GOP presidential candidates are "stronger, and they seem to be more caring of Americans and our cause, as opposed to trying to appease the world."

The drug was used to treat conditions such as hyperactivity in the West, but has been banned in most countries since the Eighties. The drug is easy to make using basic knowledge of chemistry, and can be made from legally available chemicals - and its effects make users feel ‘superhuman’ according to the Washington Post.

Lebanese psychiatrist Ramzi Haddad told the Guardian, ‘You're talkative, you don't sleep, you don't eat, you're energetic.’ A Syrian police officer in Homs told Reuters he had witnessed its effects on anti-government protesters, 'We would beat them, and they wouldn't feel the pain. Many of them would laugh while we were dealing them heavy blows.

'We would leave the prisoners for about 48 hours without questioning them while the effects of Captagon wore off, and then interrogation would become easier.'

While condemning the attacks and branding the perpetrators “savages”, he was also quick to note that Syria has been dealing with this brand of terrorism for nearly five years straight. In what amounted to an “I told you so” moment, Assad also said the following: “We said, don't take what is happening in Syria lightly. Unfortunately, European officials did not listen.”

Assad also took the opportunity to once again suggest that the West’s sponsorship of the regional powers who support (both explicitly and implicitly) Sunni extremism in Syria is the root cause of the problem although the language he used was a bit less harsh than that which he employed in September (presumably because he was trying not to inflame tensions less than 24 hours after the Paris massacre). Here’s what he said: "The question that is being asked throughout France today is, was France's policy over the past five years the right one? The answer is no."

Presumably, Assad was referencing the West’s support for the various militant groups seeking to oust his government. Those groups, including ISIS, have received money, guns, and training at various times from the CIA, from Turkey, from Saudi Arabia, and from Qatar. The situation on the ground is of course so fluid that it’s nearly impossible to keep track of where the guns, money, and fighters end up, meaning that even those observers who shun conspiracy theories would be hard pressed to contend that the US has not at least indirectly armed and trained ISIS.

The researchers found a gene - MCR-1 - which allows bacteria to become resistant to ‘last resort’ antibiotics. These antibiotics are held in reserve in hospitals to treat superbugs. Even more worryingly, the gene can easily transfer from one strain of bacteria to another, the researchers say - leading to a warning that it has ‘epidemic potential’.

The gene was found during testing of pigs and chickens on farms in China - where bacteria were found to be resistant to antibiotics.

Keller told the Bainbridge Island Review, “I always tell the boys, ‘You’re going to have a turn’ — and I’m like, ‘Yeah, when hell freezes over’ in my head. I tell them, ‘You’ll have a turn’ because I don’t want them to feel bad.” According to Keller, playing with building blocks like Legos helps children develop spatial and math skills. Girls, therefore, are at a disadvantage in developing those skills because Legos are not marketed towards girls.

Keller believes that banning boys from playing with Legos is fair, which she defined as, “getting what you need to succeed or to get better.” Ironically, the Lego playing time is part of 40 minutes of “free choice” play. There is no information on Keller's “free choice” page warning parents that boys will not be allowed to play with Legos.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said it is "extraordinary" that Britain's biggest cinema chains have banned the advert. The CoE has threatened legal action and said it is the victim of religious discrimination after they were told the minute-long video could cause offence. A CoE spokesman said it was initially believed that their minute-long advert had been approved and would be played before showings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens from December 18.

They were later informed that, due to a DCM policy not to run adverts which could potentially cause offence, the video would not be shown. When asked for a copy of that policy, CoE was told there is no formal policy document but that it had been agreed with the DCM's members.

Terry Sanderson, the president of the National Secular Society, said: "The Church of England is arrogant to imagine it has an automatic right to foist its opinions upon a captive audience who have paid good money for a completely different experience. The Church does not hesitate to ban things that it deems inappropriate from its own church halls - things like yoga. The cinema chains are simply exercising the same right."

“The goal is to make sure the whole world, or at least the people going to these events, know that there have been threats and that there is possibility of an attack to happen. Another goal is to make sure Daesh knows that the world knows and cancels the attacks, which will disorientate them for a while. Anonymous.”

The alleged French events 'at risk' are as follows:

- Demonstration by: “Collectif du droit des femmes” (Group for women’s rights) (Demonstrations are now banned, cancelled).

– Cigales Electroniques with Vocodecks, RE-Play & Rawtor at Le Bizen.

– Concrete Invites Drumcode: Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick, Joel Mull at Concrete (Probably cancelled).

Ministers raised the idea after Tuesday night’s friendly football match between Germany and Holland in Hanover was cancelled minutes before kick-off following a tip-off from intelligence in another EU state. According to German media, a group of attackers had planned to set off multiple explosives at the stadium, where Angela Merkel was due to attend the match, and to detonate a bomb in the city centre.

Wolfgang Schäuble, the finance minister, has publicly called for the military to be used in the event of coordinated terror attacks on a German city. “If we had a situation like Paris, perhaps with attacks in three or four places, we’d have to think about whether our police capabilities are enough,” Mr Schäuble told the Rheinische Post newspaper. “What can we do to support security forces that are already overwhelmed on some normal weekends in the face of great challenges?”

The minister’s comments have reopened the debate over the military’s role in modern Germany, where much of the public remains deeply sensitive to the idea of soldiers on the streets.

Mr Neil listed the greats of French life past and present including Hugo, Pasteur, Descartes, Rousseau, Camus, Monet and Zidane - as well as coq au vin and creme brûlée. 'Versus what?' he said, adding: 'Beheadings, crucifixions, amputations, slavery, mass murder, medieval squalor and a death cult barbarity that would shame the Middle Ages.'

Despite the BBC's strict rules on impartiality the former Sunday Times editor's speech has been branded 'brilliant' by many and TV watchdog Ofcom said it had only received one complaint. He said ISIS had murdered 132 people in Paris to 'prove the future belongs to them rather than a civilization like France', adding: 'Well IS or Daesh or ISIS or ISIL or whatever name you're going by - I'm sticking with IS, as in Islamist scumbags. I think the outcome is pretty clear to everybody but you'.

He said: 'I can't say I fancy their chances. In a thousand years Paris, the glorious city of lights, will still be shining bright as will every other city like it. And you will be as dust, along with the ragbag of fascist Nazis and Stalinists that previously dared to challenge democracy and failed'.

Christmas festivities will seem empty in a world which has chosen 'war and hate', Pope Francis said yesterday at the Vatican. 'Christmas is approaching: there will be lights, parties, Christmas trees and nativity scenes... it's all a charade. The world continues to go to war. The world has not chosen a peaceful path,' he said in the Mass at the chapel of the Santa Marta residence.

'There are wars today everywhere, and hate,' he said after the worst terror attack in French history, the bombing of the Russian plane, a double suicide bombing in Lebanon, and a series of other deadly strikes. 'We should ask for the grace to weep for this world, which does not recognise the path to peace. To weep for those who live for war and have the cynicism to deny it,' the Argentine pontiff said, adding: 'God weeps, Jesus weeps.'

The sermon threw a shadow over the start of the festive season at the Vatican, where a giant Christmas tree was unveiled. He added that Italy was already primed for the possibility of an attack. 'The minister of the interior has explained many times that we are at a very high level of alert covering symbolic sites, places where people gather, from stadiums to cathedrals, and St Peter's in particular, which were, among others, the places highlighted by the FBI,' Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said. 'We always take such signals of alarm very seriously, especially when they come from the United States.'

It came as little surprise that Mr Khazzani had boarded the train in Brussels. Belgium has become Europe’s prime launch pad for attacks by jihadis and, according to many security experts, their favourite place to pick up guns smuggled from the Balkans.

Claude Moniquet, a former French spy and co-founder of the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Centre said the black market for firearms, including gun runners around Gare du Midi, have seen prices spike in line with the increased risk of sales. Just a few years ago, an AK-47 with 300-400 rounds included could be acquired for about €400. Now, Mr Moniquet says, prices have risen to €1,000 to €2,000. Police in the Netherlands have complained that drug gangs have been increasingly using Kalashnikovs rather than handguns because of their ready availability in Belgium.

“Trafficking arms to criminals is one thing; terrorists is another,” he says. “While arms traffickers can receive sentences of two to three years, if you sell arms to a terrorist, you can expect 20.”

According to the UN’s latest data on homicides by firearms in Belgium, from 2004, the country had a relatively high death rate by European standards. The rate of homicides caused by firearms was 0.7 per 100,000 deaths. That meant that Belgium’s rate was similar to those of Italy and Bulgaria — countries notorious for organised crime. Britain’s rate hovers around 0.1. Still, by international standards, Belgium remains safe. The US rate is around 3 or 4. In Honduras, it is an astonishing 64.

Support for AfD appears to have skyrocketed in recent months, as they had only 3 percent in the polls as recently as August. It is also the best result for the party, which was established in 2013 as a Eurosceptic group, but then switched to criticizing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policies.

One of the party’s key figures, Björn Höcke, has made headlines with hardline nationalist rhetoric. Some of its slogans, such as: “Germans! Three thousand years of Europe, 1,000 years of Germany,” have been compared to Nazi propaganda. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling alliance, comprising the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) remains top of the polls with 35 percent, followed by the Social Democrats (SPD) on 23.5 percent, the poll showed.

The November 18 notice is billed as a “Security Message for US Citizens” regarding a potential for terrorist attacks, and arrived punctually into the email boxes of all Americans registered with the embassy, including that of Breitbart News.

Along with the Vatican, the State Department singles out the Duomo (cathedral) and La Scala opera house in Milan. It goes on to note that general venues “such as churches, synagogues, restaurants, theatres, and hotels” in both Rome and Milan are possible targets as well. The embassy notice says: “Terrorist groups may possibly utilize similar methods used in the recent Paris attacks,” meaning bombs and assault rifles.

The alert also mentions that Italian authorities are aware of these threats, signaling that there will be additional security in these places, a phenomenon that is already evident.

AquAdvantage Salmon has a genetically created trait that makes the salmon grow faster than regular salmon. The manufacturer had to go through an approval process to ensure the fish was safe to eat. The "frankenfish" had to meet several requirements beyond safety rules. For instance, the fish can be raised only in land-based tanks in Canada and Panama and cannot be produced in the US. The agency cited several measures that are being taken to contain the fish and prevent their escape into open water.

Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican for Alaska, said she was in "shock" at the FDA's approval, saying that genetically engineered fish could harm the environment and may be unsafe. The senator, who hails from a state with a robust seafood industry, said such salmon "seems to be more science experiment than fish or food." "Now that the decision has been made, the next step is to ensure that Americans know what they are consuming," she said.

Could it be possible that this “accident” happened on purpose? Could it be possible that it was intended as a warning for the Obama administration? Sadly, the Obama administration seems almost totally oblivious to this threat. Our strategic nuclear forces are so outdated that floppy disks and rotary phones are still being used, and Barack Obama is fond of saying that “the Cold War’s been over for 20 years”.

Unfortunately for us, the Russians do not see things the same way. Anti-American sentiment inside Russia is at an all-time high, and every time the US interferes in Syria or Ukraine the Russians get even angrier. And even though the Russian economy has dipped into recession, the Russians continue to feverishly prepare for war. This year alone, Russian military spending is up 33 percent. The Russians are feverishly preparing for World War III while Barack Obama acts like it could never possibly happen.