A Smoking Break by Pizza Shop Worker Saved A Kidnapped Boy

by Fox News | International

A fortunate irony took place in Texas as a Pizza Shop worker on a smoking break saved a boy from kidnappers. A combination of fate and smoking urges helped to save the boy from his kidnapper.

Courtney Best in front of the Pizza shop where she
works said she will now take amber alerts seriously.
(Credit: via KRISTV).

Sharp witted Courtney Best said she had been out for a smoking break when she saw a suspicious looking vehicle - a white Dodge Avenger that matched an Amber Alert that she had just seen on her phone.

Courtney watched closer as the driver alighted with a little boy, who looked scared even though she thought he could not be the missing person.

But her wary instincts told her to compare the plate number of the vehicle and when she did, it matched the one on her phone. Courtney did the right thing. And shortly, Police arrived and arrested Channing Galbraith.

Courtney told reporters: "My stomach started knotting up, so I was like, ahh, I'm gonna go, I'm gonna check and see," 

She hopped into her own car and discretely drove by the suspect's vehicle to check the license plates. Sure enough, they were a match. She called 911 but, by this time, the suspect was back in the car and about to drive off.

She said "And I'm on the phone with 911 and I tell her, look, the plates match up, he's turning left on Staples but I'm gonna follow him."

"That's why I'm freakin' out," said Courtney. "Cause, what are the odds? What are the odds of me looking at my phone? And I usually don't even look at amber alerts, as bad as that sounds, I look at them and I don't really pay attention. And I was like, he couldn't get from Alice in that little bit of time. Sure enough it was him."

The little boy, named Nicholas Gomez, was returned to his home.

Greece Deal: Null Fiscal Autonomy

by Paul Waugh | Opinion

The cartoon that’s gone viral in Greece this morning is of Alexander the Great with bloodied nose. Also viral was the hashtag #thisisacoup. And for Alexis Tsipras, for all his claims to have secured a major debt restructuring and lasting settlement, the humiliation is real. 

The clock is still ticking. Four pieces of legislation must be passed by the end of tomorrow, including pension and VAT reforms. But Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, a junior coalition partner, has already said he will not support the measures.

If the deal fails, Greek banks face collapse and Grexit could still follow. The FT says the Greek PM may have to rely on his political opponents to get the plan through. Expect a Cabinet reshuffle and maybe even a unity government by the end of the week.

The Mail has a line that George Osborne will fight off attempts by the euro-zone to make the UK pay £850m to the bailout cost.

Speaking of fiscal autonomy, our own independent Bank of England governor Mark Carney gives evidence on the quarterly inflation report to the Treasury Select Committee at 10.15am today.

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* Paul Waugh, is the Executive Editor, Politics, HuffingtonPost UK.

IRAN NUCLEAR NEWS: Iran, world powers reach nuclear deal

by Benson Agoha | International

(L-R) German Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federica Mogherini,
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian ambassador to IAEA,
 Ali Akbar Salehi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov,
in Vienna, 14 July, 2015. (Credt: via Haaretz).

"Where diplomacy ends, the conversation begins"

The United States and it's world alleys negotiating with Iran to end the country's nuclear program has agreed a deal this morning, Fox News reports.

The news comes after a Western diplomat told the Associated Press that Iran and six other nations, including the US, have reached an agreement about the future of Tehran’s nuclear program.

The deal comes despite recent protest in Iran over the potential plan to stop them from pushing ahead with its nuclear programme.

Iran says, its nuclear program is for peaceful purpose only, but Israel fears a nuclear Iran is a veritable danger to the region and would not like to see the world allowing that.

As President Obama pushed ahead for a deal with Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt to scupper it has resulted in a thaw in relations between the two leaders.

Negotiations were halted when Secretary of State John Kerry injured his feet during a bike ride in Switzerland and had to be flown back to the States for treatment.

Bad Deal and Historic Mistake:

Details of the new deal is yet to emerge, but today, in a video published by Haaretz News, Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu called it a bad deal.

He said Iran would be in line to receive billions and billions of Dollars in grants, which will enable it to continue its military build up and destabilization of the region.

Watch the video..

President Obama is to address deal aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in international sanctions relief. Watch LIVE at 7 a.m. ET on Fox News and FoxNews.com. Click on: Obama on Iran Deal.


Below Map of Iran's Nuclear Facilities:

An Infographic map of Iran's nuclear facilitiesCourtesy of Haaretz.

by Benson Agoha..(with Lead from Fox News and contributions from Haaretz).