Maoist Rebels Attack In India

Two hundred Maoist rebels are suspected of killing twenty-four people in India during an attack on May 25. 27 May 2013

San Francisco Gun Store: 9mm Ammo Stays on Shelves 'About Five Minutes'

A box of 9mm ammo at High Bridge Arms in San Francisco "has a shelf life of about five minutes," according to Steve Alcairo, the general manager of the city's only gun store. 26 May 2013

BBC Under Fire for Giving Radical Cleric Airtime After Woolwich Attack

Two U.K. politicians have called out the BBC for interviewing an Islamic cleric who refuses to condemn Wednesday's grisly terror attack where two men beheaded a British soldier. 26 May 2013

Rebels Target Hezbollah in War Against Assad

In an apparent response to a pledge of support by Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah for the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, Syrian rebels targeted a Hizbullah stronghold in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday, widening the international scope of the Syrian civil war. According to Reuters, the first Syrian rebel attack to have allegedly targeted Hezbollah took place on May 26, when two rockets "hit a Shi'ite Muslim district in Beirut." 26 May 2013

MSNBC's Dyson: Black Republican E.W. Jackson Carries White Supremacist Message

On May 26, MSNBC political analyst Michael Eric Dyson described Virginia lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson as "a black puppet" who carries a white supremacist message. Jackson is a black man, and is urging Christians in the black community to break free from their loyalties to the Democrat Party. 26 May 2013

Obama Tells Navy Grads To Stop Sexual Assault

Speaking to the Naval Academy Commencement on May 24, President Obama "called on graduating Midshipmen, soon to become Naval and Marine Corps officers, to show honor and courage" by helping to end sexual assault in the armed forces. 26 May 2013

Hijab-Friendly Dress Code Urged for U.S. Prisons

The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is pushing for a policy that would allow Muslim female prisoners to keep their heads covered "during detention and [in] photos" while in detention "in all local and federal U.S. prisons." 26 May 2013

Attack On French Solider Highlights Tensions Between Islamism and France

As news broke that a French soldier had been attacked by a "bearded man [of] North African origin...wearing a light colored hijab," the tensions between the French government and those who claim Islamist affiliation above all else were brought to the forefront once more. 26 May 2013

Former UK Top Cop: Lack Resources to Monitor All Terror Suspects

On May 24, the former commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, Lord Blair, claimed UK security services don't have the resources to monitor all terror suspects. 25 May 2013

Texas Passes Bill to Train Teachers as Armed Marshals

Texas legislators have sent a bill to Governor Rick Perry that allows schools to train and maintain teachers as "armed marshals" on campuses. 25 May 2013