A 40-year-old Liberian man who died in Lagos, Nigeria, has become the first victim of ebola in Africa’s most populous country, according to the Nigerian government. His death makes Nigeria the fourth country to experience an ebola incident since the
A report released by the United Nations’ resident and humanitarian coodinator in Iraq, Jacqueline Badcock, suggested that the terrorist group Islamic State had issued a fatwa demanding all women between the ages of 11 and 46 undergo female genital mutilation.
General Hugo Carvajal, a high-ranking retired military general and former chief of Venezuela’s military intelligence, was arrested in Aruba this week on charges of helping Colombian Marxist rebels smuggle cocaine into the United States. Carvaja is expected to be extradited to
The Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), has had months to establish its jihadist rule of terror in Raqqa, Syria, its “capital.” As The New York Times reports, ISIS is stealing from banks and redistributing
In remarks delivered to Shi’ite faithful in Iran this week, the nation’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called on “anyone who cares about the fate of Palestine” to provide arms to Palestinians to kill Israelis. “Total armed resistance” against Israel was
Amid an ebola epidemic that Doctors without Borders is calling “out of control,” a senior doctor working to help eradicate the disease has contracted it. Sheik Umar Khan tested positive for ebola while leading the team fighting to find a
The continued spread of the jihadist terror group Islamic State has caused the United States to increase its supporting role with the Iraqi government in monitoring and combatting the group. According to the State Department, the U.S. is manning over
A large crowd of Christians and supporters gathered in front of the French Parliament building yesterday to express support for the native Christian Assyrian communities of Iraq, currently under siege by the Sunni jihadist group Islamic State. Joining them were
The purge of Christians from northern Iraq continues under the hands of the Sunni jihadist group, the Islamic State–formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). ISIS militants seized the famous Mar Behnam or St. Behnam monastery this week,
In a sermon delivered on June 20, Sudanese cleric Muhammad Ali al-Jazouli told his congregation to target and kill American men, women, and children, insisting that the Prophet Muhammad had called for war on America and that those killed by
New York City woke up to a strange sight Tuesday morning when travelers observed two white flags, typically symbolizing surrender, flying over the Brooklyn Bridge, where American flags usually fly. Upon closer inspection, authorities found that the flags had been dyed
The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Bechara al Rahi has called for moderate Muslims to speak out and condemn the jihadist terror group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and support the continued existence of Christianity in Iraq. In a homily this
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Wednesday that there “seems to be a strong possibility” that Israel is guilty of war crimes for Operation Protective Edge, a military operation targeting the terrorist group Hamas in which
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced via his website on Tuesday that he is en route to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, in defiance of an FAA decree handed down earlier preventing American commercial flights from
The Islamic State– formerly Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)– has previously used water as a destructive tool to destroy crops and dams in Shi’ite territory. Now, ISIS is attempting to deprive major Christian strongholds of water through their
Hundreds rallied in Baghdad this week in solidarity with the thousands of Christians forced to flee from Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, after the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) demanded that all Christians in the city convert and pay an
Sky News reporter Colin Brazier broadcast live from the MH17 crash site this week, with a cameraman panning closely to the personal artifacts of passengers believed to have died almost immediately as the plane was allegedly shot out of the
For more than a week since the arrival in Mosul, Iraq, of the jihadist terror group Islamic State (formerly ISIS), reports out of the city were relatively quiet. ISIS, NBC reported, dedicated itself to rebuilding infrastructure and helping Sunni Muslims.
A giant rubber duck installed on China’s Nanming River has disappeared. The duck, a sculpture by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, was widely acclaimed and warmly received when it arrived in China, but disappeared swiftly from the waters as the river
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned that he has put his nation’s military on standby in response to the alleged shooting down of commercial aircraft Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, on which 28 Australian citizens died. Any action by Russia
A “homosexuality test,” once commonly used by law enforcement officials in countries where being gay is illegal, appears to have experienced a resurgence in Lebanon, despite the Lebanese Order of Physicians decrying the practice as torture. The practice, which Lebanon’s
Thirty independent investigators from the Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have arrived at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, believed to have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile over disputed territory in Ukraine. The
In the aftermath of the horrific fall of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine Thursday, the United States Federal Aviation Administration warned airlines not to fly over that airspace, and it received voluntary agreements from airlines that they would not. But
As the international community attempts to piece together the facts surrounding the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over disputed Ukrainian territory, the plane’s black boxes–pivotal to the investigation–appear to have been found. Whether Russian separatists will hand the boxes
Jewish communities around the world are not letting terrorist attacks from Hamas deter them from relocating to Israel. This week, hundreds of French Jews arrived in Israel to settle in the towns of Ashdod and Ashkelon, while incidents of anti-Semitism
