Reports have surfaced that Hamas, the Palestinian terror organization, is not the only group behind the mass launching of rockets out of Gaza and into Israel in response to the Israeli military’s Operation Protective Edge. An al-Qaeda-linked group from Lebanon
An Egyptian cleric formerly known as the “preacher of the revolution” during the revolt against President Hosni Mubarak warned Egyptian television viewers this week that Muslim Brotherhood sheiks have issued a fatwa permitting “anal jihad” for terrorists far from their
Egypt, the country once leading mediation between Israel and Hamas during the 2012 Gaza conflict, is taking a passive approach to the current Operation Protective Edge. Rather than inserting itself as a peacemaker, the country is opening its borders to
A group of Israelis who visited the family of slain Palestinian teen Muhammed Abu Khdeir found the family split between warm welcomes and open hostility towards what some perceived as a publicity stunt to justify attacks on Gaza. The Christian Science
Rather than feel the need to leave the country or cancel plans to visit due to the dozens–soon to be hundreds–of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel to indiscriminately kill civilians, members of Florida’s Jewish community say the assault “makes
Canadian businessman Cy Tokmakjian is facing up to fifteen years for a number of business-related corruption charges in Cuba, from bribery to tax evasion to falsifying documents. In true Orwellian form, Tokmakjian has been detained without charges for two years and
French police announced Wednesday that an extensive investigation into an Algerian butcher in southern France revealed a plot involving Al Qaeda to bomb notable landmarks in the French capital, including the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, as well as nuclear
Japan is aiming to remodel its tourism industry to make it more appealing to Muslim visitors by instructing restaurants in how to include halal meals on their menus and aiding hotels in providing prayer rooms to visitors, in an attempt
In remarks slated to be delivered at the bilateral “China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue,” Chinese President Xi Jinping declared decisively that China will continue its expansion and development, but urged the United States to join with China to “combat all
The government of Saudi Arabia issued an extensive statement this week denying that it has any ties to or is supporting the Islamic State, the Sunni jihadist group formerly known as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The statement
The rifts between jihadists fighting Israel in Palestine and the surging jihadist group The Islamic State (formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham: ISIS), appear to be growing. In a comedy sketch for Palestine’s Al-Filistiniya TV, ISIS jihadists are depicted
The Hamas rocket offensive against Israel in response to Operation Protective Edge continues to grow, with Israel reporting on the third day of strikes that 250 rockets have been launched out of Gaza since Tuesday. That number threatens only to
Before the World Cup began, many wondered whether police in Brazil would be able to quell the many protests against the government’s spending lavishly on the tournament, but those concerns appeared ill-founded – until Tuesday. The defeat of the host team
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida spoke out publicly against a Chinese newspaper depicting a graphic of Japan with mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki and with the chyron “Japan wants a war again.” The graphic appeared in the Chongqing Youth
“I want you to write this: We are willing to stay here as long as it takes for them [the IDF] to finish the job, to take care of this so it doesn’t happen again. To get rid of Gaza
The Iraqi region of Najaf is home to some of the holiest sites in Shia Islam–in particular, the Imam Ali shrine, a prime target for the Sunni terrorist members of the Islamic State (formerly Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:
It has been an exceptionally dramatic week so far for Israelis, as the terrorist group Hamas launched an offensive consisting of dozens of rockets from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While many rockets were intercepted, Israelis across the country were forced on
The jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now rebranded as the Islamic State, have been described as some of the savviest recruiters in the global network of jihadists. A New York Times report seems to confirm this,
The Chinese government is keenly aware of the leftward pivot several Latin American countries have made in the past decade, and President Xi Jinping hopes to cement ties with several socialist leaders in the region on a trip to the
China is becoming one of the strongest looming presences in the war for control of Iraq. The nation–the largest oil client the Iraqi government has–sent a special envoy this week to speak to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and promised continued
President Barack Obama has weighed in on the conflict escalating in Israel as the Israeli government begins a full-scale military effort against Hamas after the kidnapping of three Israeli teen boys, one a U.S. citizen. Writing for Israel’s Haaretz newspaper,
The World Cup has always attracted its share of magic realism–most notably during the last tournament, the spot-on predictions of Paul the Psychic Octopus. As the tournament reaches the semi-final stage now, one Brazilian witch doctor is taking matters into
The Venezuelan socialist government is attempting to sidle up to the United States and potentially reopen trade negotiations, according to one report. The United States will be sending Lee McClenny, currently the deputy chief of Mission of America’s embassy in
Bolivian President Evo Morales is proposing to remove the European names of streets and cities in the nation and return them to their indigenous origins, beginning with stripping every street named after Christopher Columbus. Morales, himself of indigenous descent, announced
The terrorist jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now rebranded as the Islamic State, has previously paraded stolen American-made vehicles and used weapons from Saddam Hussein’s old arsenal to fight the Iraqi military. Reports surface now that
