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Two Italian nationals were arrested when a diplomatic car with Vatican plates which was registered to 91-year-old Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Melia was found to be hauling nine pounds of cocaine, an estimated street value of approximately $650,000 dollars. The two

Under the unofficial rules governing Saudi Arabia’s strict fundamentalist society, women are forbidden from driving automobiles. Although the Quran, which is the basis for Saudi laws, could not possibly address such a subject, as it was written well over one

The deputy chief of Shia Islamist group Hezbollah said that his terror outfit is desperately needed in Syria to stave off the advances of the Sunni Islamic State. Nabil Qaouk said Monday at a military ceremony in Aita Shaab that

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have come together to call upon the Muslim world, both Sunni and Shiite, to stop fighting each other and unite against the West, specifically the

A recent study has revealed that approximately forty percent of European Jewry hides their Jewish identity, according to the Rabbinical Center of Europe (RCE) and the European Jewish Associations (EJA). Rabbi Menachem Margolin from Brussels, Belgium, presides over both organizations.

Mohamed Badie, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, has been sentenced to life in prison, stemming from charges that he was responsible for countless murders and violent acts during riots in Cairo last year. The trial was known as

France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve estimated that roughly 930 of his citizens, including upwards of 60 being women, are waging jihad on behalf of Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria. France is set to host a summit in Paris on

Exxon and Russia’s state-oil company have recently inked a deal to tap billions of barrels of crude oil in Russia; despite sanctions passed against the Kremlin by both the United States and the European Union. However, the Western entities have

Hamas Chairman Khaled Mashaal is reportedly considering leaving Qatar after news broke that several Muslim Brotherhood officials have been politely asked to depart the country. A Tunisian newspaper reported that Mashaal is contemplating a move to Tunisia, Turkey, or Malaysia.

John Yoo, former legal counsel to the George W. Bush White House, weighed in on President Obama’s unilateral authority to go after the Islamic State terrorist group without requesting congressional approval. Despised by the Left, Yoo is best known for

The Assyrian community and the Kurds of Iraq have staked a claim to areas throughout the region, including the Nineveh province in the State’s north. Due to the Islamic State’s surge through the country, geopolitical ramifications have caused both entities

German and Turkish officials have announced that they will not send fighter jets to Iraq and Syria as part of a coalition effort to conduct air strikes against the Islamic State terror group.Turkey has in addition also refused its airspace

President Obama in his September 10 speech to the nation officially confirmed that the United States has been “sending arms to Iraqi Security Forces and the Syrian opposition.” While Obama did not state specifically what group(s) America is providing assistance

Tim Arango, Baghdad Bureau Chief of the New York Times, lit up President Obama’s Middle East policies in a recent “Ask Me Anything” Q & A session with users of the online forum Reddit. One user asked, “How do you

China is moving forward with plans to create a fifth branch of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), one which will be dedicated to space operations, Japanese media reports. Japanese paper Yomiuri Shimbun reported last month that Chinese-party officials submitted an

Some 130 Canadian nationals have gone overseas to fight in Syria and Iraq on behalf of radical Islamist groups, according to a recent report by Public Safety Canada. The report added that, specifically, the conflict in Syria–with Sunni Islamist forces fighting against

British-Iranian Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, has been locked up in Iran’s infamous Evin prison for over two months because she dared to attempt to watch a men’s volleyball game in Tehran. On June 20, Ghavami and over a dozen others tried

Israel is supplying satellite photos as part of an omnibus intelligence package to assist in the fight against the Islamic State terror group, a Western diplomat told Reuters on Monday. Israel’s spy satellites reportedly are located in a position to

Mohamed Elibiary has left the Department of Homeland Security. Formerly a senior adviser to DHS, Elibiary announced on his Twitter page last week that he had moved on. The circumstances surrounding Elibiariy’s sudden departure have not yet been made public.

Breitbart Contributor Anne Bayefsky spoke at the UN Headquarters in New York City on Monday. “I will get right to the point,” she said. “The UN is not having a conference on the threat that global anti-Semitism poses to international

The US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), Al Nusra Front, and the Islamic State have paired together in order to fight President Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian Armed Forces, according to statements from multiple commanders from within the FSA. “We are collaborating with

A bouncer and “part-time” actor has played an influential role in recruiting fellow Australians for the Islamic State and placing them on the battlefields in Syria and Iraq, according to an ABC Australia report. Mohammad Ali Baryalei, a 33-year old

An 11-year-old boy who resides in China’s eastern Jiangsu province stumbled upon a 3,000-year-old bronze sword while swimming in a river, according to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency. The boy, 11-year old Yang Junxi, found the sword while he was

Because some in the West have decided to place blame upon Islamist ideology for the attacks against America on September 11, 2001, average Middle Eastern citizens have decided to approach a more edgy lifestyle and take up arms with Islamist