Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and other authorities are considering offering Boko Haram prisoners amnesty in exchange for the more than 200 Chibok girls the radical Islamic group kidnapped 16 months ago.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry phoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the third time in the past ten days to discuss the situation in Syria. He warned Lavrov that Russia’s support of beleaguered President Bashar al-Assad “will only prolong the Syrian conflict.”
Patriarch Louis Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad, is the latest Christian leader to ask Christians in the Middle East not to abandon their homelands despite threats from radical Islamic groups. He also slammed the countries who give preferential treatment to Christian refugees.
In remarks to various sympathetic pro-Russian networks, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused the West of working with the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, and claimed those not aiding his political survival were helping “terrorists.”
Turkish authorities are now targeting Doğan Media Group for “terrorist propaganda,” only days after mobs attacked the offices of Doğan-owned Hürriyet Daily News.
In a clip released Tuesday by Kremlin propaganda outlet Russia Today, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused Europe of “not dealing with the crisis” as thousands of refugees flee the war-torn country.
Danish teenager Lisa Borch slaughtered her mother Tina Römer Holtegaard after binging on horrific Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) beheading videos, police report. A court has convicted her and her much older Muslim boyfriend of murder.
Guantanamo Bay is not standing in the way of prisoner Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani’s desire to find love. His lawyer Carlos Warner runs account an account for the terrorist on Match.com.
Police officers raided Turkish magazine Nokta after they published an illustration of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan taking a selfie next to a soldier’s coffin. The officers also seized remaining copies from the newsroom.
The Russian government began their largest war games with over 95,000 troops this week between the Ural Mountains and Siberia. The troops include soldiers, navy, and the air force.
A woman freed from ISIS-affiliated terror group Boko Haram told authorities the militants forced schoolgirls kidnapped from the town of Chibok, Borno, in April 2014 to fight for the radical Islamic group. Her testimony mirrors those of others who told authorities the terrorists brainwashed the young girls to join the group.
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. received his Russian citizenship from President Vladimir Putin over the weekend.
The Russian government sent humanitarian aid to Syria over the weekend, only a few days after officials demanded U.S. cooperation to avoid “unintended consequences.”
Bretagne, believed to be the only surviving 9/11 rescue dog, recently celebrated her 16th birthday in New York City.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov mocked the U.S.’s policy on Libya while talking to reporters about Russian troops and equipment in Syria.
Jinan Badel, a young Yazidi girl who escaped the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), met with French President Francois Hollande where he offered her asylum. She politely turned down his offer so she can return to Iraqi Kurdistan.
A crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Friday, killing at least 60 people who were visiting on their annual pilgrimage. 154 are believed to have been injured.
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton apologized to former tennis player James Blake after cops tackled and arrested him after they mistook him for a suspect in a credit card fraud investigation.
A young Yazidi sex slave told The Daily Mail that Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants ripped off American hostage Kayla Mueller’s fingernails before she became the wife of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Those who attempt to escape deserve their death and destruction, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) argues in the latest issue of their magazine Dabiq, using a photo of drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi to emphasize their point.
Kurdish official Saeed Mamouzini told IraqiNews.com that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) kidnapped 127 children in Mosul, Iraq, to train them as jihadists.
A cop tackled former tennis player James Blake to the ground in New York City in a horrible case of mistaken identity. The cops confused the 2007 Davis Cup champion for a suspect in a credit card fraud investigation.
The 2015 U.S. Open Women’s singles semifinals bracket is set. Two Italians, one Romanian, and quite possibly the greatest female athlete on the planet will play on Thursday night.
Those who survived recent deadly attacks on Christians in India are demanding the president do more to bring the people responsible to justice. Despite the violence, though, Christianity is growing in India.
Small Christian militias continue to fight for Iraq–men determined to stop the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) from destroying their homeland and heritage. The Assyrian fighters are one of many groups profiled in the past year who are willing to stand up to the radical Islamic group.
