
Police in Austria said Saturday they stepped up security in Vienna and other cities after receiving a warning of possible attacks during the holiday season. “In the lead-up to Christmas, a friendly intelligence service sent a warning to numerous European capitals
by AFP26 Dec 2015, 5:02 PM PST0

Police in Vienna have notified several European cities of a possible terror threat expected between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
by Breitbart News26 Dec 2015, 4:03 PM PST0

An unusual threat warning has been issued by the American, British, French, and Australian embassies in Beijing, warning Westerners to use extra vigilance when visiting the popular Sanlitun shopping district.
by John Hayward26 Dec 2015, 2:01 PM PST0

Iraqi forces have clashed with a group of Islamic State jihadists defending the former government complex in the heart of the city of Ramadi.
by Breitbart News26 Dec 2015, 1:19 PM PST0

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) stated that President Obama “has already intimated that he is looking for ways” to work around the law to close down Guantanamo Bay or transfer individuals to the US, adding, “the president consistently uses that lull”
by Ian Hanchett26 Dec 2015, 10:18 AM PST0

Despite much hand-wringing by Republican leadership, the GOP is actually complicit in the persecution of Christians in the Middle East because of its vocal support for Israel, argues Doug Bandow in a Forbes essay Saturday.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.26 Dec 2015, 10:12 AM PST0

A propaganda film for the Somalian Al-Qaeda cadet branch has shown jihadist fighters living the high life, hunting African big game, eating rich food and relaxing in the bush. Part of a series of dispatches about life with the jihadist movement
by Oliver Lane26 Dec 2015, 5:27 AM PST0

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A police commission is interviewing staff at a Brussels college after education authorities failed to act on concerns that a student who later became one of the Paris suicide bombers had been radicalised, two Belgian newspapers said
by Reuters26 Dec 2015, 5:06 AM PST0

Taunted by Republicans to declare war on “radical Islamic terrorism,” Democrats are turning to an unlikely ally: George W. Bush.
by Breitbart News25 Dec 2015, 6:04 PM PST0

Media outlets routinely mangle the true meaning of “Allahu akbar,” the ubiquitous battle cry of Islamic jihadists as they commit mass murder.
by Robert Spencer25 Dec 2015, 8:13 AM PST0

Earlier this week on his radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh explained why it was his view Islam wasn’t a religion, but instead what he called a “conquest ideology.” According to Limbaugh, not properly defining Islam for the sake political
by Jeff Poor24 Dec 2015, 7:14 PM PST0

Indian police have arrested 30-year-old systems engineer Syed Emad Hasan after he allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted his 27-year-old ex-colleague for five days “to force her to convert to Islam.”
by Mary Chastain24 Dec 2015, 5:49 PM PST0

Christmastime tourism in Israel is anemic this year as Palestinians carry on an intifada where radical Muslims have been stabbing Jews at random in public.
by Breitbart News24 Dec 2015, 2:45 PM PST0

The organization Reporters Without Borders alleged this week that one of its journalists, Japanese national Yasuda Jumpei, has been kidnapped in Syria and his captors are demanded an unspecified ransom from his family and government in exchange for his freedom.
by Frances Martel24 Dec 2015, 1:52 PM PST0

The Taliban member who rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol near Bagram Air Base in southern Afghanistan Monday, killing six U.S. troops, passed through Afghan security before carrying out the suicide bomb attack, CNN reports.
by Edwin Mora24 Dec 2015, 1:25 PM PST0

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif announced Wednesday the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran is in jeopardy following a new U.S. law that puts visa restrictions on Iranian nationals.
by Jordan Schachtel24 Dec 2015, 1:20 PM PST0

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saluted Kurdish efforts against the Islamic State, and offered Moscow’s support, by way of Damascus.
by John Hayward24 Dec 2015, 12:58 PM PST0

Russia is cooperating with the Taliban to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Afghanistan, Interfax news agency reports, citing a senior Russian diplomat.
by Edwin Mora24 Dec 2015, 11:37 AM PST0

The Islamic State (IS) is in the process of installing a “little emirate” in the East African nation of Somalia, where the rule of law is virtually non-existent and the government holds very little sway.
by Jordan Schachtel24 Dec 2015, 11:31 AM PST0

JAFFA, Israel – A member of the Fatah Central Committee pledged on Wednesday that the killing of a top Hezbollah operative “will not go unaccounted for.” Al Ahmad, a loyalist of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, called Sunday’s assassination of Samir
by Ali Waked24 Dec 2015, 3:59 AM PST0

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (pictured) says that he has met the December deadline set for defeating the jihadi terror group Boko Haram and that the Islamists are no longer capable of mounting a serious attack against the Nigerian military or
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.24 Dec 2015, 1:42 AM PST0

Soon after Australia’s Attorney General expressed concerns about the Islamic State forming a “distant caliphate” in Indonesia — the world’s most heavily populated Muslim-majority country — it was reported that a group of terrorism suspects arrested over the weekend may have received funding from ISIS in Syria.
by John Hayward23 Dec 2015, 8:20 PM PST0

The long-awaited push to retake the Iraqi city of Ramadi from the Islamic State is under way, and it has given the Iraqis a chance for payback against the ISIS militants who routed them over the past few years.
by John Hayward23 Dec 2015, 6:36 PM PST0

Amnesty International has released a new report detailing how Russia is killing hundreds of innocents in its bombings of heavily-populated areas in Syria.
by Jordan Schachtel23 Dec 2015, 3:00 PM PST0

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, faced a military judge at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Tuesday for the first time since the U.S. Army decided to proceed with a court-martial last week.
by Edwin Mora23 Dec 2015, 2:45 PM PST0