
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell discussed President Barack Obama’s upcoming Camp David summit of Persian Gulf states that the leaders from four of the six invited nations are skipping, including Saudi King
by Pam Key12 May 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

SANAA, Yemen (AP)– Islamic militant websites say four leading members of Yemen’s Al-Qaeda branch have been killed in a suspected U.S.drone strike the previous day in an eastern Yemen province.
by AP12 May 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

Forget about the hundreds-of-thousands that are being slaughtered in the Middle East under the banner of Islam, radical Islam is a “made-up idea,” according to Dean Obeidallah, the Daily Beast’s resident comedian/writer.
by Jordan Schachtel12 May 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

Former CIA Director Mike Morell said that Arab Sunni countries “are scared to death of Iran” due to the accurate perception that they want to dominate the region and that Iran wants a nuke, in part, because it’s “a tool
by Ian Hanchett11 May 2015, 9:21 PM PST0

The intellectual elites at the New York Times Editorial Board have weighed in on what should happen “Beyond the Iran Nuclear Deal,” when President Obama is finished securing a nuclear deal with the Ayatollah’s theocratic regime in Tehran.
by Jordan Schachtel11 May 2015, 8:41 PM PST0

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record With Greta Van Susteren,” senior political columnist and editorial director of National Journal, Ron Fournier said if President Barack Obama is wrong that Iran will live up to its side of any
by Pam Key11 May 2015, 5:44 PM PST0

Traces of sarin and VX nerve agent have been found in Syria, a finding that supports assertions by Western governments that Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad lied about his chemical weapons stockpile, diplomatic sources told Reuters.
by Edwin Mora11 May 2015, 4:28 PM PST0

Monday on Fox New Channel’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane discussed President Barack Obama’s upcoming Camp David summit of Persian Gulf states, which the leaders from four of the six
by Pam Key11 May 2015, 2:28 PM PST0

U.S. State Department Spokesperson Alan Eyre gave an exclusive interview on Monday to Iran’s state-controlled Fars News Agency, according to the Tehran-based outlet.
by Jordan Schachtel11 May 2015, 2:14 PM PST0

The leaders from four Persian Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saudi, are expected to skip President Obama’s meetings with Arab rulers from the Gulf Cooperation Council this week.
by Edwin Mora11 May 2015, 1:14 PM PST0

Journalist Seymour “Sy” Hersh has written a piece in the London Review of Books alleging that U.S. President Barack Obama engaged in a massive coverup surrounding the 2011 operation that resulted in the death of al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.
by Jordan Schachtel11 May 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

Egyptian Minister of Health Adel Adawy announced this week that a report has found 92 percent of married women in Egypt have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM).
by Mary Chastain11 May 2015, 12:32 PM PST0

Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen reportedly said on Sunday that they had accepted a five-day cease-fire proposed by Saudi Arabia earlier last week.
by Edwin Mora11 May 2015, 12:14 PM PST0

NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell stated that “there’s no other way to interpret” Saudi Arabia skipping out on a summit of Arab leaders at Camp David other than as a snub to the US
by Ian Hanchett11 May 2015, 9:49 AM PST0

Doctor Tareq Kamleh, who left his native Australia to join the Islamic State in Syria, has written a letter to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency denying that he was “brainwashed” and vowing never to return to Australia.
by Frances Martel11 May 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

A statue of an Ottoman prince taking a selfie in the Turkish city of Amasya has become both a major tourist attraction and the victim of multiple vandalizations, as residents and tourists alike differ on whether the artwork is a fun homage to the city’s history or a vulgar commercialization of Turkish culture.
by Frances Martel11 May 2015, 7:19 AM PST0

On Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough warned if President Barack Obama remains steadfast in trying to get a nuclear deal with Iran regardless of the circumstances, his legacy could be tarnished because it led to a nuclear
by Jeff Poor11 May 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

Tajikistan’s curious anti-Islam campaign has already seen the government cracking down on beards and hijabs, the traditional female garment in Muslim culture. They have also asked imams to include praise for the secular government in their sermons and applied travel restrictions to Muslim citizens seeking to make the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The beard ban has reportedly been taken as far as the forcible shaving of illegally luxurious facial hair by security forces.
by John Hayward10 May 2015, 8:20 PM PST0

Egyptian authorities arrested five Coptic Christian children after a Muslim mob accused them of blasphemy. The mob was upset they appeared in a video that allegedly “mocked” Islam, but really only made fun of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), which is determined to wipe Christianity, Judaism, and non-compliant Muslims off the Earth.
by Mary Chastain10 May 2015, 6:22 AM PST0

Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi, a top-level commander in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and former confidant of Osama bin Laden, has been killed by a U.S. drone strike, according to a message released by the terror entity.
by Jordan Schachtel8 May 2015, 3:42 PM PST0

Saudi Arabia, suspicious that the nuclear agreement that the U.S. and other world powers hope to reach with Iran would only delay the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear arms, is considering becoming a nuclear-weapons power before Iran, reports The Wall Street Journal.
by Edwin Mora8 May 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has labeled Al Jazeera’s Islamabad bureau chief as an al-Qaeda terrorist, according to files leaked by former NSA contractor-turned-defector Edward Snowden.
by Jordan Schachtel8 May 2015, 1:09 PM PST0

A British electronica band has teamed up with the archbishop of Iraq to release a song sending a message of hope to persecuted Christians, Yazidis, and other minorities in the crosshairs of the Islamic State–and raising awareness about their suffering and need for support.
by Frances Martel8 May 2015, 8:46 AM PST0

WASHINGTON, DC — The Pentagon announced on Thursday that the U.S. has begun training about 90 Syrian rebels at an overseas location, adding that pro-Bashar al-Assad regime forces are losing momentum in their fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and other groups.
by Edwin Mora8 May 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that was badly damaged by three earthquakes, will be rebuilt nearby its original location.
by Breitbart News8 May 2015, 6:17 AM PST0