
In his weekly Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis said that Jesus’ words are sometimes hard to accept, that they “rock our world” and challenge our secular mentality, because he doesn’t offer immediate success but a longer road to true happiness.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Aug 2015, 6:41 PM PST0

A United States military installation in Japan has reportedly been subject to a series of massive explosions, with eyewitnesses claiming that a towering inferno and a series of loud blasts came from the base that houses American ammunition and petroleum products.
by Jordan Schachtel23 Aug 2015, 3:28 PM PST0

Noam Chomsky writes that the world should support the Iran nuclear deal, and the belief that Iran is the “gravest threat to world peace” is misguided.
by Breitbart News23 Aug 2015, 11:16 AM PST0

Business Insider, hardly a right-wing publication, posts a headline saying that this revelation “destroyed” what would have been Hillary Clinton’s “best argument” against criminal investigators.
by Breitbart News23 Aug 2015, 9:12 AM PST0

While giving a speech to commemorate Iran’s Defense Industry Day on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared that the nuclear deal agreed upon by world powers (US, UK, China, France, Germany) and the regime in Tehran only faces opposition from
by Jordan Schachtel23 Aug 2015, 9:05 AM PST0

On August 24 officials from the Obama administration will be attending the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference in Mexico City.
by AWR Hawkins23 Aug 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy traveling through a crowded neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday, killing at least 12 people, including three American civilian contractors for the international military force, authorities said. The Taliban
by Breitbart News23 Aug 2015, 7:21 AM PST0

Fingerprint evidence shows that the gunman overpowered by passengers on a train in France is a Morrocan known to European authorities as a suspected Islamist militant, according to a source familiar with the case.
by Breitbart News22 Aug 2015, 1:53 PM PST0

A family on vacation in Wales discovered that their trip to the beach might have been their last vacation on earth after they discovered that the “beach buoy” they were playing with was actually an unexploded bomb from WWII.
by Warner Todd Huston22 Aug 2015, 11:02 AM PST0

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) jihadists have released a video showing bulldozers plowing through the ruins of the historic Christian Syrian monastery of Mar Elian, located in al-Qaryatain in the Syrian province of Homs. They also desecrated the monastery’s cemetery, unearthing graves with their machinery.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.22 Aug 2015, 10:32 AM PST0

The bonds that bind America to the Jewish people and the Jewish state of Israel are comparable only to the bonds between brothers–with a common heritage of the struggle for freedom forging a shared commitment to liberty, tolerance, and democracy. This is why our enemies are the same. This is why the forces of evil do not discriminate between us. It is, however, also true that common foes often mean common defenders. This is the case with David Horowitz in Islamo-Fascism and the War Against the Jews, Volume IV of The Black Book of the American Left.
by Spyridon Mitsotakis22 Aug 2015, 9:37 AM PST0

Police and soldiers deployed along Macedonia’s southern border with Greece struggled on Saturday to control the numbers of refugees and migrants, many of them fleeing Middle East conflicts, seeking to reach western Europe. Conditions on the frontier were rapidly deteriorating
by Reuters22 Aug 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

An American soldier who was part of a group who took down a terrorist attempting to shoot up an intercity train in France has spoken of his experience to British television. In an interview with Sky News, National Guardsman Alek
by Oliver Lane22 Aug 2015, 4:09 AM PST0

A gunman who was overpowered by passengers during a shooting incident on a train had been under French police surveillance after foreign security services identified him as dangerous, a source with knowledge of the case and local media said. The
by Reuters22 Aug 2015, 3:20 AM PST0

Fears over the level of immigration in Britain have hit their highest ever level. Voter concern has been revealed in a damning new survey that also highlights unfettered immigration levels overtaking the NHS and the economy as the major issue
by Simon Kent22 Aug 2015, 3:02 AM PST0

Britain is the new policeman of Europe and you, dear humble taxpayers, are footing the bill. Don’t believe me? Have a look at a few examples of what happens when a deficit in political will on the Continent means that this country
by Simon Kent22 Aug 2015, 12:27 AM PST0

AFP reports the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) “mafia” made around $11 million a month in Nineveh province in Iraq through extortion and bribery.
by Mary Chastain21 Aug 2015, 10:01 PM PST0

The hunt for the Bangkok bombers continues, with the authorities focusing on a male suspect caught on surveillance video dropping a backpack under a bench near the Erewan shrine and departing the area about fifteen minutes before the blast that killed 20 people and wounded over 120 others.
by John Hayward21 Aug 2015, 9:51 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has banned television and demolished satellite dishes to prevent residents of its self-declared “caliphate” from accessing foreign channels deemed “dangerous” due to their anti-ISIS programming, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has learned.
by Edwin Mora21 Aug 2015, 9:35 PM PST0

Saudi Arabia faces another surge in the MERS coronavirus infections as citizens ready for the Hajj pilgrimage.
by Mary Chastain21 Aug 2015, 8:53 PM PST0

A bus full of Hamas operatives traveling through the Sinai Peninsula was stopped abruptly on Thursday, and initial reports stated that four members of Hamas—a Palestinian rival terrorist organization headquartered in Gaza—had been abducted by terrorists loyal to the Islamic State.
by Jordan Schachtel21 Aug 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

Infamous Russian biker gang the Night Wolves will recreate World War II as a bike show in Crimea, Ukraine on Friday night. Russia invaded and recolonized Crimea in 2014.
by Mary Chastain21 Aug 2015, 7:19 PM PST0

The American Center for Law and Justice is urging President Barack Obama to defend Christians who are suffering intense persecution from Islamic State terrorists, especially by naming an ambassador to fill the vacant mission of Special Envoy to Promote Religious
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Aug 2015, 6:53 PM PST0

China’s government announced earlier this week that it had arrested 15,000 people for an assortment of cybercrimes, the result of a project announced in July titled “Cleaning the Internet.”
by Frances Martel21 Aug 2015, 6:50 PM PST0

Egypt’s President Abel Fattah al-Sisi has announced he will make his third visit to Russia on August 25, when he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “boost strategic relations” and “enhance cooperation with Russia in various fields, particularly economically.”
by John Hayward21 Aug 2015, 6:48 PM PST0