In an early morning ambush, Islamic terrorists of the radical al-Shabaab group attacked an African Union military base in southern Somalia Friday, breaching the walls by exploding a car bomb and overrunning the base. According to the officials of the
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi signed a tough new anti-terrorism law on Sunday, a package including special courts for terrorist offenses, stern penalties for those convicted, protections for military and police officers accused of using excessive force to suppress insurgencies, and even financial penalties for journalists who contradict official government accounts of terrorist attacks.
A young Yazidi sex slave told The Independent that American hostage Kayla Mueller refused to escape the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to save the Yazidis held with her.
A bomb on a motorcycle exploded on Monday just outside a Hindu shrine in the Thai capital, killing 27 people, including foreign tourists, media reported, in an attack the government said was a bid to destroy the economy. There was
Two of Cuba’s most prominent anti-communist leaders refused to meet with American Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit to Havana last weekend, condemning the Obama administration for “caving” to Castro regime demands and meeting only privately for a social event with the dissidents.
Sao Paulo (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanded Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s resignation Sunday, blaming her and the leftist Workers’ Party for runaway corruption and looming recession in Latin America’s biggest country.
The UN brokered Libyan negotiations ended this week on Wednesday after two days of dialogue between the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC) and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR). These recent talks were the first since an agreement on July 11, 2015.
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Donald Trump has produced the most credible response yet of any Republican presidential candidate thus far to the Iran deal.
For years, security-minded politicians have been saying that U.S. spy agencies and the private sector need to have a better working relationship to stop terrorism. But if the arm-in-arm relationship between communications giant AT&T and the National Security Agency is any indication, that relationship is already in full bloom. Worse, the government has been paying AT&T millions to supply the info.
A Spanish music festival canceled a scheduled concert on August 22 by American reggae star Matisyahu after he refused to write or videotape a message supporting a Palestinian state.
As President Obama pushes for his controversial deal with Iran, a newly discovered document in the Pakistan tribal region reveals that America’s enemies are on the march.
If rallies could vote, the Iran deal would lose in a landslide.
LOS ANGELES, California — Over 200 Iranians convened in Downtown L.A’s Grand Park on Saturday to show their support for the Iran deal, presenting it as a peace agreement between Iran and the world. A photo shoot and “peace” rally took
The Washington Post asked the United Nations to support its demand for the release of captive journalist Jason Rezaian, held prisoner for over a year by the Iranian regime on absurd charges of “espionage.” As Rezaian’s long, secret “trial” grinds on, several U.N. human-rights experts have expressed their concerns.
An Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people went missing Sunday after losing contact with ground control during a short flight in bad weather in the country’s mountainous easternmost province of Papua, officials said.
About 80 supporters of the Iran deal gathered for a photo shoot Saturday afternoon in San Diego’s Balboa Park. The photos are to be used in a larger video project, in an effort to push elected officials and the public to support the
About 100 people participated in a Washington, D.C. rally in front of the White House Saturday in support of the nuclear accord with Iran. The rally brought together a mixture of peaceniks, idealists, and even some extremists.
HuffPostArabi, the new Arabic edition of the Huffington Post, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Routinely condemned by both the right and left; the site–led by former Al Jazeera editors and Muslim Brotherhood supporters–has drawn support from the Huffington Post’s Washington Bureau Chief, Ryan Grim, who has taken to explaining “Why We’re in The Middle East.”
BERLIN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Calling the situation in eastern Ukraine “explosive”, Germany’s foreign minister urged both parties in the conflict to come together quickly for talks to prevent a spiral in violence. In a newspaper interview on Sunday, Frank-Walter
Macedonian security services have staged a series of raids on Islamic State targets in their country following reports that terrorists have been secretly buying land for training grounds in the Balkans. Kosovan police sources have warned Islamic State is also preparing a huge attack
PARIS, Aug 16 (Reuters) – A French policeman was slightly wounded by a gunshot on Sunday as he tried to apprehend two men who had broken into an Interior Ministry building just outside Paris, a ministry spokesman said. The circumstance
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On his SiriusXM Patriot show, David Webb spoke with Republican presidential candidate South Carolina Sen. Senator Lindsey Graham was part of his “Person Behind the Policies” segment. Webb asked Graham, who is polling at one percent, about his strategy and how he can win Iowa.
Rome (AFP) – At least 40 migrants died in the hold of a boat off Italy as the EU struggled to cope with “the worst refugee crisis since World War II”, with thousands making dangerous crossings to reach Italy and Greece.
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, paid a visit to Pakistan on Thursday before heading to New Delhi, India, on a string of trips to nations Iran is attempting to strengthen ties with following the successful completion of the nuclear accords.
