Search-and-rescue operations are under way off the coast of Hawaii after two Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters on a nighttime training mission collided, with six people aboard each aircraft.
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Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned a regional counter terrorism summit that Islamic State terrorists are coming with a “simple message, submit or die.” Speaking in the New South Wales state capital Sydney, he said: “Daesh [IS] is coming,
Gay marriage is illegal in China, but this past Tuesday in West Hollywood, seven gay and lesbian Chinese couples–winners of an all-expenses-paid trip to the United States and an American dream wedding–were able to exchange vows. Although their marriages are legal in the United States, they won’t be recognized in their home country.
Vladimir Putin has claimed that he has never made a mistake because God made him perfect. In a rare interview with Italian paper Corriere della Serra, the Russian president said that God “built my life in a way I have
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked militants in eastern Libya declared holy war — or jihad — on the local Islamic State affiliate after one of their senior leaders was killed Wednesday by masked gunmen, which set off clashes between the
An Australian senator who made headlines this week by endorsing the massacre of peaceful protesters by the Chinese government in Tiananmen Square told an Australian media outlet today that he believes China has “valid” claims in the South China Sea, where Beijing has been slowly usurping large swaths of Vietnamese and Filipino waters.
Andrzej Duda, the 43-year-old Polish President-Elect and a practicing Catholic, recently made a pilgrimage to the National Shrine at Czestowocha to pray for divine guidance as he prepares to lead his country.
“Top Egyptian intelligence officers met recently with senior Hamas officials from outside the Gaza Strip to discuss the poor relations between Egypt and the Strip’s Hamas regime, senior officials of the Islamist organization confirmed on Tuesday,” Israel’s Haarez wrote on Wednesday.
In a 50-minute visit Wednesday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pope Francis in Vatican City, “devoted mainly to the conflict in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East,” according to a Vatican communiqué.
In Syria, Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic patriarch Cardinal Beshara Rai called for peace and criticized “the death of the world’s conscience” over the lack of action against militant groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in the Middle East.
Fourteen members of a banned Islamic group called Forsane Alizza (“Knights of Pride”) are on trial in Paris for planning a wave of attacks against Jewish-owned stores, similar to the hostage standoff and killings that took place at the Hyper Cacher grocery store after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and rebels in Syria are using tunnel bombs as a potent new weapon, an upgrade to an ancient tactic, according to a Pentagon organization.
Palestinians in Gaza largely support the Hamas terrorist group and its indiscriminate and unprovoked rocket fire into Israeli population centers but have problems with the leadership they have been displaying as of late, according to a new poll.
In a wide-ranging interview with Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday, NPR Host Diane Rehm stated as fact that the Jewish lawmaker is a dual citizen of both the United States and Israel. She later revealed, in a statement provided to Breitbart News, that she had mistaken a Facebook comment asserting Sanders’ alleged dual citizenship as fact.
In his continuing talks addressing marriage and family life, Pope Francis turned his thoughts to those families who have sick or handicapped members, praising their “hidden heroism” in the face of difficulties.
Sinai Province, Egypt’s Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate, launched rockets towards an airport in the Sinai peninsula used by United Nations peacekeeping troops, news outlets report, quoting security sources.
Kaspersky Lab ZAO, one of the top anti-virus firms in the world, claims to have discovered a virus favored by Israeli intelligence in the computer systems of three luxury hotels used for nuclear negotiations with Iran. If this discovery is verified and definitively linked to Israel’s intelligence apparatus, it would represent the first concrete evidence that Israel was spying on the negotiations, as everyone informally assumes they were doing.
Law enforcement officials thwarted a suicide attack on Egypt’s ancient Karnak temple in Luxor. It is the second attack in Egypt in a week that targeted extremely busy tourist attractions.
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye postponed a scheduled trip to the United States so she could stay in her home country to supervise the public health response to the MERS crisis gripping South Korea.
A court in the northern Nigerian state of Kano recently dismissed the charges against a 14-year-old girl who killed her 35-year-old husband and three of his friends with rat poison.
India, Japan, and Australia had a historic trilateral meeting in New Delhi this week, where diplomats from each nation discussed growing concerns over what they characterize as “aggressive” posturing on China’s part.
Saudi Arabia may lift a ban that requires women to receive permission from a man in order to travel. It is one of a few reforms being considered in the conservative Islamic kingdom. The International Business Times (IBT) suggests terrorism might ease the restrictive laws against women.
Although American officials have said they will not meet with a Muslim Brotherhood delegation during their trip to the United States, the White House expressed the possibility that there could be future relations with the jihadist entity.
With tens of thousands of migrants braving the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas for a change to live in Europe, a report from Greek newspaper Ta Nea puts the dramatic situation in perspective: 407 migrants landed in Greece, mostly traveling illegally from Turkey, in the past 24 hours.
According to the White House Press Secretary, Obama will authorize up to 450 additional troops to Iraq to “train, advise, and assist” Iraqis efforts to battle ISIS. The personnel boost will bring the total of U.S. forces in Iraq of up to 3,350, and is expected to occur this summer.
