
Syrian regime forces in Palmyra, demoralized and hollowed out after years of war, attrition, and corruption, were routed with apparent ease despite distress signals when the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) attacked the ancient city, reports The New York Times.
by Edwin Mora22 May 2015, 1:27 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has seized all border crossings between Syria and Iraq from Syrian regime troops, according to a monitor group.
by Edwin Mora22 May 2015, 12:24 PM PST0

With the rise in anti-Israel (anti-Semitic) activities capturing more headlines in recent years, especially on college campuses, Christians United For Israel is combating the trend with a new program that has been part of the Progressive playbook for nearly a generation.
by Paul Miller22 May 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

The endless sectarian bloodshed between militant Islamists continues, with a deadly suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia that killed over a dozen people. According to the BBC, the Sunni fanatics of the Islamic State have claimed responsibility for the attack, with a Twitter message that included an image of the bomber.
by John Hayward22 May 2015, 11:04 AM PST0

When President Barack Obama spoke to Congregation Adas Israel in Washington, D.C. on Friday, he invented a story about his past fascination with, and support for, the State of Israel.
by Joel B. Pollak22 May 2015, 10:35 AM PST0

The Clinton Foundation disclosed approximately $26.4 million dollars in donations Thursday that had previously been withheld from having any oversight from public entities. Among the most alarming findings in the new disclosures was that former President Bill Clinton had been paid between $500,000 to $1,000,000 dollars by the government of Qatar to deliver two separate speeches.
by Jordan Schachtel22 May 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

NBC News reports that the FBI has arrested two men in Southern California on terrorism-related charges, specifically a plan to hook up with ISIS in Syria.
by John Hayward22 May 2015, 9:20 AM PST0

Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court indicted 106 people, including three Muslim clerics believed to have participated in inciting violence in the 2014 murder of a Christian couple after rumors spread that they burnt a Quran.
by Frances Martel22 May 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) continues to exploit the disastrous aftermath of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy in Libya, establishing a presence in what India Today calls “the third big stronghold for the Sunni Islamist group.” Over the past four months, ISIS has largely taken control of Sirte, hometown of late dictator Moammar Qaddafi.
by John Hayward22 May 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

For years now, Muslim rape gangs in Britain have operated with impunity, preying upon non-Muslim girls while terrified authorities stood by and did nothing, for fear of being accused of “racism.”
by Pamela Geller22 May 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

After an “embarrassing” episode in which a European crowd protested Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine by booing Russia’s 2014 entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, event organizers have installed “sound reducers” designed to remove booing from the broadcast when Russian contestant Polina Gagarina takes the stage on Saturday.
by Frances Martel22 May 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Authorities in the country where the Ebola epidemic began are concerned about a new outbreak of cases just as officials hoped the crisis was coming under control.
by Breitbart News22 May 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal had been blocked from working for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the State Department by wary White House officials. But that didn’t cut his direct line to Clinton on one of the most sensitive matters of her tenure at the agency.
by Breitbart News22 May 2015, 7:15 AM PST0

Tensions are rising in the South China Sea as American officials have become increasingly vocal regarding their opposition to China’s development of islands over which Vietnam and the Philippines contend China has no sovereignty. In a scathing opinion piece in state media Friday, China has responded by telling American officials to stay out of Asian affairs.
by Frances Martel22 May 2015, 6:58 AM PST0

After her terrorist son was sentenced to death for his part in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s mother warned that Allah would burn the USA in an “eternal and terrifying fire.”
by Warner Todd Huston22 May 2015, 6:58 AM PST0

Contents: Indonesia and Malaysia back down and accept stranded Rohingya migrants; Iran backs down and allows inspection of aid ship to Yemen;
by John J. Xenakis22 May 2015, 6:16 AM PST0

MUMBAI: India is on the cusp of developing its own reusable space launch vehicle, popularly known as a space shuttle. Isro’s 1.5 tonne vehicle resembling an aircraft is provisionally slated to make its maiden flight towards the end of July or August from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
by Breitbart News22 May 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

The “hotbed of sodomy” Eurovision Song Contest final has again been blasted by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), after the Primate called the international music event “repulsive”. The Leader of the ROC, the Patriarch of Moscow, made the comments last Thursday,
by Oliver Lane22 May 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

(AP) Officials say that at least 18 leftist rebels have been killed in a raid in western Colombia.
by AP22 May 2015, 6:04 AM PST0

All fit adult males of fighting age, some 900,000 men, have been sent papers detailing conscription procedures, as concerns over Vladimir Putin’s designs on Finland deepen. The letters come as Russia and NATO, of which Finland is not a member but
by Oliver Lane22 May 2015, 5:03 AM PST0

VIENNA (AP) — For the first time in its 60-year history, the Eurovision Song Contest may be won by — Australia. The land from Down Under is making its debut in Europe’s favorite songfest, invited as a wild card due
by AP22 May 2015, 3:16 AM PST0

PANKISI GORGE, Georgia (AP) — One day this April, instead of coming home from school, two teenagers left their valley high in the Caucasus, and went off to war. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 20-year-old stole her friend’s passport to make
by Breitbart News22 May 2015, 2:34 AM PST0

MOSCOW (AP) — The groom is approaching 50, a silver-haired boss in the Chechen strongman’s feared police force. The bride is 17, a shy beauty reportedly devastated at the idea of wedding a man nearly three times her age.
by AP21 May 2015, 9:56 PM PST0

A radical jihadist organization is set to host numerous conferences throughout American cities this summer, holding events in May and June in Washington D.C., Chicago, and Dearborn, Michigan.
by Jordan Schachtel21 May 2015, 8:33 PM PST0

The death toll from a massive mudslide that practically wiped out a town in northwest Colombia rose to at least 78 people after rescuers recovered 17 bodies on Tuesday, a day after the natural disaster struck, according to Colombian officials.
by Edwin Mora21 May 2015, 7:22 PM PST0