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.
The White House website suffered security breaches this weekend at the same time President Obama was addressing a Stanford University cybersecurity summit, an unfortunately ill-timed incident for an administration many see as languishing in the fight to protect the nation’s cyber institutions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif resorted to screaming at his counterpart, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, when conducting negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the Associated Press reports from comments provided by Iran’s Shargh news.
The suspected gunman behind double shootings in Copenhagen was identified by Danish media Sunday as a 22-year-old with a history of violent crime who had only been freed from jail two weeks ago.
Like man other governments, India is worried about citizens hopping over to the Syrian or Iraqi conflict zones, picking up extensive ISIS contacts. These concerns have grown severe enough to for the government to ban ISIS under the rubric of its Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, as reported by NDTV on Friday.
A follow-up to Friday’s story about tribal leaders from Iraq’s Anbar province pleading with the Obama Administration for direct military support: those leaders now say Iraqi troops in the region are perhaps only “hours” away from crumbling against the ISIS assault.
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that the killing of three North Carolina Muslims by atheist Craig Hicks was a “heinous terrorist” act and called on leaders to end aggressions against Muslims.
Millions of dollars intended to combat Ebola in Sierra Leone have gone missing, according to a national auditor report. Over $3.3 million lack paperwork needed to track where the internal emergency funds are or went. Sierra Leone, which has had
(Reuters) – Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the militant group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya.
On February 13, Iraqi troops were able to retake government buildings from ISIS in the Iraqi town of Baghdadi only to turn around on February 14 and “all but [hand] the town back to the militants.”
Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has vowed to end Delhi’s “VIP culture” as he was sworn in as the Indian capital’s chief minister.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Mexico for two days to “enhance bilateral” ties. The Muslim president used his public appearance in the Mexican capital to send a message to the United States government, however, and to attack President Barack Obama.
In one of his most important addresses to date, Pope Francis preached a powerful homily at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, concelebrated with Cardinals from around the world, the day after bestowing the “red hat” on a batch of twenty new prelates.
In his homily Saturday for the installation of the 20 new cardinals he has named, Pope Francis gave the prelates their marching orders, telling them to be magnanimous and respectful, and to avoid a series of vices including jealousy, pride and vanity.
The circle of caring and empathy often extended by liberal Americans to all and sundry is not as universal as it seems. It tends to exclude those who take pride in fighting for their country and their values–as well as those who are under attack and have no choice but to fight. And it often excludes pro-Israel Jews, and Israelis.
San Diego residents found the wreckage of a Korean War-era fighter plane about a year ago and are just now revealing the details of their find and research to the public.
Nigeria requests US troops to fight Boko Haram; Debka: Obama seeks Iran’s help as anti-ISIS coalition shrinks
The pair of deadly shootings on Saturday in Copenhagen–one at a free-speech debate, one near a synagogue–reprise last month’s terrorist attacks in Paris by targeting journalists and Jews once more. If, as suspected, the shootings are the work of Islamic terrorists, it is clear that the West faces an enemy determined not only to kill, but to destroy our core values. That, in turn, means that the West must wage ideological war against radical Islam. “Pinpoint” air strikes are not enough.
A federal prosecutor has formally charged Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, and a number of other high-ranking officials of working to remove Iranian terrorists from Interpol’s wanted list in exchange for preferential economic treatment from the Islamic Republic.
The saga of which I sing today is a tale most remarkable: My song comes from Valhalla, the Hall of the Slain, where war-heroes go to their rest. All those who have fallen in the fight, and borne wounds yet toiled unto death, from the beginning of the world, are come to the company of the great god Odin. Indeed, at a time of troublesome tumult on the earth, there is even greater news from Valhalla: Men should know that Odin has decided that it is now time to win the War of the Fourteen Centuries. That is, the War that began when the Muslims conquered Jerusalem, 1378 years ago. It is time, finally, for vengeance. These are the ways of Odin, Lord of Valhalla.
CNN: A second shooting has taken place in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, just hours after a deadly terror attack in the city. In the latest incident, shots were fired near a synagogue, police said.
Kurdish Rudaw Media Network released a video that shows Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants prepping a 12-year-old boy for a suicide attack.
Chaos and uncertainty continue to mire Yemen with the fall of the nation’s capital to Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Three police officers have been wounded in a shooting in a Copenhagen café that was hosting a debate on freedom of speech. The debate featured the French ambassador to Denmark and cartoonist Lars Vilks, who is known for drawing cartoons of Mohammed.
Former Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) and his Wilberforce Initiative has released a report titled “Edge of Extinction: Plight of Iraqi Christians,” which documents the grave situation of the Christian and other minority communities in the country.
Last week, a Turkish-based satellite channel with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood released a recording of a phone conversation between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and two high-ranking Egyptian officials. The phone recordings allegedly took place in early 2014, when Sisi was the nation’s defense minister, prior to becoming president.
