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.
WASHINGTON — Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in an interview with CNN, indicated that he felt pressure from Obama’s White House to release detainees from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The government of Egypt has designated the Al Qassam Brigades– the armed wing of the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terror group Hamas– as a terrorist organization.
Islamist militants have opened a special market in Mosul for the sale of goods confiscated from the houses and churches of Christians. The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has dubbed the open-air market the “Spoils of Nasara” (Spoils of Christians).
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has personally accused the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, of plotting a “coup d’etat” plan against him, urging the nation’s socialist government to remain on “maximum alert” against Biden and allies of the United States abroad.
End of sequestration signals explosive new spending splurge in Washington; The Iraq war had nothing to do with the federal deficit; Government receipts plunged when the bubbles burst; The high federal deficit is caused by bubbles bursting, not the Iraq war
A second shipment of Russian-made Mi-28NE attack helicopters arrived in Iraq over the weekend. The first shipment of Russian attack helicopters was received in late August.
While Italians express ever lower confidence in their own institutions and political representatives, their opinion of Pope Francis is the highest it has ever been, with 89.6% of Italians agreeing with the statement that the Pope is giving new impetus to the Catholic Church, according to a new report by Eurispes, a major Italian research institute.
In addressing a group of Lithuanian bishops Monday, Pope Francis made reference to their country’s recent full entry into the European Union. Instead of congratulating them, however, the Pope warned them of ideological threats to the family they would now be facing.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) took a swipe at the Obama administration on Fox News on Sunday, saying they should spend “less time being politically correct about how we define our enemies and more time on how to defeat them.”
The absence of strong Western leadership against the Boko Haram terror state has created an opportunity Iran seems ready to exploit.
Islamic States (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) militants have been purging Iraq and Syria of its culture and history by destroying and removing thousands of archaeological and historic texts and artifacts.
On Sunday, President Barack Obama explained his stance on radical Islam to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria–and in the process, showed exactly why it is that the U.S. is losing to Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Iran. Obama believes, against all available evidence, that only a small minority of Muslims share the political beliefs of Islamist terror groups. And he is wedded to a particular tactic–the so-called “surgical” strike–that precludes any commitment of troops, giving the enemy wide freedom of action.
(Reuters) – Boko Haram insurgents attacked the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, security sources said, their second assault in a week on a city they hope to make the capital of a breakaway Islamist state.
The 12-page working document for a Pontifical Council meeting, titled Women’s Cultures: Equality and Difference, outlines the topics to be discussed, including gender identity and inequality, female poverty, violence against women, complementarity, generativity and the female body.
On January 30, flags were flown at half mast in the Philippines after 44 members of “392-strong team” of commandos were killed in a hunt for two terror suspects.
Spain’s far left Podemos party hopes to copy success of Greece’s Syriza party; Egypt’s al-Sisi blames foreign countries for terrorist attacks; Houthis use live fire against protesters in Yemen
European finance ministers worried that Greece’s new far-left government would renege on the terms of previous bailout packages, while demanding even more debt to finance wild new spending programs, were given fresh reason for concern when the new Greek finance minister announced his government would not negotiate bailout terms with the European Union or International Monetary Fund.
A guard walks inside the chapel of the former University of Santo Thomas of Villanueva in Havana, Cuba. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
After his weekly prayer of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis reached out to Italy’s pro-life movement, encouraging them and expressing his gratitude for their commitment to life. He also summoned all Christians to “a renewed esteem of the human
BEIJING (Reuters) – Activity in China’s factory sector contracted in January for the first time in more than two years, an official survey showed on Sunday, which will increase gloom about the outlook for the world’s second-biggest economy this year.
The Pope gave further indications as to the content of his upcoming letter on the environment Saturday, as he addressed a group from the Italian National Farmers Confederation. Francis told his hearers that in their work of cultivating the land, they were responding to God’s commission “to till and keep” the earth.
A newly released video appears to show the beheading of a second Japanese ISIS hostage, journalist Kenji Goto. Government officials and media analysts are working to confirm the authenticity of the video.
Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani told Reuters an offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) will not happen until the fall due to inadequate forces.
While the US military has been shrinking under the Obama administration, China’s military has been expanding to the point where they are fast-approaching arms dominance over the US.
Appearing on Fox News this morning to discuss a viable strategy to defeat radical Islamist ideology, Breitbart National Security editor and Major General Horner Chair of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University Dr. Sebastian Gorka described the Obama administration’s approach to fighting radical Islam as “fantasy: Alice in Wonderland.”
