
A news bulletin from the U.S. Department of Defense announces a “research and essay competition in honor of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, hosted by the National Defense University.”
by John Hayward26 Jan 2015, 12:34 PM PST0

The Iraqi Prime Minister, during the World Economic Forum, declared that his country’s collaboration with the Iranian military in waging war against the Islamic State is no secret.
by Edwin Mora26 Jan 2015, 12:13 PM PST0

Damian Pachter, the journalist who first reported the death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman, has fled Argentina due to concerns that his life may have been in jeopardy, and has successfully made his way to safety in Tel Aviv, Israel.
by Jordan Schachtel26 Jan 2015, 11:56 AM PST0

The first round of talks between high-level Cuban and American diplomats since President Obama announced unprecedented concessions to the Castro regime has concluded, with Cuban officials insisting that any changes to the way the communist regime treats dissidents or controls
by Frances Martel26 Jan 2015, 11:20 AM PST0

CNN reports that the Secret Service intercepted a flying drone on the White House grounds early on Monday morning, as the remote-controlled aircraft crashed onto the grounds.
by John Hayward26 Jan 2015, 11:03 AM PST0

“Dialogue is impossible with people who kill and destroy in God’s name,” said Ignatius Kaigama the archbishop of Jos and President of the Nigerian Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.26 Jan 2015, 10:49 AM PST0

Five planes throughout the United States were diverted or immediately grounded due to various security threats over the weekend.
by Jordan Schachtel26 Jan 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

Three Portuguese football enthusiasts who lived in East London before becoming radicalised and travelling to the Islamic State to wage Jihad against the civilised world may lead the security services to the notorious murderer terrorist Jihadi John. The intelligence services
by Oliver Lane26 Jan 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

Rather than spend Sunday evening attending the red carpet ceremonies at 2015’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, Unbroken director Angelina Jolie instead opted to visit northern Iraq, where she urged world leaders to take action against ISIS.
by Kipp Jones26 Jan 2015, 8:59 AM PST0

By electing Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras to be premier, Greeks voted to end the draconian economic measures imposed by Germany and other international lenders.
by Peter Morici26 Jan 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

Long has the sun done set on the enterprise once known as Great Britain — aka “England, Mother England,” as in “Merrie Olde,” “sceptered isle” and all that.
by Diana West26 Jan 2015, 8:31 AM PST0

The director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service plans to step down, The Daily Beast has found.
by Edwin Mora26 Jan 2015, 8:29 AM PST0

Americans who haven’t been paying much attention to the collapse of Greek socialism have been missing a very instructive lesson in where their own country may be heading, for Greece is the end stage of Obama-style debt-fueled dependency politics. It could happen in America, too, most likely beginning with demands for huge federal bailouts by bankrupt Democrat-run basket case state governments.
by John Hayward26 Jan 2015, 8:27 AM PST0

The director of the taxpayer-funded BBC Arabic service has issued a diktat to his staff saying the two men who murdered the staff of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo should not be referred to as ‘terrorists’, claiming the term had become too
by Oliver Lane26 Jan 2015, 8:26 AM PST0

The European left is in party mode. After the decisive victory of Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) in parliamentary elections last night, Greek leftists took to the streets and their analogs in Spain and the UK warned that their nations would be next. But while the hard left has much to celebrate, “moderate” socialists on the continent should take the news with a grain of salt, as the leftist party that ruled Greece as recently as 2011 appears to have lost almost all support.
by Frances Martel26 Jan 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

One of the foundational principles of the Bush Doctrine was and is the oft-repeated dictum, “You are either with us or against us.” Little did President Bush know that the American Muslim community was…against us.
by Pamela Geller26 Jan 2015, 7:38 AM PST0

Seventy years ago I was in a Nazi concentration camp.
by Breitbart News26 Jan 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

On February 21, 1969 a bomb exploded in a crowded Jerusalem supermarket filled with “mostly women and children” doing their pre-Sabbath shopping, killing Hebrew University students Leon Kaner (21) and Edward Jaffe (22).
by Paul Miller26 Jan 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

“God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline,” said Pope Francis Monday, citing Saint Paul. The Pope went after spiritual wimpiness, saying that timidity and shame are the enemies of Christians.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.26 Jan 2015, 4:46 AM PST0

A 20-year-old volunteer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who grew up near Hollywood has been awarded the Chief of Staff Citation for bravery in last summer’s war in Gaza after he killed four Palestinian terrorists in combat. Sgt. Sahar
by Joel B. Pollak26 Jan 2015, 4:30 AM PST0

As the debate heats up between Congress and the Administration over new Iran sanctions and Houthi rebels take over Yemen’s government while the U.S. continues to battle the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – there needs to be a different focus for a solution in the war against terrorism; and that could be a “Persian Spring.”
by Tera Dahl26 Jan 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Girlfriend Peristera (Betty) Baziana good fit for Greece’s Alexis Tsipras; Alexis Tsipras’ far-left Syriza party wins historic election in Greece; Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is third in Greece’s elections; Is Greece’s Alexis Tsipras pragmatic or delusional?
by John J. Xenakis26 Jan 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The left wing anti-austerity party Syriza has won this weekend’s general election in Greece, securing 149 of the 300 Parliamentary seats available, leaving it just two short of an overall majority. The party has formed a coalition with the Independent Greeks
by Donna Rachel Edmunds26 Jan 2015, 3:28 AM PST0

There are at least five ways in which Iran has explicitly violated the interim agreement–one hat has been extended twice but has failed to produce anything but more time for Iran to advance to a nuclear weapon.
by Joel B. Pollak25 Jan 2015, 9:24 PM PST0

The Spanish government raided the homes of two sets of brothers identified as Islamic State recruits, described by authorities as “highly radicalized” and plotting an attack that may have involved “self-immolation” in the West.
by Frances Martel25 Jan 2015, 8:14 PM PST0