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.
A far-right populist group in Germany is surging despite condemnation from Chancellor Angela Merkel and much of the mainstream media. The PEGIDA movement, which organized a rally in Dresden this week, opposes the “Islamization” of Europe. PEGIDA, which stands for Patriotic
At least 100 soldiers loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime and 80 Islamic fighters, including members of the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusrah Front, were killed in a two-day fight for the Wadi al-Deif military base in Syria, reports a U.K.-based watchdog
With the Federal Reserve beginning a two-day meeting to consider raising interest rates and strengthening the U.S. dollar, all hell broke out in financial markets as emerging-market stocks plummeted to a ten-month lows, the Russian ruble gyrated by 36% before
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has defended the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its enhanced interrogation program–what critics (and even some supporters) have called “torture.” Cheney’s defense–that what the terrorists did was worse–was a non sequitur, albeit expressing what the majority of Americans feel.
The fate of a U.S. citizen who illegally crossed the Chinese border into North Korea remains in limbo as the nation lent the man its airwaves for an extensive press conference condemning the American government. Twenty-nine-year-old Arturo Pierre Martínez has
Hillary Clinton recently gave a foreign policy speech in what seems to be part of her early groundwork for an eventual 2016 Presidential candidacy. In a speech widely panned by conservatives and foreign policy hawks, the former Secretary of State
On Monday, the Al Qaeda affiliate stormed two Syrian military bases, Hamidieh and Wadi Deif, overtaking both sites within hours of its initial attack. The new advance shows a map where Nusra has control over the majority of Syria’s Idlib
Sydney’s population, still shaken by Monday’s terrorist attack on a Lindt coffee shop in Martin Place that left two innocents and the jihadist gunman dead, have begun to pay tribute to the fallen with a massive shrine of flowers built
Taliban militants slaughtered over 141 people, mostly children, in a raid on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday. Radical Islamists took to social media to either condemn, praise, or remain neutral on the attack. The following accounts on Twitter
The charity Invisible Children, most famous for releasing the wildly popular, and later wildly unpopular, viral video “Kony 2012,” is significantly reducing its operations, and a spokeswoman for the group says it will probably not exist in any form once
Some 300 Chinese nationals are believed to have packed up and joined the jihad in Iraq and Syria on behalf of the Islamic State terror group, according to a report in China’s state-media. Around 300 Chinese Uyghur nationals from the
“We wanted to have what the civilized nations do,” Col. Nahida Ahmed Rashid, the head of her brigade of the Kurdish YPJ, or female Peshmerga forces, tells the Daily Beast’s Susannah George. Like their male counterparts, the female Peshmerga fighting the
From the Sydney Morning Herald: The siege in Sydney’s CBD and its terrible end received saturation coverage on American cable news, with at least one commentator lamenting Australia’s tough gun laws. Speaking on Fox News after police stormed the Lindt cafe, Charles Hurt,
In his first major public act as the new Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher told the congregation present for a memorial service Tuesday that “hell has touched us,” adding that “the heart of our city is broken by the deaths
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, one of the greatest victories in the history of the United States military. However, if not for a few brilliant maneuvers by Allied commanders and the incredible bravery and
At least 137 have been killed, most of them schoolchildren, in a Taliban-conducted attack Tuesday upon a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. The six jihadists dressed in official security uniforms broke into the Army Public School and Degree College, a school
This post originally appeared at the Investigative Project on Terrorism, via Fox News: The violent conclusion to the Australian hostage taking terrorist siege was inevitable. The terrorist Man Haron Monis was killed as the Sydney police swat team stormed the
Australia’s strict gun laws–enacted after the Port Author attack in 1996–left Sydney café-goers vulnerable and prevented a swift resolution of the crisis when Islamist gunman ignored the laws and took hostages on December 15. Business Insider previously reported Australia’s ban
On Saturday, India arrested Medhi Masroor Biswas, the man behind the pro-ISIS account @ShamiWitness. His arrest sent “shockwaves” through ISIS and pro-ISIS social media accounts since the jihadist group heavily relies on these platforms to broadcast their message. Biswas rose
Lindt Chocolate Café manager Tori Johnson and barrister Katrina Dawson died in the 17-hour hostage situation, but both will be remembered for their sacrifices to save those in the café. Right before the siege ended at 2:21 a.m. local time,
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang expressed his appreciation for Pope Francis’ decision not to meet with the Dalai Lama, who was in Rome for a summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners. Qin said Monday that China had “noticed” the
The country of Qatar, an Arab partner in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, IS), fosters a “permissive jurisdiction” that allows private donations to the jihadists group and other terrorists in the Middle East, a report by
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 16 (UPI) — At least 126 people, mostly children, were killed Tuesday, and more injured and captured, when a Peshawar, Pakistan, school was overrun by Taliban militants.The attack shocked a country accustomed to news of violence. Most of
Reuters) – Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the capital, Canberra, was evacuated on Tuesday after a suspicious package was found in the building’s canteen, police said. Few other details were available. Read the full story at Reuters.
SYDNEY (AP) — The Sydney hostages pleaded for help — for those among them who were pregnant, sick and elderly. Also for those who were young and deserved a shot at a decent life. After a gunman took 17 hostages
