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, D.C.) — American and Turkish authorities will investigate the attack on three United States sailors in Istanbul, allegedly by Turkish nationalists, a Pentagon spokesman asserted. Army Col. Steve Warren, the spokesman, told Pentagon reporters that the Department of Defense
Speaking to tens of thousands pilgrims Wednesday, Pope Francis said that no one is a bishop, priest, or deacon because he is “smarter, more talented or better than others,” but only by virtue of a gift of love bestowed by
A German-Turkish athlete Deniz Naki, who is a striker (the position known as forward in American soccer) on the Turkish football club Genclerbirligi, is leaving his post with the team after he was allegedly physically assaulted over his racial background and
(Reuters) – A group of Turkish ultra-nationalists attacked three U.S. sailors on a crowded street in Istanbul on Wednesday, shouting “Yankee go home” and trying to pull hoods over their heads in an assault condemned by the U.S. embassy. Video
Rudaw, a Kurdish media network, received backlash from Facebook when the social network blocked posts and deleted pictures of Abdullah Ocalan, a jailed Kurdish leader. He founded the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey. The PKK is considered a terrorist
Russia reached a deal on Tuesday to construct up to eight nuclear power reactors in Iran, expanding the nuclear partnership between the two countries. Two reactors are to be built first, possibly followed by an additional six, according to various
The Shaam News Network posted a video of a young Syrian boy who ran into sniper fire to rescue a small girl. The incident allegedly took place in Yabroud, which is along the Syria-Lebanon border. The Telegraph reports people believe
(AFP) A man has burned himself to death in Tokyo in an apparent protest against Japan’s controversial move to expand the role of its military, local media said Wednesday, after a similar incident earlier this year. The unidentified man’s body
Forbes Israel ranked the ten richest terrorist groups, listing them in order by estimated annual income. The following ranking and revenue data was provided by Forbes Israel: Islamic State (Iraq, Syria & Jordan), Annual Revenue: $2 Billion Hamas (Gaza Strip and
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attacked Israel on Wednesday for its response to the recent surge in Palestinian terrorism, threatening to use force in order to “protect” Jerusalem’s Islamic holy sites such as the Al-Aqsa Mosque. “Nothing will prevent Turkey
The Ebola crisis may have brought nothing but terror and devastation to the countries it affected, but for the communist hermit island of Cuba, it was an opportunity to gain political leverage with impoverished nations like Sierra Leone. With Cuba
Zbigniew Brzezinski who served as national security adviser to President Carter proposes “enhanced cooperation” between the U.S. and China focused on “global stability” and formalized into a “Pacific Charter.” Meanwhile, the Chinese government has been intensifying anti-American rhetoric. Furthermore, Brzezinski’s
(Reuters) – About 13.6 million people, equivalent to the population of London, have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and many are without food or shelter as winter starts, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday. Amin
In a conference call with reporters Wednesday morning, Mark Dubowitz, an Iran expert and executive director of the nonpartisan Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that Congress has tools at its disposal to resist efforts by the Obama administration to circumvent
In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, the indispensable Bret Stephens explained why an Iran deal–which he still regards as unlikely–would be worth less than the paper on which it is printed. Should President Barack Obama emerge, Neville Chamberlain-like, and wave the
Trust between health employees and government officials in Liberia has diminished to such a low degree that an attempt to pay Ebola health volunteers for their services in October resulted in violence, as government officials requests that workers both form
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Enraged parents wept and screamed as a judge sentenced a South Korean ferry captain to 36 years in prison Tuesday for negligence and abandoning passengers when his ship sank earlier this year, killing more than
New Zealand’s parliament mailroom was in lockdown Tuesday after it was sent a bottle claiming to contain a sample of the Ebola virus just hours after a newsroom in Auckland received a similar package, police said. Police were called to
There is a foolproof recipe for making it rich in modern pseudo-scholarship. The recipe is: 1. Take one dusty old text in a language few people read. 2. Stirring frequently, spin the text until it makes some sensational claim “disproving”
Eight women have just died and 68 other women have been hospitalized because an Indian surgeon used infected instruments in a mass government-sponsored sterilization “camp.” The official limit is 30 such sterilizations per day and scrupulous attention to hygiene. Clearly, Dr. RK
On Monday, Israel was hit with two separate jihadist attacks that resulted in the deaths of an Israeli woman and a male IDF soldier. The first attack took place in Tel Aviv when a Palestinian citizen of Nablus stabbed to
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin crossed paths during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit while meeting with world leaders, taking group photos, planting trees, watching fireworks, and attending a formal dinner. At one point, Putin paused to clap Obama on
Jordan’s minister of Islamic Affairs told a recent mandatory gathering of several hundred of his country’s Muslim clerics that they must preach “moderate” Islam or face expulsion from the country. Minister Hayel Dawood told his audience, “You clerics are our
On Monday, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor chastised the UN Security Council for its silence in the face of a number of recent terror attacks against Israel, and slammed EU countries for efforts to prematurely recognize a Palestinian
Teresa Romero, the Spanish auxiliary nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola outside of Africa, is suing the Health Council of Madrid for 300,000 Euros, as well as filing other lawsuits to demand damages for a number of
