To Obama, the Geneva Convention applies to stateless terrorists–who are not parties to the convention, and are not lawful combatants–but not to U.S. sailors captured and detained by Iran at gunpoint
Sweden’s Security Service confirms that two terror attacks planned by Islamists within the country have been foiled. The Local reports that “a chief operating officer of the Security Service” told Aftonbladet newspaper that the two plots were discovered via “research
Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, also referred to as ISIS, released a video filled with threats against Russia, responding to President Vladimir Putin’s promise to provide aid to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In the video, jihadists vow to liberate
A recent gathering consisting of thousands of supporters of the Islamic State (IS) took place at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, Israel’s Channel 10 News reported on Wednesday. The report was part of a story set to broadcast in full next week, which
The brutal murder of war correspondent James Foley drew a strange response from President Barack Obama. In his address to the American public, Obama told us that Foley’s murderers, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, are not Muslims, “for no faith teaches
Since the revelations from leaked documents provided by Edward Snowden, a US government contract employee, American intelligence practices have become a subject of international controversy. While the US Congress will likely impose some regulatory reforms, legislative action will probably not
This week’s NATO summit in Wales marks acritical moment in the history of the organization that has served as thebedrock of transatlantic security for 65 years. Absent a menacing Soviet Union,what was founded as a collective security alliance has, in
President Barack Obama has struggled to sound convincing in recent days as he addressed the challenge of ISIS–or “ISIL,” his preferred acronym for the so-called Islamic State. Obama’s problem goes beyond gaffes about his lack of strategy. The fundamental issue
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban struck a government compound in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday in a dawn attack that included two suicide truck bombings and left at least 12 people dead, including 10 policemen asleep in their quarters nearby.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — An overcrowded bus carrying wedding guests was swept away Thursday by a flooded stream in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir and about 70 people were missing, a state official said. Rescuers were searching for the bus
(Reuters) – The family of Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants, said on Wednesday he was “a gentle soul”, and challenged the group’s leader to a debate on the peaceful teachings of the Muslim holy
This article originally appeared in BBC: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a videoed message the creation of an Indian branch of his militant group to “raise the flag of jihad” across South Asia. In the 55-minute video posted
On Wednesday, President Obama, speaking from Estonia, launched a series of bizarre comments at the Islamic State. After announcing that America “will not be intimidated” by the Islamic State – a bizarre statement from the most powerful man on the
More than 1,900 people have died in the Ebola epidemic sweeping through West Africa, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
(Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande raised the possibility on Wednesday of carrying out military action against Islamic State. “The head of state underlined the importance of a political, humanitarian and, if necessary, military response that respects international law,” Hollande’s
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The third U.S. aid worker sickened with Ebola is a Boston-area doctor who decided to return to Liberia after the two others fell ill with the deadly virus, the president of his missionary group said Wednesday.
In Xinjiang, China, home to a large swath of the country’s Uyghur Muslim population, Chinese officials are encouraging inter-ethnic marriages through cash bribes among other means, the New York Times reports. The Xinjiang region has been hit with a recent
Iraq’s minister of defense posted two pictures of an alleged Chinese Islamic fighter with the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, formerly known as ISIS. This would be the first confirmation of a Chinese national within the jihadist group. The Facebook post
An estimated one thousand relatives of Iraqi soldiers that have gone missing since surrendering to the Islamic State terrorist group in June stormed the Iraqi Parliament on Tuesday, demanding legislators act to retrieve their family members. According to Agence France-Presse,
In a move unusual for a group known to have a sophisticated propaganda outfit, the jihadist terror group the Islamic State “apologized” yesterday after a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff surfaced online. The admission that the
The Islamic State has claimed on social media that it is utilizing captured Syrian pilots to learn how to fly stolen jets, according to a CNN Arabic report over the weekend. The Syrian pilots, which are part of the Syrian
Steven Sotloff, the US journalist beheaded by ISIS, was Jewish, had moved to Israel to study, became an Israeli citizen, and, while in captivity, risked his life to fast on Yom Kippur and pray towards Jerusalem. The Israeli government Wednesday
The first live captured suicide bomber known to be working with the Islamic State in Syria says the area is teeming with jihadists from all over the world– from everywhere in the Middle East, Asia, and the West. In an
The Obama administration seems to have finally recognized the ISIS threat, calling the beheading of an American journalist “a terrorist attack on the United States” and vowing to confront the “militants” and “extremists” in Syria and Iraq. A worthy goal
In response to the growing threat to Iraq’s capital, President Obama approved sending 350 additional troops to protect the United States embassy in Baghdad this week. The additional troops were announced after the Islamic State terrorist group published a video
In a press statement Tuesday regarding the report of a second ISIS beheading of an American citizen, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said that though President Obama stated he “currently has no strategy to deal with ISIS,” a fact that
