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What You Need to Know About the Ebola Outbreak

What You Need to Know About the Ebola Outbreak

With reports that two Americans have now been diagnosed with the Ebola virus while working to help Africans in Liberia, Western focus has shifted to the dangers of an Ebola outbreak. According to Samaritan’s Purse, the group for which both

Taliban Gains in Afghanistan Go Largely Unreported

Taliban Gains in Afghanistan Go Largely Unreported

At a time when the United States and coalition forces are wrapping up their thirteen-year military campaign in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters are seizing the opportunity to expand their influence and grab territory comparable to levels unseen since before 9/11, when

Resistance Grows Against Islamic State in Iraq

Resistance Grows Against Islamic State in Iraq

The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, declared a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq, expelled all Christians from Mosul, and imposed Sharia law, but not everyone is giving up. There are reports of tribes forming militias to fight

8 Times Kerry Betrayed Israel

8 Times Kerry Betrayed Israel

Secretary of State John Kerry has long been considered an integral part of President Obama’s foreign policy team. And for just as long, he has been an anti-Israel advocate par excellence, an opponent of the Jewish State’s right to defend

U.S. Fuming over Israeli Criticism of Kerry Cease-Fire Efforts

U.S. Fuming over Israeli Criticism of Kerry Cease-Fire Efforts

Obama administration officials were fuming Monday over a torrent of Israeli criticism of Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest bid to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, reports the Associated Press. In unusually harsh language, officials said the criticism

Pro-Israel Hackers Overtake Hamas Sites

Pro-Israel Hackers Overtake Hamas Sites

On Sunday, a number of Hamas-friendly websites were hacked by a Pro-Israel cyber team. Users who viewed the various web sites expecting to see radical jihadi Islamist content were caught off guard and instead shown a split-screen display of videos

Obama Demands Israel Agree to Ceasefire

Obama Demands Israel Agree to Ceasefire

President Barack Obama phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Sunday, demanding that he agree to an immediate ceasefire “that ends hostilities now and leads to a permanent cessation of hostilities, based on the November 2012 ceasefire agreement.”  Israel has,

Emirates to Stop Flights Over Iraq

Emirates to Stop Flights Over Iraq

Emirates, one of the world’s largest airlines, will not travel in Iraq airspace due to the ongoing violence from the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS. Sir Tim Clark, president of the airlines, said the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 changed

Israeli Leader To Obama: 'Leave Us Alone Already'

Israeli Leader To Obama: 'Leave Us Alone Already'

Reeling from President Obama’s Sunday call for an “immediate unconditional ceasefire” in its war against Hamas, a senior member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government told Israeli Army Radio that Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry should “leave us alone

Egypt's Morsi Salutes Palestinian 'Resistance' in Gaza

Egypt's Morsi Salutes Palestinian 'Resistance' in Gaza

(AFP) Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has praised the Palestinian “resistance” over the 21-day conflict with Israel in Gaza that has killed more than 1,030 people, mostly Palestinian civilians. The Islamist leader, overthrown last July by Egypt’s then army chief

Georgian Prosecutors Charge Ex-President Saakashvili

Georgian Prosecutors Charge Ex-President Saakashvili

(Reuters) – The prosecutor’s office in Georgia has filed criminal charges against former President Mikhail Saakashvili in what the opposition says is a political witch-hunt by the ex-Soviet republic’s new leaders. Dozens of former officials, including a former prime minister,