
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants the Oslo Accords to be annulled. We should give him what he wants.
by Amanda Berman and Brooke Goldstein19 Nov 2015, 12:53 PM PST0

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) responded to President Obama’s assertion that Republicans “are scared of widows and orphans,” arguing instead that he is scared of Obama’s lack of a strategy in the Middle East.
by Caroline May19 Nov 2015, 12:50 PM PST0

Ezra Schwartz , an 18-year-old American from Massachussetts who was visiting Israel, was shot and killed Thursday in a Palestinian terror attack, as part of a wave of Palestinian terror resulting in the deaths of five innocents.
by Jordan Schachtel19 Nov 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

An extensive report in Miami’s El Nuevo Herald claims that the nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, arrested for attempting to traffic 800 kilograms of cocaine into New York, have claimed the drugs belonged to the nation’s second-in-command, National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello.
by Frances Martel19 Nov 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) forced his own party’s leadership to yank a bill off the floor of the Senate on Thursday over refugee housing, a significant political and policy victory for the Kentucky Senator and 2016 GOP presidential candidate.
by Michelle Fields19 Nov 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

New York City Syrian community leader Aarafat “Ralph” Succar told the New York Post that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) already exists in America.
by Mary Chastain19 Nov 2015, 11:16 AM PST0

As Vietnam prepares to enact new legislation that will seriously curb religious freedom, police have begun cracking down on Christians, especially those most vocal about their faith. In a period of just ten days, police twice assaulted Christian student activist Chu Manh Son and Catholic journalist Tran Minh Nhat, each of whom had previously served prison terms for denouncing Vietnam’s human rights violations.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Nov 2015, 10:53 AM PST0

The United States Embassy in Italy has issued a security alert to all Americans abroad, warning them to avoid locations that have been identified as potential targets for terrorist attacks. At the top of the short list is “St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City (Rome).”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Nov 2015, 10:48 AM PST0

Radio-host Laura Ingraham today blasted newly installed House Speaker Paul Ryan “for buying into Barack Obama’s argument to reject sensible curbs to Muslim immigration.”
by Dan Riehl19 Nov 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

A State Department official acknowledge Thursday that “threats” have been admitted to the U.S. as refugees in the past but stressed that the current vetting process has improved.
by Caroline May19 Nov 2015, 10:35 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) threatens to blow up the White House and launch more attacks in Paris in its latest propaganda video released today.
by Edwin Mora19 Nov 2015, 10:34 AM PST0

The Islamic State announced the murder of two hostages in the latest issue of its Dabiq magazine, Fan Jinghui of China and Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad of Norway.
by John Hayward19 Nov 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

In what was widely advertised as an important national security speech, Democrat presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton basically delivered a defense of Barack Obama’s foreign policy with a side order of accusing Americans of racism over their concerns surrounding a Syrian
by John Nolte19 Nov 2015, 9:49 AM PST0

An Ecuadorian politician has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for tweeting the fact that the niece of the nation’s Labor Minister has been placed in a lucrative government job. Popular Unity national deputy director Sebastián Cevallos has become the first person in Latin America to be sentenced to jail for tweeting.
by Frances Martel19 Nov 2015, 9:39 AM PST0

Poor oversight of government contractors in Afghanistan paved the way for insurgents to plant roadside bombs under highways and embankments that ultimately killed and wounded U.S. troops, according to a congressional watchdog tasked with rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse in American taxpayer-funded projects to rebuild the war-torn country.
by Edwin Mora19 Nov 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

After two days of condemning Republicans, President Obama is declaring victory now that it’s clear that Congressional Republicans won’t successfully block thousands of refugees from Syria resettling into the United States.
by Charlie Spiering19 Nov 2015, 9:24 AM PST0

The long-running debate over privacy vs. government surveillance – which is the high-tech iteration of the ancient struggle between liberty and security – gained new urgency after the Paris terror attack. Intelligence officials across the Western world are worried that terrorists have found new means of coordinating their efforts that cannot be monitored.
by John Hayward19 Nov 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

When investigators concluded that Russia’s Metrojet airliner was blown out of the Egyptian sky by a bomb smuggled through lax airport security in Sharm el-Sheikh, the Department of Homeland Security expressed concerns that American airports might also be vulnerable.
by John Hayward19 Nov 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

The weakness of President Barack Obama’s tentative air-offensive against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in northern Syria was exposed November 18 by Russian video that showed hundreds of intact ISIS-run oil tankers parked nose-to-tail near a lightly damaged oil refinery.
by Neil Munro19 Nov 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had some harsh words for President Francois Hollande and praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin in an interview with the conservative French magazine Valeurs Actuelles to be published Thursday. Unfortunately for Putin, Syrian state media omitted Assad’s praise from its official “full” text of the interview.
by Frances Martel19 Nov 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

British hostage John Cantlie allegedly penned an article in the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) Dābiq magazine. It is his first appearance in over six months.
by Mary Chastain19 Nov 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

President Obama is signaling urgency on the issue of closing Guantanamo Bay, insisting that the prison holding radical Islamic terrorists is a key reason ISIS is committing acts of terror.
by Charlie Spiering19 Nov 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

Contents: Turkey soccer fans boo during moment of silence for Paris attack; Rwanda’s president Kagame becomes another leader refusing to leave office
by John J. Xenakis19 Nov 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who is running for Mark Kirk’s U.S. Senate seat, is suddenly speaking out about Syrian refugees, after doing and saying nothing for years.
by Joel B. Pollak19 Nov 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

President Barack Obama has slammed Republican candidates for president several times this week while on an overseas trip. In 2008, however, Obama and his campaign attacked President George W. Bush for a perceived criticism delivered from abroad.
by Joel B. Pollak19 Nov 2015, 5:09 AM PST0