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
My heart is broken, absolutely broken. Words never fail me but, at this moment, mere words feel inadequate, even inappropriate. I am, of course, talking about the discovery of three dead bodies which once belonged to three beautiful Israeli souls: Gilad
SUIZHOU, China, June 30 (UPI) —A Chinese man was killed when his throat was slit and his still-beating heart was pulled out of his chest following a fight about noodles. Bo Tuan allegedly carried out the brutal attack on Yul
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says the Hamas militant group will pay a heavy price for the deaths of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in the West Bank. Israel announced late Monday that it had found the bodies
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant jihadist group has announced that a man by the name Abdel Salam al-Ordoni is now the group’s Emir, or “prince,” in Lebanon. Lebanon is a country seen by many as ISIS’s
On June 28 Syrian TV accidentally flashed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as breaking news. Ferdinand was killed on June 28, 1914, in what is widely regarded at the catalyst to World War I. Syrian TV aired: “Flash ’20 injured
The newly created Islamic Caliphate that spans Syria and Iraq, which is ruled under the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), has continued its provocation of the United States and President Barack Obama. In ISIS’s most recent high definition
(AFP) — Any Israeli action to punish Hamas for the alleged murder of three teenagers whose bodies were found on Monday would open “the gates of hell,” the Islamist movement warned. The warning came shortly after Israel confirmed finding the
The Daily Mail is reporting that the United States has sent a special unit of CIA officers to the UK, passing over UK agencies MI5 and MI6, in order to investigate terrorist “breeding grounds” in the nation from which it is
Late Monday, Israelis were formally informed that their worst and growing fears about the fate of three kidnapped teens were confirmed. The bodies of the three teens kidnapped while traveling home from school of June 12 were found about 5:00
JERUSALEM (AP) — Security officials say the Israeli military has discovered the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in the West Bank earlier this month. They say the bodies were found Monday near the village of Halhul, near
The Israeli government has confirmed reports initially surfacing at the Associated Press and the New York Times that the bodies of three Israeli teenagers reported missing earlier this month have been found. The Israeli cabinet is conducting an emergency meeting on the
After an extended leave of absence in which he was to receive treatment for alcohol and substance abuse, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is set to return to work on Monday and address the media at an invite-only press conference. According
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has distinguished itself among similar jihadist groups by its sophisticated use of propaganda. Like all such groups, it posts videos of mass killings and photos of beheadings, but it also courts celebrity:
A new kind of American tragedy is taking place in a Brooklyn Federal Courthouse. Both the defendant, standing trial for conspiracy to commit murder abroad in Pakistan, and the main witness against him, his daughter Amina, wept when they
Ukrainians have stepped up and started an online crowdfund to raise money for the “people’s drone.” In Ukraine, Donetsk formed the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and Luhansk split to form “Luhansk People’s Republic.” Fighting is non-stop in the regions between the pro-Russian forces
The jihadist terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)–now rebranding as just “the Islamic State“–is pressing on with the most sophisticated jihadist public relations effort of the modern era. Its English-language outfit, Al-Hayat media, released two videos Sunday,
On June 30 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Hamas’ most recent “16 rocket salvo” into Israel by saying Hamas can put “an end to rocket fire, or we put an end to it.” According to ynetnews.com, the 16
Russia’s Channel One cameraman Anatoly Klyan, 68, died in Donetsk after he was shot in the stomach while he and his crew were filming in the area. He is the fifth journalist killed in east Ukraine since April. According to
This weekend’s centenary anniversary of the assassination of Austrian Archduke Prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia–then a province of the doomed Austro-Hungarian empire–marked the event that triggered the greatest, most horrible occurrence of all time up to that point: World War
CAIRO (AP) — Three homemade bombs went off near Egypt’s presidential palace in Cairo on Monday, killing two senior police officers and injuring 10 other people on the anniversary of the mass protests that led to the ouster of Islamist
BEIJING (AP) — A spreading anti-corruption crackdown launched by President Xi Jinping snared its most senior figure yet on Monday when a former top Chinese general was expelled from the ruling Communist Party to face bribery charges. A former deputy
While celebrating a special Mass Monday in honor of the first Christian martyrs under Nero in the year 64, Pope Francis told those gathered that there are more persecuted and martyred Christians today than at any time in history. “There
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is declaring a new state–a caliphate–out of captured Iraqi and Syrian territories. The state will be called “The Islamic State,” and will run from Iraq’ s Diyala province to Syria’s Aleppo. According to
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 teenage girls were kidnapped in April, witnesses said. Residents said dozens of people may have been killed
On Saturday, The New York Times featured a piece by jailed Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood member Khaled Al-Qazzaz titled “Why Is the World Silent? Khaled al-Qazzaz: Disappeared by Egypt’s Military.” The imprisoned Qazzaz, whose op-ed was “smuggled” out of prison and
