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Support for ISIS Terror Group Goes Worldwide on Twitter

Support for ISIS Terror Group Goes Worldwide on Twitter

Friday morning, people from around the world united on the Twitter social media platform to pledge allegiance to Sunni Islamic terror group ISIS. Using the hashtag #AllEyesOnISIS, the jihadis promoted their brand, and hoped to find new recruits worldwide. Unfortunately

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Uganda over Anti-Gay Law

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Uganda over Anti-Gay Law

WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) — Economic sanctions by the United States against Uganda are the latest measures in global protest against Uganda’s harsh anti-homosexuality laws. The White House announced the sanctions Thursday, calling Uganda’s laws “counter to universal human rights.”

Obama, via Uruguay, urges Cuba to Release Jailed U.S. Citizen

Obama, via Uruguay, urges Cuba to Release Jailed U.S. Citizen

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has sent an indirect message to Cuban President Raúl Castro through Uruguay’s leader, asking Cuba to release a jailed U.S. aid contractor and encouraging political reforms, U.S. officials said on Friday. It was a rare presidential-level communication between

Children Used as Props in Jihad

Children Used as Props in Jihad

The offensive by the jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Iraq has featured not only the murderous brutality expected in a war to impose fundamentalist Sharia law, but a shockingly rich library of Internet memes,

Modi Versus Obama: Governing Versus Golf

Modi Versus Obama: Governing Versus Golf

The government of India is considered among the worst bureaucracies of Asia, notorious for government inaction and general sloth. New Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking aim at changing the government’s culture by keeping bureaucrats off the golf course and

12 Die in Flooding in Bulgaria After Heavy Rain

12 Die in Flooding in Bulgaria After Heavy Rain

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — At least 12 people died and an unknown number were missing after heavy rain and floods hit parts of northeastern Bulgaria, officials said Friday. Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev confirmed that 10 bodies, including two children, were

Palestinians, Israeli Troops Clash in Teens Search

Palestinians, Israeli Troops Clash in Teens Search

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinians during an arrest raid early Thursday in the most violent confrontation so far in the weeklong search for three missing Israeli teens believed to have been abducted in the West Bank. The

Afghanistan Vet Honored as New Troops Head to Iraq

Afghanistan Vet Honored as New Troops Head to Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 24-year-old veteran who lost an eye after taking a grenade blast in Afghanistan to save a fellow Marine received the nation’s highest military honor Thursday in a somber White House ceremony. President Barack Obama walked from

Car Bomb in Hama, Syria Kills 34 People

Car Bomb in Hama, Syria Kills 34 People

Beirut, June 20 (QNA) – At least 34 people were killed Friday when a car bomb exploded in a government-controlled village in the central Syrian province of Hama, state media reported. Syrian SANA news agency said that more than 50

British PM Warns ISIS Plans Attack on UK

British PM Warns ISIS Plans Attack on UK

Ignoring threats posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) would be shortsighted and foolish, British Prime Minister David Cameron told members of Parliament Wednesday. “I disagree with those people who think this is nothing to do with us and

17 Killed in Philippines Clash with Muslim Extremists

17 Killed in Philippines Clash with Muslim Extremists

(AFP) Ten Muslim extremists and seven soldiers were killed on Thursday in one of the bloodiest clashes in the southern Philippines in recent months, the military said. Soldiers were approaching a known hotbed of the militant Abu Sayyaf group on

Boko Haram Infiltrates Cameroon

Boko Haram Infiltrates Cameroon

While Boko Haram had originally arisen out of Nigeria, conducting most of its operations there, the terrorist group is now fully functional inside Cameroon, reportedly adding to its numbers by kidnapping young men and forcing them to join the Islamist