
Police found a “suspicious artifact” designed to look like a bomb near the Israeli Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay this week, the fourth such item found and the third this year. Officials found the item on the same day as a scheduled anti-Israel BDS rally before the embassy took place.
by Frances Martel6 Nov 2015, 10:58 AM PST0

Russia has suspended all flights to Egypt, with President Vladimir Putin accepting a security recommendation from his Federal Security Bureau (FSB).
by John Hayward6 Nov 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

After a potato shortage forced McDonald’s to remove them from menus, Venezuelans will now once again be able to purchase French fries at local franchises — made using only local ingredients, and costing about $133 for a large serving.
by Frances Martel6 Nov 2015, 8:43 AM PST0

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ended its ceasefire with Turkey on Thursday after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development (AKP) Party swept parliamentary elections.
by Mary Chastain6 Nov 2015, 8:42 AM PST0

The European Union made its strongest call yet for China and other Asian nations to resolve their dispute over the South China Sea, a position Brussels insists is neutral but that the United States is likely to welcome after pressing the bloc to speak up.
by Reuters6 Nov 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

Yazidi militias organized to fight the Islamic State in Sinjar, northern Iraq are protesting that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Marxist terrorist group operating out of Syria and Turkey, have prevented them from launching a mission to recapture Sinjar City after the terrorists stormed the region in 2014.
by Frances Martel6 Nov 2015, 7:33 AM PST0

Contents: Doctors prepare to strike UK’s National Health Service; Veterans’ medical services continue to worsen since 2014 scandal; Obamacare prices skyrocketing in 2016, as I predicted in 2009; Kentucky’s new governor Matt Bevin promises to end Obamacare abuses; Four more Obamacare co-ops collapse in the last week; Obamacare ‘risk corridors’ are also collapsing financially
by John J. Xenakis6 Nov 2015, 6:31 AM PST0

The Indian government has just outlawed Greenpeace. Naturally, Greenpeace are spinning this as a terrible injustice and a blow for freedom of speech. “This is an extension of the deep intolerance for differing viewpoints that sections of this government seem
by James Delingpole6 Nov 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

Pope Francis said that in our times, the shedding of blood for Christ has become a “shared experience” of Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, Protestants, Evangelicals, and Pentecostals, which is “deeper and stronger” than the differences that still separate Christians.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Nov 2015, 5:38 AM PST0

The forthcoming UN climate talks known as COP21 which start in Paris at the end of this month are going to be a MASSIVE SUCCESS. I say this with confidence for three reasons. 1. $1.5 trillion. This, according to a fairly conservative
by James Delingpole6 Nov 2015, 3:55 AM PST0

In a stunning interview, the Maronite patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, has contended that Islam has a clear, two-pronged strategy to take over Europe: religion and procreation. The cardinal said that Muslims look on Christians as weak and
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Nov 2015, 3:45 AM PST0

On Thursday, 949 migrants were rescued in a total of eight rescue operations off the Libyan coast coordinated by the Central Office of the Italian Coast Guard, and a separate rescue operation by the Spanish military brought aboard another 517
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Nov 2015, 12:43 AM PST0

Russia and Egypt are disputing suggestions from American and British intelligence that a bomb, planted by ISIS or an affiliated group, brought down a Russian jetliner over the Sinai Peninsula.
by John Hayward5 Nov 2015, 8:52 PM PST0

A surge of Iranian attacks against the email and social media accounts of U.S. officials has been detected over the past few weeks, with an emphasis on officials involved in crafting Iran policy. Journalists and academics have also been targeted.
by John Hayward5 Nov 2015, 6:21 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) launched a relatively rare attack behind Kurdish lines in northern Iraq, briefly occupying a local government compound located in the vicinity of several oil-producing fields.
by Edwin Mora5 Nov 2015, 5:40 PM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio is trying to reverse the cuts from President Barack Obama’s sequestration plan, which the president fled from in a panic after it failed to intimidate Republicans, and once automatic cuts to domestic spending went into effect as well.
by John Hayward5 Nov 2015, 5:35 PM PST0

Iran state-media outlets are reporting that Iran has begun to blockade imports from the United States.
by Jordan Schachtel5 Nov 2015, 5:22 PM PST0

Senator Marco Rubio issued a dramatic plan to restore the American military’s dominance on land, air, sea, and even space, as he criticized President Obama for gutting critical defense programs.
by Charlie Spiering5 Nov 2015, 3:48 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 9 out of 10 airstrikes launched by the Russian military in Syria have hit so-called moderate rebels opposed to the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, killing civilians as well as destroying hospitals and shelters in the process, a senior U.S. State Department official told lawmakers.
by Edwin Mora5 Nov 2015, 2:35 PM PST0

Iran has accused its Russian ally of being divergent on its goals of keeping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power.
by Adelle Nazarian5 Nov 2015, 2:11 PM PST0

In a rare exercise of foreign policy backbone, President Obama exhibited Reaganesque-like leadership against China last month—or did he?
by James Zumwalt5 Nov 2015, 11:39 AM PST0

Federal authorities charged four men in Ohio for conspiring to raise money and aid for Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch and its former member, U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki.
by Mary Chastain5 Nov 2015, 11:36 AM PST0

After 70 years, three U.S. airmen are finally coming home from Malaysia for a proper burial and resting spot.
by Mary Chastain5 Nov 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

The Turkish government is looking to increase its military cooperation with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq, particularly in the fight against ISIS.
by Frances Martel5 Nov 2015, 11:23 AM PST0

Russia’s military presence in Syria has grown to roughly 4,000 personnel, as Moscow continues to wage an ongoing air campaign in support of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces in the country.
by Jordan Schachtel5 Nov 2015, 10:40 AM PST0