Iran Releases Footage of U.S. Sailor Apologizing After Capture
Iranian state-controlled news outlet Tasnim released video Wednesday afternoon that shows a U.S. sailor apologizing for purportedly infringing upon Tehran’s sovereignty.
Images of U.S. Sailors on Their Knees Before Iran Surface as Biden Denies Apology
Iran Has Released Captured U.S. Sailors
Islamic State Looting of Middle East Worst Cultural Devastation Since World War II
Turkish Airlines Kick ‘Unruly’ Russian Women off Flight to Bahrain
Venezuela: Chavista Supreme Court Declares Opposition Legislature Void
Earnest: Destabilizing Behavior Being ‘A Hallmark of Iranian Behavior’ Is Why We Pursued the Nuclear Deal
Tom Cotton: Obama ‘Seems Intent on Protecting Iran and the Nuclear Deal Than Getting Our Sailors Back’
Psaki: ‘No Plans’ To Address Iran Capturing Sailors, Revoking Deal Over This Isn’t ‘What We Want To See’
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National Security
China, North Korea’s Biggest Ally, Summons Ambassador over Nuclear Blast
China has summoned the North Korean ambassador in ire over reports circulating last night that North Korea had detonated a hydrogen bomb, flagrantly violating international law.
Chris Christie: Obama And Hillary ‘Playing Footsie’ With Iran And Ignoring North Korea
Chris Christie is blaming Hillary Clinton after North Korea’s claim it tested a hydrogen bomb. The New Jersey Governor says the former Secretary of State failed to properly respond to the dictatorship’s nuclear activity when she was in office.
Report: Pakistan’s Intel Agency Behind Attack on Indian Military Base
All six terrorists who attacked one of India’s largest air force bases near the country’s border with Pakistan over the weekend have been killed, the Indian defense minister said Tuesday, noting that soldiers were still combing through the facility looking for explosives.
Carly Fiorina: North Korea Bomb Test ‘Another Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy Failure’
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina calls North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test “another Hillary Clinton foreign policy failure.”
Pamela Geller: New Year’s Eve Rapes in Germany A Wake-Up Call to U.S. Leaders to Stop Muslim Migration from ‘Jihad Nations’
Pamela Geller says the shocking New Year’s Eve incidents in Cologne, Germany where roving packs of men of Arab or North African descent groped and raped German women should serve as another wake-up to American leaders to stop “this Muslim migration from these Jihad nations.”
North Korea Nuke Could Blow Up Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
North Korea’s claim to have detonated a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday may cause major new problems for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
World View: U.S., Britain, France Prepare Libya Military Offensive for 2016
Contents: ISIS assault in Libya giving militants control of oil fields; US, Britain, France preparing new Libya military offensive early in 2016
REPORT: Iran Suspends Pilgrimages to Mecca
Without directly referencing their breakdown in diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, Iranian authorities have reportedly ruled to suspend the “lesser” yearly pilgrimage to Mecca – according to the AINA news agency. The report suggests that the pilgrimage, known as the
Asylum Seekers Avoid Sweden Just 24-hours After Border ID Checks Re-Introduced
Just 24-hours after Sweden re-introduced strict, compulsory ID checks along its border with Denmark the number of asylum seekers making the crossing fell dramatically, local police report. Police in the southern Swedish region of Skåne said they had registered just 48 migrants
San Jose Protest Over Saudi Execution of Shiite Cleric Nimr
On Sunday, dozens of Muslims in San Jose participated in a protest condemning the execution of a prominent Saudi Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr Bagher al-Nimr, by the Saudi government on New Year’s Eve.
Surprise: North Korea Claims It Conducted Successful H-bomb Test
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has conducted a hydrogen bomb test. The surprise announcement that complicates already difficult efforts to curb the country’s push for a working nuclear arsenal.
Watchdog Group Finds Evidence of More Gas Attacks in Syria
A watchdog group called the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reports finding more evidence of chemical weapons deployment, including sarin gas, or a substance very similar to it.
Kenya’s Garissa University Reopens Nine Months After Jihadist Massacre
Kenya’s Garissa University officially re-opened on Monday, nine months after al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the campus, killing 148 people and deliberately targeting Christian students.
PHOTOS: Saudi Execution of Nimr al-Nimr Triggers Global Shiite Protests
The Saudi execution of insurrectionist Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr threatens to touch off a conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims across the Middle East and beyond. Massive Shiite protests have occurred across the region over the past few days and have spread into Asia.
Syrian Opposition Leader Visits Beijing to Negotiate ‘Peace Talks’
Beijing will welcome the head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), an umbrella group of Syrian opposition groups, this week to discuss political solutions to the ongoing civil war in Syria.
Saudi FM: Executed Cleric ‘As Much of a Religious Scholar as Osama bin Laden’
When Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi Shiite cleric on New Year’s Eve, the Shiite world ignited in protest. According to the Iranian regime, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr’s execution was not justified. The Saudi government, however, thinks otherwise.
U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Where Medevac Helicopter Went Down
An American Service member was killed and two others wounded Tuesday in southern Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province, where an American medevac helicopter reportedly went down, according to the U.S. and NATO forces.
Words Are Not Enough: America Must Intervene on Behalf Mideast Christians
It’s refreshing when statements issued by the President of the United States correspond to reality – as in President Obama’s 2015 Christmas statement, when he acknowledged that Christians and other religious minorities are persecuted because of their faith.
Wilders: Cologne Assaults May Soon Happen on Large Scale
On the last day of 2015, Germany faced the consequences of the irresponsible policy in recent years to allow thousands of immigrants with an Islamic culture to enter the country.
Americans Fighting Islamic State with Kurdish Forces Gear Up for New Year
American and other Western volunteers fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria recently told the Kurdish outlet Rudaw they were gearing up for a new offensive against the jihadists in the new year. One American volunteer recalled how thousands demanded photos with him on a routine visit to a mall in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Iran’s Rouhani Ignores Own Persecution of Religious Minorities in Saudi Execution Rebuke
Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s figurehead President who serves the interests of Ayatollah Khamenei, delivered a verbal tirade against the Saudi government on Tuesday after Riyadh executed a prominent Shiite cleric on New Year’s Eve.
Chinese Region Starved by Mao Honors Him with Giant Golden Statue
There would seem to be something ideologically incongruous about honoring the godfather of Chinese communism with a giant golden statue, but the story of the Mao colossus of Zhushigang gets worse with each new detail. The imposing 120-foot statue, made from steel and concrete covered in gold paint, towers over the surrounding trees.
Muslims Riot After Hindu Leader Calls Mohammed Gay
In early December, a Hindu leader in India named Kamlesh Tiwari referred to Mohammed as “the world’s first homosexual.” This did not sit well with the local Muslim community, which called for the government to prosecute Tiwari for everything from “blasphemy” to making “anti-social” statements “designed to incite a riot.”
Muslim Group Protest Urges Mass Mailing of Potatoes to Saudi Embassy
On Monday, a group calling itself the Universal Muslim Association of America (UMAA) launched an unusual protest against the Saudi Arabian government’s execution of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, asking people to inundate the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington D.C. with potatoes.
Iran Seizes Assyrian Church, Will Turn into ‘Islamic Prayer Center’
As the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) crackdown on Christians continues, the theocratic regime plans to turn an illegally confiscated Assyrian church into an “Islamic prayer center.”
