Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
(AFP) Nigeria is to investigate its army’s conduct after clashes between troops and Islamist fighters in the northeast killed nearly 200 people, the single deadliest event since the insurgency began. President Goodluck Jonathan ordered a “full-scale” probe late Monday as
Fans of the legendary Swedish disco group ABBA can hardly wait: in just a few weeks, Stockholm will open the doors to the world’s first museum dedicated to the iconic foursome. After “ABBA The Movie” in 1977, the “Mamma Mia”
(AP) Kerry attends first NATO foreign ministers meetingBRUSSELSForeign ministers from the 28 NATO countries are meeting in Brussels to discuss the wars in Syria and Afghanistan, and to learn the views of a new member of their club _ U.S.
President Bashar al-Assad is using chemical weapons against rebel forces in Syria, a senior Israeli army officer told a conference on Tuesday.
(AFP) Clashes on Tuesday in north Iraq between security forces and anti-government protesters allegedly infiltrated by militants left 27 people dead and about 70 injured, top army officers said. The clashes broke out around 5:00 am (0200 GMT) when security
He helped lead the U.S. to Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad. Ever since, Dr. Shakil Afridi has been held in a remote Pakistani prison, serving a 33-year sentence–ironically–for terrorism, trapped inside a legal system designed to keep him there.
UN Human Rights Council “expert” Richard Falk has published a statement saying Bostonians got what they deserved in last week’s terror attack. He quotes W.H. Auden to make his point: “to whom evil is done/do evil in return.” Richard
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing has inspired thousands of fans and defenders across social media. Authorities charged Dzhohkar Tsarnaev for the marathon bombings Monday as he lay in his hospital bed. According to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney,
I interviewed former Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams on my show, Secure Freedom Radio, this morning. He observed that Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, will shortly be visiting the White House. Instead of the red
Friends of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s wife, Katherine Russell, describe the suspected Boston Marathon bomber who was killed in a Thursday evening shootout as someone who radically changed around 2008, believing Islam “was under attack.” According to NPR’s Laura Sullivan, Russell’s friends
With a few lucky breaks, last week’s Boston Marathon bombing could have had a dramatically different outcome. Had Tamerlan or Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought help building their bombs on jihadist web forums, FBI agents likely would have detected it. They would have
Reports indicate Canadian police and intelligence agencies have thwarted a terror plot and made arrests in Montreal and Toronto. Details are scant, but it appears those arrested had been under surveillance for more than a year. The investigation was reportedly
Six students who went into North Korea to take part in an undercover BBC documentary now say the London School of Economics (LSE) has endangered them by going public with “the undercover expedition.” LSE and the BBC had a falling
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian police and intelligence agencies are to announce multiple arrests on Monday after an operation to thwart a “major terrorist attack,” the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said on Monday, citing unnamed “highly placed” sources. The Royal Canadian Mounted
A source claims that “in 2012 federal law enforcement received tips from inside a Boston mosque about two young Muslims… who were becoming radicalized into anti-American zealots.” Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the now-deceased suspected Boston bomber, was allegedly one of those radicals.
While Secretary of State John Kerry was busy offending Americans and Israelis alike by comparing the Boston Marathon terror victims to the jihadists of the Gaza flotilla in Turkey on Sunday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel made a more favorable
Speaking on April 21 in an ongoing effort to get Turkey to cooperate with the U.S. and bridge relations with Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Boston Marathon bombings reminded him of Turks who lost family during “the
(AFP)- Clashes between Nigeria’s military and suspected Islamists that broke out after troops raided an insurgent hideout have killed dozens of people, a government source told AFP on Monday. The Friday violence in Baga, a fishing village on Lake Chad
(AFP)- A special anti-terror court has sentenced three Saudis to six years in jail each for a plot to kill US nationals at the height of a campaign of Al-Qaeda attacks in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006, a witness
(AFP)- Pakistan’s caretaker government on Monday refused to put former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason, telling the Supreme Court that it was beyond its mandate. In Pakistan only the state can initiate treason charges. The Supreme Court
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As media ruminate about Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s possible motives in the Boston Marathon terrorist attacks, one that can be laid to rest is any suggestion that the U.S. has failed to assist financially the countries associated with the ethnic
Addressing the nation on Friday evening about the actions of the Boston terrorists, President Barack Obama posed the question “why.” After all, the suspects had been direct beneficiaries of American largesse, including a successful asylum application, a green card and
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He may have belonged to a radical sect, and he had some trouble with the fairer sex. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the suspected Boston Marathon bomber who was killed in a Thursday shootout, was married to an American woman named Katherine Russell
