The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has released a report that says Palestinians, rather than Israelis, killed the infant son of BBC journalist Jihad al-Masharawi on November 14. When the boy was killed during Operation Pillar of Defense in November,
President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in Afghanistan, dumbfounding US officials during a problematic visit by the new Pentagon chief. A joint news conference by Karzai and US Defense
WASHINGTON — “Go ahead and laugh at Detroit,” Charlie LeDuff sneers defiantly as the once-great metropolis teeters on the brink of collapse. “Because you are laughing at yourself.” So begins LeDuff’s haunting, angry and deeply personal account of what is
Reports in the Israeli media and social media indicate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have secured a deal to form a new governing coalition–one that excludes ultra-religious, “Haredi” parties. The exclusion of the Haredi parties was the
The 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will open this week amidst an air of uncertainty in the conservative movement. This CPAC is not unlike the 2009 conference, in the aftermath of President Barack Obama’s first election, when delegates struggled
(Reuters) – Accused movie theater gunman James Holmes was held in restraints for several days at a psychiatric hospital last November after jail officials determined he was a threat to himself, his lawyers said in a court filing made public
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday cancelled a high-profile press conference in Kabul with new US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, with US officials saying the event was dropped for “security concerns”. A palace official, who declined to be named, said however
Mark Kelly and his wife, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, testified at the Colorado state capitol in support of more gun control for that state on March 4. Democrats in the Colorado legislature are pushing “high capacity” magazine bans, bans on
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Those twenty-seven words enshrined in the Constitution by our founding fathers clearly give
AP – Militants staged two deadly suicide attacks to mark the first full day of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit to Afghanistan AFP – KABUL — A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed nine people outside the defence ministry in
The leftists are now preaching what we would have expected: that the budget cuts caused by sequestration will hit poorer families the hardest. The Center For Budget and Policy Priorities, which is known as a liberal think-tank, is quoting statistics
Secretary of Defense, Chuck (Chauncy) Hagel is not inspiring confidence in the face of an increasingly bellicose North Korea. Army Gen. Kang Pyo Yong has reportedly threatened to shell Washington, “the stronghold of evils” with nuclear missiles, engulfing it in
Though four in ten Catholics live in Latin America–more than in any other region of the world–most Latin Americans do not believe the next pope will be one of the area’s 19 cardinals. In fact, many Latin Americans are somewhat
(AP) – Militants staged two suicide attacks that killed at least 19 people on Saturday, the first full day of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit to Afghanistan. They were a fresh reminder of the challenges posed by insurgents to
President Bill Clinton has written an op-ed in the Washington Post calling for an end to the Defense of Marriage Act. Clinton signed DOMA into law, when he was President, in 1996. DOMA is set to go before the Supreme
Missile defense approaches its 30th anniversary with both great accomplishments behind it and great challenges before it. President Reagan’s vision of a defense sufficient to blunt the use of ballistic missiles and their nuclear warheads as instruments of coercion, blackmail, and
(AP) Thunder hold off Smith, Knicks as Anthony sitsBy BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball WriterNEW YORK The Kevin Durant-Carmelo Anthony duel was postponed, though J.R. Smith filled in nicely – for three quarters. The Oklahoma City Thunder finally silenced the Knicks’ streaky
While the anti-Israel left routinely claims that hatred for Israel is not anti-Semitism, students at Harvard would be hard-pressed to make that distinction in the aftermath of a recent incident highlighting anti-Israel anti-Semitism. Last week, Jewish students in the Harvard
QUESTION: I guess the most serious thing we could ever talk about is nuclear war, so why don’t we start with North Korea? How serious do you take the threats from Pyongyang? And what contacts have people in this building
In his newest book, At The Brink, author John Lott tells his readers what he told Breitbart News in mid-January: when he met then-lecturer Obama at the University of Chicago in the 1990s, Obama said, “I don’t believe people should
My criticism of the First Lady has little to do with her fashion sense (which is hit or miss, I think), but this exchange between the New York Times and famous designer Vivienne Westwood is revealing: Q. You must love
(Reuters) – France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a surprise visit on Thursday to French forces battling Islamist rebels in rugged northern Mali, saying their military mission would not end until security was restored in the West African country.
Trayon Martin’s girlfriend, the lead witness against George Zimmerman in his second-degree murder trial, lied under oath, according to lawyers on both sides of the case. State prosecutors admitted Tuesday that Martin’s girlfriend falsely claimed she was in the hospital on the
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that starting April 25, airline passengers will be allowed to bring small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment with them when they travel. This change is already the international
In the first hour of his filibuster over the nomination of John Brennan, Sen. Paul spoke 9,024 words, enough to fill 15 pages as a standard Word document. A transcript of the first hour was provided by Sen. Paul’s office
