On Christmas Day, the White House released a joint Christmas message from President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Obama and his wife thanked the troops and touted the Obama foreign policy record of bringing troops back to the United
(AP) Pope’s Christmas wish: hope for a better worldBy FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressVATICAN CITYIn his speech on Christmas Day, Pope Francis said he hopes for a better world, including successful Middle East negotiations in the land of Jesus’ birth, peace for
(AP) Bomb attacks on Christians in Baghdad kill 37By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADMilitants in Iraq targeted Christians in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 37 people, officials said. In one attack, a car bomb went off
By KEVIN BEGOSAssociated PressINDIANA, Pa.For a time it looked like the Jimmy Stewart Museum wasn’t going to make it. It’s in the actor’s hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania–an hour’s drive from Pittsburgh and off the radar of many fans who might
Al Qaeda, slowly realizing that its indiscriminate murder of civilians is counterproductive if the victims happen to be Muslims, apologized in a video for a hospital attack in Sanaa, Yemen that killed dozens of people on December 5. Qassim Al-Raimi,
Jewish News One: Against the background of the ongoing civil war in Syria, torture and summary executions are rife in secret prisons run by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group. A new report by Amnesty International says
(AP) UN finds systematic disappearances in SyriaBy JOHN HEILPRIN and BARBARA SURKAssociated PressGENEVAA U.N. panel probing war crimes in Syria reported Thursday that people around the country are systematically vanishing without a trace as part of a widespread campaign of
(AP) Officials: Bombing kills 4 Shiite pilgrims in IraqBy SAMEER N. YACOUBAssociated PressBAGHDADIraqi officials say a roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad has killed four Shiite pilgrims. Police officials say the bombing on Tuesday afternoon targeted pilgrims in southeastern Baghdad as
Prominent American painter and philanthropist George W. Bush–the post-aughts iteration of the former United States President–has managed a resurgence as a beloved personality and even online “hipster icon.” So warns Vanity Fair, asking with dread how a man so “uncool”
(AP) Attacks across Iraq kill at least 29 peopleBy SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADA group of suicide bombers launched a brazen assault on a police station north of Baghdad, killing eight policemen, the deadliest in a string of attacks across Iraq on
A female TV presenter, Nawras al-Nuaimi, was murdered by gunmen near her home in Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday, according to her station, Al-Mosuliyah TV. She was the fifth journalist murdered in Mosul since October. Mosul has the reputation of being
Adam Carolla says living in Hollywood means displaying the American flag leaves one open to ridicule. The California resident recently moved out of Hollywood and near the home of actor Vince Vaughn. The Wedding Crashers star proudly flies an American
On Monday, Tryon Kincade, 19, and Tyshaune Kincade, 18, were formally charged with the murder of Sgt. First Class Jim Vester. Their next hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. Vester had answered the boys’ Craigslist ad selling an iPad, which he
Former President George W. Bush, as the American left gleefully observed, was booed by some in the audience at the memorial for Nelson Mandela at the First National Bank in Soweto, Johannesburg on Tuesday. President Barack Obama, in contrast, received
(AP) Car bomb and roadside bombings kill 15 in IraqBy SAMEER N. YACOUBAssociated PressBAGHDADA car bomb outside a cafe and other attacks in central Iraq killed at least 15 people on Monday, officials said. The car bomb went off outside
President Barack Obama will be visiting South Africa for the second time this year to attend Nelson Mandela’s memorial services. So, too will all other living past U.S. presidents–including Jimmy Carter, who worked with Mandela after the latter retired from
(AP) Iraq police storm mall, kill gunmen after standoffBy EMAD MATTIAssociated PressKIRKUK, IraqIraqi police stormed a mall in a northern city that al-Qaida gunmen used to launch an attack on a nearby police station, killing three militants and ending an
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, absolutely giddy after Iran bamboozled the P5+1 nations into signing a one-sided nuclear agreement, is clear that two of his dreams have been realized: the U.S. has seen its global power reduced and Israel cannot bomb
Erik Prince gave the listeners of Breitbart News Sunday a glimpse of his new book Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror. In an interview with Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K.
The U.S. is withdrawing from leadership in the Middle East. At the same time, the U.S. is becoming less dependent on Middle East oil. Luke Rodeheffer and Lewis King, both graduate students at Istanbul’s Koç University, conclude from these two
(AP) 18 Sunnis kidnapped in Iraq later found shot deadBy SAMEER N. YACOUBAssociated PressBAGHDADMen dressed as Iraqi soldiers abducted 18 Sunnis, whose bullet-ridden corpses turned up in farmland just south of Baghdad, authorities said Friday, a grim reminder of the
Russian law enforcement is holding 15 radical Islamists in Moscow who allegedly belong to a banned branch of the al-Qaida terror network, AFP reports. Members of the over 50-year old Egyptian founded group, Takfir wal-Hijra, were allegedly preparing suicide strikes. Television footage on Russian
(AP) Market bombings, attacks across Iraq kill 22By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADThree car bombs exploded at outdoor markets and on a street full of shops near Iraq’s capital, the deadliest of a series of attacks Thursday across the country that killed
American energy giant Exxon Mobil will on Thursday hand over part of its controversial stake in a massive oilfield in south Iraq to Chinese firm PetroChina, a statement said. The sale of part of Exxon’s 60 percent stake in the
Earlier this week, the story of Dayna Morales, a gay N.J. waitress who claimed she was stiffed on a tip and instead received a nasty note regarding her sexual orientation, unraveled. The family to whom the receipt pertained came forward,
