A number of people have been killed, including a woman who blew herself up with a suicide belt, and several police officers injured, in an armed stand-off in the Paris suburb of St Denis. The besieged flat is thought to
During his “Talking Points Memo” segment at the beginning of “The O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel on Tuesday, host Bill O’Reilly compared President Barack Obama’s handling of the ISIS situation to that of former President James Buchanan of
On Tuesday, at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) inquired if the Federal Communications Commission has the power to shut down websites used by the Islamic State and other terrorist groups.
President Obama accused various Republican critics of his Syrian refugee policy of being “scared of widows and orphans,” and argued, “I cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for ISIL, than some of the rhetoric that’s been coming out of
The United States needs Europe to take bolder action to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), said U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
The United States must guard against the flow of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)-linked foreign fighters across America’s borders, warned U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
The Russians have been saying they would not jump to conclusions about the nature of the Metrojet crash in Egypt until a lengthy investigation was concluded but, on Tuesday, Russian security officials suddenly declared the plane was indeed destroyed by a terrorist attack. There have also been reports of police detaining or arresting airport workers, although the Egyptian government has disputed those accounts.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) responded with gunfire and arrests when dozens of residents held an unprecedented protest against the jihadist group’s rule and draconian policies in the town of Manbij in Syria’s northern Aleppo province, activists cited by several news outlets revealed.
On Tuesday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin only had himself to blame for terror against a Russian civilian aircraft.
In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris, a citizen petition-drive demanding that the White House place a moratorium on all refugee resettlement from the Middle East has been initiated. The stated goal is to collect at least 100,000 signatures by December 14.
Iran, the largest state-sponsor of terrorism in the world, believes it will soon cooperate with France in the fight against terrorism. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency claimed that French President Francois Hollande had announced in a speech to parliament on Monday that his country would work with Iran in the fight against terror.
Tuesday at a news conference in Kosovo’s capital city Priština, King Abdullah of Jordan declared the planet was in the midst of a Third World War. King Abdullah said, “We are facing a Third World War against humanity and this
Defying expectations, the loose-knit online group Anonymous has landed a blow against the Islamic State’s online presence.
A southern Syria Islamist coalition, led by Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot al-Nusra Front, issued an ultimatum for the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, an Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate, to surrender within 24 hours, reports the Lebanon-based NOW News.
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee argued “the number one goal of our government is not to protect the image of Islam, it’s to protect American citizens” and “let’s join with the Russians, who are sending airstrikes”
TEL AVIV, Israel — Missing from the media coverage surrounding the Paris terror attacks is that last year a well-known jihadi website with ties to al-Qaida called on supporters to carry out lone wolf attacks inside France. Significantly, the al
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie sent a letter to President Obama informing him that he would not accept any more Syrian refugees into the state.
Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated, “we need to have a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS. I’m not confident that we have that right now” and he’s “concerned that we’re not doing more. I don’t think we have this long-term strategy”
Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists at the G-20 summit in Turkey that funding for ISIS comes from 40 different nations, including members of the Group of 20.
U.S. warplanes hit 116 Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) fuel trucks in eastern Syria, the latest move of an intensifying campaign to damage oil facilities that generate an estimated $1.4 million for the jihadist group.
Tuesday on the House floor, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) said turning away refugees fleeing violence in Syria is “despicable and cowardly and precisely the kind of reaction ISIS wanted.” Gutierrez said, “Candidates for president of the United States. politicians and
Secretary of State John Kerry stated that the US knew that ISIS had the capability to carry out the Paris attacks in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, portions of which were broadcast on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell
The Japanese government has announced that next year, it will open a representative office in Erbil, Iraq, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq. The office will serve to expand Japan’s role in the region, as well as develop its close relationship with Kurdish leaders.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and FBI Directory James Comey will give a members-only classified briefing to the House of Representatives on the terrorists attack in Paris.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday called for a “pause” in President Obama’s program to admit Syrian refugees into the United States.
