America’s credibility in the world is at risk due to President Barack Obama’s failure to keep U.S. commitments to protect Iranian dissidents, a distinguished bipartisan group of top foreign policy and military leaders declared in a letter to the White
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that al-Qaida is trying to develop a new and improved bomb that could go undetected through airport security. There is no indication that such a bomb has been created or that there’s
The nearly 500 American troops sent to Baghdad to bolster security for the US embassy are equipped with Apache attack helicopters and small unarmed surveillance drones, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. President Barack Obama on Monday ordered 200 additional troops to
As ISIS uses Twitter to further its reach, “Anonymous” and the U.S. State Department are targeting the “social-media campaign” in an effort to stifle it. According to the National Journal, ISIS has used Twitter extensively “to amplify its presence” over time.
Iraq’s leadership was under increased pressure Wednesday to form a new government to deal with a Sunni militant onslaught that has threatened to tear the country apart, after parliament’s first session ended in disarray. Following a break called to calm
Despite sustaining a powerful hashtag diplomacy attack from the Obama Administration – in which everyone from State Department spokespersons to the First Lady took pictures of themselves holding up #BringBackOurGirls placards and looking sad – the Nigerian Islamist group known
State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki responded to the murder of three innocent Israeli teens with what some may interpret as complete tone deafness. She urged “continued security cooperation” between Israelis and Palestinians despite “the tragedy and the enormous pain on
On Thursday, the state Department of Motor Vehicles held a hearing in Oakland on Assembly Bill 60, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed in October granting illegal aliens a right to a California driver’s license. For those at the hearing who
In response to Meriam Ibrahim update: Free again: According to the Daily Mail, the government in Sudan relented once again due to international pressure and released Meriam from jail, where she had been for the last 48 hours. The Christian
The Associated Press reported that Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim and her family were set free again, about two hours ago. Let’s see if it holds up this time. I wouldn’t assume she’s out of trouble until she’s out of Sudan.
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for apostasy was overturned was freed again on Thursday after being detained on accusations of forging travel documents. Eman Abdul-Rahman, the lawyer for 27-year-old Mariam Ibrahim, told The Associated
In response to Report: Meriam Ibrahim Free Again : Sad to say, the reports of Meriam Ibrahim slipping the noose (and I mean that literally) appear to have been overly optimistic. As of Wednesday afternoon, she was still in custody.
The Hamas abduction of three Israeli teenagers last week has elicited impressive solidarity all across Israeli society. But Israelis are also paying close attention to the reactions from near and far to this terror crime, and they are not impressed.
On June 23, 2014, Sudanese Christian Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, who had been sentenced to death by a Shariah court in Khartoum, was cleared of all charges by the Appeals Court and freed. Today, while the world was still reacting with
From watching some of the media coverage of the mass influx of illegal immigrants at our southern border, one might come away thinking this is some sort of natural disaster – an “act of God” like a hurricane or earthquake
BAGHDAD, June 24 (UPI) — Islamist militants in Iraq have taken full control of the largest oil refinery in the country, though the government said Tuesday the claims are false. The BBC reported Tuesday a “reliable source” has said militants
Last Thursday the State Department hosted its now annual Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies Pride day. One of the speakers was journalist and LGBT activist Masha Gessen, who has been an outspoken critic of the Russian government on
Kenneth Timmerman’s new book, Dark Forces: The Truth about What Happened in Benghazi, focuses on far more than just the events that occurred during the storming of the American consulate in Libya by Islamic jihadists on September 11 2011. According
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts mayor is calling for an end to refugee resettlement in his city, saying Somali families are putting pressure on already strained services in Springfield, a onetime industrial center where nearly a third of the
With tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the border, House Speaker John Boehner called on President Obama to “immediately deploy the National Guard to our southern border” Friday. In a firm letter to Obama, Boehner — who has blamed
In a letter sent yesterday, June 19, 2014, 38 members of Congress urged Secretary of State John Kerry to “further prioritize the case of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag, a Sudanese Christian who was sentenced to death for apostasy and 100
On Wednesday’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) went head to head with show host Bill O’Reilly over how to handle the influx of Central American youths at the U.S.-Mexico border. O’Reilly posed the question to Gutiérrez as how
On Hugh Hewitt’s Wednesday radio show, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) reacted to Tuesday’s media appearances by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to promote her new memoir, “Hard Choices” in which she took questions about her involvement in the 2012
Canada’s government has approved the creation of a new pipeline which could move tar sands oil to Asian markets. The pipeline, if built, could replace a significant portion of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline’s capacity in case it is not
In response to It Took 645 Days to Arrest Benghazi Terrorist, 16 Days to Arrest Filmmaker: David Kirkpatrick, the reporter who wrote the widely derided “clear the decks for Hillary” piece in the New York Times, last December, resurrected the
