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President Obama told George Stephanopoulos in an interview with ABC that the United States has crafted its foreign policy around the ongoing World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil. “We had elements – which I won’t detail – of our foreign

One of the 140 Kurdish schoolboys taken in a mass kidnapping last month by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) spoke with CNN Wednesday about what his day-to-day life in captivity entailed. They forced the 15-year-old

On Wednesday, Islamist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) made a push towards the Haditha Dam, the second-largest dam in Iraq. Iraqi officials worried that if ISIS successfully overtook the dam, major geopolitical repercussions would ensue,

Fighters from the Al Nusra front, the group known as Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate, has taken an oath of allegiance to support the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant Islamist group. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human rights

A futuristic elevated transportation system is set to appear on Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) campus in Tel Aviv, Israel. The first sky car system of its kind will feature a 550 yard elevated sky car prototype loop, according to skyTran,

Egypt’s recently elected President Abdel-Fatttah el-Sisi has announced that he will donate half of his own personal wealth, along with half of his yearly salary, towards his country’s budget. Egypt’s economy has run amok, largely due to political uncertainty and

Members of a German pro-Israel group came under attack when they were rallying on behalf of the three Israeli teens that were recently kidnapped in an Israeli area of the disputed West Bank territory by Hamas terrorists. An 83-year old

While the United States has been pondering whether or not to take military action in Iraq, other actors such as Bashar al-Assad’s Syria are replacing the opening in the power vacuum created by the ongoing sectarian bloodshed. Syrian fighter jets

As a precondition for US involvement in the region, Iraq has reportedly given assurances to President Obama that the United States military will be protected from being prosecuted in Iraqi courts, U.S. officials stated Monday. “The commander in chief would

An estimated 150 to 300 Australian citizens are fighting for ISIS in Iraq and Syria, making the Aussies the highest foreign per-capita contributors to the militant Islamist group. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said of the increase in radicalized jihadis

The president of Lithuania did not mince words; she likened Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggressive territorial expansion into Crimea to a strategy carried out by two of history’s most ruthless dictators: former Soviet premier Joseph Stalin and Nazi leader Adolf

Militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 91 individuals during raids into several Nigerian villages over the weekend. Witnesses told the AP that married women were taken along with their children, who range anywhere from three to fifteen years of age.

Secretary of State John Kerry touched down in Baghdad Monday. The Secretary met with senior Iraqi leaders as radical ISIS militants continued their charge through Iraq. “The future of Iraq depends on the decisions made in the next few days

In the past few months, as many as 15 Somali-American men have left the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in order to join radical jihadist insurgents in Syria, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. One of the Minnesota residents told MPR

The Iraqi military ran out of Hellfire missiles last week. According to reports, the United States is hoping to resupply the Iraqi government as hastily as possible. This new revelation leaves Iraq with a non-existent air force until they are

Citing rampant Islamic anti-semitism and poor economic prospects, more than 5,000 French Jews are set to depart their homeland for the hopes of a better future in Israel. France, trailing Israel and the United States, has the world’s third-largest population

ISIS’s Sunni Islamist militants have successfully overtaken what was once former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s chemical-weapons production site. US government officials believe that the site contains a decent quantity of old weapons. However, most are unsure if they can be

Friday morning, people from around the world united on the Twitter social media platform to pledge allegiance to Sunni Islamic terror group ISIS. Using the hashtag #AllEyesOnISIS, the jihadis promoted their brand, and hoped to find new recruits worldwide. Unfortunately

President Obama held a press conference Thursday afternoon to discuss the White House’s plan of action to deal with the ongoing crisis in Iraq. The president, who arrived over an hour late, said, “[ISIS] poses a threat to the Iraqi

While Boko Haram had originally arisen out of Nigeria, conducting most of its operations there, the terrorist group is now fully functional inside Cameroon, reportedly adding to its numbers by kidnapping young men and forcing them to join the Islamist

Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States is interested in sharing key information with Tehran over the ongoing crisis in Iraq. The comments from the Secretary came in an interview released Thursday and taped late Wednesday with NBC

Elon Musk, the multi-Billionaire CEO of companies’ SpaceX and Tesla Motors, said that he could feasibly land human beings on Mars by 2026. The man widely considered to be a visionary and tech guru said, “I’m hopeful that the first

Mohamed Elibiary is a senior member of the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council. According to a report by the Center for Security Policy, Elibiary also supports brokering a U.S. partnership with the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group. This week, Breitbart’s Kerry

President Barack Obama told senior congressional leaders that he does not need their approval to carry out any action he deems necessary in Iraq, according to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell addressed the media after his meeting with

Japan has finally banned the possession of child sex-abuse photos, making it one of the last countries in the developed world to do so. Previously, Japan was the only state in the 34-country Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that

A Parisian court has given Andre Bamberski a one-year suspended prison sentence for his involvement in the kidnapping of the man who murdered his daughter. Bamberski’s daughter Kalinka was killed in 1982 in Germany by her stepfather. Bamberski waged a

Although President Obama personally requested in his most recent Rose Garden speech that Iraqi PM Maliki reach out to his Sunni counterparts, it appears Obama’s wish has fallen upon deaf ears. Maliki has in fact done the exact opposite, as

US officials announced Tuesday that a joint Special Forces and FBI operation successfully nabbed Libyan national Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the man suspected as the “ringleader” for the 2012 attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Just one month following

On Monday, a hospital in Sudan used by members of the internationally recognized NGO Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was hit by Sudanese air force bombing runs. Doctors Without Borders said in a statement, “As bombs struck the

Mixed reports Tuesday revealed that between 44 and 52 prisoners were killed along with two policemen during an apparent attempted jail-break at a police station in Baquba, 37 miles from Baghdad. According to Shia policemen stationed at the small jail,

Breitbart News had the opportunity to speak with Bill Roggio, managing editor of The Long War Journal, about terrorist group ISIS’s advances through Iraq, Iran’s involvement, and what the US should do about it. Breitbart News: Was the ISIS blitzkrieg

The United States government is prepared to directly engage the government of Iran in seeking a resolution to the ongoing conflict in Iraq, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The ultimate goal of the Ayatollah-led theocratic government of Iran

Buddhist-Muslim violence is said to have started after a group known as the Buddhist Brigade, or BBS, staged a rally, where anti-Muslim slogans were reportedly chanted by the masses. The Buddhist group’s speech was followed by Muslim rioters reportedly killing

Rogue Libyan General Khalifa Haftar launched an operation against Islamist jihadists on Sunday in Benghazi, Libya, Sunday. Up to a dozen people were killed, and as many as sixteen were wounded in the attacks. Power was knocked out in much

On Sunday, The United States announced that some staff was being evacuated immediately, largely due to the impending threat of Al Qaeda splinter group ISIL’s (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) assault on Baghdad. To further secure the diplomatic

On Thursday, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped south of Jerusalem in the West Bank, possibly to be used as hostages in exchange for Palestinian terrorists. It is believed the victims are Yeshiva (Jewish study) students. One of the kidnapped teenagers