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Turkish President Erdogan said birth control is “treason” against Turkey.

A Moscow court accused Aleksei Navalny, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken critics, and his brother Oleg, of stealing $500,000 from two firms. Prosecutors wish to give Aleksei a 10-year prison sentence and Oleg eight years. The accusations

Sheikh Ahmad al-Ghamidi caused quite a stir in Saudi Arabia, a nation with a history of oppressing women, when he declared on television that Islam does not mandate that women wear the niqab, or veil, and suggested females should use beauty products. He

The Pakistani Army claims they killed at least 77 Taliban members, just days after the terrorist group murdered over 130 children at a military school in Peshawar. These attacks occurred late Thursday night into Friday. The army killed 32 jihadists in

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) kidnapped two Rudaw journalists, Farhad Hamo and Massoud Aqeel, in Syria on Monday. The Kurdish network said the two men were on an assignment, but offered no further details. Rudaw did not state how they knew

Nigeria found 54 soldiers, aged between 21 and 25, guilty of mutiny and sentenced them to death because they refused to fight against radical Islamic group Boko Haram. The court acquitted five others. The court claimed the soldiers refused “to

The Ukraine crisis weakened relations between the West and Russia, which has forced Moscow to look for allies elsewhere. In his quest for friendly nations, it appears President Vladimir Putin has chosen North Korea, as Putin invited leader Kim Jong Un to Russia’s Victory

India officially banned the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) after a top executive was arrested for spreading propaganda on behalf of the terrorist group. Medhi Masroor Biswas’s Twitter account @ShamiWitness was one of the most influential accounts affiliated with the jihadist group.

The Taliban slaughtered at least 140 people, mostly children aged 6 to 18, at a military school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Those who survived provided horrific details about the three-hour attack. Salman, 16, was in the auditorium when four gunmen burst

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group released pictures of militants executing thirteen men in Tikrit, Iraq, who allegedly belonged to an anti-jihadi Sunni tribe. The jihadists published the gruesome pictures on jihadist forums and social media. Abokhald Shammari, owner of

Taliban militants slaughtered over 141 people, mostly children, in a raid on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday. Radical Islamists took to social media to either condemn, praise, or remain neutral on the attack. The following accounts on Twitter

On Saturday, India arrested Medhi Masroor Biswas, the man behind the pro-ISIS account @ShamiWitness. His arrest sent “shockwaves” through ISIS and pro-ISIS social media accounts since the jihadist group heavily relies on these platforms to broadcast their message. Biswas rose

Lindt Chocolate Café manager Tori Johnson and barrister Katrina Dawson died in the 17-hour hostage situation, but both will be remembered for their sacrifices to save those in the café. Right before the siege ended at 2:21 a.m. local time,

Doctors diagnosed Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby with the mumps, which is currently making the rounds in the NHL. The team, though, is under fire because coaches and physicians allowed him to practice with the team on Friday. Crosby missed

Indonesian police summoned The Jakarta Post editor-in-chief Meidyatama Suryodiningrat over an anti-Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) cartoon the prominent newspaper published in July. He faces five years in prison if a court convicts him of blasphemy. Suryodiningrat claims the newspaper did not

A number of individuals passing by the Lindt Café in Sydney, Australia–the site of a violent siege by an Islamist terrorist–began posting “selfie” photos of themselves smiling in front of the horrifying scene. These people received massive criticism on social

A wave of violence against asylum seekers is sweeping through Germany recently as more people flee from war-torn countries such as Syria and Iraq. In several incidents, Neo-Nazi groups attacked empty buildings meant for the refugees and left behind swastikas

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadist terrorist group has released a video allegedly recorded by a surveillance drone, raising questions as to their technological abilities in the area filmed, Kobani. The images show wreckage in Kobani from the air and terrorists fighting

Just after 10AM local time, an unidentified group attacked the Lindt Café in Martin Place, Sydney, Australia, the financial hub of the city. The men have captured 13 people and forced them to hold up and Islamic flag to the

A Long Island federal jury rewarded Nancy Genovese, 58, a mother of three, $1.12 million in compensatory damages after being arrested in 2009 for attempting to photograph a helicopter at a Air National Guard base in the Hamptons. Genovese intended

The government of Sierra Leone has canceled public Christmas and New Year celebrations due to the Ebola outbreak. The government stationed soldiers on streets to make sure people obey the ruling. “We should stop all traditional practices for now so

The Twitter account @ShamiWitness rose to prominence in November 2011 during the Syrian Civil War with his insider knowledge of the war and events in Syria. He changed his tone in 2014 to support the Islamic State. His propaganda tweets

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISISL) has released a new video showcasing a children’s training camp around Damascus, Syria, in which children are seen practicing combat on each other and being beaten. The training in this video was more brutal than previous

John Maguire, a Canadian fighting with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), called on his countrymen to attack Canadian targets in the name of jihad and told Canadian Muslims to abide by the law of Allah in a newly released video. However,

In new photos released by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), jihadists are seen killing a man believed to be gay by throwing him off the roof of a building. The radical Islamists proceeded to stone the man once he landed from

Liberian government officials and residents of the New Georgia Community gathered together to celebrate Christ Kingdom Harvest Church’s enormous efforts to fight Ebola. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf chose to kick off her “Ebola Must Go!” campaign in the community because

A father in Saudi Arabia allegedly punished his nine children, including a three-month-old daughter, with red-hot skewers for almost a week because he could not find 100 riyals ($26). The eldest attended school when the principal noticed she was not

New York Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein offered the definite proof that hockey players are indeed the toughest athletes. He lost part of his ear during Monday night’s game only to have it sewn back on and return to score the

Despite evidence that Russian-backed rebels were responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July, Russian media continue to find new culprits to blame for the incident. This time, Russian TV show Moment of Truth and the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper

Following months of questionably legal military behavior in eastern Ukraine and over the Baltic states, government officials in Moscow are expressing concern to United Nations Secretary General Ban-ki Moon regarding reports that Israel launched an airstrike near Damascus, Syria. “Moscow

NATO and the United States monitored more Russian jets in the Baltic region on Saturday and Sunday. Reports of Russian jets flying threateningly close to the Baltic states have become a near-weekly occurrence, yet NATO regularly issues concerns and warnings

Last week, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued a ban on Australians traveling to Syria’s Raqqa province, which is held by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). It is the first time Bishop used the powers invested to her under the terrorism laws.

Ex-KGB agent Boris Karpichkov claims Russia ordered famed spy Anna Chapman to seduce NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in an effort to keep him in Moscow and tear out American secrets. A marriage would give him citizenship and would make him

More independent media in Russia face outages due to their unwillingness to toe the Kremlin line. Independent station Rain TV (TV Dozhd) lost its first office in January and was kicked out of its second office over the weekend. The

Kurdish news outlet Rudaw is reporting that high-ranking Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) commander Abu Abdullah Kosovoi was killed by a roadside bomb on Sunday inside of Mosul, Iraq. The Mosul Brigades, a group of ordinary citizens fighting against the Islamic State, are allegedly

A Swiss hostage kidnapped by Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf escaped this weekend using only a knife to fight his captors after government forces fired upon the radical Islamists. Lorenzo Vinciguerra, 49, was kidnapped alongside his friends Ewold Horn and