The man who pulled the trigger and massacred 13 U.S. army soldiers Thursday and wounded 30 others is the grandson of Arabs from Samaria, a devout Muslim psychiatrist and a U.S. army officer who screamed, “Allah Akbar†(Arabic for Allah is Great) before he fired. The attack ended after he was seriously wounded, and he is in intensive care at an army hospital.
Singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits," was due to perform in Egypt on Friday under tight security, at the Red Sea resort of Port Ghalib.
The bumper sticker reading "Allah is Love" was torn off and the car was keyed.
Italy was susceptible to terror attacks by allies of the Al-Qaeda network, the interior minister Roberto Maroni said on Friday. Maroni warned there were terror cells that identified with Al-Qaeda and they had "authorisation" to carry out attacks in Italy.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic's scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian reported in its Friday edition.
The United Nations General Assembly formally voted to adopt the Goldstone Report on Thursday by a vote of 114-18, with 44 abstentions.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the terrorist weapon shipment captured in an IDF raid this week constituted a war crime, and criticized the United Nations for its failure to respond to the incident. He noted the timing of the weapons shipment,
Senior Israeli Muslim cleric Sheikh Raad Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, was convicted Thursday of rioting and of assaulting a police officer.
The Afghan National Police have been penetrated by the Taliban “at every level†with officers poorly trained, corrupt and some addicted to drugs, a former Army officer has
Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is only intended to generate electricity, is an attempt to force the world to acknowledge it as a regional power, U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei said late on Wednesday.