Monthly Archives: February 2010

British troops have launched helicopter advances in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to prepare the battlefield for a major NATO operation, the British military said on Friday.

At least 27 people were killed and 75 wounded on Friday when two car bombs blew up in Iraq's holy city of Karbala as hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims observed a major religious rite, hospital sources said.

The State of Israel continues to pay for the higher education of Arab terrorist prisoners, an advertisment by the “Prisoners' Club” in Ramallah shows.

The Dean of the Netanya Law College says that the international rules of law must be adapted to the current war against terrorism.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has authorized a slew of benefits to keep the home fires burning for families of terrorists killed or injured during the "struggle against Israel" -- the euphemism for terror attacks against Israeli citizens, be they civilians or soldiers, men, women or children.

A city Department of Correction Muslim chaplain who served 14 years in prison for murder and robbery was arrested today for carrying three utility blades and a pair of scissors into a lower Manhattan jail, authorities said.

A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeast Turkey in a gruesome honor killing just because she reportedly befriended boys, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.

Lieberman blasts Syrian president for claiming Israel leading Middle East towards war, says Assad made a "direct threat on Israel," calls on Damascus to give up demand for Golan Heights.

The free-speech trial of anti-Islamization Fitna movie-producer Geert Wilders has taken a break – after the court rejected 15 of Wilders’ requested witnesses.

A third barrel packed with explosives has been found - the latest one near the beach at Palmachim, some 15 km south of Tel Aviv. The barrel was discovered by security personnel who have been combing Israel's beaches since two explosive barrels washed up Monday to the beaches north of Gaza.