The leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS or ISIS) group in an audio recording released Saturday. "We announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims, Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Husseini al-Qurashi," said the voice on the message, which was believed to be
The United Nations' cultural body on Saturday condemned the "destruction" by the Islamic State jihadist group of Hatra, a stunning Roman period ancient fortress city in the Iraqi desert, according to AFP. The destruction of the UNESCO world heritage site was reported two days after the Iraqi antiquities ministry said that ISIS bulldozed the
The United Arab Emirates said Saturday its warplanes had carried out raids against oil installations held by the Islamic State group, which controls large swathes of Iraq and Syria. The state news agency WAM did not say where the raids struck, only that UAE fighter jets took off overnight Friday from their base in
Two charities have stopped funding a rights group in contact with the man thought to be Islamic State group executioner "Jihadi John" before he left for Syria, Britain's charities regulator has said. Rights group Cage describes its work as supporting people arrested or raided as a result of the "war on terror" following the
In July of the 1973 Season, Yogi Berra’s Mets trailed the Chicago Cubs by 9 ½ games in the National League East. That’s when Berra coined his famous phrase “It ain’t over, till it’s over.” Berra’s Mets when on to rally, and win the division title for a pennant ride which ended with the Mets
The intensity of hatred for Bibi Netanyahu is simply amazing. They are all competing to smear Israel's democratically elected prime minister: from almost the entire Jewish media, a gang of traitors and appeasers, to Meir Dagan, the Mossad's former boss, whose ego can lead Israel to disaster (he will actually appear in a Tel Aviv
Against President Obama’s wishes, PM Netanyahu will be addressing Congress about the extraordinary danger of a nuclear Iran. Obama’s administration wishes to deflect American concerns about the unenforceable deal it is negotiating with Shiite Iran by conducting a demonization campaign against Israel and its Prime Minister. I share Jonathan Tobin’s view that Netanyahu should
Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Thursday suggested that a 10-year moratorium on some aspects of his country's nuclear program might be acceptable to Tehran, Reuters reported. U.S. President Barack Obama told the same news agency on Monday that Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive
The Islamic State (ISIS) group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq on Thursday, the government said, in the jihadists' latest attack on the country's historical heritage. ISIS "assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles," the tourism and antiquities ministry said on an official Facebook page
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday claimed Israel creates the "greatest danger" in the region, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the day before in Congress detailed how Iranian aggression is wreaking havoc in the Middle East, and warned against a nuclear deal. In his speech on Capitol Hill, Netanyahu said Tuesday the nuclear agreement
