French President Francois Hollande has declared Charlie Hebdo "reborn" after its new edition sold out in record time. "Charlie Hebdo is alive and will live on," the president said Wednesday, after many Parisians joined long queues to get their hands on a copy which, true to controversial form, featured a cartoon of the Prophet
Five Canadians have died fighting alongside Islamic State terrorists in Syria, including a man who called for lone wolf attacks in Canada, local media reported Wednesday. The National Post said Ottawa-born John Maguire, who joined ISIS terrorists in Syria in January 2013, died Wednesday in the flashpoint town Kobane. In a video message
official with the Hamas Islamist terrorist organization warned on Wednesday that Gaza could "become" a breeding ground for extremism, unless the world forks over more funds to rebuild after Hamas's latest terror war against Israel. "Our message to the world, which is scared of terrorism and extremism, is that the delay in rebuilding Gaza
Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists have publicly executed a woman accused of adultery in northwestern Syria, a monitoring group said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that in total 14 people had been executed for alleged adultery or homosexuality in the war-torn country since July, half of them women. It released a video showing
Deadly attacks by terrorists in Paris and other Western cities underline the need for a "global response" to the Islamic State jihadist group, US envoy John Allen said on Wednesday. "As we saw so tragically in Paris last week, Iraq is on the front lines of a global conflict," Allen said at a news
The situation in Europe is intolerable. At any given moment one of the thousands of Jihadists living in Europe can be annoyed by a movie, article or caricature published in a newspaper, grab the closest Kalashnikov and spread death and destruction in editorial offices, shops, museums, schools and on the streets. He can hurl
The leader of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP) has officially claimed responsibility for last week's attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday, one week after the attackers told bystanders and victims that they were carrying out the attack on the group's behalf. AQAP commander Nasr al-Ansi
Saudi Arabia has provided $60 million in direct support for the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) budget, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Egypt Ahmad Abdulaziz Qattan said Tuesday, according to the WAFA news agency. Qattan reportedly said that the Saudi Fund for Development had transferred $60 million to the PA Finance Ministry’s bank account. The Saudi
Egypt's Grand Mufti on Tuesday warned the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo against publishing a new caricature of the Prophet Mohammed, saying it was a racist act that would incite hatred and upset Muslims around the world, Reuters reported. Charlie Hebdo is due to publish a front page on Wednesday showing a caricature of
An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned former president Hosni Mubarak's conviction on corruption charges and ordered a retrial, AFP reported. The former president remains in detention pending a judicial order. Supporters of the 86-year-old broke into cheers and chanted "Long Live Justice!" as the Court of Cassation in Cairo announced its decision, which
