Israeli officials on Thursday announced that they had nabbed a gang of Arab terrorists who were planning a terror attack against Israelis or tourists who visited the Temple Mount. An indictment was handed down Thursday against five suspects, residents of an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem, on charges of terrorism and conspiracy to murder and kidnap
Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two rockets at southern Israel on Thursday evening. The rockets exploded in an open area of the Eshkol Regional Council, causing no physical injuries or damages. On Wednesday morning, the Color Red rocket alert siren blared throughout the city of Eilat shortly after 9 a.m. It is believed
In an interview with the BBC, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Israel was very concerned over the possibility that Syrian weapons would end up in the hands of terrorists, and that Israel had a right to prevent this from happening. “The main arms of concern to us are the arms that are already
One Boston marathon bombing suspect has been shot dead, while another, believed to be "armed and dangerous", is being chased by police. One police officer was also shot dead and a second wounded during the late night operation in Watertown, near Boston, authorities said. Police forces sealed off much of the town as
Jewish activist Pamela Geller has no plans to go away – or to be quiet in the wake of what she says is a media campaign to silence her. The media may refuse to acknowledge her message about the dangers of Muslim terror, ideology, and anti-Semitism, but she is not going to stop presenting it.
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood sought on Monday to defuse fears that Islamist extremists were seizing Syrian territory, saying that a "united front" controlled land captured by the rebels. "It is not true that extremists are in charge of liberated lands," the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader, Mohammad Riad Shakfa, was quoted by AFP as having said at
The Jordanian port city of Aqaba may also have been struck Wednesday morning in a rocket attack launched from Sinai. Security personnel in the Jordanian city, which faces its Israeli counterpart, Eilat, said on condition of anonymity that two rockets exploded in the city, according to a report broadcast on Israel’s Army Radio.
The Color Red rocket alert siren blared throughout the city of Eilat shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning, sending residents racing for bomb shelters. Tourists and others throughout the Red Sea resort area reported hearing multiple loud blasts a few seconds later. It is believed that terrorists fired three rockets at the
An eight-year-old boy was among those killed Monday in two explosions that hit the city of Boston. Initially reported at two, the death toll in the bombings has now risen to three after one of the wounded died in hospital. The two bombs struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Hospitals reported
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday defended his country's controversial nuclear program while on a tour of West Africa, arguing that Tehran has no use for an atomic bomb. Speaking during a visit to Benin, the first stop on a three-nation tour, Ahmadinejad called nuclear energy a "divine gift" providing affordable electricity. "They
