An employee of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, was shot dead by masked gunmen Thursday morning, American security sources said. According to sources quoted by news agencies, the attack was conducted in a manner similar to others by Al Qaeda in Yemen. The employee, Qassem Aqlan, a Yemeni citizen, was on his way
A Syrian Airbus A320 flying from Moscow to Damascus was intercepted by Turkish F-16 jets as it entered Turkish airspace and escorted to the capital's Esenboga Airport, Turkey's TRT television said Wednesday. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the plane was forced to land because of information that it may be carrying "certain
Militants in Gaza fired two rockets into southern Israel on Wednesday evening in the midst of a recent cross-border fracas. Israeli police told AFP that nobody was injured. Wednesday morning the IAF hit targets in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources told the AFP the air strike “hit a training camp in
Dozens of armed men invaded the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last month, setting it on fire and hunting down staff, U.S. officials said on Tuesday in a dramatic, detailed account of the deadly assault in Libya. According to an AFP report, the officials said there had been no intelligence to warn that an attack
As a student at Harvard Law School, then-bachelor Barack Obama’s practice of wearing a gold band on his wedding-ring finger puzzled his colleagues. Now, newly published photographs of Obama from the 1980s show that the ring Obama wore on his wedding-ring finger as an unmarried student is the same ring Michelle Robinson put on
Where is the shock and outrage, or is that only reserved for AFDI ads (above)? "Muslim Trafficking Networks Target Coptic Women" CBN, October 8. 2012 CAIRO, Egypt -- Recent attacks against churches are driving thousands of Egyptian Christians to seek asylum in the West. Many of them are women who fear
Experts have confirmed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s warning that Iran can have enough enriched uranium next year to produce a nuclear bomb. The Prime Minister told the United Nations two weeks ago, "Ladies and gentlemen, I've been speaking about the need to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons for over 15 years… “Iran is
France is cracking down on terror after a sting operation in connection with an attack on a Jewish supermarket left one dead and 11 arrested. French President Francois Hollande announced just prior to the start of the Jewish holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah that France would take steps to “fight all terror
The Air Force carried out “mock raids” at medium altitude over southern Lebanon Sunday, hours after Israel said all indications are that Hizbullah launched a drone that was downed inside Israel on Saturday, according to the Arabic language Nahar newspaper. Israel previously has carried out surveillance flights over southern Lebanon, which is under control
At least 21 Egyptian security officers were killed in Sinai early Monday in an apparent motor vehicle accident. According to the AFP new agency, a troop carrier from the Central Security Forces flipped over while racing down a single lane mountain road along the border with Israel. Approximately 24 others were injured in the
