A disturbing new trend is on the rise in Iran, according to Amnesty International. Execution orders have risen dramatically since 2014 in the Islamic Republic, according to new statistics revealed by the watchdog group. In the 21 days since 2014 began, more than 40 orders have been issued - more than 33% of them
The Lebanese branch of the Nusra Front - an Al Qaeda-linked rebel group fighting in Syrian - has claimed responsibility for today's deadly bombing in Beirut. The attack killed four people and left 34 more wounded In a statement posted in Arabic on Twitter, the Nusra Front in Lebanon said the attack on
An explosion has rocked a southern suburb of Beirut, killing at least four people and injuring 20. The apparent bomb attack took place in Arid Street in the Haret Hreik district, a Shia-majority neighborhood and stronghold of the Hezbollah terrorist group. Large crowds had gathered at the scene. Hezbollah's al-Manar TV showed flames
An al-Qaida-inspired group in Egypt claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a rocket attack on southern Eilat port, saying it would continue to target the Jewish state while battling the interim military government in Cairo. Israel has occasionally come under cross-border strikes from the lawless Egyptian Sinai peninsula, though a new fortified fence along the
The United Nations’ cultural body has cancelled a Jewish exhibit following Arab pressure, the European Jewish Press (EJP) reported on Friday. The exhibition, entitled "People, Book, Land - The 3,500 Year Relationship of the Jewish People and the Land of Israel", was co-organized by UNESCO, the UN body for education, science and culture, and
Military sources stated Sunday that at least 20 Pakistani soldiers died and more than 30 were wounded after a bomb rocked an army convoy in the northwest region of Bannu. The explosion rocked the convoy in a town near North Waziristan, a lawless region on the Afghan border where terrorists often hide in the
Hamas's military wing faced a front of another kind last week: a cyber war. Several of the terror organization's twitter accounts have been suspended since January 9 without prior notice, according to various news outlets - and Hamas is not happy about it. The accounts: @AlqassamBrigade, @qassambrigades, @qassambrigade, and @qasambrigade - all twitter
Ousted Islamist President Mohammad Mursi and 24 others including liberal activists who opposed his rule were ordered to stand trial for insulting the judiciary on Sunday, Reuters cited legal sources as saying. Mursi is already facing three separate trials on various charges, including inciting the murder of his opponents, conspiring with foreign groups and
A security official in Egypt said on Friday that terrorists have blown up a natural gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula. According to The Associated Press (AP), the official said a strong explosion rocked a village in central Sinai called el-Riysan, after explosives were planted beneath the gas pipeline connected to cement factories in
Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habash claimed Monday that Jihad fighters should not flock to Syria, but to Jerusalem - and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas applauded, according to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). "Whoever wants resistance, whoever wants Jihad, the direction for Jihad is well-known and clear," Al-Habash claimed to a crowd
