Aleppo sees shelling, air strikes again as Assad urges peace talks

Syrian rebels shelled Aleppo and air strikes resumed around the city on Friday as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies said the insurgents’ withdrawal from the city could pave the way toward a political solution for the country. A day after the last rebels left their remaining pocket of territory in the city, the […]

Virginia Man Charged With Trying to Aid Islamic State

The investigation began six months ago after a Virginia man allegedly pledged allegiance to Islamic terrorists on Facebook. It ended Wednesday with his arrest on charges he gave $250 to FBI informants pretending to buy weapons for the Islamic State group in Iraq, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Lionel Nelson Williams, 26, of Suffolk, also owned […]

‘Tragedy’ inside Mosul as food runs out and the battle against ISIS drags on

MOSUL, Iraq — Hundreds of thousands of people who remain in this northern Iraqi city are struggling to find food and safe drinking water as the protracted offensive against Islamic State militants batters their neighborhoods. When the battle began seven weeks ago, aid agencies feared that an exodus from the city would overwhelm already crowded […]

Defense Secretary Ash Carter: U.S., partners need to stay in Iraq after ISIS defeat

The American military, along with its international partners, will need to remain in Iraq even after the expected defeat of the Islamic State group, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday. Carter said the U.S. and its coalition partners must not stop after completing the current campaign to expel ISIS from Mosul. He said the militants […]

Sub-Saharan Africa’s long history of kidnappings

Sub-Saharan Africa has long been one of those places on Earth that just invites trouble & conflict, dating as far back as 500 AD by then there was already an extensive network of trans-Saharan trade routes. But peace would not last for long through the discovery of the camel; this enabled tribes to expand the […]

Philippine police arrest suspect in failed US Embassy bombing

On Monday, an IED was detonated by police outside of the US Embassy in Manila. The device was placed less than 150 meters from the US Embassy and components consisted of a 81mm mortar round, cellphone, blasting cap, and a small battery. Today, police indicated they have arrested at least one suspect and may end up arresting more. Police […]

Iraqi forces grind on in east Mosul as political rift opens over Shi’ite militias

Iraq’s sectarian political leaders have plunged back into a dispute over the status of Shi’ite armed groups, undermining efforts to reunite the country as its troops press on with the assault of Mosul, Islamic State’s biggest stronghold. Forty days into the biggest ground offensive in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, about a quarter […]

French Authorities Deploy New Surveillance Powers to Thwart Attack

French prosecutors credited recently enhanced surveillance powers for allowing them to foil a planned terror attack directed by Islamic State targeting sites such as Disneyland Paris. Paris prosecutor François Molins said Friday “new techniques” granted under an antiterror law that went into effect this summer helped investigators track down a group of militants who he said were […]