Saudi Arabia’s death penalty

Six men were pushed before the watching eyes of countless men, women, and children — they were thieves and murders, and they were set to be executed in public. The style of execution? Beheading. One might expect such a scene from medieval England or ancient China, but this particular anecdote? Early June 2017 in Saudi […]

Australia revokes citizenship of Islamic State affiliates

This week the Australian government announced that five dual citizens were stripped of their Australian citizenship after it was discovered they had taken part in the Islamic State collective in Iraq and Syria. To date, six Australians have been stripped of their citizenship for taking part in the Islamic State’s activities. The law was changed […]

Three things that seem like they’ll kill you (but probably won’t)

People have always been fascinated with death, and for good reason. Despite the massive breadth of experiences that one can accumulate over a lifetime on Earth, our final disposition after we exhale our last breath remains a unique kind of mystery: one we will all eventually solve, but can never relay to others. Death represents […]

Turkish political parties meet in private to discuss imprisoned Ministers of Parliament

The Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) sent a delegation to meet with Turkish parliament speaker (and former prime minister) Binali Yildirim this week to discuss the imprisonment of two Ministers of Parliament that represent the HDP. The two ministers, Leyla Guven and Enis Berberoglu, were jailed for terrorism-related charges despite having parliamentary immunity. The HDP released a post-meeting statement […]

US — Turkey relations strained as imprisoned pastor is moved to house arrest

On Monday the imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson, a U.S. citizen, made an appeal to the Turkish high court regarding his case. Brunson ran a Protestant church in Izmir and was arrested on terrorism-related charges in October 2016. Brunson, having spent almost two years in prison, was relocated from jail to house arrest last week. An appeal was submitted […]

Israel Rocked By Rocket Attacks is the Iranian Two-Front Strategy Beginning

We’ve all seen how since late Friday, Israel has been facing an unending series of rocket and mortar attacks which has kept the country on alert. Hamas from their enclaves in Gaza has launched, to date over 200 rockets and mortars on the Israeli territory around Sderot. Most of the rockets fell into open fields […]

Why the US Lost the Drug War Vs the Taliban

Five years ago, with Afghanistan in danger of becoming a narco-terrorist state, several law enforcement veterans presented the previous Obama administration with a detailed plan to use the court system in the United States to prosecute Taliban commanders and Afghan drug lords who supply more than 90 percent of the world’s heroin supply. With a […]

Japan executes cult leader that killed dozens to usher in apocalypse

Back in 1995, six years before the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 would catapult terrorism to the forefront of the global conversation, another terror group attempted an attack that had the potential to dwarf even the immense loss of human life seen on 9/11. On March 20, 1995, five members of the Japan-based doomsday […]

Iran is on the ropes and the world is unforgiving

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is advocating for European countries to take a firmer stance toward Iran and it’s aggressive posture. Prime Minister Netanyahu tweeted, “It was no coincidence that this attack was thwarted,” in reference to the arrest of six individuals who had attempted to carry out a bombing of an Iranian opposition party […]

Fauda: Israeli Series in The War on Terror Is Gritty, Brutal, Must-Watch TV

It isn’t often that I get surprised like this weekend when a very good friend of mine mentioned the Netflix series “Fauda” that is produced in Israel. He and his wife had been watching it and called me to recommend it. The exact words were, “if you like ‘Homeland’ then you’ll love Fauda” The story […]

Woman Dies in Britain After Being Exposed to Nerve Agent Novichok

A British woman from Amesbury died after she was exposed by the nerve agent Novichok on Sunday. That is the same nerve agent that was used in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy in England only about 11 miles away from the latest poisoning. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she was exposed to […]