Terrorism
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:07
The abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria has lead to campaigns calling for their rescue, on social media and offline all around the world.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:06
Sending U.S. experts to Nigeria to help locate the kidnapped schoolgirls is just the first step. I would support whatever actions are necessary to locate, capture and eliminate the terrorists responsible for this reprehensible act. I support sharing with Nigeria and others whatever intelligence is necessary to help bring these kidnappers to justice.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:00
As the Obama administration on Wednesday began preparing to deploy a team of military and civilian advisers to aid in the search for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls, members of Congress pressed for a more muscular response to the militant Islamist group that carried out the mass kidnapping last month.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:57
The United States has received intelligence of a “specific terrorist threat” against churches and other places of worship in the Ugandan capital, its embassy there said.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:31
Boko Haram is an Islamist extremist group responsible for dozens of massacres of civilians in its five-year insurgency in Nigeria, including the brazen kidnapping last month of more than 250 schoolgirls and the abduction, reported Tuesday, of 11 more teenagers.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:20
Since Mahmoud Abbas' mandate was set to expire in 2009, the Hamas-run interior ministry in the Gaza Strip has carried out the death penalty since then without the approval of the PA leadership.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 08:14
Mentions of Benghazi by lawmakers have ebbed and flowed during the past year, peaking around the anniversary of the Sept. 12 attacks and then falling away again.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 08:07
Capitol Hill aides say financial assistance may only be cut should the unity government between Fatah, the party of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas, a terrorist organization as listed by the United States, actually come to pass.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 07:20
Algeria just sent two alleged killers back to their native Morocco.
An international arrest warrant had been issued against the brothers for international drug trafficking and a torture-murder last year in Ben Slimane, the Moroccan interior ministry announced on Thursday (April 24th).
The arrest of the two brothers in Algeria and their appearance before Moroccan authorities unveiled the extensive security relations linking the two countries.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:26
US officials and lawmakers are quickly concluding that America's military should be doing more to help rescue hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria by a terrorist group. What is the point of having a US Africa Command, they say, if not to counter such attacks?