It's ISIS vs. the World, Not Islam vs. the World
PARIS -- La Ville Lumi�re -- The City of Light -- and its magnificent icon, the Eiffel Tower, stood draped in eerie darkness. Parts of Paris were under curfew. Street cafes bore a haunted look....
View ArticleIsraeli president: ISIS jihadis are today's Nazis
Text smaller Text bigger Israeli President Reuven Rivlin UNITED NATIONS – The president of Israel compared the brutalities of ISIS and the Nigerian group Boko Haram to the Nazi genocide, declaring the...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo attack live: hunt near Paris intensifies, hostage fear,...
8.07pm: SHOTS were fired during a car chase and at least one hostage was taken to the north-east of Paris tonight, in the same area police were hunting for two heavily armed brothers accused of...
View ArticleHollywood glamour gals wake up to holy war
Text smaller Text bigger WASHINGTON — One of the nation’s leading foreign-policy experts has revealed to WND what he believes is the key to getting leftists to join the war on terror: Enlisting...
View ArticleAn Aging United Nations in 2015. But How About a New United Nations in 2020?
The new report from the Commission on Global Security, Justice, and Governance, co-chaired by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, suggests that the 75th anniversary year in 2020 might be...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleMichelle Obama’s hashtag quest to rescue Nigerian girls
Michelle Obama told Americans - and the world - about schoolgirls abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria. But the first lady's awareness campaign has failed - at least in part. The...
View ArticleSolidarity in symbols: Responding with light to Paris attacks
Just an hour after a series of attacks rocked Paris on Friday night, the Eiffel Tower went dark in mourning. But the response worldwide was to turn on the light: Three colors began appearing in...
View ArticleChibok People Combed Sambisa Forest Hoping To Rescue Schoolgirls Like Amina...
The successful rescue of Amina Ali Nkeki has prompted a group of Chibok people to comb Sambisa Forest hoping that they would find the remaining schoolgirls who were abducted in April 2014 by terrorist...
View Article82 More Chibok Schoolgirls Freed In Militant Exchange
This picture taken on March 5, 2015 shows an arial view of the burnt-out classrooms of a school in Chibok,in Northeastern Nigeria, from where Boko Haram Islamist fighters seized 276 teenagers in April...
View ArticleNigeria Is Letting Boko Haram Get Away With Murder
Remember the #bringbackourgirls campaign? The girls are still gone and as the body count rises in Nigeria, and the country’s leaders are almost as silent as the global community. No one knows for sure...
View ArticleArtist Jean Jullien's Eiffel Tower peace sign goes viral after Paris terror...
In the wake of the horrifying terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, many took to social media to express their condolences and concern for the people of the French capital, using hashtags like...
View ArticleFrederica Wilson plans Nigeria trip to push for release of kidnapped schoolgirls
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson announced Sunday that she plans to take her year-long campaign for the release of almost 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls to the West African country. Wilson, D-Miami...
View ArticleWhy did the world ignore Boko Haram's Baga attacks?
As the media coverage focused on the Paris terror attacks last week, over 2000 Nigerians were reported to have been killed by Islamist militants. What makes one massacre more newsworthy than another?...
View ArticleWhen were the Chibok schoolgirls released, why were they kidnapped by Boko...
AT least 82 of the 270 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria have been released. The girls had been kept prisoner for three years after being snatched from a school in...
View ArticleNigerian army says it has rescued another Chibok girl
Abuja (AFP) - The Nigerian army on Thursday said another Chibok schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists almost three years ago had been rescued along with her six-month-old baby. Rakiya Abubakar...
View ArticleFrance's flag flies on social media as people worldwide grieve terror victims
Social media is awash with public buildings lit up in the French colors of blue, white and red as people globally expressed their solidarity with the French after deadly terror attacks in Paris. Users...
View ArticleBoko Haram mystery: Where -- or who -- is African terrorist group's leader?
Of all the terrorist leaders sending out suicide bombers in Africa, Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau is probably the most globally recognizable: Who could forget that leering laugh as he boasted last year...
View ArticleOne year since #BringBackOurGirls: What did it accomplish?
One year after Islamic extremists kidnapped hundreds of young girls from a northeastern Nigerian town, the world still wonders what happened to the 219 girls that are still missing. The event sparked...
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