Settlers torture, murder Palestinian boy in revenge attack after the killing of three Israeli youths
July 4th, 20140 Suha, mother of Mohammed Abu Khudair, shows a picture of her son on her mobile phone at their home in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem July 2. REUTERS/Ammar Awad RAMALLAH — A 17-year-old Palestinian boy from East Jerusalem was abducted and killed early Wednesday, July 2, in a suspected act of revenge for the killing of three...Iraqi Kurdish president asks parliament to prepare for independence vote
Iraq's Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani votes at a polling station during voting for Iraqi parliamentary election in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, north of Baghdad April 30, 2014.BAGHDAD — The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region asked its parliament on Thursday, July 3, to plan a referendum on Kurdish...Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to border with Iraq
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers abandoned the area, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said on Thursday, July 3. Baghdad denied the Saudi claim and said the frontier remained under its full control.The world's top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia shares an 800-km (500-mile) border...Four Tunisian soldiers killed in landmine blast
TUNIS— Four Tunisian soldiers were killed in a landmine blast during an operation against Islamist militants in the north of the country, TAP state news agency reported on Wednesday, July 2.Tunisian troops are battling militants from the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia and other al-Qaeda-linked fighters, especially since...Fresh gains and new enemies for Islamic State in Syria
DAMASCUS — Islamic State militants have taken control of most of eastern Syria as they build on the momentum of their advance through northern provinces of neighboring Iraq.The jihadist group, which claims authority over Muslims worldwide, has seized weapons from arms depots in Syria and Iraq, money from bank vaults in cities it has...Coffee shop attacked in Lebanon for not closing during Ramadan
BEIRUT —A café open for customers during the day of the fasting month of Ramadan in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli was attacked by unknown gunmen with a grenade, wounding four people and causing material damages to the café.Two unidentified men on a motorcycle threw the bomb at Makiya café whose owner insists on opening his...Algeria’s soccer national team to donate World Cup bonuses to Gaza
Algeria's soccer players celebrate as they are welcomed by fans in downtown Algiers, after returning from the 2014 World Cup. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi Algiers — The Algerian national football team will donate their entire World Cup prize fund to the embattled people of Gaza.According to quotes attributed to Algeria’s star striker Islam...Gunmen kidnap leading Libyan Islamist party figure
TRIPOLI — Gunmen kidnapped a leading member of a Libyan Islamist party affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, a party spokesman said on Monday, in a further sign of lawlessness crippling the oil-producing country.No group claimed responsibility for the abduction on Sunday night of Mohammed Hraizi. But kidnappings for political...Militants free 32 Turkish truck drivers seized in Iraq
ANKARA — Thirty-two truck drivers abducted by Islamist militants in Iraq three weeks ago arrived home in Turkey on Thursday, and Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said efforts to secure the release of 49 more abductees were continuing.There were emotional scenes as the drivers were reunited with their families, with children and...Two police officers killed in bomb blasts near Cairo palace
CAIRO — Two Egyptian policemen were killed on Monday, June 30, trying to defuse bombs planted near Cairo's presidential palace by militants days before the anniversary of the army overthrow of an elected Islamist president.Islamist fundamentalists have repeatedly attacked police and soldiers with bombings and shootings since the...
Duggan, Dabaja announce support for Warren Evans
July 3rd, 20140 L-R: Worthy, Evans, Duggan and Dabaja.DETROIT — More than 60 people crowded Warren Evans' campaign headquarters on Tuesday to witness Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan officially announce his backing for the former Wayne County Sheriff's bid for Wayne County executive.Evans is campaigning in a crowded field of candidates that include current...Both MIGOP and Democratic U.S. Rep. Gary Peters send Ramadan blessings
MICHIGAN — Democratic U.S. Rep. Gary Peters and Michigan Republican Party issued separate statements regarding the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. “I want to wish Ramadan Kareem to Michigan’s Muslim community as the sighting of the full moon takes place this weekend and Ramadan begins,” Peters, a candidate for U.S....
Kim Worthy endorses Warren Evans for Wayne County Executive
June 26th, 20140 Worthy.DETROIT—Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy endorsed former Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans for Wayne County Executive. Worthy says Evans is the best person to move the county forward.“He has real law enforcement experience and a clear understanding that the first function of government is to keep its citizens safe,”...“Welcome to hell:” The Border Patrol’s repeated abuse of children
Detainees wrested from sleep every 30 minutes, the lights in their frigid cells never turned off. One detainee told by officials, don't lie or you'll be raped. Another detainee sexually abused by guards. Detainees forced to stand in stress positions. Others denied adequate food, water, and medical treatment and held in dehumanizing...
Three bombs rock Lebanon in one week
June 26th, 20140 A policeman secures the area as firefighters put out a fire at Duroy hotel following a bomb attack in Raouche, in western Beirut June 25, 2014. A suicide bomber killed himself and wounded several security officers at the hotel in Beirut close to the Saudi Arabian embassy on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said. REUTERS/Mahmoud......
Iraqi troops battle ISIS in Tikrit, Syrian jets strike across the border
June 26th, 20140 Shi'a volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the al-Sham (ISIS), march during a military-style training in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad, June 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed.Eyewitnesses said battles were...Egypt blocks three Iraqi TV stations from broadcasting
CAIRO — Egypt has barred three private Iraqi TV stations from its main satellite system, the broadcasting regulator said on Tuesday, after Baghdad complained that their coverage was stoking sectarian tensions.The news came a day after Egypt jailed three Al Jazeera journalists on charges of aiding the outlawed Islamist Muslim...Elderly Palestinian woman dies of heart attack after Israeli raid
Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian man during a search for three missing Israeli teens, feared abducted in the West Bank June 12, in the village of Beit Kahil near Hebron.RAMALLAH — An elderly Palestinian woman who suffered a heart attack during an Israeli raid on a refugee camp north of Hebron died early Thursday, June 26,...Libyan human rights activist killed in Benghazi
Salwa Bugaighis holding a sign that reads, "No for chaotic thinking."BENGHAZI — Human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis was shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the restive east Libyan city of Benghazi late Wednesday, June 25, hospital and security sources said."Unknown hooded men wearing military uniforms attacked Mrs......
Syrian Al-Qaeda wing pledges loyalty to ISIS in border town
DAMASCUS — Syria's al-Qaeda wing has pledged loyalty to the rival Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) group in a Syrian border town, a monitoring group said, boosting ISIS's control on both sides of the frontier.Fighters from Nusra Front, the Syrian wing of al-Qaeda, took an oath of allegiance to ISIS in the town of Albu Kamal,...Militants attack Yemeni airport as bomber hits army base
ADEN — Six suspected al-Qaeda fighters, six soldiers and a civilian woman were killed in a series of militant attacks in the eastern Yemeni city of Seiyun on Thursday, June 26, local officials said.A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the entrance of an army base, killing four soldiers in the city in Hadramawt province......
Saudi Arabia to expel foreigners who eat in public during Ramadan
RIYADH — Saudi authorities threatened Thursday, June 26, to expel non-Muslim foreigners who eat, drink or smoke in public during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which begins this weekend.The interior ministry urged non-Muslims to "respect the feelings of Muslims by refraining from eating, drinking or smoking in public places,...
Who is behind ISIS?
June 19th, 20140 With its multi-pronged assault across central and northern Iraq in the past one and a half weeks, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has taken over from the al-Qaeda organization founded by Osama bin Laden as the most powerful and effective extreme jihadi group in the world.ISIS now controls or can operate with impunity in a......