Venezuela turns the page after 16 years of “21st Century Socialism”
Parliamentary elections held yesterday gave the opposition coalition a resounding landslide victory, with the first bulletin allocating 99 out of...
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Iran’s foreign policy instrument set to reap benefits of the nuclear deal
With sanctions relief looming for Iran following adoption day (October 18, 2015) of the JCPOA, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps...
Boko Haram seeks to ‘remain and expand’ in West Africa
After pledging allegiance to the Islamic State this past March, the Nigerian jihadist group known as Boko Haram has increased...
BREAKING: Bomb threat at Sofia, Bulgaria airport shuts down terminal
A bomb-sniffing dog detected an apparent explosive device inside a van parked outside Terminal 1 of Sofia’s airport, leading to...
Russia ramps up rhetoric in wake of downed jet
Outraged by the downing of a Su-24 jet that appears to have violated Turkish airspace, Russian president Vladimir Putin is...
Islamic State Egyptian affiliate stays busy, claims hotel bombing
Following up on the October 31st Russian Metrojet bombing, Wilayat Sinai, the Islamic State’s “province” in Egypt, is now claiming responsibility...
NATO member Turkey raises the stakes, shoots down Russian jet
In what could mark a turning point in the Syrian civil war, a Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24...
Russian ground troops may be deployed in Syria
In what may have been an inadvertent slip-up, Russian state TV broadcast footage yesterday of a military briefing in which...
Brussels, seat of NATO headquarters, held hostage by the Islamic State
After uncovering the Islamic State cell that planned and executed the Paris attacks, Belgian authorities have increased the manhunt for...
Islamic State expands its presence in Bangladesh
Always opportunistic and seeking to supplant its forefather al-Qaeda, the Islamic State appears to have struck in Bangladesh, claiming responsibility...
Terrorist threats against the world’s most popular sport have a history
Although it may seem counterintuitive for al-Qaeda and the Islamic State to target the world’s most popular sport, there is...
Overnight raids in Paris miss their target
Update: since this article was published, unconfirmed reports state that Abdelhamid Abaaoud has been killed. More information to follow. Acting...
CIA Director John Brennan: more attacks forthcoming
In a sobering assessment of the Paris attacks, CIA Director John Brennan spoke yesterday at the Global Security Forum, calling...
Venezuela: a revolutionary narco state
Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady, Efrain Campos and Franqui Flores, were arrested yesterday in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, and charged with conspiring to...
Breaking: Beirut Hit by IS
IS claims twin suicide bombings near Hizballah hospital in Beirut In an online statement, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility...
Kurdish forces launch operation to retake Sinjar in Iraq from the Islamic State
Backed by US air cover, Kurdish militias have launched an operation to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, located about...