Al-Qaeda Claims Attack at Yemen Airport as Three-Sided Civil War Continues
July 6th, 2016, 15-20 militants attacked a base near Aden Airport in Yemen after detonating two car bombs which killed...
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Gunmen Affiliated with Islamic State Kill Foreigners in Bangladesh Café
Twenty hostages, mostly foreigners were killed in Dhaka, Bangladesh Friday July 1st after armed gunmen declaring loyalty to the Islamic State...
Attack on Holy Site in Medina Latest Attempt to Undermine Saudi Monarchy
Four security officers have been killed and another wounded after a suicide bomber struck Medina, Saudi Arabia; the attacker detonated himself...
Israel Targets Palestinian Compensation of Terrorists as Attacks Continue
On July 30th, 2016, a 17-year old Palestinian terrorist broke into an Israeli house and stabbed a 13-year-old girl to...
National Syrian Army Fails to Take Back Border Town From Islamic State
In efforts to split the Islamic State’s territorial holdings in two, the U.S-backed New Syrian Army (NSA) launched a failed...
Islamic State Carries Out Attack Against Yemeni Government
On Monday June 27th, just as the residents of Mukallah, Yemen were about to break the fast of Ramadan, three...
Israel Resumes Diplomatic Relations With Turkey, But at a Cost
Turkey and Israel have announced that they plan to re-instate diplomatic ties, ending a six-year hiatus. The break occurred following the...
Turkey Grants Immunity to Soldiers Fighting PKK
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on June 24th that his government would be granting immunity to troops participating in...
Abbas Rejects Meeting With Israeli President as EU Calls for Renewed Peace Talks
On June 23rd, 2016, Israeli President Reuben Rivlin and Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas went to Brussels...
Brexit Question Polling Evenly as Vote Day Approaches
In light of an escalation in terror attacks targeting European cities and a financial crisis that deeply hurt the European...
Revocation of Bahraini Cleric’s Citizenship Marks Sectarian Tension in Gulf Region
On June 20th 2016, Bahrain revoked the citizenship of Shia cleric Ayatollah Isa Qassim. Qassim is the most prominent cleric...
Former Argentine Official Found Hiding $7 Million in Cash and Jewels
On June 15th, police in a town near Buenos Aires, Argentina received a call claiming that a man seemed to...
Dutch Woman Raped in Qatar; Convicted of Sex Outside of Marriage
In mid-March, 2016 a Dutch woman, known to the media only as Laura, awakened in a stranger’s Doha, Qatar apartment...
French National With Ties to Islamic State Stabs and Kills Police Officer
On Monday June 13th, a French national killed a police captain and his domestic partner in the French town of...
Man Kills 49 at Gay Nightclub in Orlando
On June 11th, 2016, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, a U.S. national born to Afghani parents, opened fire on a crowd of...
Boko Haram Attack in Niger Forces Thousands to Flee Their Homes
On Friday, Sunday, and Monday, thousands of Nigeriens in the Southeastern town of Bosso were awakened to the sound of...