Assad’s Fate Likely to Top Agenda During Putin’s Iran
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was in Tehran on Monday for talks with Iranian leaders expected to focus on the Syrian crisis and an international peace plan intended to end the conflict.
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State Department issues warning for Americans amid increased terror threat
The State Department issued a rare worldwide travel alert Monday evening for U.S. citizens amid several terror threats overseas.
Islamic State Employs New Tactics to Plot Attacks
The Islamic State is using a variety of new tactics, including encryption and control of local resources in Iraq and Syria, that make it more difficult to defeat without a greater U.S. presence in the Middle East, analysts said on Friday.
Russia Says U.S. Policies Helped Islamic State, Interfax Reports
U.S. actions in the Middle East helped Islamic State to gain influence, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, according to Interfax.
Iran’s Guard simulates capture of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Paramilitary forces from Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard have held a war game simulating the capture of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque from Israeli control, state media reported Saturday.
Trump Ahead 10 Points in WaPost/ABC Poll
Donald Trump has re-established his commanding lead of the Republican presidential race in a new Washington Post/ABC News poll.
TSA Investigation Finds 73 Workers on U.S.’s Terrorist Watchlist
A recent U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) report found that 73 aviation workers, employed by airlines and vendors, had alleged links to terrorism.
China tortures legal reps of religious groups
China continues to oppress members of religious groups and often singles out those representing them for torture.
Pakistan’s anti-Christian discrimination in education
Christians leaders have petitioned Pakistan’s supreme court to end its discrimination against minorities in the nation’s educational system.
FBI: 6 men arrested near Mexico border in Sonoita, Ariz.
Six men — one from Afghanistan; five from Pakistan — were arrested near the Mexico border in an area by Sonoita, Ariz., according to local FBI officials.
Officials: IS determined to produce chemical weapons
The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and U.S. intelligence officials.
House approves Syrian refugee screening bill, defies veto threat
The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday aimed at improving screening for Syrian and Iraqi refugees, with dozens of Democrats joining majority Republicans in defiance of a White House veto threat.
Trump Open to Ground Troops in Syria, Expands on Safe Zone Idea
Donald Trump would be open to putting boots on the ground ‘if need be’ in the fight against ISIS, he told reporters before a rally in Massachusetts Wednesday night.
IDF responds to earlier rocket fire by hitting two terrorist targets in Gaza
Israel struck two Hamas terrorist infrastructure sites Wednesday morning in response to an earlier rocket attack that targeted the country’s South.
Jordan’s King Abdullah: We are facing a Third World War
The world is facing another global conflict and a fast response is needed to deal with the threat, Jordan’s King Abdullah said on Tuesday.
CDC Sees ‘Alarming’ Increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Common sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea have exploded in recent years, in part because of reduced funding for public health clinics, federal officials reported Tuesday.
Obama threatens to veto House bill on Syrian refugees
President Obama would veto a House bill aimed at temporarily halting a resettlement program for Syrian and Iraqi refugees, the administration announced Wednesday.
Iran uranium stockpile grows after deal with Obama
Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium has grown in the past three months, the United Nations nuclear watchdog reported on Wednesday. The stockpile is supposed to be slashed as a result of the agreement the regime reached this summer with the United States and other world powers.
Governors Press White House for Refugee Information
In a call with senior Obama administration officials Tuesday evening, several governors demanded they be given access to information about Syrian refugees about to be resettled by the federal government in their states. Top White House officials refused.
Stretched FBI braces for Islamic State holiday terror attacks
With another round of holidays fast approaching in the shadows of last Friday’s Paris attacks, FBI officials on the front lines of the war on terrorism see a new round of threats rising and worry they don’t have all the tools to cope, according to interviews with The Washington Times.