Deadliest Terror in the World: the West’s Latest Gift to Africa
Nigeria’s Boko Haram are now officially the deadliest terror group in the world. That they have reached this position is a direct consequence of Cameron and co’s war on Libya – and one that was perhaps...
View ArticleTerrorism Deaths Quadruple Under Obama
The worldwide number of annual terrorist deaths has more than quadrupled since President Barack Obama was inaugurated in January 2009. Deaths from terrorism increased 80 percent last year to...
View ArticleUN approves resolution urging action against Islamic State
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a French-sponsored resolution Friday calling on all nations to redouble and coordinate action to prevent further attacks by Islamic State terrorists and...
View ArticleSyrian civil war: Fruits of foreign intervention
THE chaos and carnage that has now spread from Afghanistan through West Asia and the Levant to North Africa and the Sahel is widely ascribed to Al Qaeda, the militant Islamic State group and their...
View ArticleFruits of foreign intervention
THE chaos and carnage that has now spread from Afghanistan through West Asia and the Levant to North Africa and the Sahel is widely ascribed to Al Qaeda, the militant Islamic State group and their...
View ArticleAustralia's Response to the Crisis in Syria & Iraq (Australian Greens)
(Source: Australian Greens) Tonight's debate takes place in the shadow of violent attacks on innocent people all over the world. We grieve with those families and friends who lost loved ones in the...
View ArticleHow is this not World War III?
(CNN)Turkish forces shot down a Russian plane near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday, dangerously escalating a conflict that is expanding ever more rapidly and unpredictably. Take a step back and...
View ArticleTerrorism death toll spiked in 2014
LONDON — The number of people killed in terrorist attacks jumped by 80 percent to 32,658 in 2014 as 11 nations suffered more than 500 deaths, a think tank reported on Tuesday. Terrorists linked to the...
View ArticleUN approves resolution urging action against Islamic State
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a French-sponsored resolution Friday calling on all nations to redouble and coordinate action to prevent further attacks by Islamic State terrorists and...
View ArticleThe top 10 countries which suffer the most from terrorism - most of which are...
Iraq has been named as the country most severely impacted by acts of terrorism last year, according to a new study. The Global Terrorism Index 2015...
View ArticleChad imposes state of emergency in Boko Haram-hit area
Under the decree, the governor of the remote region will have the authority to ban the circulation of people and vehicles, search homes, and recover arms. The government said health, education, and...
View ArticleTreasury Sanctions Senior Boko Haram Leaders (US Department of the Treasury)
(Source: US Department of the Treasury) Action Targets Two Individuals Responsible for Facilitating Terrorism and Violence WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the...
View ArticleUN approves resolution urging action against Islamic State
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a French-sponsored resolution Friday calling on all nations to redouble and coordinate action to prevent further attacks by Islamic State terrorists and...
View ArticleCameroon frees hundreds of Boko Haram hostages
Cameroon's army, with backing from a regional anti-Boko Haram task force, have killed at least 100 fighters from the Nigerian armed group and freed 900 people it had held hostage, the army and defence...
View ArticleParis as a test case for the west (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) French police stop and search a local resident during an operation in Saint-Denis, France. © 2015 Reuters Not since the Algerian War more than a half-century ago has...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Kills 21 in Nigeria
VOA News At least 21 people were killed and dozens were injured in a suicide attack Friday near Nigeria’s second-largest city of Kano. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the annual Shia...
View ArticleHow is this not World War III?
(CNN)Turkish forces shot down a Russian plane near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday, dangerously escalating a conflict that is expanding ever more rapidly and unpredictably. Take a step back and...
View ArticleEU agency identifies 2,000 foreign fighters
The chief of the European Union's police coordination organization says its database identifying and tracking suspected foreign fighters traveling between...
View ArticleAustralia's Response to the Crisis in Syria & Iraq (Australian Greens)
(Source: Australian Greens) Tonight's debate takes place in the shadow of violent attacks on innocent people all over the world. We grieve with those families and friends who lost loved ones in the...
View ArticleTerrorism death toll spiked in 2014
LONDON — The number of people killed in terrorist attacks jumped by 80 percent to 32,658 in 2014 as 11 nations suffered more than 500 deaths, a think tank reported on Tuesday. Terrorists linked to the...
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