"The world is laughing at us, at our stupidity," Donald trump told the Washington Post, in an interview on Sunday. "It's got to stop. We've got to get smart fast -- or else we won't have a country."
Some politicians, both Democratic and Republican, had criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's advocacy of preventing Muslims from entering the United States, which had the odor of fascism.
A captured Islamic State militant who spoke to Sputnik news agency has bolstered claims that Turkey is involved in illegal oil deals with the jihadist group up to the hilt.
Along the vast, zigzagging perimeter of the Islamic State's self-styled state, the militants are steadily being pushed back as the forces ranged against them gain in strength.
Brussels, Belgium traditionally puts on a spectacular fireworks display to ring in the new year, but this year there will be no such celebration. The terror threat in the nation and in the city in particular, where several conspirators in the Paris a
As the Iraqi army and popular troops complete the liberation of the central Iraqi city of Ramadi from ISIS control, US forces are planning to interfere and evacuate ISIS leaders, according to an Iraqi commander.
Measures to protect the hundreds of thousands of revelers who will ring in 2016 in New York are "more extensive than ever," Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, amid global fears of an attack during New Year's Eve celebrations.
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Iraqi prime minister Haydar al-Abadi announced Friday that after the city of Ramadi was recovered from Daesh (ISIS, ISIL), the Iraqi army would go on to liberate Mosul (a city
For IN the NOW with Anissa Naouai, The Resident hit the streets of Times Square in New York City to ask people who they think is America's biggest bad guy. Their answers shed some light on how they think.
For decades, the biotech industry has worked to conquer the food industry with its genetically modified (GM) products. Monsanto and other multinational corporations infiltrated the highest levels of federal agencies so their patented Franken-foods co
The convergence of fears over terrorism, a perceived threat of gun laws being changed and the Christmas holiday have sent gun sales soaring in what is already the busiest month of the year for firearm purchases.
Red-blooded 'Muricans continue to whip themselves into a frenzy against all those who call themselves Muslim, basing their irrational fear and anger on a giant fallacy of composition.
To delve into Daesh's convoluted money trail, one must first explore its equally convoluted origins. And in both areas, the role of the U.S. and its allies can not be ignored.
A Wisconsin Republican state senator has been accused of inciting a "vigilante uprising" after he called on law-abiding gun owners to "clean our society of scum bags