IDF shoots down Syrian fighter jet that entered Israeli airspace

Smoke trails from two Israeli Patriot interceptor missiles that Israel says shot down a Syrian fighter jet are seen in northern Israel on July 24, 2018. The Israeli Air Force shot down a Syrian fighter jet that traveled two kilometers into Israeli airspace on Tuesday afternoon, the military said.

Erdogan’s Turkey

Optimistic expectations that the Turkish system established by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, republican, nationalist, secular, and modernized, would continue have been frustrated. Hopes for a successful multiparty democracy ended because of chaotic politics and military coups.

German Princess Theodora Sayn-Wittgenstein marries

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Dakota Fanning steps out in style with boyfriend Henry Frye

Gunman walks out of LA Trader Joe's in handcuffs and surrounded by hostages at the end of a terrifying siege which left the manager DEAD and started 'after he shot his grandmother and girlfriend' 'As a former KGB spy, he knows how to manipulate people': Hillary Clinton claims Putin played Trump during the Helsinki summit, and questions why the president has not 'spoken up for our country' 'Get smart fast': President urges Republicans to act as he warns that Mueller will drag his 'Rigged Witch Hunt' out until November and have a huge impact on the midterms Top secret documents confirm Trump's former foreign policy advisor Carter Page was wiretapped by the FBI because they believed he 'was recruited by and conspiring with the Russian government' Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats says he didn't mean to be 'disrespectful' of Trump with his 'awkward response' to news the president ... (more)

Love Island Australia’s Grant Crapp wears a blond wig and…

Gunman walks out of LA Trader Joe's in handcuffs and surrounded by hostages at the end of a terrifying siege which left the manager DEAD and started 'after he shot his grandmother and girlfriend' 'As a former KGB spy, he knows how to manipulate people': Hillary Clinton claims Putin played Trump during the Helsinki summit, and questions why the president has not 'spoken up for our country' 'Get smart fast': President urges Republicans to act as he warns that Mueller will drag his 'Rigged Witch Hunt' out until November and have a huge impact on the midterms Top secret documents confirm Trump's former foreign policy advisor Carter Page was wiretapped by the FBI because they believed he 'was recruited by and conspiring with the Russian government' Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats says he didn't mean to be 'disrespectful' of Trump with his 'awkward response' to news the president ... (more)

Senator Cruz: US stands ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with Israel

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz issued the following statement in response to the terrorist organization Hamas firing rockets and mortars into Israel: "The Palestinian terror group Hamas fired over 100 rockets and mortars at Israeli civilians today, sending tens of thousands of men, women, and children running into bomb shelters. These are the latest in what have become near-daily attacks by Iran-backed terrorists and forces on Israel's northern and southern borders.

A Neoconservative Plan for Punishing Iran

President Donald Trump makes a point of insisting that he has nothing against the Iranian people and is only interested in opposing what he regards as the dangerous activities of their government, but his own record in office belies that claim. It is clear that what he is trying to do is put pressure on the people of Iran to rise up and force a change in government, a process otherwise referred to as regime change.

Cleveland terror suspect planned to use an explosives filled van, FBI says

A man who reportedly said multiple times he desired to participate in a foreign terrorist organization recently conducted an initial survey of "enemies" in downtown Cleveland, planning to pack a van with explosives for a July 4 attack, according to WJW . Demetrius Nathanial Pitts, also known as Abdur Raheem Rahfeeq, was arrested yesterday following a months-long investigation that was prompted by statements he made on social media.

FBI: July 4 terror attack plot in Cleveland foiled

An American-born citizen who federal authorities say recently scouted locations in Cleveland to attack people watching Fourth of July fireworks and talked of carrying out additional bombings has been charged with trying to support terrorism. Federal authorities said Monday that Demetrius Pitts, 48, had repeatedly expressed his support for al-Qaida for more than a year and talked about setting off bombs at a July 4 parade and later in his hometown of Philadelphia.

Travel Ban Ruling ‘Was a Fantastic Fulfillment of…

Former Republican, failed McCain/Palin campaign manager, and MSNBC political analyst Steve Schmidt has been suffering near daily meltdowns over the Trump administration for some time, but the last week has triggered another level of desperation. On Tuesday's Deadline: White House , Schmidt vilely suggested that the Supreme Court's travel ban ruling for the Trump administration "was a fantastic fulfillment of Osama bin Laden's vision" for America in causing "a war of civilization...between the West and 1 billion Muslims."

Austria is shutting down mosques and ejecting Imams

There are more changes coming to Austria as they struggle to deal with the European migration crisis and the constant threat of Islamic terrorism on the continent. The nation is currently led by the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, coincidentally the same guy our own German ambassador recently called a rockstar .

And now this

Iranian officials, in a first, have admitted to facilitating the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. by secretly aiding the free travel of al Qaeda operatives who eventually went on to fly commercial airliners into the Twin Towers in New York City, according to new remarks from a senior Iranian official. Mohammad-Javad Larijani, an international affairs assistant in the Iran's judiciary, disclosed in Farsi-language remarks broadcast on Iran's state-controlled television that Iranian intelligence officials secretly helped provide the al Qaeda attackers with passage and gave them refuge in the Islamic Republic, according to an English translation published by Al Arabiya.

The US Needs A New Plan To Address Chinese Power In South Asia

On August 21, 2017, President Donald Trump presented his administration's Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia, which rests on three pillars: "First, our nation must seek an honorable and enduring outcome worthy of the tremendous sacrifices that have been made - especially the sacrifices of lives. The men and women who serve our nation in combat deserve a plan for victory.

Iran denies any of its troops killed in suspected Israeli strike in Syria

Military official dismisses report that 9 Iranians among 21 killed in Thursday raid on alleged Hezbollah weapons depot as 'a sheer lie' Iran on Saturday denied any of its troops were killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Syria, after a report said nine Iranians were among the dead. Reports that Iranians were killed in Thursday's strike are "a sheer lie and quite baseless," the official IRNA news agency quoted an unnamed military official as saying.

Fidel Castro in his own words: The Cuban revolution will not renounce terrorism

Beginning in the late fifties, Fidel Castro ordered the burning of Cuban sugar mills, warehouses, buses, factories. He also order bombings in stores, theaters, nightclubs, clinics throughout the island as part of the revolutionary campaign against the Batista dictatorship.