Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) — The mother of an American writer being held hostage by ISIS pleaded directly with the leader of the Iraqi terror group in a new video, begging him to “please, release my child.” “As a mother, I ask you justice be Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Amid news that 10 Russian paratroopers had been captured in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met for the first time since the conflict between the two countries began last winter. Neither Read More
BananaStock/Thinkstock(MIDLAND, Ontario) — For weeks Rachel Leck and Stephen Sagar feared their family’s home was being haunted. They came to this conclusion after finding that objects had been moved from their original positions. Other items, including wine Read More
iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley of the Metropolitan Police Service in London said on Tuesday that there have been five times as many terrorism-related arrests made in the U.K. in 2014 than at this point last year. In an Read More
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby confirmed on Tuesday that the U.S. Coast Guard had fired a single shot at a small Iranian fishing boat. Kirby said at Tuesday’s briefing that the Iranian boat, a small dhow, Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ERBIL, Iraq) — U.S. military forces conducted a pair of airstrikes against militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, bringing the total number of strikes in Iraq since Aug. 8 to 98. The strikes were confirmed by U.S. Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ALEPPO, Syria) — A Chicago-born jihadist has been killed while fighting in Syria, the White House said Tuesday — purportedly for the terrorist group ISIS. Douglas McAuthur McCain, a 33-year-old rapper, was among several ISIS Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD, Iraq) — On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced that a number of nations, in addition to the U.S., will commit to providing aid to Kurdish forces in need of arms and equipment in the battle against militants from the Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — After 50 days of fighting in Gaza, both Israel and Hamas have agreed to a new open-ended cease-fire that began at noon eastern time on Tuesday. Shortly after the truce began at 7 p.m. local time, a number of rockets were fired onto Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A third American hostage held by ISIS has been identified as a 26-year-old American woman who was kidnapped a year ago while doing humanitarian relief work in Syria. The terror group is demanding $6.6 million and the release of U.S. Read More
