mjbs/iStock/Thinkstock(ISLAMABAD) — The man believed to be the mastermind behind the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India has been released on bail from a Pakistani jail. Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was granted bail in December, but had been kept in detention since then Read More
semakokal/iStock/Thinkstock(ODESSA, Ukraine) — Ukrainian security forces said Friday they arrested 39 “terrorists” in the Odessa region of Southern Ukraine, saying the group planned to launch an armed rebellion to join the city up with pro-Russian rebels Read More
Matthew Dixon/iStock/Thinkstock(ISTANBUL) — Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Friday it has prevented more than 12,000 foreign fighters from entering the country. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Friday that 5,000 of those would-be jihadists have been Read More
PromesaArtStudio/iStock/Thinkstock(KIEV, Ukraine) — The Ukrainian parliament voted on Thursday to ban all Soviet symbols and has declared the Communist regime equivalent to Nazism, in a major symbolic moment marking a break with Russia and the country’s Soviet Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A suicide car bomb in eastern Afghanistan Friday left four civilians dead and 12 others injured, according to a police spokesperson. The suicide attacker was targeting an American military convoy in Jalalabad. The spokesperson Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(ISTANBUL) — Two Turkish journalists are facing significant prison time for publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. The journalists are with a leading Turkish newspaper that published images from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(VATICAN CITY) — The Vatican has yet to approve the appointment of an openly gay French ambassador to the Holy See, prompting some to interpret the silence as a rebuke of the man’s sexuality. The Holy See had yet to respond to the nomination Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Will the U.S. and Iran ever have the same close ties enjoyed by the U.S. and Japan? It’s difficult to predict how things will play out but considering that the U.S. and Japan were once bitter foes involved in a world war, Read More
Jon Gorr/iStock/Thinkstock(SANA’A, Yemen) — Thursday was the final day of India’s evacuation efforts out of Yemen, as a former Indian general posted photos of the evacuation to Twitter. Former Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh posted to Twitter saying that 821 Read More
zabelin/iStock/Thinkstock(JALALABAD, Afghanistan) — The U.S. soldier killed in an insider — or “green on blue” — attack in Afghanistan on Wednesday has been identified by the Department of Defense. Spc. John Dawson, 22, was fatally shot on Read More
