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Law enforcement officials in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, provided an update to a case involving a teen boy who, officials claim, communicated with a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda and allegedly purchased materials online in an effort to obtain weapons of mass destruction. During an event on Wednesday morning, First Assistant District Attorney Robert Listenbee said Muhyyee-ud-din Abdul-Rahman, 18, of West Philadelphia, not only had bomb-making materials, that were found in the trash at his home, he had tested bombs in the woods behind his home and had likely considered an attack on Philly's LGBTQ community. ---SNIP--- In an interview with law...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the Russian Foreign Ministry's proposal to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Iran, according to Putin's order published on the state website.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday condemned Israel over a series of explosions across Lebanon involving pagers that targeted members of militant group Hezbollah. Ocasio-Cortez, a vocal critic of Israel’s government amid its broader war in Gaza, weighed in following reports that Israel’s intelligence and military arms were behind Tuesday’s pager attack that killed a dozen people and injured several thousand. “This attack clearly and unequivocally violates international humanitarian law and undermines US efforts to prevent a wider conflict,” the New York Democrat wrote on social media platform X. “Congress needs a full accounting of the attack, including an answer...

Iraqi officials – some on the record, some not – stated this week that they are finalizing an effort to remove nearly all American troops from the country following the collapse of the Islamic State “caliphate.” The plan would allegedly remove nearly all American military personnel from the country by 2025, leaving some in the autonomous northern region governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for another year. Defense Minister Thabit al-Abbasi reportedly announced the plan in an interview with the Saudi network Al Arabiya this week; the Washington Post quoted an anonymous “Iraqi military official” on Thursday describing the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jisUB-bQgtc 10 minute video interview with Sana Ebrahimi (ex-Muslim woman activist)

The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months. The proposed General Assembly resolution, which was obtained by The Associated Press, follows a ruling by the top United Nations court in July that said Israel’s presence in the Palestinian territories is unlawful and must end. […] Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon denounced the resolution and described it as a “reward for terrorism.” He called for the resolution to be rejected. “Let it be clear: Nothing will stop Israel or deter it from its...

SAKAI, Ibaraki -- Halal lunches, which Muslim students can enjoy, have been offered for the first time at elementary and junior high schools in two towns in Ibaraki Prefecture.

A group of retired generals is moving to defend Vice President Kamala Harris from criticism over the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this week. The group of 10 former generals and admirals includes Admiral Steve Abbot, a former advisor to George W. Bush; Gen. Lloyd W. Newton, and Gen. Larry R. Ellis, who had never endorsed a political candidate until this week. “Vice President Kamala Harris is the best—and only—presidential candidate in this race who is fit to serve as our commander-in-chief,” the group wrote in a National Security Leaders for America letter, first obtained by...

Axe-wielding Algerian was recently arrested and the entrance of a synagogue was set ablaze, adding to tension in the countrySuppressed identity politics has burst into the open in France, a country that hosts Europe's largest Jewish and Muslim population, as attacks against French Jews increase in number and violence. “Words like Jewish, Zionism and anti-Semitism are being used by different people with different intentions,” said Jewish human rights lawyer Arie Alimi. “There isn't enough education about what those words mean.” France's social model, in which citizens are expected to be moulded by Republican values and keep religious beliefs private, is...

The three teens who are accused of kidnapping, murdering and eating a New York town's beloved swan, Fay, for dinner last week were refugees from Myanmar, The Washington Free Beacon reported. The swan and her four babies were kidnapped from Manlius swan pond in Manlius, New York, last Saturday. Eman Hussan, 18, and his two accomplices were charged with felony grand larceny and criminal mischief. Hussan was seen smiling proudly at reporters when police took him into custody. The three criminals are refugees from Myanmar and attend high school in the Syracuse area, Manlius Police Sgt. Ken Hatter told the...

From Solingen to Moscow to Hartlepool, jihadist attacks risk becoming the new normal. Islamist terror has returned to Europe. But in truth, it never really went away. On 23 August, the German city of Solingen was the scene of an all too familiar and barbaric crime. Issa Al H, a suspected member of Islamic State, slashed at the necks of people in a crowd, as they gathered to celebrate the city’s 650th anniversary. He killed three people and injured eight more. Islamic State swiftly took responsibility, calling this murderer a ‘soldier’, and hailing the attack as an act of ‘revenge...

In her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned foreign policy and national security in brief, broad, general themes: support for Israel and for Palestinian self-determination, and work toward a ceasefire of the ongoing conflict in Gaza; support for Ukraine in its war against Russia; support for border security but welcoming immigrants; ensuring America has the “strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world”; support for NATO; and waging tech competition with China. Eventually, someone will need to put some flesh on the bones collected in her speech.

This would be the largest Attack on US soil since 9/11.”... First, there was an arrest in Vegas over a teen convert to Islam who wanted to kill Jews. Now there’s been another arrest in what appears to be a more sophisticated plot. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani Muslim living in Canada, planned to carry out terrorist attacks against Jews in New York. There was an unnamed American Muslim also involved. During those conversations, Khan confirmed that he and a U.S.-based ISIS supporter (Associate-1) had been planning to carry out an attack in a particular U.S. city (City-1). Among other...

The Swedish climate activist was arrested in Copenhagen while participating in a demonstration against the war in Gaza, along with the pro-Palestinian movement "Students Against the Occupation"

Will Spencer of the "Renaissance of Men" interviews Dr. R. Mark Musser on his book entitled, "Nazi Ecology: The Oak Sacrifice of the Judeo-Christian Worldview in the Holocaust" which demonstrates the essential pagan worldview of National Socialism and how its racist Social Darwinism was co-mingled with ecology since it cannot be separated from biology that played no small role in the Shoah.

The Democratic vice presidential candidate failed to mention Hamas or the six murdered hostages in his response to a local radio stationMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, told a Michigan NPR affiliate on Thursday that anti-Israel protesters in Michigan “are speaking out for all the right reasons.” “I think those folks who are speaking out loudly in Michigan are speaking out for all the right reasons. It’s a humanitarian crisis. It can’t stand the way it is, and we need to find a way that people can live together in this,” Walz said in an interview...

<p>A Jewish barber was stabbed with his own scissors after a customer raged over the Gaza war – allegedly shouting “I want to kill you, you f–king Jew,” the victim said.</p><p>Allegedly boozed-up Ahmed al Jabali, 34, was getting his long beard cut by Yonkers barber Slava Shushakova on Aug. 29 when he lashed out against Israel and the trim descended into bloody violence, according to the victim and city officials.</p>

Pope Francis skips Sign of the Cross to impart blessing ‘valid for all religions’Pope Francis' deliberate avoidance of making the sign of the cross when imparting a closing blessing to young people in Indonesia has raised eyebrows. Others have praised him for being sensitive to the local Muslim culture.JAKARTA, Indonesia (LifeSiteNews) — Concluding a meeting with young people of different creeds in Jakarta, Pope Francis gave a blessing without invoking the Trinity, which he said was “valid for all religions.”At the close of his first full day of appointments in Indonesia, Pope Francis took part in an assembly of participants...

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon responded to President Joe Biden criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by alleging Netanyahu hasn’t done enough to get a ceasefire by stating that “we expect our ally, the U.S., to say, very clearly, Hamas is to be blamed for the fact we don’t have a deal today” in the wake of Hamas killing multiple Israeli hostages and an American hostage. Danon said, “[I]t’s very simple, the blame is on Hamas, period. You cannot blame Netanyahu or the Israelis. Hamas always say[s]...

The incident took place in the western town of Moers. Germany is on high alert after three people were killed in Friday's knife attack in nearby Solingen. German police on Tuesday said they had shot dead a man suspected of attacking passers-by with knives in the western town of Moers, days after a deadly knife attack in nearby Solingen. Emergency services were called at around 2:45 pm (1245 GMT) on Tuesday and told that a man had "assaulted and threatened several passers-by" in the town, police in nearby Duisburg said in a statement.