The killings at the French satirical weekly magazine office of Charlie Hebdo appear to be motivated due to the magazine’s publication of cartons of Prophet Mohammed. People being killed for blasphemy have a history of more than 400 years especially in Europe. Contrary to the Western cultures, Islam avoids depiction of Prophet Mohammed. The magazine […]

Young schoolgirls as young as 14 or 15 years of age are reportedly leaving European and North American countries to join the Islamic State (ISIS) have been on a rise lately. Many of them reappeared in Syria and Iraq. Pictures of many young girls holding AK-47 are used for ISIS propaganda on the Internet. The […]

According to the BBC, several thousand people including innocent children and women are killed every month worldwide by jihadists. Four of the most affected countries include Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Syria. Many of the killings are done by extremists groups including Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Taliban and the Islamic State (IS) militants. The sad part of […]

A Russian backed insurgency is ravaging the Southeastern part of Ukraine since mid-April 2014. Since the Cold War ended, Russia has been building its armed forces. Its army estimated to be about 800,000 strong. The estimated 70,000 men and women in the Ukrainian army is no match for Russian army in numbers as well as […]

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is getting plenty of attention from super powers such as the United States and the United Kingdom these days. Not only few of their citizens are fighting alongside with ISIS groups, but also the ISIS is capturing many others for ransom and other reasons. In August 2013, […]

Turmoil in Egypt is still continuing since its 2011 revolution that resulted in the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Field Marshal Abdelfatah al-Seesi who ousted democratically elected President Mohamed Mursi recently resigned from his army post to run for the next Egyptian election for President. Many expect him to be the next President of Egypt. Army’s […]

The new United Nation’s and Arab League’s Syrian peace negotiator, Lakhdar Brahimi, is making headlines on newspapers and on the Web for his attempts to negotiate a truce between the Syrian government and freedom fighters before the start of the Id al-Adha holiday that begins on October 25, 2012.  He is holding talks with key […]

An armed gunman killed 12 and wounded 58 in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado just after midnight during an opening screening of the latest Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises”. The gunman has been identified as a 24-yearold dropout of a neuroscience PhD program at the University of Colorado, Denver. At the time of […]

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conducted talks in Washington D.C. on Monday, March 5, 2012 centered mainly on recent nuclear advances by Iran and its destabilizing impact on the region especially anticipated threat to Israel. Iran claims its efforts are aimed at developing nuclear capability is for peaceful purposes such […]