CIA Director Mike Pompeo Defends Trump Tweets
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Saturday that President Donald Trump’s tweets help his agency gather and understand intelligence. Speaking at a panel discussion at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, Pompeo said Trump’s tweets allowed intelligence agencies to gather important information. “I’ve actually seen it help us,” he said, as cited by […]
FAKE NEWS: Did Muslims March in Favor of Sharia Law in England?
A video showing a religious procession in Bradford, England, was misrepresented as a protest by those with an anti-Muslim agenda. CLAIM: A video shows Muslims “marching for Sharia law” in England. STATUS: FAKE CLAIM DEBUNKED
US General: $50 Million Worth of Taliban Narcotics Destroyed in Afghanistan
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Saturday recently launched joint strikes against Taliban sources of revenue have destroyed more than $50 million worth of narcotics in southern Helmand province. Afghanistan produces about 85 percent of the world’s illicit narcotics. Income generated from drugs is providing 60 percent of the Taliban’s funding, according to U.S. […]
Half of Yazidis kidnapped by IS still missing
Around half of the Yazidis kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago are still missing, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Sunday. In 2014, IS jihadists killed thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar and kidnapped thousands of women and girls from the religious minority to abuse them as sex slaves. Kurdish fighters backed by the US-led […]
Pentagon Says It Killed 801 Civilians in ISIS War
It’s been 16 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, but America’s fight against terrorism doesn’t appear to be dissipating whatsoever––and innocent civilians are paying the ultimate price as a result. In a report released Thursday, the Pentagon claimed U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have “unintentionally” killed 801 civilians since the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) […]
Suicide Bomber Kills Six Afghan Civilians
A suicide blast killed at least six civilians in eastern Afghanistan Sunday and wounded 13 others. The bomber was on a motorcycle and apparently wanted to reach the venue of a massive pro-government rally in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province. But Afghan security forces intercepted him far away from the event, prompting him to donate […]
WATCH: McDonald’s Refuses To Serve Hijab-Clad Woman
A 19-year-old woman claimed she was refused entry at a McDonald’s restaurant in London because she was wearing a hijab. The woman said she had visited the McDonald’s restaurant on Seven Sister’s road in Holloway, North London. The woman recorded the entire incident on her camera and uploaded it to social media. In the footage, […]
Celebrity ‘charity’: A gift for a vicious system
When movie star George Clooney married human rights lawyer and fashion icon Amal Alamuddin in Venice back in 2014, the Entertainment Tonight website declared that “it was charity that came out as the real winner” of the multimillion-dollar nuptial festivities. The reason for the alleged win was that proceeds from certain wedding photos were said […]
Tom Hanks had an ominous take on President Trump’s ongoing feud with the media
Actor Tom Hanks had a serious take on President Donald Trump’s ongoing war with the media, telling David Axelrod that “as an American, it concerns me.” “As an American, it concerns me, because it’s monkeying around with our Constitution,” Hanks told Axelrod on his CNN show, “The Axe Files.” Watch the video “When you tear…
US Withdraws from UN Global Compact on Migration
The United States has informed the United Nations that it will no longer participate in the Global Compact on Migration. In 2016, the 193 members of the U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted a non-binding political declaration, the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, pledging to uphold the rights of refugees, help them resettle and […]