John McCain and Lindsey Graham meeting Abdelhakim Belhadj in September 2012. Imagine if a radical right-winger met with the leader of ISIS and then threatened to use military force to overthrow the U.S. government. That’s what Lindsey Graham has done, yet instead of languishing in Guantanamo Bay, he’s in the Senate. During a speech in Concord, New Hampshire, Graham said he would use the force of... 

The Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) has released footage purportedly showing a young boy executing an Arab-Israeli man accused of being an “Israeli spy.” The extremist group claims the man infiltrated their ranks in Syria. In the video published on Tuesday evening, the victim identifies himself as 19-year-old Mohammed Said Ismail Musallam. He also describes his alleged recruitment by... 

An Indonesian minister has threatened to release a “human tsunami” of 10,000 asylum seekers to Australia amid tensions with PM Tony Abbott’s government over Canberra’s objections to the impending execution of two Aussie drug smugglers. “If Canberra keeps doing things that displease Indonesia, Jakarta will surely let the illegal immigrants go to Australia,” Indonesia’s coordinating minister... 

Three unidentified suspects detained over the killing of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov hide their faces inside the defendants’ cage at the Basmanny district court in Moscow on March 8, 2015. A sixth Muslim suspect in the recent killing of high-profile Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has blown himself up following a standoff with police in the Chechen Republic, report says. Beslan... 

Moscow’s Basmanny district court has arrested five Muslims from Russia’s Islamic North Caucasus region in connection with the murder of Boris Nemtsov, a prominent opposition figure, who was gunned down last week. Two judges are reviewing the charges against the five people brought before the court by the prosecutors on Sunday. Two of them are Zaur Dadaev and Anzor Gubashev, who were identified... 

François Crépeau, the United Nation’s special rapporteur on human rights of migrants, has said the final “solution for Europe” is for it give up on immigration and to have open borders. “I don’t see any other solution for Europe,” he said. “They need to open the borders.” “European states need to create an operation where saving lives is the first objective.” Joel Millman, a... 

Islamic state extremists have ‘bulldozed’ an ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq near Mosul with heavy military vehicles, the country’s authorities said. This is the latest in the series of ISIS attacks against Iraqi heritage. “They [Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS)] assaulted … Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy machinery, appropriating the archaeological attractions dating... 

A Tanzanian court has handed down death penalties to four people convicted of killing an albino woman. On Thursday, Tanzania’s High Court sentenced four people to death for killing 22-year-old Zawadi Mangidu in 2008 in the northwestern town of Geita. “The prosecution has proved the case beyond reasonable doubt,” said High Court judge Joaquine Demello, adding that the verdict was issued... 

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) plans to ban unskilled immigrants from working in Britain, and launch a new watchdog to bring down net migration figures, party leader Nigel Farage announced on Wednesday. Speaking in central London, Farage called UKIP’s policy “common sense”, saying the electorate does not trust any other party on the matter, adding that 77 percent of the public... 

Colonel Gaddafi’s cousin predicts a “9/11 in Europe within two years,” as Islamic State militants join thousands of migrants beating a path to Europe. His warning comes as Home Secretary Theresa May says Britain’s terror threat is “grave and growing.” Ahmed Gaddafi al-Dam, formerly one of Gadaffi’s most trusted security chiefs, estimates a minimum of 500,000 migrants will make their... 

Assyrians hold placards and wave their community’s flag as they protest against ISIL abductions in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, February 28, 2015. Hundreds of Assyrian Christians have staged a rally in Lebanon to censure the recent abduction of over 200 members of the community by ISIL militants in northeastern Syria. The Christians took to the streets in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, waving their... 

A study by the International Monetary Fund tracked three decades of income and found that as unionization declined, the wealth of the richest 10 percent in advanced countries showed a continuous increase. More specifically, the study’s authors found that when researching income levels during the period of 1980-2010, the decline in unionization explained about half of the rise in incomes for the... 

An elder man in Key West, Florida was tased by cops despite raising his hands up in submission and offering no resistance. The Taser, despite being a non-lethal weapon, it is highly dangerous for old people and it has caused at least 634 deaths throughout the US since 2001 until 2009. Also in Florida, Broward county, some random mentally challenged cop assaulted a homeless bum just for sleeping on... 

The ISIL terrorist group has kidnapped at least 90 Christians in northeast Syria. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the abductions were carried out in Assyrian Christian villages near the town of Tel Tamer in the province of Hasakah. It said the Takfiri militants attacked the villages after dawn. Tel Tamer, home to the ancient Christian minority, is located in... 

At least three people have been killed in an explosion in the center of Kharkov, Ukraine, during a peace march, local media report. Around 500 people had gathered in the center of the Kiev-controlled city for a rally. Those marching in the front were hurt, with Tass reporting from the scene that at least 10 people sustained injuries and three others were killed. Other outlets speak of four and eight...