A dream come true turned into tragedy for a couple from Washington, D.C. Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan quit their jobs and set out on a cycling adventure around the world. But in Tajikistan, they crossed paths with supporters of the so-called Islamic State. Mike Drolet has more on how the couple is being remembered. Two Americans killed by the so-called Islamic State while cycling around the world... 

The study titled “War by Suicide: A Statistical Analysis of the Islamic State’s Martyrdom Industry” says: “Between 1 December 2015 and 30 November 2016, just 20 percent of IS’s suicide attackers – whether they were VBIED drivers, inghimas operatives, or HBIED bombers – were ‘foreign fighters.'” The report from the International Center for Counter-Terrorism... 

General Abduhalim Nazarov (Nazarzoda), with the support of commandoes, tried to arrange a military coup in Tajikistan. The general himself has a different version: it was a provocation from the government to strangle the Islamic opposition. The Americans have not yet supported the “rebels,” even though in the United States, Rakhmon is considered a “pro-Russian dictator.” The... 

Islam, the so called “religion of peace and tolerance” banned Christianity… again! Devoted Christians in several areas of Tajikistan faced uncertainty Tuesday, January 5, over the future of their churches after the former Soviet republic introduced a new religion law that the United States has criticized as highly restrictive. The Religion Law, which came into forces on New Year’s...