President Barack Obama addressed his GOP critics at the G20 Turkey Leaders Summit Monday, telling them not to “pop off” over his handling of Syrian refugees and the Islamic State. Obama stood by his decision to allow entry to 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year, The Washington Post reports. He also said he plans to stand by […]
Despite pledging to bring home almost all American troops before leaving office, President Barack Obama plans to leave nearly 10,000 troops in war-torn Afghanistan through 2016 in an effort to help fend off the Taliban, reports the Washington Post.
Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush made sure his foreign policy included a plan to defeat ISIS, but also found a way to blame President Obama
Newlyweds of Starkville, Mississippi, were arrested over the weekend at the airport en route to Istanbul in an alleged plot to join ISIS
A Texas man who spent 35 years behind bars without a conviction will finally get a second chance at justice. Jerry Hartfield, 59, has been incarcerated even though an appeals court threw out his conviction for the 1976 murder of a woman who sold tickets at a Bay City bus station. Today, Hartfield will return […]
When word spread that Rosie Perez would be joining The View, everyone believed the outspoken Brooklyn-bred actress would be the perfect fit. But now Perez’s journey on the show has come to an end. She’s making an exit to pursue acting full-time. Executive producer Bill Wolff recently sent a note to staff about her decision to leave. […]
One suspect in #garlandshooting has been identified as Elton Simpson, official says – http://t.co/HrTyJfLzRVpic.twitter.com/Qefd7QZdO6 — Brian Ross (@BrianRoss) May 4, 2015 Update: 5/4/15, 4:45 p.m. EST: Law enforcement officials on Monday identified the second gunman in a shooting Sunday at an event in Texas where people were invited to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, […]
Just days after a U.S. Air Force veteran and airplane mechanic was charged with trying to join the terrorist group ISIS, he plead not guilty Wednesday in a federal court in Brooklyn, NY, according to NBCÂ News. Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, a 47-year-old native of Neptune, NJ, was indicted by a grand jury this week on […]
Updated: March 8, 2015 @ 9pm ET: Over 50 persons were killed in Nigeria on Saturday in at least three separate blasts, not long after Nigerian terror group Boko Haram pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State. The blasts occurred in Maiduguri, the capital of the tumultuous Borno state, an area that Boko Haram is pratically […]
Mounting his political offensive against ISIS, President Barack Obama dismissed the conceit that the group is fighting from a religious perspective, labeling them instead as terrorists, who in no way represent Islam, according to a White House statement. The president made the statement Wednesday at the White House in front of a group of law […]
Nineteen-year-old Farida recalls weeping as she stood among 80 other girls in a large room as men—young and old—looked them over like chattel in Raqqa, the ISIS capital in eastern Syria, according to NBC News. SEE ALSO: Hundreds Protest Police Shooting Of Homeless Man For Throwing Rocks [VIDEO] After ISIS fighters overran her village in August, […]
Airstrikes against the Islamic terrorist group ISIS have begun in the Middle-East. Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Jarvis Stewart, Joia Jefferson Nuri and Paris Dennard) discuss what this means for you and the impact this conflict may have on the midterm elections. Listen to their conversation below. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne […]
