Some 5,400 miles south of Mariupol in Ukraine, the world’s least reported genocide proceeded apace in the missionary town of Kagoro, Nigeria, on March 20. An estimated force of 140 armed men riding in 15 sport utility vehicles and carrying assault rifles entered villages surrounding Kagoro at night and began murdering local residents, according to…
Reviving the Iran Deal Is More Than Another Display of Chronic Biden Ineptitude and Weakness
Commentary Even when the issues are terrorism and the threat of nuclear war (in the Middle East and Europe), elite media chatter and posturing by well-coiffed diplomats steer Biden administration policy—in Biden-speak chatter and posturing translating into the sacred word “perception.” Slow Joe made that boggling admission himself, his global confession wrapped in a superpower…
EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan Funding Terror in Kashmir Through Student Scholarship Program, Indian Investigator Says
NEW DELHI—Pakistan is funding terrorism in Indian-administered Kashmir through a medical scholarship program, according to an Indian investigator. The revelations add to long-held Indian claims that Pakistan is backing separatist militants in the region, which is one of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoints. The official program, called the Pakistan Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), sponsors…
Christians in Nigeria’s North Charge Terror Raids Aim at Disenfranchisement
A razor-thin election victory in Nigeria’s Plateau State has prompted observers to question whether ethnic-cleansing raids by terrorists seek to tilt next year’s presidential elections. More than a decade of seemingly endless attacks on Nigeria’s rural populations has seen radical insurgents capturing large territories across the country’s north. The displacements and demographic distortions across hundreds…
Russia’s Pivot to Africa: Putin Firms up Alliances
A few hours after Vladimir Putin’s troops invaded Ukraine, South African government ministers attended a cocktail party at the Russian ambassador’s residence in Pretoria. The event aimed “to honor Russia’s brave soldiers,” according to the invitation seen by The Epoch Times. Since the war in eastern Europe began, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration has rebuffed requests…
UK Terror Threat Level Reduced From Severe to Substantial
The UK’s terrorism threat level has been reduced from severe to substantial, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced on Wednesday. In a statement to the House of Commons, Patel said security experts at the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) had made the decision on the basis of the latest intelligence available. The “substantial” rating means…
UK Terror Threat Level Reduced to ‘Substantial’ From ‘Severe’
The UK’s terrorism threat level has been reduced from “severe” to “substantial,” Home Secretary Priti Patel announced on Wednesday. In a statement to the House of Commons, Patel said security experts at the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) had made the decision on the basis of the latest intelligence available. The “substantial” rating means…
Africa Braces for More Civil Wars and Famine: Analysts
Even by the standards of analysts who have been watching Africa for decades, numbed by coups, conflict, corruption, brutal repression of populations, and mass poverty and hunger, the continent is looking at a rough year. “A rough year? Yes, given what we saw in 2021, and given the economic fallout from the (COVID-19) pandemic that’s…
Witnesses: Terrorists Abduct 17 Girls in Northeast Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria—Terrorists have abducted 17 girls in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Saturday as the West African nation’s military said it “remains resolute in decisively countering the terrorists.” Members of the Boko Haram terrorist group attacked Pemi, a village in the Chibok local government area of Borno state, on Thursday, two residents told The Associated Press….
Why Was Malik Faisal Akram Ever on US Soil?
Commentary There are many lessons to be drawn from last Saturday’s hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. First, reports that Malik Faisal Akram’s antisemitic hostage-taking had disrupted Beth Israel’s livestreamed Shabbat services proved more prescient than those reporters perhaps realized. Orthodox Judaism does not permit electronic streaming on the Sabbath, and it…
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