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The Belgian military has shot a terrorist wearing an explosive belt who shouted ”Allah Akbar” at Brussels’ central station.  Brussels Central Station and the city’s main square were evacuated after the man detonated a bomb causing an explosion. Nicolas Van Herrewegen, a train station employee who saw the attacker, told the Belgium press agency that “He cried ‘Allahu Akbar’, and he … Read More

Russia condemned the U.S. for shooting down a Syrian warplane and threatened the U.S. saying that aircraft flown by the United States and its allies over Syria are now also targeted. The Russians suspended the use of a military hotline that Washington and Moscow have used to avoid collisions in Syrian airspace and also threatened to target aircraft flown by the United States. … Read More

The mosque in a London area previously known as a hotbed of Islamic extremism was now itself the scene of a terror attack when a van plowed into a group of Muslim worshipers with the driver shouting he wanted to kill Muslims. It was at the Finsbury Park Mosque — infamous for housing the radical Egyptian cleric known as Abu … Read More

A car packed with explosives was crashed into a police vehicle on Paris’s famed Champs-Elysees in what authorities called a terrorist attack. The driver who was also armed was killed in the crash but the car bomb failed to detonate. Police said the attacker was known to French authorities and listed on the government’s dossier of people suspected of posing … Read More

The rare attack was the first time a U.S. jet has shot down a manned hostile aircraft in more than a decade, and signaled the United States’ sharply intensifying role in Syria’s war. U.S. strike aircraft shot down a Syrian government fighter jet shortly after the Syrians bombed U.S.-backed fighters in northern Syria, the Pentagon said in a statement. The incident is the … Read More

In a chaotic scene, U.S. Capitol police and local police engaged in a shoot-out with a gunman who fired upon members of Congress where a congressional baseball team was practicing for a charity event. At least five people were hospitalized including congress members, staffers, and capital police. The gunman, James Hodgkinson, later died from his wounds received in return fire … Read More

South Korea’s president stopped the deployment of the U.S.missile defense system then North Korea launches cruise missiles designed to sink enemy ships. South Korean President Moon suspended the deployment of the U.S.missile defense system — called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad — in an apparent concession to China and a significant break with the United States on policy toward … Read More

During a contentious confirmation hearing, the U.S. senator from Vermont questioned the faith of the nominee for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Senator Sanders cited the religious beliefs of Russell Vought as disqualifying him as an individual for public office, during a confirmation hearing for Vought as President Trump’s nominee for deputy director of the Office … Read More

The U.S. Embassy in Manila said without elaborating that U.S. special operations forces were providing help to Filipino troops battling Islamic militants in Southern Philippines. U.S. Navy aircraft were observed providing surveillance for the local troops as the battle raged in Marawi. The aircraft flew above rocket-firing Philippine helicopters that struck militant positions causing plumes of smoke to billow skyward. … Read More

For the first time the Syrian Regime has attacked US forces in Syria. The United States shot down a Syrian armed drone that was attacking U.S. led coalition forces. The drone was similar to a U.S. MQ-1 Predator and fired on coalition forces operating in Southern Syria near the Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian border triangle. U.S. aircraft shot down the drone after it dropped … Read More