Nigerian military forms special brigade to fight Boko Haram
BENESHIEK, Nigeria, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The Nigerian military on Monday unveiled a new task force specifically placed in the country's...
Nigerian troops rescue 338 Boko Haram hostages
ABUJA, Nigeria, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Nigerian troops rescued 338 hostages of the Islamist radical group Boko Haram in a raid in northeastern...
How Brain Implants (and Other Technology) Could Make the Death Penalty Obsolete
The death penalty is one of America’s most contentious issues. Critics complain that capital punishment is inhumane, pointing out how...
Iran on track to execute more than 1,000 this year, UN expert reports
Iran is on track to execute more than 1,000 people in 2015, according to a scathing report from a United Nations analyst studying the...
Prisoners Rescued From ISIS tell about their mistreatment
Al-Jibouri was one of 69 Arab prisoners of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant freed in a military raid near the northern Iraqi town...
Today's Operation Inherent Resolve Briefing says that accusation that the 50 tons of ammo went t
Army Colonel Steven Warren, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesperson, briefed reporters at the Pentagon live from Baghdad on U.S. military...
Kentucky Man ruled "in the right" for shooting down drone...
A Kentucky man who shot down a drone flying over his property was cleared of all charges. In July, William Merideth was inside his home...
Turkey confirms shelling Kurdish fighters in Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has confirmed that the Turkish military has attacked Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. The...
American peace activist killed in Palestinian attack
JERUSALEM (AP) — An American educator who marched for civil rights in the 1960s and advocated coexistence between Muslims and Jews when...