A series of explosions were heard around Tehran on Friday evening, as Iran was bracing for an Israeli retaliation to the airstrikes that the Islamic Republic carried out against it earlier this month. After an initial round of explosions, Reuters cited local Iranian media as saying that four new explosions were heard in Tehran, though […]
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Antisemitic attacks growing in Germany
Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he’s “ashamed and outraged” at recent antisemitic attacks in Germany. He was speaking at an event to mark the anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938, sometimes known as “Kristallnacht.” Berlin’s staunch diplomatic support for Israel is often described as a matter of historic responsibility. But, as fighting continues between Israel […]
25% of Americans fear being attacked in their own neighborhood
A quarter of American adults say they live in fear of being attacked in their own neighborhoods, according to a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The poll, conducted between June and July of this year and including a sample of 4,192 adults, found […]
Terror Alert High As ISIS Threatens Great Britain
Islamic State militants are planning “indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians” in Britain on a scale similar to those staged by the Irish Republican Army 40 years ago, the head of the country’s new terrorism watchdog said. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph published on Sunday, Max Hill, the lawyer tasked with overseeing British laws […]