Bombings continued in the Baghdad region, as security forces battled militants back from the Hamrin Mountains. At least 250 were killed and 59 were wounded:

A massive jailbreak cause another headache for Diyala province which appears to be suffering from a surge in militant activity. At least 159 were killed and 45 were wounded

President Barack Obama’s decision to join other Western leaders in snubbing Russia’s weekend celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe looks more like pouting than statesmanship, especially in the context of the U.S. mainstream media’s recent...

Targeting worshippers during Friday prayers, bombers attacked two mosques in Diyala province. Also, the military situation for Iraq’s minority groups, the Kurds and the Sunnis, may be changing for the better. At least 149 were killed and 81 were wounded across the country.

Old man Power didn’t want his sons to be cannon fodder in the First World War. Jeff Power told his boys, John and Tom, not to register for the draft. The rich man’s war had nothing to do with them. In 1918, the Power family, originally from West Texas, had a gold mine...

On Thursday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk metadata collection is excessive, and goes beyond its legal authority. Congress didn’t okay it legally, so it’s not okay, according to Judge Gerald Lynch. (Hell,...

The British political class is in the midst of a fight – the election poll is taking place as I write this – but one thing unites them all, and that is hatred of the populist Nigel Farage and his UK Independence Party (UKIP). Farage is a personable guy, an ordinary...

No civilian casualties were reported. Nevertheless, 68 people died and 31 were wounded in the latest violence.

If you plan to visit a college campus this month, don't be surprised if you see signs and placards encouraging you to "Restore the Fourth." Restore the Fourth is not about an athletic event or a holiday; it is about human freedom. The reference to "the...

Law professor Harold Koh, a former Yale Law School Dean and former Legal Adviser to Hillary Clinton's State Department, hired by NYU to teach human rights and international law, recently found himself in the crosshairs when NYU law students posted a "statement of no...