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Syria: US raids have failed to weaken ISIL
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Foreign Minister Moualem says coalition's air strikes having little impact, as his government urges Turkey to do more. Syria's foreign minister has said US-led air strikes had failed to weaken the grip
Rand Paul Slams Obama's 'Absurd' Legal Argument For ISIS Fight
Business Insider - Colin Campbell
In order to justify its airstrikes against the Islamic State jihadists, President Barack Obama's administration has cited authorizations for military force that date back to 2001 and 2002. Paul, a likely
Inside the Islamic State’s capital: Red Bull-drinking jihadists, hungry civilians, crucifixions and air strikes
The Guardian - Mark Townsend
The beleaguered inhabitants of Raqqa, self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State (Isis), are suffering widespread hunger, crippling inflation, chronic power shortages and poverty so acute that emergency
Egypt outlaws ISIL and affiliated groups
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Court designates armed group and affiliates, including Sinai-based Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, as "terrorist" organisations. An Egyptian court has designated the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group
FBI warns military of ISIS threat
CNN - By Pamela Brown and Jim Sciutto, CNN
The FBI issued a warning Sunday to members of the U.S. military that ISIS is calling for attacks against them, according to a law enforcement source, saying that "overseas based individuals are looking
Egypt militant group allied with Isis claims it killed US oil worker in August
The Guardian
An Egyptian militant organisation allied with the Islamic State (Isis) group has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American oil worker. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which now refers to itself as the
Islamic State militants kill 16 Iraqi soldiers on Syria border
Reuters UK - by Saif Hameed
A black flag belonging to the Islamic State is seen near the Syrian town of Kobani, as pictured from the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 6, 2014.
ISIS Is Running An Alarmingly Effective Terrorist State
Business Insider - Armin Rosen
At times, the group appeared to have a less-than-strategic approach to holding its suddenly Belgium-size domain, baiting a US-led coalition into airstrikes and opening fronts against the Syrian, Iraqi,
Teen ISIS Bride From Britain Blogs About The Death Of Her Jihadi Husband
BuzzFeed
Swedish newspaper Göteborgs-Posten reported on Oct. 30 that a Swedish fighter in his late twenties had been killed by coalition airstrikes early in the morning of Oct. 28, in Kobani. It seems likely that
U.K. Security Experts Worried About Terrorist Attack Around Christmas
NPR - Dina Temple-Raston
Counterterrorism officials in the U.S. and the United Kingdom have been quietly discussing an outright ban on hand-carried luggage aboard airplanes for weeks now in the wake of intelligence reports that
Turkey's Erdogan says Russia has suffered from terrorism, will together fight Isis
International Business Times (GB) - Maria Khan
Despite acknowledging their differences over the Syria conflict, Russia and Turkey have agreed to fight Islamic State (Isis) militants in Syria …
21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You're Quoting Shakespeare
mentalfloss.com - BY Dana Schwartz
William Shakespeare devised new words and countless plot tropes that still appear in everyday life. Famous quotes from his plays are easily …
The fall of the Berlin Wall: what it meant to be there
The Guardian - Timothy Garton Ash
Photograph: Bettmann/CORBIS West Berlin, 1961. A young woman talks to her mother on the eastern side of the newly erected Wall. 276 http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/11/5/1415189315869/f7637ea6-8efd-4a2e-8ac5-65be6ac80a9b-460x276.jpeg
No exit: Britain’s social housing trap
The Guardian - Polly Toynbee
To estate agents, England’s Lane, tucked away in a corner of Hampstead, is one of London’s most sought-after villages. Along its tree-lined length stretches a charming row of small shops, with a tearoom
What kind of King will Charles III be?
The Guardian - Robert Booth
On 15 September, while President Obama was meeting with his advisers in the White House and deciding how to unleash the world’s most powerful military machine on the Islamic State in Iraq, his ambassador
How do you sell God in the 21st century? More heaven, less hell
The Guardian - Meghan O'Gieblyn
A couple of years ago, a Chicago-based corporate-identity consultant Chris Herron gave himself the ultimate challenge: rebrand hell. It was half gag, half self-promotion, but Herron took the project seriously,
Two centuries after the Marquis de Sade, a French exhibition traces his influence:
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The 10 Best Movies You Missed in 2014
Esquire - By Nick Schager
And how to catch up with them. You've been chilled by the marriage-gone-awry suspense of Gone Girl, stupefied by the cinematic inventiveness of Birdman, and terrified by the twisted mentor-mentee relationship
Recent Iran airstrikes in Iraq help drive Islamic State from 2 towns
Los Angeles Times - By David S. Cloud , W.J. Hennigan and Ramin Mostaghim
Iranian warplanes have launched several airstrikes in recent days against Islamic State militants in eastern Iraq, U.S. and Iranian officials said Tuesday, the latest sign that America's longtime adversary
Syria: Journalism under duress
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
The civil war in Syria has proven to be one of the most difficult and deadliest conflicts in the world for journalists to cover. So when a video - allegedly showing a Syrian boy rescuing a little girl
Turkey's Erdogan disputes gender equality as 'against nature'
Los Angeles Times - By Carol J. Williams
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred controversy again with a speech Monday disputing gender equality and defining women's role in society as motherhood. In an address to the Women and Justice
Iraq army, allies reclaim towns from Islamic State
Los Angeles Times - By Nabih Bulos
Iraqi and allied forces have wrested control of two towns in the eastern province of Diyala from the militant group Islamic State, Iraqi officials said Monday. Saadiya and Jalawla, less than 20 miles the

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Syria: US raids have failed to weaken ISIL

Rand Paul Slams Obama's 'Absurd' Legal Argument For ISIS Fight

Inside the Islamic State’s capital: Red Bull-drinking jihadists, hungry civilians, crucifixions and air strikes

Egypt outlaws ISIL and affiliated groups

FBI warns military of ISIS threat

Egypt militant group allied with Isis claims it killed US oil worker in August

Islamic State militants kill 16 Iraqi soldiers on Syria border

ISIS Is Running An Alarmingly Effective Terrorist State

Teen ISIS Bride From Britain Blogs About The Death Of Her Jihadi Husband

U.K. Security Experts Worried About Terrorist Attack Around Christmas

Turkey's Erdogan says Russia has suffered from terrorism, will together fight Isis

21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You're Quoting Shakespeare

The fall of the Berlin Wall: what it meant to be there

No exit: Britain’s social housing trap

What kind of King will Charles III be?

How do you sell God in the 21st century? More heaven, less hell

Two centuries after the Marquis de Sade, a French exhibition traces his influence:

The 10 Best Movies You Missed in 2014

Recent Iran airstrikes in Iraq help drive Islamic State from 2 towns

Syria: Journalism under duress

Turkey's Erdogan disputes gender equality as 'against nature'

Iraq army, allies reclaim towns from Islamic State