Suspects linked to ISIS plotted to attack Pope Francis during his trip to Indonesia — but were thwarted by their own online boasts, authorities say. Indonesian national police arrested seven people suspected of planning attacks against the 87-year-old, peace-preaching pontiff while he was in Jakarta as part of his Asia-Pacific tour, officials say. Police seized … Read more
Taylor Swift said her “biggest fear” in life is a violent attack at one of her concerts in a resurfaced article penned by the singer in 2019. Swift’s past remarks are perhaps more relevant than ever as three of her Eras Tour shows in Vienna, Austria, have just been canceled after local police uncovered and … Read more
Talk about a horror show. Diane Foley’s son was missing for nearly two years. Jim was a freelance journalist working the Middle East for organizations including Newsweek, CNN and PBS. But in late 2012 Jim was kidnapped by ISIS in Syria, and for the next two years little was known about his whereabouts or safety. … Read more
The epitome of an “all-American” girl, Samantha Marie Elhassani — a.k.a Samantha Sally, better known as Sam — was a Jehovah’s Witness from the blue-collar Indiana heartland who knocked on the door of ISIS and found hell on earth. A mother of three who had been working in a low-paying warehouse job and formerly married … Read more
“Kandahar,” starring Gerard Butler, is the sort of textureless action thriller that sounds like it’s been musically scored by a subwoofer. The bass never stops booming as grizzled men frown and gravely whisper about matters of the utmost seriousness, and a simple race-against-time story is tied into impossibly confusing knots. movie review Running time: 120 … Read more
Tania Joya, who was married to John Georgelas, once known as the highest-ranking American in ISIS, does not want to be blamed for her ex-husband’s misdeeds. “My crime was being an idiot and getting married too young and joining a really bad idea,” she says in a new documentary, “A Radical Life,” which begins streaming … Read more