At least five Americans were among the group of civilians who fled Gaza for Egypt on Wednesday, U.S. officials say. All five U.S. citizens – who are the only known Americans to leave Gaza today – were aid workers. The U.S. State Department says that it will give instructions to …
Read More »Two U.S Navy sailors missing off coast of Somalia: Central Command
Two U.S Navy sailors were reported missing while conducting operations Thursday off the coast of Somalia, the U.S. Central Command said. Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing, the statement said. Officials said that the two sailors were reported missing on Thursday evening. The brief statement gave no additional information …
Read More »America needs stronger leadership than Hillary Clinton's hashtag diplomacy
If you turn on the news these days, you’re likely to hear about the latest horrific incident in a long string of violence from Boko Haram. Best known for the heart-wrenching kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls last spring, the Nigerian-based terrorist group is also responsible for massacring up to 2,000 villagers …
Read More »Cruz clashes with Nigeria over his claims 50,000 Christians killed since 2009 in religious violence
FIRST ON FOX: A diplomatic battle is being waged between leading Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Nigerian government officials. The Texas senator has warned he will hold them accountable for the reported “mass slaughter” of tens of thousands of Christians in Nigeria. The officials say Cruz is lying, with one …
Read More »Expert warns critical hours slipping away as kidnappers likely to move US missionary in Niger
A security expert told Fox News Digital the first 48 hours are critical in the search for an American Christian missionary kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger, who may have already been moved between Islamic State-controlled areas where an ISIS offshoot operates. Bryan Stern, founder of the crisis …
Read More »DHS to soon deport Abrego Garcia to African nation after illegal alien's return from El Salvador, filing says
The Trump administration said it could soon deport Salvadoran illegal immigrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the African nation of Liberia after reaching an agreement with that country, according to a Department of Homeland Security filing Friday. The court filing said that Abrego Garcia could be sent to the West …
Read More »Russian mercenaries replace Western forces as ISIS surges across Africa's Sahel region
Analysts claim the withdrawal of U.S. and European troops from countries in Africa’s Sahel, and their replacement by Russian mercenaries, has led to a spike in jihadist-driven terrorism. The Sahel is a belt of countries running roughly west to east across the continent just below the Sahara Desert. A total …
Read More »New York City ICE raid nets 9 arrests of illegal aliens from West Africa, 4 protesters also arrested
A federal raid in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood on Tuesday resulted in the arrests of nine migrants from West Africa who were in the United States illegally, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told Fox News. Four protesters were also taken into …
Read More »American missionary kidnapped in Niger by suspected Islamist militants, sources say
The U.S. government is aware of the kidnapping of an American Christian missionary in the West African nation of Niger, U.S. official sources told Fox News. The sources told Fox News that they suspect that the missionary has been taken north to Islamic State-controlled areas where an offshoot of ISIS …
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