Tag: Islamic State (ISIL)

• Tuesday, August 18th 2015 - 09:08 UTC

  Trump blasts Saudi Arabia for making 'a billion a day' and funding terrorism

  

  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump backed the commitment of ground troops if necessary to cripple the Islamic State and complained the US has always come out in support of Saudi Arabia, and while they make 'a billion a day', they are also the world's biggest funder of terrorism.

• Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  Cameron pledges to use all means to hunt down militants as “Jihadi John”

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as “Jihadi John” after the killer was identified as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London.

• Friday, February 13th 2015 - 09:16 UTC

  “Drastic decline” in media freedom worldwide in 2014 says RSF annual report

  

  Media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation released Thursday.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 05:58 UTC

  We won't let the voice of freedom be muzzled

  

  By David Cameron and Barack Obama - Two hundred years ago this month, Britain and the United States fought each other at the Battle of New Orleans. It was the last major battle where our nations met as enemies. In modern times, our special relationship as allies and partners has been the firm foundation of our shared security and prosperity.