Smoke billows behind an Islamic State group sign
Laos President Choummaly Sayasone
National Security

Christians Tortured, Killed in Communist-Controlled Laos

Global persecution of Christians on the rise  

Daniel Wiser
January 9, 2015
Smoke is seen at left as French police launch their assault at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris, January 9
National Security

Zinke: Obama Foreign Policy ‘Provides Fuel for Terrorism’

SEAL vet congressman says France should serve as wake-up call

Bill McMorris
January 9, 2015
A depot used to store pipes for Transcanada Corp's planned Keystone XL oil pipeline is seen in Gascoyne, North Dakota, in this file photo taken November 14, 2014
A helicopter with members of the French intervention forces hover above the scene of a hostage taking at an industrial zone in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris January 9
A call for witnesses released by the Paris Prefecture de Police January 8, 2015 shows the photos of two brothers Cherif Kouachi (L) and Said Kouachi, who are considered armed and dangerous, and are actively being sought in the investigation of the shooting at the Paris offices of satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday
A man walks near a sign with an image of Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana December 19, 2014