Donald Trump calls pope’s criticism of him ‘disgraceful’

Donald Trump on Thursday called remarks by Pope Francis “disgraceful,” after the pontiff argued the Republican White House hopeful could not claim to be a Christian based on his anti-immigrant stance.

“For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful,” Trump said in a statement that he read out to a crowd at a campaign stop in South Carolina, which holds its primary vote on Saturday.

“I am proud to be a Christian and as president I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened.”

The comments framed an extraordinary public exchange between a candidate and the leader of the Roman Catholic church in the run up to a US presidential election.

Dear Donald, I’m your biggest fan but your call to ban all Muslims is dangerously wrong & bigoted' Piers Morgan writes

US presidential candidate and billionaire business Donald Trump has been branded a 'hate preacher' by the international community and now faces ban in some countries after 'a total and complete shutdown' of Muslim immigration into America. His longtime friend and supporter, Piers Morgan wrote him an open letter expressing his disappointment over his comments. Read that after the cut...

Boko Haram ranked ahead of ISIS for deadliest terror group

As much of the world remains focused on the Islamic State and its horrific attacks in Paris, another radical band of extremists has, by one account, captured the infamous title of the world’s deadliest terrorist group: Boko Haram.

Boko Haram, the militant group that has tortured Nigeria and its neighbors for years, was responsible for 6,664 deaths last year, more than any other terrorist group in the world, including the Islamic State, which killed 6,073 people in 2014, according to a report released Wednesday tracking terrorist attacks globally.

The death toll in Nigeria mounted on Wednesday, with a bombing in Kano State in northern Nigeria, not even a full day after Boko Haram was suspected in an explosion that killed and injured dozens in another nearby region.

In Kano, the authorities said that two female suicide bombers detonated vests at a cellphone market at about 4 p.m., killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens. Witnesses and Red Cross officials said that as many as 50 or 60 people died, though the number could not be independently confirmed. Officials accused Boko Haram in the attacks.

ISIS plotting to bomb the QUEEN in Boston Marathon-style attack at World War Two event

ISLAMIC State (ISIS) are plotting to blow up the Queen next weekend – at an event marking the end of the Second World War.

The Queen is one of the bombing targets according to intelligence reports

Police and MI5 are said to be desperately racing against the clock to foil the assassination plot by British jihadis, which is being masterminded from Syria by ISIS commanders. 

The terrorists are reportedly looking to strike next Saturday by detonating a pressure cooker bomb in Central London – during events marking the 70th anniversary of Victory in Japan (VJ) day, which effectively ended World War Two.

Sources said that a specific threat has been made against the Queen, prompting police to make an urgent review of security arrangements for the events.

Other Royal Family members are due to attend the anniversary events – including Prince Charles who has been highlighted as another possible target in intelligence reports.

Police are reportedly fearing carnage on a massive scale as thousands of people are expected to line the streets around Whitehall and Westminster Abbey.

ISIS now using chicken suicide bombers

In a disturbing new trend ,pictures have emerged showing ISIS fighters using chicken suicide bombers.Birds are shown with explosive vests cruelly strapped to their backs. 

According to Daily Star, the chickens are encouraged to wander into enemy strongholds before the device is detonated via remote control.

They terror group is said to be running out of supplies and ammunition, hence the use of other means..

ISIS releases video of their biggest massacre - prisoners made to lay in mass graves before being shot dead

This has to be their one of their sickest videos yet. ISIS over the weekend released a video showing the mass executions of prisoners. The men -  in their hundreds - were made to lay in shallow graves and were then sprayed with bullets. The men are believed to be military cadets captured during their battle with the terrorists.

The men were brought to their death place in trucks and were heard in the video pleading for their lives before they were machine-gunned. Some were shot individually and their bodies dumped into the Tigris River, while an excavator is seen shifting piles of bodies as the executions continue into the night. 

More photos after the cut...

ISIS threatens the US. Shares a pic of a beheaded Statue of Liberty

ISIS Twitter account shared this photo of a beheaded Statue of Liberty holding a black flag and New York City up in flames with a caption: Coming Soon

ISIS beheads two women in Syria for witchcraft

Islamic State beheaded two women over the weekend accused of witchcraft and working with elves in eastern Syria

The 2 women have become the first to be beheaded by Isis after being accused of witchcraft, sorcery and working with elves by the Islamic extremist group, according to reports emerging from eastern Syria.

The executions, for a supposed breach of sharia law, were carried out on Sunday and Monday respectively, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group based in Britain, said.