States official said late Monday that American intelligence analysts believed the statement from Al Qaeda was accurate. They said the death of Mr. Yazid marked a significant setbac…

Canada and its banks were barely touched by the epic 2008 financial crisis that nearly brought down the U.S. banking system and led to the biggest recession since the Great Depression. That has led the International Monetary Fund and World Economic Forum to showcase Canada for having the healthiest banking system in the world.Despite the geographical proximity and cultural similarities to Canada, the U.S. Congress and Obama administration have largely shunned lessons that could be learned from the neighbor to the north.The ingredients of Canada's success are not secret or complicated: One is keeping conservative, even old-fashioned lending standards, such asthe real purpose of this invasion -- backed by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), a radical Islamic organization outlawed by Israel in 2008 for allegedly serving as a major component in Hamas’s global fund-raising machine -- was to incite a violent uprising in the Middle East and across the Islamic world. As I write, reports are coming in of Arab rioting in Jerusalem.The notion – uncritically swallowed by the lazy, ignorant and bigoted BBC and ot…

In their last report before the United Nations Security Council votes on sanctions against Iran, international nuclear inspectors declared on Monday that Iran has now produced a stockpile of nuclear fuel that experts say would be enough, with further enrichment, to make two nuclear weapons. The report, by the International Atomic Energy