The Canadian town of Moncton, New Brunswick is currently under lockdown as officials search for a gunman in fatigues who killed three police officers and injured two others, running off before anyone could stop him. The man, identified by police
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said in repeated public statements that the decision to trade five high-ranking Taliban officials’ freedom for the life of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was made at this time “to save his life.” The Obama administration did
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirms that the Obama administration “unanimously” decided trading the freedom of five high-ranking Taliban officials for the life of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was the right thing to do, and he states that whether the Taliban considers
General Stanley McChrystal was in charge of operations in Afghanistan when, according to those who served with him, Bowe Bergdahl walked off his camp towards the Taliban. Despite ordering soldiers to engage in dangerous efforts to find him, McChrystal warns
Chester Nez, one of the 29 original Navajos who were recruited to help the American military transfer information in a code the Japanese military could not break, passed away today at 93. Their efforts in developing a Navajo-based code to
A university in Perth, Australia, has released a five-second audio clip some experts claim could be the key to finding missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The clip, recorded on the day the plane disappeared, could be of a seismic event,
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has decided to celebrate his birthday in Bolivia this year, and in honor of his visit and the festivities at hand, Bolivian president Evo Morales is set to present Ban with a birthday cake
Afghan villagers wondered if Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was high on hashish after finding him wandering in their community, apparently heading towards Taliban strongholds. In interviews with the Washington Post, Afghan witnesses note that Bergdahl appeared to be seeking the Taliban
The American people are turning against President Obama’s foreign policy in larger numbers than ever. A Washington Post-ABC poll released this week finds that the president’s approval rating on international affairs has reached an all-time low, hovering at 41%. The Post notes
Hundreds of thousands are believed exiled and dead in the Syrian civil war, and President Bashar al-Assad stands accused of using chemical weapons against civilians. But that didn’t stop the head of state from taking the time this week to
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported that many of the details released on the exchange of five highly dangerous Taliban officials for captured Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl were released by the Taliban, while American officials
The controversy surrounding President Obama’s efforts to free Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has rattled the country, as fellow soldiers insist Bergdahl deserted and their lives were put on the line to find him. Those who have not spoken– who cannot speak–
A senior Gulf official speaking to Reuters has said the five Guantánamo detainees traded for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl are being kept in an “accommodation facility” and will be allowed to roam freely in Qatar before moving to other parts of
The release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity has raised a number of questions as to whether Bergdahl was captured or deserted his battalion and whether trading five Taliban officials for Bergdahl is a valid exchange to save a
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is again demanding the pension bestowed upon all former heads of state, after Peru’s attorney general denied him such a benefit on multiple occasions. Fujimori is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence and awaiting a
The China-Arab Cooperative forum is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi noted in a statement that the Chinese government is increasingly interested in expanding trade and economic ties with the region, particularly in developing industries like
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supports President Obama’s decision to free five Taliban members in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier colleagues say deserted his post and is directly responsible for loss of American life in Afghanistan. At
The Cuban regime is not opening up to the Western world, nor does it appear much more amenable to respecting universally accepted notions of human rights. According to a new study by the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National
Anti-coup protesters in Thailand have adopted a three-fingered salute from the book The Hunger Games as a symbol against what they argue is an oppressive and illegitimate military regime. In response to this form of silent protest, officials have warned that
Amid waves of protests and the loud concerns of some of the nation’s most prominent soccer stars, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is firing back against those who claim the government has spent millions on the 2014 World Cup that could
The radical Islamist terror group Boko Haram claimed the lives of 40 this weekend in a bombing near a soccer stadium in northeast Nigeria, though not without losing some of its own in an attack by Cameroon forces. Boko Haram
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has declined an invitation to Saudi Arabia, a gesture the Iranian government accepted as “friendly” that could have potentially eased tensions between the two nations. Zarif cited multilateral nuclear talks as preventing him from
Salvador Sánchez Cerén, a former officer of leftist guerrilla group, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), has been sworn in as president of El Salvador, promising to fight “organized crime” while strengthening ties with Venezuela. Sánchez Cerén, who served as
The decision to award 2022 World Cup hosting responsibilities to Qatar has been riddled with controversy, as Amnesty International condemns the conditions of workers in the country and allegations of bribery repeatedly surface within FIFA. Now, reports note, senior officials
In a piece that former Daily Beast head Tina Brown declared a “conclusive” account about the newly freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a fellow soldier serving in Bergdahl’s same battalion recounts the story of how Bergdahl simply walked away from his military
