Search-and-rescue operations are under way off the coast of Hawaii after two Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters on a nighttime training mission collided, with six people aboard each aircraft.
In his meeting with staff of the Vatican offices Monday, Pope Francis compared priests to airplanes, noting that they only make news when they fall, and yet “there are so many still flying.” “Many criticize priests,” the Pope continued, “and
Christians in Lebanon are arming themselves to combat the Islamic State and other jihadists who are threatening their villages, reports The National, a state-owned news agency in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or IS) jihadists control
Fox News contributor and foreign affairs analyst Lisa Daftari delivered a stern message of condemnation for nations that implement Sharia Law during a speech at the Iranian Women’s Organization’s (IWO) annual gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel last week. Daftari also reprimanded
The Obama administration announced Saturday that four Afghan detainees had been transferred from the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to their home country. U.S. officials have characterized the move as a sign of good will between Kabul, the Afghan capital, and
Former Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday that the Russian economy has entered a vicious downward spiral as Russia’s energy-centric economy continues to suffer from falling oil prices, Western economic sanctions, and a severely weakened ruble. “Today, I
A Moscow court accused Aleksei Navalny, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken critics, and his brother Oleg, of stealing $500,000 from two firms. Prosecutors wish to give Aleksei a 10-year prison sentence and Oleg eight years. The accusations
France witnessed two brutal attacks over the weekend carried out in the name of Islam. The most recent attack, which occurred on Sunday, saw thirteen civilians injured when a French Jihadist ran over pedestrians with his vehicle while yelling, “Allahu Akbar.”
The American people now have a censor–North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un–and they can thank President Obama’s failure to defend their rights to free speech and privacy. After hacking Sony’s computer network and subjecting its employees to identity theft and
Sheikh Ahmad al-Ghamidi caused quite a stir in Saudi Arabia, a nation with a history of oppressing women, when he declared on television that Islam does not mandate that women wear the niqab, or veil, and suggested females should use beauty products. He
The Islamic State is the most successful slaving organisation of this century, following its successful entrapment of thousands of young girls and women in sexual slavery in the last five months alone, with girls as young as twelve being subjected
The Islamic State may have expanded its operations into cyberattacks, according to Citizen Lab, an Internet watchdog group. Citizen Lab reported that the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, or ISIL) may be behind a botched malware attack intended to hack into
In recent days, President Obama has spoken eloquently about protecting our freedom of speech. He has done so primarily by criticizing Sony Pictures for canceling in the face of cyber attacks and other threats from North Korea public access to
For the first time since the third century there are “no more Christians in Iraq,” said Mosul Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona in an interview Sunday with the Spanish newspaper ABC. “Christians,” Nona said, “had a very important and beautiful mission
The Argentine Court of Criminal Appeals has granted its first habeas corpus to an animal in captivity. The 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan named Sandra has been recognized as a “juridical person” and will be moved to a sanctuary in Brazil where
Intelligence agency GCHQ is finding it impossible to track some of Britain’s most dangerous criminal gangs because their tactics were disclosed in The Guardian. The intelligence agency, which monitors communications, has claimed criminal gangs changed their tactics after Edward Snowden
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel-Palestine struggle moves to the United Nations ISIS executes 100 foreign fighters for trying to flee Syria Reader comments say that Vietnam can defend against China Israel-Palestine struggle moves to the United Nations Sisyphus
(Reuters) – Computer systems at South Korea’s nuclear plant operator have been hacked, the company said on Monday, sharply raising concerns about safeguards around nuclear facilities in a country that remains technically at war with NorthKorea. The Korea Hydro and
The man who killed two NYPD officers in cold blood showed on multiple occasions that he was a devotee to Islam, reciting on social media Quranic verse popularized by Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. Evidence has also surfaced
In his meeting with members of the Italian National Olympic Committee Friday, Pope Francis compared athletics to the spiritual life, saying that the Church’s role is to urge people toward “a strong sense of spiritual combativeness.” Francis went on to
“The United States of America threatens the world with violence in ways that no other country does,” says novelist and journalist James Carroll in a recent interview in Salon Magazine, “and that boils down to our refusal to disarm after
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan declares no more ‘good’ and ‘bad’ Taliban Pakistan ends moratorium on hanging terrorists For the first time, US, Afghanistan and Pakistan will cooperate against Taliban Pakistan declares no more ‘good’ and ‘bad’ Taliban
President Barack Obama said on Sunday he is eager to redouble his efforts to release the remaining 131 suspected terrorist inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility so he can close Gitmo’s doors forever. “I’m going to be doing everything I
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused his major political rivals of coordinating with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in an effort to derail his re-election. Specifically, Netanyahu has pointed to reports that former justice minister Tzipi Livni asked
Peggy Noonan’s praise for the Obama administration’s new Cuba policy has one particularly ugly paragraph that demands its own response. (I posted an initial criticism of her overall column on Friday, and this one paragraph has bothered me for the better
President Obama’s announcement on Wednesday that the United States would reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba despite, as President Raúl Castro proclaimed, the Cuban government yielding no concessions on human rights or economic freedom, has highlighted a major rift in the American
