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.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Nigeria mobilizing thousands of vigilantes to fight Boko Haram Iran strongly denies it’s targeting ISIS with airstrikes, despite video Nigeria mobilizing thousands of vigilantes to fight Boko Haram Vigilante fighter in Nigeria (AP) The
Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old dictator, Robert Mugabe, is continuing to expand his purge at the highest levels of office, disparaging his vice president, Joice Mujuru, as a politician willing to cooperate with white people. Mugabe did not mention Mujuru by name, though
Family members of an Ebola victim in the devastated town of Jene-Wonde, Liberia, report that they are being denied food and water by villagers as part of their quarantine. Alice Massally, a member of the family, tells FrontPageAfrica the denial
Government officials in Venezuela are condemning opposition voices asking for more accountability from the socialist regime as “Grinch” elements who “want to steal Christmas,” due to their demand that the collapsing economy not be pressured even more by weeks of
(Reuters) – Turkey has seen a sharp rise in religious schooling under reforms that President Tayyip Erdogan casts as a defense against moral decay, but which opponents see as an unwanted drive to shape a more Islamic nation. Almost a million students
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A car bomb exploded Wednesday near the home of Iran’s ambassador to Yemen, killing two people amid a Shiite power grab in the impoverished Arab country believed to be supported by the Islamic Republic. Iran’s ambassador
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a U.N. convoy near Mogadishu’s airport on Wednesday, killing three people, Somali police said. No U.N. staff were killed or injured but the attack damaged two U.N. vehicles traveling
Cardinal George Pell, whom Pope Francis hand-picked as head of the recently created Vatican “Secretariat for the Economy,” revealed Wednesday that the Vatican’s financial situation “is much healthier than it seemed.” “In fact,” Pell said, “some hundreds of millions of
Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang region of the country’s West have banned citizens from practicing religion in any state-owned entities. Because China is a Communist country, the law, which will take effect on January 1, 2015, likely pertains to all property. Additionally,
Addressing tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday, Pope Francis recounting his recent trip to Turkey, summing up his meeting with state officials with the words: “We spoke of violence.” Francis said that on the first
In a lopsided 161-5 vote, the UN General Assembly on Tuesday approved an anti-Israel resolution backed by Arab nations. The resolution calls on Israel to not only subject its nuclear facilities to international oversight, but also to renounce possession of
Jordanian officials have detained twenty-one Muslim Brotherhood operatives, who have been charged with smuggling weapons and cash into the disputed West Bank region, according to reports in Arabic media. The Muslim Brotherhood operatives were accused of attempting to create a
Some lawmakers negotiated the inclusion of land grab provisions in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which will expand the already massive federal real state holdings. Critics consider those provisions pork because they have nothing to do with
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Supporters of the Islamic State extremist organization have released a video claiming responsibility for the shooting and wounding of a Danish citizen in the Saudi capital Riyadh last month. The Al-Battar Media Foundation’s video,
(Reuters) – An Egyptian judge sentenced 185 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death on Tuesday over an attack on a police station near Cairo last year in which 12 policemen were killed. The ruling is preliminary and subject to a lengthy
Recent arrests in Jordan and Israel show that Hamas and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood are trying to smuggle weapons into Gaza and the West Bank. After Egypt’s army destroyed tunnels joining Gaza and Sinai that had been lucrative smuggling paths,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kenya’s government in crisis after al-Shabaab kills 36 Christians Wife and son of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi captured in Lebanon Kenya’s government in crisis after al-Shabaab kills 36 Christians Soldiers of Kenyan Defense Forces look
Israeli voters will go to the polls next year to elect a new government after the coalition headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu collapsed this week. The government fell after internal bickering among the various ministers and party leaders became
Militants from Somali al Shabaab kill at least 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in Kenya, beheading at least two, in revenge for Kenyan military action against the group. Mana Rabiee reports. For Kenyan soldiers, it was a gruesome discovery.
Two Jordanian MPs on Jordanian television went on verbal attacks against Jews and Israelis, praising the recent Jerusalem synagogue massacre and encouraging incitement against Jews. The Times of Israel reports that according to Middle East media watchdog MEMRI, the anti-Semitic
The Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) is struggling with a severe shortage of clean water and basic medicinal necessities in the city of Mosul, Iraq, where the terror group remains under control. Furthermore, a new water-borne disease has emerged, creating the potential
A Dutch right-wing member of parliament called for a purge of mosques in the Netherlands during a debate on the integration of Muslim and Turkish minorities. “Dutch unity, identity and culture are being wrecked by immigration and incubation. We do not
On Tuesday, reports out of Pakistan revealed that the country’s second suspected case of Ebola has surfaced in the past twenty-four hours. The 41-year-old man has been kept under watch in an isolation unit at PIMS Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan,
The World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations agency, suspended a food program to Syria due to lack of funds–right before the start of winter. The program provided food for 1.7 million Syrians. “A suspension of WFP food assistance will
Since the release of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee’s report on the Benghazi attacks this November, many uninformed people in the political and media world insisted the report “debunks” claims that the government did not sufficiently defend its embassy on
