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.
According to a report by human rights group Amnesty International, Turkish border guards have a record of abusing and killing Syrian refugees. Those who do survive face extreme poverty in makeshift camps. The revelations are featured in their new report, “Struggling
In what seems now to be a hoax, topless Femen protesters in Paris enacted the kidnapping of a Roman Catholic priest, creating a video that is coursing around the world. The new kidnapping video was posted on Twitter Friday and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Arab workers in Israel being fired in backlash from synagogue attack Britain in nationalistic surge as anti-EU UKIP party gains ground Arab workers in Israel being fired in backlash from synagogue attack Israeli border
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Multiple nations, including China, are capable of shutting down the computer control systems used to operate the power grid and other “basic infrastructure” in the United States, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) warned on
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau carried out a terror attack in Ottawa on October 22. Now, a former coworker is talking, describing Zehaf-Bibeau’s support for the Taliban and the manner in which he “joked about being a suicide bomber.” CBC News reports that Zehaf-Bibeau’s
Women belonging to Iraq’s Yazidi minority, who follow a religion that is neither Christian nor Muslim, have borne much of the worst of the horrors to which Islamic State terrorists subject so-called “infidels.” Turned into sex slaves for and sold
Israel’s Shin Bet agency, the equivalent to America’s FBI, has uncovered a Hamas-sponsored terror plot to assassinate Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Four Palestinians have been arrested relating to charges stemming from the assassination attempt, which was reportedly in its
President Obama has incited tensions with some in the higher levels of Australian government after using his closing remarks at the G20 summit to demand Australia do more to protect the Great Barrier Reef. In response, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
In an outrageous display on Lebanese television, Venezuelan member of the National Assembly Adel Al-Sughayar accused the Bush family of funding the rise of Adolf Hitler before World War II. Al-Sughayar, who serves in the National Assembly (he is described
Pope Francis said that the current economic crisis requires “initiative” to overcome the consequences of economic difficulties and unemployment, avoiding the temptations of “welfarism” and “indifference.” “We must renew working relationships,” Francis said in a video message released by the
An American soldier has been cleared after he was closely monitored by the military for showing symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus upon his return on Tuesday from the U.S. mission in West Africa, according to the Pentagon. “He tested
American Cardinal Raymond Burke, recently demoted from the highest legal office in the Vatican, told a conference in Ireland that Catholic layman should write to the Pope to voice their opinions about the general Synod of Bishops to take place
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Gulf nations paper over their differences for GCC Summit in December United Arab Emirates identifies 86 terrorist groups Egypt may be considering release of al-Jazeera reporters Gulf nations paper over their differences for GCC
(United Nations) – El Salvador is currently undergoing something the UN calls the Universal Periodic Review, a fairly new human rights process that looks at countries’ implementation of various human rights treaties. And even though no UN treaty mentions abortion,
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish appeals court upheld the detention order on Julian Assange on Thursday, dismissing a challenge by the WikiLeaks founder who is wanted by prosecutors in an investigation of alleged sex crimes. Confirming a ruling by a
Senior North Korean officials visit Moscow infrequently but the isolated country is trying to counter a U.N. resolution urging Pyongyang’s referral to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. Russia is also one of five countries involved in talks
When Brooke Shields’ mother was pregnant with her, her father’s father tried to persuade her to have an abortion, Shields reveals in a new book. Her grandfather “discreetly slid her an envelope and asked her to take care of the
(AFP) NATO said Thursday there have been around 400 intercepts of Russian military flights near its member countries this year, amid heightened tension between Moscow and the West over the Ukraine crisis. He spoke from the Amari air base that
The people of God can forgive their priests when they have a weakness, or when they slip up, said Pope Francis Friday. “But there are two things that the people of God cannot forgive: a priest attached to money and
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) — The United Nations released a report Thursday, detailing the “serious human rights violations” that have continued in eastern Ukraine despite a Sept. 5 cease-fire agreed to by all parties to the conflict. According to
(Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested on Thursday he was considering pardoning journalists of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television station jailed in his country for nearly a year on charges of aiding a “terrorist organisation”. Human rights groups
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s emerging Ebola crisis deepened Thursday as the government announced that a doctor had died from the disease, becoming the second health worker fatality linked to a single patient initially thought to have kidney disease. At
(Reuters) – Jordan arrested the deputy head of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday for criticizing the UAE’s move to designate the Islamist political movement and its local affiliates a terrorist group, official sources said. Zaki Bani Rushaid was detained
The Pentagon continues to deny allegations that it paid a ransom to an Afghan in a failed attempt to secure the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. On Thursday, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon secretary, did say that “it is a fact”
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A largely peaceful march by tens of thousands demanding the return of 43 missing students ended in violence, as a small group of masked protesters battled police in Mexico City’s main square. The march late Thursday
