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“There is need for hope and light at this time, particularly because of the darkness that sometimes surrounds us,” says Cardinal Timothy Dolan, “and the visit of Pope Francis to the United States is a carrier of this light.” After

The ability to gauge the Islamic State’s strength and movements as well as the casualties the jihadist group has incurred has been hampered by a gap in CIA intelligence, reports the Los Angeles Times.  According to the LATimes, “The intelligence

America’s near-total dependence on satellites for the most important elements of national security – secure communications, reconnaissance, intelligence gathering and navigation – has naturally attracted our adversaries’ efforts to counter our space-based advantages.  Those advantages – in intelligence gathering especially

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Global warming and climate change strike Buffalo NY Israel demolishes apartment of terrorist Jerusalem becomes a city of fear, in a torrent of mutual hostility Israel approves construction of 78 new homes in Jerusalem

(Reuters) – A small group of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters broke into the city’s legislature via a side door early on Wednesday, and police stopped others forcing their way in as tensions in the Chinese-controlled city escalated following a period

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A suicide car bomber struck in the heart of the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil, killing at least four people, according to initial reports in local Kurdish media. The blast in Irbil, capital of the

Geneva (AFP) – The World Health Organization said Friday it had confirmed unrelated cases of polio in South Sudan and in Madagascar, blaming low vaccination coverage. The UN health agency said two cases of so-called type two vaccine-derived poliovirus had

This article originally appeared at The Local: The train, named “Yixinou”, left Yiwu, 300km south of Shanghai, and will cross Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving in Spain in December. The total distance covered by the new rail route is

A 40-year-old woman recently returned from Guinea died in a salon in Brooklyn, allegedly bleeding profusely from her nose and mouth. The woman, who was being monitored for Ebola symptoms, did not test positive for the virus, however. The New York

In the aftermath of the vicious murder of five Jews at a synagogue in Jerusalem, teachers employed by UNRWA (United Nations Relief & Works Agency For Palestine Refugees) have gone to social media to praise what they called a “heroic

The Jerusalem Post‘s inestimable Arab correspondent, Khaled Abu Toameh, argues that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the terror attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem–equivocally, and reluctantly–only because U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had called him “twice over the past few days

Tomorrow, on November 20, 2014, an Egyptian doctor, Raslan Fadl, will for the first time in history be sentenced because his 13-year old patient died during a female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure; he claims she was allergic to penicillin. This girl died–but she

Nov 19 (Reuters) – Chinese officials called on Wednesday for controls on the Internet to preserve stability, saying its model for cyberspace regulation can be the framework for spawning commercial successes like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The comments, made at

The New York Times editorial board has taken a bold stance on the issue of Cuba’s doctor slave trade, a system that coerces doctors to work abroad for meager “stipends” in exchange for more than $8 million a year being deposited into the

A new report by Human Rights Watch is condemning a long-standing practice among Indonesia’s police forces in which women who wish to serve are subjected to an invasive “virginity test” meant to identify the suitability of a woman to work

The United Nations Security Council released a report that warned the Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) likely possesses enough arms to continue its jihad in Syria and Iraq for two more years. The UN report noted that the Islamic State had in

With a murder rate many times higher than the US, Russian legislators approved the carry of guns for self-defense. The new law was announced on November 18. The International Business Times reports that prior to this change “Russians were only allowed

Iran’s Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei charged that the enemies of Islam created the Islamic State to spread “Islamophobia” during a speech Monday at Tehran’s Imam Ali Military Academy. The West sets up armed extremist groups such as the Islamic State and trains them to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Jerusalem synagogue attack raises Arab-Israeli violence to new levels Spain’s parliament calls for recognition of State of Palestine Obama could order combat troops into Iraq and Syria NATO and OSCE see Russian military buildup

During a visit to Kentucky’s Fort Campbell on Monday, Pentagon Chief Chuck Hagel told soldiers from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division that they have made a “huge difference” in containing the lethal Ebola virus in West Africa, and he categorized the

No one can say Pope Francis doesn’t practice what he preaches. Even as he daily urges Christians to do more for the poor, he keeps finding ways to help them personally. This time the Pope has decided to raffle off

Reza Aslan—no relation to CS Lewis’ lion of the same name—has made a career out of reinterpreting and often trying to debunk Christian beliefs. Now Salon reports that Aslan has taken to attacking the New Testament, notably the historicity of

PARIS (AP) — A young Frenchman is believed to be among the killers on an Islamic State propaganda video showing a beheaded American aid worker and the deaths of more than a dozen Syrian soldiers, France’s top security official said