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.
The United Arab Emirates declared over the weekend that their country recognizes two America-based Islamic groups as terror organizations. The organizations: the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim American Society (MAS), both have deep connections to the global
Two of four brothers who traveled from Sydney, Australia, to Bilad al-Sham to fight with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) will likely be rejected due to excessive weight. The brothers had been in Thailand for the holiday and texted their mother
Rock legend Patti Smith, the “Godmother of Punk,” will join 17 other artists performing at the Vatican’s annual Christmas concert on December 13, 2014. The concert, at Conciliation Auditorium in Rome, a few steps from St. Peter’s, will be broadcast
Burnishing his reputation for being the West’s most stalwart defender of freedom, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper won major plaudits both at home and around the world for his refusal to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s outstretched hand before Sunday’s G20
The highest-ranking U.S. military officer told lawmakers that a force of 80,000 “competent” Iraqi troops is necessary to retake Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, and other territory lost to Islamic State jihadists. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint
In his two addresses today, Pope Francis reiterated the importance of strong, stable families for the future of society, insisting that man and woman are both essential. In his first address, delivered before a group of several hundred scholars and
A veritable who’s who of the global pro-family movement and other religious leaders gathered in Paul VI Hall inside the Vatican this morning for what will be three days of talks from faith and public policy leaders that will result
BANGKOK (AP) — A parcel delivery company in Bangkok put three packages bound for the United States through a routine X-ray and made a startling discovery: preserved human parts, including an infant’s head, a baby’s foot and an adult heart.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army has regained control of Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamic extremists more than six months ago, said army officials. The army wrested back control of Chibok
A newly-released amateur video purports to show the immediate aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine. An amateur video obtained by Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda appears to show the village of Rassipnoye in eastern Ukraine in the immediate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from a suspected hacker attack. A senior department official said Sunday that “activity of concern” was
This article originally appeared in The Independent: The Islamic State (Isis) has recruited an army hundreds of thousands strong, far larger than previous estimates by the CIA, according to a senior Kurdish leader. He said the ability of Isis to
100 years ago today, on November 14, 1914, the last “Caliph” of the Islamic world declared a holy war on all non believers. Just a few months later, a jihadist genocide of Christians occurred on a massive scale, resulting in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Blunt language from Canada’s Stephen Harper to Vladimir Putin Merger of ISIS and al-Nusra seen unlikely, despite reports Turkey’s Erdogan says Muslims, not Christopher Columbus, discovered America UN committee in Jordan investigates Israeli war
Nina Shea’s year-end review in World Affairs analyzes the rising Islamist threat to Christians in the Middle East as the Islamic State terrorist group conquers land and gains influence. In a brief, nationally televised announcement on August 7th regarding the
The Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) released a video on Sunday showing what the group claims is the severed head of American aid worker Peter Kassig. Kassig, who previously served the United States military as an Army Ranger, was captured last year
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there. Erdogan said that Ankara was even prepared to build a
“The reigning mentality sometimes proposes a ‘false compassion,’” said Pope Francis Saturday, “the idea that supporting abortion somehow helps women, or that euthanasia is an act of dignity.” The Pope was speaking in the Vatican to a large group of
Editor’s Note: This story appeared in Saturday’s edition of the Daily Mail. Jihadi John, the Briton who beheaded two British and two American hostages held by Islamic State terrorists, has been injured in a US-led air strike, according to reports
HONG KONG (AP) — Three Hong Kong students who have led protests for greater democracy in the former British colony were denied in their attempt Saturday to go to Beijing to meet with top Chinese officials. Alex Chow, Nathan Law
Three members of the feminist protest group Femen took to Saint Peter’s Square yesterday in criticism of Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the European Parliament. Dressed only in black leather miniskirts, the three got down on all fours and simulated
(Reuters) – Russia plans to create its own “Wikipedia” to ensure its citizens have access to more “detailed and reliable” information about their country, the presidential library said on Friday. Citing Western threats, the Kremlin has asserted more control over the Internet
In less than three weeks, the most important election of the year will take place in Switzerland, and you haven’t heard of it. While the U.S. focuses on the recent Republican victory, the financial markets are facing an earth-shaking event
In his meeting with more some 7,000 accountants Friday, Pope Francis focused on the humanity of their work, reminding them that “behind each piece of paper there is a story, there are faces.” He invited them to “go beyond” numbers
(Reuters) – International monitors deployed along the Russian border in eastern Ukraine say their drones were shot at and jammed days before new columns of unmarked soldiers and weapons, said by the West to be Russian, were seen in the
