National Security

Christians all throughout the Middle East have been fleeing the rise of radical Islamist guerrillas since the start of the Syrian Civil War, quickening their pace after the Islamic State emptied Mosul, Iraq, of its Christian population. Several thousand Syriac

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service response to an armed intruder who jumped the fence and raced into the White House was complicated by muted alarms and radios, thick bushes on the lawn, unlocked doors and an officer inside who

Just as he did last year, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is starting off the holiday season early to distract from the massive failures of his socialist regime. This time, Maduro is kicking off the holiday season with a “socialist Barbie,”

Russia plans to extend long-range bomber patrols as far as the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean, its defense minister said on Wednesday, as NATO accused the Russian government of sending more troops into Ukraine. Russian Defense Minister

CAIRO (AP) — The leader of the Islamic State group has ordered the terror organization to start minting gold, silver and copper coins for its own currency — the Islamic dinar. A website affiliated with the group posted the order

A surge in the number of cases of the severely debilitating polio disease has brought the number of people infected in Pakistan to 244, following the most recent infection of an 18-month-old girl. The newest case was discovered and reported

A Saudi teenager, told she would marry a handsome young man whom she had been allowed to meet, was shocked when she discovered that her father had tricked her and that her groom was a man in his nineties. She

(Reuters) – Israel said on Wednesday it would not cooperate with a United Nations Human Rights Council investigation into this year’s Gaza war because its findings were “pre-determined”. The U.N. panel, due to make its first report by March, is meant to look into

Next Monday, work will begin to renovate Vatican restrooms for pilgrims, but Pope Francis has also given instructions for showers to be installed where Rome’s homeless can wash. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, or “Don Conrado” as he is familiarly known, is

While in China for this year’s APEC summit, U.S. President Barack Obama was asked about the ongoing situation in Tibet. Shortly after the President agreed to a climate change deal on behalf of the United States Wednesday, he said, “We

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russian troops in East Ukraine bring along new advanced weapons systems Ukraine and Russia prepare for full-scale war Russian troops in East Ukraine bring along new advanced weapons systems 1RL232 ‘Leopard’ battlefield surveillance radar

Video has surfaced of an attack yesterday in Istanbul in which Turkish protesters assaulted United States Navy soldiers, shouting “Yankee go home!” and pelting them with dye. In the video, widely distributed on the internet (the copy below is from

Kurdish forces choked off a road used by Islamic State jihadists to resupply their forces in the Syrian border town of Kobani, marking the first gain against the militants there in weeks. Reuters reports that with the help of the

(Washington, D.C.) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a House panel that the U.S. military is considering having American ground forces accompany their counterparts in Iraq on complex operations. “There are some places along the path

TOBRUK, Libya, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Car bombs exploded Wednesday in the Libyan cities of Tobruk and al-Bayda, killing at least seven people. Witnesses said two car bombs at a busy Tobruk intersection near the intelligence headquarters killed at least

A Galilee field trip and hike turned into a nightmare Wednesday for several Israeli sixth-grade girls and their teachers as they came under an attack of rocks thrown by Arab teenagers, the Algemeiner reported. The girls, aged 10-11, from a

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist terror group based in that nation and partially bankrolled by the government of Cuba, is richer than Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Boko Haram combined, according to a Forbes ranking of the

Dr. Joanna Rose, who was conceived via anonymous donor-sperm in the UK, has criticized the surrogacy process, saying that it ignores the rights of children. In a radio interview Wednesday, Rose said that there has been a concerted effort to

A rapper using the name Tef Poe was among the delegation from Ferguson, Missouri to the Geneva-based UN Committee on Torture.  On Twitter, Poe bragged he was going to Geneva “to slap these Ferguson pigs with war crime charges and torture charges.”  Michael Brown’s

Historically one of the most Catholic regions in the world, Latin America is slowly losing its religion, according to a new report from the Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project. Though 84% of Latin Americans say that they were

(AFP) The Egyptian military said one of its navy vessels came under “terrorist” attack in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, leaving five servicemen injured and eight others missing at sea. Four boats used by the assailants were destroyed and 32 of

The United States has revised the number of troops it will send to West Africa from about 4,000 to an estimated 3,000, according to the commander of the Ebola mission. Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of the storied 101st Airborne

U.S. Army personnel cuts have led to job losses this summer for 1,188 captains and 550 majors who were hoping to make a career of their military service. The Army has been reducing the size of its force, as required

President Barack Obama was called out over social media for offending several Chinese nationals by chewing gum during his visit to China for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing this past week. A number of Chinese bloggers took to

(Reuters) – The death of a nurse in Mali from Ebola prompted on Wednesday the quarantine of more than 90 people in the West African country’s capital, as the World Health Organization said the disease had now claimed at least