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.
Ema Shah is a superstar in Kuwait and the Arab world. Known for her singing and her musical style, which blends pop and classical influences, she is also a pioneer for women in the region, choosing to dress as she
Germans flocked to their reunified capital Sunday to toast the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall and swap memories of a night of “pure joy.” Huddled in wintry weather for a giant street party at the Brandenburg Gate, visitors
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Video of Israeli police shooting sparks outrage and protests Israel raises national alert level, as protests continue in Jerusalem Video of Israeli police shooting sparks outrage and protests Israeli-Arab protesters clash with police in
On November 9–the 25th anniversary of the destruction of the Berlin Wall–Mail Online reported on newly uncovered FBI files showing that two-time British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tried to persuade the US into launching a preemptive nuclear strike against the
Rufin Anthony, the bishop of Islamabad, has denounced the culpable silence of Muslim leaders who have failed to forcefully condemn what is being called “the worst religiously motivated hate crime in Pakistan’s history”—the recent murder of a Christian couple in
Russian President Vladimir Putin finds nothing wrong with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in World War II. This pact basically allowed Stalin to design what became the modern USSR after WWII. At the same time, Poland announced new defense strategies for a
The Spanish radical left has had much to celebrate these days. The Occupy-inspired socialist party, Podemos, is cruising to a crushing electoral defeat of everyone from mainstream conservatives to the country’s official Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE). In the midst of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Germany commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall The reunification of Germany Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev warns of a new cold war Germany commemorates the 25th anniversary of the
As of the end of August, there was no communication between the White House and the Pentagon concerning a strategy to fight the Islamic State, the Department of Defense (DoD) said in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
The Colosseum, Rome’s most iconic monument, already draws hundreds of thousands of tourists each year, but recent proposals for alternative uses for the arena have sparked a debate over the best way to honor Rome’s past while projecting its future.
In a shuffling of top-level curial posts, Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Dominique Mamberti to replace Cardinal Raymond Burke as “chief justice” of the Vatican’s high court and filled Mamberti’s post as “foreign minister” with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the first Englishman
The Islamic Republic of Iran is reportedly recruiting Syrian Shiite Muslims to fight in a pro-Assad regime “parallel army” under the banner of Hezbollah. Siraj Press reported on Wednesday that one of the goals of the new Hezbollah branch is
Ukrainian authorities claim over 200 rebels were killed in the east amid reports Russia sent 32 tanks, 16 howitzer cannons, and 30 trucks with Russian troops into the Luhansk region in Ukraine. On November 6, Ukrainian forces killed several rebels at Donetsk airport.
The birthplace of the Islamic State (ISIS) has been traced to Camp Bucca, a detention center that was operated by the United States military during the Iraq war. According to The Washington Post, many ISIS leaders, including Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, “were
Not all those who claim to be Christians really are, said Pope Francis Friday morning. Some are Christians “in name only,” he said. “They bear the name of Christians but live a life of pagans.” In his homily at Mass,
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of sending dozens of tanks and other heavy weapons into its rebel-controlled easternmost regions. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at least 32 tanks, 16 artillery systems
A man found a dead newborn girl at a scrapyard in the ELWA Junction in Monrovia, Liberia, umbilical cord still attached. It is unknown if the baby died at the yard or if the girl was already dead. Residents said this
Rufin Anthony, the bishop of Islamabad, has called the recent attack and burning of a young Christian couple on the basis of mere allegations “a mockery of the justice system.” On November 4, Shahzad Masih and his pregnant wife Shama
U.S. President Barack Obama wrote a top secret letter to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei sometime in the middle of October. The letter reportedly included issues dealing with the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) militants in
On Thursday and Friday, the socialist government of Venezuela stood before the United Nations Committee Against Torture to answer for more than 5,000 complaints of human rights violations over the last decade—3,000 of which occurred in 2014. El Universal, Venezuela’s
Are UN blue helmets about to march down Elizabeth Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri? They would have to be sent by the UN Security Council where the U.S. has a veto, so that’s unlikely. But Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown,
A delegation of American LGBT activists is traveling to Geneva, Switzerland tomorrow to make the case to the UN Committee on Torture that “conversion therapy” is a form of torture and should be designated as such in international law. They intend to
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal revealed that President Barack Obama had sent a “secret letter” to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in late October. The letter supposedly focused on proposals to cooperate in fighting the Islamic State terror army. Yet the
(AFP) Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah movement said it held Islamist group Hamas responsible for a wave of bomb attacks against the homes of Fatah leaders in Gaza on Friday.
Russian actor and President Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Devotchenko, 49, was found dead in his Moscow apartment. Police suspect foul play due to the crime scene but did not elaborate. “There is reason to suppose that the artist’s death is
