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.
This article originally appeared at The Daily Mail: ISIS extremists have cancelled all classes except religious studies in Syrian schools – with even the two-times table banned in its new curriculum. Militants have closed all schools in the eastern area
This story originally appeared at Business Insider: The United Arab Emirates is flexing its military muscle in a chaotic, post-Arab Spring Middle East. What was once a nation with a limited presence on the international stage is acquiring advanced weaponry,
The government of Australia, which has been at the forefront of resisting international pressure of developed countries to manage their economies around the threat of climate change, is expected to resist more spending proposed at the summit for a “Green
On November 6, Adamawa Governor James Ngilari warned that Boko Haram is overrunning his state and he appealed to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene. Boko Haram has already captured five local governments in Adamawa and was “on the outskirts”
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. is doubling number of troops in Iraq, but it’s not ‘mission creep’ The comeuppance election U.S. cannot confirm claim that Russian tanks are entering Ukraine Chechnya refugees now fighting the Russians in Ukraine
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia’s troubles rise as the ruble and oil prices fall Russia loses influence in East Ukraine as economy weakens France adopts new law to stop young people from going to Syria to be jihadists
In a meeting with the World Evangelical Alliance Thursday, Pope Francis expressed his hope in greater unity and collaboration between the two faith communities. “If we really believe in the abundantly free working of the Holy Spirit,” he said, “we
A Christian-owned baking company in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland was told by authorities to make a gay-themed Sesame Street wedding cake and apologize or face a court order and possible jail time for refusing to make the cake, reports say. Ashers
An indigenous woman of Paraguay was reportedly set on fire and shot with several arrows as a means of punishment after locals determined that she was likely a witch, according to a local prosecutor speaking to the Associated Press. The
Just one day after Saudi Arabia’s minister of culture shut down a Sunni religious television station that he determined was inciting sectarian hatred against the country’s Shiite minority, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has stepped in, firing the man.
Pakistani police have detained forty-three people believed to have taken part in a mob killing of a Christian couple who allegedly damaged a Koran. According to several reports, the couple was beaten to death by a hundreds-strong mob, who were
Palestinians have refined a new form of homicide in recent weeks: driving vehicles into crowds of Israelis. This has the advantage of permitting Palestinian leaders to claim these are merely “accidents” to the Government of Israel while celebrating the attacks
A Palestinian who ran over three Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank turned himself in to the security forces on Thursday, the army said. “The Palestinian suspected of running over the three soldiers last night turned himself into the
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare outreach to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Barack Obama has written a letter about the fight against Islamic State militants, a common enemy in Syria and Iraq, according to diplomatic sources. The
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to ease tensions at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site Thursday, calling Jordan’s king to reassert his commitment to protecting the sacred shrines in hopes of quieting weeks of unrest. His outreach
Hungarian police say they intercepted a 16-year-old girl on her to way to Syria to join ISIS in late October. According to Alarabiya.net, the girl was on a train from Budapest to Belgrade on October 29 when she drew attention
The Chinese government is banning individuals in Beijing from burning the clothes of dead relatives–a common tradition–during this year’s Asia Pacific Economic Co-Operation Summit (APEC) in an attempt to diminish the alarm pollution raises in the capital. According to the
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), in a report to Congress, accused Pakistan of using militants as “proxy forces” in Afghanistan and India and acting as a sanctuary for terrorists. Pakistan denies the accusations, calling them “unsubstantiated allegations” and “unwarranted
It’s a sad, gloomy, play-Careless-Whisper-on-repeat day for the Democrats after receiving a veritable trouncing in this year’s midterm elections. In one attempt to cheer the left up, the Huffington Post is highlighting successful leftist parties around the world–parties that are
Amnesty International UK campaigns director, Kristyan Benedict, Tweeted on Wednesday that Israel should be compared to the Islamic State, utilizing the hashtag #JSIL, which has been popularized by anti-Israel and anti-Semitic extremist groups. Although Israel is a liberal democracy that
The Iranian government– which punishes homosexuality by death– accepts the existence of transgendered individuals. The Ayatollah’s fatwa allowing gender reassignment surgery has led to immense pressure– and sometimes full enforcement– on cisgender homosexual men and women to undergo these dangerous
The head of Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency stated this week that the EPA has “nothing to do” with disposing of hundreds of bodies of Ebola victims as communities near the Boys Town crematorium protest that officials have provided little to
(AFP) — For a second year in a row, Russian President Vladimir Putin has beaten Barack Obama to the title of world’s most powerful leader as ranked by Forbes. In a year in which Russia annexed Crimea, stoked a conflict
Since the dawn of air warfare, every pilot has imagined himself tearing across the Wild Blue Yonder in pursuit of enemy aircraft to shoot down. Many have done just that and have swept the skies so clear of the enemy
The Republican wave election of 2014 was the result of voter dissatisfaction on a variety of fronts. As in 2006, when voters elected Democrats on the strength of frustration with the Iraq War, foreign policy was a major part of
