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 new Vatican stamp for Christmas 2014 will be issued on November 21, and reproduces an oil-on-canvas painting by the Argentinean artist Raúl Soldi, located in the Santa Ana de Glew chapel outside Buenos Aires. This year’s Christmas stamp has
Russia launched a cargo vessel filled with food and supplies from Kazakhstan early Wednesday morning for the International Space Station (ISS). The launch occurred only hours after America’s attempt to refuel the station exploded on takeoff Tuesday evening. The Soyuz-2.1a
In the Church, “we often experience our fragileness and our limitations,” said Pope Francis. “We all have them. We are all sinners.” The Pope pronounced these words in Saint Peter’s Square during his weekly General Audience Wednesday morning, before a
Images have surfaced on social media and jihadist websites showing Islamic State militants carrying around advanced portable anti-aircraft missile launchers, and successfully using one to down an Iraqi military helicopter. The New York Times reported that the Islamic State captured
Sierra Leone’s Ebola cases are showing no sign of slowing down, no thanks to significant negligence by some working to clear Ebola-stricken areas. The Member of Parliament representing eastern Kailahun, Mustapha Braima, told Parliament that ambulance drivers in the region
Following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement of a new “Mass Line” campaign against corruption within the Communist Party, a party wing known as the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection proclaimed a new session in which they vowed to enforce the utmost
Liberian officials are reporting a reduction in Ebola cases as the United States completes Ebola Treatment Unites (ETUs) across the country. Officials claim twelve out seventeen ETUs promised have been completed. But as their cases decrease, Sierra Leone’s streets remain
Iran arrested four journalists from the Isna news agency after they reported the acid attacks against women in Isfahan. Isna was one of the first to reach out to the attacked women. The reports caused international outrage. The four journalists
An Israeli aid agency has been quietly operating in Iraq, providing emergency relief for Iraqi Kurds. Recently, in the Kurdish city of Dohuk, IsraAID, the Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid, supplied beds, blankets, and food to over 1,000 families,
The speaker rosters at the Brookings Institution’s annual Doha conferences read like a veritable Who’s Who of international leaders. Featured guests include influential American policymakers such as National Security Adviser Susan Rice, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Undersecretary
(Reuters) – The United States is increasing security at government buildings in Washington and other cities because of continuing terrorist threats and last week’s attack on the Canadian parliament, the Homeland Security Department said on Tuesday. A U.S. official said
The World Health Organization (WHO) certified this week that more than ten thousand people worldwide–10,141, to be exact–have officially been declared Ebola patients. Of these, almost half (4,922) have died from the disease, and the public health giant warns these estimates
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal sentenced the leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party to death on Wednesday for atrocities and multiple killings during the nation’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. Motiur Rahman Nizami, 71, sat calmly in
(Reuters) – Thousands of mourners packed a church and lined adjacent streets in industrial Hamilton, Ontario, on Tuesday for the funeral of the soldier shot dead in last week’s attack on the nation’s seat of government. Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 24,
One of the more bizarre episodes in Israel’s history has come to an end, as polygamist cult leader Goel Ratzon was sentenced by the Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday to 30 years in prison on his convictions for sex
(Reuters) – On watch for a possible Taliban attack, Afghan forces on Tuesday patrolled the perimeter and manned guard towers of a vast military base deserted by U.S. and British forces in a volatile southern province. A day after foreign
(Reuters) – Radical Islam poses a critical security threat toGermany, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned on Tuesday, saying the number of people capable of staging attacks in the country stood at an all-time high. Besides the risk posed by
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency believes it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 6-week public absence that set off a frenzy of global speculation, a lawmaker who attended the agency’s closed-door
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is planning a major realignment of its military structure because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, the country’s defense minister said Monday, a move that could shift thousands of troops to its eastern border. “The
Addis Ababa, October 28 (QNA) – The Ebola outbreak in West Africa requires at least 5,000 additional health workers, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Tuesday. The World Bank president expressed concern over how to find the health workers
In the past 24 hours, reinforcements have been arriving in the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, where Kurdish troops have slowly been losing their months-long battle with the Islamic State (ISIS). In a significant change of policy, Turkey last night
After Pope Francis referenced the Big Bang and biological evolution this past Monday, a flurry of media reports appeared, contrasting Francis’ views with those of his predecessors and the Catholic tradition. “Pope Francis made a significant rhetorical break with Catholic
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers’ houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and leaving more than 250 missing, an official said.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt begins evacuating Sinai residents on Gaza border Iraqi Kurdish fighters to enter Kobani, Syria, from Turkey Turkey explains why they won’t send troops into Kobani Egypt begins evacuating Sinai residents on Gaza border
Islamic State and al-Nusra Front jihadists were on the brink of capturing Syria’s second city as hundreds of militants assailed the newly appointed governor’s office in Idlib, the provincial capital, according to a news report. On Oct. 27, International Business
