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.
Taiwanese Foreign Minister David Lin has just returned to Taipei after attending the beatification of Pope Paul VI on October 19. The Holy See is the last state in Europe to maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and one of
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says dozens of Army soldiers and their two-star general are being isolated at their base in Vicenza, Italy, as they return after serving in West Africa to help with the Ebola fight. Maj. Gen. Darryl
Egypt has called upon its allies and the international community at large to help the country combat threats, both internally and externally, from terror groups such as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis and Hamas. On Friday, an attack in one of Egypt’s
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) reportedly beheaded a famous female Kurdish freedom fighter known only as “Rehana.” The Women Protection Units (YPG) soldier fought against the terrorist group in Kobane, a strategically important border town in Syria near Turkey. A picture of Rehana
Hundreds of Canadians paid tribute to slain Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as a procession carrying the fallen soldier to his hometown of Hamilton rode on Ontario’s Highway of Heroes on Friday. According to various news outlets in Canada, Cpl. Cirillo’s motorcade
Recently, the Northern Command of the Indian Army purchased 49 aerial drones from Israel to monitor the border region separating India from China and Pakistan. According to Pakistan Today (PT), “The Indian Army will deploy the drones to carry out reconnaissance
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Sunni vs Shia sectarian clashes grow in northern Lebanon Lebanon won’t accept any more Syrian refugees One banker jumps to his death, another hangs himself this week Sunni vs Shia sectarian clashes grow in
Starting Nov. 4, federal prosecutors in Detroit present their case against a Palestinian woman who slipped through the cracks. Rasmieh Odeh, 67, has been in the United States since at least 1995. To her advocates, she’s a peaceful community activist
The Big Bang “doesn’t contradict the intervention of a divine Creator, but demands it,” Pope Francis said Monday morning, because the beginning of the world “is not the work of chaos.” The Pope was addressing the plenary assembly of the
Last week, the U.S. State Department offered its “deepest condolences” to the family of 3-month-old Chaya Zissel Braun, who was killed by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem, and was also a U.S. citizen. This past weekend, the State Department offered
The call by a senior ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for early Likud party primaries has Israel’s media wildly speculating that Israel’s second-longest-serving leader needs an early primary to fend off growing challenges to his leadership within his
This article originally appeared on Vox: The gulags of North Korea exist in a strange world between secret and unsecret. No one knows for sure how many thousands or millions are locked away in the camps, which officially do not
This Human Rights Watch report was originally published at The Huffington Post: (London) – Women and girls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram are forced to marry, convert, and endure physical and psychological abuse, forced labor, and rape in
Sen. Rand Paul gave a very interesting foreign policy speech last week, laying out the case for “conservative realism.” The task of balancing small-government ideals with national security needs is one with which our country has grappled since its founding.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected Sunday in the tightest race Brazil has seen since its return to democracy three decades ago, giving the juggernaut Workers’ Party its fourth-straight presidential victory and the chance to
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s main secular opposition party was claiming victory on Monday over once dominant Islamists in the country’s historic parliamentary elections. Partial results from the official election commission are expected to be released throughout the day Monday,
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two pro-European parties that campaigned for tough reforms to battle corruption shared the lead Monday after Ukraine’s parliamentary election, according to partial results. With more than half the votes counted, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s Popular Front
MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian activist group said Sunday that the death toll in 40 days of fighting in and around the northern Syrian border town of Kobani has reached 815, as Kurdish fighters battled Muslim militants for a
BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bomber driving a military Humvee struck a checkpoint manned by Iraqi troops and pro-government Shiite militiamen south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 24 people, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for
The United States can only evacuate four Ebola-stricken American soldiers per week from West Africa to the United States for treatment, according to the Pentagon. That may change in January of next year when the Pentagon is expected to procure
(Reuters) – British troops ended their combat operations in Afghanistan on Sunday as they and U.S. Marines handed over two huge adjacent bases to the Afghan military, 13 years after a U.S.-led invasion launched the long and costly war against
BAMAKO/NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Mauritania has closed its border with Mali to prevent the spread of Ebola, officials said on Saturday, highlighting fears of further contagion in West Africa after a girl from Guinea died of the disease in
Clearly, for some, 2016 is just around the corner. For weeks now there is scuttlebutt about presidential candidate repeat-offender Mitt Romney running yet again, and now Rand Paul is drastically watering down his isolationist and conspiracy-laden past in the hopes
What does God look like? According to Pope Francis, one discovers Him in the face of every brother and sister–especially the most helpless. “In the midst of the dense forest of rules and regulations,” Pope Francis said to a crowd of
(Reuters) – A 5-year-old boy who arrived from Guinea was being observed in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in New York City for possible Ebola symptoms, according to media reports Monday, as New York and New Jersey stuck to new plans
