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Canadian lawmakers fashioned flagpoles into spears and Prime Minister Stephen Harper hid in a closet as Islamic attacker Michael Zehaf-Bibeau charged through Parliament on October 22. According to the New York Post, “Conservative members of Parliament” pulled flagpoles down from

TORONTO (AP) — A gunman who shot and killed a soldier at Canada’s national war memorial and then stormed Parliament before he was gunned down had prepared a video recording of himself that police say shows he was driven by

This story originally appeared in BBC Magazine: In June the leader of Islamic State declared the creation of a caliphate stretching across parts of Syria and Iraq – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named himself the caliph or leader. Edward Stourton examines

This article originally appeared in BBC: Rwanda has suspended BBC broadcasts in the Kinyarwanda language with immediate effect because of a film questioning official accounts of the 1994 genocide. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (Rura) said it had received complaints

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Egypt in state of emergency after terrorist attack in Sinai Sinai attack signals the end of Gaza peace agreement terms Hamas reports that it’s resumed work on restoring tunnels used in Gaza war Egypt

SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Just over a year ago, Afshin Kobani was a teacher. Now, the Kurdish Syrian woman has traded the classroom for the front lines in the battle for Kobani, a town besieged by fighters from the Islamic

I am sitting with Geert Wilders, leader of the Netherlands’ Party for Freedom, and the news has just flashed that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the Canadian convert to Islam who terrorized Ottawa on Wednesday, had previously had his passport lifted by the

On October 23, USMC Lance Corporal Sean P. Neal died in Baghdad. He was the second Marine to die in October in the fight against ISIS. Neal was from Riverside, California. He joined the Marines in 2013. According to the

Out of every 100,000 people in the island nation of Cuba, 16.3 commit suicide, the highest rate of any country in the Americas in 2009. According to a study by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)–the regional subdivision of the World

After ongoing complaints of pickpocketing and aggression from gypsies, the mayor of Borgaro, Italy, has forced the local bus company to offer a dedicated route for gypsies to separate them from other passengers. “It’s not racism; it’s just a way

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Two-year-old baby in Mali dies after spreading Ebola WHO: ‘Millions of doses of Ebola vaccine by end of 2015’ World Health Organization declares a global polio outbreak Stephen K. Bannon interviews John Xenakis about

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran hanged a woman on Saturday who was convicted of murdering a man she said was trying to rape her, the official IRNA news agency reported. Amnesty International and other human rights groups had called on

This article originally appeared at Yale News: The Ebola virus disease epidemic already devastating swaths of West Africa will likely get far worse in the coming weeks and months unless international commitments are significantly and immediately increased, new research led

U.S. intelligence is helping French forces monitor al-Qaeda weapons deliveries from Libya to the Sahel region in Africa. A top French military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to discuss the matter publicly, told the Associated

When recent Islamic convert Michael Zehif-Bibeau carried out the October 22 terror attack in Ottawa he used a lever action 30-30 rifle, not an “assault weapon.” To be specific, he used a Winchester Model 94 30-30–one of the oldest and

Rome provides a “neutral brokerage” where religious leaders can work together for peace, says Jerry White, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. In an interview with Vatican Radio, White spoke of

Texas is using a secret ingredient to fight any future Ebola cases. Here are a few clues: it is red, probably in many kitchens in the South, and spicy. The ingredient is Tabasco sauce. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical

Pope Francis’ provocative statements on criminal law have reopened a heated debate in Italy over the effectiveness and morality of life sentences. In an address to a delegation of the International Association of Penal Law last Thursday, Pope Francis first

Canadian military reservist Nathan Cirillo was killed at gunpoint this week by a jihadist gunman in his nation’s capital, leaving behind a loving family and several adopted dogs for which loved ones say he harbored a deep devotion. Those dogs,

The residents of Lower Margibi County, Liberia left homes and farms after the government announced the use of an old local crematorium near Boystown to cremate Ebola victims. Residents believe the cremations may cause environmental hazards as well as expose

U.S. forces stationed in Canada “will comply” with the country’s directive ordering Canadian soldiers not to wear their uniforms in public during off-duty activities, U.S. Northern Command told Breitbart News. The edict was issued by Canada’s Department of National Defense

The Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) invasion of Iraq has left 90% of the nation’s Orthodox Christians displaced, fleeing religious persecution and ethnic cleansing, according to Ghattas Hazim, Greek Orthodox Bishop for Baghdad, Kuwait, and their surroundings, who must now travel into that

Zale Thompson, the Islamist radical who on Thursday attempted to carry out acts of jihad against two NYPD officers, had previously expressed Islamic sentiments on social media sites such as YouTube and Facebook.  On Thursday, Thompson hit one officer in

An attempt to take an Ebola-ridden nonagenarian in Sierra Leone resulted in a riot after her son, described as a “famous gangster” in local media, and friend, blockaded the ambulance, insisting she was not sick. Adamu Eze, son of Aminata

This article originally appeared at BBC: A suspected jihadist car bomb has killed at least 26 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint in Sinai, officials say. The attack took place near El Arish, the main town in the north of the