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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A U.N.-backed Cambodian tribunal began hearing the first genocide case against the country’s brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime on Friday, another step toward justice for an estimated 1.7 million people who died from starvation, disease

HONG KONG (AP) — Riot police cleared an offshoot Hong Kong pro-democracy protest zone in a dawn raid on Friday, taking down barricades, tents and canopies that have blocked key streets for more than two weeks, but leaving the city’s

(AFP) Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats at the UN Security Council on Thursday, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world’s “top table.” The five countries garnered the required two-thirds

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com In humiliation, Turkey loses Security Council seat over Syria policy Venezuela scores anti-U.S. coup by winning Security Council seat Pakistan’s Taliban leaders declare allegiance to ISIS In humiliation, Turkey loses Security Council seat over

This story originally appeared on CNN. The current Ebola outbreak is “running much faster” than the international response to it, the co-discoverer of the virus said Thursday. “This is the first Ebola epidemic where entire nations are involved, where big

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Health officials battling the Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa have managed to limit its spread on the continent to five countries — and two of them appear to have

Doctors Without Borders revealed on Tuesday that nine of its staff members who had risked their lives fighting Ebola in West Africa have died. The fate of 16 other of their staff, who they said have also been infected, has

Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, a Shia cleric known in Saudi Arabia for being outspoken during a wave of anti-government protests in 2011, has been sentenced to death for “sedition,” with the government alleging that he incited listeners to overthrow the

Robert Reilly, former director of the Voice of America, has written a seminal article on the religiously-motivated threat America currently faces. The original was published on Tuesday by the Liberty Fund and is reposted with permission. Nothing could be more curious to Muslims

A woman known as “Rehana” has become a hero across the internet as news spread that the Kobani soldier has reportedly killed more than 100 Islamic State terrorists single-handedly. Rehana became famous in Kurdish Twitter circles after a photo of

On October 15, Egyptian warplanes bombed Libyan Islamist positions in Benghazi. Two officials speaking anonymously said the use of the warplanes was just “part of an Egyptian-led campaign against the militiamen that will eventually involve [the use of] Libyan ground

Al Qaeda militants have reportedly taken possession of territory in southern Yemen while continuing their offensive against Shiite Houthi Islamists in the country, Al Arabiya reports. On Wednesday, the Al Qaeda jihadis fought the Houthis in areas within central Yemen,

Javier Limón, husband of Spanish nurse Teresa Romero, has released a message of thanks to all who are supporting her as she struggles to survive Ebola. He encouraged them to use their outrage at the Spanish healthcare system to call

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) fighters have reportedly turned the sword on at least two of their own, after the group was said to have publicly beheaded fellow jihadis who have been accused of spying and embezzlement. The first alleged criminal was

Many Americans think of war as a great national struggle, as was the case during WWII, where violence rose to the belligerents’ objectives. These were “total” wars between nation-states driven by incompatible political ideologies supported by the mobilization of industrial-age economies. 

Washington, D.C.–The Pentagon press secretary refused to explicitly say whether the United States-led coalition is winning or losing the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Talking to reporters in the Pentagon on October 15, Rear Adm. John

While the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has been nothing short of devastating for affected nations, at least one country has been able to exploit the crisis to garner goodwill: Cuba, whose communist government has vowed to send hundreds of

The Hussein-era chemical weapons compound seized by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in June contains materials that may still be toxic, according to the Pentagon.   However, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby, during an October 15 press briefing, asserted that

Cardinal Walter Kasper has suggested that the African bishops participating in the Vatican summit on marriage have their own problems, but “they should not tell us too much what we have to do.” In an interview with Zenit News Agency

The United States military secretly encountered thousands of chemical weapons during the Iraq war in Iraqi territory that is now controlled by the Islamic State, The New York Times reported. Nevertheless, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, told

In the face of widespread confusion following the release of a Vatican document on Monday, Pope Francis has reacted by enlarging the 3-man drafting committee, adding two members. Monday’s document purported to summarize the first week of discussions by the

Prominent defense company Lockheed Martin announced on Wednesday that it had furthered innovation towards creating sustainable nuclear fusion-based power. Lockheed said the first reactors would be compact and likely able to fit into the back of a truck, and a

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Egypt deepened its involvement in the fight against Islamist militias who have taken over key parts of Libya on Wednesday, with officials saying Egyptian warplanes have bombed their positions in the eastern city of Benghazi. The

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say two senior leaders of the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network have been arrested by the Afghan intelligence service in eastern Khost province. The National Directorate of Security said in a statement Thursday that Anis Haqqani, a

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In Ukraine, trashing a politician isn’t a metaphor. It’s literal: Find a suspected shady official, grab him and throw him into a dumpster. Online videos of several public figures receiving the treatment from gangs of rowdy