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.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission has vowed continuing financial support for Greece as markets punish the bailed-out country’s stocks and bonds. Commission vice-president Jyrki Katainen said in a statement Thursday there should be “no doubt that Europe
(Reuters) – The advance of Islamic State fighters on Kobani stalled on Thursday according to a monitoring group, after U.S.-led coalition warplanes launched their heaviest bombardment yet on the militants, who have been assaulting the Syrian border town for nearly
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Wild stock market swings could signal coming Wall St plunge Stocks plunge in Greece as its financial crisis is renewed The price of oil plummets along with stocks Wild stock market swings could signal
This article originally appeared in The Atlantic. When I recently asked Sam Harris what he thought of the word ‘Islamophobia,’ he directed me to a tweet that noted the following: “Islamophobia. A word created by fascists, & used by cowards, to manipulate
Five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) senior leaders and TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid have now announced their allegiance to ISIS. Shahid announced his allegiance via a video that was posted online “and sent to media persons in Pakistan.” According to The Express
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Financial aid and global coordination are needed to prevent the Ebola health care crisis from becoming a food emergency, agriculture ministers from West African nations at the center of the Ebola outbreak said Thursday. In
Reports indicate ISIS militants killed two Iraqi journalists in past four days. The journalists were Mohanad al-Akidi and Raad Mohamed al-Azzawi. BBC News reports that Mr. Akidi was a “correspondent for the Sada news agency in the [ISIS] held northern
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has done nothing to stop the advances of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadi group rampaging through Iraq and Syria while killing scores of innocents. Instead of helping desperate Kurdish and Syrian refugees of the Islamic State’s offensive
After a hastily written Vatican text affirming the “positive aspects” of co-habitation and “valuing” the homosexual orientation stunned bishops with its release on Monday, a significant number have stepped forward to disassociate themselves from the document. The bishops meeting in
An unmanned plane controlled by the Air Force, the X-37B, is set to land after officials said it had conducted a “successful” mission. The plane has been in orbit a remarkable 667 days. The plane with a secretive mission is
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi opened the October 7 press conference saying the conference organizers asked him to issue a declaration regarding the press reports about the new Vatican discussion document–which they said would liberalize the church’s standards–had “misrepresented” it. Lombardi
The news that health workers fighting against the Ebola outbreak in Liberia are threatening to strike over long hours and unsanitary conditions should come as no surprise, given the high toll the healthcare community has had to pay for this
Tunisian authorities have said they dismantled the media arm of Ansar al-Shariah, the group deemed largely responsible for facilitating the September 11, 2012 attacks on the US Consulate in Benghazi. The media outfit was led by a woman, Tunisian authorities
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that as many as 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week may arrive within the next two months, which is ten times the current rate of infection. Officials also noted that the
Teresa Romero, the auxiliary nurse in Madrid who contracted Ebola from a patient brought in from Sierra Leone, and her husband, may sue Madrid Sanitation Councilman Javier Rodríguez after the latter hinted that Romero “hid information” about how she contracted
The Netherlands has legalized the alliance between Dutch citizens and foreign military forces in the theater of war, so long as said foreign forces are not fighting against the Netherlands. The new law is a response to demands from a
(Reuters) – Eight people have died in a clash between construction workers and villagers in southwestern China over a land dispute, the government and Chinese media said on Wednesday, in the latest bout of rural unrest in the world’s most populous country. The government
The stories of India’s child laborers, often abducted from their parents and taken hundreds of miles away to work in brutal conditions, rarely have happy endings. But a father’s quest to find his three children in the northern state of
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks into its air campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon has finally announced a name for the operation: “Inherent Resolve.” That’s the word from a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) released a video of new jihadists who just graduated from a training camp in Nineveh Province, Iraq. The class consisted of about one hundred young men and shows off their ability to use American weapons. “The
Described as a “Journey 2,500 years back in time to discover the ancient secrets of Persia on this 13-day itinerary incorporating some of most well preserved archaeological sites in the world,” this New York Times sponsored trip proclaims “Welcome to the once-forbidden
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico essentially legalized the country’s growing “self-defense” groups Monday, while also announcing that security forces had captured one of the four top leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel, which the vigilante groups have been fighting
(Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday blamed the United States and the “wicked” British government for creating the Islamic State in his first speech since undergoing prostate surgery last month. The sharp remarks were a reminder
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com NY Times reveals Saddam Hussein had large quantities of WMDs Turkey-France meeting signals new confusion in Turkey’s Syria policy WHO: Within two months, there may be 10,000 new Ebola cases per week NY Times
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott threatened to “shirt-front” Russian President Vladimir Putin over the MH17 flight disaster when the two meet at a G20 summit in Brisbane in November. Findings from the investigation suggest Russian-backed rebels in east Ukraine shot down the
