National Security

In the exchange of New SALT Treaty data between the U.S. and Russia on October 1, it was evident that during the last year, Russia has added 243 deployed nuclear warheads to its northern fleet.  Besides the raw increase in

This story originally appeared in New York Magazine: In his public statements about the Dallas Ebola patient this week, the CDC’s director Thomas Frieden has been steady, optimistic, and reassuring. “We will stop Ebola in its tracks,” he has said.  He

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syrian regime accuses Turkey of ‘Act of Aggression’ in military vote Iran’s Supreme Leader condemns ‘American Islam’ Sweden to be first EU country to recognize State of Palestine Syrian regime accuses Turkey of ‘Act

This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post: Artist Giulia Marchi describes her project, “Call Her Fatimah — Musilin,” as being at the intersection of gender, religion and ethnicity. And she’s right, her niche photography series centers on the female muslim population

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, national security editor for Breitbart News, during a recent radio appearance said the GOP needs to figure out ways and take action to fill the vacuum created by Obama’s national security lapses rather than just criticizing the

The world’s supply of experimental Ebola drug runs dry just as U.S. troops are deployed to West Africa by a commander-in-chief who has never appeared to have much use for the military as an actual military force. He has deployed

Alan Henning, a British aid worker who had been abducted by the Islamic State, has reportedly been beheaded by the militant jihadist group, according to the Associated Press. The video, reportedly released Friday, shows the jihadi beheader bringing forward American

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrators protesting China’s attempts to quash their rights to self government appear to be only the latest pro-Western group forsaken by the Obama administration. Meanwhile, its high volume criticism of Israel continues unabated.  First, Hong Kong. Protests

Virologist Heinz Feldmann, who has studied Ebola for 20 years and is currently working on one of several experimental vaccines for the virus, warned in a September interview that the airport was the place in Monrovia where he felt the

ISIS now controls 325 of 354 villages near the Turkish border in northern Syria. They captured their 325 village during the last two days and their advance on the Syrian city of Kobani continues.  Iraqi News reports that “the US-led

A Howard University Hospital spokesperson confirmed a patient is being treated with Ebola-like symptoms. There is no confirmation the patient has Ebola, but the person did recently travel to Nigeria. “In an abundance of caution, we have activated the appropriate

The protests against the Communist Party of China currently engulfing China have been described as largely a student-led movement, and within that movement, one teen has distinguished himself as a veteran activist, with wins against the Chinese government under his

Australian officials are worried that the Khorasan group, an Al Qaeda organization which has itself to attacking the West, has been training Aussie jihadis in the arts of bomb making and other terror tactics. The report worries that there are

FrontPageAfrica learned Ebola recently hit the Armed Forces of Liberia. Unidentified sources told the news publication that three soldiers died of Ebola and others are in quarantine at the Edward Binyah Kesselley (EBK) Military Barracks. “All necessary precautions have taken

Recently elected Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addressed the Global Citizen Festival’s 60,000+ crowd in Central Park, New York City this past weekend. Modi, who was joined on stage by actor Hugh Jackman, was received with raucous applause after

The Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO), an institution which attempts to predict the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize each year, has said that Pope Francis and Edward Snowden are among the best bets to secure this year’s Nobel

Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for the Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said Ebola is only transmitted though direct contact with bodily fluids, but he is worried it could evolve. This means there

As unrealistic expectations for change in Catholic Church teaching have been building among liberals, signs are now appearing that the honeymoon with Pope Francis may be ending. “Losing hope that Pope Francis will bring real change to the Church” read

(AFP) A Ugandan doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was hospitalised on Friday in Frankfurt, becoming the second victim of the deadly virus to be treated in Germany. The man’s health is “very serious but stable”, said Timo Wolf,

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A Red Cross worker was killed by shelling in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, the aid group said Thursday. The International Committee of the Red Cross said Laurent DuPasquier, a 38-year-old Swiss national, died when a

(Reuters) – Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants in the Philippines said on Thursday they will kill one of two German captives on Oct. 17 unless their demands are met. Rebels from the Abu Sayyaf group captured the two Germans sailing on

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States announced Thursday it was partially lifting its ban on sales of weaponry to Vietnam to help its maritime security in a sign of deepening ties between the former enemies. The move is intended to

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has destroyed towns, villages, temples, and tombs in Syria and Iraq. They have also torn families apart and left many children orphans in the wake of their destruction. The Yazidi minorities suffered the most in northern

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Beach sands become an unlikely business opportunity Turkey’s parliament approves military operations in Syria and Iraq Five new Ebola patients become infected every hour in Sierra Leone Beach sands become an unlikely business opportunity

This article originally appeared at Bloomberg: Islamic State extremists have herded hundreds of women to be given to its fighters in Syria as a reward or sold as sex slaves and have summarily executed women in professions, according to the