To Obama, the Geneva Convention applies to stateless terrorists–who are not parties to the convention, and are not lawful combatants–but not to U.S. sailors captured and detained by Iran at gunpoint
On September 18, nearly 1,000 Chinese soldiers entered India’s Ladakh Chumur sector. Chinese President Xi Jinping was also visiting India on September 18. According to The Times of India, Indian Army sources indicate the Chinese troops “moved inside the Line
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — The United Kingdom will stay united. Voters in Scotland resoundingly rejected independence in a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. But No to a break-up doesn’t mean a return to the status quo.
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s government says eight people who were abducted by angry residents while on an Ebola awareness campaign have been found dead. In a government statement released Friday, authorities said that eight bodies had been found following
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Shiite rebels and Sunni militiamen battled in the streets of the Yemeni capital for a second day Friday in fighting that has killed at least 120 people, driven thousands from their homes and virtually shut down
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said al Qaeda will struggle to recruit members in the world’s second-most populous nation and he praised Indian Muslims for their commitment to fight for the country. Al Qaeda announced the formation of its
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Thailand’s PM suggests that only ugly people are safe in bikinis BBC reporters attacked by Russian thugs after finding evidence of new Ukraine invasion Dozens of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine from Chechnya China’s
For the moment, efforts to halt the reconstruction of the Garrison Church in Potsdam, scene of a pivotal moment in Hitler’s rise to power, have failed. On Wednesday afternoon, the Potsdam city parliament rejected a referendum which would have transferred
President Barack Obama’s announcement of his offer to arm and help Syrian rebels fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) may have triggered a surge in recruitment for the terrorist group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an NGO specializing in
(Reuters) – Soon after being shoe-horned into the top ranks of Zimbabwe’s ruling party, the wife of ageing leader Robert Mugabe has gained a PhD in orphanages, seen as the latest sign that she may be destined for high office.
PARIS (AP) — France has agreed to carry out airstrikes requested by Iraq to bolster its fight against the Islamic State group’s fighters who’ve captured swathes of the country, President Francois Hollande said Thursday. Hollande stressed that France wouldn’t go
It may at first appear an unorthodox choice, but for many of the estimated three million refugees fleeing the Syrian Civil War, Latin American countries are becoming increasingly popular resettlement destinations. While the new language and culture prove a challenge,
In uniting the world’s bitterest enemies in at least a verbal campaign against it, ISIS has done what few ever thought possible. Even though President Obama’s hopes to craft an international military coalition against ISIS looks to be stillborn, in
The Islamic State (ISIS) is inching its way towards Israel and operating sleeper cells within southern Syria near its border with Israel; they are seeking to recruit members of the desperate, impoverished population with offers of food and financial assistance
ISIS is calling for radicalized “lone wolves” in the United States to go to the homes of U.S. soldiers and “slaughter” military personnel. This is part of what is expected to be “a continued call” for American military personnel to
Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko gave a stirring address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress Thursday, pleading for “military equipment–both non-lethal and lethal” in his country’s ongoing struggle to resist Russian invasion. He received a warm welcome from both
Even before Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey testified Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee that limited use of US ground forces could prove necessary in the US lead fight against ISIS terrorist forces in Iraq and Syria, some of
Twenty-seven-year-old Shurina Rose Wiah, Miss Liberia 2009-2010, died this week after not eating for a week as she suffered from a year of malnutrition and depression following the death of her sister. Despite allegedly not exhibiting any Ebola symptoms, her
When asked about comparisons of his Hamas terror organization to the Islamic State (IS), Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Ambassador to the US Maen Areikat told Fusion’s Jorge Ramos, “Any analogy between Palestinian factions and these forces of darkness is completely
My organization, the human rights advocacy group the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) has unveiled a new advertising campaign that boldly tells truths that the U.S. government and the mainstream media seem determined to obfuscate. The series of six ads
It’s been an eventful couple of months in the criminal underworld. Following a narco-summit two months ago, the Zetas cartel formed a pact with the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) against their rival, the Sinaloa cartel. The Zetas scored another victory
Rabie Shehada, an Islamic State jihadist known as “the Palestinian slayer,” has released a bizarre video in which he declares that jihadists in the Islamic State “love drinking blood,” along with the usual threats of “slaughter” to those who do
The Islamic State (IS) announced its media apparatus has created a video game where players can wage jihad on behalf of IS forces against the West. The Islamic State said the purpose behind the video game’s creation was to “raise
The Islamic State, IS, ISIS, and ISIL: it is hard for governments, journalists, and average citizens to keep track of the name of the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq. Adding to the confusion, the French government has come out
Both gunmen and suicide bombers stormed the campus of Nigeria’s Kano Federal College of Education on Wednesday, killing 13 people and injuring 34 others, authorities reported. While no group has taken credit, the attack has all the signatures of the jihadist
Disgraced former Israel-Palestine negotiator Martin Indyk, who served in his position just prior to the outbreak of a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas, reportedly has cashed a $14.8 million dollar check from the government of Qatar recently. Qatar is
