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
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament ratified an agreement to deepen economic and political ties with the European Union on Tuesday, and passed legislation to grant autonomy to the rebellious east as part of a peace deal. The ratification vote,
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban attacker detonated his car bomb next to an international military convoy on Tuesday, killing three troops from the NATO-led force and wounding nearly 20 troops and civilians, officials said. Security forces in full battle
(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will begin debating legislation on Tuesday to give President Barack Obama approval for arming and training rebels who oppose both Islamic State militants and Syria’s government. Republican lawmakers unveiled a measure, written with input from
LONDON (AP) — Now it’s Britain’s turn to mourn. British aid worker David Haines has been beheaded — like two American journalists before him — and the Islamic State group is threatening to kill a fourth captive. A grisly video
Editor’s Note: The BBC reported this story from the front lines of Northern Iraq. The US has carried out airstrikes in Iraq in support of troops who were being attacked by Islamic State (IS) fighters, the US military has said.
In the hours before the September 10 speech in which President Obama stated his strategy against ISIS, The New York Time’s Peter Baker says Obama told reporters that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would bring about his own overthrow by firing
(AFP) The United States has carried out an air strike on the Islamic State near Baghdad, a US official said Monday, the first time the US has targeted the militants close to the Iraqi capital. A US defense official told
Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) arrested 28 people for using a home as a church. The officials confiscated Bibles and musical instruments. The Christians were at the home for a prayer meeting.
France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve estimated that roughly 930 of his citizens, including upwards of 60 being women, are waging jihad on behalf of Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria. France is set to host a summit in Paris on
Exxon and Russia’s state-oil company have recently inked a deal to tap billions of barrels of crude oil in Russia; despite sanctions passed against the Kremlin by both the United States and the European Union. However, the Western entities have
Germany charged a 93-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen-SS on Monday with at least 300,000 counts of accessory to murder over his time at the Auschwitz death camp. The charges relate to the around 425,000 people believed to have
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry refused be drawn into a “back and forth” with Iran on Monday following Tehran’s assertion that it had rebuffed a U.S. request to coordinate a response to the Islamic State jihadist group. “I’m not
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) — The United States will enlarge efforts to control West Africa’s outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has killed over 2,400 people thus far. President Barack Obama will visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hizballah plans to dispatch scores of terrorists into Israel while striking civilian communities with missiles in a future war that could last months, a senior Israeli source told reporters. The terrorist organization’s confidence grew, based on experience gained from its military
Egyptian political scientist Ammar Ali Hassan is demanding that the world’s Jewish population contribute to returning to Egypt “the treasures they stole from us,” with interest, during the Biblical exodus led by Moses. In an interview with Egypt’s Channel 1
The key motives of Pope Francis’ visit to Albania next Sunday are to honor the martyrs who died under Albanian Communism, to promote dialogue between Christians and Muslims, and to pay homage to Blessed Mother Teresa, a native of Albania.
A September 11th report based on comments by a CIA spokesman indicates that the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has “two or three times” more fighters than the CIA “previously estimated.” The new estimate is somewhere between “20,000 and
On September 12, the Vatican announced that the Pope would be visiting Turkey in late November. “This morning, the Holy See received the official letter inviting Pope Francis to visit Turkey from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s President,” said Father Francisco
Although President Obama opposed the Iraq War and the Congressional action legalizing it, he will be using the Iraq Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) “for supplementary legal justification” in his coming campaign against ISIS. TIME reports that news
This article originally appeared in the Daily Signal As the House Select Committee on Benghazi prepares for its first hearing this week, a former State Department diplomat is coming forward with a startling allegation: Hillary Clinton confidants were part of
(Reuters) Representatives from more than 30 countries met in Paris Monday (September 15) to discuss ways to tackle the militant group Islamic state. French President Francois Hollande arrived with Iraqi President Fuad Masum. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived
North Korea’s communist regime has pledged their support for an independent Scotland. North Korea has stated their explicit interest in trading natural resources in exchange for some delicious whiskey, even if their sovereignty does not become a reality under the
Hamas Chairman Khaled Mashaal is reportedly considering leaving Qatar after news broke that several Muslim Brotherhood officials have been politely asked to depart the country. A Tunisian newspaper reported that Mashaal is contemplating a move to Tunisia, Turkey, or Malaysia.
This post originally appeared at CNN. As many as 175 enemy troops killed, 18 wounds from enemy fire, 38 hours of battle, 48 hours evading the North Vietnamese troops in the bush — and one tiger. Those are the numbers
Despite the right-wing party’s history of tenuous ties to the nation’s Jewish community, a new survey finds surging popularity for the National Front among France’s Jews, likely triggered, in part, by a wave of anti-Semitism that is driving hundreds of
