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
China is moving forward with plans to create a fifth branch of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), one which will be dedicated to space operations, Japanese media reports. Japanese paper Yomiuri Shimbun reported last month that Chinese-party officials submitted an
China is deploying 700 soldiers to South Sudan to protect the only oil fields “still under control of the central government in Juba.” The soldiers will also protect “Chinese workers and installations.” The soldiers join a United Nations peacekeeping force
Israel on Wednesday voiced support for U.S.-led efforts to form an alliance to fight Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq but expressed concerns of a rapprochement between Washington and Iran. On the eve of President Obama’s prime-time address on
Some 130 Canadian nationals have gone overseas to fight in Syria and Iraq on behalf of radical Islamist groups, according to a recent report by Public Safety Canada. The report added that, specifically, the conflict in Syria–with Sunni Islamist forces fighting against
Recently, seventy members of Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority escaped a brutal Islamic State (IS) prison after a month of captivity in Mosul, Iraq. Some of those prisoners, including young girls, chose to tell the media about the horrific treatment Yazidis
Christianne Boudreau lost her son to the Islamic State. 22-year-old Damian Clairmont died fighting for the jihadist group in Syria after converting to Islam and radicalizing in Canada. Now, Boudreau is organizing a support group for Western mothers of slain
The Islamic State has established a market in the Middle East for oil stolen from conquered fields in Syria and Iraq, depending heavily on oil sales to pay for ammunition and basic goods for its mujahideen. Reports claim that it
The largest newspaper in Monrovia, Liberia, has published an outrageous conspiracy theory column arguing that the United States is directly responsible for scientifically engineering the Ebola virus in a bioterrorism lab and injecting Africans with it through the guise of
In August, the leader of the terrorist jihadist group Boko Haram of Nigeria, Abubakar Shekau, shocked many with the declaration that northeast Nigeria was now an Islamic Caliphate, under his rule. The declaration–along with claims that Boko Haram would not harm
A homemade bomb made from a fire extinguisher and a timing deviceplaced in a trash can–according to the reconstructionsof the investigators–exploded Monday at lunchtime in a foodcourt of the Escuela Militar subway station, the busiest in Santiago, Chile. The socialist
Yemeni police killed seven militants from the Shiite Houthi rebellion on September 9, when they open fired on hundredsof demonstrators trying to storm the government headquarters in Sana’a, capitalof Yemen. According to the organizers of the protest march, there were
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has debuted a video of a girl it claims is the youngest female fighter in its ranks. The video, posted online by the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC), features both a speech from
As the current Ebola outbreak’s death toll continues to skyrocket, with almost half of all 2,288 deaths occurring within the last 21 days, the lack of sufficient medical personnel to treat all those affected threatens to spread the disease even
British-Iranian Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, has been locked up in Iran’s infamous Evin prison for over two months because she dared to attempt to watch a men’s volleyball game in Tehran. On June 20, Ghavami and over a dozen others tried
Saudi Arabia is hosting a counter-terrorism meeting on September 11. Representatives from Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, the U.S., and the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) will attend. Asharq al-Awsat reports that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia and
A report by The Telegraph indicates U.S. drones are flying over Raqqa, Syria, in search of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. According to the report, Raqqa residents “have captured photo and video footage of remotely-piloted planes, which Western weapons
The militant Islamic sect Boko Haram continues its rampagethrough Borno state, in northeast Nigeria. “Several churches are in ruins and tens ofthousands, mainly Christians, are running to escape Boko Haram,” according to Fr.Patrick Tor Alumuku, Social Communications officer in the
It is a commonplace that the chief victims of war are children, but sometimes this takes unusual forms. FidesNews Agency has reported that in Gaza where schools were set to reopen onAugust 24 the date has been moved to September
Pope Francis has once again weighed in on the issue of warand peace, this time in a messageto a meeting of religious men and women in Belgium. Citing the pope who reignedduring World War I, Pope Benedict XV, Francis said
As of December 31, 2014, the shops around Vatican City willno longer be selling the familiar parchmentblessings from Pope Francis. In a letter dated April12, 2014, Msgr. Konrad Krajewski, the Pope’s Almoner–or distributor of alms–announcedthe termination of a running agreement
BAGHDAD, Sept. 10 (UPI) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday to meet with Iraq’s new leadership regarding the threat posed by the Islamic State, also known as ISIL. Kerry tweeted upon landing that Iraq
(Reuters) – Australian police on Wednesday arrested two men suspected of helping Australian citizens fight alongside militants in Syria on terrorism-related charges, officials said, after the intelligence chief warned of mounting threats. The two, aged 21 and 31, were arrested following a
As President Barack Obama prepares to address the nation Wednesday evening about his strategy for defeating ISIS–a strategy he recently said did not exist–it is worth noting that the president’s foreign policy speeches are rarely helpful, and often harmful, to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Yemen fighting Houthi rebels in capital city Sanaa Three Yemen soldiers killed by AQAP suicide bombers Yemen fighting Houthi rebels in capital city Sanaa Yemen soldiers (Yemen Times) Yemen, one of the poorest countries
Despite media buzz that has focused on “unconventionalcouples,” divorce,and annulments,the aim of next month’s meeting of bishops in Rome is to “propose to today’sworld the beauty and the values of the family,” according to CardinalLorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the
