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
Instead of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Lebanese citizens started the Burn ISIS Flag Challenge after the terrorist group beheaded two Lebanese soldiers. It went viral on social media with pictures and videos from people around the world. The first
In an effort to crowdsource the potential solution to the Ebola epidemic, the Awareness Times, one of the largest newspapers in Sierra Leone, debuted a column last week which daily will publish public health recommendations to fight the virus. The
Israel has provided intelligence, including satellite imagery, in support of the U.S.-led aerial campaign against Islamic State in Iraq, according to a Reuters report. According to the diplomat cited in the Monday report, the information has often been shared by
The Islamic State is a radical jihadist group that developed out of al-Qaeda and eventually grew to stand on its own after splitting with al-Qaeda leadership and making significant gains in recruiting Muslims from the West to fight in Iraq
Because some in the West have decided to place blame upon Islamist ideology for the attacks against America on September 11, 2001, average Middle Eastern citizens have decided to approach a more edgy lifestyle and take up arms with Islamist
JHANG, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday as armies in both countries scrambled to help the victims and authorities in Islamabad warned hundreds of thousands to be prepared to flee
(Reuters) – A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in northern Iraq, searching for any trace of missing friends and relatives. Some had brought spades to
(AFP) More than 22 million people live in parts of Africa where conditions exist for the Ebola virus to jump from animals to humans, a bigger area than previously thought, researchers said Monday. While the actual risk of animal-to-human or
This analysis by Daniel McGroarty appeared in today’s Real Clear World. We reprint here. Russia in Ukraine, ISIS in Iraq, war in Gaza and nightly riot-watch in Ferguson, Missouri: Could the world possibly handle another crisis? Well, ready or not, here
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia consolidates gains in Ukraine with ceasefire plan Russia threatens Nato with a new nuclear military doctrine Mahmoud Abbas threatens to end the ‘Palestinian unity’ government Russia consolidates gains in Ukraine with ceasefire plan
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A bomb exploded in a Chilean subway station on Monday, injuring at least seven people, the most damaging in a string of bombs planted around the country’s capital this year. Fire Department Commander Ivo Zuvic Garcia
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia rape women seeking medicine on their bases and routinely pay teenage girls for sex, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday. HRW documented 10 incidents of rape and sexual
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia and Jordan this week to meet with Mideast leaders about confronting threats from the Islamic State militant group. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki (SAH’-kee) said the meetings
Egypt’s prosecutor general arrested seven men who participated in a “gay marriage” video on YouTube. Homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, but it does violate morality laws. The men are charged with inciting debauchery and violating public decency. “Nine of
Nigerian Christian leaders have said that Islamic terror group Boko Haram has killed over 350 Christians in just the past week, forcing the closure of churches and Christian schools. Officials from the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) said
The Obama administration is launching a three-phase campaign against ISIS that is expected to last 36 months or more. The New York Times reports the campaign will consist of airstrikes, followed by training of the Iraqi military, Kurdish fighters, “and
Jack the Ripper, one of the most notorious serial killers in history, has been identified through DNA traces found on a shawl, claims a sleuth in a book out on Tuesday. The true identity of Jack the Ripper, whose grisly
On September 6, Islamic State (IS) militants executed two female doctors and a female parliamentary candidate in Mosul, then took the bodies with them. IS also executed three males. These are but the latest executions in IS’s continuing practice of
In late 2013, a giant Christmas tree in Kiev’s Independence Square became a symbol of the protests against the Russian-backed regime of Viktor Yanukovych. According to the UK Guardian: “The Christmas tree was hung with Ukrainian flags and protesters waved
Egyptian President General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently proposed to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas a plan to settle Palestinians in their own expanded state, including currently-Egyptian land in the Sinai. According to the plan revealed by Israel’s Army Radio on Monday,
Christians in Muslim-majority countries may be the most vulnerable people on Earth, and Islamist attacks on these minorities are the great under-reported evil of our times. Such attacks recently entered the spotlight after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ROME (AP) — Italian officials say three missionary nuns have been found slain in their convent in Burundi. The foreign ministry Monday confirmed the slayings in Kamenge, near Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital. The ministry declined to give details, including exactly when
Arab League nations have signed off on a statement which calls upon the member states to “act to suppress the flow of foreign fighters, financing and other support to Islamist extremist groups in Iraq and Syria.” The organization’s foreign ministers
(Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s proposed countrywide “lockdown” will not help control an Ebola outbreak and could lead to the disease spreading further as cases are concealed, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Saturday.The government plans to order citizens
(AFP) President Barack Obama said in an interview aired Sunday the US military would help in the fight against fast-spreading Ebola in Africa, but said it would be months before the epidemic slows. Obama said that, in its current form,
