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
Alastair Crooke, a former British intelligence officer and expert in the Middle East writing in the Huffington Post, connects the history of Saudi Arabian Wahhabism to the rise of the brutal terrorist jihadi group Islamic State. The dramatic arrival of
Footage has emerged that appears to show Islamic State (IS) militants forcing 250 captured Syrian soldiers to strip down to their underwear before being marched into the desert and shot en masse. According to Mail Online, the video shows them
From The National Interest: In places across Indonesia, small collections of political Islamists have “openly pledged their allegiance” to the extremist terrorist group, the Islamic State (IS). One of those who have voiced their support is Abu Bakar Bashir, the
Zeian Asfura, the mother of Widad Deif, the wife of elusive Hamas leader Muhammed Deif, who, along with her two small children, were killed while sheltering in a Hamas hideout hit in an Israeli air strike that targeted the terror
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of entering its territory with tanks, artillery and troops, and Western powers said Moscow had “outright lied” about its role and dangerously escalated the conflict. Russia dismissed the allegations, describing the
A new Israeli poll shows that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s job approval rating has suffered dramatically in the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, which many Israelis felt was premature. At the same time, another poll shows that Israel’s right-wing parties
The Egyptian government has commenced an official investigation into the activities of its former president, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, who allegedly sent the government of Qatar “documents relevant to national security,” Egyptian state news network MENA reports. Morsi has
On August 27, the identity of a second American killed fighting for ISIS was revealed, “Abdirahmaan Muhumed from Minneapolis.” According to FOX 9’s Seth Kaplan, Muhumed was profiled by Minnesota Public Radio in June. MPRNews reported Muhumed was one of
Seven people died and another 20 were left missing after a landslide in southwest China, state media reported Thursday. The landslide engulfed a village near Fuquan city in the province of Guizhou, the Xinhua news agency said. Torrential rain complicated
The Ebola virus outbreak that has killed thousands in West Africa will more than likely continue to get worse, unless an “unprecedented” response can rein it in, according to Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Frieden
International Monetary Fund Chief Christine Lagarde is under investigation by French authorities for alleged negligence and political fraud surrounding her role in awarding a sum of 400m euro (£318m; $527m) to French business tycoon Bernard Tapie in 2008, while serving as
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Europe tries to deal with increasing flood of migrants from Africa United Nations accuses Syria of continuing use of chemical weapons Israel’s army exchanges fire with Syria’s al-Nusra front Europe tries to deal with
A villager rescued a 7-year-old Indian girl who survived allegedly being strangled and then buried while unconscious by her family in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. “There are strangulation marks around the girl’s neck,” Sitapur police chief Rajesh Krishna told the
While much attention has been focused on Islamic State (IS) incursions, abductions, and killings in Iraq, a UN report shows IS has committed “mass atrocities” in Syria and is recruiting children as fighters there as well. The report indicates “public
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Two columns of Russian tanks and military vehicles fired Grad missiles at a border post in southeastern Ukraine, then rolled into the country Thursday as Ukraine’s overmatched border guards fled, a top Ukrainian official said. The
Former NATO Supreme Commander General Sir Richard Shirreff said the West must wake itself up and re-arm if it wants any real chance of stopping “Russian adventurism.” He said the West is making a mistake by talking big but not
Former President Jimmy Carter is the featured keynote speaker at this weekend’s Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention at Detroit’s Cobo Hall. The Justice Department recently implicated ISNA, which claims to be America’s largest Muslim organization, as the lead conduit
An American journalist held for nearly two years by militants linked to Al-Qaeda in Syria returned to the United States late Tuesday, two days after Qatar negotiated his release, his family said. Peter Theo Curtis, 45, was reunited with his
Fifty days. If the current ceasefire holds, that is how long intense, cross-border rocket fire into Israel by Gaza terrorists was met with retaliatory attacks on Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Air Force. Here is a look
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said two of the leading state-sponsors of the Muslim Brotherhood terror group — Qatar and Turkey — have unloaded millions of dollars in expenditures to incite upheaval in the Middle East. “Qatar, Turkey and the
Sixteen percent, or slightly less than one in six, French citizens view the Islamic State (IS) in a favorable manner, according to a new poll released this week. The study found that French President François Hollande, with an 18 percent
On August 26 the U.S. Coast Guard fired at an Iranian fishing boat when the boat pointed a machine gun at the Coast Guard vessel. The incident occurred when Coast Guard Patrol Boat Monomoy launched a smaller vessel that approached
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The battle for Ukraine’s strategic coastline heated up Wednesday as a local mayor reported that pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town in southeast Ukraine after three days of heavy shelling. Novoazovsk, a resort town of
Nigeria closed all schools until October 13 due to Ebola. The measure is to prevent the deadly disease from spreading. Students were due back on Monday. “All primary and secondary schools in private and public sectors are to remain closed
America identified a 26-year-old woman the Islamic State (IS) is holding in Syria, but the family asked for her identity to remain a secret. IS sent out a $6.6 million ransom and US prisoners in exchange for the woman. The
