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
The Chinese government is stepping up its international humanitarian efforts in Africa, sending almost $5 million-worth of medical supplies to the three countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak: Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. This as China tests another eight
JERUSALEM — On Monday, the UN announced its appointees to a special 3-person Human Rights Council (HRC) panel that will look into allegations of human rights abuses and violations of international law in the Israel-Gaza war. Leading the panel will
MOSCOW (AP) — A convoy of 280 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid headed for eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, but Kiev said it would only allow the goods through under the close supervision of the international Red Cross. A Ukrainian
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has joined his country’s rabid anti-Israel chorus by calling for a boycott of Israeli goods, the BBC reports. Mbeki, who during his abortive tenure in office guarded Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe as he plundered
(AFP) The United States stressed Tuesday it welcomes the rise of China and wants to work constructively with Beijing as it signed a deal to deploy 2,500 Marines to Australia as part of its “rebalance” to Asia. China bristled when
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish missionary priest being treated for Ebola died Tuesday in a Madrid hospital amid a worldwide debate over who should get experimental Ebola treatments. After a meeting with medical experts, the World Health Organization declared it
SRINAGAR India (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Pakistan on Tuesday of waging “proxy war” by sending militants to attack India and he used a trip to the disputed Kashmir region to stress that reconciliation between the nuclear-armed
This story originally appeared in the New York Times: NJALA NGIEMA, Sierra Leone — The signs of a deadly struggle remain: Scattered around the houses of the Ebola dead lie empty pill packages, their plastic casings punched through. Nearby in
Reached for comment during his fifteen-day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, President Barack Obama said that he sees Iraq’s nomination of Haider al-Abadi as its next Prime Minister as a “promising step forward.” Obama in Martha’s Vineyard (Credit: White House) Incumbent
Chinese officials have deemed it appropriate to punish drivers who are misusing their headlights by forcing them to stare at high beams for five minutes straight. The offenders must sit on a small plastic stool in direct alignment with the
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamic State (IS) destroyed resistance from local tribes in east Syria, crucifying 2 people and murdering 23 others, mainly from the al-Sheitaat tribe, in the last five days. ***WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS BELOW***
The United Nations’s scathing critique of North Korea’s alleged crimes against humanity has been rejected by Pyongyang. Instead, the dictatorial communist regime has decided it will launch its own investigation into the human rights status within its country. A North
Left-wing and mainstream media are slowly catching on there’s something happening in Europe, with a rapidly growing conservative movement that looks an awful lot like the same movement here. This was true exponentially for BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder, who was hired
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. With Ukraine reporting Russia has massed 45,000 troops on
(Reuters) – Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border with Ukraine backed by an array of heavy equipment including tanks, missile systems, warplanes and attack helicopters, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday. He said they were supported
The Liberian army has put a third province under quarantine to check the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced Monday. In an effort to contain an epidemic that has cost nearly 1,000 lives throughout west
During the 1990s, the Muslim Brotherhood created a support network in the United States to help Hamas politically and financially. It was called the Palestine Committee. According to documents seized by the FBI by some of the committee’s members, that
Officials from both Indonesia, the state with the world’s largest Muslim population, and Malaysia have warned that the radical Islamic State (IS) terror group is now targeting their respective countries. Indonesia and Malaysia, known for their more secular governing policies
The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that there is no end in sight to this Ebola outbreak after reporting that up to 170 healthcare workers have contracted the disease in their efforts to treat patients in the African countries
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) revealed the horrid conditions at a United Nations camp in Bentiu, South Sudan. Over 40,000 refugees call the camp home due to a bloody civil war. “Much of the camp was flooded in July with the
Ken Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and another member of his senior staff, Sarah Leah Whitson, have been disallowed from entering into Egypt. The two were detained at Egypt’s Cairo International airport for 12 hours before
Agents of the Islamic State are using “teaching vans” to recruit children to their cause and instruct them in the ways of violent jihad. A new documentary released from Vice News features video footage of a teaching van traveling to
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s new president on Monday snubbed the powerful incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and nominated the deputy parliament speaker to form the new government, raising fears of more infighting in the government as country faces the threat
Rockets pummeled a high-security prison in Donetsk, which immediately disabled all alarms. Officials said one person died and three were wounded, but 106 potentially dangerous criminals escaped. This could include people jailed for murder, robbery, and rape. “Extremely dangerous prisoners
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China rebukes John Kerry’s South China Sea ‘freeze’ proposal Belarus to be the big winner in Russia’s food import ban Iraq’s PM al-Maliki orders troops and tanks into Baghdad China rebukes John Kerry’s South
