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BEIRUT (AP) — A cleric read the verdict before the truck came and dumped a large pile of stones near the municipal garden. Jihadi fighters then brought in the woman, clad head to toe in black, and put her in

Muslim Brotherhood terror group Hamas has said that it would expand its rocket range to again attack Tel Aviv should Israel refuse to comply with its demand to remove the Gaza blockade.  Israel moved forward with the blockade in 2007,

On Friday, August 1st, media reported that Hamas had kidnapped IDF Officer LT Hadar Goldin, 23; the next day, he was announced killed in action by a Hamas suicide bomber who had emerged from a tunnel. Lt. Goldin was an

Uganda is investigating the possibility that one of its citizens has the Ebola virus that has been sweeping through West Africa. A Uganda health ministry spokesperson said, “There is a suspected case, samples have been taken from the suspect, and

Whether or not Ebola ever actually reaches the United States, the fear of contagion will soon cause major economic and lifestyle changes for Americans. After killing almost 1,000 people in the isolated tri-border region of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Hamas’s war with Israel — and with Egypt Analysts express alarm at ISIS control of Mosul Dam Can Obama’s air strikes save the Kurdish Peshmerga? Obama is dragged kicking and screaming back towards the

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed a broader long-term strategy to confront Islamic militants in Iraq, who have surprised U.S. intelligence with the fast pace of their approach on the Kurdish capital of Irbil. Obama warned Americans

This article originally appeared in The Guardian: The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus currently sweeping through parts of west Africa has so far killed an estimated 673 people. As of 23 July there had been a total of 1,202

The article first appeared in The Independent: A hospital in Ontario, Canada, has isolated a patient with flu-like symptoms after the person was revealed to have recently travelled from Nigeria – one of the Ebola-hit areas.  The measure is just

(CNN) — Global health experts on Friday declared the Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa an international health emergency that requires a coordinated global approach. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are battling the Ebola virus, which has also spread to Nigeria.

For years, commentators have attempted to peg down just what the Obama Doctrine is. His allies have labeled the Obama Doctrine a form of realism about the limits of American power. His critics have labeled the Obama Doctrine “leading from

Fighters and supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS) have taken to Twitter hellbent on letting the world know of their deep disdain for America with gruesome, bloody images of the carnage they have wrought on non-Muslims via #AmessagefromISIStoUS. ISIS supporters

Among the two American patients being treated for Ebola virus at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Kent Brantly said Friday that he has been “growing stronger every day.” Brantly said that he thanked “God for his mercy as

ABUJA, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan declared a national state of emergency on Friday over the Ebola outbreak in Africa’s most populous country, and approved 1.9 billion naira ($11.7 million) of emergency funds to contain it.Nigeria has

On August 7, the U.S. ordered diplomats’ families, not the diplomats themselves, to leave Liberia in light of the current Ebola outbreak. The families are expected to return to the United States via commercial airline travel, the State Department tells

From the smallest rural towns to national capitals, Ebola has affected nearly every corner of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. With the death toll near 1,000, health workers warn current statistics are low, as hostile residents flee medical professionals and

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by Sunni militants with “vicious plans,” an Iraqi official said Friday, further underscoring the dire plight of Iraq’s minorities at the hands of the Islamic

Following official declarations of support via humanitarian aid for the minority populations of Iraq currently fighting an onslaught from the jihadist terror group Islamic State, Kurdish publication Rudaw claims that the government of Turkey has vowed to do all in

In just one week in July, eight separate synagogues were attacked in France. According to French organization Crif, one of them, located outside of Paris, was firebombed by a 400-person riot. Crif also documented that a kosher supermarket and kosher

At what was at times a combative congressional hearing Thursday on the burgeoning Ebola crisis in West Africa, congressmen and Africa aid workers criticized both the United States and international response to the outbreak, asserting it has been insufficient to

If Israeli attacks in Gaza have been “indiscriminate,” as the UN Human Rights Council says, why have they killed three times as many “civilian” men as women? Anthony Reuben, the head of Statistics for BBC News, points out ample reason to

This article originally appeared at the National Journal: West Africa is currently in the midst of the largest Ebola outbreak in history, and it’s only getting worse. Nearly 1,000 people have died and more than 1,700 have been infected by

Baghdad, August 08 (QNA) -The Directorate of Military Intelligence in Iraq has announced that 550 militants belonging to Daash or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed in Al-Sharqat and Al-Qayyarah areas in Mosul in northern

President Obama authorized limited airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq after months of Christians and other minorities crying out for help from the International community. The threat of ISIS is not only a threat in Iraq– it is a direct threat

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. military returns to Iraq, almost three years after withdrawing Concerns grow over possible Russian invasion of Ukraine Russia imposes its own sanctions, to counter Western sanctions U.S. military returns to Iraq, almost three