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
On July 24, two gunmen killed two female Christian aid workers in Herat, Afghanistan. The Tribune Express reported that the governor of Herat province, Sayed Fazullah Wahidy, told AFP: “At around 11:30 a.m. gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation Thursday following turmoil in government. Yatsenyuk made the announcement from the dais of Parliament after two parties said they would pull out of the governing coalition. “I am
This post originally appeared in The Daily Beast. For the full story, click here. The Islamic State is no longer a juggernaut, it’s a motley alliance of factions just waiting to betray each other. BAGHDAD, Iraq — At the mention
Meriam Yahya Ishag and her family landed safely in Italy last night. She flew on an Italian government plane and was accompanied by Italian Minister, Lapo Pistelli. Upon landing, Meriam was welcomed by Italy’s Foreign Minister, Matteo Renzi. Within hours
The purge of Christians from northern Iraq continues under the hands of the Sunni jihadist group, the Islamic State–formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). ISIS militants seized the famous Mar Behnam or St. Behnam monastery this week,
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — His pilot’s license fresh in his hands, an Indiana teenager set out in June for the adventure of a lifetime: an around-the-world flight with his father designed to break a record and raise money to build
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — In the three months since Islamic extremists kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of their parents have died, town residents say. The town where the girls were kidnapped, Chibok, is cut off by militants, who
Beijing, July 23 (QNA) – The death toll from super typhoon Rammasun has increased to 56 Wednesday, with another 20 missing, China’s News Agency (Xinhua) reported. The strongest typhoon to hit south China in four decades, Rammasun brought gales, downpours
(Reuters) – Police in China have arrested a man on suspicion of castrating or partially castrating four patients at a nursing home, state media said on Thursday, the latest scandal to hit the country’s medical sector. Doctors discovered on Tuesday
(AFP) Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday postponed choosing a new president for their ailing country while air strikes, suicide car bombs and summary executions yielded their daily grim crop of bodies. Parliament adjourned without even broaching the election of a new
(Reuters) – Jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez went on trial in Venezuela on Wednesday, accused of masterminding anti-government protests that turned violent and left 43 people dead. Days after the demonstrations began in mid-February, Lopez turned himself in to authorities and has
(Reuters) – Venezuelan soldiers and officials began moving hundreds of families on Tuesday out of a half-built 45-story skyscraper that dominates the Caracas skyline and is thought to be the world’s tallest slum. The mass eviction from the “Tower of
(AFP) Suicide bombers and gunmen Thursday attacked a bus transferring convicts from a prison north of Baghdad in a huge onslaught that sparked clashes with security forces and left at least 60 dead, police said. The dead include prisoners and
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso to Algeria’s capital disappeared from radar early Thursday over northern Mali after heavy rains were reported, according to the plane’s owner and government officials in France
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Eighteen children were killed Thursday when a train crashed into their school bus at an unmanned railroad crossing in southern India, police said. The bus driver also died while another 20 children ages 7 to 14
(Reuters) – At least 82 people were killed on Wednesday in two suicide bombings in the north Nigerian city of Kaduna, one aimed at opposition leader and ex-president Muhammadu Buhari and another at a moderate Muslim cleric about to lead
(Reuters) – A 28-year-old Chinese man pleaded guilty on Wednesday of attempting to smuggle military technology obtained from undercover U.S. agents out of the United States toChina, the U.S. Justice Department said. Bo Cai, an employee of a Chinese technology
Democrats have a penchant for implementing bad policies and then responding to the deleterious consequences by throwing money at the problem. The Senate supplemental appropriations bill, sponsored by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), allocates an additional $2.7 billion to deal with
On Tuesday, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defied FAA regulations and flew to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. In the column below, first published at Bloomberg View, he explains his reasons why: Just hours after the
The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) spoke out against the Islamic State’s (IS) expulsion of Christians in Iraq. The group includes Sunnis, which is the sect IS claim to be a part of. “The International Union of Muslim Scholars
(AFP) — Jihadists in Iraq have ordered that all women between the ages of 11 and 46 undergo female genital mutilation, a UN official said Thursday. “It is a fatwa (or religious edict) of ISIS, we learnt this this morning,” said
In a video taken at a Pro-Islamist and anti-Israel rally Thursday, scores of protests were heard chanting in German, “Jew, Jew, cowardly pig, come on out and fight on your own” (“Jude, Jude, feiges Schwein, komm heraus und kampf allein”).
The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel may be underestimating the extent of tunnel penetration on its southern border. The Post cited Steven Emerson, founder and executive director of the Washington-based Investigative Project on Terrorism, who says that US intelligence officials
An assortment of rabidly anti-Israel public figures, including seven Nobel Peace Prize winners, have called for an international arms embargo on Israel for its “war crimes and possible crimes against humanity” in Gaza. The statement came in a letter published
When President Obama announced on Monday that he had dispatched Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East in order that he “do everything he can to help facilitate a cessation to hostilities” between the terror group Hamas and
