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
This opinion piece ran originally in the magazine The Week: Just 11 years ago, there were 1.5 million Christians living in Iraq. Since the U.S. war there, that number has plummeted to approximately 400,000 — and it is still falling
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency For Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced Tuesday that rockets had been found on their premises for the second time in less than a week. UNRWA released a letter condemning the ‘finding’ , and again
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Istanbul’s chief prosecutor says dozens of police officers have been detained on suspicion of spying and of illegally wiretapping government officials, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the head of the Turkish intelligence agency. Police
The downing of Malaysia flight MH17 casts new light on just how inept and decadent the United States and Europe have become. Faced with Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and attempts to repeat in eastern Ukraine, the best Western Europe
(AP) In a sign of increased caution about flying near combat zones, U.S. and European airlines halted flights to Israel Tuesday after a rocket landed near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines suspended service between
Anticipating an imminent ban by the FAA of all U.S. flights to Israel, Delta, United, and US Airways each canceled all outbound flights to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport until further notice. Delta Flight 468, one of its two
A Chinese city has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday. The 30,000 people living in Yumen in the northwestern province of Gansu are
The Islamic State– formerly Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)– has previously used water as a destructive tool to destroy crops and dams in Shi’ite territory. Now, ISIS is attempting to deprive major Christian strongholds of water through their
Ban Ki-Moon, secretary-general of the virulently anti-Israel United Nations, came to Israel to push for a ceasefire with Hamas. Ban Ki-Moon told Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, “I appreciate Israel’s security concerns. You need to protect your people from rockets and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists grudgingly give up ‘black boxes’ Gaza war splits Arab states into competing alliances Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists grudgingly give up ‘black boxes’ Late Monday, the pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, underenormous international
Islamic State is taking oil and gas products from land it conquered in Syria and selling it to Iraqi businessmen. According to Alarabiya.net, “ISIS has captured large swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, including all of oil-rich Deir Ezzor province’s
Two videos related to ISIS were released on Monday. A Twitter account for the Islamic State posted pictures and a video of a training camp in Ninevah and Al-Arabiya released a video with the real wife of ISIS’s leader. The training camp
Hundreds rallied in Baghdad this week in solidarity with the thousands of Christians forced to flee from Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, after the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) demanded that all Christians in the city convert and pay an
Support for Israel in it’s war against Hamas-led terror is growing internationally. From Los Angeles to London, thousands of pro-Israel ralliers have gathered in a show of solidarity. On Friday, hundreds convened in Washington, D.C.’s Farragut Square where speakers condemned
Caracas, July 21 (QNA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro agreed here Sunday to upgrade their countries’ relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership. China and Venezuela are good friends of mutual trust and good partners
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — President Goodluck Jonathan met for the first time Tuesday with many parents of 219 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls and dozens of classmates who managed to escape from their Islamic extremist captors. Tuesday’s meeting comes after some had
PARIS, July 21 (UPI) — Pro-Palestinian protests turned violent in Paris Sunday after masked youths targeted a synagogue, a kosher grocery and attacked police. The French government began a crackdown after the country’s large Arab communities saw a wave of
Seoul, July 22 (QNA) – South Korean Police said Tuesday that they have found the body of a fugitive tycoon wanted over April’s ferry sinking that left more than 300 people dead or missing. The body, discovered on June 12
(AFP) A massive assault by Boko Haram in the northeast Nigerian town of Damboa displaced more than 15,000 people, an official said Monday, as the security forces sent reinforcements to flush out the Islamist fighters. The attack on Damboa began
(AFP) Islamist militia resumed their assault on Libya’s main international airport on Sunday two days after an abortive truce with the rival former rebels that control it, a security official said. Islamist militia first attacked the airport last Sunday, forcing
(Reuters) – The remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine were making their way to the Netherlands on Tuesday as a senior Ukrainian separatist leader handed over the plane’s black boxes to Malaysian
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Jakarta governor Joko Widodo, who captured the hearts of millions of Indonesians with his common man image, won the country’s presidential election with 53 percent of the vote, final results showed Tuesday. Widodo, a former furniture
(AFP) The FBI encouraged and sometimes even paid Muslims to commit terrorist acts during numerous sting operations after the 9/11 attacks, a human rights group said in a report published Monday. Aided by Columbia University Law School’s Human Rights Institute,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel’s war with the Gaza tunnels moves into population centers Growing Palestinian military capabilities raise questions of Israel’s objectives ISIS evicts Christians and Kurds from Mosul Iraq as new bomb blasts hit Baghdad Israel’s
