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
As the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leaves a path of destroyed churches and mosques in its wake, some wonder whether Mecca may also be in line for destruction. According to Fox News, ISIS “jihadists, led by self-proclaimed
Secretary of State John Kerry is in Kabul, Afghanistan, speaking with presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, asking that neither of them claim victory until the U.N. reviews the election. At this point Ahmadzai has 56.4 percent of
Rather than feel the need to leave the country or cancel plans to visit due to the dozens–soon to be hundreds–of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel to indiscriminately kill civilians, members of Florida’s Jewish community say the assault “makes
The eruption of the third Gaza war since 2008 is yet another manifestation of the growing threat posed by Islamist militants within an increasingly unstable Middle East. In recent years, Al-Qaeda and other Islamist revolutionary groups have made major
Tel Aviv, Israel– Israelis living in the north of the country were awoken early this morning to the sound of three rockets from Lebanon crashing into their sovereign territory. Israel responded by firing artillery shells upon targets in Lebanon, according
BEIJING (AP) — Courts in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang sentenced 32 people to prison, three of them for life, for terror charges stemming from downloading and spreading violent Internet content that authorities have blamed for inspiring a recent
Beijing, July 11 (QNA) – Eleven people, including eight children, died when a minivan bus transporting kindergartners fell into a pond, Chinese news agency (Xinhua) reported. It said the the accident happened late Thursday in a mountainous region near Hunan’s
BAGHDAD (AP) — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s already testy relationship with Iraq’s Kurdish minority further frayed Thursday, as the Kurds declared their politicians will boycott Cabinet meetings and authorities in Baghdad suspended all cargo flights to the largely autonomous northern
BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish security forces took over two major oil fields outside the disputed northern city of Kirkuk before dawn Friday, the Oil Ministry said, the latest move in a deepening a dispute with the government of Prime Minister
Palestinian Authority President and Fatah head Mahmoud Abbas has called for an “immediate cessation” of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip. But Abbas, considered a moderate by most world leaders, stopped short of calling for an end to the
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is seeking permission from U.S. regulators to test its delivery drones near Seattle, as part of a rapid expansion of a program that has sparked widespread debate over the safety and privacy implications of drone technology.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com A humiliated Russia considers next steps in east Ukraine Australia joins Japan, Vietnam, Philippines in opposing China A humiliated Russia considers next steps in east Ukraine The decisive victory of theUkraine government forces over
Perception and reality continued to baffle Palestinian advocates Thursday as the conflict between Israel and Gaza terrorist groups reached a third day. Palestinians fired more than 100 rockets at major Israeli cities, including Beersheba, Rehovot, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Israel, meanwhile, stepped
TEL AVIV, Israel–On Thursday, Hamas jihadis fired 192 rockets from Gaza into Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces. 44 were successfully intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome short-range missile defense system, while 141 of the rockets struck Israeli territory. According
President Obama is not responsible for every conflict on the planet; he has nothing to do with the ongoing battles in Sudan or Somalia, for example. But the Obama administration is almost solely responsible for the latest outbreak of violence
Canadian businessman Cy Tokmakjian is facing up to fifteen years for a number of business-related corruption charges in Cuba, from bribery to tax evasion to falsifying documents. In true Orwellian form, Tokmakjian has been detained without charges for two years and
Cease-fire proposals in wars between Israel and its neighbors are predictable: as soon as Israel is winning, the United Nations demands a cease-fire. As Dore Gold ably documents in his Tower of Babble: How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos,
French police announced Wednesday that an extensive investigation into an Algerian butcher in southern France revealed a plot involving Al Qaeda to bomb notable landmarks in the French capital, including the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, as well as nuclear
WASHINGTON (AP) — From Tripoli to Washington, military leaders struggled to learn what was happening in Libya and find a way to help when a diplomatic post and CIA compound in Benghazi came under attack the night of Sept. 11,
On Wednesday, Glenn Greenwald released the names of five Muslim-Americans on whom, he alleged, the FBI and the NSA have unfairly spied. However, what is clear after further investigation is that the five named individuals in the Greenwald expose’ have
Japan is aiming to remodel its tourism industry to make it more appealing to Muslim visitors by instructing restaurants in how to include halal meals on their menus and aiding hotels in providing prayer rooms to visitors, in an attempt
The US Embassy in Moscow demanded Russia immediately release Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is detained on suspicion of killing two Russian journalists. She was arrested in June and the Voronezh Regional Court said she will remain in pretrial
Ukraine’s Health Ministry said 478 citizens were killed in the east since the anti-terrorist operation started in mid-April. Over 1,392 people have been injured. “I can say that 1,392 people, including 104 women and 14 children, have been injured,” Deputy
In remarks slated to be delivered at the bilateral “China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue,” Chinese President Xi Jinping declared decisively that China will continue its expansion and development, but urged the United States to join with China to “combat all
Last month the Islamic State (IS), formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), executed 13 clerics in Mosul to rid the city of “moderate voices.” Among those executed was imam Muhammad al Mansuri, the imam over the mosque in which
