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 June 23 Israeli planes and rockets “struck nine targets in Syria…in retaliation for a missile attack from Syria on Sunday that killed an Israeli teenager and wounded his father along the border in the Golan Heights.” An Israeli Defense
Earlier today, peaceful Jews were mobbed and mocked on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Most chilling: they were taunted about the probable Hamas kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. The video, uploaded to YouTube by user Asaf Fried, shows Jewish Israelis
While the United States has been pondering whether or not to take military action in Iraq, other actors such as Bashar al-Assad’s Syria are replacing the opening in the power vacuum created by the ongoing sectarian bloodshed. Syrian fighter jets
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Iraqi catastrophe worsens as European youth join ISIS ISIS conducts sophisticated media campaign to attract European youth Russia may revoke its March 1 resolution authorizing Ukraine invasion Boko Haram in Nigeria abducts 60
While Iraqi government officials continue to claim that they are making advances in defeating the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), Kurdish forces on the ground report that ISIS has begun to slowly isolate Baghdad, targeting cities
Sen. Rand Paul called for an end to American foreign aid to Pakistan in the name of both persecuted young women and the many Christians forced to face the threat of violence and oppression in the country. Before the Senate
President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone about Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan for east Ukraine. Obama told Putin Russia would face more sanctions if it does not do its part to bring peace
CAIRO (AP) — Four near-simultaneous small explosions went off in subway stations and outside a court building in Cairo on Wednesday, wounding three people and causing widespread panic among morning commuters, officials said, in the first attacks since the election
GENEVA (AP) — More than 1,000 people, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed in Iraq this month as Sunni insurgents overtook key areas of the country, the United Nations said Tuesday. The new findings from the U.N.
(Reuters) – Barely 13 percent of Libyan voters had turned up at the polls by noon on Wednesday to elect a new parliament that officials hope will finally restore order three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Libya is still
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday ruled out forming a national emergency government to confront a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun large parts of the country. Maliki’s electoral bloc won by far the most seats in April 30
Bones found in jungle in Panama confirmed as matching DNA from one of two Dutch tourists missing since April. Officials confirmed DNA from the bones matches one of the pair, Lissana Froon. “One of these, effectively, was the remains of
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, is under fire for calling for members of his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) Party to follow the example of radical Islamist terrorists the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS),
As the jihadist terror group the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has made major gains in northern Iraq and Syria, jihadists across the globe have used social media to promote their cause more effectively than any such group
On Monday, pro-Russian forces put down their weapons for peace talks. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko introduced a peace plan last week in an attempt to stop the violence in east Ukraine. At first, the pro-Russians did not accept the plan,
On June 23, 2014, Sudanese Christian Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, who had been sentenced to death by a Shariah court in Khartoum, was cleared of all charges by the Appeals Court and freed. Today, while the world was still reacting with
As a precondition for US involvement in the region, Iraq has reportedly given assurances to President Obama that the United States military will be protected from being prosecuted in Iraqi courts, U.S. officials stated Monday. “The commander in chief would
An estimated 150 to 300 Australian citizens are fighting for ISIS in Iraq and Syria, making the Aussies the highest foreign per-capita contributors to the militant Islamist group. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said of the increase in radicalized jihadis
They rape and torture women in Iran: First, at home, as a family matter; then in prison, as a state matter. They publicly execute women for daring to kill their attackers in self-defense. It is public in order to
The president of Lithuania did not mince words; she likened Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggressive territorial expansion into Crimea to a strategy carried out by two of history’s most ruthless dictators: former Soviet premier Joseph Stalin and Nazi leader Adolf
On Wednesday, June 25, an extraordinary event of caring and courage will take place to honor America’s bravest… our military. The seventh annual Troopathon will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library from 1pm to 8pm Pacific time and
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 91 individuals during raids into several Nigerian villages over the weekend. Witnesses told the AP that married women were taken along with their children, who range anywhere from three to fifteen years of age.
On June 19, USMC Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter received the Medal of Honor for the bravery he displayed in using his body to shield a fellow Marine from a grenade blast while on guard duty in November 2010. According to
(Reuters) – Six senior South African government officials were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud relating to the memorial service in December of former president Nelson Mandela, police said. Millions of South Africans and more than 70 world leaders attended
(Reuters) – Italian police targeting historic mafia families arrested 95 people on Monday for extortion, drug trafficking and money laundering, and in the process they may also have solved the century-old mob murder of a New York detective. After two
