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
Few events in recent years have sparked the kind of global outrage that accompanied Edward Snowden’s revelations, through documents stolen from the National Security Agency, that the organization had been spying on millions of private citizens around the world. Political
As much as the story of Sunni jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is one of military victory, it is one of the jihadist movement evolving to learn the ways of online propaganda and social media. Among
CHICAGO, Illinois– A crowd of over 500 didn’t let the rain stop them from peacefully gathering Monday afternoon in the plaza of the James R. Thompson Center for a vigil of support for three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped nearly two weeks
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A debris field at the bottom of Lake Michigan may be the remains of the long-lost Griffin, a vessel commanded by a 17th-century French explorer, said a shipwreck hunter who has sought the wreckage for
The prodigious gains that jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) have made in Iraq have been in large part possible due to an unlikely alliance between ISIS and former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baathist party, who
Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman whom an Appeal Court freed yesterday, has just been re-arrested at the airport trying to leave Khartoum. She is now in more danger than ever before. Here’s why. A man, Al-Samani
(AFP) — A Sudanese Christian woman was arrested Tuesday at Khartoum airport a day after a court annulled her death sentence for apostasy and released her from prison, a source familiar with the incident said.The status of their two young
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s Kangaroo Court finds Al-Jazeera journalists guilty with no evidence Boomers have no one to sell their stocks and real estate to Ebola virus is ‘out of control’ in western Africa Egypt’s Kangaroo Court
A powerful jihadist group pushing toward Baghdad is waging a parallel war online, flooding social media with updates and riding the football World Cup frenzy to spread its message with corporate-like sophistication. As militants, led by jihadists from the Islamic
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament Tuesday to cancel a resolution sanctioning the use of military force in Ukraine, a move his Ukrainian counterpart heralded as a “practical step” toward bringing peace to a region roiled by
BAGHDAD, June 24 (UPI) — Islamist militants in Iraq have taken full control of the largest oil refinery in the country, though the government said Tuesday the claims are false. The BBC reported Tuesday a “reliable source” has said militants
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from the political process in Baghdad after their forces took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Peshmerga
Japanese scientists on Tuesday unveiled what they said was the world’s first news-reading android, eerily lifelike and possessing a sense of humour to match her perfect language skills. The adolescent-looking “Kodomoroid” — an amalgamation of the Japanese word “kodomo” (child)
Last fall, a top Obama Homeland Security adviser generated controversy when he wrote that the U.S. Constitution was “Islamically compliant.” Mohamed Elibiary returned to the topic in a Saturday morning Twitter post: “… I said America was an Islamic country
The Egyptian government has been cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters, going so far as to confirm a sentence of death for the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 182 supporters, while the United States is finally
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Syria finished handing over to Western powers Monday the 1,300 tons of chemical weapons it acknowledged possessing, completing a deal reached last fall under threat of U.S. airstrikes. The most dangerous material will be transferred to
Twenty-three detainees were killed during a militant attack on an Iraqi convoy transporting them south of Baghdad on Monday morning, officials said. Seven gunmen also died in the ensuing clashes, according to a police captain and a doctor at a
Secretary of State John Kerry touched down in Baghdad Monday. The Secretary met with senior Iraqi leaders as radical ISIS militants continued their charge through Iraq. “The future of Iraq depends on the decisions made in the next few days
Earlier today, an appeal court in Sudan overturned Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag’s death penalty and released her from jail. Ibrahim is the woman who had never embraced her absent father’s Muslim faith and whose mother brought her up as
As the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) jihadist group tears through towns abandoned by the Iraqi military, reports warn the government’s forces are close to total collapse. In light of this failure, Shia fighters loyal to cleric Muqtada
At home, going to the grocery store is something we take for granted. Sometimes we may even consider it a chore depending how busy we are. But consider this: at this moment, our brave troops on the front lines do
Saadi Gaddafi, third son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been charged with killing a former soccer teammate, according to Libya’s state LANA news agency. Gaddafi is being charged with the murder of Bashir Riani, a Libyan soccer player
The influx of immigrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers to Australia is placing such a strain on the country that it has opened interim housing centers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru and offered migrants money to go home. Suicide threats and
On June 21 Boko Haram fighters struck Kwarangilam and Koronginim–two villages near Chibok, the town from which Boko Haram fighters abducted 200 school girls in April. According to the BBC, the attack on the two villages lasted about six hours
On June 19 Iraqi political leaders began positioning themselves to replace Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. According to The New York Times, this push grew out of “indications that the Americans would like to see a replacement for Maliki.” President
