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
The Iraqi military ran out of Hellfire missiles last week. According to reports, the United States is hoping to resupply the Iraqi government as hastily as possible. This new revelation leaves Iraq with a non-existent air force until they are
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish magazine said Sunday it has obtained recordings of a private conversation in which the foreign minister says Poland’s strong alliance with the U.S. was worthless and “even harmful because it creates a false sense
Pope Francis launched a scathing attack on organised crime during a trip to the heartland of a feared syndicate on Sunday, declaring all mafia members “excommunicated” from the Catholic Church. The mafia “is the adoration of evil and contempt for
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China sends four new oil rigs into South China Sea In a turnabout, Pakistan refugees flood into Afghanistan India’s PM Narendra Modi government in crisis over Iraq hostages In strategic victory, ISIS captures Syria-Iraq
Argentina’s 42-year-old Minister of the Economy and former economics professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, is best known for his research papers that “reinterpreted Keynes from a Marxist perspective.” Having elected leaders with this type of intellectual
MOSCOW/KIEV — Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced limited support for Ukraine’s unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, but told President Petro Poroshenko there had to be talks with the rebels to prevent the truce collapsing. The Kremlin
MINYA, Egypt (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and over 180 others were sentenced to death Saturday by an Egyptian court in the latest mass trial following last year’s overthrow of the country’s Islamist president. The ruling by the
(AFP) — A 21-year-old woman was raped and hanged from a tree in Pakistan, police said, in a case bearing a chilling resemblance to a spate of similar attacks that sparked outrage in neighboring India. The woman’s boyfriend of six
A New Hampshire Marine who was barred from wearing his uniform for his high school graduation last June has been killed by a roadside bomb. Lance Corporal Brandon Garabrant, who signed up for the forces immediately after finishing his studies,
The Obama administration delivered more sanctions if the violence did not stop in east Ukraine, but did not touch Russian President Vladimir Putin or any of his cronies. Instead, the leaders of the pro-Russian forces, who have no real assets or
Citing rampant Islamic anti-semitism and poor economic prospects, more than 5,000 French Jews are set to depart their homeland for the hopes of a better future in Israel. France, trailing Israel and the United States, has the world’s third-largest population
Much has been made of Iraq’s ethnic Kurds’ role in fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a group of Sunni jihadists aiming to overthrow Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government. While the Kurds struggle to establish their own
The Danish government refused to say who kidnapped him or why he had been released, but Daniel Rye Ottosen is coming home. The 25-year-old photographer had been detained in Syria for 13 months, his captivity kept secret for security reasons.
As Wikileaks’ Julian Assange marks a second year living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London decrying the alleged suppression of free press in the Anglo West, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa plots even more potent initiatives to silence opposition media in
As immigration becomes increasingly problematic for the Australian government, Prime Minister Tony Abbott is launching a program that would pay refugees to return home. The payments vary depending on country of origin and the Australian government would pay for the
ISIS’s Sunni Islamist militants have successfully overtaken what was once former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s chemical-weapons production site. US government officials believe that the site contains a decent quantity of old weapons. However, most are unsure if they can be
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com With Syria destabilizing, number of refugees back to WW II levels Ban Ki-moon says that Syria and Iraq are becoming unstable Both America and Europe face floods of mother and child refugees Financial advisors
The drawn-out search for missing Malaysian Flight MH370 will revert to an area south of the previously suspected crash site following new analysis of the plane’s flight path, an official said Friday. Investigators grappling to solve the mystery of the
BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle Friday near a police checkpoint in eastern Lebanon, while troops raided two hotels in the capital, arresting 17 suspected members of an al-Qaida breakaway group allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in the
DETROIT (AP) — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday became the most prominent religious group in the United States to endorse divestment as a protest against Israeli policies toward Palestinians, voting to sell church stock in three companies whose products
From The Economist: For years after the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, China’s leaders surprised the world by adhering scrupulously to Hong Kong’s unusual political set-up of “one country, two systems”. Under the terms of the
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the group that overran Mosul in Iraq last week and has been pushing south towards Baghdad, announced it is also preparing an offensive in northern Syria. In a statement dated June 17,
The Obama administration has announced that the Department of Defense is appointing U.S. Army Major General Kenneth Dahl to investigate the alleged desertion and recovery of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. Gen. Dahl will seek to determine the facts surrounding Sgt. Bergdahl’s
Australia is sending troops to Baghdad to protect Australian embassy personnel in the city. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Defense Minister David Johnston described the deployment as a “small Australian Defense Force… to support security arrangements.” The Australian troops
Michelle Obama’s #bringbackourgirls tweet has become the laughingstock of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the militant jihadist group terrorizing Iraq. Jihadists have allegedly doctored the original photo of the First Lady brandishing a hashtag and added “#bringbackourhumvee,”
