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
It was a peaceful demonstration with the best of intentions for the future of China. A student-led initiative took to Beijing in the spring of 1989. Deeply dissatisfied with China’s widespread political corruption and ineptitude, the students took to the
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported that many of the details released on the exchange of five highly dangerous Taliban officials for captured Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl were released by the Taliban, while American officials
The controversy surrounding President Obama’s efforts to free Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has rattled the country, as fellow soldiers insist Bergdahl deserted and their lives were put on the line to find him. Those who have not spoken– who cannot speak–
Five years ago, the Sheik of Abu Dhabi, the fabulously wealthy Emirati province famous for manmade islands, Lamborghinis, and house concerts with Justin Timberlake, approached NYU president John Sexton with a deal. Seduced by millions in oil and sharia financed
This morning in an interview on WMAL Radio, a former Special Forces commander called for justice and an apology from recently released Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to the families of those soldiers that died trying to find and rescue the then
As the discussion about President Obama’s swap of five top Taliban commanders for AWOL U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl continues to play out, many are beginning to wonder why. Why did Obama liberate sworn enemies of the U.S. to bring
DUBAI (Reuters) – A video of French hostage Serge Lazarevic, appealing to France’s President Francois Hollande to negotiate his release after two years in captivity in the Sahara, was aired by Dubai-based Akhbar Al Aan TV on Tuesday. In the
The United States no longer has a military base in Central Asia after leaving an airbase in Kyrgyzstan. The move comes as tensions between Russia and the West continue to rise. Kyrgyzstan is one of Russia’s closest allies and an
BEIJING (AP) — Yin Min held the ashes of her son and wept, she said, as she marked 25 years since he was killed in the crackdown by Chinese tanks and troops on protests at Tiananmen Square. Outside, guards kept
A rogue Libyan general, who has led repeated deadly assaults on jihadists in second city Benghazi, escaped a suicide attack on Wednesday, one of his commanders told AFP. But three loyalists of former general and longtime US exile Khalifa Haftar
Abuja, June 04 (QNA) – Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people in fresh attacks on villages in Borno state in northern Nigeria. A local member of parliament confirmed the attacks and said that at least five other villages
Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.9 percent of votes in Egypt’s presidential election, the electoral commission announced Tuesday, almost a year after he overthrew elected Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi. Turnout in last week’s election, hastily extended to three days
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Wednesday released a video showing the handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo as a significant
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ‘Homegrown jihadists are France’s gravest threat’ Vietnam develops increasingly dangerous strategy to counter China Saudi Arabia reports significantly more deaths from MERS virus ‘Homegrown jihadists are France’s gravest threat’ Homegrown jihadists are France’s gravest
A senior Gulf official speaking to Reuters has said the five Guantánamo detainees traded for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl are being kept in an “accommodation facility” and will be allowed to roam freely in Qatar before moving to other parts of
There is some hope Ukraine and Russia will come to a gas deal by the end of the week. Russia’s gas giant Gazprom granted Ukraine an extension after gas supplies from February and March were paid off. Russia has been
The release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity has raised a number of questions as to whether Bergdahl was captured or deserted his battalion and whether trading five Taliban officials for Bergdahl is a valid exchange to save a
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is again demanding the pension bestowed upon all former heads of state, after Peru’s attorney general denied him such a benefit on multiple occasions. Fujimori is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence and awaiting a
The China-Arab Cooperative forum is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi noted in a statement that the Chinese government is increasingly interested in expanding trade and economic ties with the region, particularly in developing industries like
Breitbart News had the exclusive opportunity to speak with Thomas Joscelyn, senior editor of The Long War Journal, an expert on al-Qaeda and its affiliates, including the Taliban, and the author of What President Obama Doesn’t Know About Guantanamo. Breitbart
NASA is ready to test a saucer-shaped spaceship, known as the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), in Kauai, Hawaii, on Tuesday. The results of the test will be critical for the future of a potential mission to Mars, NASA said.
After deserting his forward operating base in Afghanistan in 2009, Sgt. Bowe Bergdhal left behind a note saying that he wanted to renounce his American citizenship, according to Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin. Griffin said Tuesday on the Fox News Channel
A video posted online Monday appears to show senior Taliban terrorists being received by Qatari citizens with open arms. The Taliban leaders were released from Guantanamo Bay in a highly controversial exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The detainees were
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supports President Obama’s decision to free five Taliban members in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier colleagues say deserted his post and is directly responsible for loss of American life in Afghanistan. At
Ten Nigerian generals along with five other senior military officials were found guilty of providing weapons to terrorist Islamist group Boko Haram, a Nigerian newspaper wrote Tuesday. The revelation appears to confirm Breitbart News’s report that the Nigerian military has
