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 1 Russia began blocking “the military functions of U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) base stations on its territory.” According to Xinhuanet.com, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted about the move: “We have worked out and implemented measures
Amid waves of protests and the loud concerns of some of the nation’s most prominent soccer stars, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is firing back against those who claim the government has spent millions on the 2014 World Cup that could
President Barack Obama will be in Europe this week to celebrate Poland’s 25th anniversary of breaking free from communism and the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Despite the significant occasions, the crisis between Ukraine and Russia will take
The radical Islamist terror group Boko Haram claimed the lives of 40 this weekend in a bombing near a soccer stadium in northeast Nigeria, though not without losing some of its own in an attack by Cameroon forces. Boko Haram
For the month of June, Russia will hold the chairmanship of the UN Security Council. Russia is taking over from South Korea and will hand the position over to Rwanda on July 1st. Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said he
In discussing last week his decision to eliminate essentially all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the time his term of office ends, Mr. Obama declared: “This is how wars end in the 21st Century – not through signing ceremonies but
Pope Francis is fast becoming known as the Pope of the family and of the devil. He mentioned both in the same breath this weekend at a massive gathering of a movement called the Catholic Charismatic Renewal at a packed
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has declined an invitation to Saudi Arabia, a gesture the Iranian government accepted as “friendly” that could have potentially eased tensions between the two nations. Zarif cited multilateral nuclear talks as preventing him from
A special forces “delivery, extraction, and reconnaissance” boat called the “Alligator” has been revealed and “delivered to Israel.” The boat has a “very low radar cross-section” and has been seen “patrolling up and down the Columbia River [by] Portland and
Salvador Sánchez Cerén, a former officer of leftist guerrilla group, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), has been sworn in as president of El Salvador, promising to fight “organized crime” while strengthening ties with Venezuela. Sánchez Cerén, who served as
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom decided to give Ukraine an extension to resolve the gas dispute between the countries after Ukraine’s Naftogaz paid $786 million for February and March supplies. Russia was going to turn off Ukraine’s gas on Tuesday. Gazprom
Over the weekend, the Obama White House announced that it had made the worst trade since Ernie Broglio for Lou Brock: five senior Taliban commanders for apparent deserter Bowe Bergdahl. President Obama announced, “On behalf of the American people, I
Unless one has been through it, one cannot imagine what five years of captivity in Afghanistan might be like. I only endured five months of captivity in Kabul and, to this day, no one has ever understood what that was
Luhansk was attacked twice on Monday. Pro-Russian forces attacked a Ukrainian border patrol post in Luhansk at 12:30AM and exchanged fire with each other for several hours. In the afternoon, an explosion occurred at the Luhansk Regional State Administration building.
Australian Senator-elect David Leyonhjelm says gun control laws need to be repealed and he is warning the people that “the government is not your friend.” Leyonhjelm assumes office on July 1. According to ABC.net.au, Leyonhjelm was delivering a scathing attack
Breitbart News had the opportunity to speak with Bill Roggio, managing editor of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ The Long War Journal, about the ongoing debacle over the exchange of five senior Taliban commanders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Roggio has
Although he was a private when he was first captured by the Taliban, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was promoted twice in captivity and is scheduled for another promotion to staff sergeant. CNN’s Barbara Starr reports that a defense official confirmed that
The decision to award 2022 World Cup hosting responsibilities to Qatar has been riddled with controversy, as Amnesty International condemns the conditions of workers in the country and allegations of bribery repeatedly surface within FIFA. Now, reports note, senior officials
On Monday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin slammed President Barack Obama for trading five high-level terrorists for an American prisoner of war who reportedly deserted his troops five years ago and caused at least six soldiers to die while searching
In a piece that former Daily Beast head Tina Brown declared a “conclusive” account about the newly freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a fellow soldier serving in Bergdahl’s same battalion recounts the story of how Bergdahl simply walked away from his military
Colonel Allen West told Stephen K. Bannon that the reception President Obama received for his commencement speech last week at the United States Military Academy at West Point was “almost nonexistent.” West was speaking at the Republican Leadership Conference in
Turkish police on Sunday fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of protesters in Ankara a day after violent clashes on the one-year anniversary of the country’s largest anti-government demonstrations in decades. Police stepped in to disperse around 500
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The military junta running Thailand has drawn up a list of emergency measures such as price caps on fuel and loan guarantees for small firms to kick-start an economy threatened by recession after months of political turmoil. The plans, outlined by
CAIRO (AP) — Smugglers have killed six Egyptian army border guards, including an officer, in a gunbattle in the remote southwest, the military announced on Sunday. The official Facebook page of Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali, a military spokesman, said smugglers
Monday’s inauguration of Narendara Modi, India’s new prime minister, at Delhi’s iconic red sandstone palace built for the British Viceroy more than a century ago was filled with the pomp and flourishes more reminiscent of the days of the British
