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
As the Colombian presidential election scheduled Sunday inches nearer, the candidates continue to flesh out their opinions on fighting the FARC, a terror group that nearly turned the nation into a failed state in the 1990s. Óscar Iván Zuluaga, the
US Vice President Joe Biden visited Cyprus on Thursday to discuss their part in the energy market, but also to put pressure on leaders to support more sanctions on Russia. The tiny island is a member of the European Union,
Six dancers arrested in Iran for uploading a video of themselves dancing without the mandatory hijab on YouTube to Pharrell’s hit “Happy” have been released after a tweet from President Hassan Rouhani supporting them. The group, according to reports, were
A Basque terrorist whom authorities lost track of in 2008 after being sentenced to 3,000 years in prison in Spain for the murders of 25 people has resurfaced in Venezuela. Spanish television station Antena 3 published images of José Ignacio De Juana
Libya’s Interior Ministry posted a message on Facebook supporting General Khalifa Haftar, a renegade soldier who has launched an offensive against the Libyan government believed to be responsible for 100 deaths since last Friday. The Minister of the Interior denied
Thursday, May 21 became incredibly deadly in east Ukraine when pro-Russian forces attacked Ukrainian soldiers at a checkpoint in Donetsk Oblast, which has been a volatile region after parliament ousted Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine’s presidential election is on Sunday.
An Amnesty International report released Wednesday details the atrocious conditions in which Syrian refugees in Lebanon find themselves, particularly those in need of urgent medical care. Access to health care is so insufficient that some refugees have to return to
NATO reports there might be movement by Russian troops on Ukraine’s border, four days after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued his third order to withdraw forces. We’ve seen limited #Russian troop activity vicinity of #Ukraine border that MAY suggest that
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia and China sign ‘historic’ energy deal As reality sets in, east Ukraine public turns against Russian separatists Boko Haram strikes again, this time in northern Nigeria President invokes War Powers Act, sends troops
Crime is surging in Brazil ahead of the World Cup final, especially on “public transportation” and “public beaches.” According to the Huffington Post, muggings on Rio de Janerio’s “bus fleet, the main form of public transport in [the] metropolis of
On May 21, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Vietnam and the Philippines will stand together against “illegal” Chinese activities in the South China Sea. According to the AP, Dung and President Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines stood together
Pastor Saeed Abedini was arrested in Iran in 2012 while on an excursion to build a secular orphanage. He has been under Iranian custody ever since and has experienced beatings so severe Iranian authorities moved him to a hospital in
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been suspected of killing 27 people in attacks on two separate villages in northeast Nigeria, within close proximity to where almost 300 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram last month. Police reported that ten
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean warships exchanged artillery fire Thursday in disputed waters off the western coast, South Korean military officials said, in the latest sign of rising animosity between the bitter rivals in recent weeks.
While the Obama administration was publicly declaring Al Qaeda was on the run during the 2012 election cycle, behind the scenes they were pushing to “scale back the fight” against Al Qaeda. One problem–the intelligence community would not play along.
**UPDATE** AFP reports Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov now claims 14 Ukrainians were killed in the fighting. KIEV (Reuters) – At least eight Ukrainian security personnel were killed and 18 wounded in overnight clashes with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine three days
LONDON (AP) — Russia has criticized Prince Charles’ reported comparison of President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler and is protesting the matter with Britain. Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, reportedly compared Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland with
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi’s ruling People Party has found “serious irregularities” in the counting and announcement of results from the southern African nation’s May 20 election, President Joyce Banda said on Thursday, raising fears of a disputed outcome and violence.
Despite the fact that the Holy See has recently been excoriated by two U.N. Committees for its beliefs about sexuality and abortion, the U.N. is finding use for the Catholic Church in Pope Francis’ expression of support for global awareness
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s army chief announced a military takeover of the government Thursday, saying the coup was necessary to restore stability and order after six months of political deadlock and turmoil. Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha announced in a statement broadcast
On Wednesday Cuban dissident Yoani Sanchez unveiled a new online newspaper, created as a daily platform for Cuba-based programming. Shortly thereafter the Cuban regime blocked her paper – just hours after it appeared on the Internet. Cuban authorities reprogrammed the Internet
The Obama administration seems to have forgotten the International Day of the Family last week that was celebrated at the UN and around the world May 15. Yet the administration was very enthusiastic about the May 17th celebration of the
On May 20 Russia’s second-largest financial institution, VTB, and the Bank of China signed an Agreement on Cooperation so they could “bypass the dollar and pay each other in domestic currencies.” This was followed by a May 21 announcement of
The Investigative Project on Terrorism, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit research center dedicated to exposing the threat of violent extremist terror around the world, is launching a full-page advertisement in The New York Times warning against censorship by radical Islamist groups.
An increase in funding for the Pentagon’s “Section 1206” counterterrorism programs, aimed at training and equipping foreign militaries to fight terrorism, suggests a shift in the Obama administration’s strategy, The Hill reports. This shift could mean a decreased reliance on drone strikes against
