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
Tuareg militants fighting the Malian army in the rebel stronghold of Kidal said Wednesday they had taken control of the flashpoint town, taking prisoners.
SEOUL, May 21 (UPI) —Three North Korean patrol boats crossed into South Korean territory Tuesday, prompting a South Korean naval vessel to fire 10 warning shots. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. local time by Northern Limit Line border at
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A university student wielding a knife attacked riders aboard a subway train in Taiwan’s capital on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring at least 21 others, police and local media said. The seemingly random attack occurred
Ukraine will vote for a new president on Sunday, May 25, and residents in east Ukraine are facing intimidation and threats as the date draws near. Regions in Donetsk Oblast, including Donetsk and Luhansk, voted for independence from Ukraine on
Last week, “something” happened in a confrontation between masked and violent Palestinian youths and the IDF on the West Bank, a.k.a. Judea and Samaria. The world is still talking about it and their voices are growing louder by the minute. Hanan
A 77-year-old heiress from one of Monaco’s richest families died on Wednesday after she was shot several times outside a hospital in the French Riviera city of Nice earlier this month. Helene Pastor underwent surgery and was placed under artificial
Newly elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has officially invited Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Modi’s inauguration ceremony, according to India’s victorious Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BBC reported that this is believed to be the first time an olive
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is under fire for saying that he was “totally comfortable” with passing on his nation’s intelligence information to agencies that may have used the data for drone strikes by the United States on foreign
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help located more than 200 girls kidnapped in Nigeria. Obama has sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and to the Senate
Six Iranian citizens have been locked up by Iranian authorities for the crime of dancing. The individuals, who made a video of themselves dancing to Pharrell Williams’ hit song “Happy,” were charged with violating Iran’s code of moral conduct. The
Pope Francis is preparing to embark on what he calls a “purely religious” trip to Israel and Jordan, accompanied by leaders of the Argentine Muslim and Jewish community. The Pope is expected to pray in Jerusalem and host a mass
A flurry of mysterious debris has startled residents in China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang, where residents are reporting seeing unidentified flying objects and some even sharing photographs on social media of the strange debris. The Weather Channel reports that Chinese
Vice President Joe Biden told Russia it will face greater costs if Moscow does not recognize or attempts to disrupt Ukraine’s presidential election on May 25. Russia stated many times the country will not view the new government as legitimate,
Hillary Clinton is coming under scrutiny for serial fiascoes that occurred while she was Secretary of State. It’s about time. These are among the decisions that Hillary made, or at least presided over, that are emerging as real liabilities –
A socialist revolutionary group named after Venezuelan founding father Simón Bolívar is organizing a “revolutionary party” in Caracas to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a group that has ravaged Colombian society and has been designated
On Tuesday, The Daily Beast reported that there are more than 100 Americans fighting on behalf of Al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria. Not only that, the jihadist Americans were apparently making their way back to the United States uninhibited. A
Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Mike McCaul told Breitbart News on Monday that the “terrorist hands off list” e-mails brought to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) recently has been under investigation by the new Department of Homeland Security Inspector
Following the announcement of his election victory in India last Friday, India’s Prime Minister-elect took to his Twitter page to thank the many nations and world leaders who were quick to offer their congratulations on his massive, landslide win. To
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russian troops on Ukraine’s border dismantled all equipment and were returning to their bases. This is three days after his initial declaration the troops would move and NATO and the US still do not see
With months of civil unrest, 42 dead, and a consistent effort by Senator Marco Rubio for the United States to stand up for human rights, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed a bill urging the United States to sanction
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to head off a growing furor over veterans’ health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that allegations of misconduct at VA hospitals are “dishonorable” and will be not be tolerated by his administration. “I will not
Chinese Communist Party officials forcibly removed over a thousand Christian worshipers from their church because the building was “disturbingly eye-catching.” China has responded to the fast-growing Christian population in Zhejiang province by destroying churches in bunches. The latest victims are
The Director of Jihad Watch told Breitbart News Sunday that, although Islamic terror is increasing, the Obama administration has “systematically removed any mention of Islam and jihad from counterterror training manuals for the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and
West Virginia’s Dr. Margaret Moxness claims that when she worked for the Huntington VA Medical Center she was told “to put patients seeking treatment off for months on end” and “at least two of those patients committed suicide.” Moxness was
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines said he was “shocked” by Catholics’ responses to the global survey on Church teaching regarding the family. The survey was released prior to the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops that was called by Pope
