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
Qasim Rashid begins his attack on our American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) ads against Islamic anti-Semitism by stating: “New bus ads in DC say the Qu’ran [sic] promotes Jew-hatred. It’s a meritless, dangerous accusation.” He even claims that “Islamophobes are
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ‘Catastrophic’ bombing in Jos Nigeria kills 118 FBI says that Americans are going to Syria for jihad Militants from Russia, Central Asia join Jamaat Sabiri to fight in Syria Use of social media to
The mother of Andrew Tahmooressi–the U.S. Marine being held in a Mexican jail for crossing the border with guns in his truck–says the situation “is worse than Afghanistan.” Tahmooressi served two tours in Afghanistan. According to Fox News, Tahmooressi “faces
CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court on Wednesday convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement and sentenced him to three years in prison. The graft case against the 86-year-old Mubarak, who is kept in custody at a military hospital,
SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow’s ties with Asia. Price negotiations on the 30-year deal continued
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of VA facilities under investigation after complaints about falsified records and treatment delays has more than doubled in recent days, the Office of Inspector General at the Veterans Affairs Department said late Tuesday. A spokeswoman
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Pope Francis will arrive this weekend in the land where Christianity was born — and where Christians are disappearing. This ancient community has dwindled to around 2 percent of the region’s population as economic hardship,
A knife-wielding attacker went on a stabbing spree aboard a Taipei subway train Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 25 others, police said. The man, a 21-year-old college student, was immediately arrested after the incident, the first fatal attack on
Two Russian journalists that Moscow has accused Kiev of holding captive in eastern Ukraine were carrying anti-aircraft missiles, the United States said Tuesday, questioning the status of the pair. Two reporters of Russian website Life News were reportedly arrested by
VATICAN CITY, May 20 (UPI) — Twenty-six Italian women, who say they are in love with priests, wrote Pope Francis to ask him to end the celibacy mandate and let them marry. The Vatican Insider newspaper reported that the 26
In what appears to be an effort to undermine the United States sanctions against Russia, China indicated to its state-owned Xinhua news agency that the government will agree during Russian President Putin’s May 20-21st visit to Shanghai to invest $18.46
Sudan is making an example of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim. Now it is up to the United States government and concerned citizens to make their response to Sudan’s treatment of Ibrahim an example – an example of effective, aggressive advocacy. The
Twice in the past two days, President Barack Obama has had the core premise upon which the foreign and national security policies of his administration have been based for nearly six years – that the “tide of war is receding” due
JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria’s central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 118 people, wounding dozens and leaving streets strewn with bloodied bodies. There was no
In what appears to be an effort to undermine the United States sanctions against Russia, China indicated to its state-owned Xinhua news agency that it agreed during Russian President Putin’s May 20-21st visit to Shanghai to invest $18.46 billion in
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has convicted five men of involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, three of whom were acquitted in a previous trial. Tuesday’s jury verdict found that Rustam Makhmudov was the gunman who shot
Bangkok, May 20 (QNA) – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan and Acting Prime Minister Tuesday said the government wishes national peace hoped the Martial Law is imposed peacefully. In a statement released by Royal Thai Government website, the Acting
BEIJING, May 20 (UPI) — China has banned government computers from running Windows 8, which is a reaction to Microsoft ceasing support for its popular operating system Windows XP. Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, reports that an online statement by
MAREA, Syria, May 20 (UPI) — At least 13 people were killed, and several more wounded, in an overnight missile strike early Tuesday in the town of Marea in northwest Syria. Witnesses told the British-based advocacy group, Syria Observatory for
The United States has spent $14 million on combating a fungus known as “coffee rust” that threatens to severely diminish coffee harvests in Latin America this year. The United States Agency for International Development announced a new joint plan with Texas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration plans to disclose a secret memo describing its legal justification for using drones to kill U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism overseas. The Justice Department has decided not to appeal a court order requiring disclosure
A senior official in the Obama administration announced Tuesday that the United States is ready to engage the newly unified Fatah-Hamas Palestinian government. The senior White House official told the Haaretz newspaper that the US is ready to embrace Hamas as part
Every day, hundreds of millions of children in more than 120 countries settle in to watch their local versions of “Sesame Street” or similar shows inspired by the Muppet model. They learn to read, to write, to count. They learn about things
On May 19 Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Chang Wanquan (pictured) told Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh that Chinese “oil drilling in Chinese territory” is China’s right, and Vietnam needs to “face up to reality.” According to Xinhua,
Westerners flocking to join jihadist groups in Syria are a growing concern for Western intelligence agencies – and U.S. intelligence officials in particular. Recent U.S. intelligence estimates suggest that more than 100 Americans have joined the jihadist cause, The Daily Beast‘s Eli
