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
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan is warning that his country will face “one of the worst famines ever” if rebels continue violating terms of a ceasefire. According to BBC News, Kiir said the famine “is not our making,” but is, rather,
A new train line in Israel may be vulnerable to terrorist rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, Israel Hayom reports. Israeli forces seized a video showing extensive Palestinian surveillance of an Israeli passenger train from the home of a senior Hamas
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone about Ukraine, as NATO declared they will not put nuclear arms and new troops in eastern Europe. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden also reassured Romania and Cyprus
Jurors in the New York trial against British hate preacher Abu Hamza on Monday found him guilty of kidnapping and terrorism offenses. The former imam of London mosque Finsbury Park faces a possible life sentence. He was accused of involvement
The Epoch Times has compiled a series of images from Chinese social media which individuals online are claiming to be images of military equipment near the Vietnamese border, including “troops, tanks, trucks, artillery, and armored personnel carriers of China’s military.”
A Chilean activist going by the name “Papas Fritas” (Fried Potatoes) is facing one to five years in prison for allegedly burning $500 million in debt papers belonging to a Chilean for-profit university and displaying the ashes as “art.” Papas
The Israeli government is launching a major plan to boost economic and diplomatic ties and increase tourism in both directions between Israel and the countries of Latin America’s Pacific Alliance: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, and Peru. The government will
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down with Chinese state-media organization Xinhua to discuss the Kremlin’s diplomatic efforts towards China. Putin was in high spirits. The former KGB operative expressed a willingness to secure an even closer-knit partnership with
In the midst of an election wrought with accusations of impropriety, opposition presidential candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga appears in a newly published video discussing campaign strategy with Andrés Fernando Sepúlveda Ardila, a man arrested this month for spying on Colombia’s peace
Japan has announced plans to become the first country to advertise on the moon. According to UPI, Japanese company Otsuka plans to send a 2.2 pound titanium can to the moon that will act as a miniature billboard. The can will be
Libya’s government emerged from weekend attacks claiming they maintain control of the country and have not given in to militia demands. According to BBC News, “the parliament building in…Tripoli was overrun by a militia group” over the weekend “and two
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia and China are close to finishing a deal concerning Russian natural gas exports to China. It would be a major victory for Putin, who is in the middle of a crisis with Ukraine
The inconvenient truth President Obama denies about climate change is that China’s refusal to cooperate in international efforts to address the problem makes U.S. efforts to slow its pace futile. Moreover, his policies severely handicap America’s ability to mitigate its consequences.
On Sunday, the Kenyan government attacked what is believed to be an explosions-making compound in Jilib, Somalia, run by the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab. The attack follows a series of bombings in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, that left 12 people
Pakistan has dropped charges against FBI agent Joel Cox, who was arrested under “anti-terrorism” laws after 15 bullets were found in his luggage in Karachi, Pakistan. Police told a Pakistani court “they were dropping the case [against Cox]” because the
“America is at war; and has been since at least September 11, 2001, but no one is really sure who with,” Robert Spencer writes in his recently released Arab Winter Comes to America: The Truth about the War We’re In. Thankfully, Spencer’s
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Boko Haram attacks Chinese camp as summit takes place in Paris Terrorist car bomb kills 5 in northeast Nigeria China imposes economic sanctions on Vietnam Boko Haram attacks Chinese camp as summit takes place
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to leave Ukraine’s borders and return to the bases. This is the third time he has issued such an order, but once again NATO does not see any signs of movement. According
The United States Monday said it needed “firm evidence” that Russia was withdrawing its forces from the borders of Ukraine, following President Vladimir Putin’s order for his forces to pull back.A senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguay will exempt marijuana production and sales from taxes in a bid to ensure prices remain low enough to undercut competition from black market pot smuggled in from Paraguay, according to consultants advising the government on a
NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday he had seen no proof of Russian troops withdrawing from the border with Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin announced an end to exercises and return to bases.
Thirty-one children were burned to death when a bus they were traveling in caught fire in northern Colombia on Sunday, the Red Cross said. Another 25 people – including one adult – were injured and seriously burned in the accident
Kano, May 19 (QNA) – A bomb blast ripped through a street of bars and restaurants in Nigeria’s second biggest city on Sunday night, killing five people, including a suicide bomber, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility
CAIRO (AP) — A pair of Egyptian courts on Sunday convicted 170 suspected supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi on charges related to violent attacks last year, the country’s latest mass trials ahead of this month’s presidential elections. The convictions
May.19 (Reuters)- Soldiers, police and villagers battle to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters as the death toll from the Balkan region’s worst rainfall in more than a century reaches 37. Sarah Toms reports. Twelve bodies
