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
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two blasts hit Kenya’s capital on Friday, killing 10 people and injuring 70 more in the latest in a string of increasingly frequent terror attacks. The blasts came the same week the United States and the
NEW DELHI (AP) — Opposition leader Narendra Modi will be India’s next prime minister, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in more than a quarter century and sweeping the long-dominant Congress party from power, partial results
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Amid apparent security concerns, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan cancelled a trip Friday to the traumatized town from which Islamic extremists abducted more than 300 schoolgirls a month ago. It would have been the first reported visit
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s next prime minister, Narendra Modi, is the son of a poor tea seller and has long set his sights on the highest elected office in the world’s largest democracy. The top official in Gujarat state
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebels detonated 60 tonnes of explosives packed underneath a large Syrian army base, blowing a hillside hundreds of meters (yards) into the air, an insurgent in the operation who provided footage of the attack said on Thursday.
SOMA Turkey (Reuters) – Loudspeakers broadcast the names of the dead as rows of graves were filled in this close-knit Turkish mining town on Thursday, while thousands protested in major cities as grief turned to anger following the country’s deadliest
Leaders of India’s ruling Congress Party conceded defeat a day before the official results are even announced according to the Times of India, and a day after Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi’s image was removed from party headquarters and posters
On Tuesday, April 29, Judicial Watch released 41 new Benghazi-related State Department documents. The ensuing media coverage put the Obama administration on the defensive–and led to a special House Select Committee that promises to finally do a better job of
On Thursday, May 15, Sudanese Christian Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, was sentenced to death by hanging for the crime of apostasy. Ibrahim, a physician who graduated from the University of Khartoum Medical School, refused to renounce her Christian faith. The
The Obama administration has plans to sell one billion dollars in advanced weaponry to Iraq, according to the Pentagon. The deal provides massive advances in airpower for the Iraqi military. A Pentagon official said the deal will include 24 AT-6C
On Wednesday, the European Union gas industry and Russia met in Brussels to discuss the ongoing conflict between the EU, Russia, and Ukraine over gas and energy. Not much was accomplished, but Eurogas President Jean-Francois Cirelli stressed the importance of
Much to the shock and horror of Australia’s well-heeled left-wing establishment, the Conservative coalition government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott presented its first budget Wednesday that included the very things Abbott promised his successful “no surprises, no excuses” election campaign
Weeks ago, the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, billionaire friend and top donor to the Clinton Global Initiative, announced the adoption of Sharia law to enable his Southeast Asian Sultanate to “legally” stone gays and behead adulterers. However, officials from
NATO told Eastern Europe countries it is time to stop defense cuts since there is a fear Russia could invade ex-Soviet states, which include NATO members Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. “Russian defense spending has grown by more than 10 percent
Socialist elites in Venezuela have expressed little concern about United States sanctions that may fall upon them. While Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and others strive to engage Congress in passing targeted sanctions against human rights abusers in the country, Chavistas
Rejecting appeals for clemency by Western human rights activists, a judge in Sudan sentenced a 27-year old pregnant Christian mother to death “for apostasy.” The woman, Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, brought her punishment of death upon herself, said Judge Abbas
Alexis Tsipras, leader of The Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) Party, is reported by Greek media to have “lambasted western policy on Ukraine and expressed support for separatist referendums in the Ukraine during an official visit to Moscow, upon the
Pope Francis received the family of deceased Cuban dissident leader Oswaldo Payá Wednesday and discussed the state of the Catholic Church in Cuba as well as the “Cuban reality” facing those living in the communist nation, according to Payá’s daughter
Mexico’s Juvenile Integration Center facilities to treat youth drug addiction are witnessing skyrocketing patient numbers but only meager increases in funding. According to Mexican newspaper El Universal, there has been an 81% increase in patients between 2006 and 2013 but
On May 13th, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said, “China practices international relations on the basis of equality.” This comment came during In touch with Maduro, Maduro’s television show. According to Xinhuanet, Maduro said his country’s relationship with China “touched all aspects
A new video game scheduled for release in November will allow gamers to pit North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un against the U.S. military. According to ABC News, the game is titled, “Glorious Leader,” and designer Jeff Miller says he created the
LONDON, May 15 (UPI) —Foreign ministers from 11 Western and Arab nations who call themselves the “London 11,” or Friends of the Syrian People, are meeting Thursday in London to discuss support to the Syrian opposition. The British Foreign Office
Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, a 27-year-old pregnant mother, has been sentenced to death in Sudan for “apostasy” for marrying a Christian, despite being raised a Christian, because her father was Muslim. Ibrahim has refused to accept Islam after a three-day
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood, has notoriously made anti-American and anti-Semitic statements during his sermons and speeches. Earlier this week, his official Arabic website published notes from a speech Qaradawi gave at a conference in Doha entitled “Jerusalem
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has condemned the moderate opposition for ending talks with the government in protest of the National Guard’s continued violent repression of protesters. The dissolution of talks, he said on his radio program, was the result of
