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
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police have registered a case of blasphemy against 68 lawyers who made a public protest after a police officer detained one of their colleagues, officials said on Tuesday, the latest in a tidal wave of such
BRASOV, Romania, May 12 (UPI) —The castle that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, formally known as Bran Castle, is up for sale. Bram Stoker never actually went inside the castle while writing the 18th century horror novel, but it’s the setting
A senior official on the Australian team searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 believes most of the promising “pings” discovered in recent weeks may not be related to the missing plane’s black boxes. Australian naval Commander James Lybrand says
Al Qaeda affiliates have turned their guns on one another in the ongoing civil war in Syria. The warring parties: the al-Nusra Front and ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), who have been battling for control over the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Will Ukraine’s ‘People’s Republic of Donetsk’ be absorbed into Russia? Kerry to meet with Palestinians to discuss ending aid Mixed emotions over Narendra Modi’s probable win in India Will Ukraine’s ‘People’s Republic of Donetsk’
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin returned to Moscow with a petition from Transdniestria, a strip of land that broke off from Moldova in 1990, to join the Russian Federation. “The Russian delegation has … brought home the appeal to
On May 6 a boat capsized “about [2.5 miles] out to sea near the Libyan coastal town of Garabouli,” killing 36 and leaving 54 still unaccounted for. According to BBC News, the Libyan navy was able to rescue “52 people
Last Thursday, according to the Daily Beast, Secretary of State John Kerry told Syrian opposition leaders, including Syrian Opposition Coalition president Ahmad Jarba, in a private meeting at the State Department that the international community “wasted a year” because they
The Sunni Muslim Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), led by Saudi Arabia, appears to be forming an “Arab NATO” military alliance according to Stratfor Intelligence. The alliance would initially include Morocco and Jordan, but over time it would probably also seek
Boko Haram was created soon after the 9/11 attacks in 2002. One would think that twelve years would be enough time to come to understand a terrorist organization of the magnitude of Boko Haram; apparently not for the left-wing media
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rozogin has claimed the residents of Transnistria, a breakaway region located between the borders of Moldova and Ukraine, have decided to back their absorption into the Russian Federation. “The Russian delegation has … brought home
The Central Intelligence Agency plans on shutting down its bases throughout Afghanistan over the summer and withdrawing its personnel back to Kabul. The Los Angeles Times reported that in March CIA Director John Brennan told a group of military officers that
From Ayaan Hirsi Ali at The Wall Street Journal: Since the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month, the meaning of Boko Haram–the name used by the terrorist group that seized the girls–has become more widely known. The translation
On May 9 Guam’s Legislature passed Bill 296 to change the territory’s concealed carry law to “shall issue” in response to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling against California’s “good cause” requirement. On February 13 Breitbart News reported
The Islamic Republic of Iran claimed it has fully replicated and reverse-engineered a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned spy plane. The UAV was downed in 2011 while it was surveilling Iran’s nuclear and military sites. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Saudi farmers kiss their camels in defiance of MERS warnings Afghan Taliban launches last spring/summer offensive against Nato Summit of Asian nations splits on China Saudi farmers kiss their camels in defiance of MERS
The “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DPR) officially asked Moscow to join the Russian Federation only a few hours after declaring victory in a May 11 referendum. Self-proclaimed leader Denis Pushilin held a press conference in Donetsk. “Based on the will of
The pro-Russian forces in charge of “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DPR) declared victory in the referendum they held on May 11. The leaders claim 90 percent of the voters decided to break away from Ukraine and form a self-reliant DPR. Ukraine’s interim
China is stepping up counter-terrorism efforts in Beijing, instituting armed patrols and requiring those who buy gasoline to explain their intentions and register with police. The registration of gasoline purchasers is intended to dissuade those purchasers from using gasoline as
(AFP) — The number of French Jews emigrating to Israel rose nearly four-fold in the first quarter of the year and could touch a record in 2014, a Jewish organisation said Monday. The Jewish Agency for Israel, a global body
France decided to honor their $1.66 billion contract for Mistral helicopter carriers with Russia despite pressure from the European Union to cancel the deal. French ministers said that cancelling the deal would harm Paris more than Moscow. “The Mistrals are
Harry Dexter White: senior Treasury official, Soviet agent and agent of influence — One question I continue to be asked is what motive could possibly have driven the tiny band of anti-American-Betrayal extremists in their “disinformation campaign”–Jed Babbin’s phrase–against the book (debunked here) and their
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSID), with the support of the NASA Earth Sciences, just announced that Antarctic sea ice has expanded to all-time record levels for April. Last month the ice expanded by more than 42.5 square
A commentator at PressTV, one of Iran’s state-run news networks, has declared Nazi Germany on equal moral footing to its US, UK, and “Zionist Jew” opponents during WWII. PressTV’s Brandon Martinez vented his disgust that many were upset following revelations
Zetas founder Galindo Mellado Cruz is “believed to be among five gunman shot dead by the [Mexican] Army on” May 9. Cruz is “accused of being one of the original members of the Zetas, which first emerged as a group
