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
Daniel Mael, a senior at Brandeis University, blasted the administration’s decision to withdraw an honorary doctorate from feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali due to her past criticisms of Islam. “I am appalled by the hypocrisy of the University administration and their
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The United States notified Iran’s government on Tuesday that Tehran’s pick for a new U.N. envoy is “not viable,” a day after the U.S. Senate voted against letting the diplomat enter the country. American officials objected
A sapling grown from the tree that Holocaust victim Anne Frank wrote about while in hiding will be planted this month on the US Capitol grounds, congressional leaders announced Tuesday. The tree “grew outside of the Amsterdam building where she
Threatened military strikes against Syria would not have affected the course of the country’s civil war, US Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers on Tuesday. Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry said US military action — ultimately
An 89 year-old retired British art teacher, who was able to be admitted to the Dignitas assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland with the help of the Society for Old Age Rational Suicide (SOARS), has committed suicide. The woman, Anne, from
The Republican Jewish Coalition has released a statement “strongly criticizing” Secretary of State John Kerry for blaming Israel for the impasse in talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinians, calling Kerry’s statements “outrageous.” Executive Director Matt Brooks said: After
On April 7th, First Lieutenant Patrick Cook of the 49th Transportation Battalion, Fort Hood, posted an open letter to Congress explaining the helpless condition he found himself in when Army Spc. Ivan Lopez opened fire on April 2nd. The helplessness
Among the nagging questions left in the wake of theterrorist attack against our special mission compound in Benghazi, Libya, iswhether or not more could have been done to save the lives of the four Americanswho were murdered, including Ambassador Chris
A Moroccan national living in Bridgeport, Conn. was arrested Monday after allegedly plotting to bomb a university and federal building using a remote-controlled toy airplane. A complaint charges El Mehdi Semlali Fathi with making a series of false statements in an asylum
In the American civil rights movement, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King were among those who set the moral tone. They were champions of non-violence who believed in civil disobedience to generate change by casting light on unjust laws. If
So it begins. On Sunday night, Vladimir Putin’s goons took over government facilities in three cities in eastern Ukraine. They are demanding a referendum on whether more Ukrainian territory should, like Crimea, become independent enroute to voting to be annexed
Ukraine’s security service (SBU) said pro-Russians took 60 hostages in Luhansk and placed explosives around the building. These people have been in control of the security building since Sunday. From The Kyiv Post: “That means they act as terrorists,” the
Government-sponsored violence against dissidents in Venezuela continues with no end in sight. As the kidnapping of a young journalist at a former opposition network makes headlines, President Nicolás Maduro calls for “dialogue” with members of the opposition who have increasingly
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Narendra Modi may change India’s ‘no first use’ nuclear policy Taiwan’s proposed trade deal opens old wounds with China Narendra Modi may change India’s ‘no first use’ nuclear policy India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
The batteries of the black boxes for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have finally ceased functioning. After several days of promising sounds received on board search ships that matched airplane emergency items, search teams have yet to hear anything new
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it expected to have to confront an outbreak of the deadly virus Ebola in West Africa for the next two to four months. But the United Nations agency
There are tensions between Ukraine and Russia, but it appears the tensions between the Ukrainian parties are just as bad. A fist fight broke out in parliament on Tuesday. Communist Party member Petro Symonenko “accused nationalists of playing into the
JINJA , Uganda, April 7 (UPI) — A monstrous, man-eating crocodile that tips the scales at 2,204 pounds has been captured in Kakira, a sub-county in Uganda. The one-ton beast, which is believed to be just 103 lbs. lighter than the former
The White House warned Moscow not to act on the protests in east Ukraine and Secretary of State John Kerry said he will meet with top diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union. Early Monday morning, protesters in Donetsk
The leader of Moldova’s pro-Moscow breakaway region on Monday urged the country’s politicians to start discussions that would allow Transdniestr to formally join Russia. Pro-Western Moldova warned Moscow last month against trying to annex its Russian-speaking region after Trasndniestr officials
The “project of political Islam has failed,” Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday, calling for the separation of religion from politics, state television said. Assad’s regime has been battling an uprising that has come to be dominated by Islamists,
Russian media is reporting pro-Russians in Kharkiv declared independence from Ukraine and formed the Independent People’s Republic of Kharkiv. From Russia Today: Activists in second-largest Ukrainian city of Kharkov have proclaimed the creation of a People’s Republic independent from the
Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka and tax minister Oleksandr Klimenko made a scene at the Donetsk Airport when they tried to flee Ukraine in February. They toppled the metal detector and fought with security guards. Both were forbidden from leaving the
Chevron will not break their fracking contract with Ukraine even though there is a new government in Kyiv. The contract allows Chevron to explore for natural gas in shale rock by the Poland-Ukraine border. Russia is a top supplier of
Paul Rusesabagina became a towering figure in the fight for human rights after using his position at Kigali’s Hotel des Mille Collines to save 1,268 people from the genocide in Rwanda. On the 20th anniversary of that atrocity, Rusesabagina writes that
