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
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier who killed three people before committing suicide in an attack on the same Texas military base where more than a dozen people were slain in 2009 had shown no recent risks of violence,
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Bakari Soumaoro carried his sick friend all the way to the hospital on his back, not realizing that the man’s fever and chills were caused by one of the deadliest diseases on Earth. A week after
The head of the Venezuelan Catholic Church issued a stern statement against the violent government of President Nicolás Maduro. He rejected “the criminalization of protest” and called for an end to “the abusive repression and judicial persecution” of political dissidents.
NOVO SELO, Bulgaria (AP) — Lt. Col. Valeria Parada had a challenge. She and her team were responsible for rescuing people caught up in a dangerous situation around the Black Sea and making sure they received whatever humanitarian assistance they
The original scroll on which the Marquis de Sade wrote the draft of his novel on sexual depravity, murder and paedophilia “The 120 Days of Sodom” has been returned to France following years of legal wrangling. The parchment piece —
Turkey’s government on Thursday lifted a ban on Twitter in line with an order the previous day by the Constitutional Court, media reports said. Telecoms authority TIB removed court orders enforcing the Twitter ban from its website, a move which
April 2 (UPI) — A Scottish woman has started using a variety of food products to call attention to some of her neighbors’ unappetizing habits of not picking up after their dogs. Theresa Ritchie has started decorating the left-behind dog poo
North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un, the son of the late ruler Kim Jong-Il, is running scared. He is targeting as many as 200 political opponents, all because the legacy that he and his father claimed of being descended from the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com France’s Ségolène Royal gets revenge over Hollande’s last girlfriend Russia’s Vladimir Putin courts European far right and ultranationals United Nations: Violence escalates in Central African Republic Ebola outbreak spreads to Conarky Guinea, causing panic
Since the 1940s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud structured the framework for an America-Saudi Arabia alliance, the two nations have upheld a partnership as “strategic allies” with full diplomatic relations. Last week, President Obama visited Saudi
On April 2, former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell told the House Intelligence Committee that he listened to analysts in Washington instead of personnel on the ground in Benghazi when explaining the attack on the U.S. consulate there. Morell said
The government of North Korea alleges to have a space program, the National Aerospace Development Administration. NADA turned one year old this week, and to commemorate the milestone, the government of North Korea took the NASA logo, put a different
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful 7.8-magnitude aftershock has rocked Chile’s northern coast, which was hit by a powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake Tuesday night. It caused buildings to shake in the port of Iquique, which saw
WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA’s former deputy director said Wednesday he deleted references to terrorism warnings from widely disputed talking points on the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack to avoid the spy agency’s gloating at the expense of the State Department.
On Monday it came to light that the FBI and the U.S. military were on the hunt for a Muslim Army recruit who was, according to an alert, plotting a “Fort Hood-inspired jihad against U.S. soldiers.” On Tuesday the FBI insisted that
A political backlash against both parties has created a strong Tea Party movement in France that is rocking the country’s political landscape. Socialist President François Hollande’s failed economic policies and hard-left social policies are angering those who had never before participated
Ukraine’s ousted president Viktor Yanukovych sat down for an interview with the Associated Press. It is his first interview since resigning and even though he is friendly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he is not pleased Moscow annexed Crimea from
Three-hundred inmates at a women’s prison in Chile took advantage of a blackout caused by a deadly 8.2 magnitude earthquake to escape last night, prompting a national emergency. The women, detained in a facility in the city of Iquique, fled
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Authorities in northern Chile discovered surprisingly light damage and just six reported deaths Wednesday from a magnitude-8.2 quake — a remarkably low toll for such a powerful shift in the Earth’s crust. President Michelle Bachelet declared
On Tuesday, NATO officially canceled all cooperation with Russia due to annexation of Crimea and troop buildup on Ukraine’s east border. Recent comments from Russian diplomats raised concerns that NATO countries Latvia and Estonia might be Russia President Vladimir Putin’s
Russian President Vladimir Putin terminated all agreements with Ukraine for the use of Crimea for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The agreement was signed on 1997 and then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed an extension to 2024 in 2010. According to the
April 1 (UPI) — A mix-up with daylight saving time may have caused a car bomb to blow up in the face of a bumbling bomber in Dublin. The unidentified bomber was seen fleeing from the wreckage of a ruined Volvo
April 1 (UPI) — A Mexican teenager has been accused of brutally killing her best friend after she posted naked selfies of the two girls posing together on Facebook. According to police, Erandy Elizabeth Gutierrez, 16, allegedly stabbed 16-year-old Anel Baez
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Rustam Minnikhanov, president of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, and promised he would consider the rehabilitation of the Crimean Tatars and meet with Tatar activists. “I have been to Crimea three times. There are several
Five new cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been recorded in Guinea in the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The total number of suspected and confirmed cases of one of the deadliest viruses known to
