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
Approximately 6,000 people have signed a petition claiming the U.S. Army’s new grooming regulations are “racially biased” against “women with ethnically diverse hair.” According TIME, “soldiers and civilians signed a White House petition” asking the Army to “reconsider” the new
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Abbas applies to U.N. agencies as ‘State of Palestine’ Kerry cancels meeting with Abbas and leaves Mideast Egypt’s terror cells get training in Syria and explosives from Libya Abbas applies to U.N. agencies as
A major newspaper in Spain has published an exclusive claiming that sources within the search effort to find missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are considering the possibility that the plane was shot down by military forces in order to prevent
A young Coptic Christian woman was dragged out of her car, then brutally beaten and stabbed to death by an Egyptian Islamist mob on Friday. According to a report in CNS News by Patrick Goodenough, eyewitnesses said 25 year-old Mary
Brussels, April 01 (QNA) -NATO foreign ministers have agreed to suspend all practical civilian and military co-operation with Russia. In a strongly worded statement, they condemned Russia’s “illegal” annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and praised the Ukrainian government’s “restraint”. Moscow
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has warned of a “very grave” situation on the Korean peninsula, where soaring military tensions have seen the two Koreas trade artillery fire and Pyongyang threaten a new nuclear test. In a meeting with top
As the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues with few leads, the daughter of that flight’s pilot, Aishah Zaharie, has spoken out on Facebook. Zaharie took to Facebook this weekend, according to the Malay Mail Online, to attack
Lawmaker María Corina Machado (pictured) made her way back to work Tuesday after the Venezuelan legislature’s president, Diosdado Cabello, stripped her of her elected position and the legislative immunity that comes with it. Venezuelan troops, in response, attacked her and
“It’s very rare that I have the opportunity to traveloutside of the United States, and it’s even more rare to have the opportunityto travel with three generations – with my daughters, and with my mother… Andit is no accident that
As the Navy considers a ban of tobacco on all bases and ships, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is signaling his willingness to accept that ban and more. According to Stars and Stripes, Hagel said, “I don’t know if there’s
On March 31st Muslim youth, angered over an “examination question,” set fire to a Catholic church and attacked a school in Katsina state in northern Nigeria. The Associated Press reports that many in the town were outraged over the “examination
As President Obama was reading his teleprompter on March 20th to announce sanctions against Russia, Syrian rebel forces, led by al Qaeda-linked Islamic Front and Jabhat al-Nusra, launched a surprise offensive in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border. The offensive,
US Secretary of State John Kerry cancelled plans to travel Wednesday to Ramallah after both the Israelis and the Palestinians announced moves likely to scuttle the peace talks.
There is never a good time to lose a man of the caliber, character, and vision of James R. Schlesinger. As it happens, however, the nation he loved and served for decades with such distinction is in particular need of
NATO said they do not see any sign Russia President Vladimir Putin pulled back troops from Ukraine’s border. In reaction they will move more forces to Eastern Europe. There is no consensus on the amount of troops on Ukraine’s border. Anonymous
Russia’s state gas company Gazprom raised gas prices for Ukraine and still want to collect their $1.89 billion debt. On March 7, the company threatened to completely shut off gas to Ukraine if the debt was not paid. Alexei Miller
The United States criticized China as provocative Monday after its coast guard tried to block a Philippine vessel that was rotating troops in the tense South China Sea. The attempted Chinese blockade, which led to a two-hour standoff with the
Airlines in China are unhappy with the Chinese government for heavily funding the high-speed rail system, especially because the rail network is siphoning off customers who once used the airlines. The profits the airlines are making have dwindled in the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. desperately tries to salvage Mideast ‘peace process’ Russia demands a ‘federal model’ for Ukraine U.S. desperately tries to salvage Mideast ‘peace process’ U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departed Sunday’s failed peacetalks with
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp said that in 2010 Obama told U.S. military leaders to accept his push for gays in the military, and that if they didn’t, they could take the “opportunity to resign [their] commissions.” Papp said
As tensions between North and South Korea continue to flare, Russia is pointing the finger at the U.S. On March 30 North Korea “warned it was preparing to test another nuclear device.” And according to CNN, on March 31, North
The black-box recorders aboard the missing Malaysian Airline System Bhd. Flight 370 are going to run out of battery soon, and aircraft and boats from nations as politically opposed as China and the United States are frantically searching for the
According to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will move some troops away from Ukraine’s border. The West has been pressuring Putin to do this for almost a month. There is no consensus as to how
Margaret Thatcher famously commented on the European welfare state spending, “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money” to spend. European elites are panicking over a report in the Financial Times of London titled
The situation for opponents of Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime continues to worsen after weeks of constant protesting. Argentine outlet Infobae reports that the government has been arresting one protester every 35 minutes. Infobae notes that little more than half of those arrested since the
