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
Former KGB colonel and Russian President Vladimir Putin (aka Vlad the Invader) initiated a phone call with the Commander-in-Chief yesterday to discuss diplomatic solutions to the Ukrainian crisis. Crimea was apparently not mentioned, giving the impression that that train has left
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s failures on Benghazi when asked about a potential Clinton presidential candidacy in 2016. In an interview on The Insider, Palin said that should Hillary run, she’s “going to have so
A report released this week by Amnesty International finds that China is overwhelmingly the global leader in capital punishment, executing more of its citizens than the other nations in the top five combined. Amnesty International, which advocates for the abolition
United States officials have reported that there are currently up to 40,000 Russian troops on Ukraine’s east border and that Russia could still invade Ukraine. Though there is no consensus on the exact number of troops on the border, on
PERTH, Australia (AP) — A Chinese military plane scanning part of a search zone the size of Poland for signs of debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 spotted several objects floating in the sea on Saturday, including two bearing colors
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The White House announced Friday evening that Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Obama to discuss a “diplomatic” solution for the crisis in Ukraine. President Obama reportedly told the Russian leader that peace is only possible if Russia pulls back
Senator Marco Rubio took to the Senate floor Thursday to bring the anti-socialist cause in Venezuela to the fore of the nation yet again, detailing the atrocities of the Nicolás Maduro regime and announcing that he is crafting a bill
On Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “KGB thug” whose goal is to go as far as he can to reassemble the former Soviet Union. “I don’t think Putin is a complicated man,”
Malaysia may lose upwards of $1 billion in tourism revenue as Chinese travel websites begin to boycott Malaysia Airlines over missing Flight 370. The renewed hostility has triggered a backlash by Malaysians who are frustrated with China’s antagonism towards their
An Egyptian woman journalist was shot dead Friday in Cairo as police clashed with Islamists protesting against ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s presidency bid, a security official said. He said the journalist was killed as supporters of deposed president Mohamed
Driving into Istanbul from Ataturk International Airport, the image looms, enormous and omnipresent: the stubbornly stern face of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I’ve spent a lot of time in Libya and Iraq,” one Turkish businessman told me of
Officials in Sochi, Russia were heavily criticized when international media exposed their plan to round up and kill the stray dogs around the town before the Olympics. Russian billionaires, citizens of Sochi, and Olympic athletes came to the dogs’ rescue.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he opposed the European Union (EU) sanctions against Russia for annexing Crimea from Ukraine. He also thinks more sanctions would be a big mistake. Hungary receives 80% of their natural gas from Russia. Their
A respected professor of economics at Sussex University in England has severed ties with the upcoming United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, claiming that his colleagues are “alarmist” about the threat of climate change. According to Richard
The youngest son of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah told Malaysian media that he does not believe his father was a political extremist or prone to deliberately crashing a plane. Speaking to Malaysia’s New Straits Times, 26-year-old
It is news to no one that throughout the negotiations with Israel, despite Islam’s ban on lying, the Palestinians have consistently lied. Surah Al-Haj (Surah 22, verse 30) and Surah Al-Ghafir (Surah 40, verse 28) of the Qur’an, as well
Reportedly, while promoting Taco Bell’s new breakfast menu, the franchise’s president joked that Justin Bieber would play a role in whether Canada would have access to the new menu. Thursday morning, President Brian Niccol started to publicize his company’s new menu,
Numerous reports from Malaysian and Australian authorities show that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been narrowed down and shifted to several hundred miles closer to the city of Perth, Australia. New evidence suggests the plane was
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its latest figures on the annual death toll caused by pollution–and they look shocking. Of all the deaths across the globe in 2012, no fewer than seven million–1 in 8–are apparently the result
Ukraine will receive a $14-18 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and credits that will reach $27 billion over two years. The money will help Ukraine pay off loans and debts resulting from ousted Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovych’s administration.
Russian Communications and Mass Media Minister Nikolai Nikiforov says government officials “have swapped their iPads for Samsung tablets in an effort to prevent U.S. electronic eavesdropping.” According to The Moscow Times, Nikiforov said “the disappearance of iPads from Cabinet meetings
The United States Intelligence community once again claims the chances of Russia invading eastern Ukraine are high because President Vladimir Putin moved more troops to the border. “The thinking in the U.S. government is that the likelihood of a major
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues to narrow as two more satellites find debris fields in a remote location of the southwestern Indian Ocean. Search operations halted Thursday, however, as “severe icing” warnings put search teams at
