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
Major German industrial company Siemens voiced support for ties with Russia despite the economic and diplomatic tensions between Moscow and the West. CEO Joe Kaeser visited Russia President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Moscow to reassure him Siemens will not
Finding Flight 370 might be the least of Malaysia Airlines’ worries once the missing plane’s ordeal has finally concluded. CNN reports that the airline had been suffering financially for years before the tragedy, and revenue losses and lawsuits threaten to put it
VATICAN CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama and the Vatican gave distinctly different accounts of the president’s audience with Pope Francis, with Obama stressing their common ground over issues of poverty and inequality and Vatican officials emphasizing sharp differences over
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Russia will set up its own payment system to rival Visa and MasterCard. The move comes barely a week after the two companies suspended services to Russian banks which were directly and
With retail stores preparing to sell marijuana in Washington state, Army Lt. General Stephen Lanza stresses, “Our soldiers understand what’s illegal [and] from our perspective, marijuana or any type of illegal drug is something that’s not tolerated.” According to the
Gordon Duff, a columnist for Iran’s state-controlled English-language media outlet PRESSTV, penned an article Tuesday claiming that the CIA is responsible for the outcome of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Duff’s hypothesis is based on his claim that the CIA can
The Obama administration, along with the European Union and the Nordic countries, ganged up on poor African nations over the past two weeks at the United Nations, insisting that sexual fidelity and delaying sexual debut cannot be defensive strategies against
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Central African Republic peacekeepers call Christians ‘enemy combatants’ Iran’s Supreme Leader fears Great Islamic Revolution will be forgotten John Kerry embraces Iran’s Supreme Leader fatwa scam Central African Republic peacekeepers call Christians ‘enemy combatants’
France’s supreme court ruled that women’s high heels can make their driving dangerous. The court decided that a woman driver who was wearing high heels when she crashed into another car, killing a three-year-old girl and injuring three others, was
An enormous rat measuring almost 16 inches, without counting its tail, terrified a Swedish family and its cat. In Solna, north of Stockholm, Signe Bengtsson told The Local that the family cat was too frightened to enter the kitchen. She stated: “We
Vladimir Putin’s popularity is cresting again in his native Russia, according to the independent Levada Center. His approval rating now stands at 80%, with only 18% of Russians disapproving. The last time Putin was so popular in Russia was in 2008,
They are not sharks, and there are no lasers on their heads, but dolphins with knives on their backs might just do the trick. Trained to combat an enemy’s amphibious forces, the dolphin army is one of many military assets
On March 26th Egyptian Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi resigned his post as minister of defense so he can undertake “a presidential run he is expected to win.” According to The Wall Street Journal, Sisi “tendered his resignation to Egypt’s
Ukrainian women organized a sex strike against Russian men after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. The organizers even set up a Facebook page for their “Don’t Give It to a Russian” campaign. The Facebook page is in Russian, which led
Barack Obama would not be President of the United States were it not for his purported opposition to the Iraq War. I say “purported,” because he never had to vote on the war, as his unfortunate rival Hillary Clinton did,
Two weeks ago in North Korea, guidelines were established for state-approved haircuts requiring that all male university students have the same haircut as their leader Kim Jong-un. “Our leader’s haircut is very particular, if you will,” one source told Radio
A federal jury in New York found senior al-Qaida member Sulaiman Abu Ghayth guilty on terrorism-related charges Wednesday, including conspiracy to kill Americans. In video statements and speeches released after the Sept. 11 attacks, Abu Ghayth promised similar attacks against U.S. and
Update: State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf reacted to the IPT’s story by posting on Twitter: “FALSE. I addressed on the record in briefing. Said is abhorrent and insulting to millions who died in the Holocaust.” Harf’s statement comes five days after
In France, 31,500 people joined the rolls of the unemployed last month. This indicates a greater than 420,000 person increase in the number of unemployed since President Francois Hollande “took office in May 2012.” According to thelocal.fr, “Hollande’s socialists are
Guinea battled Wednesday to contain an Ebola epidemic threatening neighbouring countries as fear and confusion gripped communities under siege from one of the deadliest viruses known to mankind.Global aid organisations have sent dozens of workers to help the poverty-hit west
With a turnover of 53 billion euros ($73 billion) in 2013, the ‘Ndrangheta mafia from southern Italy made more money last year than Deutsche Bank and McDonalds put together, a new study said Wednesday. The study by the Demoskopika research
“Without electricity the National Assembly in the country with the largest proven oil reserves,” observes one tweeter, disseminating a picture of Venezuela’s legislature consumed by darkness. Even President Nicolás Maduro’s radio show is offline as the country faces increasing blackouts
A Florida state attorney has cleared an FBI agent and a Massachusetts State Police officer in last May’s shooting death of a Chechen man who was friends with the Boston Marathon bombers. Ibragim Todashev had been cooperative during hours of questioning in
President Obama spoke at the third Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague where he and the European Union showed an alliance with each other and Ukraine against Russia. Obama said Russia’s actions will not drive apart the US and EU.
The death of far-right Ukrainian leader Oleksander Muzychko threatens to raise tensions in the already-shaky new government in Kiev, Ukraine. Police had attempted to arrest Muzychko at a café, but he opened fire on them. As The Guardian reports: According to Ukraine’s
