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
The release of a report on the myriad human rights violations in China has triggered an equally detailed rebuttal from the communist regime, which on Friday accused the United States of “widespread human rights abuses,” including the government shutdown, “private
The Russia foreign ministry admitted the country moved their troops into Ukraine’s troubled Crimea peninsula. The autonomous republic within Ukraine identifies as Russian and has been fighting back since parliament ousted Viktor Yanukovych. The Telegraph reports: “The Ukrainian side was
Members of the strongly pro-Putin Just Russia Party are introducing a bill in the Duma that would make it easier for Russia to annex territories that vote to join the nation. According to the drafters of the bill, the objective
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan reverses itself, plans large-scale military attack on Taliban Pakistan protesters end their blockade of the NATO supply route Russian fighter jets patrolling the Ukraine border Large pension company will leave an independent Scotland
Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs, Yuval Steinitz, is demanding that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) release all of the information it gathered about Iran’s potential nuclear weapons program, according to the Jerusalem Post. The demand follows a report by Reuters that
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (UPI) —Police in China recently arrested 1,094 people who were accused of online baby trafficking and rescued 383 babies, the Ministry of Public Security said. The arrests of four major online baby-trafficking groups led to the rescues
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych finally emerged from the shadows for the first time since parliament ousted him on February 22. He held a news conference on Friday from Russia and blamed the West for all the problems in Ukraine.
The State Department’s latest report on human rights worldwide presents a grim account of continuing abuses by Iran, which persisted in spite of–and during–the election of supposed “moderate” Hassan Rouhani. In fact, Rouhani’s election was listed first in the department’s
ZUSHI, Japan, Feb. 27 (UPI) —A Japanese town with a beach frequented by U.S. service members has passed a ban on displaying “scary” tattoos at the beach. The Zushi City Council ordinance includes a number of rules for the beach
CASTELLDEFELS, Spain, Feb. 27 (UPI) —A team of Spanish scientists said they used strains of probiotic bacteria found in baby poop to create pork sausages. The scientists, from the food safety program at Catalonia’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Research,
I received an email yesterday from “The Network of Spiritual Progressives,” a group run by the left-wing Rabbi Michael Lerner and devoted to spreading love a peace throughout the world. The Spiritual Progressives can be counted on to join anti-war
TOKYO (AP) — The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars, are unaccounted for. The exchange’s CEO Mark Karpeles appeared before Japanese TV news
Gunmen seized the Crimea airport, less than 24 hours after gunmen seized government buildings in Simferopol. Witnesses told the Interfax news agency that the 50 or so men were wearing the same gear as the ones who seized government buildings
Russia Today is reporting The Supreme Council of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea dissolved the current government and elected Crimea’s Russian Unity Party leader Sergey Aksyonov as the new chairman. Fifty-five out of 64 MPs voted for the government’s dissolution.
All senior modes of communication on foreign policy in the United States are now aligned with a uniform message for Ukraine: Viktor Yanokovych is no longer the legitimate ruler, and Russia should tread lightly in the region. In Thursday’s White
A Russian flag is currently flying over the Parliament of Crimea, a southern province of Ukraine located on a peninsula and home to increased tension between the new Ukrainian government and Russian allies. The seizure of government buildings follows clashes
Christian leaders in Raqqa, Syria who had been captured by a former al-Qaeda affiliate, have signed a treaty this week that bans them from practicing Christianity in public in return for protection by Islamist rulers. According to Elhanan Miller writing
Days after an Israeli airstrike hit a purported convoy of advanced missiles, Hizballah is promising to “choose the time and place and the proper way to respond to it.” If the past is any indication, the Iranian-backed “resistance” movement will respond to
Venezuela is aflame with the fires of rebellion after President Nicolás Maduro arrested opposition leader Leopoldo López and sent communist Cuban forces to assault young, unarmed protesters. Nowhere has there been more rebellion than the western state of Táchira, however,
Following President Obama’s lead in warning that there would be “consequences” for any unduly aggressive behavior in Ukraine, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel warned Russia today to “avoid provocative actions” and “be transparent” about any military activity in the region.
America is in a new Cold War. It may be undeclared, but then again, so was the Cold War itself. Many Americans mark the start of the Cold War by reference to Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech on March
Ukraine’s parliament convened on Thursday and approved the new cabinet after they ousted former president Viktor Yanukovich on February 22. The new government, comprising more than 20 ministers, is headed by Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a former foreign and economics minister. He
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore told a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, “There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 100
USA Today reports that the push for examining the U.S. armed services for sexual assault cases has given the U.S. Army cause for disqualifying 588 sexual assault counselors, recruiters, and drill sergeants. The perpetrators have been accused of conduct ranging
On February 27th armed men took “control of the parliament and local government offices in the Ukrainian region of Crimea.” According to The Wall Street Journal, the armed men numbered in the “dozens” and they raised a “Russian flag above the
