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
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean defense officials said, in an apparent effort to protest ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises that Pyongyang calls a rehearsal for invasion.
From EFE, via Fox News: Six presumed drug traffickers died Wednesday in a shootout with Brazilian police in the city of Niteroi in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, authorities said. The gun battle broke out after nightfall when the
Caroline Glick, the popular conservative commentator for the Jerusalem Post, will launch her new manifesto, The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East, early next week. The book argues that Israel should abandon the faltering two-state
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine’s ethnic Russians and Tatars clash in Crimea Russia masses 150,000 troops on border with Ukraine Hezbollah vows retaliation for Israel’s air strike in Lebanon Nigeria asks France for help in dealing with Boko
FORT CARSON, Colo., Feb. 26 (UPI) — Authorities at Fort Carson in Colorado say they are “looking into” a “selfie” sent by a soldier apparently showing her hiding in a car to avoid a flag salute. The self-photographed picture
Pro-Ukraine supporters clashed with their pro-Russia rivals in front of Crimea’s administrative building on Wednesday. One man was found dead. Parliament met on Wednesday, and Crimeans thought they would discuss their status. However, parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Konstantinov told the crowd
On February 26th the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Google to take Innocence of Muslims down from YouTube. This is the “American-made” film which The New York Times described as “denigrating to Islam” and which the Times insists led to the
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia ordered 150,000 troops to test their combat readiness Wednesday in a show of force that prompted a blunt warning from the United States that any military intervention in Ukraine would be a “grave mistake.” Vladimir
(AFP)–A Russian warship was docked in Havana Wednesday, without explanation from Communist Cuba or its state media. The Viktor Leonov CCB-175 boat, measuring 91.5 meters (300 feet) long and 14.5 meters wide, was docked at the port of Havana’s cruise
On Wednesday, Ukraine’s new government announced in front of thousands in Independence Square that it has nominees for the new cabinet. The cabinet will govern the country until official elections take place on May 25. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition leader and
Former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich has been missing since Parliament passed a resolution on February 22nd that kicked him out of office. Two Russian media outlets say Yanukovich is in Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta claims
A US appeals court ordered Google on Wednesday to take down an anti-Islamic film from YouTube blamed for protests in the Muslim world, overturning a lower court’s ruling. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals “reversed the district court’s denial… of
It’s Israeli Apartheid Week at campuses across North America–that annual tradition in which ignorant leftist youth attempt to demonize the only open society in the Middle East. At UCLA, one of the main highlights of the week was a student
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has to contend with numerous protests against his regime a day, a miserable and oppressed populace and nightly videos of his national guard assaulting protesters uploaded to social media. He’s hoping a carnival will make up
The world’s largest bitcoin trading exchange shut down on Tuesday, sparking a massive sell-off that calls into question the long-term viability of the nascent virtual currency trade. “This is extremely destructive,” risk-management expert and former Federal Reserve Bank Examiner Mark
BRUSSELS, Feb. 26 (UPI) —NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday there will be no international forces in Afghanistan unless a bilateral security agreement is signed. Rasmussen said Afghan leaders and international force commanders would meet Thursday to discuss planning
Russia President Vladimir Putin put troops near the Ukraine border on high alert, which is now affecting Ukraine’s economy and the opposition’s efforts to implement a new government. With the political turmoil hammering Ukraine’s economy, the hryvnia currency tumbled 4
Lviv’s mayor Andriy Sadovyy took matters into his own hands after his city experienced protests and riots similar to those in Ukraine’s capital Kiev. He declared Lviv autonomous from the government when the violence escalated in Kiev. “The only boss
EXETER, England, Feb. 25 (UPI) —Whether gamblers win a bet or just come close, their brains react pretty much the same way, researchers in Britain say. Dr. Natalia Lawrence of the University of Exeter and Dr. Simon Dymond at Swansea
The Israeli embassy in Japan said Wednesday it would donate 300 copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” to Tokyo libraries after hundreds of copies were damaged. News of the defacement of the books, which tells the tale
Pro-Russian demonstrators on Wednesday brawled with supporters of Ukraine’s new interim authorities in the capital of the Russophone peninsula of Crimea Simferopol, as the local government ruled out debating splitting from Kiev. Scuffles erupted as thousands of pro-Moscow residents and
On February 26th, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered “a test of combat readiness for troops stationed in a region that touches Ukraine’s northern border.” This follows “growing tension between Russia and Ukraine” and the popular ouster of “pro-Russia president Viktor
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a snap check of the battle-readiness of the armed forces in the western and central military districts, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced.
TOKYO (AP) — The sudden disappearance of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency, which was just beginning to gain legitimacy beyond the technology enthusiasts and adventurous investors who created
Pope Francis may have delighted leftists with his depiction of the inequalities of capitalism, but there is also some unhappiness with his reluctance to engage those who openly oppose the Catholic Church. What has been difficult to understand is that
