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
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say suicide bombers have attacked a police compound in a mountainous area near the capital, Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Seddiq Seddiqi said a suicide car bomber first blew through the gates of the district
The White House said sanctions will be considered against Ukraine, though military action is not one of the options. Military action by the U.S. is not among the options being considered, deputy spokesman Josh Earnest said. “The options available to the
Venezuela’s largest newspaper El Universal reports that, while President Nicolás Maduro might not be especially popular in his own country, he at least still has a friend in Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian leader reportedly sent a telegram to
The latest string of violent attacks on peaceful protesters by the Venezuelan government came to a head last night as reports and videos on social media surfaced of special forces attacking young protesters on the streets and raiding student residential
The Daily Mail published screen shots from amateur videos which show snipers shooting unarmed protesters in Kiev, Ukraine. Violence accelerated during the protests – which started in late November – on February 18th. The Ukraine Health Ministry said the death toll is
The European Union announced they will impose sanctions against Ukraine officials responsible for the deadly force used against protesters in Kiev. EU decides as a matter of urgency on asset freeze and visa ban on those responsible for violence and
The White House told Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich to withdraw security in Kiev as protests worsen and the death toll rises. “We are outraged by images of Ukrainian security forces firing automatic weapons on their own people,” White House spokesman
Ukraine protesters seized a Kiev post office and captured over 67 policemen. The violence is getting worse on both sides as the opposition to Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich grows more frustrated. On Wednesday, Yanukovich announced via his website that he
A New York man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting an attack on American police and soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Jose Pimentel (a/k/a Muhammad Yousuf), a Dominican convert to Islam living in Harlem, wanted to use homemade pipe bombs in the attack. According
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fearing that a call for a truce was a ruse, protesters tossed firebombs and advanced upon police lines Thursday in Ukraine’s embattled capital. Government snipers shot back and the almost-medieval melee that ensued left at least
EU foreign ministers and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday discussed a possible “roadmap” out of the crisis, which the government and opposition had yet to agree on, said a German delegation source. In four hours of talks in Kiev,
The sun rose on Thursday to what may be the bloodiest day in Ukraine since negotiations with Russia triggered mass protests in the capital of Kiev. Hours after President Viktor Yanukovych announced a truce with opposition leaders, CNN reported that “at
A joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, Hong Kong Department of Justice, and the UK Ministry of Justice into accusations that American investment banks hired the children of powerful Asian officials to secure lucrative securities business may have
On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin that warned the incoming airline flights from overseas may be attacked by passengers wearing explosives in their shoes. Apparently the bulletin did not name a particular airline or a window
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine’s president fires the chief of the army amid protest crisis Two suicide bombings target Iran’s cultural center in Beirut Lebanon George Soros bets that Wall Street is headed for a fall Ukraine’s president
Due to the growing protests in Kiev, Ukraine, the United States placed visa bans on 20 Ukrainian officials. The State Department declined to say which officials were on the blacklist, which prevents them from traveling to the United States, but
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The Ukraine’s fundamentalproblem is that it suffers from an economic crisis and thecountry should ask the International Monetary Fund for help,U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Wednesday.
A US judge on Wednesday delayed by one week until March 3 the New York terror trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and former Al-Qaeda spokesman, Suleiman Abu Ghaith. The delay is to allow the defense time to collect testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of building homemade bombs to wage holy war in New York City pleaded guilty Wednesday to a terrorism charge less than a week before his scheduled trial in a rare state-level terrorism case.
This year has been the worst ever for global warming–er, climate change. Not just because temperatures are near record lows for much of the eastern United States, but also because the western states have been warm and dry. That has led
President Obama was in Toluca, Mexico, Wednesday, meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto. However, he made it clear at their summit that his mind was with Kiev, encouraging peace in Ukraine and threatening “consequences if people step over the line.”
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich agreed to a truce with opposition leaders in Kiev as the city still burns from protests that began in late November. According to the presidential statement the meeting was attended by opposition leaders Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Vitali
A major anti-government protest in Venezuela on February 12 left three student protesters dead and injured dozens of others. As those detained are released from prison, however, the real toll begins to surface. Two protesters released today claim to have
Popular Will opposition party leader Leopoldo López is now Venezuela’s most prominent political prisoner. In a pre-recorded video released after his arrest, the longtime thorn-in-the-side of socialist leaders Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro encouraged the people of Venezuela to continue
Twenty years after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), President Barack Obama is set to cut a deal with Mexico’s president to ease border restrictions for “trusted” travelers. The agreement, which is expected to be announced on Wednesday, will
