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
On February 7th, Iranian TV aired a video of a computer simulated attack “on Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ben Gurion Airport and the Dimona nuclear reactor.” The video also showed “simulated strikes on the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.” According
Many have been quick to point out the irony behind the fact that now-former British Immigration Minister Mark Harper MP was unable to safeguard himself against the employment of an illegal worker. Indeed, this is utterly shambolic and will hopefully alert
(Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Saturday the United States would overthrow the Iranian government if it could, adding Washington had a “controlling and meddlesome” attitude towards the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported. In a speech to mark the
The heaviest snow in two decades struck Tokyo and other areas across Japan on Saturday, leaving three dead and nearly 500 others injured, reports said. More than 740 flights were grounded as the weather agency issued a severe storm warning
The British government’s Minister of State for Immigration, Mark Harper MP, has resigned after admitting to unknowingly employing a cleaner who was ineligible to work in the United Kingdom. Harper, 43, who has been in his position in Prime Minister
Obama’s nominee for Ambassador to Argentina has never been to Argentina, but he did “[raise] half a million dollars for President Barack Obama and Democrats.” When Noah Bryson Mamet testified before Congress following his nomination, he responded to questions about
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Central African Republic: Christians aim to get rid of all Muslims Reader complaints about Central African Republic and Syria Central African Republic: Christians aim to get rid of all Muslims Thousands of Muslims are
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A trip to South Korea this summer by Pope Francis is looking more likely after he approved honoring 124 Koreans as martyrs. The Vatican said Saturday Francis has confirmed that the Koreans, among more than 10,000
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Ukrainian man who allegedly tried to hijack a Turkey-bound commercial flight and divert it to Sochi on the day of the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony wanted to press for the release of anti-government protesters in
Negotiators for the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday arrived in the capital of restive North Waziristan to brief the Pakistani Taliban about the preliminary round of peace talks held with government representatives, an official said. Professor Ibrahim Khan and Sayed Yousef
PARIS (AP) — An enormous boulder hurtled off a mountain and smashed into a tourist train in the French Alps on Saturday, derailing it on the mountainside and killing two passengers, officials said. Nine people were injured. The force of
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Princess Cristina testified Saturday in a historic judicial hearing aimed at helping determine whether she and her husband illegally used company funds for personal expenses, including lavish parties at their modernist Barcelona mansion.
LONDON, United Kingdom — A British Crown Court judge has compared Britain’s borders to a “leaking sieve” in a stark warning over a continuing immigration crisis in Britain. Judge Richard Bray spoke following the case of Baksim Bushati, an Albanian
The Vatican’s chief spokesman gave a sharp, detailed response to a UN Committee’s critical report that lambasted the Catholic Church for its teachings on contraception, abortion, and homosexuality. According to Catholic World News (CWN), Father Federico Lombardi, director of the
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Anti-government protesters stormed into the Bosnian presidency and another government building in Sarajevo and set them ablaze Friday as riot police fired tear gas in a desperate attempt to stop them. Smoke was rising from several
“Disguised in a black robe, Michelangelo hid behind that pillar as his sculpture was unveiled,” the tour guide said. “When he heard one of the Cardinals say that no one would ever believe The Pieta had been sculpted by someone
LONDON, United Kingdom–A video has emerged that purports to show the Taliban in Afghanistan in possession of a captured military dog, used by British special forces to sniff out explosives or drugs. The video, below, shows various Taliban operatives parading
Israel and India will collaborate on a new, integrated anti-missile system to be deployed against Chinese nuclear and conventional missiles, reports Defense News. The co-operative effort – of which details are to be finalized over the next six months – marks
Amidst an uprising raging in all but two provinces of Ukraine, dissidents inside and outside the beleaguered nation are pushing an effort to immortalize the crimes they suffered at the hands of Communism, leading Ukrainian-American scholars working with the dissidents
LONDON, United Kingdom–A British citizen is reported to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria, as fears over the increasing number of foreign fighters in the country are being realized by Western governments. The news emerged as the International
In just a few days, voters in Wythenshawe and Sale East, in the North West of England, will go to the polls in a by-election to decide who they want as their Member of Parliament following the death of Labour representative
NEW YORK (AP) — A Minnesota woman has gone on television in Russia with an emotional appeal for an exception to be made to that nation’s year-old ban on adoptions by Americans. She and her husband adopted a boy from
According to our tour guide… The Necropolis or City of the Dead was discovered by accident sometime in the late 1930s. A part of the floor in the Basilica of St. Peter needed to be lowered and while digging up
The push for new sanctions on Iran in the event that the interim nuclear deal fails to stop the regime’s nuclear program has been abandoned. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the country’s leading pro-Israel lobby, had pushed for
An airplane bound for Turkey was forced to make an emergency landing after a hijack attempt today as a would-be hijacker tried to divert the aircraft to Sochi, Russia–the location of the Winter Olympics. The Pegasus plane, which was carrying
