National Security

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will adopt new name if banned Syria’s al-Assad has week of victories, including rebel infighting Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will adopt new name if banned Faced with threats

Palestinians are gripped by a new conspiracy theory: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to assassinate their president, Mahmoud Abbas. The theory is being propagated by senior Palestinian officials and media, and one official has threatened to file

Hundreds of Syrians, including children and the elderly, have been treated at the Israeli Defense Force’s secret field hospital in the Golan Heights. Last week, the Israeli military allowed television cameras into the facility for the first time, displaying the

A British sailor known only as ‘AB’ is set to sue Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) following allegations that she was sexually assaulted while guarding a Taliban terrorist in 2012. AB, who is in her early twenties, was posted to

The Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street caused a stir in Britain after it revealed that entire streets of the United Kingdom were occupied by British citizens who lived off welfare. Many have not worked in over a decade. Yet this ostensibly

The agreement in South Africa between the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and purported presidential candidate Mamphela Ramphele has fallen apart less than a week after it was announced, to global fanfare, on Jan. 28. Ramphele issued a statement on Jan. 31

Protesters in Kiev have come up with a novel way to torment riot police — blasting non-stop news from an opposition television channel projected onto a giant white sheet behind their barricade. The screen has been set up between two

Bare-breasted feminists hurled knickers at the archbishop of Madrid as he arrived at church on Sunday in protest at his support for a tightening of Spain’s abortion law. Five topless protesters swooped on Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela as he

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has failed to comply with international agreements that he turn over chemical weapons, and retains some 96% of his original stockpile, hoarding them in regions controlled by his Alawite ethnic group in case the country is

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is once again the target of criticism, direct and indirect, by Israeli leaders after he suggested that Israel could face “delegitimization” and “boycott” campaigns without a peace deal with the Palestinians.  That remark, made

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukrainian activist back from the dead, beaten but alive Torture of Ukraine dissident polarizes U.S.-Russia relations Ukraine protests lead to further crackdown on free speech in Russia Ukrainian activist back from the dead, beaten

As urbanization continues to expand in China, villages that have served as guardians of traditional culture are being razed to make room for golf courses, buildings, and pavement. The razing of the villages is purposeful, being promoted by “local governments…[that see]

The question over Scottish Independence looms large in the consciousness of every political operative from Westminster to Holyrood. Many are cognizant of the fact that the caprice of the Scottish Nationalist Party and its leader could well break up a

I know Americans usually get a kick out of watching Prime Minister’s Questions, or even from seeing UKIP leader Nigel Farage berate the President of the European Council. The video below should rank just as highly on your list of moments

A subcommittee established by the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act released findings criticizing Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) push to “remove commanders’ authority in military sexual assault crimes.” Gillibrand argues that her bill would “strengthen the belief that the military justice

An unnamed Muslim woman from Austria was told to marry the man that allegedly raped her after she reported the crime, which took place during a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  The woman, 29, was told that her

The rise of the Tea Party-esque UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the United Kingdom has often been attributed to a disillusionment within conservative circles. But recent evidence has highlighted that the political left, and the Labour Party in particular, may have

The Central African Republic has seen increased violence in recent days between Christian and Muslim militias, but people are also dying in the streets due to lack of food supplies. The World Food Program (WFP) estimates that about a million

Now that Michael Bloomberg is out of a job as the mayor of New York City, the UN has offered him a new job. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed the former Big Apple mayor as his special envoy for

Sydney, February 01 (QNA) – Thousands of people protested around Australia Saturday against an ongoing shark cull off western beaches near Perth. A 19-year-old woman chained herself to a government fisheries boat and had to be cut free before it

Italian police have recovered part of a religious relic stained with Polish pope John Paul II’s blood that was thrown away by thieves thinking it worthless, the Italian press reported on Saturday. The relic was snatched a week ago along

CAIRO (AP) — The trial of Egypt’s ousted president and 14 others also accused of inciting the killing of protesters resumed on Saturday, Egypt’s official news agency reported. The agency’s report gave no details on the proceedings, held amid tight

MOUNT SINABUNG, Indonesia (AP) — A rumbling volcano in western Indonesia on Saturday unleashed fresh clouds of searing gas that killed at least 14 people and injured three, only a day after villagers who fled earlier eruptions returned home thinking

(Reuters) – The top U.S. defense official on Saturday underscored the Obama administration’s intention to shift the focus of its foreign policy away from military might toward diplomacy. Speaking at the Munich security conference, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said