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
Baghdad, February 01 (QNA) – Iraqi Defense Ministry announced today the death of 15 terrorists of Daash and the destruction of three vehicles used by them in Fallujah. According to a statement by the ministry today, ” Army Aviation in
When the BBC’s recent documentary The Truth About Immigration aired earlier this month, pro-immigration critics were quick to slam some statistics shared in the program as “sensationalist” or “extreme examples.” One of these claims was that at a school in Southampton,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria ‘peace talks’ end in recriminations and accusations Eurozone continues spiral into deflation, with 12% unemployment Three bankers commit suicide in one week Syria ‘peace talks’ end in recriminations and accusations The so-called “Geneva
A recent Pew Research Center poll shows that 52 percent of Americans believe the U.S. failed in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to UPI, this pessimism is shared by Democrats and Republicans alike. When Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011,
A study of extremist groups in Sweden finds that Islamic extremists pose the biggest threat of terrorist violence. The study looked at extremists on the far left and far right, but finds that an election year there, and a possible return of
Unnamed sources told AFP that Democrats who were signed up for more sanctions against Iran have now “privately recoiled from a damaging vote against their own president.” According to AFP, “several Democrat Senators who previously backed a bi-partisan sanctions bill
During a visit to Washington, D.C. earlier this week, I was accosted several times by young, feisty American girls who were overly eager, after hearing my British accent, to take me to task over the recent reporting regarding Her Majesty
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (UPI) —A South Korean woman said she makes more than $9,000 per month by eating in front of a webcam and allowing thousands to watch her. Park Seo-Yeon, 33, who goes by online handle “the Diva,” said
Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe “Bogey” Ya’alon took aim at the peace process being pushed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry–albeit in far more diplomatic terms–this week at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. Earlier in
LONDON (AP) — Russian men who down large amounts of vodka — and too many do — have an “extraordinarily” high risk of an early death, a new study says. Researchers tracked about 151,000 adult men in the Russian cities
LONDON (AP) — The largest nuclear site in Europe was being operated with reduced staffing Friday after monitoring found higher-than-normal levels of radiation. The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in northwestern England said in a statement that elevated levels of radioactivity
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian opposition activist who went missing last week says he was kidnapped and tortured, the latest in a string of mysterious attacks on anti-government protesters in the two-month-long political crisis. Dmytro Bulatov, 35, a member
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — While Sochi’s Olympic venues are now among the most tightly guarded facilities in the world, the rest of this sprawling Black Sea resort looks more vulnerable. With about 100,000 police, security agents and army troops flooding
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria’s Bashar al-Assad (and Vladimir Putin) guilty of more war crimes U.S. accuses Syria of not complying with chemical weapons agreement Diplomatic silence in North Korea raises military alarms Syria’s Bashar al-Assad (and Vladimir
The President of Ukraine is taking time off to nurse a cold. Viktor Yanukovych, one of the more prominent leaders of Eastern Europe but presiding over an increasingly volatile nation, announced on the presidential website this week that he has
Martin Indyk, who serves as the State Department’s special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian peace, presented the outline of Secretary of State John Kerry’s framework for a peace deal on a conference call with American Jewish leaders, the Times of Israel reports.
One of the far-flung, futuristic ideas in the later versions of Star Trek was the idea of a chamber where holographic projections could form a true-to-life environment for training purposes. What seemed like science fiction then now seems closer to
MONTREAL, Jan. 30 (UPI) — A woman was strangled Thursday when her scarf and hair got caught in an escalator at a subway station in Montreal, police said. The unidentified woman, possibly in her 30s or 40s, was fatally injured
We are all familiar with the US Marine Corps slogan “Looking for a Few Good Men.” Truth is, America’s military has always had plenty of “good men.” What it seems to lack in spades is good leaders. Recently we met
While the likes of MSNBC’s Chris Hayes are criticising actress Scarlett Johansson‘s decision to stand by SodaStream and Israel and ditch the politicking Oxfam, there is another group of people whose opinions on this issue should be heard: the Palestinians
The Palestinian Authority is seeking help from Iran in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, hoping to pressure Israel–and to send a signal of defiance to the Obama administration. Jibril Rajoub, a senior official of the “moderate” Fatah faction, declared Thursday
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that Iran now possesses the capacity to build nuclear weapons. In a report submitted to the committee, Clapper noted: Tehran has made technical progress in a number
Israel’s governing coalition avoided a potentially devastating split when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Economy Minister Naftali Bennett patched up their differences over the suggestion that some Jews living in Israeli settlements in the West Bank might become citizens of
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 29 (UPI) —A former male stripper turned erotic film actor said Pope Francis blessed his parrot during his general audience in Vatican City. Francesco Lombardi, who uses the stage name Ghyblj, said he decided to come forward
President Barack Obama has been aware for at least two years that Russia had been testing missiles in violation of the terms of the 1987 Immediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty for several years. In May 2013, according to a report in
