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
The winners of future wars may be those militaries that can manufacture and field the most 3D-printed drones, a new study claims. A study by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a national security think tank created by
U.S. forces denounced the Afghan government’s decision to release 37 inmates possibly linked to the Taliban from Bagram prison who have been deemed security threats. The U.S. handed the Bagram prison over to the government of Afghanistan in March 2013. According
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly suggesting that the United States is undermining his government through dozens of insurgent-style attacks. Citing an anonymous Afghan official sympathetic to Karzai’s views, The Washington Post reported that Karzai has provided “a list of
On the heels of a poll showing that 59% of Americans support stronger sanctions against Iran, The Israel Project held a conference call in which Mark Mellman provided insights into the poll and its results. Mellman began the call by indicating the
Congress secretly approved “light arms” for the “moderate” factions among Syria’s rebels, according to a report Monday by Reuters. The weapons include rifles and anti-tank guns, though not anti-aircraft missiles, according to the report. Citing two unnamed sources, Reuters says
A new poll to be released Tuesday shows that 59% of Americans believe that stronger sanctions are needed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The poll was conducted for the World Zionist Organization by McLaughlin Associates among 1000 American
MONZA, Italy, Jan. 27 (UPI) —Authorities in Italy said a man posed as a cat lover to adopt more than a dozen cats he would kill and eat. Animal welfare organization Aidaa said the man adopted at least 15 cats
South Africa’s leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), stunned political observers Tuesday with the announcement that Mamphela Ramphele, a leading black anti-apartheid activist, will be the party’s candidate for president in national elections against the troubled African National Congress
MEXICO CITY (AP) — “Self-defense” groups confronting a drug cartel in the western state of Michoacan have agreed to join government law enforcement forces after months of firefights with gang members, many times as federal police and troops stood by.
TUBAS, West Bank (AP) — Jamal Abu Muhsin was a first-year Palestinian university student when he was convicted of stabbing a 76-year-old Israeli man to death in 1991, in retaliation for the killings of five Palestinian stone-throwers by Israeli soldiers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Max Baucus is going before fellow senators for a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. ambassador to China. Tuesday’s hearing by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will be a switch for the six-term Democrat
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s toppled President Mohammed Morsi stood inside a glass-encased metal cage Tuesday, separated from other defendants for the start of a new trial Tuesday over charges from prison breaks during the country’s 2011 revolution, state television reported.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The prime minister of protest-torn Ukraine submitted his resignation on Tuesday, saying he hoped the move would help bring peaceful resolution to the crisis that has gripped the country for two months. Mykola Azarov’s resignation would
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — An international journalism watchdog on Tuesday criticized Russian authorities for restricting news coverage of preparations for the Sochi Olympics. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists detailed in a report how Russian and international journalists have
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s government has announced it will go ahead with parliamentary elections this Sunday despite street protests and an opposition boycott. Deputy Prime Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana made the announcement Tuesday after a meeting between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Army strongman al-Sisi may be Egypt’s next president Al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri says: Don’t fight the Christians in Egypt Israel’s PM Netanyahu slammed because son Yair is dating a gentile Army strongman al-Sisi may be
On January 27th Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych proposed to loosen anti-protest laws and “hold a vote of no confidence in the government.” However, he stopped short of allowing the “snap presidential elections” protesters were demanding. According to The Wall Street
As the Church of England, known popularly as the Anglican Church – along with its American cousin, the Episcopal Church – struggles to find its place while rapidly incorporating 21st Century social mores and cultural shifts into its flexible theology, there’s a temptation to
Roughly half of the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) was unable to read and write as of February 2013 despite $200 million in U.S. taxpayer funds spent on literacy training, according to a U.S. government watchdog. The ANSF includes the
Nigel Farage’s right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP) has once again rocked the British political establishment by coming first in a recent poll which quizzed Brits on their feelings towards the four main political parties. While UKIP hasn’t yet mustered up
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists used explosives and heavy guns to attack a village and worshippers during a Christian church service in Nigeria’s northeast, killing at least 99 people and razing hundreds of homes, officials and witnesses said
The Pentagon informed Congress on Monday it plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq in a deal worth $4.8 billion, officials said, as Baghdad battles anti-government militants. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government has asked Washington for weapons
Report after report is now confirming what most Americans knew all along: first, that it was indeed a terrorist attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, and second, this terrorist attack and murder of four Americans could have been prevented.
MALMO, Sweden, Jan. 26 (UPI) —A hand grenade thrown into an apartment in Malmo, Sweden, injured a man and caused damage to the apartment, police said. Police were called to the apartment Saturday night after the grenade exploded, the Swedish
ETNE, Norway, Jan. 26 (UPI) —A Norwegian man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for demolishing his brother’s home with a forklift, official said. The incident happened last summer in the village of Etne, TheLocal.no reported Friday. Sturla Vik-Vestly,
