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
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was injured in a fall while cross-country skiing in Switzerland over the winter holidays and has cancelled meetings in the next three weeks, her spokesman said Monday. Steffen Seibert told reporters that Merkel had suffered a
(AP) Hospital says ex-PM Sharon’s condition worseningJERUSALEMThe medical condition of Israel’s former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is deteriorating further and only “a miracle” could stop the decline, the head of the hospital treating him said Monday. Dr. Zeev Rotstein, director
(AP) Rodman and ex-NBA All Stars arrive in North KoreaBy ERIC TALMADGEAssociated PressPYONGYANG, North KoreaDennis Rodman and a team of former National Basketball Association players arrived in North Korea on Monday for a game he says will be a “birthday
(AP) Voldemort invoked in China-Japan feud over shrineTOKYOAs if Harry Potter isn’t popular enough, the evil Lord Voldemort from British author J.K. Rowling’s best-selling children’s series has been dragged into the feud between Japan and China over the Yasukuni war
The Obama Administration, fresh from giving Iran credibility by agreeing to a nuclear deal in Geneva, is now considering the idea that Iran could join the peace talks regarding Syria scheduled in Switzerland this month. On Sunday, Secretary of State
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Thailand’s elite minority seeks to shut Bangkok down Syria’s Sunni opposition militias fight each other Thailand’s elite minority seeks to shut Bangkok down Anti-government protesters rally in front of the statue of King Rama
A survey from El Mundo this week shows some conflicting feelings within the Spanish population towards their royal family: more than half want the monarchy gone, but more than half have faith in Prince Felipe of Asturias, the heir to
In 2014, high-tech giants in China are looking to aggressively expand their influence beyond China’s borders. Ironically, many of these companies only became successful after the Chinese government helped them by shutting out competitors from abroad. Jack Ma is the
The Vatican media spokesman warned Sunday against misinterpreting Pope Francis’s comments about children of same-sex and divorced couples during a meeting of leaders of male religious orders in November. According to the Los Angeles Times, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi
A small plane crash-landed in western Mexico, killing one person and injuring four others, including the leader of a vigilante group fighting drug cartels, officials said Sunday. Jose Manuel Mireles, a high-profile leader of self-defense forces in Michoacan state, was
The seizure by Al-Qaeda-linked militants of a major Iraqi city and parts of another illustrates their resurgence, and harkens back to the darkest days of the insurgency that followed the 2003 US-led invasion. The Al-Qaeda franchise in Iraq fell from
Four skiers were killed and another was in a critical condition after a series of avalanches hit the Alps in southern Switzerland Sunday, Swiss media reported. Three of the victims, including a guide, died when a wall of snow bore
The Department of Defense announced the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom Sunday. Sgt. First Class William K. Lacey, 38, of Laurel, Fla., died Jan. 4, 2014, in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when the
Ignoring U.S. opposition and concerns, Afghanistan found that 88 prisoners deemed a security threat by American officials are, in fact, innocent. The Afghanistan Criminal Cases Review Commission, charged with the review of inmates at Bagram Prison located north of Kabul,
Yves Frenot, the director of the French Polar Institute, waxed apoplectic over the Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy’s “commemorative expedition” that was trapped in the ice of Antarctica on December 24 for the damage it did to the plans of other
China, noting that its ship Xuelong (Snow Dragon) is now stuck in the Antarctic ice as it was rescuing the Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy, has decided it will build a new icebreaker for polar expeditions. Qu Tanzhou, director of
News broke late last week that Islamists had seized control of two western Iraqi cities, Fallujah and Ramadi. U.S. forces suffered hundreds of dead and wounded in battles against Al Qaeda for control of these cities during the Iraq War.
Horton, Kansas, World War II veteran Kenneth Knudson was jailed the day after Christmas for a building code violation he could not afford to correct. According to the Daily Mail, Knudson owns a jewelry store which “was cited for a
In Iran’s capital city the must-have stop for the young and wealthy are “American” burger joints and the burgers–and atmosphere–they serve. The most popular of these is “Burgerland,” which opened in 2010. According to The Washington Post, Tehran’s burger joints
On Sunday, fourteen people were killed and ten injured during a stampede at a mosque in China’s Ningxia region. Four were hospitalized and in critical condition. “The stampede occurred around 1:00 pm on Sunday while traditional food was being handed out to people
(AP) Price of bluefin tuna nosedives at Tokyo auctionBy ELAINE KURTENBACHAssociated PressTOKYOSushi restaurateur Kiyoshi Kimura paid 7.36 million yen (about $70,000) for a 507-pound (230-kilogram) bluefin tuna in the year’s celebratory first auction at Tokyo’s Tsukiji market on Sunday, just
(AP) Rescuers dig for India building collapse survivorsBy MAYABHUSHAN NAGVENKARAssociated PressPANAJI, IndiaRescuers using backhoes and shovels searched for survivors Sunday under a massive pile of broken concrete and dust left when a residential building collapsed under construction in southern India,
(AP) Syrian rebels battle al-Qaida-linked fightersBEIRUTActivists say that Syrian rebels have seized a compound held by al-Qaida-linked fighters in a northern town, in some of the most serious infighting between rebels battling President Bashar Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
(AP) Kerry: US will support Iraq, but without troopsBy DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressJERUSALEMU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that America would support Iraq as it combats al-Qaida-linked militants who have seized cities in the country’s west, but said the
(AP) Iraqi general: Forces will retake western citiesBAGHDADA senior Iraqi military commander says it will take a few days to fully dislodge al-Qaida-linked fighters from two key western cities. Lt. Gen. Rasheed Fleih, who leads the Anbar Military Command, told
