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
SINGAPORE, Dec. 30 (UPI) —Researchers in Singapore say they’ve developed new computer memory that can store more data and keep it intact 20 times longer than current magnetic memory. Engineers at the National University of Singapore say the new form
On Sunday, Pope Francis delivered a blessing to a huge crowd of Roman Catholics attending an open air mass and rally in Madrid. The event was organized to show support for a recent proposal, made by Spain’s conservative government, to restrict abortions. The
Al Qaeda’s resilience to the demise of its leader Osama bin Laden proved to be strong in 2013, argued an article published by Politico Magazine. The Dec. 29 article written by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is entitled “Al Qaeda’s Big Year” and
The recent New York Times article attempting to downplay terrorist involvement in the Benghazi attack that claimed the lives of four Americans on Sept. 11, 2012, directly contradicts evidence in the now infamous pre-edited talking points of then-United Nations Ambassador
On December 29th, Islamist terrorists turned the Russian city of Volgograd, just 430 miles from venues of the Sochi Winter Olympics scheduled to open on February 7th, into a slaughterhouse in their efforts to humiliate Russia’s attempts to demonstrate the country’s
Michael Adebowale, one of the two Muslim jihadists who murdered 25-year-old British Fusilier Lee Rigby, 25, revealed in a letter written the day after the sentencing verdict that he was inspired by the radical sermons of Khalid Yasin. Yasin killed
On Monday, there was another setback for the latest rescue mission of the Russian research ship, Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped in the ice off the coast of Antarctica since Christmas Eve. The Australian icebreaker vessel, the Aurora Australis was forced to
(AP) Fort Hood shooter’s jail requests: Bible, cheeseDALLASThe former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood made several requests of the Texas jail where he was held before he stood trial, including one for a copy of the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Suicide bomber at Russia’s Volgograd station sends Putin a message Saudi Arabia pledges $3 billion to Lebanon’s army to buy weapons Suicide bomber at Russia’s Volgograd station sends Putin a message Surveillance camera catches
Witnesses to the September 11, 2012, Benghazi attack claim that a recent New York Times‘ (NYT) report downplaying terrorist involvement is “completely false” and assert that there were terror commanders on the ground directing movements. Witnesses to the attack–still being
(AP) China says Abe not welcome after war shrine visitBy GILLIAN WONGAssociated PressBEIJINGChina’s Foreign Ministry on Monday accused Japan’s prime minister of hypocrisy and said he would not be welcome in China after he visited a shrine honoring Japan’s war
(AP) Greece: Shots outside home of German ambassadorBy DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceThe home of Germany’s ambassador to Greece was sprayed with gunfire from automatic weapons early Monday, in a suspected terrorist attack the government said was aimed at hurting the
(AP) Government, opposition groups clash in BangladeshBy JULHAS ALAMAssociated PressDHAKA, BangladeshRuling party supporters and their opponents threw stones at each other Monday on the second day of sporadic violence in the Bangladeshi capital, after heavy police presence foiled an opposition
With 2014’s World War One centennial getting closer, European nations are clashing over how best to remember the war. According to the LA Times, Britain and France want to focus on their victory in the war, while others are concerned
Less than 24 hours after a suicide bombing at the train station in Volgograd, Russia, 14 people have been killed and 28 others have been injured in a suicide bombing of a bus in the same city. The explosion was
Pope Francis was reportedly shocked to hear that a proposed Civil Union bill in the Catholic island of Malta would allow gay couples to adopt children. Bishop Charles Scicluna of Malta — who, in his Christmas sermon, “condemned adoption by
On Sunday, a terrorist detonated a bomb at a busy Russian train station in Volgograd, killing at least 16 people and injuring over 50 more. This is the second terrorist attack in the last two months in the city, raising
The Mexican government reported that there were 31,532 homicides in the country between January and November of 2013 including 16,736 labeled as “intentional” murder and 14,796 as “negligent” manslaughter. Those figures along with other national crime statistics were released by
Authorities have released information on an April 16th “military style” attack on a California power substation that has left them “puzzled” and “worried.” According to Foreign Policy, one or two individuals “cut fiber cables in the area around” the PG&E
(Reuters) – A new U.S. intelligence estimate predicts that gains the United States and allies have made in the Afghanistan war in the past three years will be significantly rolled back by 2017, even if some U.S. troops remain, the
A Europe badly shaken by a faltering economy and rising populism is set to commemorate the centenary of Word War I, the conflict still known as the “Great War” that scarred the continent and shaped the 20th century. Commemorations for
A report compiled and released by a German robotics and science group shows the Soviet Union spent “up to $1 billion” developing a mind-control method called “psychotronics.” Psychotronics is known as “parapsychology” in the US. According to News.com.au, the Research
On December 28th, Islamist supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood entered a campus building at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University and set it ablaze. According to AFP, people were in the building taking exams at the time. The fire “spread through two
(AP) Suicide bomber kills 14 in Russia’s southBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWAt least 14 people were killed and scores were wounded Sunday by a female suicide bomber at a railway station in southern Russia, officials said, heightening concern about terrorism ahead
(AP) Cambodian poll protesters joined again by workersPHNOM PENH, CambodiaDemonstrators in Cambodia have begun a third week of protests demanding new elections, their numbers buoyed by thousands of factory workers seeking higher wages. Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia
