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
China’s Ministry of Defense on November 30th began enforcing an expanded Air Defense Identification Zone, which now covers a huge off-shore expanse that includes the disputed oil rich Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Forced to rely on the Middle East
The controversial founder of the private security firm Blackwater told Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon that if Blackwater had been operating at the American consulate in Benghazi in September of 2012, Ambassador Christopher Stevens would still be alive.
The Syrian rebel Kawa Khalil told me the recent story of the Holy Cross church. Before the war, the church doubled as a school, attended by Muslims and Christians. After the destruction of Syria began, classrooms became homes for refugees.
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (UPI) —China’s space program scored another success Monday with the successful launch of its first Chang’e-3 lunar rover mission, its space scientists announced. The Long March-3B rocket, carrying Chang’e-3, its landing module and a robot rover named
(AP) Egypt’s constitutional panel holds final meetingCAIROA panel that amended a constitution drafted under now-ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi is holding a final meeting before it hands over the final draft to Egypt’s interim president. An upbeat mood prevailed in
(AP) Police raise death toll in Scotland crash to 9LONDONScottish authorities used a crane to remove the wreckage of a police helicopter from the roof of a Glasgow pub on Monday, and raised the death toll from its crash to
(AP) UN: Syria crimes evidence ‘indicates’ Assad roleGENEVAThe United Nations human rights chief says there is mounting evidence that Syrian government officials including President Bashar Assad are responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Navi Pillay says a U.N.
(AP) Ukraine: Protesters besiege government buildingBy YURAS KARMANAU and MARIA DANILOVAAssoicated PressKIEV, UkraineThousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the
(AP) Biden visits Asia amid Japan-SKorea’s toxic tiesBy FOSTER KLUG and KEN MORITSUGUAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaWhen South Korean fans at a soccer game against Japan unfurled two massive banners honoring men considered national heroes for battling Japanese invaders, organizers took
(AP) Thai PM says protesters’ demands unacceptableBy THANYARAT DOKSONE and JOCELYN GECKERAssociated PressBANGKOKThailand’s prime minister said Monday she is willing to do anything it takes to end violent protests against her government and restore peace, but cannot accept the opposition’s
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Thailand again in crisis as anti-government rioters issue two-day ultimatum Thai-Chinese versus Thai-Thai Thailand’s generational Awakening era European Troika cancels bailout negotiations with Greece – again Thailand again in crisis as anti-government rioters issue
An Italian woman is fighting for custody of her 15-month-old daughter, who she alleges British social services removed from her womb after over a month of involuntary commitment at a psychiatric hospital. According to a report by the Telegraph, the
When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome on Monday, Nov. 25–a 35-minute meeting for which Putin (as is his custom, and partly caused by pro-Pussy Riot protesters outside his hotel) was 45-50 minutes late–the
The U.S. is withdrawing from leadership in the Middle East. At the same time, the U.S. is becoming less dependent on Middle East oil. Luke Rodeheffer and Lewis King, both graduate students at Istanbul’s Koç University, conclude from these two
Individual Americans fighters entering the Syrian conflict on the side of Islamists pose a security risk for the United States. According to the AP, federal officials worry that such fighters could return to America and bring their radicalized ideologies with
As property taxes in China continue to climb, so too the divorce rate among China’s couples continues to hit new heights. The higher property taxes are for second homes, so Chinese couples are divorcing to put one house in the
(AP) Rights group urges Egypt to free ex-leader’s aidesBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROHuman Rights Watch on Sunday urged Egypt’s military-backed government to immediately release from detention five aides of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The New York-based advocacy group said in
(AP) Ukraine: Tens of thousands march through KievBy MARIA DANILOVAAssociated PressKIEV, UkraineAs many as 100,000 demonstrators chased away police to rally in the center of Ukraine’s capital on Sunday, defying a government ban on protests on Independence Square, in the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Australia faces strategic dilemma as rise of China challenges U.S. Obamacare: 500M lines of code, $500M, only 60% completed How could President Obama have been so wrong? The future of Obamacare Australia faces strategic
The U.S. released a top Iranian scientist Mojtaba Atarodi in April as part of the dealings with Iran in Geneva recently, the Times of Israel reported. The secret back channel of negotiations between Iran and the United States, which led to this
Argentine-born Pope Francis wrote the newly released Evangelii Gadium (“The Joy of the Gospel”) in his native Spanish, which may help to answer some thorny questions being raised about the English translation of the pontiff’s first solo official document (the recent
The New York Times reported that North Korea has “accused an elderly American veteran of war crimes, and released a video Saturday of him confessing to ‘hostile acts’ during the Korean War and while he was a tourist there last month.”
(AP) VP Biden trying to show US still focused on AsiaBy JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt’s up to Vice President Joe Biden to show that the U.S. effort to realign its gaze toward Asia hasn’t fizzled out. Biden is set to arrive
It didn’t take long for concerns that the Iranian nuclear deal could embolden other rogue nations to materialize. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced Thursday satellite footage strongly indicates that North Korea has restarted a formerly shut down plutonium plant. The International
A coalition source told the New York Times on Friday that the American and NATO commander in Afghanistan made a late-night phone call to Afghan premier Hamid Karzai to apologize for a series of raids and drone strikes that Karzai has railed
