National Security

(AP) Al-Qaida claims rare attacks in northern IraqBAGHDADAl-Qaida’s local branch in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a spate of suicide attacks last month in the northern, relatively peaceful self-ruled Kurdish region. The Sept. 29 bombings killed at least six security

(AP) Bomb kills 2 in Pakistan anti-polio driveBy RIAZ KHANAssociated PressPESHAWAR, PakistanA bomb exploded next to a van carrying Pakistani security guards tasked with protecting workers involved in an anti-polio drive in the country’s northwest on Monday, killing two people,

An artist’s new exhibition has drawn sharp attention to China’s controversial one-child policy. Introduced in 1979, the policy has markedly restructured Chinese society while it has also created dramatic impact on an entire generation that has been raised without brothers

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Lampedusa disaster forces Europe’s immigrant dilemma into headlines Libya demands a ‘clarification’ for the ‘kidnapping’ of al-Libi With Hajj a week away, Saudi is hit with six new deadly MERS cases Lampedusa disaster forces

In an interview with Spiegel magazine Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he has yet to decide to whether he will run for re-election in 2014. He said he was not “in a position” to make that call at the moment.

During the October 6 airing of This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Martha Raddatz reported that SEAL Team Six has conducted a raid on terrorists in Somalia and was met with greater resistance than expected. According to Raddatz, the raid took

(AP) Marine base partially evacuates from wildfireCAMP PENDLETON, Calif.Crews built containment lines Sunday around a wind-driven wildfire that scorched more than 2 square miles of dry brush and forced people to evacuate part of a Southern California military base. The

(AP) Egypt: 51 killed in new bout of street violenceBy HAMZA HENDAWIThe Associated PressCAIROSecurity forces and Islamist protesters clashed around the country Sunday, leaving 51 killed, as a national holiday celebrating the military turned to mayhem. Crowds from Egypt’s two

The Iranian government claimed Sunday that it had arrested four individuals accused of trying to sabotage the country’s nuclear sites. While the exact sites allegedly targeted were not named, if such sabotage is indeed going on, it likely involves the

“Preach the Gospel always; when necessary, use words.” In a normal week, the visit of Pope Francis to Assisi, the Umbria, Italy, hometown of his papal-name inspiration, the 13th-century mystic Saint Francis–famed for the above quotation, despite there being zero

Al-Qaeda linked terrorist groups in Syria attacked Saidnaya, an ancient Christian city in Syria. The men come from the Yabroud and Lebanese mountains and one raid killed a Catholic man. The city is positioned in the mountains just north of

The House of Representatives on Saturday voted 400-1 to pass HCR 58 which calls on Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to allow continued religious services on military bases during the government shutdown. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA)

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. military captures jihadist leader al-Libi in Tripoli, Libya U.S. Navy Seals strike Somalia jihadists related to Kenya attack Iran’s politics in turmoil, pitting ‘heroic flexibility’ versus ‘Death to America!’ U.S. military captures jihadist

(AP) Libyan militant wanted by US nabbed in TripoliBy ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated PressTRIPOLI, LibyaRelatives of a Libyan al-Qaida leader, wanted for his role in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in East Africa, says the 49-year-old has been kidnapped in

(AP) AP sources: US Navy SEALs raid Somali townBy ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated PressMOGADISHU, SomaliaU.S. Navy SEALs carried out a pre-dawn raid Saturday on a coastal town in southern Somalia looking for a specific al-Qaida suspect linked to the

(AP) Thousands march in Spain to back ETA prisonersMADRIDSeveral thousand people have marched in the northern city of Bilbao to express support for members of the Basque separatist group ETA who are currently serving jail terms for terror crimes. Protesters

(AP) WWII vet, oldest Medal of Honor recipient, diesCRESSKILL, N.J.A World War II veteran and the nation’s oldest living Medal of Honor recipient has died in New Jersey. Nicholas Oresko, an Army master sergeant who was badly wounded as he

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes Iran is a year or a more away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama said in an interview with the Associated Press released on Saturday, although he described

Sheikh Ibrahim Omar and three others were murdered Thursday in Mombassa, Kenya. Omar preached at a mosque that reportedly recruited members for the Somali al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab. In retaliation for the murders, Muslim youths rioted in the streets

A Kenyan military spokesperson revealed the names of four of the terrorists that attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Shabaab, a Somali al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, attacked the mall on September 21 and purposely targeted non-Muslims.  The Kenyan military released

(AP) Pentagon: Most furloughed civilians ordered backBy ROBERT BURNSAP National Security WriterWASHINGTONThe Pentagon is ordering most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work.The decision by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is based on a Pentagon legal interpretation of

Members of Kofi Annan’s 2012 diplomatic team to Syria claim President Obama had as much momentum for meaningful action in Syria during June 2012 as “[Secretary of State John] Kerry achieved a year later on chemical weapons.”  That opportunity was