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A Yemeni accused of the September 11 attacks walked out of a courtroom at Guantanamo Bay, claiming that the lack of food he received amounts to “psychological torture.” Ramzi Binalshibh, one of five men on trial over the hijacking and

Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak will face a new court hearing on Wednesday during which his lawyer will seek his release from prison, judicial sources said. The hearing is the fourth and final case against the long-time president, who was

Bad weather and a drive by Russia to curb sales of beer to fight alcoholism cut quarterly profit at Carlsberg by 38 percent, the Danish brewer said on Wednesday, disappointing analysts. Net profit in the second quarter fell to 2.074

(AP) Manning faces sentencing for WikiLeaks disclosuresBy DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressFORT MEADE, Md.More than three years after his arrest in Iraq, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is set to learn the price he’ll pay for leaking an unprecedented volume

The United Nations, ever eager to embrace global warming, has a new climate report to be released that claims scientists are more certain than ever that global warming is real, but now there is hard evidence that global surface temperatures

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces identity crisis Turkey’s Erdogan blames Israel for the coup, infuriating Egypt Israel fortifies border as jihadism grows in Sinai Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces identity crisis Morsi supporters hold posters with

Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said Tuesday he “does not fear civil war” in Egypt and that his country can find ways to survive if the Obama administration cuts off aid. Speaking to ABC News, Beblawi said that any U.S.

Egyptian military General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has “ordered the engineering department of the armed forces to swiftly repair” the Coptic Christian churches burned down or otherwise attacked by the Muslim Brotherhood. Islamists torched at least 25 churches were torched while

Suddenly, some of the “neoconservatives” who support the cause of democracy in Egypt and the Middle East generally are suggesting that it might be better for the U.S. to support the Egyptian military, though it came to power through a

The Saudi government has warned the United States and other western countries that it will remember those who did not back the Egyptian military during its current crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal’s statement read:

Over 60 churches across Egypt have been targeted by Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers as conflict rages across the country. Nonetheless, Coptic Christians are now returning to their church in Minya, which was burned by raging Islamists. “This will learn us to

Saudi Arabia is now openly backing the Egyptian military which runs the government, promising to make up whatever aid has been canceled from the West. The Saudis are joining other contributors who have pledged $12 billion to help the current Egyptian

Pakistan’s ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf was indicted on three counts Tuesday over the 2007 murder of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in a gun and suicide attack, a prosecutor said. Charging a former army chief is an unprecedented move in a

(AP) Egypt arrests Brotherhood’s spiritual leaderBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROEgypt on Tuesday announced the arrest of the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a serious blow to the Islamist group at a time when it is struggling to keep up

(AP) Syrian Kurds battle al-Qaida-linked rebel factionBEIRUTKurdish militias fought al-Qaida-linked rebel groups in northeastern Syria on Tuesday in heavy fighting that has helped fuel a mass exodus of civilians from the region into neighboring Iraq, activists said. The clashes between

While General Abdel Fattah el-Sissi battles to push back the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Arab world as a whole is turning against Qatar for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.  And as Qatar-owned Al Jazeera launches its U.S. affiliate on August

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon  said on Monday that there is no bias against Israel in the United Nations. Last week in Jerusalem, Ban said, “Unfortunately because of the conflict, Israel has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias

According to Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D-VT), the head of the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, the United States has covertly cut off direct military aid, delivery of weapons and some economic aid to the present Egyptian government in the

Secretary of State John Kerry has “determined that the four State Department officials placed on administrative leave by Hillary Clinton” after Benghazi “do not deserve formal disciplinary action” and he has asked them to come back to work. According to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Tensions grow between Britain and Spain over Gibraltar Sinai ‘is almost an all-out war’ as attack kills 24 Egyptian policemen Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak may be released from prison Tensions grow between Britain

In the days since Egyptian security forces cleared the demonstrations of pro-Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood supporters, Islamists have attacked, looted, or torched 63 Christian churches. According to the Associated Press, the Islamists have used their attacks on dozens of Coptic

It seems the source of the leaks behind a combined “U.S./Israeli covert cyberoperation [called Stuxnet]” may have finally been found. The alleged culprit is the White House. This is quite a shift from what was said at the beginning of

A church in Minya, Egypt cancelled Sunday mass for the first time in 1,600 years. Other churches were forced to cancel prayer services as well due to violence against the country’s Christian population. From The Times of Israel: “We did

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, is presumed dead. An intelligence report stated he died sometime between July 25 – August 3. From the BBC: The intelligence report suggested that Shekau was shot on 30 June,

While the United States considers cutting aid to the Egyptian military in an attempt to stop violence between the military regime and the deposed Muslim Brotherhood, Brotherhood members and allies are reportedly parading nuns through the streets, looting churches, and tearing down