National Security

China’s official news agency Xinhua has reported as true a satirical story that Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post newspaper by accident. The publication on Xinhua’s website came days after it posted a photo gallery of images supposedly

Gunmen killed nine people Friday when they opened fire on worshippers leaving a mosque after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, police said. The attack outside the Sunni Muslim mosque on the outskirts of Quetta, which has

(AP) Nagasaki marks 68th anniversary of atomic bombingBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYONagasaki’s mayor has criticized Japan’s government for failing to sign on to an international nuclear disarmament effort as the country marked the 68th anniversary Friday of the atomic bombing of

Cambodia has deployed armoured personnel carriers and soldiers in Phnom Penh to prevent any violence if mass demonstrations following hotly disputed polls go ahead. The rare sight Friday of armoured vehicles in the capital’s streets comes after rights groups said

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com North and South Korea may reopen Kaesong Industrial Complex Lashkar-e-Jhangvi launches a new horrific terrorist attack in Pakistan Greece’s unemployment reaches fresh record high, despite tourist season Cyprus president announces ‘Guaranteed Minimum Income’ for

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to the State Department asking for more information about the administration’s original talking points drafted following the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi. According to the letter sent to

The White House has denied an Egyptian news report claiming Barack Obama agreed to meet with Muslim Brotherhood officials, stating that the President currently has no plans to meet with the controversial Islamic fundamentalist political party. “Egyptian press reports that

Gregory McCallum, 23, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison Monday for aggravated injury for threatening an elderly couple with a knife–but not before receiving a thrashing by the husband, a former boxer. The judge told McCallum

Egyptian officials claim jihadists are using American missiles to “attack the temporary government in the wake of the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.” According to Fox News, “an official statement… along with images of an exploded missile” were posted on

Having sat with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in the same week, there is an immediate symmetry one sees between both men. They have the weight of the world upon them.  These are not

Yeah, I’ll admit that I’m disappointed that Obama canceled the summit with me next month.  Oh well. Still, giving Snowden asylum is a big political winner for me at home, and that’s that. Yeah, I’m a dictator and everything, but

While Obama sees an Al Qaeda “on the way to defeat,” former FBI agent and interrogator Ali Soufan sees an Al Qaeda that has been rebuilt. According to Soufan, the terror group was able to rebuild itself because of the

(AP) 2 suspected US drones kill 9 militants in YemenBy AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, YemenTwo U.S. drone strikes killed a total of nine suspected al-Qaida militants Thursday, a Yemeni military official said, the sixth and seventh such attacks in less than

Israel has struck four targets in Syria this year, according to international media reports, hitting shipments of Iranian and Russian weapons that were – or were about to be – moved to Hizballah’s possession in Lebanon. The most recent reported attack

This is the fifth and final part in a series based on the new book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character (St. Martin’s Press) by Diana West. On March 3, 1945, under prodding from both the senior

The South Korean government plans to exploit the country’s obsession with plastic surgery by extending taxes to popular procedures like lip jobs to help fund spiraling social welfare costs. The proposed new tax codes slap a 10 percent value added

Many elderly people in Britain are drinking too much alcohol and should be set lower guideline limits, a new study published on Thursday said. Academics said heavy drinking among the over 65s is strongly linked to depression, anxiety and longer

Myanmar activists Thursday held their first march through Yangon to mark the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on democracy rallies 25 years ago, in commemorations aimed at propelling reforms after the end of junta rule. Hundreds of people watched some

The United States has a stake in Greece’s economic recovery and wants the crisis-hit nation to stay in the eurozone, US Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview published Thursday. Samaras will hold talks with US President Barack Obama

(AP) Afghan president calls on Taliban to stop warKABUL, AfghanistanIn a speech for the start of a Muslim holiday, the Afghan president has urged the Taliban to lay down their arms, join the political process and stop killing innocent civilians.

Satellite images suggest North Korea may have doubled uranium enrichment capacity at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, a US think-tank which tracks the North’s nuclear weapons programme said Thursday. The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said the images

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia ‘disappointed’ that Obama cancelled Putin visit Mongolia’s natural resource riches lost to corruption and foreigners China reports human-to-human spread of H7N9 bird flu Egypt’s interim government declares end to negotiations with Brotherhood Russia

Barack Obama told Marines at Camp Pendleton Wednesday that the United States “will never retreat from the world” merely a day after his Administration warned American citizens to flee the country of Yemen. According to The Hill, Obama said, “Al

President Barack Obama has continued slow-walking a visa application from an Afghan translator who helped a Medal of Honor recipient save American lives, the Washington Free Beacon reports.  “Four years ago, an Afghan translator known as ‘Hafez’ [a pseudonym used