National Security

With U.S. forces coming closer to a 2014 draw-down, officials face the decision of whether to hand over hundreds of outposts, checkpoints, and guard towers to Afghan forces, or simply raze them as troops leave the country.  Currently, U.S. and Afghan

Villagers in southern China were locked in a stand-off with authorities Sunday and were demanding democratic polls after a violent clash with thugs linked to a local official over a land transfer. Just over a week ago, residents of Shangpu

Nigeria’s military said Sunday that it killed 20 Boko Haram Islamists while repelling an attack by the extremist group in the embattled northeastern state of Borno.

A source told CBS News that FBI transcripts of interviews with Benghazi survivors were turned over to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Along with the transcripts, were other documents relating to the deadly September 11 attack on the U.S.

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kenya: Presidential candidate threatens violence if he loses Chad says it killed two al-Qaeda linked terrorist leaders in Mali Gun control talk increases public interest in 3D Printing 7 year old schoolboy is suspended

(AP) – Kenya’s top two presidential candidates held their final rallies before large and raucous crowds Saturday, a day of political attacks and denials following published comments attributed to the prime minister that election violence could be worse than in

The State Department’s $51.6 billion budget for 2013 covers a multitude of things, from the $8.2 billion for the “Overseas Contingency Program”–once called the War on Terror–to the $4.1 billion “in contributions to international organizations.”  Then there’s the $469.5 million

(AP) – A Libyan security official says 50 Egyptians, who were arrested in Benghazi last week for allegedly spreading Christianity, are being charged with illegally entering and working in the country and will be deported. A video circulated this week

(AP) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says bickering Egyptian government and opposition leaders need to reach a political consensus to help their country emerge from an economic crisis. Kerry arrived in Cairo on Saturday for meetings with business

(AFP) – Australian soldiers in southern Afghanistan shot dead two children tending cattle, local officials said on Saturday as the international coalition launched an inquiry into the incident. Civilian casualties caused by NATO-led troops have been one of the most

(AFP) – A Yemeni was shot dead and four others wounded on Saturday during clashes between the security forces and armed separatists in the southern city of Aden, a hospital official said. The body of a man, identified as Radwan

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands of people marched through Moscow on Saturday in an orderly show of support for a ban on adoptions of Russian children by Americans, echoing President Vladimir Putin’s demands for better care for Russian orphans in their

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Report: Turkey and Israel might be headed for reconciliation Turkey’s Erdogan calls Zionism a ‘crime’, and retracts it U.S. and Turkey’s objectives in Syria appear to be diverging Euro zone unemployment rises to record

Although Congressional hearings regarding the deadly attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi brought both Hillary Clinton to Capitol Hill as well as CIA Director Leon Panetta to answer questions, Republicans still want more questions answered about the assault that

(AFP) – Horsemeat has been found in ground beef supplied to Taco Bell’s three restaurants in Britain after tests sparked by Europe’s sprawling food scandal, the US fast food giant said Friday. Taco Bell said it was “disappointed” by the

(AP) – Fourteen people were killed in a shootout Friday as Malaysian authorities tried to end a three-week standoff with about 200 members of a Filipino clan occupying a village in eastern Malaysia, police said. Members of a Muslim royal

(AP) – Here’s one they weren’t expecting — meat pies with no meat. When officials in Iceland began hearing about horse meat being secreted into beef products around Europe, they decided to run tests to ensure the same thing was

(AFP) – British border officials have seized 94 kilogrammes (207 pounds) of dried caterpillars from a man who claimed they were “for personal consumption”, the Home Office said. Officials at Gatwick Airport, south of London, found the bugs in the

Astronomers using a powerful telescope in southern Chile said Thursday they have captured the first direct image of a protoplanet forming around another star, still embedded in thick gas and dust. An international team of researchers said the disc of

An Egyptian opposition leader said he and colleague Mohamed ElBaradei have turned down invitations to meet Secretary of State John Kerry when he visits Cairo because of US pressure. Hamdeen Sabahi, a leader of the National Salvation Front (NSF), said

Official data Friday painted a far from encouraging picture for the European economy, with unemployment running at record highs in the eurozone while inflation fell sharply, highlighting the weakness of consumer demand. Separately, a closely followed manufacturing survey suggested the

Jihadist fighters of Al-Nusra Front have seized control of a checkpoint on northeast Syria’s border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The rebels overran the post at Yaarubiyeh in oil-rich Hassakeh province on Thursday after

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: GenerationalDynamics.com is back German official says that ‘two clowns have won’ in Italy McDonald’s in France promises ‘100% French’ French fries China moves missiles near coast to target Japan No Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese or

Syrian rebels claim they killed Hezbollah’s Deputy Chief Naim Qassem when they bombed a convoy of high-ranking Syrian government officials near the Lebanon border on Feb. 26. The Lebanese newspaper al-Mustaqbal reported that the Syrian rebels placed mines “on the Beirut-Damascus

(AP) Rodman tells Kim Jong Un he has ‘friend for life’By JEAN H. LEEAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaEx-NBA star Dennis Rodman hung out Thursday with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on the third day of his improbable journey to Pyongyang, watching