National Security

By ANIS BELGHOUL and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated PressPARISThe bloody three-day hostage standoff at a natural gas plant in the Sahara took a dramatic turn Friday as Algeria’s state news service reported that nearly 100 of the 132 foreign workers kidnapped by

House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul told Breitbart News on Friday that it’s “no surprise” Algerian terrorists are demanding a swap of the Blind Sheikh for American hostages.  Militants seized a BP natural gas facility in Algeria on

South Korea plans to deploy Israeli-made precision guided missiles near its tense sea border with North Korea next month, including an island shelled by the North in 2010, a report said on Friday. The South will deploy 50 to 60

The Malian army has retaken the central town of Konna which fell to Islamist rebels advancing from the north and sparked French military intervention, the military and a regional security source said Friday. A regional security source and local residents

The Palestinians are bracing for a new right-wing government that Israel’s election is expected to produce, hoping that international and domestic moves will strengthen their position. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), said: “The absence

(AP) Panetta urges NATO to keep pressure on al-QaidaBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressLONDONDefense Secretary Leon Panetta is calling on NATO to be more innovative and flexible so it can keep pressure on al-Qaida and be able to respond to a

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: David Cameron postpones a critical speech on Britain’s EU membership Algeria ends hostage siege violence, embroiling self in Mali war Questions arise of France’s sudden military actions in Africa Greece concerned about outbreak of

Herb Keinon, reporter for the Jerusalem Post who is good friends with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tweeted Thursday: Bibi to JPost: “Obama and I also have our differences, especially on the best way to achieve a defensible peace with Palestinians”

Will the next President of Venezuela be Jewish?  Hugo Chavez handily won reelection in October 2012 by a margin of 10 percentage points. However, just months later, Chavez languishes in a Cuban hospital, suffering from what is likely terminal cancer. Henrique Capriles, Chavez’s

The Malaysian government has released guidelines to help parents ascertain whether their sons are gay. According to these officials, one of the “telltale signs” for determining this is to pay attention to whether your son wears V-neck sweaters. If he

Surprisingly little attention has been paid to former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s 2008 memoir, America: Our Next Chapter. In it, Hagel lays out his thoughts on a wide range of issues, including the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Iran, to which he devotes one

NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Thirty-four hostages and 15 of their al Qaeda-linked kidnappers were killed on Thursday in an air strike by the Algerian armed forces, Mauritania’s ANI news agency reported, citing one of the kidnappers holding captives at a desert gas field.

Speaking from Rome, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said the U.S. will take “all necessary and proper steps” in response to the attack and subsequent hostage crisis in Algeria.  Panetta called it a “terrorist act” and said “it is

Now that Chuck Schumer has endorsed Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense, he has to answer for Hagel’s close association with two venomous anti-Israel colleagues: Arnaud de Borchgrave and Chas Freeman, who worked with Hagel at the Atlantic Council

A three-year-old video of Egyptian Mohamed Morsi uttering vitriolic anti-Semitic statements has prompted the White House to respond.  Morsi’s statements included inciting the Egyptian people to “nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred” for Jews and Zionists. Another 2010

Many of the hostages who were seized yesterday at the BP natural gas facility in Algeria have been killed, according to reports. Hostages from America, France, and Japan were among those taken, but there is no word on which ones

Australia’s unemployment rate jumped to 5.4 percent in December, according to the latest official data, with a net 5,500 jobs lost as the mining-powered economy slows and manufacturing struggles. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday the seasonally-adjusted jobless

Jews of European origin are a mix of ancestries, with many hailing from tribes in the Caucasus who converted to Judaism and created an empire that lasted half a millennium, according to a gene study published on Thursday. The investigation,

By AMY TEIBELAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsrael’s premier on Wednesday dismissed President Barack Obama’s reported displeasure with his hard-line policies toward the Palestinians, a sign that the two could be headed for a showdown. Polls suggest Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to win Israel’s

Dogs, cats, parrots and other pets, some dressed in their finest winter coats, entered churches across Spain on Thursday to be blessed on the feast day of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals. Animal lovers lined up outside the

(AP) ATHENS, GreeceGreek doctors and workers at the Athens metro system have walked off the job, striking to protest salary cuts that are part of harsh austerity measures the country is taking to get its hands on bailout cash it

Around 600 cats stuffed into wooden crates and destined for dinner plates in southern China were rescued by animal protection volunteers after a truck crash, a volunteer said on Thursday. Volunteers hauled the felines from the lorry on Monday after

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Islamist militants have told a Mauritanian news outlet that Algerian military helicopters strafed the gas complex where they are holding hostages, killing 35 of the foreigners and 15 of the kidnappers. The spokesman for the Masked

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com France launches ground campaign in Mali Islamist militants seize gas complex in Algeria, with dozens of hostages Britain prepares for a new Falklands war France launches ground campaign in Mali ‘In Amenas’ gas facility

Al Qaeda operatives have attacked a natural gas facility operated by British Petroleum in Southern Algeria. A militant group has taken responsibility for the attack and claims it was retaliation for France’s operations against Malian rebels linked to Al Qaeda