National Security

(AP) Spain borrowing cost crisis: Rate at euro-era highBy ALAN CLENDENNING and HAROLD HECKLEAssociated PressMADRIDSpain’s benchmark borrowing rate hit its highest level Tuesday since the country adopted the euro currency, after ratings agency Fitch downgraded 18 banks on Tuesday and

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKAAssociated PressWARSAW, PolandSoccer hooligans clashed with opposing fans and police before and during Poland’s game against bitter rival Russia on Tuesday, leaving 15 injured while more than 140 people were detained. Following scattered fighting in the Polish capital

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration said Tuesday that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime and warned that the Arab country’s 15-month conflict could become even deadlier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTAngry crowds blocked U.N. observers from reaching an embattled rebel-held town in Syria on Tuesday, hurling stones and metal rods at the monitors’ vehicles. Their vehicles came under fire as they drove away from Haffa, but the

National Public Radio reported this morning on shocking evidence of ethnic cleansing in Libya. After the war ended last year, and former dictator Muammar Qaddafi was killed, and the global media departed, the residents of the predominantly Arab town of

Every American high school student knows, or should know, that President Ronald Reagan went to the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on this date in 1987. The President said: “If you seek liberalization, open this gate…Mr. Gorbachev,tear down this wall.”

(AP) UN: Food supply tenuous for 16 million NKoreansBy JEAN H. LEEAssociated PressPYONGYANG, North KoreaMillions of North Korean children are not getting the food, medicine or health care they need to develop physically or mentally, leaving many stunted and malnourished,

Since the day Egyptians began gathering in Tahrir Square, pundits have declared that an Arab Spring has given the region a new hope for self-determination, democracy and individual rights. This so called “Spring” has yielded little fruit but many weed

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syrian army uses unmanned drones to identify targets Debka: Obama orders preparations for air strikes in Syria Europe in chaos two days after bailout of Spain announced Greece and Ireland to demand a better

The United States said it would exempt seven emerging economies including India from tough new sanctions after they cut back on oil from Iran, but the punishment still loomed for China. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added India, Malaysia, South

(AP) Up to 100 feared dead in Afghan earthquakeBy RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGTAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAs many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials

President Obama has seen a ten-point drop in his support level in the American Jewish community. And no wonder. Over the weekend, the United States blocked Israel from participating in the Global Counterterrorism Forum meeting in Turkey, although Israel has

By TOM ODULAAssociated PressNAIROBI, KenyaKenya’s internal security minister was killed with five other people when the police helicopter they were traveling in crashed in a forest near Kenya’s capital, officials said. An anti-corruption crusader said the incident calls into question

 Apparently, the United Nations has been pressing for a global internet tax that would hit Google, Facebook, Apple, and Netflix. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a subset of the UN, wants to add a provision to a current treaty that

(AP) Youthful rebel targets Greek establishmentBy DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceAlexis Tsipras has rarely been on good terms with Greece’s establishment. During high school, he was a leader in a student protest against education reform that shook the conservative government of

More than 500 days ago, Breitbart News’ Big Peace published my article, Special Forces Units Ignore Bureaucratic Memo and Save Lives. Today, I’m only a few months away from publishing The Clapper Memo, my second nonfiction book in which I expose how that

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah’s defiant threat to Syrian kidnappers backfires Significance of Spain’s bailout begins to sink in Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak may be close to death Burma (Myanmar) declares state of emergency over Buddhist/Muslim violence

A British diplomatic convoy was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday, wounding one person, security and diplomatic sources said. An AFP journalist saw a white armoured vehicle with a diplomatic plate parked

China’s commerce minister said in comments published Monday that the country faces a “severe” trade situation this year, as the Asian powerhouse continues to feel the pinch of global economic woes. But he said that “with luck”, China would still

(AP) Relief at Spain bailout package proves short-livedBy DANIEL WOOLLSAssociated PressMADRIDMarket relief that Spain had secured European Union help to save its banking sector quickly turned to concern Monday, as investors began to question the mechanics of the (EURO)100 billion

Sadly, it’s easy to live free and not think about the price others pay to keep us that way: so easy to climb into bed at night, beneath a comforter and a ceiling fan and not think about the thousands

A conservative South Korean newspaper said on Monday it had been the victim of a major cyber attack, less than a week after North Korea threatened the paper and other Seoul media over their reports. Police are investigating Pyongyang’s possible

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Russia blames the West for failure of Kofi Annan’s peace plan in Syria Preposterous new Kofi Annan peace plan has already collapsed Spain asks Europe for €100 billion bailout for banks Russia blames the