National Security

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Defense Secretary Panetta explains America’s ‘pivot’ to Asia China warns Panetta to choose his words carefully U.S. Urges China to Free Tiananmen Protesters U.S. military presence increases in Yemen Defense Secretary Panetta explains America’s

(AP) Libyan official says militiamen have taken control of Tripoli airport, diverting flights.TRIPOLI, LibyaLibyan official says militiamen have taken control of Tripoli airport, diverting flights.

A military court handed stiff prison terms to 19 Ukrainians, three nationals from Belarus and two Russians accused of serving as mercenaries for ousted leader Moamer Kadhafi in Libya’s conflict last year. One of the Russians, judged to have been

The United States’ top military official discussed boosting the poorly equipped Philippine armed forces in a meeting Monday with President Benigno Aquino, a presidential spokesman said. Aquino and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, met

(AP) Boats take to Thames for queen’s jubilee flotillaBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDON On a luxury barge festooned with flowers, Queen Elizabeth II sailed down the River Thames on Sunday amid a motley but majestic flotilla of 1,000 vessels, mustered to

(AP) Clinton steps up pressure on Russia on SyriaBy BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressSTOCKHOLM U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is stepping up the pressure on Russia to join intensified international efforts for a political transition in Syria that will see

As investors panic over the debt crisis in Greece, Italy, and Spain, Germany has emerged as a safe haven for investors–so much so that the interest rate on ten-year German government bonds dropped below zero on Friday. That means investors

(AP) Syria’s Assad says he’s surgeon saving patientBy ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUT Syrian President Bashar Assad defended his government’s crackdown on opponents Sunday, saying a doctor performing messy emergency surgery does not have blood on his hands if he is trying

Palestinian prisoners in Israel are threatening to relaunch a hunger strike, a Palestinian official said on Sunday, blaming Israel for reneging on a deal that ended a recent one. Some 1,550 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel ended a hunger strike on

(AP) Egypt’s top prosecutor to appeal Mubarak verdictBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIRO An Egyptian official says the top prosecutor will appeal the verdict in Hosni Mubarak’s trial, which acquitted the former leader and his two sons on corruption charges and cleared

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of a summit in Beijing next week as tensions rise over Tehran’s nuclear drive, a Kremlin official said in comments released Sunday. “Meeting Ahmadinejad will let

CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta visited a deep-water Vietnamese port near the contested South China Sea on Sunday, calling access to such harbors critical as the U.S. shifts 60 percent of its warships to the

Iran is hiding its nuclear arms development. We know it. They know it. The only problem is, there is no solution other than military action to stop it. It has been mentioned several times here that hard diplomacy, smart power, or

As then first-term US Senator Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency, one of the pledges he made to the American public – and the world – was that an Obama presidency would repair the reputation of the United States with

At the last BRICS summit held in March in New Delhi, development banks of the participating countries agreed on a proposal to extend credit in local currency for trade, project financing and infrastructure projects. So far, no clear mechanism on

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hezbollah’s Nasrallah threatens war over hostages in Syria Unconfirmed report: Top 5 Hezbollah officers kidnapped U.N. Human Rights Council to investigate al-Assad crimes against humanity in Syria Egypt Braces For Verdict In Hosni Mubarak

NATO special forces rescued two foreign women and killed five kidnappers in a “breath-taking” pre-dawn raid on Saturday on a cave in Afghanistan’s remote and mountainous Badakhshan province. The women, who worked for Swiss-based charity Medair, were named as Briton

Britons on Saturday began four days of festivities for Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee, turning out in droves for events around the country in a surge of enthusiasm for the monarchy. Gun salutes across Britain were due to launch celebrations

A series of intertwined political crises that began with accusations that Iraq’s prime minister was consolidating power have escalated into calls to unseat him, and paralysed the country’s government. The trouble began in earnest in mid-December, when the secular Sunni-backed

Moody’s rating agency said it was lowering Greece’s highest possible credit rating because there was an increased risk that the country would exit the euro zone. Moody’s said it “has lowered its assessment of the highest rating that can be

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROHosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power last year. But the ousted president and his sons were acquitted of

The Obama administration refuses, time and again, to say that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Victoria Nuland, speaking from the State Department, recently repeated over and over that the status of Jerusalem is subject to final status negotiations. Israel thus

(AP) BRUSSELSUnemployment across the 17 countries that use the euro stayed at 11 percent in April _ the highest level since the single currency was introduced back in 1999, piling further pressure on the region’s leaders to switch from austerity to

Barack Obama has again betrayed another traditional ally of the United States. The State Department has renewed its call for the Falkland Islands, whose population is more than 95 percent British, to have their sovereignty negotiated between Great Britain and Argentina.  Forget the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hillary Clinton accuses Russia of fomenting civil war in Syria Debka: Obama weighs plans to prevent al-Qaeda grabbing Syria’s WMDs U.S. Treasury yields plummet as investors scramble for safety Vital industrial control computers remain