A recent report in the UK Telegraph puts the number of British citizens traveling to Syria to fight alongside jihadist groups in the hundreds–the largest for all Europeans–and highlights an alarming trend of Europeans flocking to the war zone to further
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Lebanon’s army takes control of Tripoli Hezbollah commander assassinated in increasingly violent Lebanon Extremism-related crimes spiking in Russia’s North Caucasus Der Spiegel predicts a stock market and real estate crash Lebanon’s army takes control
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 4 (UPI) —Russia’s highest court ruled Wednesday a law banning “gay propaganda” was constitutional. The ruling comes as human rights activists in Russia and elsewhere who criticize the law as discriminatory have called for a boycott
(AP) No-confidence vote in Ukraine failsBy MARIA DANILOVAAssociated PressKIEV, UkraineUkraine’s opposition has failed in its attempt to force out the government with a no-confidence vote in parliament. The failure leaves Ukraine’s political tensions unresolved, with opposition demonstrators still angered by
Ukrainians taking to the streets to protest their government’s refusal to strike a trade deal with the European Union may be the first of several post-Soviet states facing the choice between Russia and Europe as Georgia and Moldova gear up for
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com What do Thailand’s anti-government protesters want? The conundrum is solved Ukraine again in crisis as anti-government rioters demand president’s resignation What do Thailand’s anti-government protesters want? The conundrum is solved Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (UPI) —China’s space program scored another success Monday with the successful launch of its first Chang’e-3 lunar rover mission, its space scientists announced. The Long March-3B rocket, carrying Chang’e-3, its landing module and a robot rover named
(AP) Ukraine: Protesters besiege government buildingBy YURAS KARMANAU and MARIA DANILOVAAssoicated PressKIEV, UkraineThousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the
When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome on Monday, Nov. 25–a 35-minute meeting for which Putin (as is his custom, and partly caused by pro-Pussy Riot protesters outside his hotel) was 45-50 minutes late–the
The U.S. is withdrawing from leadership in the Middle East. At the same time, the U.S. is becoming less dependent on Middle East oil. Luke Rodeheffer and Lewis King, both graduate students at Istanbul’s Koç University, conclude from these two
(AP) Ukraine: Tens of thousands march through KievBy MARIA DANILOVAAssociated PressKIEV, UkraineAs many as 100,000 demonstrators chased away police to rally in the center of Ukraine’s capital on Sunday, defying a government ban on protests on Independence Square, in the
With the 2014 Winter Olympics looming, Americans of all stripes have called for boycotts and protests against Russia’s human rights abuses. But given the time they take to plan, change before the Games begin is an unreasonable goal. Instead, human
Russian law enforcement is holding 15 radical Islamists in Moscow who allegedly belong to a banned branch of the al-Qaida terror network, AFP reports. Members of the over 50-year old Egyptian founded group, Takfir wal-Hijra, were allegedly preparing suicide strikes. Television footage on Russian
The debate over Diana West’s book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character has been far below the intellectual standard set by the book itself. Both sides now seem to regret the fact that the debate has degenerated
(AP) Former hostages react to Iran’s nuclear dealBy MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated PressMcLEAN, Va.A nuclear deal between the U.S., Iran and other world powers has been described as a trust-building step after decades of animosity that hopefully will lead to a more
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com President Obama hails historic Iran nuclear agreement Israel’s Netanyahu condemns a historic mistake Nuclear deal greeted with joy in Iran and Russia Members of Congress from both parties object to Iran deal President Obama
Speaking from the White House on Saturday night to announce a late-night deal between Iran and the United States, European Union, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China, President Obama triumphantly stated that the negotiated agreement was the “first step” toward
In a negotiated deal that apparently allows Iran off the hook with regard to nuclear development and goes soft on verification protocols with regard to nuclear disarmament, the United States, along with France, Germany, China, Russia, Great Britain, and the
At some point before the 2008 election, an angry sounding Michelle Obama snarled, “there are kids who still believe in the American dream. They think it exists!” For the past five years, her husband has been doing everything in his
Fifty years ago, the nation stood in stunned silence as they learned that the President had been killed in Dallas, Texas. The shooter, Lee Harvey Oswald, was a Communist. Over the years hundreds-of-thousands of stories have been thrown against the
The Obama administration is crafting plans to close an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron just three years after promising lawmakers that the New START U.S.-Russia arms reduction treaty would not affect our ICBM force. According to The Washington Free Beacon,
Israel’s foreign minister said Wednesday that it was time for his country to look beyond the U.S. as its principal ally, the Jerusalem Post reports. Foreign minister Avigdor Liberman said that the U.S. was too distracted with other problems. However, with talks resuming
(AP) Costas: Interviews, not commentary, on Russia lawBy RACHEL COHENAP Sports WriterNEW YORKBob Costas would love to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin about the country’s so-called “gay propaganda” law. He’s less interested in offering up a commentary on the issue.
(AP) Iran’s leader backs nuke talks, with conditionsBy GEORGE JAHN and JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAAhead of a new round of Iran nuclear talks, the country’s supreme leader voiced support on Wednesday for the negotiations, but he insisted there are limits to
One of these days, our bumbling Administration is going to get sued for big bucks by identity theft or credit-card fraud victims who got robbed after they were forced to use a crapware website the government knows is unsafe and
