Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak warned Friday that Europe is contractually not allowed to re-export gas to Ukraine and could see its supplies cut if it did so. In an interview with the business daily Handelsblatt published ahead of a
Destiny‘s excellent combat and gorgeous visuals lay the groundwork for what should be a world-beating shooter, but the game’s strengths are undercut at every turn by baffling design decisions, repetitive missions, and the failure to live up to the lofty
Thursday night in Houston at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) said our adversary Russia is cutting energy to our allies in Europe as if it were a weapon. But now with new advancements in energy technology
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The militant Palestinian Hamas group and its rival Fatah movement on Thursday reached a partial agreement on governing the Gaza Strip, signaling a major step forward in reducing their deep-seated enmity. Meanwhile, a senior
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Nigeria’s army sees a turning point as Boko Haram fighters surrender Nato reports a ‘significant’ Russian troop pullback from Ukraine Nigeria’s army sees a turning point as Boko Haram fighters surrender Schoolgirls abducted by
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian courts could get the green light to seize foreign assets on Russian territory under a draft law intended as a response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. The draft, which was submitted to parliament on
President Petro Poroshenko instructed his government on Thursday to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia to help halt its “intervention” in the Westward-leaning former Soviet state’s affairs. A decree published on the presidential website ordered the government “to
On Wednesday, on the first anniversary of President Barack Obama’s speech to the United Nations in which he called for ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, Obama attempted to rally support for his airstrikes against Assad’s terrorist opposition. Taking on
MOSCOW, Sept. 24 (UPI) — Foreign ownership of Russian media outlets will be limited to 20 percent, in a bill passed by Russia’s Parliament and supported by the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It targets publications critical of Putin
During a New York fundraiser, President Obama detailed his foreign policy solutions in the midst of the chaotic events facing the world, describing it as “American leadership at it’s best.” Obama admitted that although the United States was in far
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland launched a major military exercise with international allies on Wednesday to test joint response to security threats at a time of armed conflict in neighboring Ukraine. Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said the original plan for
Filmmaker Oliver Stone, who has gained fame and notoriety for iconic films based on real life persons and events, is reportedly in talks with the versatile actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in a new film. The
Russian leaders are sending mixed messages about their take on the United States’ airstrikes in Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted to Secretary of State John Kerry that the United States must respect Syria’s sovereignty after President Barack Obama
Following a number of internet ‘memes’ making light of burning immigrants alive and drowning gypsy families surfacing on Facebook, a senior figure in an Italian regionalist party is being investigated for hate speech and has been ordered to apologise by
Former UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox MP has delivered a speech on the ‘weakness of the West’ at the Heritage Foundation today, during which he addressed global economics, the threat posed by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and of course, ISIS.
Next Saturday evening, Pope Francis will head across town to church of the Gesù to pray with his brother Jesuits, in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the reconstitution of his order. The Society of Jesus, better known as the
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz SE, warned that global markets do not fully appreciate the risk posed by the Ukrainian crisis, a conflict which could push Europe into recession. He saw few options
GENEVA (AP) — For Qatar or Russia to be stripped of the World Cup, a key person in the legal chain needs to make use of the powers available to him. Events of recent days, however, suggest FIFA’s independent ethics
A member of soccer’s international governing committee predicts that the desert country of Qatar will not be getting the 2022 World Cup, after all. Several years ago, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) awarded the 2022 games to the
(AFP) Six Russian MiG 35 fighter jets entered a US “air defense identification zone” Friday and were intercepted by American and Canadian warplanes near Alaska, two US defense officials said. Although Russian aircraft have entered the zone previously it was
Russia detained a Lithuanian fishing vessel in international waters on September 17, then towed the vessel to Russia’ s Murmansk Port on September 19. According to Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said the ship is
This article originally appeared in The Economist. The clue is in the name. The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) groups six countries–China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan–and aims to be the dominant security institution in its region; but its origin
In the spring of 1918, the influenza that would become pandemic was first detected. It was initially known as “three-day-fever.” Its effects were such that it caused few deaths. Nobody paid it much heed. That fall, however, it reappeared in
After speaking to the Financial Policy Council at the City University of New York, former CIA director R. James Woolsey spoke briefly to Breitbart News about the post-Cold War security outlook and the highest ranking Cold War-era defector to the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Thailand’s PM suggests that only ugly people are safe in bikinis BBC reporters attacked by Russian thugs after finding evidence of new Ukraine invasion Dozens of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine from Chechnya China’s
