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Kenyan legislators passed a new law legalizing polygamy countrywide. The parliamentary measure, which passed in March, allows men to marry multiple wives. Previously, men were restricted to one spouse. Last week, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta signed the measure into law,

On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with President Obama to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine, Russia’s aggression, and US-EU trade relations. The two heads of state united behind the idea of imposing additional sanctions on the Kremlin.  “We will not

On Friday, a natural disaster that occurred in a remote village in northeast Afghanistan claimed the lives of upwards of hundreds of Afghan villagers, with some estimates even claiming thousands. The landslide occurred around noon local time in the district

On Friday, Phillippines and Interpol security authorities arrested 58 individuals behind a Philippines-based criminal network that used victims’ online sexual activity as material for blackmail. The criminal front was said to be a “sextortion” ring. In its press release Friday,

On Thursday at a United Nations Human Rights summit in Geneva, The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) took the stand to to defend its human rights record against accusations it was committing crimes against humanity. Western nations were

It has been almost two weeks since the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram abducted over 300 Nigerian schoolgirls aged 16 to 18. It is believed they are being held captive in the Sambisa Forest, a territorial stronghold for the Boko

The American Enterprise Institute sponsored an expert panel Thursday titled “Getting it right: a better strategy to defeat Al Qaeda.” Al Qaeda is a radical Islamist terrorist group founded by the late Osama Bin Laden. AQ was responsible for the

A 14-year old boy was reportedly a victim of the “massive and unprecedented” U.S. drone bombing campaign in Yemen over the weekend. The drone strikes were ordered to assassinate high-ranking leaders of the terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,

A Jewish synagogue was reportedly firebombed over the weekend in the Ukrainian city of Nikolayeve, a Black Sea port city with an estimated population of 500,000. At this time, neither the identities of the perpetrators nor what side they are

Edward Lucas is a senior editor at The Economist. Lucas has had a distinguished, 30+ year career covering Russian and Eastern European affairs. His most recent title, The Snowden Operation: Inside the West’s Greatest Intelligence Disaster, is available on Kindle. His

Edward Lucas, a prominent journalist who works for The Economist, has warned the Ukraine crisis may rapidly devolve, creating the conditions for a potential World War III. Lucas is an expert on Russian affairs, serving as The Economist‘s Moscow bureau

Multiple local media outlets in Ukraine are reporting the much anticipated “anti-terrorist” operations in the Eastern Ukraine town of Kramatorsk have failed. Tuesday, Interim President Turchynov warned pro-Russian forces in the east they had until 9 a.m. local time to

One year ago today, we were met with yet another solemn reminder: the ideologies that promote, recruit, and train militant Islamist jihadists are alive, well, and growing. When Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnev detonated the two bombs at last year’s Boston

Since the 1940s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud structured the framework for an America-Saudi Arabia alliance, the two nations have upheld a partnership as “strategic allies” with full diplomatic relations. Last week, President Obama visited Saudi

Gordon Duff, a columnist for Iran’s state-controlled English-language media outlet PRESSTV, penned an article Tuesday claiming that the CIA is responsible for the outcome of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Duff’s hypothesis is based on his claim that the CIA can

It appears the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have taken a turn for the worse. The Obama administration along with the other countries involved in negotiations with Iran are seemingly abandoning their original intentions: dissolving Iran’s current nuclear infrastructure. Instead,

Khaled Mashaal, the chairman of Hamas (the internationally-recognized terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip) was in Qatar over the weekend to express sympathy for his fellow jihadists (martyrs) who were killed while conducting terrorist attacks against Israel and to

The results are in and Kim Jong Un will continue as supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. According to the state-controlled media reports coming out of Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un, the only candidate on the ballot, won

Thirty-year old Ibrahim Nagib al-Ghoul, a commander in Hamas, (a terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip) for all intents and purposes self-destructed. The event that appears to be a major misfortune was attributed as a “workplace accident.” According to

On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accused the State of Israel of fabricating its story about their recent successful interception of heavy weaponry headed for the Gaza Strip.  Zarif tweeted, “An Iranian ship carrying arms for Gaza. Captured just

On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released exclusive footage detailing the interception of a Gaza Strip-bound shipment of Syrian-made heavy weaponry. The shipment originated in Syria, made its way to Iran, and was set to be unloaded in Sudan. 

President Obama once defended the current sanctions on Iran by insisting that they had “enormous bite” in containing the finances helping to sustain the Iranian nuclear program. Secretary of State John Kerry continued the Administration’s talking points regarding the strength

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convened its annual Policy Conference from March 2-4. Below is a general synopsis highlighting 5 key points from the conference. 1. Two-State or Bust Of the dozens of expert panels throughout the 3-day conference, none

Of the 27 confirmed panels at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) annual policy conference, only 1 is vaguely dedicated to foreign policy. The panel titled, “What Should be America’s Place in the World in 2017…After Obama?” leaves us with

Catherine Samba-Panza, a French-educated businesswoman and lawyer, has been elected President of the Central African Republic. Samba-Panza was formerly mayor of the CAR’s capital Bangui, a city with a population of roughly 750,000. The UN has warned of “seeds of

Citing the “peace process,” UNESCO, a subdivision of the United Nations, gave into pressure from Arab member states of the UN, cancelling an exhibition documenting the Jews’ historical roots to the Land of Israel. The UNESCO exhibition was scheduled to

Jim Sciutto, CNN’s Chief National Security Correspondent, is reporting that the Menendez-Kirk Iran sanctions bill has 77 Senators in favor of the legislation, more than enough to override a presidential veto. Currently, the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013

The Obama Administration has found some unusual allies in its fight against the Menendez-Kirk Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013.The bill, which seeks “To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional sanctions with respect to

Recounting his initial refusal to stand up for the subjugated Jews of Nazi-Germany, Pastor Martin Niemoller concluded his famous poem stating, “Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out– Because I was not a Jew. Then they

Iran’s State Media outlet: PressTV, claimed Benjamin Netanyahu was behind the Lewinsky scandal, categorizing the Prime Minister’s actions as an “affront” that “destroyed hopes for Mideast peace.” The article also suggests that the first Prime Minister of the State of

Add Susan Rice to the list of top Obama Administration officials who blame Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East.  At the Middle East Institute last week, Rice proclaimed, “We have seen increased tensions on the ground. Some of

On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry was in Israel’s sovereign capital of Jerusalem (which the Obama administration does not recognize as such), lecturing the people of Israel and its government that he and the Obama administration deem new Israeli homes

Over the weekend, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, delivered remarks to an event sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League. Her speech marked the first time that a senior Obama Administration official hinted at the possibility of

Iran is on the brink of obtaining full nuclear weapons capacity. According to a top former deputy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Tehran’s current nuclear infrastructure has the capability to build “the bomb” in two weeks. On Sunday,

Remember when President Obama proclaimed that Al Qaeda was “on the run”, “decimated”, and “on the path to defeat”, much to the chagrin of the national security and intelligence communities as a whole? We may now know from whom the

“We shall never stop until we can go back home and Israel is destroyed… The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations… the goal of this violence is the elimination