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Reports surfaced this weekend of the worst ethnic violence experienced in China since 2009, with more than 100 people killed in attacks by individuals the government claims are Uyghur Islamist extremists in Xinjiang. Chinese state media report the government is

(Reuters) Southeast Asian foreign ministers this week hold security talks with counterparts, including those from the United States and China, in Myanmar, with escalating tensions over maritime disputes in Asia likely to be a major issue. The Philippines will propose

Goldman Sachs and a group of top tier investment banks are about to buy Silicon Valley’s Perzo to directly compete with Bloomberg LP, their current vendor for institutional trader interface and messaging. Facing annual license costs per terminal of over

The European Union pumped €436m (£348m/$586m) into Ukraine’s anti-Russian “civil society” groups in the seven years leading up to overthrow of the democratically-elected President Yanukovych in February this year. Civil society groups and other pressure groups – some of them

VALLETTA August 4 (Reuters) – The British survey ship HMS Enterprise has arrived in Malta carrying 110 Britons evacuated from Libya, where fighting between rival armed factions has spread in the capital. The British ambassador to Libya, Michael Aron, said

As Lake Erie erupts in a toxic algae bloom, Ohio’s lakeside city Toledo is issuing alerts to residents not to drink city water, even if it has been boiled beforehand. In the Toledo area, the great lake has seen a

(Reuters) – An American doctor stricken with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia and brought to the United States for treatment in a special isolation ward is improving, the top U.S. health official said on Sunday. Dr Kent Brantly,

A great deal of attention has been focused in recent months on the surge of illegal aliens, particularly unaccompanied alien children (UAC), through the southwest border of the United States. However, a federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State Sunni insurgents have captured the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and a nearby oil field after a battle with Kurdish forces who had control of the area, witnesses said on Sunday. Islamic State, which staged

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Africans launch aid program as alarm increases over Ebola Gaza ceasefire collapses with ‘game changer’ abduction Mainstream analysts suddenly realize that this time it’s different Tunisia closes border to foreigners fleeing Libya Africans launch

In a stunning five minute statement read on state television late Friday, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, leader of Israel’s oldest and most implacable foe, called the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza a “collective massacre” caused by Hamas.  It is just the

On July 30, Jume Tahir–the imam of China’s largest mosque–was stabbed to death in Kashgar. Tahir was chief imam of the Id Kah mosque, “deputy president of the Xinjiang Islamic Association,” and “a former deputy to the Official National People’s

Libya is descending into a civil war spiral that is “much worse” than the unrest that toppled its dictator Moamar Gaddafi in 2011, residents fleeing the country said Saturday. Athineou was part of a group of 186 people evacuated from

On July 25 Breitbart News reported that Massachusetts police chiefs wanted “sole discretion” over who can purchase a long gun, be it a rifle or a shotgun. On August 1 state lawmakers passed a bill that gives police chiefs such

Washington, D.C. — Photos obtained by Breitbart News showcase the struggle far-left activists are facing in persuading the public to support their anti-Israel rallies. A rally hosted by Code Pink on Wednesday in front of the Israeli embassy appeared to be

GUSH ETZION, Israel — Hundreds of volunteers from all over Israel teamed up over the past few weeks to build a new Jewish cultural center in Gush Etzion, about 100 yards away from where three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and

A Hamas attack on Israeli troops left two soldiers dead and a third feared kidnappedjust hours into a planned 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli cabinet officials are meeting to discuss a response, but already Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Hamas will pay

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Gaza ceasefire: Things to watch for Questions about the Palestinian delegation to the ceasefire talks The Rafah crossing becomes a major issue in the Gaza war Report: Hamas planned massive attack through tunnels

A mountain biker from Sierra Leone was reported to have gone missing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after his team mate was tested for the Ebola virus. Mohamed Tholley was due to compete in a time trial yesterday but

The lower chamber of the Spanish parliament has passed a controversial law, nicknamed the “Google tax,” which will allow members of the Spanish newspaper association to demand fees from aggregators such as Google News for posting links to their articles.

(Reuters) – Three suspected Islamist militants armed with knives and axes killed the imam of China’s biggest mosque in the western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, the authorities said, days after a knife-wielding gang attacked state buildings in the same

(Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry accused Canada on Thursday of making irresponsible accusations lacking any credible evidence after Canada singled out Chinese hackers for attacking a key computer network and lodged a protest with Beijing. Officials said “a highly sophisticated

(Reuters) – The semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq is pressing the Obama administration for sophisticated weapons it says Kurdish fighters need to push back Islamist militants threatening their region, Kurdish and U.S. officials said. A Kurdish official said the

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his security officials are to blame for the rise of Sunni insurgents who have seized parts of Iraq, the country’s Kurdish foreign minister said. Hoshiyar Zebari’s comments are likely to further

GAZA, Aug. 1 (UPI) — Both sides blame the other as a proposed cease-fire between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza collapsed Friday morning within two hours of going into effect. At least 40 people are confirmed dead and 150

The Labor Department reported the economy added only 209,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate rose to 6.2 percent, but that hardly tells how tough the labor market has become for ordinary folks.  The jobless rate may be down from

(Reuters) – The U.S. government will begin testing on people an experimental Ebola vaccine as early as September, after seeing positive results from tests on primates, according to media reports on Thursday. The National Institutes of Health’s infectious disease unit

(Reuters) – Rights activists called on Thursday for the immediate release of a transgender women allegedly raped by her cellmate at an Arizona immigrant detention center, accusing authorities of refusing to provide for her safety. The activists say immigration and

LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Scotland said on Friday that a vote by Scotland to become independent from the rest of the United Kingdom could significantly increase its costs and have a material impact on its business. RBS, which

ALGIERS (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit southeast of the Algerian capital on Friday, shaking building and sending panicked families rushing in the streets in Algiers and nearby towns, witnesses and officials said. The United States Geological Survey said

Although the latest Everytown for Gun Safety ad was intended to encourage viewers to ask senators to support gun control, many are speculating that it could very well cause more women to go to the gun store. According to The

Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera, the head of Cuba’s Rosa Parks Civil Rights Movement aimed at organizing black Cubans against the communist regime of Raúl Castro, had a pointed message for the Congressional Black Caucus during a talk in Washington, D.C., this

There is no Iron Dome in Gaza, where hundreds of Hamas rockets are falling short in the Strip, killing scores of innocent civilians. During the day Wednesday, 140 rockets were fired from Gaza, indiscriminately destined for Israel. According to Israel

JERUSALEM – 158 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and relief supplies were scheduled to enter into Gaza from southern Israel on Tuesday. However, due to Hamas rocket fire and the deteriorating security situation in Israel, just 43 trucks made it through Kerem

Justice Department data obtained by the Associated Press on Thursday reveal that the Obama administration’s plan to reduce America’s prison population has sparked five times as many inmate applications for early release as the year prior.  Since April, 3,300 federal