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Report: North Korea to Execute 33 for Contact With Missionary

According to a report, the North Korean regime is preparing to execute 33 citizens who allegedly had contact with a South Korean missionary....

Dave Bohon March 7, 2014

Israel Seizes Ship Carrying Rockets From Iran to Gaza

Warren Mass March 5, 2014

The Israeli Navy intercepted and boarded a cargo ship in international waters in the Red Sea on March 5, seizing a shipment that...

New Disturbing Details of Yemeni Wedding Hit by U.S. Drone

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 2, 2014

Human Rights Watch has released a new report revealing serious moral issues with the U.S. government's drone war in Yemen. ...

Iran to Sell Arms and Ammunition to Iraq

Warren Mass February 26, 2014

Iran has signed a deal to sell $195 million dollars’ worth of arms and ammunition to Iraq, according to documents seen by Reuters...

Australian Christian Missionary Arrested in North Korea

Warren Mass February 19, 2014

John Short, an Australian Christian missionary, was questioned at his hotel in North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang on February 16, and then detained...

Chinese Troops to Observe U.S.-led Military Exercises

Warren Mass February 18, 2014

Mainland China sent 17 troops to join Cobra Gold 2014 — an annual Thai-U.S. co-sponsored joint and multinational military exercise that runs from...

Mainland China and the ROC on Taiwan Hold Talks

Warren Mass February 11, 2014

Wang Yu-chi, the head of The Republic of China’s (Taiwan’s) Mainland Affairs Council, and Zhang Zhijun, head of mainland communist China’s Taiwan Affairs...

Evacuation of Homs Raises Hopes for Syrian Peace Talks

Warren Mass February 7, 2014

The first groups of civilians were evacuated on February 7 from rebel-held sections of Homs, a war-ravaged city in western Syria that has...

Pakistan’s Government Negotiates With Taliban

Warren Mass February 6, 2014

Negotiations between the Pakistani government and representatives of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) began on January 6 in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The talks are...

Peace Talks on Syria Get Off to Tense Start in Switzerland

Warren Mass January 23, 2014

An exchange of words between Syria’s foreign minister and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon created a tense start to the Geneva II Conference on...

Report Accuses Assad Regime of “Systematic Killing” of Detainees

Warren Mass January 21, 2014

Three international aid agencies issued a report on January 21 claiming that the Syrian government is responsible for the “systematic killing” of approximately...