Tag Archives: eastern

‘Showing the truth’: Kurdish pop star takes on ISIS with beauty, song

Helly Luv struggled to make it as a pop star in Hollywood, then followed her dream in the service of her people. She’s been likened to Shakira and Lady Gaga, but Helly Luv, the Kurdish pop star who is using…

Trump 2016? – Jeb Bush Makes It Official

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush takes the stage as he formally joins the race for president with a speech at Miami Dade College, Monday, June 15, 2015, in Miami. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Controversial television personality and businessman Donald Trump expected…

GOP’s Increasingly Crowded Field, Hillary’s First Stop

April 14, 2015, photo: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with local residents at the Jones St. Java House in LeClaire, Iowa. (AP) Hillary Clinton has her first official 2016 campaign stop today in Monticello, Iowa. Ed Henry is…

Western Heavyweights Intervene In Ukrainian Conflict; Looking For Another Diplomatic Solution

I was relieved to see reports earlier this week that the United States was finally considering arming the Ukrainians as they continue fighting off pro-Russian separatists in the East. There was the suggestion that we might have been able to…

Progress In Ukraine While Russia Continues Incursion

Last week in Davos, thought leaders and interested parties gathered to discuss a total overhaul of Ukrainian society, with particular focus on increasing transparency, stamping out bureaucracy and corruption as well as promoting efficiency and Western practices. For a country…

Family of Iranian woman on death row in dark despite report she could be spared

The fate of the Iranian woman sentenced to die for killing a man she says tried to rape her remains unclear despite reports she could be spared, according to her mother, who told FoxNews.com her daughter is now being pressured…

UN panel raps Iran over imprisonment of Christian pastor Saeed Abedini

Saeed Abedini has not seen his family in nearly three years, including young daughter Rebekka and son Jacob. (Fox News) A United Nations panel this week blasted Iran’s continued imprisonment of American citizen Saeed Abedini, who is serving an eight-year…

Sun unleashes major solar flare

(Space.com) The sun erupted with a massive solar flare late Thursday, triggering a temporary communications blackout on some parts of Earth. The powerful flare peaked at 8:27 p.m. EDT Thursday (0027 April 25 GMT), and ranked as an X1.3-class solar…

With The Annexation Of Crimea, Putin Is Testing Us Again — Will The US Rise To The Challenge?

The United States and the European Union is facing one of their greatest foreign policy challenges in decades. By passing the referendum yesterday and calling for the annexation of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, the voters of Crimea have sent…