ISIS released videos of beheading 2 Japanese hostages, then burned alive Jordanian fighter pilot when their ransom demands were not met. They claimed Jordanian airstrikes on their training centers killed one of the remaining American hostages a few weeks later. The Pentagon estimates ISIS has about 20,000 to 30,000 fighters. Obama asked Congress to formally authorize use of military…
Egypt
Spring/Summer 2014 Elections around the World and a little more
European Union European Parliament (EP) elections were held between 22 and 25 May. Across the 28 member-states the centre-right European People’s Party won the most seats, but came up well short of a majority. Representatives from the Roughly a quarter of all seats went to parties skeptical of the EU (or protest parties), thus, the…
Clashes in Cairo
Egypt continues to face unrest as the military and protestors clash in the capital. Protestors are primarily supporters of Mohammed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Background: Egypt’s military removed their first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi in what some are calling the second coup in 2-years (30-year president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011 after…