Nuclear treaty talks with Iran extended their deadline through this week. Pakistan and India are both undergoing a massive heat waves this summer, the death tolls of which have reached the thousands. The Syrian civil war continues, highlighted this month by a massacre of 146 civilians by the Islamic State in Kobani (Wiki TImeline) Six…
ISIS
January & February News Updates
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…
November in the News
US midterm elections brought sweeping Republican wins. No one is sure whether it is a true referendum on the Democrats’ policies, rejection of the current administration, or just a lack of turnout for the Democrats. Either way, a Republican Congress and a Democrat in the White House have served to break gridlock in the past…