Marcus Luttrell honors fallen officers in Houston, died ‘a warrior’s death’
The former Navy SEAL turned author Marcus Luttrell discusses his experiences and the transitioning the tale to a best-selling book and major motion picture while speaking during the Harris County Peace Officers’ More...
Chap Justin Roberts previews ‘The Hornet’s Nest’ and the follow up ‘No Greater Love’
Army Chaplain Justin Roberts spoke with The Global Dispatch/Dispatch Radio about the new film, The Hornet’s Nest, which uses the footage from embedded ABC reporters to take audiences into the depths of More...
Army Cpt Tye Reedy talks ‘The Hornet’s Nest,’ Afghanistan War
Army Cpt. Tye Reedy spoke with The Global Dispatch/Dispatch Radio about the new film, The Hornet’s Nest, which takes audiences into the depths of the war in Afghanistan. The film was put together using footage More...
Afghan war explodes to life in ‘The Hornet’s Nest’ movie trailer, poster
PRESS RELEASE: The Hornet’s Nest is a groundbreaking and immersive feature film, documenting the drastic turn of events when a single day, routine strike turns into nine intense days of harrowing combat against More...
WHO committee: Polio spread an ‘extraordinary event’ and a public health risk to other States
World Health Organization Director, Dr. Margaret Chan, upon the advice from an Emergency Committee of independent experts, declared recent international spread of wild poliovirus a “public health emergency of More...
Lessons from America’s failed Afghanistan partnership
U.S. Air Force photo by by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras PRESS RELEASE: 9-Year Aid Worker Shares Observations from the Front Lines By the end of this year, the United States will have spent more than $102 More...
New polio cases reported from Pakistan, Syria, Somalia and Afghanistan
The number of polio cases reported to date in 2014 is 18, with 15 of these cases reported from Pakistan, according to a Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) update Wednesday. The organization reports six new wild More...
Afghanistan reports polio case in Kabul, first since 2001
Afghanistan is one of three remaining polio endemic countries on the globe, Pakistan and Nigeria being the others, and has seen great progress in their polio eradication efforts recently. Image/CIA However, the More...
Syria polio outbreak total now 23 as seven new cases reported
For the first time in over two months, the Syrian Arab Republic has reported new wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in the current outbreak in the war-torn country. According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative More...
Horn of Africa polio outbreak now at 207 as Somalia and Ethiopia report new cases
Things have been quiet in the countries of the Horn of Africa as far as the polio outbreak, with no news reported cases for some time, until now. Horn of AfricaPublic domain image/ Lexicon at the English Wikipedia More...
US Foreign Aid budget request for 2014 is more than $35 billion; Israel, Afghanistan top recipients
A recently published Congressional Research Service report reveals that the request for US foreign aid expenditures is more than $35 billion for the fiscal year 2014, a 1.5% increase from the FY2013 estimated funding. The More...
Polio 2013: by the numbers
Polio has been a story of highs and lows in 2013. Let’s see what the numbers tell us. Somali girl receiving oral polio vaccine (OPV)Image/UNICEF Video Screen Shot Unlike 2012, which 21 wild poliovirus 3 (WPV More...
6 Soldiers dead, 1 survive Black Hawk helicopter crash in Afghanistan
The Taliban claim they shot the chopper down, initial reports claim there was a mechanical failure, but the end results is that six US soldiers are dead and one narrowly survived. Pentagon and military officials More...
Pakistan reports ‘dramatic expansion’ of polio since August
Over the past four months in the polio endemic country of Pakistan, they have seen a “dramatic expansion” of the serious viral disease, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). The More...
Polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan: The progress and the challenges
Both Pakistan and Afghanistan saw an overall decrease in wild poliovirus (WPV) cases from January – September 2013 compared with the same time period in 2012 according to data published in the Morbidity and Mortality More...
Somalia and Ethiopia record more polio cases, outbreak total now at 197
The number of polio cases in the Horn of Africa outbreak has risen by six as both Somalia and Ethiopia recorded new cases. Somalia reported four new cases, while Ethiopia reported two. The current situation on the More...
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria report more polio cases
Polio activity was reported in the three remaining endemic countries during the past week, according to data from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Image/Chris Zahniser, B.S.N., R.N., M.P.H. In Afghanistan, two More...
US consulate in Afghanistan attacked after anniversary of 9/11 by Taliban, 3 dead
A huge explosion rocked the area near the U.S. consulate in Afghanistan’s Herat province early Friday during a heavy gunfight between militants and security forces, officials said. The attackers sped towards More...
Majed El Shafie says Obama repeated the mistakes of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein with support of Muslim Brotherhood
Egyptian-born human rights leader and One Free World International founder Majed El Shafie appeared on the Mike Huckabee Show to discuss the crisis in Egypt. Egypt just like other US errors in foreign policy?27 More...
John Kerry on Afghanistan: ‘We are not withdrawing, we are drawing down’
In an interview Thursday, US Secretary of State John Kerry told Pakistani news source, Geo News senior anchor, Hamid Mir concerning the US presence in Afghanistan, “Not every single soldier will leave in 2014. More...
