Tag: Luke Ryan

A “halal” internet has been a topic that’s been brought up in Iran several times in the past, and has once again resurfaced in the wake of the recent protests across the country. It would mean the strict control of the internet to make it coincide with Islamic law — and being an Islamic country, […]

War is hell. You’ve heard the phrase, and I suppose it’s true. The worst things I’ve ever seen have been in a war, though some of the most courageous and admirable things I’ve ever seen have also been in a war. With extreme darkness you notice the contrast of a little light a whole lot […]

If you’ve been paying attention to which veterans have made their way into Hollywood circles, then you probably know about Adam Driver. He plays in the latest “Star Wars” installments as Kylo Ren, and has also played in “Inside Llewyn Davis,” the TV Series “Girls” and Martin Scorsese’s “Silence.” He plays a disabled veterandisabled veterandisabled […]

The Burmese/Myanmar government has claimed to begin the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees that have fled into Bangladesh. The government says that next week, over 1,258 refugees will return — 750 of which are actually Rohingya, and 508 who are Hindus. The Burmese government aims to repatriate approximately 1,200 back into their borders, but it […]

U.S.-Vietnam relations have been flourishing recently, due to a number of reasons — not the least of which have been their willingness to help the United States find and return the fallen brothers and sisters in arms from the Vietnam War. There are currently 1,601 Americans missing from the war in southeast Asia — many in Vietnam, […]

Delta Air Lines has announced a new policy that requires people with service animals to provide proper documentation, proving that their animals are both healthy and trained, enabling them to fly. This must be provided 48 hours before the scheduled flight’s departure. Delta has said that two-thirds of the alleged service animals on their flights are […]

The siege on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul lasted 13 hours, and since then the information flooding in has constantly been updating. The numbers of dead range from 22 to 30, of multiple nationalities. Now reports are saying that Americans are counted among the dead, however the state department has yet to release the names […]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis didn’t get the usual pomp and circumstance when he traveled to Indonesia. Instead of a “dress-right-dress” style parade, he was met with soldiers shooting balloons from between one another’s legs, rolling in broken glass, and slashing a cucumber from the mouth of another soldier — just to name a […]

The Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 during WWI took place in the middle of the North Sea. One month prior, the Germans had found success in conducting naval raids on the eastern British coastline. One such attack resulted in 108 dead and 525 civilians wounded. They were able to exfiltrate from the area without […]

The Filipino government continues to go after the news and blog organization called Rappler, one of the harshest critics of their president, Rodrigo Duterte. They began by saying that Rappler was operating in violation of the Filipino constitution, since 100% of the company needed to be based in the Philippines with no outside interests. Rappler […]

As Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu vistited Burma/Myanmar last week, they agreed upon a sale resulting in the acquisition of six Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets for the Burmese military. Shoigu met with the Army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma. General Hlaing occupies the most senior position within the Burmese […]

I’ve lived over half my life in other countries, and I’m always a bit surprised at America’s perception of the rest of the world when I come back, probably due to the great distance between us and them. For example, many people here seem to have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to […]