(Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it would stop oil exports if pressure from Western sanctions got any tighter and it had a “Plan B” contingency strategy to survive without oil revenues. Western nations led by the United States have
(AP) Qatari emir visits Gaza in boost to Hamas rulersBy IBRAHIM BARZAKAssociated PressGAZA CITY, Gaza StripThe emir of Qatar received a hero’s welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the
A court is to rule on Tuesday on the fate of a panel drafting the country’s new charter in a divisive case pitting Islamists against secularists over the role of religion in post-Mubarak Egypt. The Supreme Administrative Court is to
British foreign minister William Hague will on Tuesday issue a stark warning to European leaders that the EU faces crisis if it continues to take more powers from national governments. During his speech in Berlin, Hague will also insist that
By BEN FELLERAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama came ready Monday for a fighting finish, deriding Mitt Romney as reckless and overmatched in world affairs. Instead he found a subdued challenger who was eager to agree and determined to show
An Israeli soldier was severely wounded by Palestinian fire along the Gaza border early on Tuesday, just hours before a high-profile visit to the strip by the Qatari emir, the military said. Although the army did not say how he
Ten Afghan security personnel have been killed in a bloody battle with Taliban insurgents in the western province of Herat, officials said on Tuesday. Five police officers were among the dead, including the police chief of Obe district, where the
Britain will double the number of remote-controlled RAF drones in operation over Afghanistan to 10, a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said Monday. The five new Reaper drones, to be controlled by pilots based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, are expected
Mexican authorities exhumed a relative of drug kingpin Heriberto Lazcano and took DNA samples from the corpse to remove any doubt they had killed the Zetas leader. Lazcano, one of Mexico’s most wanted men, is believed to have been killed
By ROXANA HEGEMANAssociated PressWICHITA, Kan.When Candida L. Gutierrez’s identity was stolen, the thief didn’t limit herself to opening fraudulent credit and bank accounts. She assumed Gutierrez’s persona completely, using it to get a job, a driver’s license, a mortgage and
A car bomb and mortar attacks against predominantly Shiite neighbourhoods in north Baghdad killed at least seven people Tuesday, security and medical officials said. Multiple mortars struck the Chikouk area while a car bomb exploded in Shuala, all minutes apart
Hundreds of millions have watched the dance and listened to the song — most without understanding a word — but very few have any idea what “Gangnam” is and what, if any, particular “style” it might have. The Gangnam in
By ALLEN G. BREEDAP National WriterWith the baseball playoffs and Monday Night Football to compete with, even free pizza and soda couldn’t entice more than a handful of students to the Tulane University Political Science Department’s viewing party for the
Today, the following article appeared in its entirety today on Ben Smith’s Buzzfeed. Less than a year after the sudden death the conservative provocateur and pioneering blogger Andrew Breitbart, the web empire he had begun to build under his own
First Lady Michelle Obama isn’t the only politician’s wife workin’ the talk show circuit. Ann Romney, wife of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, visited “The View” last week and gently shredded co-host Whoopi Goldberg’s lies about Mormonism. This week, the
It’s hard for Ayn Rand fans to think about anything but the upcoming presidential elections. Randians who still can’t wait for the three-part “Atlas Shrugged” film franchise to wrap now have some very good news. “Atlas Shrugged: Part II,” now
It’s not just our colleagues here at Breitbart News who miss Andrew Breitbart, apparently. The weekend debut of “Hating Breitbart,” director Andrew Marcus’s fond look at two years in the life of the late Internet mogul, scored big in its
(AP) UCI agrees to strip Armstrong of his 7 Tour titlesBy GRAHAM DUNBARAP Sports WriterGENEVALance Armstrong’s name is coming out of cycling’s record books. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling’s
The emotional tale of three women battling sexual harassment in Egypt won the big prize during the 21st Annual Heartland Film Festival Awards Ceremony last night. “Cairo 678,” directed by Mohamed Diab, earned the Best Narrative Feature honor at the annual
Hundreds of jihadist fighters poured into Mali over the weekend to support the Islamists who have controlled the north for seven months, ahead of a threatened regional intervention to seize back power. Residents of the cities of Timbuktu and Gao,
(AP) Lebanon launches major security operationBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTLebanese troops launched a major security operation on Monday to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday that Syria was probably involved in a Beirut car bombing that killed a top anti-Damascus security official. He called Assad a “manipulator” who wanted to spread the “contagion to Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon.”
Andrew Breitbart had a way of getting under the Left’s skin. The late media mogul understood how liberals worked in tandem with the mainstream media to push their preferred narratives. So both progressives and reporters alike hated Andrew with a
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy finds little funny about a second term for President Barack Obama. So the mind behind those “you might be a redneck” gags and the host of “The Great American Bible Challenge,” dropped by Colorado Springs yesterday to
(AP) Deputies search for suspect in Wis. mall shootingBy DINESH RAMDEAssociated PressBROOKFIELD, Wis.Deputies searched Sunday for a shooter after multiple people were wounded when someone opened fire at a spa near a suburban Milwaukee shopping mall. Brookfield police told WTMJ-AM
