Frances Martel

PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat released a statement Tuesday claiming that the Israeli contingent at the recently concluded round of peace talks “never gave the negotiations a chance to succeed” and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the talks to “consolidate

When Sen. Marco Rubio told the Senate last month that Venezuelan government officials were buying “golden iPhones” while living in Miami mansions, he was not joking. An América TV report uncovers the lavish mansions of the Chavista elite, while the

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has expanded the powers of Turkey’s secret service and granted agents immunity, while the government plans to pass a bill that would sentence journalists to ten years in prison for publishing leaks. The moves come as

The mayor of the suburban Dutch town of Amstelveen has become the target of a national scandal after video surfaced that showed his hand grazing the behind of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Mayor Fred de Graaf has denied that

Former Polish President Lech Walesa honored Pope John Paul II in Rome this week, where he noted that is was “the value of God and the Spirit” that won the war against communism. In his statements, he compared Poland to

The tragic sinking of a South Korean ferry that may have killed more than 200, most high school students, has become a national scandal that has already claimed the career of South Korea’s prime minister. Now, new video has surfaced,

“No-bama, no bases, no war,” chanted an angry crowd of protesters in Manila Monday, infuriated by a ten-year defense deal in which the United States promised support for the Filipino army in the event of any dispute with the country’s

Five bouncy castles in Alicante, Spain flew away with children in them on Sunday, in an accident witnesses described as “horrifying.” The incident injured 23 and hospitalized four, mostly minors. The incident occurred at a vintage car fair in Alicante, southwestern

A mass trial against Islamic militants in Egypt has resulted in the death penalty for hundreds involved in the uprisings that toppled President Hosni Mubarak and triggered major instability in the nation. Among those sentenced is Mohammed Badie, the Supreme

A military rebellion in Bolivia has diminished the nation’s armed forces by hundreds after military leaders dismissed 702 soldiers for what they deemed “sedition.” The military officers have been protesting what they consider unfair working conditions and insufficient health and

The two month mark approaches and few signs have led investigators to any new evidence on where missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might have crashed. With ever more directions in which to point the blame, a former Malaysian Prime Minister

The Bolivarian Socialist revolution has claimed the lives of 41 Venezuelans and forced thousands of others to suffer long lines in supermarkets for basic needs. While the political situation in the country remains dire, the economic situation continues to worsen:

The Daily Beast is reporting exclusively that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an end to communication with President Obama and high-level officials in the White House. The move follows a report that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel could not get through

On April 26, 1986, a routine test at the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant went awry, causing the single greatest ecological disaster in history. As Ukraine prepares to observe this grim anniversary, tensions between the state and separatists favoring

Nigerian governors attending a security meeting in the capital, Abuja, agreed that the threat the nation faces from Islamist extremist group Boko Haram is “not a religious war” but still one that has destroyed the lives of Christians and Muslims

Iranian activists continue to work for increased awareness of the plight of political prisoners in the nation’s Evin Prison, the site of attacks by guards on prisoners earlier this month that resulted in the removal of the nation’s prison chief.

President Obama used his visit to Japan to reiterate that the United States is bound by treaty to defend the controversial Senkaku Islands, which China calls the Diaoyu and insists are a sovereign part of China. In response, Xinhua reports the

Acclaimed Peruvian author and Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa is in Caracas, Venezuela, doing what he says his own government won’t do. “I feel the need to go and demonstrate,” he told Venezuelan newspaper El Universal early this month;

Iran made significant strides in gaining power in the United Nations Economic and Social Council this week, confirming their place on five sub-committees. Most controversial among these is their appointment to the Commission on the Status of Women, which would give

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe invoked the ire of many in China last December for visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, a monument in honor of WWII generals, many of whom committed war crimes. In this Abe has something in common with Canadian

NPR reports that sources within the United States government are expecting the American military to increase aid shipments to Syrian rebels in the form of weapons and Jordanian training camps. The report follows news that President Bashar al-Assad’s government will

While President Enrique Peña Nieto’s campaign against violence is helping subdue crime in many parts of Mexico, the southwestern state of Michoacán, home to some of the most violent drug cartels in the nation, experienced a 55% spike in homicides