Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
Business Insider (h/t: AOSHQ) has gathered some news off the Reuters Twitter feed: Reuters reports that protesters loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad have broken into the U.S. embassy compound in Damascus, according to diplomats in the capital city. Reuters
[youtube mT2zRZ0KBpg] In this video, popular Egyptian Shaykh Safwat Hegazy threatens Jews and Christians, and ultimately the whole world, saying, “Jerusalem belongs to us, and the whole world belongs to us.” He states the Islamic caliphate will return, and that
Do you support a cause drowning in innuendo? Share facts online when lies are reported erroneously? Take action via Twitter, Facebook or in person to evoke a brighter future? Many would argue activism to improve the lives of others is
The Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria is fuming because the U.S. amabassador to Syria, Robert Ford, visited the city of Hama on Friday, and was joined by France’s ambassador to Syria, Eric Chevallier, according to Reuters. The two of them
Pakistan’s Dawn takes a look inside rehab programs for former Taliban and radicals. Based on this account, the program has been quite a success. Although I have to say the notion of terrorists suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress bothers me. Aren’t
Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who has famously sung “Blueberry Hill” on several occasions, has now has his singing featured in a music video and remix put together by Russia’s DJ Smash. What would Obama’s video look like? What song would
**Link Fixed** A rare thing will happen today. In the last stage of a lengthy legal mitosis, the bottom 25% of Sudan will seal its border and begin to live and grow on its own. As bureaucrats rush to update
Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer sends his translation of a news story about the latest celebrations of cultural enrichment in Oslo. He includes this explanatory note: This newspaper article appeared in today’s edition of Aftenposten. It seems that the carbecue
Our Czech correspondent Gemini sends his translation of sections from two articles in the Czech media. These stories concern a plain-spoken Czech politician whose candor is refreshing, to say the least, for those of us who live to the west
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Karachi crawls back to life Karachi crawls back to life After five days of political and ethnic violence that resulted in the deaths of 98 people and 150 wounded, police and paramilitary forces claimed
The morning was spent in Jerusalem and I would sleep that night in Tel Aviv. The next day I would travel north to Nazareth where I would meet with Pastor Afif, an Arab Palestinian Christian, the pastor who would baptize
From the Associated Press: KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. and its allies are within reach of defeating al-Qaida after killing Osama bin Laden and gaining new insights about the terrorist group’s other leading figures, new Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said
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On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the U.S. economy created a net of only 18,000 new jobs in June. This was far lower than the 100,000 to 150,000 or more that mainstream economists had been predicting.
Hizballah has established a vast network of operatives throughout Latin America, and even in North America, which could be used to wage terrorist attacks against American interests if the group or its Iranian patrons see fit, witnesses told a House
The assumption by some in the west is that socialism and communism are at war with Islam. After all, the former tend to be atheists and the latter are focused on the will of Allah. But according to Asghar Ali
A reader in London just sent us the following photo, which is fairly self-explanatory: He included this note: Please see attached a poster seen stuck on to a bus stop on corner of Mission Grove and Carisbrooke Road, London E17.
As a liberal, Jew, and lesbian, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan would face three capital counts against her in a Sharia court of law. Though, my guess is the “liberal” and the “Jew” in her are enough to explain Justice
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Half a million people protest in Hama, Syria Protests in Hama on Friday (AFP) Despite a bloody, brutal assault on the city of Hama by Syrian security forces earlier this week, half a million
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Last Saturday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah gave Hezbollah-backed Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati the political equivalent of a public thrashing. Last Thursday, Mikati gave a speech in which he tried to project an image of a leader of a government
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Naval Intelligence officer and Senator Mark Kirk, of Illinois, elaborates on the situation that would bring the Russians into the U.S. missile defense program and a new proposal that would base radar defense
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Newly unsealed court documents reveal new details about a plot to attack a military recruiting center in Seattle. Items seized by federal investigators from the home of accused lead conspirator Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif include plans to attack a U.S. military
Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-04) House Floor remarks in support of an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act to deny authorization for the use of funds for the war in Libya. Speech in Support of the Amash/ Kucinich Amendment
