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.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com India still vulnerable 5 years after ’26/11′ terrorist attack on Mumbai China sends jets into air defense zone, after flights by U.S., Japan and S. Korea U.S. and Japan conduct huge naval exercise off
By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGChina said it sent warplanes into its newly declared maritime air defense zone days after the U.S., South Korea and Japan all sent flights through the airspace in broadening defiance of rules Beijing says it has imposed
Russian law enforcement is holding 15 radical Islamists in Moscow who allegedly belong to a banned branch of the al-Qaida terror network, AFP reports. Members of the over 50-year old Egyptian founded group, Takfir wal-Hijra, were allegedly preparing suicide strikes. Television footage on Russian
New York, November 28 (QNA) -The 68th General Assembly has adopted a resolution declaring 2014 as “International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People”. Co-sponsored by more than 30 countries, the resolution received 110 votes in favour, seven against and
A European Court of Human Rights ruling from this autumn has triggered the release of dozens of convicted Basque separatist terrorists–56 in five weeks–admitting their guilt and speaking to the public as they begin resettling in Spain. What began as
(AP) Market bombings, attacks across Iraq kill 22By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADThree car bombs exploded at outdoor markets and on a street full of shops near Iraq’s capital, the deadliest of a series of attacks Thursday across the country that killed
(AP) Islamic police destroy beer in north Nigerian cityKANO, NigeriaIslamic police shouted “God is great” as an earthmover shattered 240,000 bottles of beer in a widening crackdown in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano. Alcohol is banned under Shariah law imposed
The U.S. is standing with Japan in the territorial dispute over islands in the East China Sea between Japan and China. The islands over which China declared “a new airspace defense zone last week” are called the Senkaku in Japan
A new poll released by Rasmussen on Wednesday indicates that Americans narrowly oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, 43% to 41%–a result within the 3% margin of error. That result contrasts sharply with the results of a poll released by Reuters/Ipsos
(AP) Syrian troops capture town near Lebanon borderBy ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaSyrian troops captured a western town near the border with Lebanon on Thursday, after days of heavy fighting that killed dozens including nine doctors and nurses
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com CENTCOM delivers Thanksgiving dinners to soldiers in Afghanistan Nationalistic bloggers ridicule China over America’s B-52s Iran rejects White House summary of nuclear agreement CENTCOM delivers Thanksgiving dinners to soldiers in Afghanistan Marines at Forward
(AP) UN blacklists alleged Benghazi attack culpritBy PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSThe U.N. Security Council has blacklisted an al-Qaida-affiliated militant and his network for allegedly being linked to the attack on the U.S diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The council’s
Days after completing nuclear talks with Iran and striking a deal on uranium enrichment and sanctions, the Obama administration has asked the Islamic Republic to release several American hostages. Criticized for not bringing up the matter during the negotiations, the White House
The Obama administration has entered secret talks with the Hezbollah terrorist group, mediated by Great Britain, according to a report in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai, as relayed by the Jerusalem Post Wednesday. The State Department lists Hezbollah as a terrorist
The debate over Diana West’s book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character has been far below the intellectual standard set by the book itself. Both sides now seem to regret the fact that the debate has degenerated
By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROEgyptian authorities on Wednesday took a heavy hand against both Islamist and secular opponents, handing down heavy prison sentences to a group of female supporters of the ousted Islamist president–including teenagers as young as 15–and ordering the
JUDGEMENT IN MOSCOW But Judea clamoured all around, Of the dead declined to be reminded Alexander Galich Chapter One: PHONEY WAR 1. Who cares? There is a huge pile of papers before me on my desk,
In a far-ranging 50,000 word statement released by Pope Francis on Tuesday, he illustrated that he is sympathetic to the tenets of liberation theology and hostile to capitalism. Liberation theology, which is a recent movement that essentially began at the
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says before he signs a Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States, he has two demands: that “the Americans should stop attacks against Afghan homes” and that there be “peace in Afghanistan.” In an interview tih
On Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif announced that Iran would continue its development at the Arak nuclear reactor unabated, despite White House announcements that Iranian nuclear development had been frozen. “Capacity at the Arak site is not going
Move America Forward is sending care packages to U.S. troops in Afghanistan over the holidays. To that end, they are asking Americans to contribute for a care package to a soldier who won’t be home for the holidays. The care
The president who promised us that his health care legislation would allow us to keep our insurance plans and doctors now insists that his agreement with Iran will not allow it to keep a nuclear-weapons program. What the two pledges
An interesting new theory is gaining traction about President Barack Obama’s motives in the Iran nuclear deal, which not only allows Iran to retain nuclear enrichment but also effectively legitimizes the regime and boosts it as a regional power. On
(AP) Syria says it won’t give up power in peace talksBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaThe Syrian government said Wednesday it will participate in U.N.-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending the country’s civil war, but insisted that it is not going
(AP) China says it monitored defiant US bomber flightsBy CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGChina said Wednesday it monitored two unarmed U.S. bombers that flew over the East China Sea in defiance of Beijing’s declaration it is exercising greater military control over the
