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(AP) Thailand cuts interest rate amid political strifeBANGKOKThailand’s central bank unexpectedly lowered the cost of credit Wednesday as escalating protests to topple the government add to pressure on the economy. The Bank of Thailand said it lowered its policy interest

Kabul, November 27 (QNA) – At least 33 Taliban militants were killed in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) during the past twenty-four hours in different regions of the country.

(AP) Iraq: 13 executed corpses found as attacks kill 5By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADPolice around Iraq’s capital found the corpses of 13 men Wednesday apparently gunned down in executions, as other attacks in the country killed at least five, authorities said.

While the West curried favor with Iran by indulging them in their pursuit of nuclear weapon with the new agreement signed over the weekend, Iran sent missile technicians to North Korea to join in development of a new rocket booster

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. B-52 warplanes challenge China’s ‘Sea Air Identification Zone’ France to send troops to Central African Republic in ‘chaos’ U.S. B-52 warplanes challenge China’s ‘Sea Air Identification Zone’ B-52 Bomber America has flown two

Hondurans went to the polls last weekend and elected a conservative candidate who created a military police to fight rampant gang warfare. His opponent–wife of deposed Chavez ally Manuel Zelaya–is now calling for mass upheaval to protest what the election tribunal calls

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Oversight and Government Reform National Security Subcommittee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a letter Monday to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Rand Beers demanding more information about the Obama Administration’s plans

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) military sexual assault legislation has hit another snag. According to numerous reports, the bill was blocked: Gillibrand, the junior Democratic senator from New York, believes passage of her bill to shift the decision to prosecute sexual assaults

Ben Rhodes, the Deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama, advised Israel in a televised interview not to attack Iran.  While acknowledging Israel’s independent right to self-defense, Rhodes–who rose inexplicably from speechwriter to the highest levels of foreign and

On Tuesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard news agency FARS released a statement from the Foreign Ministry denouncing the version of the Iranian nuclear deal released by the Obama administration on Sunday. “What has been released by the website of the

Last week, the Times of Israel reported that senior presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett had been leading talks with Iran in secret for a year before the formal negotiations in Geneva this month. While the White House denied the report “100

In the wake of the deal reached in Geneva on Sunday on Iran’s nuclear program, much of the media’s initial excitement has given way to glum recognition that the agreement is little more than appeasement, inviting comparisons to the infamous

(AP) 5 wolves escape from UK zoo; 3 shot deadLONDONBritish zoo staff have killed three wolves which escaped from their pen. Colchester Zoo in southeastern England said a fourth wandering wolf was subdued with a tranquilizer dart and recaptured while

A majority of Israelis have no faith in the weekend agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 nations. A poll published in Israel Hayom shows that 76.4 percent of Israelis “[do] not believe Iran will halt its nuclear program” as

(AP) Former hostages react to Iran’s nuclear dealBy MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated PressMcLEAN, Va.A nuclear deal between the U.S., Iran and other world powers has been described as a trust-building step after decades of animosity that hopefully will lead to a more

(AP) Afghan leader, Rice at odds over security dealBy PATRICK QUINNAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAfghanistan’s president and the U.S. delivered blunt messages to each other Monday that gave no indication of a resolution of their disagreements over a pact that governs the

(AP) Obama pushes back against critics of Iran dealBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONPushing back hard, President Barack Obama forcefully defended the temporary agreement to freeze Iran’s disputed nuclear program on Monday, declaring that the United States “cannot close the

(AP) Senators writing new sanctions in case Iran cheatsBy BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONLeading Democratic and Republican senators are crafting legislation to reinstate the full force of sanctions and impose new ones if Iran doesn’t make good on its pledge to roll

A controversy has erupted over reports that the Southwest African nation of Angola has banned Islam and destroyed mosques. According to a report in the Moroccan newspaper la Nouvelle Tribune, Angolan officials confirmed the actions. Angola’s minister of culture, Rosa

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Jubilation in Tehran over Iran’s nuclear deal Pakistan’s Imran Khan blockades supplies to Nato in Afghanistan Jubilation in Tehran over Iran’s nuclear deal Jubilant Iranians holding posters of president Hassan Rouhani welcome the return

According to the wisest members of the left, including President Obama, the new deal with Iran will stifle Iran’s nuclear program. President Obama pledged, in his Saturday night address to the nation, that “we have halted the progress of the

President Barack Obama’s controversial deal easing sanctions on Iran is causing new rifts among Senate Democrats in a caucus struggling to hold itself together in the wake of the Obamacare fiasco.  Democrats in the upper chamber who usually are unified

If you don’t believe that Iran is close to assembling a nuclear bomb because of the agreement reached by Barack Obama’s administration, think again.  The agreement allows Iran to keep half of the uranium it has already enriched to 20%,

“The prime minister made it clear to the most powerful man on earth that if he intends to stay the most powerful man on earth, it’s important to make a change in American policy because the practical result of his