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.
Many observers are stunned that France has shown more backbone in dealing with Iran than the United States–especially given that France has a Socialist president. While most agree that the Obama administration has adopted a weaker posture in general, of
While everyday Iranians struggle to survive in an economy crippled by international sanctions, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “controls a business empire worth around $95 billion.” This makes Khamenei a one-percenter whose individual worth exceeds “the value of [Iran’s] current
More than 5,000 people have fled their homes in western Indonesia in recent days following a series of violent volcanic eruptions, an official said Tuesday. Mount Sinabung on the north of Sumatra island has been hurling out red-hot ash, rocks
(AP) Toronto mayor says “I’m not going anywhere”By ROB GILLIESAssociated PressTORONTOA defiant Toronto Mayor Rob Ford declared Monday that he intends to stay in office despite immense pressure to step aside after admitting he smoked crack cocaine. Later, Ford told
BANGUI, Central African Republic, Nov. 11 (UPI) — The mineral-rich Central African Republic is collapsing into chaos amid a worsening religious conflict between Christians and Muslims that could trigger genocide and bring more upheaval to a region already beset by
MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Nearly all the money U.S. secrets leaker Edward Snowden had since he fled the United States in May is gone, his attorney in Russia said. “The savings he had, he has almost entirely spent on
(AP) Spanish pianist might face jail for practicingBy CIARAN GILESAssociated PressMADRIDSpanish prosecutors want to send a young pianist to jail for over seven years after a neighbor accused her of causing psychological damage and noise pollution. The neighbor _ identified
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Dozens of people were executed recently in seven North Korean cities in the first known mass executions in the Kim Jong Un regime, South Korean media reported. The executions of about 80 people
The atrocities in North Korea reached another peak on November 3, as roughly 80 people were publicly executed in seven different cities for crimes such as watching films made in South Korea, dealing in pornography or possessing a Bible. The
At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Big Brother may be watching you, but you can’t watch anyone else: mobile phones and tablets will be banned for use by journalists wanting to film the athletes or the crowds watching them.
Australia’s cabinet has decided it will reject new contributions or taxes related to climate change at this week’s annual United Nations global summit on climate change in Warsaw, calling the measures “socialism masquerading as environmentalism.” According to The Australian, the document
We stand on the shoulders of giants. This is true not just in terms of scientific and technological advances, but also with regard to the unique place of the great American experiment in the march of human history. Our founding
TULLAMORE, England, Nov. 11 (UPI) — A pig farmer who ordered repossession agents to undress and enter a cage with a boar was sentenced to jail Monday in Tullamore, England, court records said. Donal Connaughton, 55, of Elfeet, England, was
On Monday, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who had been pushing for new sanctions against the Iranian government, confirmed to BuzzFeed that he had received a call from the White House encouraging him to end support for the sanctions. According to
SPRUCE GROVE, Alberta, Nov. 11 (UPI) — An Alberta, Canada, man said the 1,821-pound bison he keeps as a pet is his “best friend” and used to come into the house for water and TV time. Jim Sautner, who lives
SIGGERUD, Norway, Nov. 11 (UPI) — Emergency responders in Norway said it took 11 firefighters more than 5 hours to lift a 330-pound elk out of an empty swimming pool. Officials said the firefighters were called to a home in
(AP) California town builds house for wounded GIBy JOHN ROGERSAssociated PressLANCASTER, Calif.When Jerral Hancock came home from the Iraq war missing one arm, with another that barely worked and a paralyzed body that was burned all over, he was a
(AP) French president booed at WWI ceremonyPARISFrance’s unpopular president ignored jeers by protesters as he laid flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier during a ceremony marking the end of World War I. Francois Hollande paraded up the Champs
Yossi Klein Halevi’s Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation is among the most beautiful and tragic books written about the history of Israel. It follows the lives of the young reservist
Appearing on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade discussed his book about the spy ring that helped win the Revolutionary War, which host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Singaporean man with an unusual superhero-like name turned out to be a villain who consumed drugs and stole from his brother. Batman bin Suparman, which means Batman son of Suparman in the Malay language, was jailed
The Saudi government said Monday that a camel has tested positive for MERS, in the first case of an animal infected with the coronavirus that has killed 64 people worldwide.A camel owned by a person diagnosed with the disease had
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been hassling Airman Brian Kolfage, a retired Air Force veteran and purple heart recipient who lost both his legs and part of one of his arms in a rocket attack when he served
As American conservatives are challenging the Republican Party to return to its constitutional roots, many Catholic conservatives are trying to cope with a parallel sense that the new leader of the world’s Catholics has not reached out to them. Having
It was just after midnight on March 25, 1945 when B-29 bombardier Scott Downing and his crew dropped their incendiary ordnance on Tokyo and banked northeast to head back to the U.S. base. While banking, Downing noticed one of the bomb
