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.
On Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Saudi King Abdullah to try and warm relations between the two countries. “A true relationship between friends is based on sincerity, candor and frankness,” said Prince Saudi al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign
Four men are accused of gang-raping a 16-year old in Mumbai, India over the weekend. The country has been plagued by numerous high-profile attacks on women and Mumbai is supposedly the safest city in the country for them. Six men,
(Reuters) – The mother of jailed U.S. missionary Kenneth Bae, who is serving a 15-year sentence for state subversion in North Korea, said that her son remained isolated and was desperate for contact to the outside world a year after
(AP) Mali official: 5 held in French journalist deathsBy RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated PressDAKAR, SenegalFrench troops who found the bodies of two slain French radio journalists in northern Mali followed footprints in the sand near the corpses to hunt their abductors, part
French riot police fired water cannons and tear gas at 30,000 truckers, farmers, fishermen, and food industry workers waving banners of “Right to Work” and hurling rocks and iron bars at police to protest a new “ecotax” on commercial trucking
The man who calls himself Abu Muslim sits with his fellow fighters, members of the group Katiba al Muhajireen, and raises his rifle for the camera. He has come to Aleppo to fight, he tells the man who has come to
US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday arrived in Poland for talks on growing trade ties, as well as plans to base an American missile defense system there by 2018. His visit also comes against a background of European anger
(AP) Feds: Navy secrets bought with hookers, Gaga tixBy JULIE WATSONAssociated PressSAN DIEGONicknamed “Fat Leonard,” the gregarious Malaysian businessman is well known by U.S. Navy commanders in the Pacific, where his company has serviced warships for 25 years.But prosecutors in
LONDON, Nov. 3 (UPI) — Thirty-nine percent of British girls age 15 and younger who visited a contraceptive clinic in the past year said they use the pill, health officials say. That’s up from 36 percent who said they used
(AP) Thieves in Halloween garb rob Mexico jewelry storeMEXICO CITYMexican authorities say armed thieves dressed as zombies and other scary Halloween characters robbed a jewelry store in Mexico City. City police say the robbers barged into the store Saturday night
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel plans security fence along border with Jordan Jordan’s King Abdullah threatens ‘measures’ over Syrian refugees Bulgaria to build a security fence along border with Turkey Venezuela’s Maduro accuses Twitter of attacking his government
The Middle East has changed dramatically over the past several years–and yet it has not changed at all. In all the drama over the Arab Spring, the Iranian “détente,” the Syrian civil war, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and all the
(AP) Bahrain charges opposition leader with `insults’MANAMA, BahrainA legal adviser for Bahrain’s main opposition group says its leader has been charged with insulting authorities through an exhibition that showed alleged abuses against anti-government protesters in the Gulf nation. It’s unclear
Gunmen have attacked a wedding convoy in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, killing more than 30 people including the groom in a suspected ambush, witnesses and survivors said Sunday. The attack happened on Saturday on the notorious Bama-Banki road when
(AP) Bangladesh sentences 2 men to death for war crimesBy JULHAS ALAMAssociated PressDHAKA, BangladeshA special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Sunday sentenced to death two Bangladeshis now living in the U.S. and Britain for crimes against humanity during the
(AP) Kerry in Egypt on first visit since Morsi ousterBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterCAIROU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Cairo on Sunday pressing for reforms during the highest-level American visit to Egypt since the ouster of the country’s
Because he hasn’t been seen in three weeks, rumors are growing that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seriously ill, but Israeli intelligence avers that he has been out of sight due to his efforts to draft an agreement
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan blames U.S. drone strike for the ‘murder of peace’ China’s strategic failures in the South China Sea China boasts about submarines capable of attacking cities across U.S. Report: China sending reconnaissance ship to
(AP) Greek police: Golden Dawn slaying was point-blankBy DEMETRIS NELLASAssociated PressATHENS, GreecePolice investigating the slaying of two members of the far-right Golden Dawn party and the serious wounding of a third person said Saturday the assailant finished off his victims
(AP) Latin America’s Day of the Dead honors loved onesBy The Associated PressLatin Americans around the region are honoring their departed loved ones with Day of the Dead celebrations, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint’s
(AP) Egypt TV criticized for suspending popular satireBy TONY G. GABRIELAssociated PressCAIROA private Egyptian TV station came under fire from public figures and fans of a widely popular satirist Saturday after it blocked the airing of his weekly show critical
(AP) Defiant Toronto mayor repeats he won’t resignBy ROB GILLIESAssociated PressTORONTOEmbattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford repeated Saturday that he won’t resign despite mounting pressure for him to step aside after police said they had obtained a copy of a video
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2 (UPI) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at a conference Friday in Philadelphia, announced a “No Ceilings” project for women around the world. “No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project” will be operated by the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Power struggle in Iran would follow death of Supreme Leader Iran’s negotiations with America represent a Rafsanjani victory over Khamenei ‘Death to America!’ to be featured on Iran’s American embassy anniversary Saudi Arabia turns
(AP) Mich. man claims he told US where bin Laden wasBy JEFF KAROUBAssociated PressDETROITA Michigan man claims he tipped federal investigators to the location of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan eight years before his killing and has hired attorneys
