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.
(AP) Russia against use of force in Syria resolutionBy ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaMoscow insisted on Tuesday that a new Security Council resolution on Syria not allow the use of force, while the Arab country’s main opposition group
China on Tuesday refused to say whether a United Nations report into a sarin gas attack in Syria showed that government forces had used the banned weapons. The United Nations on Monday revealed details of the attack, which the United
Thai police Tuesday said they had seized almost 200 live protected pangolins, which are prized in China and Vietnam as an exotic meal and for use in traditional medicine. The animals — known as “scaly anteaters” — were discovered on
(AP) Acapulco tourists stranded; Mexico death toll 38By JOSE ANTONIO RIVERAACAPULCO, MexicoTwin storms left scenes of havoc on both of Mexico’s coasts on Tuesday, with tens of thousands of tourists stranded in the resort city of Acapulco on the Pacific
By NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHYAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranWord of the opening of Iran’s blocked social media sites was spread, of course, by social media itself: in celebratory tweets and breathless Facebook posts. Hours later, the same sites Tuesday chewed over
By TOBY STERLINGAssociated PressAMSTERDAMKing Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government Tuesday in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the 20th century is gone. In its place a “participation society” is emerging, in which
Swaziland’s King Mswati III has chosen an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant as his 14th wife, a palace spokesman said Tuesday, days before a much-criticised parliamentary vote. Mswati, a 45-year-old who is sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, introduced Sindiswa Dlamini at
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released their report on the State Department’s Accountability Review Board’s (ARB) actions in their Benghazi investigation, after a May 8, 2013 hearing with whistleblowers raised questions about the ARB. The Committee interviewed numerous State
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey’s warplanes shoot down Syrian helicopter U.N. team finds ‘large scale’ use of sarin gas in Syria Can Ban Ki-moon save the United Nations from Russia? Why are so many German professors against the
It hasn’t always been the case that only MPs can carry firearms on U.S. military bases. A mere twenty years ago, “gun free zones” made their way to these facilities under the watch of President Bill Clinton. According to a
Middle East affairs are as chaotic and anarchic as ever. Syria is in the midst of a civil war. In Egypt, Muslim brotherhood forces have taken to the streets, waging a holy war on the Coptic Christian community. Iran is
(AP) Navy Yard suspect arrested in ’04 Seattle shootingBy PHUONG LE and GENE JOHNSONAssociated PressSEATTLEThe man identified as the shooter in the Washington Navy Yard slayings had been arrested in Seattle in 2004 for shooting out the tires of a
(AP) 13 killed in Washington Navy Yard shooting rampageBy ERIC TUCKER, BRETT ZONGKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONA former Navy man launched an attack Monday morning inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard, spraying gunfire on office workers in
(AP) DC Navy Yard shooter was reservist until 2011By ERIC TUCKER, BRETT ZONGKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTON **UPDATE**: Reuters reports an anonymous Navy official said Alexis “received a general discharge from the Navy Reserve in 2011 after a series
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-old suspected shooter behind Monday’s rampage at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, received a general discharge from the Navy Reserve in 2011 after a series of misconduct issues, a Navy official said. Read
(AP) Obama orders flags lowered for shooting victimsWASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama is ordering flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor victims of a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. A proclamation Obama signed Monday says flags
(AP) Officials: Navy Yard shooter ID’ed as Aaron AlexisBy ERIC TUCKER and JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated PressWASHINGTONFederal law enforcement officials say the man accused in a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard that left at least 12 people dead has
A US Navy commander told Monday how he saw a co-worker shot in the head just a few feet from him, during mass shooting on a Washington base that left at least 12 people dead. Navy officer Tim Jirus told
(AP) Police: Man in tan outfit not Navy Yard suspectBy ERIC TUCKER, BRETT ZONGKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONPolice say a man in a tan, military-style outfit who had been sought in connection with the shooting rampage at the Washington
The United States declared Monday that a UN report into a chemical weapons attack in Syria makes it clear that Bashar al-Assad’s regime was responsible.
(AP) Obama: ‘Cowardly act’ at Navy Yard kills patriotsBy NEDRA PICKLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is mourning what he called “yet another mass shooting” in the United States that he says took the life of American patriots.Obama promised to make sure,
Firing at the United States in the midst of the shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., Russian parliamentary foreign affairs committee member Alexey Pushkov tweeted, “A new shootout at Navy headquarters in Washington – a lone gunman and
(AP) Officials: At least 1 shooter dead at Navy YardBy ERIC TUCKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONOfficials say at least one shooter has died at the Washington Navy Yard, where several people were killed and as many as 10 were
Iraq endured another weekend of violence that left over 100 people dead, as bombs exploded in Baghdad and other towns. A total of 5,000 people have been killed this year. Tensions have been building between the Sunni and Shiite factions.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com India tests nuclear-capable long-range missile Dozens killed in bombings and shootings across Iraq India tests nuclear-capable long-range missile India’s Agni-V missile (EPA) India has successfully conducted the second test flight of theindigenously developed Agni
