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.
By KELVIN CHANAP Business WriterHONG KONGChina’s yuan has joined the ranks of the most traded currencies for the first time, underlining the growing might of the country’s economy, the world’s second-largest. The yuan became one of the top 10 traded
By KRISTEN GELINEAU and ROD McGUIRKAssociated PressSYDNEYThe ruling Labor Party’s probable collapse in Australia’s next election is largely the consequence of its qualified success in the last one three years ago. To form the coalition she needed to stay in
By MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONThe State Department on Friday ordered nonessential American diplomats and the families of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon immediately due to security concerns as the Obama administration and Congress debate military
Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguard, who was the last surviving witness of the Nazi dictator’s final days in the bunker towards the end of World War II, has died, his agent said Friday. Rochus Misch died aged 96 in Berlin on
Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head last year by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, vowed Friday to intensify her struggle for “a world where everyone can go to school.” Speaking at a ceremony in The Hague
Hafez, the 11-year old son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, reportedly posted a blistering taunt of President Obama on Facebook. Despite being deliberately antagonistic, his strategic analysis of the situation is remarkably cogent and pointed (suggesting an 11-year old might
At a news conference at the G20 Summit in Russia on Friday, President Barack Obama suggested he does not need the will of the American people behind him to take America to war against Syria. Obama, who said he will
Iran has commanded militants in Iraq to attack the United States Embassy and other American targets in Baghdad if the U.S. proceeds with President Barack Obama’s proposed strike on Syria, a new intercepted order reveals. The new intelligence demonstrates Iran’s
While the United Nations worries about a local shooting in Florida, in Egypt a group of Islamists who back their nation’s ousted leader, fellow Islamist Mohammed Morsi, have taken over the town of Dalga where 20,000 Christians now live under
On Sunday, Sept. 1, Pope Francis addressed the escalating violence in Syria before crowds packed into St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in Rome, deploring talk of military intervention and calling for a vigil of prayer and fasting on Saturday,
This week more than 100 human rights and other groups from around the world signed a joint statement supporting the new Russian law banning gay propaganda aimed at school children. The signers are “highly concerned about the heavy attacks that
On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid returns to Washington to begin the procedural motions to bring to a vote an authorization of military strikes against Syria. Given the extended time-frame for debate in the Senate, it is likely then
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Russian landmark contest fiasco highlights widespread xenophobia Defecting Syrian Army general may play transitional role Russian landmark contest fiasco highlights widespread xenophobia A contest intended to inspire patriotic good feelings in Russia hasturned into
A small community of Trappistine nuns in Syria posted a letter on August 29 in which they present themselves as living in a state of suspenseful anticipation of President Barack Obama’s final decision about a potential intervention in Syria. The
A group of special operations veterans is demanding House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) form a Select Committee to unearth the truth behind the Benghazi attacks, saying his legacy will be tied to Benghazi and they would continue to seek the
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry indicated it was more important to talk about the lives of those killed by chemical attacks in Syria than the four Americans who were murdered in Benghazi. Kerry seemed annoyed, bordering on angry,
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Arab nations have offered a “quite significant” sum to pay for American military strikes against Syria. He said there was an offer on the table
The Pentagon has reportedly known for over a year that it would take at least 75,000 ground troops to secure Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles. Secretary of State John Kerry insisted on Tuesday and Wednesday while testifying before committees in the
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said President Barack Obama would soon address the nation on Syria from the Oval Office. Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) asked Kerry whether Obama would address the nation about the country’s potential intervention in
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said he was “hopeful” that Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama “will have a good conversation where there will be a road forward” after Putin declared that American intervention in Syria
A group of special operations veterans is demanding House Speaker John Boehner form a Select Committee to uncover the truth behind the Benghazi attacks. The group said that Americans and the world will not be able to trust the Obama
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Obama gives a surprisingly coherent defense of Syria intervention Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves military action in Syria Russia’s president Putin accuses John Kerry of lying Iran’s government splits over al-Assad’s chemical weapons Obama
House members on the Foreign Affairs Committee listened to several hours of testimony from Secretary of State John Kerry and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey make the Obama administration’s case for U.S. military intervention in Syria. Kerry testified
(AP) US hits back at Putin ‘liar’ comment about KerryBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONThe State Department is hitting back at what it calls false accusations that Russian President Vladimir Putin made about Secretary of State John Kerry. The Russian president
A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that American intervention in Syria without United Nations approval would be an act of aggression, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned of a potential nuclear disaster in Syria if the United States engaged
