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.
Police have arrested all five suspects in the alleged gang rape of a young photojournalist and severe beating of her male colleague in Mumbai, India. It turns out the suspects were reportedly feared in their neighborhoods. On August 22, the two
(AP) Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shootingBy MICHAEL GRACZYK and NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated PressFORT HOOD, TexasA military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the
(AP) Fidel Castro pens new essay on Syria, SnowdenBy PETER ORSIAssociated PressHAVANAFidel Castro can’t stay away. Despite a vow to retire from his second career as a columnist last year, the 87-year-old revolutionary whose interests range from the nutrition benefits
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported that a US official briefed on the Obama administration’s prospective response to Syria would be “just muscular enough not to get mocked” but not strong enough to provoke action from Iran or Russia.
The terrorists who helped execute the Benghazi attacks that resulted in the deaths of four Americans are now training Syrian Islamist rebel groups. Veteran intelligence reporter Bill Gertz says earlier this month U.S. intelligence agencies uncovered new evidence that the
On Tuesday, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said that President Obama’s proposed military action against Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria would turn America into “Al Qaeda’s air force.” “So what,” he said, “we’re about to become Al Qaeda’s air force
(AP) 160 quarantined after plague death in KyrgyzstanBISHKEK, KyrgyzstanFour people have been hospitalized and 160 quarantined after a 15-year-old boy who ate marmot meat died of the bubonic plague last week, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health said Wednesday. The ministry
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Israel prepares for counter-attack from Hezbollah U.S. attack on Syria could come as early as Thursday Russia evacuates its citizens from Syria Monday’s Mideast peace process meeting was held after all Israel prepares for
(AP) Ban Ki-moon appeals for Syria diplomatic solutionTHE HAGUE, NetherlandsUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has pleaded for a diplomatic solution to the Syrian conflict, even as world powers appear to be moving toward punitive military strikes against President Bashar Assad’s
Google Palestine was defaced by hackers, who wrote on the site, “uncle google we say hi from palestine to remember you that the country in google map not called Israel. its called Palestine.” The hackers seemed to be responding to
Japanese scientists have launched a sperm bank for endangered animals that uses freeze-drying technology they hope could one day help humans recreate animal populations on other planets, the chief researcher said Wednesday. The team at Kyoto University’s Institute of Laboratory
US forces are readying to strike Syria, though the West insists its goal is not regime change but to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s government for unleashing chemical warfare on civilians. The ground for a military intervention was laid out by
Facing a squished budget, the town hosting Spain’s annual tomato-throwing festival, La Tomatina, on Wednesday is charging a fee for the first time. Some 20,000 people from across the world — mostly Australians, Japanese and Britons — will pack the
Mexican authorities have confirmed that 12 bodies pulled from a mass grave last week belong to young people kidnapped from a Mexico City bar in May, an official said. A 13th body was recovered from the grave outside the capital
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday that he opposes cutting off US military aid to Egypt but vowed Washington would keep pressing for “reconciliation” in the country. The United States earlier this month condemned Egyptian security forces for firing
Five car bombs hit Baghdad on Wednesday morning, killing at least nine people, Iraqi police and medical sources said. Most of the bombs targeted Shiite-majority areas of the Iraqi capital. It is the latest in a wave of increased nationwide
(AP) Russia evacuates citizens from SyriaMOSCOWRussia has evacuated dozens of its citizens from Syria as the country’s foreign minister warns that a military intervention by the U.S. and its allies would destabilize the region. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry says
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug. 27 (UPI) — A painting portraying Russian leaders Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev in women’s underwear was seized from a gallery in St. Petersburg, police said Tuesday. Police said they also confiscated paintings depicting arch-conservative lawmakers
At the time of this writing, the United States appears to be making final preparations for a military strike on Syria in response to a chemical massacre perpetrated by the Assad regime against hundreds of civilians living in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.
(AP) Sri Lankan police apologize for dog weddingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHIAssociated PressCOLOMBO, Sri LankaSri Lankan police apologized Tuesday for holding a group wedding for dogs trained to detect explosives and drugs after the country’s culture minister condemned the event and demanded
On August 23, a panel found Maj. Nidal Hasan guilty on all premeditated murder and attempted murder charges for the November 5, 2009 attack on Fort Hood. Hasan murdered 13 people, including an unborn baby, and injured 31 others. The
Tunisians launched a week of protests Saturday demanding the resignation of the Islamist-led government. The birthplace of the Arab Spring has been embroiled in turmoil ever since opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi was assassinated last month, allegedly by Salafist gunmen. “We tried you, you failed,
The Palestinian Authority canceled a meeting with Israeli peace negotiators after Israeli security forces allegedly killed three Palestinians after coming under attack. The meeting scheduled for August 26. According to The Jerusalem Post, earlier on Monday Israeli security forces went
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Saturday showed that the American people are even less enthusiastic about intervention in Syria than they are about Congress. While Congress continues to maintain its brutally low 15 percent approval rating, just 9 percent of
On Tuesday, Syrian foreign minister Walid Moualem strongly denied claims of chemical weapons use against civilians within Syria, suggesting that the Obama administration is “propagating lies” in order to justify a strike that would help Israel and al-Qaeda. Moualem added
