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.
A Pakistani madrassa slapped with US sanctions as an alleged terror training centre has denied the charges, insisting it teaches only religion and Arabic grammar to around 150 boys. The US Treasury said the Ganj seminary in the northwestern city
France is seeking a reaction with “force” if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday.
The grim barracks where Romania’s brutal communist despot Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed are to be opened to the public in the latest bid to boost “dictator tourism”. The former military unit at Targoviste, 100 kilometres (60
Two Iranian men were sentenced to between 15 years and life Thursday for their parts in a botched bomb plot last year in Bangkok that ended with one of them having his legs blown off. Saeid Moradi, 29, who lost
From Cameroon to Ivory Coast, Kenya to the DR Congo, traders in counterfeit drugs do a thriving business with the utmost cynicism and sometimes at the cost of human lives. The market is saturated with counterfeit anti-malaria drugs, painkillers, antibiotics
(AP) ‘Boyfriend Tracker’ app raises stir in BrazilBy JENNY BARCHFIELDAssociated PressRIO DE JANEIROBrazilians were outraged when they learned their country was a top target of the U.S. National Security Agency’s overseas spying operation, with data from billions of calls and
On Monday, in Nashville, Tennessee, more than 200 Coptic Christians protested the Obama administration’s indifference to the plight of Coptic Christians in Egypt while Coptic Christian churches, schools and businesses have been burned and Christians killed. They chanted, “Obama, Obama, don’t you
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood finds itself tested after security forces arrested leader Mohammed Badie Tuesday and aired a video of him under guard. According to The Wall Street Journal, “Badie, along with five other prominent leaders of the Brotherhood, have been
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Tuesday the U.S. condemns and rejects Turkish Prime Minster Tayyip Erdogan’s accusation that Israel had “a hand in the Egyptian military’s overthrow of Mohamed Morsi.” According to Ynetnews.com, Earnest said: “We strongly condemn
Saudi Arabia’s leaders have declared they will deliver aid to Egypt as it cracks down “on Islamist [supporters] of ousted president Mohammad [Morsi]” if the U.S. refuses to continue funding. The Saudis said other Islamic nations will step in and
Amjad Qourshah, an Islamic studies professor at the University of Amman in Jordan with ties to the Muslim American Society (MAS) and the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), has unleashed a tirade of anti-Christian venom against Egypt’s Copts, accusing
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is having trouble finding enough virgins to fill the dancing troupes he is long accustomed to using for entertainment. According to the The Telegraph, “Kim’s taste for Stalinist economics is reducing the number of virgins
Wikileaks source Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years and dishonorably discharged from the Army on August 21. According to France24.com, Manning “stood ashen-faced” as he was sentenced at “a U.S. court marshal facility… at Ft. Meade, Maryland.” Military judge Colonel
As former Australian politician Tim Fischer turns the shooting of Christopher Lane into an opportunity to push a travel boycott until the U.S. changes its gun laws, police in Sydney launched “a new plan to tackle out-of-control gun violence” there.
Exactly one year and one day after Barack Obama issued a warning to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad that using chemical weapons would cross a “red line,” opposition forces in Syria have claimed that Assad’s forces launched a nerve gas attack
Germany took steps this week toward legitimizing the Internet-based currency known as “bitcoins.” Germany’s finance minister ruled that bitcoins are considered a “unit of account” akin to a form of “private money,” reports Spiegel. Still, the paper notes that designation
US soldier Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison and dishonorably discharged Wednesday for the biggest breach of official secrets in American history. As Manning stood ashen-faced, military judge Colonel Denise Lind said, “Your are sentenced to 35
DAMASCUS, Syria — It’s a sweltering Friday night and the brightly lit streets of the mainly Christian neighborhood of Kasaa throb with the rhythms of music and the laughter of scores of young men and women strolling or sitting in
(AP) Egypt court orders release of MubarakBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROAn Egyptian court ordered Wednesday the release of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, but it is not yet clear if the ailing ex-leader will walk free after over two years in
Reuters is reporting the number is up to 1300 dead. (AP) Syrian activists: 100 dead in alleged gas attack By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian opposition groups say at least 100 people have been killed during a fierce government offensive near Damascus,
The Czech parliament dissolved itself on Tuesday, and there is a probability the Communist party will find itself in the new government. They have not been in the government since they were overthrown two decades ago. The center-right government, which
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABERAssociated PressBERLINAn intruder managed to break into German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s jet at Cologne Airport for several hours last month, playing around with buttons in the cockpit, activating the escape slide and using fire extinguishers before police put
Egypt’s interim prime minister said his country could live without aid from the United States as Washington and the EU review ties with Cairo amid a bloody crackdown on supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. A defiant Hazem al-Beblawi told
The partner of the US journalist behind the Edward Snowden leaks launched legal action against Britain for holding him under anti-terror laws as the government admitted it was kept informed about his detention. David Miranda, a Brazilian national who has
