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) Japanese activists sail near disputed islandsBy EMILY WANGAssociated PressIN THE EAST CHINA SEA Nearly two dozen Japanese nationalist activists and fishermen sailed on Sunday to a small group of islands at the center of a territorial dispute with China.
On CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) endorsed Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s new directives regarding sexual harassment in the military. Graham defended the proposals against charges that Hagel has not gone far enough, saying to host Bob Schieffer:
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Concerns raised about a possible civil war in Egypt ‘Explosive’ outbreak of polio spreading in Somalia Concerns raised about a possible civil war in Egypt Dramatic videos were broadcast on Saturday of Egyptian security
The crackdown of the Egyptian military against supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood is brutal and violates human rights norms. What is curious is that those expressing justified outrage over the actions taken by the Egyptian military are perfectly willing to
European Union leaders Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso warned Egypt’s army and interim government Sunday the bloc would review its ties with the country unless the violence ended. Further escalation could have “unpredictable consequences” for Egypt and its
(AP) Fallen Chinese political star to go on trialBy GILLIAN WONGThe Associated PressBEIJING Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai goes on trial Thursday on corruption charges in a case crafted to minimize damage to the Communist Party and avoid exposure of
The Mexican army arrested Mario Armando Ramírez Treviño, leader of the Gulf cartel, Saturday morning. This cartel is one of the oldest in Mexico and based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, which is directly across from Brownesville, TX. In 2008, a federal
As the fourth day of clashes between Egypt’s military and pro-Mohamed Morsi supporters continued, that country’s “military-backed government” began investigating “the legal possibilities of dissolving [the Muslim Brotherhood].” According to the Associated Press, Egyptian “Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi… assigned the
The Taliban in Afghanistan is calling for the Egyptian military to end its “inhuman and unethical action” against those who are protesting Egypt’s new government. They are specifically calling on Egyptian General Abdel Fattah el-Sissi to “stop spilling the blood of
Worldwide internet traffic plunged by about 40 per cent as Google services suffered an ‘unprecedented’ black-out, web experts have revealed. The tech company said all of its services from Google Search to Gmail to YouTube to Google Drive went down
Egyptian security forces stormed al-Fatah mosque in Cairo on Saturday in which hundreds of supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi had taken refuge from police and anti-Muslim Brotherhood vigilantes. Egypt’s state news agency, MENA, claimed that Islamist gunmen had opened
(AP) Egypt challenges Obama’s Arab Spring philosophyBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONAs Arab Spring democracy uprisings spread across the Middle East, President Barack Obama’s response to the political unrest has been to voice support for people seeking representative governments but
(AP) Egypt considers outlawing Muslim BrotherhoodBy MAGGIE MICHAEL and TONY G. GABRIELAssociated PressCAIROEgyptian authorities are considering disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood group, a government spokesman said Saturday, once again outlawing a group that held the pinnacle of government power just more
Iran’s new President Hassan Rowhani called Saturday for a foreign policy free of damaging sloganeering as Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took office. Rowhani said the clear message from voters, who gave him a surprise election victory over five conservatives
A gondola and a vaporetto waterbus collided Saturday on Venice’s Grand Canal, killing a German tourist and badly injuring a young girl, Italy’s Ansa news agency reported. The accident happened around noon near the canal city’s famous Rialto Bridge as
A 44-year-old woman who suffered severe burns in an explosion at a fireworks festival in western Japan two days ago became the first person to die from the accident on Saturday, police said. Hiromi Takeuchi was one of 60 people
For a President who won the Nobel Peace prize only months into his presidency, times have truly changed. The foreign policy reset President Obama promised after President George W. Bush’s tenure did not materialize, and in fact, America’s standing in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. and Philippines make military plans to counter China Dozens of churches burned and looted in Egypt’s ‘Friday of Rage’ U.S. and Philippines make military plans to counter China Philippine (left) and U.S. (right)
David Horowitz has recently leveled grave charges at Breitbart against my credibility as a writer based on my new book, American Betrayal. Indeed, according to Horowitz, I “should not have written this book.” Thankfully, he is not in charge of
As the situation in Egypt escalates, a source with very close ties to the Egyptian government tells Breitbart News that the country is preparing to send a diplomatic mission to Russia. While the Obama Administration sends conflicting messages about the
The Washington Examiner is reporting that Obama “apparently” did not know about the extent of the violence in Egypt until National Security Adviser Susan Rice informed him of it on August 15. CNN’s Jack Tapper reported that the violence that has
As the Egyptian government ignores President Obama and the Egyptian military continues its efforts to clear out demonstrators from pro-Morsi encampments, varying reports on the number of dead continue to pour in. The Jerusalem Post reports 72 dead on August
Former State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says President Obama “should have labeled the July 3 ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi a military coup and cut off aid” from the start. According to The Hill, Crowley said: “I think we
As the death toll in Egypt continues to rise, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is railing against his fellow Senators for continuing to fund the Egyptian military. According to Foreign Policy, Paul said: “This is something that those who voted in
The horrific violence in Egypt has triggered another round of “I-told-you-so’s” among American skeptics of the Arab Spring. There is a bit too much eagerness to see the very goal of Arab democracy as a failure, and also to heap
