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.
As the Egyptian military violently cracked down on Muslim Brotherhood protesters in Egypt, declaring a state of emergency, the White House Twitter feed released this important missive: Presumably, the White House was referring to “hump day” – Wednesday. Ben Shapiro
(AP) Typhoon lands in China as Hong Kong shuts downBEIJINGSchools and offices closed and tens of thousands of fishing craft took shelter on Wednesday as a typhoon brought high winds and torrential rain to southern China. Typhoon Utor had already
At least 17 people were killed on Wednesday as police moved in to disperse two huge protest camps set up in Cairo by supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi. An AFP correspondent who counted the bodies at a makeshift
Mexico’s attorney general said Tuesday the government would appeal the court ruling that set free Rafael Caro Quintero, a drug lord convicted of killing a US drug agent in 1985. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said during a public event
The Egyptian government began clearing large pro-Muslim Brotherhood tent-camp demonstrations out of two Cairo squares today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shooting was reported by military sources on the scene, and protestors claimed that as many as one hundred people
Maria and Alexandra vaguely considered leaving Russia for several years, but it was not until this year’s anti-gay legislation that they started to gather paperwork. The quiet, academic lesbian couple, who live with a seven-year-old daughter in the outskirts of
An unknown gang has kidnapped a female Afghan member of parliament, officials said Wednesday, in the latest example of prominent women being targeted in the country. Fariba Ahmadi Kakar and her three children were taken at gunpoint on Saturday in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Thousands of Palestinians celebrate with fireworks as Israel releases 26 prisoners Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ anti-missile system intercepts Sinai rocket China’s propaganda program frightens opponents and stirs domestic nationalism Thousands of Palestinians celebrate with fireworks
Mexico, which in 1938 was the first country in the world to nationalize its oil and gas sector, formally began the process to amend its constitution on August 12th to end the state-owned-monopoly for energy exploration, development, and distribution known
Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan was a commander overseeing Hezbollah forces in Lebanon in 1983 when the U.S. Marine barracks in Beruit were bombed and has now been “nominated to be defense minister by Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani.” According to a
The Obama Administration is constricting Israel by denying its legitimacy and endangering Israel’s security by allegedly losing missiles that could possibly wind up in the hands of Islamic terrorists. They are also cheering on Israel’s release of prisoners who have
Muslim female staff members in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) will now “be allowed to cover their arms to preserve their modesty,” although doing so raises fears of spreading bacteria and “[compromising] patient safety.” The Mail on Sunday reported
While there’s obvious concern about radical Islamists smuggling weapons into Syria as part of the fight against dictator Bashar al-Assad, an intelligence analysis agency says Iran may be funneling dangerous arms in the opposite direction. A recent analysis from Stratfor cites the arrest
The Pentagon says it is considering sequester-induced overhauls that could mean shuttering two combatant commands, eight service-supporting commands, and the elimination of some 5,000 uniformed and civilian personnel. With defense spending facing roughly $500 billion in cuts over the next
A debate going back over half a century continued over atomic weapon usage, as conservative columnists Michael Barone and Timothy P. Carney wrote competing columns in the wake of the Hiroshima bombing’s 68th anniversary. Carney opposed the atomic weapon usage,
Although President Obama is always ready to remind us that Osama bin Laden is dead, intelligence reports indicate that Al Qaeda has grown stronger not simply on Obama’s watch but especially since bin Laden was killed. According to the Langley Intelligence
UN Watch reports that Switzerland has nominated Jean Ziegler for election to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Mr. Ziegler is known for “co-founding, co-managing, and eventually winning” the “Moammar Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights.” Ziegler “served as law, sociology, and international
Middle East peace talks could “collapse” due to continuing Israeli settlement expansion, a senior Palestinian official warned Tuesday, on the eve of the scheduled resumption of the fragile process. The comments came after Israeli authorities approved the construction of a
China is set to overtake the United States as the world’s largest net oil importer from October, according to US figures, due to a combination of rising Chinese demand and increased US production. Next year, China’s net oil imports will
Jerusalem’s municipality has approved 942 new settlement units for occupied east Jerusalem, a local official said Tuesday, on the eve of the scheduled resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians. The units are in addition to the more than 1,000
(AP) Keita wins Mali election after opponent concedesBy BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSONAssociated PressBAMAKO, MaliFormer Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won Mali’s presidency after his opponent conceded defeat late Monday in an election aimed at restoring stability to a country
(AP) Agents: 44 gunned down in Nigeria mosqueBy HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAULAssociated PressMAIDUGURI, NigeriaSuspected Islamic militants wearing army fatigues gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, while another 12 civilians died in an apparently simultaneous
A Singapore-based company has launched an iPhone app alerting Muslims when to pray and in which direction they should face even when they’re 35,000 feet in the air. Travellers input the flight details and are provided with prayer times during
(AP) Israel army shoots down rocket near Egypt borderJERUSALEMThe Israeli military says it has shot down a rocket launched toward the Red Sea resort town of Eilat, near the border with Egypt. The army says the rocket was intercepted early
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Britain sends warships to Gibraltar over border conflict with Spain The War of the Spanish Succession keeps coming back Your mortgage documents are fake! Egypt backs down on ‘dispersal’ of pro-Morsi supporters Britain sends
