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.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Bureau of International Information Programs (BIIP) is facing allegations of cronyism and secrecy as it searches for a new coordinator in the wake of Clinton’s departure. A Washington Examiner story first reported that this particular bureau
(AP) LONDONIt’s a boy! Prince William’s wife, Kate, has given birth to a boy, a child now third in line to the British throne. The child was born Monday, after many Britons woke up to the news that Kate had gone
(AP) Hundreds escape in deadly Iraq prison raidsBy SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADHundreds of Iraqi inmates escaped after insurgents armed with mortars and machines guns launched coordinated late-night assaults on two high-security prisons, sparking gun battles that left dozens of people dead,
Saudi Arabia is host to 70,000 stateless people called “bidoons” who were born in the country, but cannot register marriages or open a bank account. Bidoons came from nomadic tribes that had traveled around the Middle East, and then were
(AP) Strong earthquake in western China kills 56 peopleBy CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGA shallow earthquake struck a dry, hilly farming area in western China early Monday, killing at least 56 people, injuring more than 400, and destroying thousands of homes, the
A small blast near an event hosted by a radical Myanmar monk who stands accused of inflaming Buddhist-Muslim tensions has left five people injured in Mandalay, police said Monday. Police said five people — a Buddhist child novice monk, three
Israel is set to decide on the release of around 80 long-serving Palestinian prisoners ahead of renewed peace talks, an Israeli official said on Monday. US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had
Russia is pressing on with efforts to hold a peace conference in Geneva to end the bloodshed in Syria as soon as possible but the opposition is so far not showing readiness to take part, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said
(AP) EU declares Hezbollah’s military wing terror groupBy RAF CASERTAssociated PressBRUSSELSThe European Union has declared the military wing of Lebanese party Hezbollah a terrorist group. A French diplomat says that the Monday decision by the EU’s 28 foreign ministers was
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Shinzo Abe wins landslide electoral victory in Japan Pakistan’s army becoming increasingly radicalized Kurds in Iraq’s army mutiny as level of violence increases Riots near Paris over France’s ban on Muslim face veils New
By GREGORY KATZAssociated PressLONDONPrince William’s wife, Kate, was admitted to the hospital in the early stages of labor on Monday, palace officials said. Royal officials said that Kate travelled by car to St. Mary’s Hospital in central London with Prince
There’s a fresh set of scandalous tales circulating around the Vatican. Depending on whom you ask, it’s either the infamous “gay lobby” scrubbing the personnel records of a misbehaving priest to protect one of their own, or it’s opponents of
On July 15 Japanese fighter jets intercepted Russian strategic bombers practicing a large scale attack over the waters of the Western Pacific. According to Fox News, this is but the latest incident in what U.S. defense officials believe to be
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Sunday that Washington was “not trustworthy”, after former US officials and lawmakers urged diplomacy with the Islamic republic’s incoming president Hassan Rowhani. Khamenei said in March he was “not optimistic” over the prospects
(AP) Media: Japan ruling bloc wins upper house electionBy ELAINE KURTENBACHAssociated PressTOKYO Japanese broadcasters projected that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a majority of seats in the upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, giving it control of
Speaking of the upcoming peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the talks will be “direct” and “discreet” and that any agreement emerging from them will be put to a national referendum. Netanyahu said
US fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in an “emergency jettison” during a training exercise, officials said on Sunday, ruling out any risk to the public or environment. The US 7th Fleet said two Harrier
A military court on Sunday rejected a bail application by Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who faces terror charges in Jordan following his deportation from Britain, his lawyer said. Abu Qatada, 53, was charged on July 7 with “conspiracy to carry
The publisher who bought the German rights to a novel for a song before learning that the author was Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling said on Sunday it was eyeing a windfall. Munich-based Blanvalet Verlag snapped up the rights in
Most Greeks agree that it is necessary to slash jobs in the civil service, a survey published on Sunday showed, just days after parliament approved a bitterly contested bill to radically reform the administration. Some 60.6 percent of 1,002 Greeks
(AP) Israelis, Palestinians skeptical about peace talksBy ARON HELLERAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsraeli and Palestinian officials voiced skepticism Sunday that they can move toward a peace deal, as the sides inched toward what may be the first round of significant negotiations in five
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Australia to send ‘boat people’ to Papua New Guinea EU’s threat to Syria’s Assad was an empty bluff Australia to send ‘boat people’ to Papua New Guinea Australian ad warning boat people to stay
In an unfortunate diminishment of the Holocaust, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (R) nonchalantly compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler. The comments came during a recentinterview on MSNBC where Graham discussed boycotting the Olympic gamesif Russia were to
Some experts in the field of fertility are raising an alarm over a “sperm crisis,” because they believe sperm counts have been on the decline for a decade or more. The Wall Street Journal reports that scientists debated the possibility
According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), nearly 10,000 young people from the United States are traveling to Rio de Janeiro to celebrate World Youth Day (WYD) with Pope Francis from July 23-28. United States participants are
