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.
The toll from a wave of attacks in Iraq mainly targeting security forces and Shiites rose on Friday to 51 killed, 26 of them police and soldiers, security officials and doctors said. Thursday’s attacks came amid a surge in violence
Twitter said Friday it had handed over data to French authorities to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets following a complaint from a Jewish students’ group. A French court in January ordered the company to provide the data after
Torrential rain and landslides in China have left more than 200 people dead or missing in recent days, state media and the government said as the country braced Friday for an approaching typhoon. Landslides and floods in Sichuan province in
(AP) Germany asks Egypt to release MorsiBERLINGermany is calling for the release of Egypt’s ousted president, Mohammed Morsi. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement Friday calling for an end to “all restrictive measures considering Morsi” and insisting that an organization
Lieutenant General Ion Mihai Pacepa writes in his new book “Disinformation,” that the most severe damage the former Soviet Machine inflicted on the West was the disinformation campaign perfected by Yuri Andropov, former head of the KGB. Andropov was a
After two tours of combat duty and wounds “that left him shattered,” Army medic Shawn Aiken is struggling to make ends meet–to the point of pawning “jewelry, games, an iPhone, and even the medic bag [he] used when saving lives
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Bosnia commemorates the 1995 Srebrenica massacre Egypt’s opposing factions plan rival demonstrations on Friday in Cairo Paranoid Russian agencies are seeking old-style typewriters Bosnia commemorates the 1995 Srebrenica massacre A Bosnian Muslim survivor of
By MARK STEVENSONAssociated PressMEXICO CITYProsecutors are investigating how a man certified as dead got elected mayor of a village in southern Mexico. Authorities say relatives of Lenin Carballido used a death certificate showing that he died of a diabetic coma
Reuters reports that Syria and Iran will both pursue seats on the U.N. Human Rights Council later this year. There “will be 14 seats available for three-year terms [that begin] in January 2014.” Of those 14 seats, four seats will
While continuing to claim neutrality regarding the ousting of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the Obama administration is going ahead with plans to deliver four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt. These planes are part of a 2010 military aid package that
Vanity Fair Italy named Pope Francis its “Man of the Year” Wednesday, saying that the Roman Catholic leader’s first 100 days as pontiff had already made him one of the world’s top leaders. Newsmax reports that the 76-year-old former cardinal
Turkmenistan, a country that many understandably may have difficulty locating on a world map, received international media attention last week. The newfound publicity originated from megastar Jennifer Lopez’s trip to the former soviet-bloc territory, where she delivered what was evidently
In Egypt, the United States is once again confronted with a tough choice between backing the champions of the status quo ante–a military-endorsed regime that resembles that of deposed President Hosni Mubarak–or accepting an Islamic state. As much as anything
(AP) Saudi princess charged with US human traffickingBy AMY TAXINAssociated PressSANTA ANA, Calif.Arraignment of a Saudi princess on a charge of human trafficking in California has been postponed. Meshael Alayban appeared in Orange County Superior Court Thursday but her attorney
As the Muslim sacred month of Ramadan began on Monday, President Obama extended a statement of greeting to the Muslim community: With the start of the sacred month of Ramadan, Michelle and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities here
The recent coup in Egypt has highlighted the fact that Palestinians are not ready for peace with each other, much less Israel. Last week, the Fatah movement that controls the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority executive called for Palestinians
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he doesn’t have “any kind of problems with women,” in an interview that aired Wednesday on CNN, two years after the sex scandal that lost him his job and his presidential aspirations. The French politician
An exiled Iranian opposition group claimed on Thursday to have evidence of a hidden nuclear site located in tunnels beneath a mountain near the town of Damavand, 70 kilometres (44 miles) northeast of Tehran. The Paris-based militant group the People’s
Taiwan evacuated more than 2,000 tourists on Thursday as the island braced for super-typhoon Soulik with authorities warning of fierce winds and torrential rains. The typhoon, packing gusts of up to 227 kilometres (140 miles) per hour, was 960 kilometres
A juveniles’ court in New Delhi hearing the case of a teenager suspected of taking part in a gang-rape last December that shocked India has deferred announcing a verdict until July 25, a prosecutor said.
Emerging economies will become the main force in the global oil market next year, driving demand to a record high level, IEA figures showed on Thursday. Raising its demand forecast this year because of unseasonally cold weather, the IEA also
(AP) Egypt’s Brotherhood vows to keep defying ‘coup’CAIROEgypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says it will continue its “peaceful” resistance in defiance of the military’s ouster of the country’s Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi. The Brotherhood also says it’s distancing itself from an attack
Egypt’s Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi will be offering ministerial posts “to members of the Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, and to the Islamist Nour Party.” France24.com reports that an Egyptian presidential spokesman said, “There is
New evidence unearthed by satellite photography points to Saudi Arabia targeting Israel and Iran with ballistic missiles. Experts at IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review who viewed photos saw a surface-to-surface missile base at al-Watah, around 125 miles southwest of the Saudi
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt shifts Mideast power from Qatar to Saudi Arabia and UAE Russia tries a ridiculous sarin gas scam for Syria Egypt shifts Mideast power from Qatar to Saudi Arabia and UAE The ouster of
