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.
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
Pope Francis has contacted the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires and asked that a statue in his likeness be removed from the gardens surrounding the cathedral. According to La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, after finding out that a statue of himself
A South Korean television reporter said on air that it was “lucky” those killed in the Asiana Airlines accident were Chinese, not Koreans. His statement has engendered a fierce response not only from those who are Chinese, but also Koreans
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, posted an editorial/call to arms in The Guardian that once again promotes his view of America as the oppressor of the world while remaining noticeably silent on the draconian new threat to free speech
A report issued by the Family Research Council (FRC) and distributed on Capitol Hill on July 9 claims Christians face growing hostility toward their faith within the American military. In the report, titled “A Clear and Present Danger: The Threat
AP) Soldier’s defense team rests in WikiLeaks trialBy DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated PressFORT MEADE, Md.The defense has rested its case in the court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who leaked loads of classified information to the website WikiLeaks.Lawyers for the soldier rested their
The shaggy-haired US university student charged with detonating bombs that killed three people at the Boston Marathon makes his first court appearance Wednesday. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will come face-to-face with people injured in two thunderous blasts carried out April 15 with
Egypt’s main coalition, which backed the military ouster of Mohamed Morsi, denounced a roadmap granting the interim president extensive powers ahead of new elections, further complicating a bloody transition to civilian rule. In the restive Sinai peninsula, two people were
The last of the major Colombian drug lords — Daniel “El Loco” Barrera — was extradited to the United States, where there had been a $5 million reward for his capture, Colombian police said. His capture in Venezuela last year
Half-tonne fighting bulls thundered into and knocked over daredevils on a break-neck bull run through the cobbled streets of Spain’s northern city of Pamplona that sent three men to hospital. No one was gored but three Spaniards, aged 24, 27
Indonesia’s most wanted Islamic militant has appeared in a video posted on the Internet delivering a tirade against the country’s anti-terror police and urging “jihad”, police said Wednesday. Santoso is the leader of a group called the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen
(AP) Sea water contamination feared at Fukushima plantTOKYOJapan’s nuclear watchdog says the crippled Fukushima plant is likely leaking contaminated water into sea, a problem long suspected by experts. Watchdog commissioners instructed operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Wednesday to find
(AP) Navy to attempt 1st unmanned carrier landingBy BROCK VERGAKISAssociated PressNORFOLK, Va.The Navy will attempt to land a drone the size of a fighter jet aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time Wednesday, showcasing the military’s capability to have
(AP) Many Muslims start Ramadan fast amid turmoilBEIRUTMany devout Muslims in the Middle East have started observing the dawn-to-dusk fast for the month of Ramadan even as the region is rocked by Egypt’s turmoil and the relentless civil war in
The Labour Party in England is plagued by a civil war. The leader of their biggest financial backer, Len McCluskey of the trade union Unite, is battling the Party’s leader, Ed Milliband. Former Home Secretary Lord Reid, a member of
China’s new government isn’t going to stop attacking the Dalai Lama. Yu Zhengsheng, who runs ethnic affairs for the Chinese Communist Party and is the fourth highest official in the government, said that the Dalai Lama’s support for splitting Tibet
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Afghan Taliban closes its Qatar office as negotiations fail U.S. is considering the ‘zero option’ for Afghanistan pullout Pakistan warns of protracted civil war in Afghanistan Japan accuses China of using military force over
By MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOThe nuclear power plant chief who led the life-risking battle to stabilize the cripple Fukushima reactors when they were spiraling into meltdowns two years ago has died of esophageal cancer. He was 58. Masao Yoshida died Tuesday
Japan’s biggest yakuza organised crime group has published a magazine for its members that includes a poetry page and senior gangsters’ fishing diaries, reports said Wednesday. The eight-page publication has been distributed among the Yamaguchi-gumi, a sprawling syndicate believed to
President Barack Obama’s nominee to become the next FBI director told senators on Tuesday that he believes waterboarding is torture and is illegal. “When I first learned about waterboarding when I became deputy attorney general, my reaction as a citizen
(AP) WASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama has picked the finance chairman for his re-election campaign to be the U.S. ambassador to Britain. Matthew Barzun, a business executive, has been confirmed by the Senate once before. He served as U.S.
NYSE Euronext, the company that runs the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), announced on Tuesday it will buy the scandal-plagued Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate). Libor, which is the benchmark interest rate banks use to loan to other banks, affects
The tragedy in Egypt is a warning to Americans–imperious executive power is a threat to liberty everywhere. In Arabia, citizens are sharply divided between advocates of modernism and those who embrace strict interpretations of Islam and favor a theocratic order.
By order of local authorities, schools in Nigeria’s northeast Yobe state have been closed to protect students and teachers from suspected Boko Haram terrorist attacks. According to the Associated Press, children have been specifically targeted for attack by the Islamic
The Associated Press is reporting that Egypt will amend or completely replace its “Islamist-backed” constitution and elections will follow in early 2014. Interim president Adly Mansour has appointed “two panels to make amendments to the…constitution passed under Morsi’s government.” Those
