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.
During the 2011 Egyptian revolution Obama showed full support for ‘democracy’ by supporting the protests to overthrow Mubarak. Now we see the largest mass demonstration in human history and it seems Obama has changed his position on standing for democracy.
The Church of England has formally apologised for child abuse by Anglican priests and for its own failure to prevent it. The church’s governing body, the General Synod, voted unanimously to make the apology at a meeting in the northern
Talk about a traffic stopper: three pole dancers in central Poland have been honing their skills on street corners, throwing their legs around signposts to the surprise and delight of passersby. Clad in black booty shorts and neon pink T-shirts
Sixteen Islamist activists were shot dead early on Monday during a protest outside a key Cairo army headquarters calling for ousted president Mohamed Morsi to be reinstated, his Muslim Brotherhood said. Demonstrators told AFP that troops and police had fired
Myanmar has sentenced two Buddhist men to seven years in prison for murders during religious violence in March that left dozens of people dead, a local official said. The defendants were convicted after separate trials at the district court in
(AP) Egypt: Gunfire at military building leaves 40 deadBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROEgyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left at least 40 people killed, including one officer, outside a
(AP) Hotel collapse in southern India kills at least 12HYDERABAD, IndiaA two-story hotel collapsed in southern India early Monday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 18 others, police said. More people were feared trapped in the debris of the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Jihadist attack on India’s Buddhist Temple in revenge for Burma atrocities World fault lines Millions of Egyptians protest in rival demonstrations Jihadist attack on India’s Buddhist Temple in revenge for Burma atrocities The Bodhi
Mohamed Tawfik, Egypt’s ambassador to the U.S., who had been appointed by former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, insisted that the ouster of Morsi in Egypt did not constitute a coup. Tawfik, interviewed in Sunday by Jonathan Karl on ABC’s This
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that the Anglican Church must adapt to a changing society that has become increasingly secularized–by ordaining women bishops. Yahoo News reports that Welby, a former oil executive who was named successor to Archbishop
For those who have compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Adolf Hitler, there is one salient difference: Hitler didn’t deny the Holocaust, while Ahmadinejad regards his denial of the Holocaust as one of the hallmarks of his tenure. In a
The BBC is reporting that police have used tear gas and water cannons against protesters trying to enter Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey. The park is near the city’s Taksim Square and is the same park on which protesters converged for two
Palestinian Authority TV recently aired a segment in which two young sisters read a poem naming Jews as “barbaric monkeys” and “wretched pigs.” The sisters, who looked no older than 11 or 12, took turns reading the poem that described
Michael Barone is as smart a journalist–and as astute a political analyst, and as scholarly an historian–as any that we have on right. So if he devotes one of his columns to praising a new book, America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century-Why America’s
The U.K. has deported radical cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan, where he will stand trial for “terrorist acts.” According to The Wall Street Journal, British PM David Cameron is “delighted.” Qatada was sentenced “in absentia by Jordan in 1999” to
On the Sunday news shows, members of Congress argued over whether Egypt’s military takeover of the government should be considered a “coup” under US law necessitating a cutoff in American aid to the country. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), appearing on
On Sunday, David Gregory of Meet the Press (NBC) said that he had spoken by phone to Mohammed ElBaradei, leader of the opposition in Egypt, and that ElBaradei had told him that he would be made new interim prime minister
The Israeli media reported Sunday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will be pried free from his yacht to return to the Middle East this week to try, yet again, to convince Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate. In
The Russian government’s fingerprints are apparent on the recent decision by the government of Kyrgyzstan to “denounce” a pre-existing agreement with the U.S. military to use the Manas Transit Center, an airbase vital to U.S. military reach in Afghanistan and
Greece is close to a deal with its international creditors over thousands of job cuts needed for the debt-laden nation to receive the next tranche of bailout funds worth 8.1 billion euros ($10.4 billion), officials said Sunday. Another official from
US Secretary of State John Kerry is to return to the Middle East later this week to resume efforts to draw Israel and the Palestinians back into direct negotiations, reports said on Sunday. According to the top-selling Yediot Aharonot daily
Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden said the US National Security Agency operates broad secret spying partnerships with other Western governments now complaining about its programmes, in an interview published Sunday. Snowden said in comments made before his exposure of US
Militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula bombed a gas pipeline to Jordan on Sunday, witnesses said, amid a surge in attacks on police and soldiers since Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s removal from office. Witnesses told AFP the blast took place near
(AP) Jordan charges radical Muslim clericBy JAMAL HALABYAssociated PressAMMAN, JordanA Jordanian military prosecutor says he has charged a radical Muslim preacher with conspiring to carry out al-Qaida-linked attacks on Americans, Israelis and other Westerners in this key U.S. ally. Abu
(AP) Russia official: Venezuela last chance for SnowdenMOSCOWAn influential Russian parliament member who often speaks for the Kremlin is encouraging NSA leaker Edward Snowden to accept Venezuela’s offer of asylum. Alexei Pushkov, who heads the international affairs committee in Russia’s
