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.
Protestors in South Africa, thought to be affiliated with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, dumped raw sewage at the Cape Town International Airport on Tuesday. President Barack Obama is due to arrive in South Africa on Friday and
Radical Egyptian cleric Yusuf Qaradawi is considered so radical that the United States bans him from entering the country. Qaradawi, considered the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, has called for the killing of Jews and Americans. That history makes the June 13 White
(AP) Pardoned financier Marc Rich dies in SwitzerlandBy ROBERT H. REID and JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAHe was a wheeler-dealer pardoned by another consummate dealmaker, a working-class Jewish boy who left Belgium to escape the Nazis and rose to become the billionaire
(AP) By LOLITA C. BALDOR – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the Pentagon will begin the process to extend health care, housing and other federal benefits to the same-sex spouses of military members as soon as possible. Wednesday’s Supreme Court
While backing Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Russia is talking with Cyprus about the possibility of using an airbase in Paphos. Talks are also focused on allowing Russian warships to use the port of Limassol. Cash-strapped Cyprus received a $3.3 billion
When you think of our troops who are fighting for our freedoms, what comes to mind? Courage, honor, bravery, determination, and selfless sacrifice are just a few words that I think of to try and describe our fearless warriors, who
Myanmar has banned a controversial Time magazine cover story on Buddhist-Muslim religious violence “to prevent further conflict”, according to a government spokesman, after days of angry reaction to the article. The ban of the piece, which carried a front page
(AP) Army to cut brigades at 10 US basesBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Army will eliminate at least 12 combat brigades, relocate thousands of soldiers and cancel $400 million in construction projects as the first wave of federal budget cuts
(AP) Taliban attack shows militant spirit unbrokenBy DAVID RISING and RAHIM FAIEZAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA Taliban attack at the gates of the Afghan presidential palace cast a cold light Tuesday on the course of a war that Washington remains committed to
President Barack Obama heads to Africa on a long awaited first major tour Wednesday, but a trip meant to make up for lost time is instead being overshadowed by Nelson Mandela’s fading health. Obama will leave Andrews Air Force base
Sec. of State John Kerry’s shortlist for deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs contains “an anti-Israel diplomat who was kicked off 2008 Obama campaign after he was caught negotiating with the terror group Hamas.” His name is
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Taliban commits stunning suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan Peace talks with Taliban will continue despite Kabul attack Irish bankers sing ‘Deutschland über alles’ as they screw the Germans Deutschland über alles Taliban commits stunning
Judicial Watch forced The Department of State to release the first seven photos depicting the aftermath of the September 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic and CIA facilities in Benghazi, Libya. The release of the photos on June 6,
The U.S. Defense Department gave special recognition to gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members and LGBT civilian workers for their “dedicated service to our country” on June 25. But that was not enough for OutServe-SLDN, an advocacy group for LGBT
Hosted by the non-profit charity Move America Forward, “Troopathon” is a month-long care package drive that ends with an eight-hour web-a-thon broadcast full of familiar personalities and political figures. This year’s broadcast will be on June 27th from the Richard
(AP) By LOLITA C. BALDOR – The Army will eliminate at least 12 combat brigades, relocate thousands of soldiers and cancel $400 million in construction projects as the first wave of federal budget cuts takes aim at military communities around
On June 24, the IRS released “15 redacted versions” of a document showing which criteria justified extra scrutiny for groups applying for tax-exempt status. According to Bloomberg News, this criteria included things like “advocacy to Israel” as justification for more
The Wall Street Journal is reporting Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of paying for sex with an underage woman and then using the powers of his office to cover it up. He has been sentenced
Islamists are taking advantage of Twitter to spread their violent propaganda. Writing in the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point’s journal, independent academic investigators Nico Prucha and Ali Fisher state: Twitter has become the main hub for the active dissemination
The lengths to which the Taliban will go to massacre innocent people have quite literally reached new heights. Saturday, in a mountaineering camp above 12,000 feet in Pakistan, 10 mountaineers from various countries including America, the Ukraine, Slovakia, China, Lithuania
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has revealed she is knitting a red kangaroo for the first baby of Prince William and his wife Kate. The nation’s first woman leader, battling a tough final week in parliament ahead of September elections
Fighting broke out in Taiwan’s parliament Tuesday as legislators scuffled and threw coffee during a debate on whether a controversial capital gains tax on share trading should be revised less than a year after it was brought in. Discussions were
The European Commission on Tuesday urged Tunisia to reform criminal laws from its previous authoritarian regime as three topless feminist activists staged a protest in Brussels by jumping on visiting Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh’s car. Barroso also said Tunisia’s
European Union ministers agreed Tuesday to reopen Turkey’s accession talks despite reticence from Germany and others over Ankara’s tough crackdown on protests. Ireland, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, said EU ministers had finally agreed to resume membership talks
Security forces have arrested eight people in connection with the brutal killing of four Egyptian Shiites in a village south of Cairo, officials said on Tuesday. On Sunday, four Egyptian Shiite Muslims were killed when they were attacked by a
