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.
(AP) Militants kill 9 foreign tourists, 1 PakistaniBy ZARAR KHANAssociated PressISLAMABADIslamic militants wearing police uniforms shot to death nine foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn Sunday as they were visiting one of the world’s highest mountains in a remote
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The ‘experts’ scramble to explain the stock market plunge The largest bubble in history Egypt’s ‘Tamarod’ campaign heads for mass confrontation on June 30 The ‘experts’ scramble to explain the stock market plunge S&P
Last April, I warned that China is about to suffer the mother of all banking crises, caused by wildly aggressive expansion of bank lending. Now that vicious inflation has forced the communist authorities to slam the brakes on the economy,
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that “CIA operatives and U.S. special operations troops have been secretly training Syrian rebels with anti-tank and antiaircraft weaponry since late [November 2012].” The training allegedly takes place at bases in Jordan and Turkey
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S./Philippine joint naval exercises will challenge China’s claims China military strategy on trend to seize Ayungin from Philippines Britain ends last line of defense against an interstellar alien invasion U.S./Philippine joint naval exercises will
(AFP) – Hamas hanged two men accused of collaborating with Israel on Saturday, a statement from the interior ministry of the Islamist movement’s government in Gaza said. The ministry said that it had executed the two men in accordance “with
(AP) By HAROLD HECKLE – Eight suspected jihadist militants who formed part of a terrorist recruitment network that sent 50 militants to carry out attacks for al-Qaida-linked groups in Syria have been arrested, Spain’s interior minister said Saturday. Interior Minister
(AFP) – Residents in towns around Mount Fuji erupted with joy on Saturday after UNESCO granted World Heritage status to Japan’s highest and most celebrated mountain. Known for its perfectly cone-shaped volcano, UNESCO classified the mountain as a “cultural” heritage
(AP) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a spat over the Taliban office in Qatar is the “very first test” of the Islamic militant movement’s commitment to peace talks. The opening of the Taliban office was heralded as
(AP) By DEB RIECHMANN – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is pressing hard on Russia to back an international conference intended to end the bloodshed in Syria and allow a transitional government to move the country beyond civil war.
(AFP) – The head of a top Russian rights group and the leader of an opposition party said Saturday they had been assaulted by riot police during a night-time raid on the non-profit group in the latest crackdown on activists
An Eqytian court in Cairo sentenced a Muslim cleric to 11 years in jail and slapped on a fine of $430 for publicly ripping up and burning a Bible last year. His son was also sentenced to eight years in
LONDON, June 21 (UPI) — Researchers say a South American “sheep-eating” plant is about to bloom 15 years after it was planted in a British greenhouse. The Royal Horticultural Society said the Puya chilensis, a native of Chile with a
The New York Times published a rather one-sided article about the growing anti-Islam movement in Myanmar. Muslims are a minority there and the country’s Buddhists monks are voicing a growing concern about the Muslim residents. ‘You can be full of kindness and love, but
The Philippine government said on Friday it hoped to resume talks with Muslim rebels early next month to kickstart negotiations for a peace settlement that looked to have stalled in recent months. The chief government negotiator, Miriam Ferrer, and her
The British government finally shut down a special unit investigating UFO sightings after more than 50 years as it was a drain on resources and not a single report ever revealed “a potential threat to the United Kingdom,” newly released
The European Union said Friday it had started ministerial-level talks with China, were they are expected to discuss rows over solar panels and other products, as tensions between the two risk escalating into a trade war. Gao Hucheng, China’s Minister
An Israeli security guard shot dead a Jewish visitor at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, on Friday, mistaking him for a Palestinian militant, police said. The shooting took place a few minutes before 8 am
(AP) Kerry trip starts with tough Syrian, Afghan issuesBy DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressWASHINGTONSecretary of State John Kerry begins an overseas trip plunging into two thorny foreign policy problems facing the Obama administration: unrelenting bloodshed in Syria and efforts to talk to
The traditional procession by Orthodox Jews welcoming a Torah scroll into a synagogue was interrupted in London last Sunday when a non-Jew drove his car into the procession. Miraculously, no one was hurt, but the driver apparently said to the
According to The Washington Free Beacon, Iranian President-Elect Hassan Rowhani was part of a secret assassination committee “responsible for orchestrating the global assassination campaign against perceived enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 1980s.” This committee was allegedly
Brazil is deploying its National Public Security Force (FNSP) to five cities in the wake of protests by nearly 250,000 people. The cities are Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza, and the capital city of Brasilia. According to the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Afghanistan ‘peace process’ continues in limbo Russia and China angered by U.S. State Dept. child trafficking report Stock share prices fall sharply in global rout Bonds and gold hammered along with stocks Afghanistan ‘peace
On Wednesday, Great Britain’s Girl Guides (their equivalent of U.S. Girl Scouts) and Brownies removed God from their 103-year-old oath. Instead of the passage where they used to promise to “love God,” they will now vow to be true to “myself”
Garry Kasparov, the one-time chess champion of the world who turned his brilliant fighting mind to challenge the iron grip of Vladimir Putin in his native Russia, has issued a statement clarifying his speech on June 5 in Geneva in
