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) A year on, Assange stays put in Ecuadorean EmbassyBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONA year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to the Scandinavian country for
(AP) Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban moveBy DAVID RISING and AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said she was “not sure” whether the Taliban is designated as a terrorist organization when a reporter pressed her on negotiations between the United States and the Islamist group during Tuesday’s press briefing. These talks
President Obama could not come to an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Syria when the two leaders met on June 17. According to The Hill, Obama emerged from the meeting saying he and Putin had a “very useful
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki joined her White House colleague Jay Carney in announcing $300 million in additional aid to the Syrian rebels on Tuesday. National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes told reporters that this would make the total financial “humanitarian”
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. announces direct talks with Afghan Taliban to end war Taliban prepares for return of ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ U.S. dropped some pre-conditions for talks with Taliban Afghan insurgents kill U.S. soldiers at Bagram
By JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentBERLINPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday will renew his call to reduce the world’s nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. Obama will make his case
The State Department whistleblower who revealed alleged cover-ups of misconduct under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has paid a price for her honesty, according to her attorney. Former State Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigator Aurelia Fedensisn told Foreign Policy through
Four American troops were killed Tuesday in an insurgent attack on Afghanistan’s Bagram air base, a US defense official said, as Washington announced plans to hold talks with the Taliban. The deaths were caused by insurgent “indirect fire,” either mortars
Summer camp conjures up bucolic images of swimming and other outdoor fun, but thousands of Palestinian children will experience something quite different, as exhibited in a report issued Thursday by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). In addition to learning scouting,
News emerged a few weeks ago in Arabic media that yet another fatwa had called on practicing Muslim women to travel to Syria and offer their sexual services to the jihadis fighting to overthrow the secularist Assad government and install Islamic law.
The United States and the Taliban announced on Tuesday that formal talks will begin on coming to an agreement to rule Afghanistan. Tuesday also marked the formal transition to Afghan leadership in terms of military force from the NATO coalition.
As early as June 18, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is expected to announce that the Pentagon is opening the Navy SEALs and the U.S. Army Rangers to women. Although the timeline for incorporating women into the teams is still
(AP) 100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protestBy BRADLEY BROOKSAssociated PressSAO PAULOSome of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship have broken out across this continent-sized country, uniting tens of thousands frustrated by poor transportation, health services,
US President Barack Obama said that Iran’s election result showed the country’s people wanted to back away from confrontation with the outside world but ruled out for the moment lifting economic sanctions on Tehran. But the United States would have
The Pentagon released the names of Guantanamo Bay’s 46 “indefinite detainees,” terror suspects considered too dangerous to transfer from the prison and who cannot be tried in court. The 15-page list, unveiling details about the prisoners for the first time,
President Barack Obama expressed skepticism that setting up a no-fly zone in Syria or other major US military action could save lives or tip the balance against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Speaking to PBS television, Obama said critics urging bold
A prominent Afghan lawmaker escaped a suicide attack on Tuesday, aides said, on the day that the handover of security from NATO to Afghan forces was to be announced. An AFP photographer reported there were casualties at the scene. The
US Secretary of State John Kerry has been forced to delay a visit to Pakistan because of the worsening crisis in Syria, Pakistani officials said on Tuesday. The Pakistani foreign ministry said last week that Kerry would arrive in the
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said on Tuesday that former UBS trader Tom Hayes had become the first person to be charged in its probe into the Libor rate-rigging scandal that has rocked the banking sector.
(AP) Turkey vows to strengthen police powersANKARA, TurkeyTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will increase police powers following a wave of anti-government protests. The announcement came Tuesday as police carried out raids and detained dozens of people suspected
(AP) Greece: TV screens still blank amid disputeATHENS, GreeceState TV signals remain blank in Greece as parties in the governing coalition were still at odds over what to do with public broadcaster ERT. Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras averted the
(AP) G-8 summit turns focus to clampdown on tax-dodgingBy SHAWN POGATCHNIKAssociated PressENNISKILLEN, Northern IrelandLeaders from eight of the world’s wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com 80,000 Hezbollah-trained Syrian soldiers ready to retake Aleppo Hamas rebukes its former ally, Hezbollah, over Syria Israel toughens law against ‘Price Tag’ attacks 80,000 Hezbollah-trained Syrian soldiers ready to retake Aleppo Kuwaiti protesters burn
On June 8, Iran inaugurated the main nuclear fission container at the country’s heavy water reactor in Arak, part of Iran’s plutonium production facility. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) director Fereydoon Abbasi called the inauguration of this container, “an
