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.
Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat says that if U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts at restarting the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority fails, “the West Bank could fall to radicalism and violence.” According to The Guardian,
President Barack Obama’s supporters are defending his controversial appointment of Samantha Power as UN Ambassador with the same argument they once used to support Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel: she may have mocked the idea of Iran as a threat,
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) declared Tuesday that a federal probe into 2012’s Benghazi terrorist attack is complete, regardless of what contrary views the GOP might hold. Cummings claims that retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering could provide public testimony to show the
This weekend, the American Freedom Alliance will be hosting an international conference in Los Angeles addressing the fate of Europe. Titled “Europe’s Last Stand? Debt, Demography and the Abandonment of National Sovereignty,” the conference will feature Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, economic thought
The United Nations may not accomplish much, but it is the most important public forum in which the U.S. defends its values and interests to the world. Samantha Power, who is President Barack Obama’s choice to replace outgoing UN Ambassador
Not only did former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta leak the name of the Navy SEAL group responsible for the killing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011, but the release of the Pentagon Inspector General’s (IG) report revealing the incident,
According to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, he’s been receiving cash, and somebody has set up a bank account for him. Tsarnaev told his mother in a phone call last week that he’d been given $1,000. His mother, Zubeidat,
On Tuesday, Army psychiatrist and alleged terrorist Maj. Nidal Hasan told a military judge that he killed 13 Americans in “defense of others.” Who were those others? Hasan contends that American troops in Fort Hood were an imminent threat to
Numerous news agencies report that the White House confirmed early Wednesday that longtime Obama adviser Samantha Power will be nominated as UN Ambassador, replacing Susan Rice, who will be National Security Advisor, replacing current NSA Advisor Tom Donilon. The move
National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, who is widely suspected of being the source of critical leaks from the White House, is resigning and will be replaced by UN Ambassador Susan Rice, who played a key role in misleading the American
(AP) AP source: Donilon resigns as security adviserBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama’s top national security adviser Tom Donilon is resigning and will be replaced by U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, marking a significant shakeup
Fresh clashes erupted in Turkey early Wednesday as protesters defied a government plea to end days of unrest, the biggest challenge yet to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decade-long rule. Police used tear gas and water cannon on demonstrators who
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has issued a national appeal to speed up work on a “world class” ski resort, which is being built as rival South Korea prepares to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Describing the Masik Pass
A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers is expected to plead guilty in return for escaping the death penalty, when he appears before a military tribunal Wednesday. Sergeant Robert Bales faces charges including 16 counts of murder, six
US Secretary of State John Kerry began his first trip to Latin America for talks with his regional counterparts expected to focus on drugs and security. Kerry will likely say that there has been no change in the US anti-drug
Yemeni forces began on Wednesday an all-out offensive against Al-Qaeda groups that recently seized villages in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, officials and witnesses said. Troops backed by tanks and helicopters launched a dawn operation in Ghayl Bawazir, some 30
(AP) Pakistani parliament elects Nawaz Sharif as PMBy MUNIR AHMED and REBECCA SANTANAAssociated PressISLAMABADPakistan’s parliament elected Nawaz Sharif as prime minister on Wednesday, marking a historic transfer of power in a country that has undergone three military coups. Now Sharif
Safely re-elected last November, President Obama waited barely a month (December 4, 2012) before suspending once again the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995. That law required the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the permanent and undivided
With the all the cuts and loses blamed on sequester, one area that seems untouched thus far is the Pentagon. And particularly, the continued expansion of Pentagon staff. According to the Federal Times, “the size of the Pentagon’s vast oversight
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Hong Kong commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre France says there’s ‘no doubt’ that Syria regime used sarin gas Hezbollah may be planning new war with Israel Hong Kong commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square
A Guatemalan national has been sentenced to more than thirteen years in prison for his role in a Guatemalan narcotics ring operating on U.S. soil. The press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office reveals that Nery Gustavo Ramos-Duarte, age 52
Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering, who led up the embattled Accountability Review Board largely hand-picked by the State Department and tasked with getting to the bottom of American failures in Benghazi, gave a deposition behind closed doors on Tuesday. According to
Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood’s son, Sam Lahood, has been convicted and sent to prison in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood regime led by Mohammed Morsi has ruled that Lahood may spend up to five years in prison for receiving foreign funds,
By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROAn Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 43 non-profit workers, including the son of the U.S. secretary of transportation and 15 other Americans, to prison in a case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups. The ruling and heavy jail time
The Telegraph is reporting that Woolrich murder suspect Michael Abedolajo walked into court on June 3 with a smile, kissed the Koran at one point, and “appeared to blow a kiss to a relative in the public gallery.” They also
