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.
On Friday night, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), speaking at the Reagan President Library, bashed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for McCain’s visit to Syria and encouragement of US involvement in the country’s civil war. “I’m very worried about getting involved in
After visiting the Syrian opposition over the Memorial Day weekend – and getting caught in a photo op snafu in which he ended up alongside a terrorist kidnapper – Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday
(AP) Egypt: Court rules legislature illegally electedBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROEgypt’s highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation’s Islamist-dominated legislature and constitutional panel were illegally elected, dealing a serious blow to the legal basis of the Islamists’ hold on power.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has signed a law making it harder for private individuals to own firearms following a series of high-profile deaths this year, a government spokeswoman said Sunday. Under the law signed last week, those seeking to buy
Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Sunday as conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe considers restarting reactors. Organisers said 7,500 people gathered at a park in the city centre, including disaster victims and celebrities such as
Scores of disabled people, several of them amputees, gathered outside a Red Cross office in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday to protest against militants who attacked the building four days ago. A two-hour gun and suicide assault in Jalalabad city on
Vietnam on Sunday detained about 30 anti-China protesters in Hanoi, witnesses said, amid growing tensions between the communist neighbours over rival territorial claims. Security forces moved in to disperse about 100 demonstrators who gathered in the city centre for an
The United States and China have agreed to hold regular, high-level meetings aimed at setting standards for behavior on cybersecurity and commercial spying, The New York Times reported. It would be the “first diplomatic effort to defuse the tensions over
Chinese warships will continue to patrol waters where Beijing has territorial claims, a top general said on Sunday, amid simmering rows with neighbouring countries over the South China Sea and islands controlled by Japan. Lieutenant General Qi Jianguo, deputy chief
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the northeast after an unspecified “accident,” the presidency reported, adding that he was unhurt. He had been en route to inaugurate a local project in a mountainous region
Though many Americans have long considered France to be the epitome of liberal social attitudes, in no other country has the world seen the magnitude of a movement whose cause it is to defend traditional marriage and family. Philip Lawler,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Police crackdown in Turkey sparks huge anti-government rallies China blasts Philippines over stranded warship from 1999 PLA: China faces increasing ‘strategic pressure’ in Asia Police crackdown in Turkey sparks huge anti-government rallies Thousands of
A permanent resident alien of Lebanese descent was sentenced on Friday to 23 years in federal prison for attempting to set off a bomb on a crowded street in downtown Chicago. Sami Samir Hassoun, a 25-year-old Chicago man, pleaded guilty in April 2012 to
Speaking from Lebanon on May 29, Omar Bakri, a radical cleric banned from the UK, described accused Woolwich terrorist Michael Adebolajo as a “freedom fighter.” Although Bakri has not been allowed into the UK since 2005, he founded a group called al-Muhajiroun that
Portland, Oregon — An American Muslim with ties to a mosque that has reportedly been connected to convicted terrorists in the past has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US State Department. Yonas Fikre
(AP) – Convicted Dutch murderer Joran van der Sloot is in love and planning to marry a Peruvian woman in the prison where he’s serving a 28-year sentence, his lawyer said Friday. The couple is awaiting permission from penal authorities
(AP) – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called on demonstrators to end anti-government protests now into a second day, but he remained defiant, insisting police would break down protests at a main Istanbul square and indicating that
(AFP) – Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has called on Sunni Muslims to join the rebels fighting the Syrian regime, as he lashed out at Shiite group Hezbollah for sending its men to fight the mostly-Sunni insurgents in Syria. Qaradawi,
(AP) – A Chinese military leader on Saturday pointedly questioned the expanded U.S. role in the Pacific after the Pentagon chief said he hoped for better military ties between the two powers. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in a speech
(AFP) – Russia’s ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half and improve public health, went into effect Saturday amid doubts that its measures can be fully enforced. The first stage of the so-called anti-tobacco
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan’s incoming prime minister Sharif condemns American drone strikes Pakistan’s Taliban peace negotiations concern Afghanistan Eurozone unemployment at historic highs Pakistan’s incoming prime minister Sharif condemns American drone strikes Nawaz Sharif Pakistan’s incoming Prime
Muslims rioted in Sweden for a week, burning cars and attacking police. This is just the latest in an unremitting Islamic campaign, a continent-wide jihad initiative leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a glimpse into the present
Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News is reporting that after Ambassador Christopher Stevens died, U.S. officials told the Benghazi Medical Center to use a “John Doe” pseudonym on his death certificate. A U.S. official claimed this was done to avoid making
Former U.S. Attorney and Seattle University Law professor John McKay is moving to the West Bank to spend two years helping Palestinians set up their court system in preparation for statehood. McKay will represent the U.S. State Department as a
On May 31, the State Department made it clear they haven’t ruled out letting Iran take part in the upcoming Syrian peace talks. Although the Obama administration has been critical of Iran for sending Hezbollah fighters to support Assad in
