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.
American public opinion is split on the question of Western military intervention in Syria. Most Americans don’t have a clue what’s going on, and would not be able to distinguish between “Syria” and “cereal.” Among those who are aware of
Spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday that the State Department has not decided if it will comply with a congressional subpoena demanding documents related to the crafting of Benghazi talking points for Susan Rice. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a five-page
The United States has denounced Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria’s civil war and ordered the terror organization to withdraw from the conflict. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of State on Wednesday: [W]e condemn in the strongest terms Hassan
According to The Telegraph, Russia is sending anti-aircraft missiles to Syria “after expressing anger over British-led moves to arm Syria’s rebels.” The Russians were apparently outraged by the fact that Britain successfully fought the renewal of an embargo that had
When the American mission in Benghazi, Libya was attacked on September 11th, 2012, only one person had the positional authority, legal mandate, and communications apparatus to give the order to defend our personnel on the ground: the President of the
Despite a sudden rainstorm that blew through Rome on Wednesday morning, Pope Francis’ weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square went on as planned. Undeterred, and without the need for a Swiss Guard to shield him from the rain with
The Chinese government has reluctantly admitted the existence of “cancer villages,” rural areas in China marred by unusually high cancer rates. “China has been producing and utilizing toxic chemical products,” reads a government document obtained by CNN. “Many places experienced
As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to meet with President Barack Obama next week in California to discuss what Jinping calls “a new type of great power relationship,” the Washington Post is reporting that Chinese hackers have accessed designs for
China needs oil, and Chinese leaders are looking to Russia, Mexico, the U.S., and beyond to find it. According to CNN, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqlang, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi have been seeking to “bolster… energy relations
Long accustomed to dominating world energy, Saudi Arabia is scrambling for ways to maintain a strong role in energy for decades to come. With U.S. oil production booming and the International Energy Agency predicting the U.S. will actually be the world’s
On May 27, British veterans discovered the RAF Bomber Command war memorial in London’s Green Park was graffitied with the word ‘Islam.’ The letters were writ large, in red, and were also discovered on the “Animals In War memorial half
On May 28, the representative of the Iranian regime, Mohsen Naziri Asl, officially became President of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, a rotating position. U.N. Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer reacted by calling Iran’s elevated position “scandalous.” He also said that
President Barack Obama appears to be a regular customer of a Chinese Internet cafe, reports said, after the manager forged an identity card in the US leader’s name to help surfers avoid China’s web rules. The card has a full-face
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to give an interview Thursday to Al-Manar, the television channel of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah which has militiamen fighting alongside government forces inside Syria, his office said. The interview would be broadcast simultaneously on Syria’s
The world’s oldest complete Torah scroll has been found in a university archive in Bologna, according to an Italian professor who said Wednesday the text could be from the 12th century. The precious lambskin scroll had been classified by the
French police on Wednesday captured the country’s most-wanted man in a hotel outside Paris six weeks after he dynamited his way out of prison in a spectacular jailbreak. Redoine Faid, a famed 41-year-old career thief who had been serving time
(AP) Mosque, orphanage burned in new Myanmar violenceBy TODD PITMANAssociated PressLASHIO, MyanmarHundreds of Buddhist men on motorcycles waved iron rods and bamboo poles and threw rocks in a northeastern Myanmar town on Wednesday, a day after a mosque and a
As international sanctions against Syria were reversed, the Administration has avoided comment on U.S. involvement in the region by referring to other agencies, elected officials, or simply refuse to give “details.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney avoided answering questions
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia retaliates against EU by confirming weapons sales to Syria Buddhist vs Muslim violence in Burma (Myanmar) spreads north Russia retaliates against EU by confirming weapons sales to Syria Russia’s S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems
In the wake of the monstrous beheading of a young British man in broad daylight by Muslims who cited the Qur’an to explain and justify their ritual slaughter has come the predictable reaction – blame anything except Islam’s violent teachings
Muslim leaders in South Africa have protested against President Barack Obama’s visit to that country in late June and early July, calling him “as morally bankrupt as any of his predecessors,” local news sources report. While South Africa’s Muslim community
The BBC reports that the African Union (AU) has accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of “hunting” Africans. The allegations came after the ICC remained steadfast in its plans to try Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for “crimes against humanity.” Kenyatta was elected
The day after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry set forth a $4 billion plan to boost the Palestinian economy in exchange for concessions on Israeli/Palestinian peace talks, Palestinian Authority (PA) economic adviser Mohammad Mustafa said: “The Palestinian leadership will not
A newborn baby boy was rescued from a sewage pipe in a Chinese apartment building after being flushed down a toilet, state media said, provoking online outrage Tuesday. Residents in Jinhua, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, called firefighters after
Two prison officers have been injured in an attack at a British maximum security jail, officials said Tuesday, with media reports claiming the assailants were Muslim inmates inspired by the brutal murder of a soldier. The prison officers’ union told
