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.
New synthetic psychoactive substances are making their way into Europe where the Internet is becoming a big challenge in the fight against illicit drugs, the continent’s drug agency warned Tuesday. Drug use in Europe remains high even though the consumption
(AP) Israel minister warns Russia against arming SyriaJERUSALEMIsrael’s defense minister is signaling that his military is prepared to strike shipments of advanced Russian weapons to Syria. Israel has been pressing Moscow not to go through with a promised delivery of
Suspected Taliban militants killed seven police in southern Afghanistan after persuading the officers to invite them into their checkpoint for dinner, officials said on Tuesday. A total of 14 Afghan police and soldiers have died over the last two days
Speaking in Africa on May 25, Secretary of State John Kerry “urged Nigeria…to uphold human rights as it steps up its fight against [the] radical [Islamist]” group Boko Haram. But considering the atrocities allegedly committed by Boko Haram, might not
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com EU lifts weapons embargo to Syria’s opposition militias New wave of bombings strikes Shias across Baghdad, Iraq Roadside bomb kills five policemen in northwest Pakistan EU lifts weapons embargo to Syria’s opposition militias Devastation
According to a report prepared for the Pentagon and the defense industry, US weapons systems have been infiltrated by Chinese hackers. “More than two dozen major weapons systems whose designs were breached were programs critical to U.S. missile defenses and
(AP) World markets mixed after Japan market dipBy TOBY STERLINGAP Business WriterAMSTERDAMWith U.S. markets closed, world stocks ended Monday mostly higher _ with Japan the notable exception as the Nikkei sold off sharply for the second time in a week.
The AP is reporting that a radiation leak has affected numerous people in the Hadron Experimental Facility at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex in the town of Tokaimura. Up to 55 people were affected, with at least “six researchers
An old video making the rounds again on social media shows Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah talking openly about his desire “to establish an Islamic state under the rule of Islam.” The video dates to 1988, which is before Nasrallah became
LONDON, May 27 (UPI) — Graffiti, in red paint, on two of London’s most celebrated war memorials was discovered Monday, police said. The word “Islam” was believed to have painted on the RAF Bomber Command War Memorial, dedicated in 2012,
(AP) – Republican Sen. John McCain has quietly slipped into Syria for a meeting with Syrian rebels. Spokeswoman Rachel Dean confirms the Arizona Republican made the visit. She declined further comment about the trip. The visit took place amid meetings
(AP) – Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay Monday over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and comes
(AP) – Police on Monday arrested a 10th suspect in connection with the vicious killing of an off-duty British soldier on a London street in an apparent Islamic extremist attack. The 50-year-old man was detained in Welling, east of London,
On Memorial Day we remember the members of the military, both living and departed, for their service to our country. On this day I often think of my Great Grandfather, Richard James Whalen (1846-1903), of Poughkeepsie, New York. Thanks to
The former Soviet prisoner Natan Sharansky, among other communist dissidents, has often spoken about the moral clarity that President Ronald Reagan’s much-maligned phrase, “evil empire,” brought to the Cold War. Ridiculed by the liberal elite as primitive moralizing, Reagan’s concept
Two hundred Maoist rebels are suspected of killing twenty-four people in India during an attack on May 25. According to the AP, the attack appears to have been an ambush which targeted “Congress party politicians returning from a campaign event
An international conference on maternal health that will feature HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Melinda Gates as speakers, has also tapped euthanasia advocate Peter Singer and late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart to train family planning supporters. C-FAM, an international pro-family organization,
Communist insurgents in the Philippines killed seven police commandoes on Monday, authorities said, the latest in a series of attacks by the rebels this year that have left dozens of people dead. The New People’s Army rebels killed the seven
A prominent Vietnamese blogger has been arrested for posting articles critical of the communist government, reports said on Monday, in the latest crackdown on dissent in the authoritarian country. Truong Duy Nhat, 49, was arrested Sunday at his home in
A man accused of deliberately lighting a deadly blaze that ripped through a Sydney nursing home in 2011 killing 11 elderly residents, on Monday pleaded guilty to murdering them. Roger Dean, 37, was a nurse at the facility and entered
(AP) Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010By TOM ODULA and SYLVIA HUIAssociated PressNAIROBI, KenyaA suspect in last week’s savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to
(AP) US, China set the stage for Obama-Xi summitBy CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGAn upcoming summit with President Barack Obama comes at a “critical juncture” in relations between China and the U.S., Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday, underscoring the challenge they
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Speech by Hezbollah’s Nasrallah brings rockets into Beirut Lebanon Russia may have canceled its S-300 missile sales to Syria Iran’s Supreme Leader grooms his son to take over Speech by Hezbollah’s Nasrallah brings rockets
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday an economic plan to revive the ailing Palestinian economy is expected to produce around $4 billion dollars in investment.
By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated PressJERUSALEM It was an audacious idea that came to symbolize Israel’s self-described status as “Start-Up Nation,” a company that believed it could replace most gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles and reduce the world’s reliance on oil —
