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.
(AFP) – Parents and volunteers have been patrolling the streets of Stockholm’s immigrant-heavy suburbs to help quell riots that have raged for almost a week, serving as a successful deterrent to troublemakers and winning praise from police. “They have helped
(AP) – British police say a zookeeper who was injured in a tiger attack at an animal park has died. Police say the woman, 24-year-old Sarah McClay, was in the big cats’ enclosure at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in
(AFP) – The attackers who staged twin bombings at an army base and French-run uranium mine in northern Niger came from neighbouring Libya, Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday.
On May 24, the former commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, Lord Blair, claimed UK security services don’t have the resources to monitor all terror suspects. This admission comes just days after a heinous terror attack on a British soldier in a
Eleven people were wounded in an apparent suicide bombing in Russia’s restive Dagestan region Saturday, a spokeswoman for the regional interior ministry said. The bomber, believed to be a woman, blew herself up not far from the interior ministry building
(AP) Britain braces for possible copycat attacksBy PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZAssociated PressLONDONBritain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the savage slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke
(AP) UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrestedBy CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressLONDONBritain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on
By ROB GILLIESAssociated PressTORONTOToronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada’s largest city did not say
(AP) MANILA, PhilippinesAt least seven Filipino marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road
A Japanese politician who drew fire for calling “comfort women” a wartime necessity has been forced to apologise for suggesting US soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels to vent their violent frustrations. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto had suggested that US servicemen
The drug-related murders that plagued Mexico for six years have decreased in the past six months, while fewer people have disappeared than previously thought, the interior minister said Friday. Mexico’s top security official, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, said deaths linked
A top Indian industry body has called for legalising sports betting amid a spot-fixing scandal in which cricketers were allegedly paid tens of thousands of dollars by bookmakers in underhand deals. In a proposal submitted to the Indian sports ministry,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Egypt, Hamas, Israel cooperate as Sinai becomes more volatile Threat of widespread terror network grows as U.S. leaves Afghanistan Egypt, Hamas, Israel cooperate as Sinai becomes more volatile Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula region, where the
Memorial Day is one of our national holidays where the true meaning far too often gets lost in the shuffle. To those who have lost a family member or loved one defending America’s freedom, this weekend is much more than
By HAGGAG SALAMAAssociated PressLUXOR, Egypt An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses–so-called “honor killings.” The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having
A $100 million mosque under construction outside Washington, D.C. attracted a visit last week from Turkey’s Islamist Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Writer Ryan Mauro notes that Maryland Secretary of State John McDonough was on hand, along with representatives of two Islamist
In his “drone speech” Thursday, President Barack Obama referred to the oft-cited argument that the U.S. should close the Guantánamo Bay terror detention facility (GTMO) because it stirs anti-American opinion: “GTMO has become a symbol around the world for an
According to the British newspaper The Independent, Cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed believes the attempt to behead a British soldier in London can be justified “under certain interpretations of Islam.” Bakri Mohammed, who was banned from Britain for “extremist activities,” is
Continuing with the White House strategy of denying any wrongdoing with regard to manipulation of talking points after the Benghazi terror attacks of September 11, 2012, President Obama nominated a central figure in that manipulation, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland,
The State Department announced on Thursday that it had no involvement in the decision of retired diplomat Thomas Pickering to meet in a closed session of the House Oversight Committee with Chairman Darrell Issa. Pickering, along with former Joint Chiefs
(AP) Extremists claim responsibility for Niger attacksBy DALATOU MAMANE and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated PressNIAMEY, NigerSuicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit
At least nine cars were torched and two schools and a police station were set ablaze as riots swept through Stockholm’s immigrant-dominated suburbs early Friday for the fifth straight night, police and firefighters said. The riots, which have shattered Sweden’s
One person was killed in a spectacular fire that broke out in a fuel depot on the northern edge of Rio de Janeiro and spread to nearby homes, officials said. Six giant fuel containers at the storage site caught fire,
Police made two further arrests and raided houses across London following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Prime Minister David Cameron appealed for calm after 25-year-old Lee Rigby was butchered outside
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Tension grows between Taiwan and Philippines in South China Sea China versus Philippines tension grow as U.S. is distracted India enters the South China Sea dispute Tension grows between Taiwan and Philippines in South
