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 May 19, the Syrian military, working with Hezbollah fighters, began taking the city of Qusayr back from opposition forces. According to The New York Times, it was one of “the war’s most intense ground battles,” and it brought Hezbollah
On May 17, the Obama administration decried Russia’s sale of advanced anti-ship missiles to Syria. According to the LA Times, the acquisition of these “Yakhont cruise missiles with advanced radar” will make it more difficult for the U.S. and its
The Daily Beast reports that one of the Benghazi fall guys is refusing to take the fall. Raymond Maxwell was put on indefinite leave by the State Department after its Administrative Review Board (ARB) investigation of Benghazi for reasons that
Michael Steinbach, former head of the FBI’s counterterrorism division and now special agent in charge of Miami, told over 30 congressional staffers in March of 2012 that, contrary to the White House’s classification, the bureau does not refer to the
(AP) Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province councilBy AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency
A Taiwanese fighter jet ploughed into the sea off the island’s north coast on Monday, the air force’s second crash in less than a week, military officials said. The crash happened when the French-made Mirage 2000-5 fighter was conducting a
Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday. Cameron faces a setback in the House of Commons, if the Labour Party joins
Tunisian police arrested some 200 members of the hardline Islamist Ansar al-Sharia in weekend clashes that erupted after a ban on their congress, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said in remarks published on Monday. The Tunisian leader warned of firm action
(AP) Car bombs in Baghdad, south Iraq kill at least 40By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADA wave of car bombings across Baghdad’s Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 40 people on Monday, striking at market places
The famed Honduran city called Ciudad Blanca (or The White City in English), which inspired explorers as famous as Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to search for it, may have been found at last. Archaeologists and filmmakers including Steven Elkins and
Reports indicate that Syria has “surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles” zeroed in on Tel Aviv and “is ready to use them should Israel conduct a strike on Damascus.” According to the Jerusalem Post, satellites have detected missile preparations by Syria. And the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Interest in Hizb ut-Tahrir grows after Marathon bomber visited Dagestan Israel’s army to begin using live fire on West Bank Palestinian protesters Qatar competes with Russia and Iran for influence in the Mideast Interest
Al Qaeda and its affiliates in Syria are reportedly funding their activities by selling oil from fields they took from Bashar al-Assad. According to the the Telegraph, up to 380,000 barrels of crude “that were previously produced around the city
North Korea fired three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Sunday that fell into the ocean east of the Korean Peninsula, news agencies and the Wall Street Journal report. South Korean defense experts cited by the Journal indicated the missiles
Chastened by the experience of Afghanistan, where hundreds of Saudis fought before returning to sow terror at home, the kingdom is battling to avoid similar blowback from the conflict in Syria, analysts say. In recent months, Saudi officials have issued
The Syrian military pounded the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing 13 people, in an apparent preparation for a ground assault, a watchdog said. The Syrian Revolution General Commission, a network of activists on the ground, also reported an intense
North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, a Seoul official said. The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon, a defence ministry spokesman
A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month’s mission in orbit on Sunday with data scientists hope will pave the way for a manned flight to Mars. Russian Mission
Data released last week showed Greece entered its sixth straight year of recession, but there is now cautious optimism about the economy’s prospects although unemployment is still hitting record highs and consumers are squeezed by pay cuts and tax hikes.
(AP) Iran’s Guard warns against post-election turmoilTEHRAN, IranSeveral Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after the June 14 presidential election. Col. Rasool Sanaeirad says a “possible
Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report said on Sunday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group. The Al-Anbaa newspaper cited a senior interior ministry official as saying that as many as
(AP) Syrian activists: Shelling near Lebanon kills 16AMMAN, JordanSyrian activists say government airstrikes and heavy shelling of a strategic town near the Lebanese border have killed at least 16 people, including rebel fighters. The rebel-held Qusair is home to about
The new rule from the socialist government of France is: we’re not going to take most of the money you earn, we’re going to take all of it and your savings, too. The business newspaper Les Echos said more than
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The former girlfriend of France’s president Francois Hollande returns The IRS follows the banksters in the culture of fraud and extortion Banks return to synthetic securities backed by junk North Korea launches three short-range
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia says, ‘Of course we supply weapons to Syria!’ Russian warships enter Mediterranean for first time in decades Idaho man charged with links to Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Russia says, ‘Of course we
