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.
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On Tuesday, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John McCain (R-AZ) called for a Senate select committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Benghazi terrorist attack of September 11, 2012 that resulted in the death of four Americans including Libyan Ambassador
Speaking at 10:45 AM EST on April 30, President Obama explained that the delay in responding to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons is due to the fact that no one possesses a clear “chain of custody” for the use
An article in London’s Telegraph is refocusing attention on a school program run by Hamas in Gaza that trains children how to use weapons and explosives. The “Futuwwa” program started last fall as an elective class and attracted thousands of teenaged boys, who are
The UN Human Rights Council’s “human rights expert” Richard Falk has been enthusiastically welcomed in certain quarters after his obscene remarks on Boston’s “canaries” and justifiable “resistance” to “the American global domination project.” Monday evening in Beirut, Lebanon, Falk received
(AP) Syrian TV: Bombing in Damascus kills 13 peopleBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaA powerful bomb rocked Damascus on Tuesday, killing 13 people and wounding 70, Syrian state TV reported, a day after the country’s prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination
The governor of Tokyo apologised to the Muslim world Tuesday after saying Islamic countries have nothing in common but Allah and “fighting with each other”. Naoki Inose, whose city is bidding for the 2020 Olympic Games, was forced into the
A four-year-old Indian girl has died in hospital nearly two weeks after she was raped and found unconscious at a farm, hospital staff and reports said. The girl had been taken by air ambulance from central Madhya Pradesh state to
Eurozone unemployment hit a fresh record of 12.1 percent in March, with 19.2 million people on the dole as recession continued to sap the economy. The Eurostat data agency said an extra 62,000 people joined unemployment queues in the 17-nation
(AFP) An Israeli air strike on Gaza City killed one person and wounded another on Tuesday, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said. It was the first deadly Israeli air strike since an Egyptian-brokered truce went into force on November 21. The
During an April 28 appearance on Face the Nation, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said she could not rule out the option that the U.S. will have to put boots on the ground in Syria. McCaskill appeared alongside Senator Saxby Chambliss
(AP) Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10By RIAZ KHANAssociated PressPESHAWAR, Pakistan A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official involved in peace negotiations
Two weeks after the devastating Boston Marathon bombings, the UK Telegraph now reports that the CIA is seeking the editor of Al-Qaeda’s English-language Inspire magazine, the source from which the Tsarnaev brothers apparently learned how to build pressure cooker bombs.
A senior Israeli diplomat says there is no doubt that Bashar al-Assad’s regime used chemical weapons. He says the use of the weapons is “widely known” among intelligence agencies, and that the weapons were used “against opposition forces trying to
With America battling the threat of Islamist terrorism from within, Europe is experiencing a dangerous phenomenon of its own: exporting of Islamism from Europe to the Middle East. According to the Associated Press, European mayors are now attempting to limit
(AP) – Medical reinforcements have arrived at Guantanamo Bay to help deal with a hunger strike among prisoners at the U.S. base in Cuba. Lt. Col. Samuel House said Monday that the roughly 40 nurses and other specialists arrived over
On May 5, 2007, a roadside IED in Iraq literally set USMC Ronny “Tony” Porta and two other Marines in a Humvee on fire. As a result, the other two Marines died and Porta is disfigured from severe burns on
(AFP) Attacks by the Pakistani Taliban are forcing the main party in the country’s restive northwest, an important battleground in the upcoming general election, to campaign in the shadows. The Awami National Party (ANP) ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for the
A huge shake-up of Britain’s welfare system aimed at streamlining benefits gets under way Monday with jobcentre staff expected to stage angry protests. People living in Ashton-under-Lyne, in Greater Manchester, can apply for the new Universal Credit from today in
(AP) Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in DamascusBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaSyria’s prime minister escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a bomb went off near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, the latest attack targeting a top official in
(AFP) A Saudi court jailed seven people convicted of supporting Al-Qaeda to between two and eight years in prison, state news agency SPA reported. Another defendant was jailed for four months after he was convicted of “attempting suicide several times”
(AP) Powerful blast injures up to 40 in PraguePRAGUEA powerful explosion damaged an office building in the center of the Czech capital, Prague, Monday, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities believe some people are buried in the rubble. It is
(AP) 4 killed as bridge collapses in central ThailandBANGKOKPolice say at least four people were killed when a small bridge collapsed near Thailand’s ancient capital of Ayutthaya. Police Col. Jitkasem Sonkham says several motorcycle drivers and their vehicles fell into
