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.
Seeking to “hit him hard,” the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and acting president Trita Parsi brought a frivolous defamation lawsuit against a critic. Now they face a $183,480.09 fine to his legal defense. On April 8th D.C. District Court
CARACAS (Reuters) – Violent clashes over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have killed four people, the state news agency said on Tuesday, as both sides in the stand-off planned rival demonstrations.
Several major news outlets are now confirming the bombs which were used in Boston yesterday were “made of pressure cookers packed with metal and ball bearings.” Inspire, the glossy magazine-style publication put out by al Qaeda, detailed how to make
While Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood condemned the bombing of the Boston Marathon in an official statement on Tuesday, senior leader Essam el-Erian engaged in conspiracy theorizing, saying there could be a connection between current world events and the Monday terrorist attack. According
We are finally getting small but solid pieces of information related to Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing. This means we have moved ever so slightly from speculation to clues. As of now, though, nothing is definitive. The Daily Beast’s Eli Lake
Vatican Radio released a telegram, sent by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, on behalf of Pope Francis, to Cardinal Sean O’Malley, archbishop of Boston, concerning the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday: Deeply grieved by news of
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral is April 17, but President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden are too busy pushing gun control to attend. A U.S. Embassy spokesman explained that Obama is unable
Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the Boston Marathon bombings, claiming Sharia (Islamic law) did not condone violence against civilians and rejected “any means” of terrorizing people. According to the Associated Press, the group’s political arm issued
Vladimir Putin and the pope joined a chorus of condemnation Tuesday from across the globe over what the Russian leader called the “barbaric” bomb attack that killed three and wounded more than 150 at the Boston Marathon. Herewith some of
The leader of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group says he was happy about the Boston bombings, saying, “Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there.” The cleric, Mohammad al-Chalabi,
An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Zahedan, Iran at 10:44:13.03 UTC on Apr 16, 2013. From the Associated Press: Seismologists say a major earthquake has struck a region near the Iran-Pakistan border, less than a week after a
New Zealand is poised to legalise same-sex marriage in a parliamentary vote that gay rights advocates Tuesday said will represent a milestone in the struggle for equality. A bill that amends the 1955 Marriage Act to describe marriage as “a
A roadside bomb struck an election convoy of Pakistan’s main opposition party on Tuesday, killing four people, police and officials said, the third deadly attack on political targets in as many days. Sanaullah Zehri, the head of the Pakistan Muslim
Israel’s army is capable of attacking Iran on its own without foreign support, Chief of Staff Benny Gantz told public radio on the 65th anniversary of the Jewish state’s foundation. Asked in an interview if Israel’s military could wage attacks
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A US military helicopter crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border, a South Korean defence official said, with no reported casualties. The helicopter, identified by the Yonhap news agency as a UH-60 Black Hawk, came down in Cheolwon county, which
By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressCHICAGOU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped in Chicago on Monday to visit the parents of the young U.S. diplomat who was killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan earlier this month. Kerry made the detour on
(AP) – The head of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group says he’s “happy to see the horror in America” after the explosions in Boston. “American blood isn’t more precious than Muslim blood,” said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in
Foreign demand to buy up U.S. debt rose to a record level in February, as China and Japan jockey to be the top foreign owner of the record $5.66 trillion in foreign holdings of U.S. securities. Currently, China holds $1.22
(AP) – The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis supports the Holy See’s crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns, dimming hopes that a Jesuit pope whose emphasis on the poor mirrored the nuns’ own social outreach would
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are demanding an apology from the Secretary of the Army over a lecture led by an Army trainer that included a slide comparing Catholicism and Evangelical Christianity to groups like Al Qaeda, Hamas, and the KKK.
(Reuters) – At least 30 people died in a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings in the Somali capital, a medical source said, increasing estimates of the toll from the Sunday attacks which exposed the fragility of security gains in
Margaret Thatcher survived an assassination attempt when she was prime minister and police are taking no chances that her critics might seek a final attack by targeting her funeral. A major security operation has been planned for Wednesday’s ceremonial event,
(AP) World military spending drops in 2012By KARL RITTERAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMGlobal military spending dipped last year for the first time since 1998 as defense outlays shrank in the West but rose in Russia, China and the Middle East, a Swedish-based arms
(AP) Chavez’s heir to take over divided VenezuelaBy FRANK BAJAK and ALEXANDRA OLSONAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaHugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, has won Venezuela’s presidential election by a stunningly narrow margin that highlights rising discontent over problems ranging from crime to
