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.
(AP) China’s economic growth slows in first quarterBy JOE McDONALDAP Business WriterBEIJINGChina’s economic growth slowed unexpectedly in the first three months of the year, fueling concern about the strength of its shaky recovery. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 7.7
Activists have planted a flag at the North Pole along with millions of signatures calling for the Arctic to be declared a global sanctuary protected from oil drilling, lobby group Greenpeace said on Monday. Expedition members cut a hole in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey warns Israel against ‘dirty bargaining’ over flotilla compensation Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad resigns Cyprus offers citizenship to wealthy Russian oligarchs North Korea keeps the world guessing Turkey warns Israel against ‘dirty bargaining’
Perhaps the great Margaret Thatcher’s legacy didn’t die with her, in a literal sense. Thatcher’s granddaughter Amanda, who is 19, is studying in a college in Richmond, Virginia, and was voted “the most likely to change the world” by her
On April 11, President Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor posthumously on Father Emil Kapaun, an Army Chaplain and Korean War POW who died in captivity in 1951. Under attack from Communist Chinese forces in November 1950, Kapaun’s unit–the Third
Suspected Chinese hackers defaced the website of the Philippines News Agency (PNA) on Sunday, officials said, a possible repeat of cyber attacks last year also blamed on China during a territorial row. The state-run agency’s website temporarily displayed the Chinese
By RAF CASERTAssociated PressBRUSSELSA Polish bus carrying Russian youngsters crashed through guardrails and ended up on its side under a highway bridge near the port city of Antwerp on Sunday, killing at least five people and leaving two more critically
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Japan on Sunday to discuss nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula after securing vital support from China to help defuse the weeks-long crisis. He was due to meet Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio
(AP) PHILADELPHIA A pioneering scientist who developed a polio vaccine used two years before Jonas Salk’s injectable version has died. Dr. Hilary Koprowski was 96. Koprowski developed an oral vaccine using the live polio virus that was first used on
Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s hardline approach to IRA hunger strikers and her staunch support of Unionism means few nationalists in Northern Ireland are mourning her death. Thatcher presided over the province for more than a decade of strife, death
China’s H7N9 bird flu virus spread to a new province on Sunday, with state media reporting two human cases in central Henan just west of the area where the disease has been centred. Until Saturday, when one case was reported
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: British scientists say that chemical weapons were used in Syria Tensions rise in Greece over German war reparations Tea-leaf-readers say that North Korea is backing down British scientists say that chemical weapons were used
Venezuelans head to the polls Sunday in the first presidential election since the death of Hugo Chavez earlier this year. Chavez’s successor, acting President Nicolas Maduro, will defend against a renewed challenge by Henrique Capriles, who lost a relatively close
Only a month into his papacy, Pope Francis is sending clear messages that he intends to make changes in the Church. And, while much of the focus of necessary change, at least for the cardinals who elected him, has been
The body of Hugo Chavez may not have been embalmed and put on display for eternity but on the arms, legs and breasts of devoted Venezuelans, “el Comandante” will live on forever. As Venezuela prepares to elect Chavez’s successor on
An April 11 photo from North Korea shows female soldiers patrolling along the Yalu River in 4 inch high heels. No explanation was given for why female soldiers were wearing the shoes for duty. The scene is surreal to see:
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com John Kerry says that North Korea’s rhetoric is ‘unacceptable’ Cyprus residents in shock over new bailout terms Morgan Stanley’s Mary Deatherage lies on CNBC John Kerry says that North Korea’s rhetoric is ‘unacceptable’ South
After meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, President Barack Obama said, “We both agreed that now’s the time for North Korea to end the kind of belligerent approach that they’ve been taking. And to try to
(AP) – U.S. and Chinese leaders said Saturday that their countries are committed to finding a peaceful way to ensure a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. “We are determined to make that goal a reality,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said
(AP) – A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said. I Made Krisna
(AFP) – Four Italian journalists who were being held hostage in Syria have been freed, Prime Minister Mario Monti said in a statement on Saturday. The four — three freelancers and a reporter working for the Italian public broadcaster RAI
(AP) – Russia on Saturday named 18 Americans banned from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations. The list released by the Foreign Ministry includes John Yoo, a former U.S.
(AFP) – Security forces in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have started arresting suspected “collaborators” with Israel after a month-long amnesty ended, a Hamas official said on Saturday. “Since yesterday (Friday), we arrested several collaborators with the Israeli occupation,” interior ministry
(AFP) – A bomb exploded on a bus in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding seven others, officials said. “At least nine passengers have been killed and seven injured. Bomb disposal officials
(AFP) – The public pledge of allegiance to Al-Qaeda by Syria’s fiercest rebel group, Al-Nusra Front, serves the interests of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, analysts say. “It’s a point in the regime’s favour because it reinforces the official narrative that
