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) – US Internet giant Google is preparing changes to its dominant search system to satisfy EU anti-trust authorities, the Financial Times said on Saturday. In a five-year accord with Brussels, Google has promised to make users “clearly aware” when
There is only one certainty surrounding the terroristattack that occurred in Benghazi, Libya last September 11th: seven months later, the American people andthe families of the victims and wounded still do not know all the facts andspecifics that resulted in
The Obama administration is trying to circumvent U.S. law dating back to 1990 by asking Congress to resume the funding of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). UNESCO has been prohibited from receiving U.S. funding because it granted full membership
Despite the anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the White House continues to honor a 2010 agreement wherein America provides state of the art fighter jets to Egypt, sending the Muslim Brotherhood controlled nation four more F-16 fighter
Under growing international attention, North Korea says that, in the event of war, Tokyo will be its first target. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) made the declaration in response to Japan’s announcement that it will shoot down any missile fired
(AFP) – More Syrian refugees are opting to return home from Jordan, with around 300 now crossing back into the war-ravaged country each day, the UN’s refugee agency said Friday, voicing deep concern for their safety. UNHCR said it had
Picking through the spartan remains of the jihadist camps dotting Inais valley in northern Mali, it is obvious to the French soldiers that their enemy is having a tough time of it. The troops sweeping the arid river bed 100
(AP) Egypt army chief warns against slandering militaryCAIROEgypt’s army chief has warned against slandering the military, denying the military committed any abuses against protesters during the turbulent transition of the past two years. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi spoke late Thursday following
PARIS (Reuters) – An inventory of French ministers’ assets could set off a storm when it goes public on Monday, exposing a handful of millionaires in the Socialist government as the nation endures spending cuts and rampant unemployment. For the
France’s upper house Senate voted Friday to adopt a law granting homosexual couples the right to marry, which has sparked widespread opposition and protests from conservatives and religious groups. The vote, by a show of hands, followed days of intense
Turkish police have uncovered and foiled an alleged plot by Al-Qaeda to bomb the US embassy in Ankara, as well as a synagogue and other targets in Istanbul, Turkish media reported on Friday. As a result of a February raid
The Egyptian military ordered senior doctors to operate without anaesthetic on protesters injured during demonstrations against military rule, according to extracts of a leaked report published in the Guardian newspaper on Friday. The report into military and police malpractice since
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Imported rice found to have dangerously high levels of lead Cost of Cyprus bailout explodes upward to 23 billion euros A new mutation of H7N9 bird flu is Tamiflu resistant Pentagon: North Korea could
(AFP) – Top US officials urged China Friday to use all its leverage to stop North Korea’s “destabilising” actions on the Korean peninsula, saying it was in regional and global interests. “China has a huge stake in stability, and the
An assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) claims that North Korea “may have developed a nuclear device small enough to mount on a ballistic missile.” The DIA, a U.S. military intelligence agency, delivered its findings during an April 11
GENEVA (Reuters) – As two yellow-helmeted electricians rise slowly on a hoist from the cavern floor to check cabling on a huge red magnet, CERN scientist Marc Goulette makes clear he sees cosmic significance in their task. “When this refit
As Secretary of State John Kerry headed home from his first solo visit to Israel, reports indicate that he made very little progress in restarting peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted more emphasis on “recognition and
In a letter addressed to “Members of the U.S. House of Representatives,” 24 different conservative groups are asking Representatives to support H. Res. 36, which would create a select committee to investigate the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks. It’s been
On Thursday, Patricia Smith, mother of State Department employee Sean Smith, who was killed by terrorists in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012, called for a Congressional select committee to investigate just what happened that fateful night. Writing to Rep.
President Barack Obama’s controversial new Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, dodged questions on whether or not he supports religious liberty in the United States military during a Thursday morning hearing. Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) pressured Hagel during the Thursday hearing
Did you know that the Obama Administration considers tulips, violas, and begonias essential to our national security? The State Department has plans to spend more than $700,000 for gardening at a U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Belgium. Truman Hall, located in
(AP) – Russia’s non-governmental organizations on Thursday demanded President Vladimir Putin prove they received nearly $1 billion from foreign sponsors, a claim he has used to justify sweeping raids on hundreds of groups. The crackdown has drawn strong criticism from
(AFP) – The number of people in Britain donating their organs after death has surged 50 percent in the past five years, says the NHS Blood and Transplant service (NHSBT). Each person who donates organs provides an overall average 56
(AP) – With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that’s feeding the rise of a new kind of money — a virtual currency whose oscillations have
(AFP) – Libya has granted an interest-free loan of $2 billion to cash-strapped Egypt to help it battle its economic crisis, local media reported on Thursday, citing an Egyptian finance ministry official. The loan is to be repaid within five
