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.
The death of at least five Americans, in the deadliest day for foreigners in Afghanistan this year, has highlighted fears about Taliban strength ahead of NATO’s withdrawal in 2014. A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in the southern
Though Pope Francis was elected to the papacy less than a month ago, his outgoing personality and outward devotion to the poor and the sick have warmed the hearts of both Catholics and non-Catholics around the world. Some, however, appear
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egyptian protesters demand end to ties with Iran and ‘Shia Islam’ Cuba’s Fidel Castro warns North Korea not to start a war Labor participation rate continues to fall Egyptian protesters demand end to ties
If you’re flying on Qantas Airlines to or from Europe and you want a ham sandwich, a beer, or any liquor, here are three words for you: when pigs fly. The Australian airline now uses Dubai as a stopover, so the
The Pentagon is concerned that recent announcements of U.S. military deployments may be driving North Korea to up the war rhetoric on their end. After a North Korean army official warned that “the moment of explosion is approaching fast” on
On April 5, Navi Pillay, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay represents a “clear breach” of international law and should be closed immediately. Pillay pointed to the “continuing indefinite incarceration” and “arbitrary detention”
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(AFP) – An improvised bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan has killed three NATO soldiers and two civilians, the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Saturday. “Three ISAF service members and two coalition civilians died following an improvised explosive
(AFP) – Nelson Mandela left hospital Saturday after a 10-day stay during which the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon was treated for pneumonia, the South African president’s office said. “Former president Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital today, April 6, following
(AFP) – Egypt’s Administrative Court threw out on Saturday a lawsuit demanding a popular TV satire show be taken off air and its broadcaster shut down, a judicial source said. An Islamist lawyer brought the case, accusing controversial political comedian
(AP) – The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant said Saturday that it was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage, in a blow to the plant’s struggles with
(AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Islamists rallied in Dhaka after an overnight “long march” to the Bangladeshi capital, demanding the execution of atheist bloggers for defaming Islam. It is the latest protest to rack Bangladesh, deepening tensions between secularists
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Thieves have made off with 66 rhino horns worth some $2.75 million in one of the biggest horn heists South Africa has seen after breaking into the safe of a game farm owner. The horns had been
The Obama administration has issued an alert for U.S. citizens concerning a “Day of Rage” planned for cities in Egypt on April 6. This will be the first of four days of planned protests expected to take place in Cairo, Giza,
Talks with Iran have begun to fall apart shortly after the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany opened them with the Islamic Republic on April 5 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Although the six nations had given Iran terms to
(AP) – Pope Francis indicated Friday that he will seek to have the church act “with determination” against clergy sex abuse cases. The pope pushed for decisive action during a meeting with the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine
(AFP) – Attacks near Baghdad and in central Iraq killed five people on Friday, the latest in an apparent spike in unrest barely two weeks ahead of the country’s first elections in three years. In the deadliest attack, a roadside
(AP) – Will the future see flocks of sheep baaing beneath the Eiffel Tower and bleating by Notre Dame cathedral? Paris is enlisting a few hungry sheep to keep the city’s grass trim, replacing gas-guzzling lawnmowers. The initiative, which started
(AP) – A residential building being constructed illegally on forest land in a suburb of India’s financial capital collapsed into a mound of steel and concrete, killing at least 45 people and injuring more than 50 others, authorities said Friday.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations gave its starkest warning yet on Friday that it would soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and other neighboring countries. “The needs are rising
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On April 3 White House press secretary Jay Carney said news that the North Korean army had final approval for nuclear launches against the U.S. was part of “a familiar pattern.” Meanwhile, however, the Pentagon moved up the timetable for
Palestinian terrorists have launched numerous rockets in to Israel since Tuesday, prompting the largest Israeli response since Egypt brokered the cease-fire between Hamas and Israel last November. The latest salvo launched by a Salafist militant group calling itself the Mujahadeen Shura Council in
On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said the Pentagon needed to “challenge all past assumptions” and “put everything on the table” when it came even more defense cuts, even though he conceded such “dramatic changes” could prove unwise. “It could
As the brutal drug war which has claimed over 80,000 lives still rages, one anonymous blogger has been providing Mexicans with something they can’t get elsewhere – an inside view of their country’s debilitating narcotics battle. With over three million
