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 Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has launched a petition on the White House website that urges the Obama administration to grant permanent legal status to the Romeike family of Germany. The family sought asylum in the United States
As America’s 246 million Christians prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, China’s 67 million Christians are doing the same. In 1949, China had just four million Christians–three million Catholics and one million Protestants. Today, there are three
(AP) President urges Cyprus to ‘share the burden’NICOSIA, CyprusCyprus’s president called on the country to “share the burden” of solving its financial crisis Friday as banks opened for normal business for the second day, but with strict restrictions still in
Indian and Afghan producers of children’s TV favourite “Sesame Street” are brainstorming in a New Delhi office, swapping tips on how to make Big Bird and his fluffy pals palatable to local viewers. As the show makes India a satellite
A Pakistani lawyer on Friday threw a shoe at ex-dictator Pervez Musharraf as he walked to a court room to extend his bail on charges of conspiracy to murder and sacking judges. A group of around 20 lawyers protested against
Fewer Israelis see US President Barack Obama as pro-Palestinian since his landmark visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank last week, according to an opinion poll published on Friday. The poll carried by the English-language Jerusalem Post found that
Dozens of people were feared trapped after a building under construction collapsed in Tanzania’s economic capital of Dar es Salaam Friday, according to witnesses. Mohamed said the building, located in the city’s business district, collapsed around 8:45 am (0545 GMT).
Tens of thousands of Christian pilgrims marched Friday along the narrow alleys of Jerusalem’s Old City on the path that tradition holds Jesus carried the cross on the way to his crucifixion. The pilgrims were marking Good Friday by walking
1,500 ordinary Mexicans fed up with the local government’s inaction in dealing with the drug cartels terrorizing the country have taken the law into their own hands, controlling the town of Tierra Colorado. The vigilante force was organized after the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com BRICS summit ends in failure over disagreements about funding Russia orders large-scale military exercises in the Black Sea Destruction of Syria stirs division in the Arab World N. Korea prepares rockets for firing, after
A North Korean military officer has threatened to attack a U.S. air base in Guam, according to state-run media. The United States Military confirmed that a pair of two nuclear enabled stealth U.S. bombers finished a training mission in South Korea. According
By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated PressROMEIn his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention center _ a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual
In a story of repentance that was triggered by the atrocities of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution in Communist China, Zhang Hongbing, who was 16 years old in 1970 when he and his father denounced his mother, Fang, thereby triggering her
In present-day Russia, there is a segment of the populace that worships at the altar of the murderous tyrant who modernized the state, Josef Stalin. Despite the millions of Russians that he killed, there are those who lionize him because
(AP) US sends nuclear-capable B-2 bombers to SKoreaSEOUL, South Korea The U.S military says two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers have completed a training mission in South Korea amid threats from North Korea that include nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul. The
(AP) SAfrica: Mandela in hospital with lung infectionBy CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated PressJOHANNESBURG Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, South Africa said Thursday. Mandela, 94,
(AP) – Thai authorities and Muslim separatist leaders started peace talks on Thursday aimed at ending almost a decade of unrest in the country’s far south, as a new attack by suspected militants killed three Thai soldiers. The secretary-general of
(AP) – Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky was found dead on his bathroom floor with his neck bound and a similar piece of material attached to a shower rail, a police officer told a coroner’s inquest on Thursday. Detective Inspector Mark
(AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered unscheduled military exercises involving thousands of troops and dozens of ships in the Black Sea region to test their battle readiness, the Kremlin said. The order was presented to Defence Minister
Haifa, Israel – Hizballah’s continuing alliance with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has the notorious Shia political and military movement navigating choppier waters than at any other time in recent memory. Led by Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah – the Iranian-backed preacher rarely
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has struck a deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund that will seize up to 40% of uninsured funds from wealthier depositors with over 100,000 euros and will not siphon funds from those below
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Madagascar faces food crisis over locust plague Cyprus’s banks reopen on Thursday with harsh ‘capital controls’ Will Slovenia be the next Cyprus? China conducts naval military drills deep into South China Sea Madagascar faces
Twitter has bowed to pressure from Russian President Vladimir Putin to block all content blacklisted by Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in Telecommunications, Information Technology and Mass Communications. Putin’s government reports that since early March, Twitter has “actively been engaged
Two years after the U.S. intervened in Libyan affairs to have Muammar Gaddafi overthrown under the guise that a freer, more tolerant society would be ushered in, an American Christian has been imprisoned for allegedly proselytizing in Benghazi. News of
Vatican Radio has published an unofficial translation of the text of the speech given by then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina to his brother cardinals during the pre-conclave General Congregation meetings held prior to the voting to elect the new pope.
