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.
President Obama’s policy of support for the Arab Spring demonstrations that brought down the governments of Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and Libya in 2011 was supposed to usher in a new era of democratic reform in the Middle East. Instead, it
(AP) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s honeymoon was over before it even began. Only a month on the job, Park has stumbled repeatedly in the face of bitter opposition to policy proposals and her choices for top government posts.
(AFP) – The UN envoy to Afghanistan called on the Taliban Wednesday to join peace efforts as the bulk of NATO combat troops prepare to leave the country by the end of next year. “My message to the insurgency is
(AP) – The chief of the U.S. Africa Command has warned about al-Qaida attempts to gain a foothold in Tunisia. Gen. Carter Ham told Tunisian radio late Tuesday that “it is very clear to me that al-Qaida intends to establish
(AP) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed for home Wednesday after making clandestine journeys to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he delivered a stern warning to Iraqi leaders about Syria and sought to patch up differences with Afghanistan’s president.
(AFP) – Russia on Wednesday called the Arab League’s decision to award Syria’s seat at the organisation to the anti-regime National Coalition “illegal and indefensible”. “In terms of international law, the League’s decision on Syria is illegal and indefensible because
(AFP) – Russia has started to stockpile hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of snow to ensure the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi is not hit by unpredictable weather conditions. The Sochi 2014 Olympics Organising Committee has constructed a huge
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Today’s Schadenfreude: The ‘Ugly Chinese’ in Africa Peng Liyuan, China’s new first lady, steals the spotlight Anti-German sentiments grow in Europe after the Cyprus bailout North Korea’s military goes on highest war alert Today’s
Chinese solar panel giant Suntech declared bankruptcy last week after it missed a $541 million payment to bondholders. Suntech, once the world’s largest solar panel maker, previously received a $2.1 million tax credit from the Obama Administration to open a
Statements made by the head of the Eurozone finance ministry about the Cyprus bailout deal sent a nervous twitch through European markets. As Breitbart News has reported, as part of a deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund,
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi warned opponents Sunday that he would act against the Muslim Brotherhood’s opponents if rioting continues. Morsi’s threat followed violent demonstrations Friday at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters that left 160 people injured. “If investigations prove that certain
Nearly two-thirds of Poland’s citizens oppose joining the debt-laden eurozone, a decision the European Union member is to take after elections in 2015, according to a poll published on Tuesday. Only 32 percent of those questioned said they wanted to
(AP) – Italy’s highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned Amanda Knox’s acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, prolonging a case that has become a cause celebre in the United States. Knox called the
(AP) – North Korea’s military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea and the United States. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said
(AP) – For months now, the United States has been training secular Syrian fighters in Jordan with the goal of bolstering the array of forces battling President Bashar Assad’s regime while at the same time strengthening the hand of moderates
(AP) – Syrian opposition representatives took the country’s seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad’s regime. In a ceremonious entrance
(AP) – A contentious bid by a pro-China businessman and three associates to acquire Taiwan’s largest newspaper and an influential investigative journal has fallen through after protests that the deal threatened press freedom on the democratic island. Mark Simon, spokesman
The Greek stock market lost 4.58 percent in midday trading on Tuesday while investors waited for finalised details on how to absorb local units of Cypriot banks that were expected later in the day according to Piraeus Bank. The Athex
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In his homily for Palm Sunday, the beginning of the holiest week of the year for Christians, Pope Francis spoke directly to the thousands of young people who came to celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Square and see the new
By SYLVIA HUIAssociated PressLONDONA post-mortem examination found that self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky died by hanging, and there was nothing pointing to a violent struggle, British police said. Thames Valley Police said Monday that further tests, including toxicology examinations, will
Libyan authorities have banned the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy from being part of former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s entourage to Libya because Lévy is Jewish. Lévy was a champion of the revolt against former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who fell in
In what plaintiff’s Washington, D.C. lead trial counsel Richard D. Heideman termed a “landmark victory for justice,” a federal judge awarded $3.58 billion in damages against the Syrian government in response to its sponsorship of the brutal 1985 coordinated terrorist
(AP) Prince Harry to visit US, skipping Vegas this timeBy DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressLONDONBritain’s Prince Harry is returning to the United States _ but this time he’s skipping Las Vegas. The 28-year-old prince will travel to the U.S. East Coast as
Black Bloc Cairo, the anarchist anti-Islamist group, took responsability for an attack on a Muslim Brotherhood headquarters building on Friday. Egyptian authorities, who have been quick to label the mask-wearing protestors as provocateurs sent by Israel, claimed the Black Bloc
