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.
In today’s debate in the Senate Armed Services Committee over the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) engaged in heated debate with committee chair Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) over the question of whether Hagel had
By SYLVIA HUIAssociated PressLONDONBritish authorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing company suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers, shutting them down and seizing all the meat found. It was the first time
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated PressMEXICO CITYLatin America is home to the world’s largest Roman Catholic population, but hopes that the next pope will come from the region appear faint, experts said Monday. The predominance of Europeans on the College of
By ANGUS SHAWAssociated PressHARARE, ZimbabweScientists in Zimbabwe say a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Lake Kariba, devouring the food sources of other fish and putting the nation’s entire aquatic ecosystem at
(AP) Fidel Castro describes aches and pains of agingBy PAUL HAVENAssociated PressHAVANARetired Cuban President Fidel Castro complained of a bad knee, weak eyesight and difficulty adjusting to changes in light during a lengthy interview session with state-run media published Tuesday.
Russian lawmakers on Tuesday passed on third and final reading a bill banning smoking in public places, a major pillar of a Kremlin drive to improve health in the nicotine-addicted country. In the State Duma lower house, 441 deputies voted
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the former Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has told the committee that he will vote not to send the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to the full Senate for confirmation, citing
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has said that he will not honor any requests for a “hold” on the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense. That means Hagel’s vote will proceed to the Senate
In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama promised that he would “eliminate North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.” His campaign manifesto, Change We Can Believe In, described Obama’s North Korea policy, and the philosophy behind it, in great detail: North Korea is an
(AP) – The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning North Korea’s nuclear test and pledging further action. A press statement approved by all 15 council members at an emergency meeting Tuesday morning says the test poses “a clear threat to
The Pakistani Taliban have included a Briton and an American in a slideshow of fighters killed in battle that also eulogises Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden. According to the US monitoring service SITE, the 12-minute, 56-second video was posted on
Britain on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea’s announcement that it has staged its most powerful nuclear test yet and called for a “robust response” from the UN Security Council. Hague said the test violated several Security Council resolutions.
A series of attacks mostly targeting security forces, including a suicide car bomb at an army base, killed 11 people, officials said, updating a previous toll. In the deadliest of Monday’s incidents, a vehicle packed with explosives was detonated by
Uganda has deported a British theatre producer who last year staged a play about homosexuality, which is illegal in Uganda, the British High Commission said Tuesday. David Cecil was arrested in September on charges of disobeying orders to cancel the
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded one its nationals convicted of murder as well as a Syrian convicted of smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the interior ministry announced. The Saudi, Mohammed al-Qahtani, shot dead fellow national Mueed al-Qahtani in a fight,
Shin Dong-Hyuk, the only man ever known to have survived an escape from a Northern Korean prison camp, will attend the Geneva Summit For Human Rights and Democracy on Feb. 19. Shin was born in North Korea’s prison camp 14,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Quantitative easing in U.S., Japan raises concerns of ‘currency wars’ Strengthened euro currency raises tensions Hugo Chávez devalues Venezuela’s bolivar currency by 32% Quantitative easing in U.S., Japan raises concerns of ‘currency wars’ Venezuela’s
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that North Korea’s “provocative” nuclear test did not make it more secure and called for “swift” and “credible” international action in response. Obama also vowed in a written statement that Washington would remain vigilant
By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaAn earthquake was detected Tuesday in North Korea just north of a site where the country has conducted nuclear tests. Neither Pyongyang nor Seoul confirmed whether the tremor resulted from a widely anticipated third nuclear
The U.S. military is warning that sequester cuts will reduce our armed forces to a state they haven’t been since Jimmy Carter was president. In memos sent to Congress, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) warned that, “Army brigades
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) — Weapons allegedly sent by Iran to anti-government forces in Yemen are “clearly” meant as a threat to Yemen and the region, the U.S. State Department said. The State Department commended the government in Yemen after
Although still unidentified by name, the SEAL Team 6 member you fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden has used confidential conversations to make it known that he is retiring from the SEALs to an unknown future. Companies don’t
Steven Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) told Breitbart News Monday that it has uncovered additional speeches given by former Sen. Chuck Hagel, who is awaiting confirmation as Secretary of Defense. The speeches suggest that Hagel may have misled the Senate
I was a 21-year-old Protestant college student when Pope Benedict the XVI delivered his Regensburg Address. I remember sitting in the dining hall and reading the New York Times‘ coverage of his speech’s effect all across the globe. Out of
On the eve of the announcement of his resignation, Pope Benedict the XVI tweeted from his @Pontifex Twitter account: We must trust in the mighty power of God’s mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us
