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.
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Thursday a US offer to negotiate one-on-one on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme so long as Washington continues to impose sanctions on Iran. The all-powerful Khamenei has final say on all key issues in
Two Russian fighter jets violated Japanese airspace on Thursday, as Tokyo scrambled jets to chase off the planes, the defense ministry said. The Russian planes were detected off the coast of northernmost Hokkaido island for just over a minute, shortly
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who is the first Iranian leader to visit Egypt’s capital Cairo since the 1979 Iranian revolution, spoke of a reconciliation between the two formerly contentious countries. He is trying to normalize relations that have been
As the sequester cuts Obama signed into law in August 2011 draw closer to implementation, the Navy is making plans to ground the Blue Angels during the latter half of 2013. This was revealed by Chief of Naval Operations Adm.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Riots spread in Tunisia after popular opposition leader assassination Tunisia – the birthplace of the Arab Spring China: N. Korea ‘must pay a heavy price’ for third nuclear test S. Koreans debate pre-emptive strike
The nomination of John Brennan for Director of the CIA has uncovered that the Obama administration, after ostensibly withdrawing from Saudi Arabia to pacify Muslim outrage, still has a secret base in the country from which it operates drones. The base
With Chuck Hagel’s chances for securing the position of Secretary of Defense decreasing more each passing day, Michele Flournoy may be the person Obama calls on next. Flournoy is 52 years old, the daughter of a World War II veteran,
AC Milan vice president Paolo Berlusconi, the younger brother of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, used a racial slur to describe his team’s newly-acquired soccer star Mario Balotelli, who is black. He also invited “all the young ladies” to
(AP) Venezuelan politics heating up in Chavez’s absenceBy FABIOLA SANCHEZAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaCorruption accusations and insults are flying between allies and opponents of President Hugo Chavez nearly two months after the Venezuelan leader disappeared from the political stage to undergo cancer
The US military will maintain only one aircraft carrier in the Gulf instead of two due to potential deep budget cuts that could kick in next month, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. For several years, the United States has kept two
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) — The U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday announced additional sanctions aimed at limiting Iran’s access to oil revenues and punishing its censorship activities. The sanctions, announced Wednesday, target the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian financial
CAIRO, Feb. 6 (UPI) — The Iranian people are ready to destroy Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on the sidelines of the Islamic summit in Cairo. “The Iranian people are ready to march on Israel to destroy it if
Canadian officials have decided to begin phasing out the penny as a step toward cutting costs in their country. The Royal Canadian Mint has determined that the cost of making and distributing pennies to financial institutions actually exceeded the coin’s monetary value.
Presidential hopeful Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) delivered a foreign policy speech at the Heritage Foundation Wednesday that relied on outdated Cold War policies at some points and incoherent assertions at others, all sprinkled with a quasi-pacifism. For example, in the
America’s top spy needs to be a steely-eyed realist, sensitive to emerging threats and keen about our foes’ intent to deceive us. Unfortunately, President Obama’s nominee to head the CIA, Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan, has shown a tendency
The Senate Armed Services Committee has delayed its vote on whether to recommend former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to the Senate for confirmation as Secretary of Defense. No new date for the vote has yet been given. Rumors of a
Outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to announce this week that the Pentagon will extend some spousal benefits to same-sex couples. “The department is conducting a deliberative and comprehensive review of the possibility of extending eligibility for benefits,
The confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as President Barack Obama’s new Secretary of Defense has hit new snags, according to a story broken by Foreign Policy on Tuesday evening, including an allegation of sexual harassment among staff in
Imram Farasat, a Pakistani Muslim-turned-Christian in 2004 and who was granted asylum in Spain to escape threats to his life, is now being threatened with deportation for speaking out against Islam. If deported he will be sent back to Pakistan,
On Feb. 5, four men were arrested after a shoe was thrown at Iranian President Ahmadinejad at a mosque in Cairo. Ahmadinejad is a Shiite Muslim and the four men were Sunni. The mosque Ahmadinejad visited–the Al-Hussein Mosque–is “revered by Shiites”
A prominent Danish writer who heads a controversial group that claims free speech is under threat from Islam escaped an attempt on his life in Copenhagen, police said. Lars Hedegaard, a well-known historian in Denmark, was able to fend off
Lawmakers voted in favour of controversial legislation allowing gay marriage despite fierce opposition from members of Prime Minister David Cameron’s own party. The move puts Britain on track to join the 10 countries that allow same-sex couples to marry, but
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke by phone with his Egyptian counterpart to hear an update on the tense political situation in Cairo and the “role” of the army amid recent street demonstrations, a Pentagon spokesman said. Defence minister and
Heads of state from across the Islamic world meet in Cairo Wednesday to tackle crises ranging from Syria’s civil war to the battle against Islamist militants in Mali, with their sharp differences expected to be laid bare. Syria will not
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee received the results of a national poll last week that indicates support for Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense collapses when voters are aware of his positions on the issues, Breitbart News has
