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.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Far left suicide bomber attacks U.S. embassy in Ankara Turkey Putin invites Boyz II Men to Russia to improve fertility Egypt protesters clash with police in ‘Friday of Deliverance’ Far left suicide bomber attacks
There are two schools of thought within the GOP as to whether the U.S. should sell arms to Egypt: some senators, led by Rand Paul, want to eliminate arm sales altogether, while others, led by James Inhofe, would prefer to
Iran’s Press TV has written positively of Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) Jan. 26 speech in which he said that if Republicans will restrain what seems at times to be an eagerness for war, they will find more voters supporting the
White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer has predicted confidently that former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) will be confirmed as Secretary of Defense next week. “We’re very confident of that. There’s no question that there will be more than 50 votes
Reports indicate the Obama administration is holding meetings with Islamic organizations with ties to extremist and terrorist groups and actively recruiting Muslims to work as Foreign Service officers in embassies around the world. Moreover, they are sending Feisal Abdul Rauf, of Ground
(AP) – Rescuers searched for survivors Friday and authorities promised a thorough investigation after an office building blast killed 32 people and injured 121 at the headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos. The cause of the basement explosion
The biggest loser from yesterday’s atrocious confirmation hearings for Secretary of Defense-designate Chuck Hagel was New York Senator Chuck Schumer, who backed Hagel in mid-January. Schumer had initially indicated that he was doubtful about voting for Hagel, but later reversed
(AP) Police: Suicide bombing at US Embassy, 2 deadBy SUZAN FRASERAssociated PressANKARA, TurkeyA suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital on Friday and at least two people are dead,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: China’s smog becomes deadly, but use of coal increases Chinese attackers considered likely in NY Times hacking Israel threatened with International Criminal Court over settlements France declares ‘Mission Accomplished!’ in Mali China’s smog becomes
Zead Ramadan is seeking the seat being vacated by Councilman Robert Jackson on New York City’s city council. Ramadan is “a Palestinian Arab who was born in Kuwait and immigrated to Washington Heights with his family… as a kid.” Because
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has denied he engaged in any sexual activity with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic, despite reports of e-mails showing that an FBI inquiry examined the possibility that Menendez may have allegedly had sex with two underage
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) has vindicated his critics thus far today in his confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Service Committee for the post of Secretary of Defense. He has stumbled in attempting to explain his positions on Iran,
At approximately 12:15 p.m. today, the Senate will vote on Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky) amendment stopping the “sale, lease, transfer, re-transfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, and similar military equipment to the Egyptian government.” This vote comes on
Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned the Russian authorities under President Vladimir Putin for unleashing the toughest crackdown against civil society since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. After returning to the Kremlin for a third term despite
By LORI HINNANTAssociated PressPARISThe French are all for sex and all for family _ so long as you’re having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a sizable portion of them uncomfortable, as the president’s plans to
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) faces his long-anticipated confirmation hearing today before the Senate Armed Services Committee for the position of Secretary of Defense. The hearing will not only be an examination of Hagel’s qualifications and views, but will test
By ELENA BECATOROSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceGreek doctors, port workers and public transport staff in the country’s capital walked off the job Thursday in strikes against deeply unpopular austerity measures that have seen incomes slashed as the country struggles to emerge from
A British man has been offered 50,000 euros for a strange-smelling rock his dog found on a beach, which is likely a rare form of whale vomit used in perfumes, the BBC reported Thursday. Ken Wilman was walking his dog
Syria’s main opposition group was to meet Thursday in Cairo, a day after a surprise statement from its chief that he was willing to hold talks with regime officials, a Syrian National Coalition member said. The original agenda was to
Israel must immediately stop all settlement activity and start to withdraw its settlers from the Palestinian territories, a United Nations report said on Thursday. Because of the settlements, Palestinians’ human rights “are being violated consistently and on a daily basis,”
Egyptian Defense Minister and military chief Gen. Abdel Fattah El Sissi has put President Mohamed Morsi on notice that the country could face an imminent collapse. According to Sissi, “The continuation of the conflict between different political forces and their differences
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: North Koreans fight starvation by turning to cannibalism Israel’s warplanes strike target in Syria Syria’s refugee crisis overwhelms Jordan Egypt’s Port Said’s curfew is reduced as anger increases Port Said residents increasingly contemptuous of
In a coordinated attack on the press, Iranian authorities have arrested between 11 and 14 journalists for “cooperating” with “anti-revolutionary” media outlets. Amnesty International reported that between January 25 and 28, up to 14 journalists were arrested during raids on
Reports indicate that up to 12 Israeli jets took part in attacking a weapons shipment from Syria to Lebanon on Tuesday. It is not known whether the weapons were conventional or chemical, only that Israel wants to keep both out of
As the world paused in reflection on Jan. 27–Holocaust Remembrance Day–Fathi Shihab Eddim, a key figure in Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s administration, said the Holocaust was “a hoax cooked up by U.S. intelligence operatives.” He also suggested that six million Jews
