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.
Over the weekend, Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan was giving a speech when an armed man climbed up on the stage, aimed a gun at Dogan’s head, and pulled the trigger. Fortunately, the gun misfired; reports also indicate that it may
ALGIERS (Reuters) – The gas plant at In Amenas is giving up its secrets as Algerian special forces picking their way through the vast complex find dozens of bodies, some charred beyond recognition in the bloody end-game to one of
(AP) – Algeria’s prime minister says 37 foreign hostages were killed during the four-day-long standoff at a natural gas plant, and that at least one Canadian was among the Islamist militants who took hundreds hostage. Abdelmalek Sellal said Monday kidnappers came
The Israeli army early Monday morning removed a Palestinian protest encampment of four tents and a building under construction near a West Bank village, military sources said. In addition to demolishing the structures near Beit Iksa, on the northwestern outskirts
Four batteries of Patriot missiles arrived in Turkey on Monday as part of a NATO mission to protect the Turkish border from any spillover of the conflict in neighboring Syria, a NATO source told AFP. A ship carrying two German
Chinese state media said on Monday they were “cautiously optimistic” that in his second term US President Barack Obama would improve ties strained by distrust and fear. The commentary by the Xinhua state news agency came ahead of the ceremonies
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Israelis across the spectrum are coalescing behind the recognition that they don’t have a partner for peace; finally even those on the Left are seeing the grim reality of Arab intransigence. Just as Arab countries across the Middle East have
In a statement Saturday on the terror attack in Algeria, President Barack Obama failed to mention the Americans who endured it, including 58-year-old Fred Buttaccio of Houston, who was killed. Instead, the President included the American victims of the attack in
Islamists holding foreigners hostage at a gas plant in the Algerian desert executed nine Japanese captives during a 72-hour stand-off with the military, Algerian witnesses said on Sunday.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has rejected the idea that President Bashar al-Assad will be ousted, telling state television that those who demand his removal want only bloodshed in the country. Muallem said late on Saturday that the United States
The administration of President Barack Obama is completing a counterterrorism manual that will establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations, The Washington Post reported. But citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said the guidebook would contain a major exemption for the
The bodies of 25 hostages seized by Islamists were found on Sunday inside a remote gas plant in the Algerian Sahara desert, media said a day after special forces swooped to end a deadly 72-hour stand-off. Citing security sources, Anis
Three US drone strikes killed eight people, including at least four suspected members of Al-Qaeda, in the Yemen province of Marib, a tribal chief and witnesses said. One raid late on Saturday targeted a vehicle transporting four suspected members of
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Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) has spent a lot of time pressing for international reductions in nuclear arsenals. And since joining hands with the anti-nuclear weapons group Global Zero in 2009, Hagel has not only supported a nuclear weapons-free America,
By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated PressMADRIDSpain’s governing Popular Party announced Saturday that it will investigate the financial activities of a former treasurer whom a court said had amassed an unexplained (EURO)22 million ($29 million) in Swiss bank accounts. After three days of
Extreme winter weather swept across western Europe Saturday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at London’s main international airport and claiming several lives in Spain, Portugal and France, including those of three Mali-bound soldiers. The frigid temperatures also caused delays and
(AP) SOFIA, BulgariaBulgarian police detained a man after he pointed a gas pistol at an ethnic Turkish party leader as he was delivering a speech at a party caucus in the capital Saturday. No shots were fired. The video from the
By HRVOJE HRANJSKIAssociated PressMANILA, PhilippinesAll 79 officers and crew of a U.S. Navy minesweeper stuck on a coral reef in the central Philippines have left the ship two days after efforts to free the vessel failed, the Navy said Saturday.
(AP) – In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all 32 militants involved,
A disturbing video [WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO] of Bolivian lawmaker Domingo Alcibia Rivera of the Movement Toward Socialism political party allegedly raping a passed-out woman on the Parliament floor leaked onto the internet this week. Security camera footage from a December 20th holiday luncheon
(AP) – Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a “final assault” that ended a four-day-old hostage crisis, according to the state news agency and two foreign governments. At
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is trying to convince Washington that he didn’t mean what he said when he described Jews as “pigs” and “bloodsuckers.” U.S. Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have expressed specific concern over the comments,
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