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.
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) infamously said: “I’m not an Israeli senator. I’m a United States senator.” But Hagel, who is President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense in his second term, does take Israel very seriously–so seriously that
By AOMAR OUALI and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated PressALGIERS, AlgeriaIn what could be the first spillover from France’s intervention in Mali, Islamist militants attacked and occupied a natural gas complex partly operated by energy company BP in southern Algeria on Wednesday. Two
When Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel would proceed with plans for West Bank settlements following the November U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood, Obama reportedly responded: “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are.” Reporters near Obama at that
The killing of Osama bin Laden was touted as the beginning of the end of Al Qaeda (the term “war on terror” having long since been abandoned). Yet as the nation’s capital prepares for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, Al
(AP) – More than 54,000 Mexicans have signed a petition calling on the United States to take further steps to combat weapons trafficking. Mexico says the majority of guns used by the country’s violent drug cartels are smuggled over the
(Reuters) – Oil major BP said on Wednesday it had experienced a “security incident” at a gas field in Algeria, following reports that Islamist militants had seized five Japanese nationals and a French citizen from the facility on Wednesday. Read
(AP) – Japan’s two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet. All Nippon Airways said a cockpit message
(AP) – Six militants wearing suicide vests — including one driving a car packed with explosives — attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence in Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a blast that reportedly caused several deaths and wounded at
(AP) – French troops pressed northward in Mali toward territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, military officials said, announcing the start of a land assault that will put soldiers in direct combat “within hours.” French ground operations began overnight
Although the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ostensibly exists to reduce poverty around the world, a recent UNDP internal document reveals that the agency has “only remote connections with poverty.” Moreover, the document says that even where the agency does act to
Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) is doing what he must to win enough Democrat votes for confirmation–this includes promising abortion for women in the military and changing his stance on the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” For example, in
Experts are saying Iran will be able to make a nuclear bomb by mid-2014. The Project on U.S. Middle East Nonproliferation Strategy has authored a report analyzing the progress of Iranian nuclear technology. “Iran’s advancing nuclear program violates U.N. Security
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Syria: Missile strike kills 80 students taking exams at University of Aleppo Report: State Dept. believes Syria used chemical weapons New Kashmir clash kills Pakistani soldier Syria: Missile strike kills 80 students taking exams
Reports indicate that tens of thousands of Coptic Christians are fleeing Egypt in the wake of Mohammed Morsi’s rise to power and the subsequent flourishing of Islamism. Many of these Coptic Christians are fleeing to the U.S., and others are
By MATTHEW LEE and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration on Tuesday gave a blistering review of remarks that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi made almost three years ago about Jews and called for him to repudiate what it called unacceptable rhetoric.
As leading Jewish Democrats–including Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, and the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC)–abandon their previous reservations and support President Barack Obama’s nomination of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, the Republican Jewish Coalition
Partisan loyalty trumped pro-Israel policy as Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced, over the objection of many of his constituents, that he would support the nomination of former Sen Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense today. Pro-Israel Democrats in the
(AP) Panetta: No US troops on the ground in MaliBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressLISBON, PortugalDefense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. has ruled out putting any American troops on the ground in Mali, but officials are hoping the French will
A cleric leading thousands of protesters was set for a showdown with the Pakistani government Tuesday after marching on Islamabad to demand a peaceful “revolution” and the dissolution of parliament. Tahir-ul Qadri, 61, delivered an ultimatum in an overnight address
France’s President Francois Hollande Tuesday said 750 French troops have joined the Mali offensive and their numbers will be boosted, on a visit to the Gulf overshadowed by the crisis in the African state. French forces have, since Friday, been
Italy temporarily closed its consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday and pulled its staff out of the country following a failed gun attack on the consul in eastern Libya, the foreign ministry said. Consul Guido De Sanctis’s bullet-proof car came under
By ZARAR KHANAssociated PressISLAMABADProtesters at an anti-government rally have clashed with police in the Pakistani capital. Television footage showed police shooting into the air to push back protesters early Tuesday. The demonstration was led by a cleric who recently returned
By VIVIAN SEQUERA and CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKERAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaMireya Bustamante spent most of the day trying in vain to find flour to bake a birthday cake for her 4-year-old son. Like most Venezuelans, the single, 33-year-old officer worker has periodically struggled
(AP) MOSCOWThe Russian Space Agency says it will send a spacecraft to the moon in 2015 from a new launch pad in the country’s Far East. Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin told Russian news agencies on Tuesday that the rocket booster would
(AP) BERLINGermany’s economy grew by 0.7 percent in 2012 _ but the economy shrank in the fourth quarter, government figures showed Tuesday. For 2012, the country’s economy grew at faster pace than the rest of the group of 17 European Union
