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 Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is defending Chuck Hagel against Republicans who think he is anti-Israel. Said Albright: I think that’s ridiculous. I think that Senator Hagel has been somebody that has voted for help for Israel over the
On Friday, Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai agreed to make efforts at reconciliation with the Taliban. To this end, both men endorsed “the establishment of a Taliban political office in Qatar.” Their hope is to encourage insurgents to take part
Google, Inc. is well-known for its slogan “Don’t Be Evil.” But two actions on the part of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and the company, respectively, are raising questions about Google’s ethics with regard to two countries not known for their
By DIAA HADIDAssociated PressJERUSALEMThe spiritual leader of an Israeli ultra-Orthodox political party was hospitalized after a suspected minor stroke in Jerusalem on Saturday, a development that could shake his party’s fortunes and mute one of Israel’s most influential voices. Rabbi
Dense smog shrouded Beijing on Saturday, with pollution at hazardous levels for a second day and residents advised to stay indoors, state media said. The municipal environment warning centre issued an alert advising the elderly, children, and those suffering respiratory
(AP) MEXICO CITYA dog reportedly mutilated by Mexican drug traffickers is recovering at a sanctuary for abused and abandoned dogs. Sanctuary owner Patricia Ruiz says Pay de Limon, or Lemon Pie, was fitted with prosthetic front legs last year. The Belgian
The Malthusian prediction from more than two hundred years ago that the world’s population would continue growing unchecked until the world starved from overpopulation is now proving false. Now experts are claiming that within the lifetime of most people now
Next month, Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha of North Dakota will become the fourth living recipient of the Medal of Honor. His award stems from “courageous actions” in Afghanistan in 2009, when at Combat Outpost Keating he and his men came
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: France’s president Hollande announces military action in Mali United States remains ‘deeply concerned’ about Mali situation U.S. will withdraw from Afghanistan earlier than expected Britain faces decision whether to remain in the European Union
In Jan. 11 comments made with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, President Obama said the U.S. has “[fallen] short of ideal” in Afghanistan. Moreover, although he took the time to recognize “our extraordinary military, intelligence, and diplomatic teams,” Obama made it
Because former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) is on record supporting an 80% reduction in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, Senators “with home state nuclear bases or membership on the Senate Armed Services Committee” are increasingly uneasy about supporting him for Sec.
The US military has punished three more soldiers for sleeping with prostitutes in a sex scandal in Colombia that overshadowed President Barack Obama’s visit to a summit last year. The three US Army sergeants were found guilty of violating the
(AP) US-born Taliban fighter wins prison prayer lawsuitBy CHARLES WILSONAssociated PressINDIANAPOLISAn American convicted of fighting alongside the Taliban must be allowed to pray daily in a group with other Muslim inmates at his high-security prison in Indiana, a federal judge
After all the big talk about a red line for Syria concerning chemical weapons–talk which came from Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama–it appears the U.S. response to Basher al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons is inaction. More than
Four months ago today, Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed during the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. And although so much time has passed between then and now–and although Obama promised many times in many
Russian children whose adoptions have already been approved by courts will go to the United States despite a blanket ban on all American adoptions, a Kremlin spokesman said on Friday.
Malian government forces on Friday launched an offensive against Islamists who control the north of the country with backing from the French and other foreign military, military and political sources said. The attack was aimed at stemming advances made by
How bad is Chuck Hagel for the state of Israel? Al Jazeera is rejoicing in his nomination for Secretary of Defense. And who is leading the celebration in a piece written for their website called “Obama Defeats The Israeli Lobby”?
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is threatening a hold on the nomination of Obama Chief Counterterrorism Advisor John Brennan to serve as CIA Director until the administration comes clean on Benghazi. Yet there is another reason that Brennan’s confirmation must not
A bipartisan report issued by the Senate Homeland Security Committee on December 31, 2012 concluded that the State Department “failed tragically” to protect American diplomats prior to and during the September 11, 2012 attacks on the American Mission in Benghazi,
It’s been discovered that a textbook designed for use in teaching English as a second language in the United Kingdom contains maps of the Middle East in which Israel is not labeled Israel–rather, it is labeled “Occupied Palestine.” The book,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan: Hundreds of casualties in multiple suicide bombings Pakistan’s commitment to fighting terrorism is in question Syria accuses U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi of ‘flagrant bias’ Putin postpones Russia’s US-adoption ban until 2014 U.N. Security
After the U.S. official in charge of European affairs said it was in the “American interest” for Britain to remain in the European Union, a British columnist wrote, “British policy on Europe is none of President Obama’s business,” and the
As the European debt crisis has caused some in Britain to consider leaving the European Union, Phillip Gordon, the U.S. assistant secretary who is responsible for European affairs under President Barack Obama, said Britain’s membership in the European Union was
A quote from former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) regarding the Pentagon is making the rounds as he tries to win converts to his side to support his nomination for Secretary of Defense. Speaking in 2011, Hagel said: The Defense Department,
