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.
Two men were shot dead in Amsterdam after a shooting spree involving automatic weapon fire. Dutch authorities have released little information on the incident. Amsterdam’s mayor, Eberhard van der Laan, called the automatic weapons shooting spree a “wild west situation.”
Venezuelan authorities have deported a French citizen after accusing him of being an agent of the French government sent to assassinate Hugo Chavez. Frenchman Frederic Laurent Bouquet was arrested on June 18, 2009 by the nation’s political police, formally named
(AP) Yemen: Al-Qaida offers bounty for US ambassadorBy AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, YemenAl-Qaida’s branch in Yemen has offered to pay tens of thousands of dollars to anyone who kills the U.S. ambassador in Sanaa or an American soldier in the country.
(Reuters) – Pakistani militants, who have escalated attacks in recent weeks, killed at least 41 people in two separate incidents, officials said on Sunday, challenging assertions that military offensives have broken the back of hardline Islamist groups. The United States
(AP) Israel indicts ex-minister LiebermanBy AMY TEIBELThe Associated PressJERUSALEMIsrael’s Justice Ministry filed its indictment against former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a Jerusalem court on Sunday, charging him with breach of trust and fraud in a case that could further
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Nasa’s Mars Rover, Curiosity, takes a photo of itself H1N1 Swine Flu kills nine people in the West Bank The ‘Kick the Can Theory’ and the Fiscal Cliff Fiscal cliff negotiations Nasa’s Mars Rover,
The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released its annual Global Gender Gap Report. Faculty from Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley collaborated on the project which ranks Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Philippines ahead of the United States as
By ASHOK SHARMAAssociated PressNEW DELHIIndian police have charged six men with murder, adding to accusations that they beat and gang-raped a woman on a New Delhi bus two weeks ago in a case that shocked the country. The murder charges
(AP) Egypt transfers tons of building materials to GazaBy ASHRAF SWEILAMAssociated PressEL-ARISH, EgyptThousands of tons of building materials such as cement and steel began crossing into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said, temporarily easing a five
The French Supreme Court has rejected that country’s version of the “Buffett Rule,” a 75 percent tax on millionaires, calling it unfair andsaying its design was unconstitutional. French PresidentFrançois Hollande is the Barack Obama of Europe. He’s a moderatesocialist who
Yasser Arafat, who was celebrated by much of the world as a visionary leader and statesman for the Palestinian people, had one vision: destroy the Jewish state of Israel and replace it with a Palestinian one. As his wife, Suha
The five-year anniversary of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination will bring much more to Pakistan than remembrances and vigils for the slain reformer. Her only son will use the anniversary to enter politics himself and carry on his mother’s mission. Bilawal Bhutto
France’s highest constitutional authority on Saturday struck down the 75 percent tax rate on earnings over one million euros, one of the centerpieces of Socialist President Francois Hollande’s 2013 budget adopted by parliament. The Constitutional Council also also rejected new
On Thursday Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) criticized the Obama administration for sending twenty F-16 fighter jets to the new Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egyptian government. “It is reckless and unwise for the U.S. to give F-16s to Egypt and its new president/dictator,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Iran begins annual war games in Strait of Hormuz Sunnis hold mass protests in Iraq against Shia-majority government Gang-raped victim sparks nationwide protests in India Iran begins annual war games in Strait of Hormuz
(AP) Environmentalist drowns at Mexican resort beachSAN FRANCISCOThe executive director of San Francisco-based environmental group Rainforest Action Network has died in a swimming accident at a beach near Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta, police said Friday. Rebecca Tarbotton,
President Barack Obama enacted a law to counter Iran’s alleged influence in Latin America, through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department. The Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act, passed by lawmakers earlier
Has John Kerry ever been right about any foreign policy issue, ever, when it counted? On Jan. 11, 1991, Sen. Kerry took to the floor of the Senate to oppose the Gulf War and oppose the resolution authorizing President George
United Kingdom (UK) — For the first time since the UK signed the Maastricht Treaty to join the EU in 1993, a majority the British want to leave the beleaguered assembly of nations. A recent Guardian/ICM poll shows 51% of
In an interview earlier this month, Suha Arafat admitted in a televised interview that the 2000 Palestinian terror attacks were premeditated and not a spontaneous intifada as is widely claimed. “Yasser Arafat had made a decision to launch the intifada,”
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned Friday of a “very tough” year ahead for the recession-struck economy but said he hoped for an improvement in the second half of 2013. The Spanish leader spoke to the media after the last
(AP) Syrian rebels step up siege of northern airbaseBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian rebels stepped up their siege of a military base in north of the country Friday as government warplanes bombed surrounding areas to support the defenders, activists said. The
(AP) Putin signs anti-US adoptions billBy JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, part of a harsh response to a U.S. law targeting Russians deemed to be human rights violators. Although
TOKYO, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Poor Japanese manufacturing data on Friday gave new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe more ammunition to push for big spending and easy money to salvage the world’s third-largest economy from decades of deflation and its fourth
(AP) Champagne loses fizz in Europe after tough yearBy LORI HINNANTAssociated PressPARISEuropeans are finding fewer reasons to pop open a bottle of Champagne as another year of economic troubles and high unemployment saps the region’s appetite for the finer things.
