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.
By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated PressMADRIDA car bomb was defused in a megabrothel’s parking lot in northeast Spain early Monday and 300 people were evacuated from the site, the Interior Ministry said. A security guard at Paradise, one of Spain’s largest legal
The mausoleum for Russia’s revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin must undergo major repair work after its foundation suffered water damage, the Kremlin said Monday. The communist icon’s body will also undergo preservation work, a move that adds fuel to a debate
(AP) MIAMIA Marine veteran jailed for months in Mexico after trying to carry an heirloom shotgun across the border had to be hospitalized on his way home to Florida. Jon Hammar of Palmetto Bay was released Friday from a detention center
Every year, with depressing regularity, Palestinian leaders use Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem as an opportunity to bash Israel–and the international media eagerly plays along. This year, Agence France-Presse touts Christmas as an extra special occasion because “Palestine” has a new
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressNEW DELHIRussia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars Monday as President Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally. Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed cooperation between their countries
By DALIA NAMMARIAssociated PressBETHLEHEM, West BankThe top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land celebrated the United Nations’ recent recognition of a Palestinian state in his annual pre-Christmas homily on Monday, saying that while the road to actual freedom from
Fifty members of an Indian community believed to be descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel arrived on Monday in the Jewish state, completing their immigration. Linking up with family members who have already settled in Israel, they
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist appeared in court on Monday and could face jail after he allegedly threw a t-shirt at Chinese President Hu Jintao’s motorcade earlier this year. Avery Ng from the radical League of Social Democrats party was
Chinese police have rescued 89 children and arrested 355 suspects after busting a series of child trafficking rings, officials said Monday. Officers from nine regions, including Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan, Anhui and Guangdong, took part in a joint drive beginning December
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released his Christmas greeting today. In it, he warned of the existential threat to Christians in the Middle East with the rise of radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood: Today, Christian communities throughout the Middle
BEIJING, Dec. 24 (UPI) — China Monday congratulated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., on his nomination as the next U.S. secretary of state. “China is ready to work with the U.S. side to push forward the Sino-U.S. cooperative partnership to score
Egypt on Monday was awaiting official results of a referendum on a new constitution reportedly backed by two-thirds of voters but which the opposition alleged was riddled with fraud. The Muslim Brotherhood backing President Mohamed Morsi and media say an
A surge of violence in northwest Pakistan culminating in the assassination of a senior provincial minister has raised fears of a renewed Taliban campaign that could threaten national elections, analysts say. The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the adjacent Federally-Administered
(Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will have little time to savor victory in pushing through a new constitution as it may have cost the Islamist leader broader support for urgent austerity measures needed to fix the creaking economy. By
(AP) Army teams going to Africa as terror threat growsBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONA U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train
(AP) Afghan policewoman kills US adviser in KabulBy DENIS D. GRAYAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAn Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, the latest in a rising tide of insider attacks by Afghans
Thousands of Palestinians and tourists were flocking to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born. This year’s celebration carries special significance for many Palestinians, coming after
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Morsi’s landslide referendum victory divides Egypt Russian military advisers enter the fray in Syria Assad’s air strikes target bakeries to deprive Syrians of bread Morsi’s landslide referendum victory divides Egypt Mohamed Morsi The overwhelming
The State Department has awarded First Thought Yoga of Arlington, Virginia, a $30,000 contract to administer yoga classes. The State Department yoga program has received rave reviews, according to a testimonial on First Thought Yoga’s website: Iam a State Dept.
As Claude Rains said in Casablanca, we’re “shocked, shocked”, that Egypt’s government, run by the Muslim Brotherhood, has claimed victory in the second round of voting to ratify its Sharia constitution amid cries of voter fraud and voter intimidation. The
(AP) Egypt opposition alleges vote fraud in referendumBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIRO Egypt’s opposition called Sunday for an investigation into allegations of vote fraud in the referendum on a deeply divisive Islamist-backed constitution after the Muslim Brotherhood, the main group
On Thursday, the House passed a $633 billion defense authorization bill that “provides a 1.7-percent pay raise for the military,” funds the war in Afghanistan, “includes fresh sanctions against Iran,” and offers “compromise language on military detention of US citizens.”
The Chinese government’s media arm, Xinhua, posted an online article about Barack Obama’s nomination of Senator John Kerry as US Secretary of State in which they offered only praises and no counterpoint. The article, titled “Obama Nominates John Kerry as
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Egyptians approve the controversial Islamist constitution Russia says that Syria’s chemical weapons are under control Egyptians approve the controversial Islamist constitution The official results won’t be available until Monday, but the MuslimBrotherhood and others
The battle lines have been drawn between those who adhere to the traditions of Judeo-Christian religion and those who seek to undermine them, and the line in the sand is the issue of gay marriage. Pope Benedict XVI has thrown
