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.
Egypt’s main Islamist parties, including President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, rejected on Saturday opposition demands to delay a December 15 referendum on a new constitution they helped draft. The coalition of 13 parties “insist that the referendum on the constitution
By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROEgypt’s military warned Saturday of `disastrous consequences’ if the crisis that sent tens of thousands of protesters back into the streets is not resolved, signaling the army’s return to an increasingly polarized and violent political scene.
(AP) MEXICO CITYMexican Treasury Secretary Luis Videgaray estimates the country’s economy will increase 3.5 percent next year, slightly less than the almost 4 percent growth in 2012. He expects inflation to run at 3 percent. Videgaray presented Congress on Friday with
By KARL RITTER and MICHAEL CASEYAssociated PressDOHA, QatarBleary-eyed negotiators from nearly 200 countries haggled through the night over new draft agreements on emissions cuts by rich countries and aid for poor as United Nations climate talks spilled into Saturday. The
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Is Syria’s Assad likely to use his aging chemical weapons arsenal? Syria’s opposition increasingly frustrated by lack of American support Egypt’s president Morsi considers making concessions to opposition Is Syria’s Assad likely to use
A former technician in the U.S. Navy was arrested on December 6th for allegedly trying to provide Russian agents with information that would help them track U.S. submarines. As it turns out, the “Russian agents” were actually part of a
Under protest for his decision to seize unprecedented and near-unlimited powers, Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi is digging in by calling out tanks to encircle the presidential palace. Morsi now claims the “thugs” who have been causing violence in the streets,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will soon testify before US lawmakers at an open-door hearing about the deadly September attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya, a top lawmaker said. Clinton will appear before the House Committee on Foreign
With U.S. troops out of Iraq and soon to leave Afghanistan, plans for re-focusing our military are already shifting to other areas — specifically, the Pacific. Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, head of U.S. Pacific Command, said the new focus
On Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, the radar operator noticed numerous blips on his radar. He thought they were “friendlies” – either part of U.S. practices or perhaps even part of show being done for the civilians. When he heard
Britain will announce plans next week to allow gay marriages in churches and other religious buildings, officials said Friday, although Prime Minister David Cameron insisted no faith group would be forced to hold them. Culture Secretary Maria Miller will unveil
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated PressRAFAH, Gaza StripThe exiled Hamas chief broke into tears Friday as he arrived in the Gaza Strip for his first-ever visit, a landmark trip reflecting his militant group’s growing international acceptance and its defiance
As the Obama administration insists there is no proof Iran has captured a second U.S. drone, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it’s time for the U.S. to count their drones. According to an IRGC spokesman, if the U.S.
By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROTens of thousands of Egyptian protesters push past barbed wire fences installed by the army and march on the presidential palace, calling for President Mohammed Morsi to “leave” a day after they say he offered no
During comments at the 2012 Herman Khan Award Dinner in New York last night, former VP Dick Cheney criticized Obama’s Middle East policy and what he perceives as the projection of U.S. weakness instead of U.S. strength. Cheney said the
(AP) Egypt protesters march toward president’s palaceBy MAGGIE FICK and MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROThousands of Egyptians marched toward the president’s palace early Friday afternoon for another day of demonstrations against the president while thousands of his Islamist backers gathered outside the
(AP) Chavez back in Venezuela after Cuba treatmentBy IAN JAMESAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived back home in Caracas early Friday after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba. State television showed images of Chavez arriving at Caracas’ airport
The US State Department expressed concern Thursday over the influence of fundamentalist groups in Syria, including the Al-Nusra Front, which is said to have ties to Al-Qaeda. As opposition fighters in Syria struggle to topple the regime of President Bashar
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Egypt’s president Morsi refuses any compromise on constitution Brotherhood offices torched, hundreds of casualties, as violence continues in Egypt Geithner, representing Obama, refuses any compromise in fiscal cliff negotiations Rate of decline in Russia’s
Alliance Defending Freedom has sent a letter to Hillary Clinton asking the State Dept. to designate Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) so the U.S. can check the group’s expansion and terror activities. As reported earlier, Boko Haram is a
There was major confusion over a Facebook post from my new Facebook friend Walid Phares this morning. You may recall Phares is a professor and commentator of global terrorism and Middle Eastern Affairs. He is well published and well noted. But
As the Benghazi story played out in the media, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham emerged as two Republican voices spearheading the fight against the White House’s ridiculous narrative. As the Muslim Brotherhood gains power in Egypt, a serious examination
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution on Monday by a vote of 174-6 that would require Israel to open its nuclear program to inspection “without further delay.” The only countries voting against it were the U.S., Canada, Marshall Islands,
Anger over President Morsi’s declaration of autocratic powers and a new constitution, which seems to roll back rights for some segments of the populace, led to massive and sometimes violent protests outside the Presidential Palace. Early on the number of
France’s new gender equality law dictates a series of restrictions designed to abolish gender differences. Those restrictions include lessons for children on the “ABC of gender equality,” compelling companies to pay equally for jobs as dictated by a court. The
