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 MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated PressMORELIA, MexicoOn a cool September evening, about a half hour after the sun set on the rose-colored Baroque cathedral of this colonial city in western Mexico, three men burst into a Coca-Cola distribution center on the edge
By DIAA HADIDAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsraeli troops on Saturday commandeered a Gaza-bound ship that tried to break through Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled seaside strip, the military said. European lawmakers and other pro-Palestinian activists aboard did not resist, and the Finnish-flagged vessel
By PAUL HAVENAssociated PressHAVANAThe rumor mill surrounding the health of Fidel Castro churned anew Friday despite a letter from the aging Cuban revolutionary published by state media and denials by relatives at home and in the United States that he
Greece is to redouble its efforts to reach a deal with its creditors so that the loans it needs are handed over, the country’s finance minister said in an interview published Saturday. Stournaras has been holding talks since the end
The International Monetary Fund denied Saturday that austerity measures are to blame for the sluggish Irish economy, saying that other factors are keeping growth flat. Greece, Portugal and Ireland are complaining that the Fund underestimated the economic and social impact
By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTLebanon’s prime minister linked the massive car bomb that tore through Beirut to the civil war in neighboring Syria on Saturday, the latest signal that the crisis is enflaming an already tense region. The blast Friday in
The Saudi coastguard have arrested a group of Iranians who attempted to infiltrate the country by sea near the northeastern frontier with Kuwait, authorities said. Seized were 14 Iranians who had been dropped off on shore by a boat and
By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA new White House executive order would direct U.S. spy agencies to share the latest intelligence about cyberthreats with companies operating electric grids, water plants, railroads and other vital industries to help protect them from electronic attacks,
By ESAM MOHAMEDTRIPOLI, LibyaThe Libyan government on Saturday announced the capture of Moammar Gadhafi’s ex-spokesman outside a besieged town, as the oil-rich North African nation marked the anniversary of the ousted dictator’s death. The statement by the prime minister’s office
By ROBERT BURNS and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose 9/11 attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan’s mountainous east even as U.S. and allied forces wind down their combat mission
Armed men clashed with Libyan defence ministry forces on Saturday in a suburb of Tripoli, which was marking one year since the killing of ousted leader Moamer Kadhafi, a military official said. The chief of staff spokesman said the clashes
On Oct 19 President Obama delivered a speech claiming Al Qaeda is nearing defeat. On that same day, Al Qaeda delivered an attack on a Yemeni army base that killed 24. Obama told a cheering crowd: “Four years ago, I
The U.N. claims the U.S. Border Patrol has gotten somewhat trigger happy on the U.S./Mexico border. They base this claim on a recent shooting in which a Mexican teenager was killed while part of a group of teens that was
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Huge car bomb in Beirut Lebanon kills eight Car bombing renews fears of renewed civil war in Lebanon Murder of Lebanese hero Wissam al-Hassan considered a blow to all of Lebanon Lebanon and the
Barack Obama’s support of Islamist takeovers of Middle East countries has been a bulwark for the Islamist leader of Turkey, Recep Erdogan. Erdogan’s Justice and Development party (AKP), has inspired the Islamist parties that rose to leadership in Tunisia and
Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) have released State Dept documents that show Ambassador Christopher Stevens clearly expressed concerns about security months before his death. The documents, 166 pages in total, contain a cable signed by Stevens and
During the Vice Presidential debate on Oct. 11, when challenged to defend the Obama administration’s failure to protect the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Joe Biden made two commitments on President Obama’s behalf: Chris Stevens was one of our best.
Today, French President Francois Hollande announced his big plan to win the youth of his country: no homework! In a plan soon to be adopted by the vote-hungry Obama administration, Hollande suggested at Paris’ Sorbonne University, “An education program is,
Another day, another stonewalling for reporters at the State Department over Libya. Today, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland refused to comment on reports that the CIA had sent a cable 24 hours after the Benghazi assault, explaining that it was
The CIA is indicating that they told Washington the Benghazi attack was militant in nature, rather than spontaneous, within 24 hours of its occurrence. According to a report released today, the “CIA station chief in Libya” alerted Washington that the attack
Deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi’s death is under investigation because Human Rights Watch (HRW) says it has new evidence that he was not killed in a crossfire, which has been the new Libyan government’s explanation, but summarily executed after he
When President Barack Obama addressed the nation at West Point in December of 2009, he announced he would be sending 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a surge in order to “reverse the Taliban’s momentum and deny it the ability
The Third Presidential Debate on Monday night will have important implications for the 2012 election–not, primarily, because it will shift national polls (though it could if one candidate wins decisively), but because it could shift a few critical votes in
In the previous presidential debates that have touched on foreign policy, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have touted their administration’s approach to the war in Afghanistan as a success, with little protest from Republican challengers Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
There are claims being floated now by military sources that the Benghazi attack may have been part of a larger effort to drive Western forces out of eastern Libya. There were hundreds of security incidents preceding the September 11 attack,
