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 ZARAR KHANAssociated PressISLAMABADHundreds of Pakistanis, joined by dozens of American activists, have launched a motorcade “march” against U.S. drone strikes that they hope will reach the militant-riddled Afghan border region. The main faction of the Pakistani Taliban has denounced
The Israeli air force shot down an unarmed and unidentified drone on Saturday after it entered the country’s airspace from the Mediterranean Sea, an army spokesman reported. Soldiers are currently searching the area where the drone was downed, in open
Iran on Saturday sought to reverse a collapse of its currency by imposing a fixed dollar rate, days after protests erupted over the rial’s plunge, according to money changers who were refusing to comply. The order came as ordinary Iranians
By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressLIMA, PeruDefense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed back at Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday, saying the Afghan leader should say thank you now and then to the allied forces who are fighting and dying there, rather than
Thirty years from now, historians will mark the assassination of America’s Ambassador to Libya on September 11, 2012 as a more important event than the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. On “9/11,” the United States’ self-appointed role to provide
A Chinese manufacturer of reusable bags has been quietly circulating among environmentalists a sensational infographic smearing plastic bags as an unparalleled eco-burden, lobbying for the ban of American-made single-use sacks. Factory Direct Promos, a Guangdong Province-based outfit, has produced an
Pakistan and Russia have been holding “high level discussions” to find ways to strengthen the two nations’ economic, military, and political relationships. Pakistan’s military chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani traveled to Moscow this week to meet with Russian officials. And
The government of Iran has arrested 16 individuals and accused them of disrupting Iran’s currency market. Many stores in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar were either closed or partially closed on Thursday, for the second day in a row, due to violence which has
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Turkey issues new military threats to Syria Greece warns that Greece’s democracy is in danger from neo-Nazi party Greece warns that Greece’s democracy is in danger from neo-Nazi party Greece’s prime minister Antonis Samaras
In Israel, Minister of Public Information and Diaspora, Yuli Edelstein called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday to fire Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Barak has been meeting with U.S. officials, and there is a growing feeling that he is undercutting
On Thursday, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland doubled down on claims that the three week lapse between the September 11, 2012 attack on the American mission in Benghazi and the arrival of an American crime investigation team had not compromised
An email has surfaced indicating the State Dept. rejected security requests made by Benghazi consulate personnel months before the deadly attacks took place. The email, which was circulated inside the State Dept. on May 3, 2012, indicates “the State Dept.
Reports indicate U.S. soldiers and British Royal Marines have been urged to show “courageous constraint” by not shooting Taliban members spotted planting IEDs. The reason? Shooting them might disturb the locals. This news comes out on the heels of an
(AP) Iran police on watch after currency protestsBy ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran deployed riot police at key Tehran intersections on Thursday, after tensions flared over the nation’s plunging currency in the most widespread display of anger linked to the
(AP) Christians march in Jerusalem in support of IsraelBy LAUREN E. BOHNAssociated PressJERUSALEMWaving blue and white Israeli flags, thousands of evangelical Christians from around the world filled streets of downtown Jerusalem on Thursday in a show of support for the
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that Pakistan’s economic situation was worsening and faces a return to double-digit inflation as the government prints money to finance its deficit. In a mission report, the IMF said Islamabad urgently needed to address
(AP) Egypt’s hardline Islamist party unravelsBy MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROInternal feuds are threatening to unravel the political party of Egypt’s ultraconservative Islamist Salafis, as pragmatists try to shake off the control of hardline clerics who reject any compromise in their stark,
(AP) FBI came to Benghazi and left in past 24 hoursBy EILEEN SULLIVAN and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONA team of FBI agents arrived in Benghazi, Libya, to investigate the assault against the U.S. Consulate and left after about 12 hours
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Turkey continues shelling Syrian military positions Turkey’s Erdogan delivers harsh speech and expands rules of engagement UN Security Council issues a watered-down statement on Syria Turkey may have captured the killers of U.S. envoy
Fears rise as service men and women abroad face difficulties registering to vote and acquiring absentee ballots for November’s elections. The number of military voters from Virginia who have requested absentee ballots is down 75% from what it was four
The United States said Thursday Turkey had taken “appropriate” and “proportional” action in firing back at Syria after a deadly cross-border shelling, but urged that tensions should not escalate.
No wonder Barack Obama and his Administration wanted Mohamed Morsi to be the president of Egypt; he’s as much of a liar as they are. Two young Coptic Christian boys, ages 9 and 10, have been arrested by Egyptian authorities
On September 11, 2012, United States Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were murdered at the American mission in Benghazi, Libya. The New York Post is reporting that an American investigative committee, which includes more than one FBI agent, arrived at the scene
This morning, Breitbart News spoke with a former senior CIA official with specific knowledge of the ongoing issues in Libya, who spelled out the risks associated with the Obama administration’s rumored prospective airstrikes on targets in Libya. Two days ago,
Everytime you think the administration’s failure in Benghazi couldn’t get worse, it gets worse. Eli Lake reports that in the six months leading up to the September 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, security was not only not
