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.
Vladimir Putin has sent a Black Russian Terrier puppy to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, who joked the Russian strongman would receive a capybara, the world’s largest rodent, in return. The three-month-old puppy was given to Chavez by Igor Sechin,
(AP) MADRIDAuthorities in Madrid are bracing for more protests near the Spanish Parliament in the city’s downtown district after demonstrations there last week brought violence and arrests. The latest rally Saturday is expected to draw tens of thousands of people angered
More Western nations called on their citizens to be cautious in the Philippine capital on Saturday following a US embassy warning a day earlier of an unspecified threat against Americans. The warnings issued by the British, Canadian and Australian governments
By MICHAEL WARRENAssociated PressBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaIsrael expressed deep concern Friday about Argentina’s efforts to work with Iran to solve the South American country’s worst terrorist attack. Prosecutors believe Iranians bombed a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994, killing 84 people.
China’s manufacturing activity shrank for an 11th straight month in September, HSBC said Saturday, adding to pressure on Beijing to provide fresh stimulus to boost the world’s second largest economy. The final reading of the purchasing mangers’ index (PMI) released
A Chinese rocket on Saturday successfully launched a Venezuelan earth-observation satellite into orbit, state media said. The satellite, dubbed “Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda” after the major Venezuelan independence figure, was launched from the northwest Jiuquan base in the Gobi desert
A Republican congresswoman froze a request by the Obama administration for $450 million in cash for the Egyptian government, saying it needed new scrutiny amid rocky US ties with Cairo. The lawmaker, Kay Granger, from Texas, who chairs the Appropriations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. intelligence authority issued an unusual public statement on Friday declaring it now believed the September 11 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, was a “deliberate and organized terrorist attack.” The statement by
President Obama has been talking a lot recently. The latest revelation – he thinks he’s “eye candy.” While he’s lost in self-discovery on “The View” and “Late Night with David Letterman,” the U.S. Senate managed to muster enough votes to
In what may be the first time a Muslim religious figure was removed from a campus position by a university administration, Boston’s Northeastern University told Imam Abdullah Faaruuq that his services as chaplain for Muslim students were “no longer needed.”
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Debka: Benghazi murder of Chris Stevens was revenge for plot against al-Qaeda France’s Hollande calls for immediate military action in Mali Aftermath of Libyan military action sees big increase in al-Qaeda activity in Africa
On September 27 the State Dept. announced it is temporarily withdrawing more staff from its embassy in Tripoli, Libya. State Dept. officials say they hope staff members can return to the embassy early next week but admit the situation will
Obama eventually found time to talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — not in person but on the phone. President Obama called Netanyahu after the Israeli PM publicly demanded red lines on Iran during his speech at the UN.
Five days before the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya, the U.S. state department posted an Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) memo saying there was no credible threat of violence against the U.S. for the then-upcoming September 11 anniversary.
Today, Iranian official news agency Fars News Agency ran a piece from The Onion today as news. The piece, a parody, suggested that a Gallup poll said rural whites liked Ahmadinejad over Obama. “According to the results of a Gallup
President Obama talked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today. In fact, he made sure to tweet a picture of himself talking to Netanyahu via phone, even though he refused repeatedly to meet with Netanyahu in person this week. The
Today, Special Operations Speaks, a PAC formed by ex-Special Ops officers from four branches of the military, released a cartoon mocking President Obama for spiking the football on the Osama Bin Laden kill. The cartoon depicts Obama as a schoolchild,
Today, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the US no longer had knowledge of the whereabouts of some Syrian chemical weapons, and admitted that those weapons may have been funneled to rebels or Iranian proxies. “There has been intelligence
The deadline for the $100,000 reward for the “Khalidi tape” is October 23rd, two weeks before Election Day, after which the reward will no longer be available. No one has yet come forward to claim the reward–though the Los Angeles
We know that the mainstream media is in the tank for President Obama. It took them two full weeks to turn their attention to the inconsistencies in the Obama administration’s Libya cover story. So it’s no surprise to find that
France’s public debt jumped in the second quarter of the year, official data showed on Friday as the finance minister pledged to bring its public deficit back to within EU limits by next year. The debt, which includes national, local
Sept. 27 – Thai Muslims target the Bangkok U.S. embassy and YouTube’s owner Google in their attempts to have clips from an anti-Muslim film removed online. Travis Brecher reports. Hundreds of Thai Muslims gather in front of the United States
Don’t be fooled by the supposedly bipartisan effort to investigate the Obama administration’s actions after the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya. Democrats are no more serious about challenging their leader in the White House than they have ever
(AP) Egypt tourism takes a hit from prophet protestsBy CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated PressCAIROOne of the world’s largest cruise ships, its foreign passengers primed for onshore spending, was supposed to dock in Egypt this month. The port call, however, was scrapped because
Several Christian families have fled their homes in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula after receiving death threats from suspected Islamist militants, officials and residents told AFP on Friday. Last week, flyers began circulating in the town of Rafah on the Gaza Strip
