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.
On the day that radical protestors storm the U.S. embassy in Egypt, the White House turns down a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Barack Obama violates his campaign pledge not to campaign on 9/11 by dissing
President Barack Obama has declined a request to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this month. Although the PM will only be in the US for two and half days, his office contacted the White House to express
On August 9, 2001, a bomb blast pulverized a Sbarro Pizzeria located at the corner of King George Street and Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, one of the busiest pedestrian crossings in Israel. The blast occurred at 2 pm, on a
When Barack Obama hailed the Arab spring last year and hastened the exit of Egyptian strongman and long time US ally Mubarak, the Administration predicted the policy would bear fruit. Today, on the eleventh anniversary of 9-11, it has. Egyptian
CORRECTION: The U.S. Embassy’s apology was issued before the protests, at approximately noon Cairo time. Despite the statement, protesters stormed the embassy five hours later. After an angry mob stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo and tore down the American
After the Obama administration rejected red lines for Iran, Israeli PM Netanyahu said those “who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel.” In other words, if the US won’t hold
Even as the Obama campaign tries to recover from its anti-Israel blow-up at the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama continues to undermine the campaign’s Jewish appeal. Today, the White House declined to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to meet President
Not only is Barack Obama violating his pledge not to campaign on 9/11, but he is also using the day to issue greetings to the Arab Forum on Asset Recovery, seemingly oblivious to the importance and solemnity of the day,
“Eleven years ago, we watched in horror as madmen with premodern visions crashed airplanes into the symbols of modernity and power. Each of us remembers where we were the moment we heard of the attacks on the World Trade Center
(AP) No word on status of China’s missing next leaderBEIJINGA Chinese spokesman on Tuesday said he had no information about the status of leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, who dropped from sight 10 days ago and has canceled a series of meetings
Hong Kong on Tuesday sent bailiffs to evict protesters camped outside the HSBC bank headquarters, the last outpost of the anti-capitalist “Occupy” movement in Asia. Unarmed officers began clearing around a dozen protesters from their camp on the ground floor
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a video coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, confirming for the first time the death of his deputy, US monitors said. The 42-minute video is Zawahiri’s first release in three months,
Syrian troops on Tuesday pounded Aleppo to thwart a rebel advance in Syria’s second city, activists said, as Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited a Jordanian camp for refugees from the conflict. Violence and bloodshed were reported in other parts of
Several people were wounded on Tuesday in an apparent suicide bombing that targeted a police station in central Istanbul, Turkish NTV television reported. The explosion outside the police station caused the roof to cave in, crushing people inside the building,
(AP) China sends patrol ships to islands held by JapanBy LOUISE WATT and MALCOLM FOSTERAssociated PressBEIJINGA territorial flare-up between China and Japan intensified Tuesday as two Beijing-sent patrol ships arrived near disputed East China Sea islands in a show of
Reports indicate the terrorist group behind untold numbers of American military deaths over the last decade and beyond, is comfortable with a second term for Obama and ready to completely sever ties with Al-Qaeda. Four senior Taliban officials say they
On the heels of a report stating Israel would postpone attacks on Iran if the US put “red lines” in place for Iran, Sec. of State Clinton says no red lines will be set. Clinton said that while the administration
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Syria’s Assad regime turns to ‘barrel bombs’ for more thorough extermination Australia sending illegal migrants to Nauru and Manus islands China’s Xi Jinping disappears, spurring rumors of accident or assassination Iran’s rial currency crashes
By CHARMAINE NORONHAAssociated PressTORONTOCanada has begun revoking citizenship from 3,100 people that the government said obtained it fraudulently, the country’s immigration minister said Monday. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said that in most of the fraud cases, applicants paid a representative
Israel is talking with Washington about laying down “clear red lines” for Iran over its nuclear programme, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with Canada’s CBC. Over the past week, the Israeli leader has repeatedly driven home the
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated PressTOKYOJapan’s government said Monday it has decided to purchase several disputed islands, prompting China to angrily warn of “serious consequences” if it proceeds with the plan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Japan will buy the three
By NASSER SHIYOUKHI and DIAA HADIDAssociated PressHEBRON, West BankDays of Palestinian demonstrations against the high cost of living turned violent in a West Bank city on Monday as protesters smashed windows and attempted to storm a municipality building before clashing
Iran on Monday said Canada had a “neo-conservative extremist government” as it kept up a furious response to Ottawa’s decision last week to cut diplomatic ties. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi used that description in an interview with the Iranian
With Russia’s official addition to the World Trade Organization’s ranks (WTO) last week, a window of opportunity for the United States is closing due to congressional inaction. Unless the right course is charted, Russia’s WTO membership could jeopardize U.S. exports
(AP) Palestinians strike to protest rising pricesBy DIAA HADID and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated PressRAMALLAH, West BankRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) _ Palestinian demonstrators fed up with high prices and unpaid salaries shuttered shops, halted traffic with burning tires and closed schools throughout
