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.
(AP) UN chief urges rights officials to lead on SyriaBy JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world’s foremost human rights body on Monday to keep up the pressure on major powers to end the civil war and rights
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: A ‘long way to go’ in talks between Greece and EU troika Iraq: 100 dead in a wave of sectarian terrorist attacks France providing direct aid to rebel opposition in Syria How to start
Six GOP Senators are asking Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta to intervene in what they see as the disenfranchisement of the military vote. The Senators are specifically asking Panetta to be sure U.S. military personnel overseas are allowed to register
According to a French surgeon treating fighters in Syria, foreign Islamists are pouring into the country, joining rebels to fight the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Jacques Beres worked in a hospital in northern Syria; he explained that well over 6
Prime Minister Hisham Qandil on Sunday urged a major US business delegation to invest in post-Mubarak Egypt, as he sought to showcase an attractive investment environment. US Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides is accompanying the delegation of more than
(AP) Wave of attacks kill at least 44 in IraqBy YAHYA BARZANJI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAAssociated PressBAGHDADInsurgents killed at least 44 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and
(AP) Syria rebukes France for supporting rebelsBy JAMAL HALABYAssociated PressAMMAN, JordanSyria lashed out at France on Sunday for backing the rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad, saying Paris’ growing support for the opposition does nothing but undermine the mission
Iran’s currency was on Sunday sliding to a new record low against the dollar, with the central bank saying it was trying to manage the plunge amid an “economic war with the world.” Street traders were exchanging one dollar for
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to death by hanging after a trial on charges he ran death squads, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, a spokesman for the judiciary council said.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China backs down on forcing Hong Kong schools to teach ‘patriotism’ The ‘Arab Spring’ begins in West Bank as unemployment and prices soar Palestinian president Abbas to return to the U.N. on September 27
Reports indicate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to walk back his push for an imminent pre-emptive attack on Iran if President Obama is willing to set “red lines” by which Iran must abide. Iran would face immediate
A Salafist militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for two rockets fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. An Israeli military spokesman told AFP on Friday that the two rockets were fired by Palestinian militants, exploding in open fields
Higher cigarette taxes are to blame for a boom in illegal tobacco sales and the “proliferation of contraband” in Mexico, an industrial group says. The Mexican organization Concamin says that 17 percent of cigarettes sold in Mexico are illegal, and the sale
By AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing six civilians in a strike that targeted the heart of the U.S.-led military operation in the
An Iranian pastor sentenced to death for his Christian beliefs was released from custody during a Saturday court proceeding, according to an international religious freedom organization. Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports that a court acquitted Yousef Nadarkhani of the Church of
The human torso found at the foot of the Niagara Falls last month belonged to an American woman who lived near the Rainbow Bridge linking the United States and Canada, police said. The headless torso was found on August 29.
President Hu Jintao vowed Saturday that China would keep its powerhouse economy growing steadily, seeking to ease fears that a Chinese slowdown could further cripple the moribund world economy. In a speech ahead of an annual summit of Asia-Pacific leaders
(AP) MEXICO CITYMexican federal police have arrested a suspect in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, the slaying at the center of the scandal over the botched U.S. gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious. Jesus Leonel
By BRIAN MURPHYAssociated PressDUBAI, United Arab EmiratesAs Iran’s president crafts his talking points for his annual trip to New York, one message is likely to remain near the top: Tehran has not closed the door on nuclear dialogue and is
By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONAs Americans debate whether they are better off now than they were four years ago, there is another question with a somewhat easier answer: Are you safer now than you were when President Barack Obama took
Russia said Saturday it would ask the UN Security Council to endorse a plan to end the raging violence in Syria, but the United States insisted that any resolution had to carry teeth. Russia has been the main diplomatic and
By SCOTT McDONALDAssociated PressBEIJINGAuthorities poured aid into a remote mountainous area of southwestern China and rescue workers with sniffer dogs searched for survivors Saturday after twin earthquakes killed at least 80 people. More than 100,000 residents were evacuated after Friday’s
With Barack Obama’s hidden defense cuts portending a disastrous toll for national security, Gov. Mitt Romney is calling on the President to deal honestly with the American people and quit “dismantling our military.” Obama’s defense cuts are known only in
In the wake of the Democratic National Convention, the Obama Administration must deal with anger from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As Obama delivered a convention speech intended to shore up the votes of those in attendance, Jewish voters
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Japan-China island dispute being driven by popular nationalism on both sides Canada severs all diplomatic relations with Iran Canada suggests that its diplomats in Iran were in danger Japan-China island dispute being driven by
