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.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Syria’s Bashar al-Assad gives lengthy TV interview to prove he’s OK Citibank settles investor lawsuit without admitting guilt Germany stages major neo-Nazi crackdown North Rhine-Westphalia Syria’s Bashar al-Assad gives lengthy TV interview to prove
Newly-released documents reveal German police made little effort to save lives in the 1972 massacre of eleven Israeli Olympic athletes. With the 40th anniversary of the tragedy approaching, the Israeli State Archives just released 45 documents pertaining to the killings.
Special Operations-OPSEC has asked the Pentagon to scrutinize an upcoming book by SEAL Team Six member “Mark Owen” to ascertain whether it reveals classified information. If the Pentagon determine that it does, they will request that the DOJ move to pull the
The Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) conference is currently underway in Tehran, and Iran is using by Iran to raise their prominence on their world stage and to simultaneously garner enough support to allow them to buck U.S. and international opposition to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Egypt’s military action against Sinai Bedouins comes to a standstill Egypt defends need for army tanks in Sinai Greece’s border guards fail to stop the influx of illegal immigrants Turkey still unsure about Syria
In the wake of growing tensions between Israel and Iran, as well as the ongoing conflict in Syria, the U.S. Navy has sent the Stennis Strike Group back to the Persian Gulf. This group, which departed on August 27, is based
The U.S. military on Monday announced they have punished Six Army soldiers who burned Qurans at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan and three Marines who urinated on dead Taliban corpses. All received administrative, or “non-judicial,” punishments, which means the
Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, invited Egypt’s newly-elected president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, to visit the country as the guest of Israeli President Shimon Peres. The invitation was announced Tuesday in a speech in Tel Aviv, and was
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Catastrophic oil refinery explosion in Venezuela threatens Chavez’s reelection New rioting in Kenya after assassination of al-Qaeda linked cleric Proposal for ECB to purchase toxic bonds gathers steam Catastrophic oil refinery explosion in Venezuela
The controversial super PAC Special Operations for America, led by former Navy SEALs, is set to release a blistering new ad against President Obama Tuesday at the Republican National Convention. The ad, titled “Bow to Nobody,” depicts Navy SEALs in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Angola sends 37 Chinese gangsters back to China Angola’s Chinese-built ghost town Germany’s Angela Merkel tries to halt anti-Greece panic China condemns Mitt Romney’s ‘Cold War mentality’ Angola sends 37 Chinese gangsters back to
(AP) Iran opens nonaligned summit with nuclear appealsTEHRAN, Iran Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons, even as Tehran
In a cramped and tiny office in the South Korean capital, an 80-year-old man displays letters postmarked “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” in pale red ink. The imprints with North Korea’s official name testify to Kim Kyung-Jae’s success in reconnecting
By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressRAFAH, Gaza StripBusiness is down because of an Egyptian security clampdown, but smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border keep operating under the supervision of Gaza’s Hamas rulers. The militant Hamas had hoped the Islamists who took charge
Jordan on Sunday barred pro-Palestinian US and European activists from trying to cross into the West Bank for delivering school supplies to students. Atallah said the “activists left the buses and started to demonstrate near the checkpoint. One of them
By FRANK JORDANSAssociated PressBERLINGermany’s economy minister has rejected calls for Greece to get more time to implement economic reforms, saying in an interview Sunday that Athens needs to respect the bailout deal reached with its international creditors. Philipp Roesler’s comments
Australian police Sunday reopened inquiries into the 1982 bombing of the Israeli consulate in Sydney and a Jewish club, reportedly after interviewing an extremist jailed over a blast on a Pan Am flight that year. No one was killed but
The Hamas premier in Gaza has not been invited to this week’s summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran, Iran said on Sunday, heading off a threatened boycott by the Palestinian president. Hamas said on Saturday that Haniya would take
(AP) CAIROA Cairo court has convicted 76 Egyptians on charges linked to last year’s attack by protesters on the Israeli Embassy. Seventy-five of the defendants received suspended one-year sentences Sunday, while one defendant tried in absentia was given a five-year prison
Egypt on Sunday defended its idea of forming a regional contact group on Syria which would include Iran, a staunch Damascus ally, insisting that Tehran could “be part of the solution” to the Syrian crisis. President Mohamed Morsi proposed at
By Rob HarrisAP Sports WriterLONDONThe Olympic rings have disappeared across London, and the Paralympic symbols hoisted in their place. Let the games begin _ again. Thousands of athletes have already arrived for Wednesday’s opening ceremony as the Paralympics return to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Nato airstrike kills Pakistan Taliban leader in Afghanistan Pakistan prepares to eject Afghanistan refugees Pakistani immigrants protest in Syntagma square in Athens, Greece Corrections to yesterday’s World View (corrected online): Warren E. Pollock interviews
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras headed to Paris Saturday on the second leg of a trip to try and win more time for his country to meet a deadline to slash billions of euros (dollars) from its budget. Samaras was
At least seven people were killed and 48 others were injured in Venezuela early Saturday after an explosion at an oil refinery, a top local official announced. Falcon State Governor Stella Lugo was quoted by the state-run agency AVN as
Egyptian military engineers have blocked 120 tunnels used for smuggling to and from the Gaza Strip since the start of operations in the neighbouring Sinai Pensinsula, security officials said on Saturday. No less than 12 tunnels were blocked in the
