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.
A Hamas delegation was to head to Cairo for security talks later Saturday amid Egyptian anger at a deadly raid on an army post near the Gaza border earlier this month, officials from the Islamist group said. He said that
(AP) Syrian rebels set free a kidnapped LebaneseBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian rebels have freed one of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims they have been holding for three months. Hussein Ali Omar appeared healthy in an interview aired on Qatar’s Al-Jazeera TV
It’s official: Hezbollah is training to attack Israel should Israel launch a military strike against Iran. Hezbollah held a military drill in Southern Lebanon last week as part of an “Iranian-orchestrated preparation for a confrontation with Israel.” Upwards of 10,000
The name of a member of SEAL Team Six who took part in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has been revealed by media outlets (I have no intention of publicizing that name here.) This particular SEAL has written
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Anti-Morsi demonstrations in Cairo Egypt turn into a dud Fatal bridge collapse in China prompts public uproar Inventories of manufactured goods piling up in China Jean-Claude Juncker meets Antonis Samaras Anti-Morsi demonstrations in Cairo
Which Egypt is the real Egypt? Today Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke by telephone to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and reportedly reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to maintaining the 1979 Camp David peace treaty with Israel. Egypt wants
On August 12, 2012, Egyptian president, and “former” member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), Mohamed Morsi sacked the entire leadership of the country’s defense establishment. He fired Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and Chief of Staff Sami Anan, among others.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked Egypt to keep open communication with Israel after the new Cairo government deployed forces to the Sinai Peninsula, the State Department said Thursday. Clinton spoke by telephone Wednesday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel
By AYA BATRAWYAssociated PressCAIROSeveral thousand Egyptians rallied Friday in the first significant protests against the country’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, accusing him and his Muslim Brotherhood group of trying to monopolize power. The main protest in Cairo, which counted around
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated PressMEXICO CITYTwo U.S. government employees were shot and wounded in an attack on their vehicle south of Mexico City on Friday, a law enforcement official said. The two were riding in an armored U.S. Embassy sport utility
The latest reports from international nuclear inspectors will say that Iran has considerably accelerated its pursuit of nuclear weaponry. Iran has installed hundreds of new centrifuges and possibly begun production of nuclear fuel. The new centrifuges and accompanying machinery have
Politico is reporting that Mark Bowden has a new book out on October 16 titled, “The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden,” which is based on sources inside the Pentagon, the CIA, the White House, and Navy Seals past
On the heels of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) asking the EU to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has “emerged from hiding” to announce the group’s plans to launch a massive attack against Israel. Nasrallah
(AP) Norway’s Breivik deemed sane, sentenced to prisonOSLO, NorwayA Norwegian court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik to prison on Friday, denying prosecutors the insanity ruling they hoped would show that his massacre of 77 people was the work of a madman,
Although President Obama’s current defense cuts are so drastic that even Rep. Nancy Pelosi is scared they might cost Democrats more seats in the House, State Dept. advisers are reportedly encouraging further cuts and even the all-out elimination of the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Greece’s cash reserves will last until middle of October U.N. forms a special ‘Iran team’ to investigate nuclear program Egypt’s President Morsi issues decree freeing jailed journalist Large anti-Muslim Brotherhood rally planned in Cairo
Next week’s Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran has already raised eyebrows (and concerns). First of all, Iran is snubbing its nose at the UN and the US when it comes to its nuclear weapons program: the country has literally gone rogue
Egyptian editor Islam Afifi, who is facing charges of spreading false news and was remanded in custody on Thursday, will be freed on orders from President Mohamed Morsi, his spokesman said.
China will give 30 million yuan ($4.7 million) in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. The aid will go to refugees in Jordan and Lebanon to “show Chinese people’s
David Goldberg has been the rabbi of the Bavarian city of Hof since the last 1990s. He is a mohel (ritual circumciser) who has performed approximately 3,000 circumcisions since being trained to do so. However, there is a new curve
Recent reports revealed that Iran and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood were strengthening ties. Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi is actually traveling to Iran later this month for the Non-Aligned Movement Summit. And now, reports indicate that North Korean President Kim Jong Un
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Greece asks for ‘Air to Breathe’ in austerity requirements Ethnic Bloodbath in Kenya kills 62 people, mostly women and children France’s Hollande breaks campaign promise, ejects Roma Gypsies Greece asks for ‘Air to Breathe’
The first Muslim to deliver the daily prayer to the U.S. House of Representatives was black convert Siraj Wahaj in 1991. It was an artful prayer, though he would deliver a very different message elsewhere just one year later. His ideas
A prominent Arab-American supporter of Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell has attacked his opponent, Republican challenger Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, in starkly religious terms after Boteach’s super PAC, Patriot Prosperity, received $500,000 from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam. Adelson
As female students head back to universities in the U.S. and elsewhere this time of year, Iranian officials are actively working to limit the number of females pursuing a BA or BS in their country. In what The Telegraph has
