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.
British MP George Galloway has never been far from controversy: in fact, controversy seems to be his favorite means of drawing attention to himself. However, his recent comments about what does and doesn’t constitute the rape of a woman, may
(AP) Afghan rockets damage US general’s planeBy KAY JOHNSONAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAn insurgent rocket attack damaged the plane of the top U.S. general as it sat parked at a coalition base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, dealing another blow to the image
In 1978, Israel and Egypt agreed that Sinai would be a demilitarized zone. Upon reaching the agreement, Israel pulled out of Sinai, Egypt was given sovereignty over it, and U.N. peacekeepers were put in place to monitor the situation. While
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Death of Ethiopia’s prime minister could affect Mideast security Jewish Israeli youths lynch Palestinians in Jerusalem as hundreds watched Armenian terrorist group threatens Turkey over Syria Death of Ethiopia’s prime minister could affect Mideast
According to a new book, not only did Valerie Jarrett dissuade Obama from going after Osama bin Laden three times prior to the successful mission in May 2011, but the key figure in persuading Obama to authorize the mission was
(AP) Syrian minister warns US against interventionBy LYNN BERRYAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Barack Obama’s warning over chemical weapons in Syria indicates the West is looking for a pretext for military intervention, a senior Syrian government official said Tuesday following talks in Moscow.
The International Monetary Fund, which has been in business since 1945, when it was formed to help the defeated Axis countries and some others to keep their currencies lined up with the dollar but has more recently been in the
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to strike Iran before the 2012 election. A report from Israel’s Channel 10 news claims that since the harsher international sanctions have yielded nothing from Iran, the time to act cannot be delayed.
President Barack Obama has added military heroes to his “enemies list,” singling out veterans’ groups such as Special Operations for America and Veterans for a Strong America on his campaign website, much as he singled out donors to Republican rival
Spain’s short-term borrowing costs tumbled Tuesday as it raised 4.51 billion euros ($5.6 billion), buoyed by the possibility of European Central Bank invervention. The Treasury raised the cash in a sale of 12- and 18-month bills, enjoying a lull in
Japan will shortly replace its ambassadors to China, South Korea and the United States in an unusual simultaneous move amid difficulties in Tokyo’s dealings with all three, reports said. Japanese media has also reported in the past few days the
Investors accepted negative interest rates again to lend money to the EU’s bailout fund on Tuesday, according to the German central bank, which managed the issue. The Bundesbank said in a statement that the European Financial Stability Facility placed 1.499
(AP) Afghan militants hit US military chief’s planeBy KAY JOHNSONAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanInsurgents fired rockets into an American base in Afghanistan and damaged the parked plane of the visiting chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, the U.S.-led military coalition
(AP) Syrian forces kill 23 rebels in town near DamascusBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressBEIRUTGovernment forces stormed a rebel-held town outside Damascus Tuesday after days of fierce fighting, killing at least 23 fighters, according to an activist group and a rebel spokesman.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: PKK terrorists kill 8 in huge blast in Turkey near Syrian border Europeans debate next desperate step to try to save the euro U.S. banks double investments in Treasuries as deposits explode PKK terrorists
Want a chance to personally shoot Osama Bin Laden in the head? Now you can, thanks to Sealed Mindset, a firearms studio in Minnesota, which has created a simulation titled “Navy SEAL Adventure.” The simulation allows customers to plan and
The scam that is the Olympics has found a new victim: the greatest Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps. The 22-time Olympic medalist and 18-time gold medalist is now under fire because Louis Vuitton, one of his advertisers, released a
A recently-published photo of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and his family may signal trouble in paradise. The heir of deceased tyrant Kim Jong Il, smiling brightly, is surrounded by multiple generations of stern, sad, and spooked faces.
Obama’s Last Stand, a new e-book by the Politico’s Glenn Thrush, contains a desperate exchange between House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and President Obama. As presented by Thrush, the exchange resulted from Pelosi’s realization that Obama’s drastic cuts in
So now Mohamed Morsi, the new Islamist president of Egypt, announces that later this month he will visit Iran. And the response is near silence from Washington officialdom, on both sides of the aisle. The Beltway-minded National Journal published no fewer
European stock markets were mostly softer on Monday and the euro fell back against the dollar as markets focused on the eurozone after the ECB termed a report on mooted bond purchases “misleading.” In afternoon trading, London’s FTSE 100 index
President Obama held a surprise press conference today. It was wide ranging, but in the last few minutes Obama laid down the goal posts for direct American military intervention in Syria. And it would seem we are likely headed for
(AP) Wife of disgraced Chinese politician sentencedBy GILLIAN WONGAssociated PressHEFEI, China The wife of a disgraced Chinese politician received a suspended death sentence Monday for the murder of a British businessman, as authorities move to tidy up a huge political
Israel has a friend in the American government, and her name is Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). She is the Chairwoman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee who is “urging the EU to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.” She made these
Eight months ago, President Obama ended the “dumb war” in Iraq: a war he and other Democrats claimed we entered into mainly because of the personal desires of George W. Bush rather than any credible threat posed to U.S. interests
