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.
Jake Tapper of ABC News cut a segment today for ABCNews.com in which he discussed Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s Little America: The War Within The War In Afghanistan; Chandrasekaran showed up for an interview. Said Chandrasekaran: We squandered the troop surge, as
It’s public knowledge that the U.N. is currently negotiating an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) ostensibly aimed at preventing guns from crossing borders. It is also known that the Obama administration is taking part in these negotiations and that the treaty
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Israel in political crisis over ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arab draftee exemptions Russian backlash blocks military draftees from the North Caucasus Anti-Chinese protesters in Vietnam chant ‘Paracels-Vietnam, Spratlys-Vietnam’ China ‘annexes’ North Korea and claims ‘ownership’
(AP) Annan says agreement reached with Syria’s AssadBy ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaInternational envoy Kofi Annan tried to breathe new life Monday into his moribund peace efforts in Syria, saying he has reached a new framework with President
(AP) European stocks down as US report dims outlookNATALIYA VASILYEVAAssociated PressMOSCOWEuropean stock markets had a poor start to the week after a disappointing U.S. jobs report on Friday dimmed the outlook for the world’s largest economy. Britain’s FTSE 100 shed
Israel has long faced the scorn of Islamists. Iran’s Ahmadinejad has sworn over and again to wipe them off the map, supporter’s of Egypt’s new president have talked of conquering Israel and making Jerusalem the capital of Egypt, and Palestinians
On the morning of June 24th, author, blogger, speaker, executive director, and co-founder with Robert Spencer of Stop the Islamization of America (SIOA), Pamela Geller was denied her First Amendment Constitutional right of freedom of speech by The Jewish Federation
On Saturday, Libyans voted to move beyond the tyranny of Gaddafi and join the free world, as so many Western commentators who’d approved of the Libyan war had predicted. They thought Libyans would go from being a third world, or
Amid the bad news that many of our navy vessels are being switched over to biodiesel, at a cost of about 7 times current costs–the per gallon price for the fuel they’ve used for ages is about $3.60 a gallon
The tension surrounding a recent plot to blow up U.S. planes in the days leading up to the London Olympic games just went up a notch when a terrorist was captured in London’s Olympic Park on July 7. According to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Wikileaks poised to embarrass the Syrian regime and its American supporters Artillery from Syria kills people in Lebanon China escalates military buildup in South China Sea Philippines: China is annexing the West Philippine Sea
On Sunday the Knesset in Israel approved a historic measure; it adopted the recommendations of the Plesner report that approved enlisting members of the Haredi community in the army. The vote followed a march by 35,000 Israelis Saturday night in
DUBAI (Reuters) – A U.S. navy ship that had been slated for decommissioning has been sent instead to the Gulf to help mine-clearing operations, the U.S. Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain said, the latest move in a gradual U.S. build-up
Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras warned on Saturday his country needed more time to meet commitments made to EU-IMF lenders so to avoid making the current recession worse. However, he cautioned that Greece could not launch a renegotiation without first
Iran will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the oil-rich Gulf only if its crude revenues are seriously threatened, its top military commander said in remarks reported on Saturday. Several commanders and officials have vowed that
The U.N. seems to be working overtime to take advantage of President Obama’s soft spot for taxes, progressive schemes, and gun control. Already this week I’ve written about the Arms Trade Treaty, a treaty aimed at stopping guns from crossing
Activists opposed to the victory of Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico’s presidential election have called for a national “megamarch” Saturday to protest the results. Pena Nieto, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), decisively won Mexico’s presidential election Sunday, a result
A solar-powered plane landed in Spain Saturday on its way back home after breaking a record with the first intercontinental flight by an aircraft run on the sun’s energy, organisers said. Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, 54, piloted the experimental plane
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has asked EU-IMF creditors to extend a tough debt bailout programme by two years so as to ease the pain on an economy struggling in a fifth year of recession. “We ask for an adjustment,”
A Chinese technology firm has filed a legal challenge accusing US giant Apple of infringing its patented voice recognition software with its Siri function on the iPhone, the company said Saturday. The move comes just days after Apple paid $60
By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States’ newest “major non-NATO ally,” an action designed to facilitate close defense cooperation after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the country in 2014 and as a political
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Libor banking scandal investigation spreads rapidly Finland ‘will not hang itself to the euro at any cost’ Denmark announces negative interest rates on deposits Euro crisis has returned to Spain with full force Furious
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long been progressive, both politically and ideologically. From that church have come anti-gun pronouncements, pushes for homosexual-ordination, ordination of women, etc. As indicated, very progressive. The most recent action by the PC U.S.A. was a
Yesterday the United Nations called for a tax on billionaires in order to help raise more than $400 billion a year for poor countries. The annual World Economic and Social Survey says cash that has been pledged is drying up
The government on Friday hoisted the rainbow flag symbolising gay pride over one of its ministries for the first time. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg requested the flag be flown on Whitehall, the central London street that houses several ministries,
