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.
The new French Socialist government launched tax rises and spending cuts on Wednesday to meet budget targets as growth flags, with the eurozone debt crisis burning on and Italy falling behind. The French cabinet approved action to adjust the budget
(AP) Monitor group says jihadists claim Syria attacksBEIRUTA group that tracks jihadist chatter on the Internet says shadowy militants have claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks across Syria, including a raid last week on a pro-government TV station that killed
Lonely pot smokers of the world, unite! Uhhh, don’t. Because the numbers are staggering, and the last thing the world needs is a bunch of glassy-eyed cheeto-eating armies sitting aimlessly and fouling the air with their breath. And you thought I was
Mitt Romney will meet with Israeli Prime Minister this summer in Israel. The two have a friendship that dates back to 1976, when they both worked at the Boston Consulting Group as corporate advisors. Their closeness is such that when
Love means never having to say you’re sorry? Not for the Obama administration. According to the Obama administration, love means always saying you’re sorry -especially if it’s to foreign governments that hate America. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has offered
In August 2009 the Obama administration quit using the phrase “War on Terror,” and in April 2012 the administration pronounced the war on terror over altogether. Somebody forgot to tell Al Qaeda that the war was over, because their plan
Pakistan and the United States have made “progress” in talks on ending Islamabad’s seven-month blockade of NATO supplies travelling overland into Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. The news emerged as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf called a meeting of
DIWANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – A bomb in a small truck exploded in a market in the Iraqi city of Diwaniya on Tuesday, killing 40 people, and a bomb blast killed four more near the city of Kerbala, police and officials
(AP) Slovakia: no more patience for European bailoutsBERLINSlovakia’s prime minister says people in his country have run out of patience with European rescue measures and more aid can only be offered if troubled eurozone nations get their finances in order.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hong Kong’s growing hostility to mainland China evident from Hu Jintao’s visit NATO chief OKs Turkey’s military buildup on Syria’s border, amid military defections Russia’s foreign minister ‘delighted’ at failure of Syria crisis talks
Unemployment across Europe is getting worse, not better. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office, stated that unemployment in the areas of the Eurozone rose to 11.1% in May, up from 11% in April. This was the highest unemployment number recorded in
News that the U.S. State Department issued a visa to Hani Nour Eldin, a member of Egypt’s Gama’a al-Islamiya or Islamic Group, has sparked a roaring controversy over the circumstances and appropriateness of the decision. On June 24, Representative Peter
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved a committee that was asked to come up with legislation that would require all the men in Israel, whether they be non-religious Jews, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Arabs, Christians, etc., to serve in the Israeli
Mexico’s presidential election is over, and the early results reveal that the winner is Enrique Pena Nieto, the leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for 71 years until 2000. Pena Nieto received 38 percent of the vote,
Back in 2010, I excoriated the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, noting that David Cameron was increasing tax rates and expanding the burden of government spending (including an increase in the capital gains tax). I also criticized Cameron
(AP) Mexico’s former ruling party voted back to officeBy MARK STEVENSON and KATHERINE CORCORANAssociated PressMEXICO CITYThe party that ruled Mexico with an iron grip for most of the last century has sailed back into power, promising a government that will
Anne Bayefsky of National Review notes that the Obama administration has effectively backed an extraordinary session at the UN Security Council today, in which the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, the notoriously anti-Israel Navi Pillay, will brief the Council
Pakistani officials accused up to 60 Afghan soldiers on Monday of crossing into Pakistani territory and sparking clashes that killed two tribesman. It was the latest in a series of escalating cross-border attacks reported in Afghanistan and Pakistan that are
(AP) Oil falls below $84 amid waning EU euphoriaBy PABLO GORONDIAssociated PressThe price of oil fell below $84 a barrel Monday, unwinding some of the massive gains made Friday, when investors cheered the latest EU plans to tackle the continent’s
The news coming out of Syria isn’t good, no matter how you slice it. On Friday June 29, bodies wrapped in burial garments were carried through the streets of Douma, which has been under siege “for weeks” by Syrian President
On June 29, the day before Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi took the official oath of office, he sent a message to factions within his own country that the people had given him power and he planned to use it. Of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Al-Qaeda linked terrorists destroy historic shrines in Timbuktu, Mali Turkey angrily denies WSJ report on Syria’s attack on Turkish jet Turkey suspends dialog with EU as presidency passes to Greek Cyprus Turkey scrambles jets
Enrique Pena Nieto, the new face of the party that governed Mexico for seven decades, won Sunday’s presidential election by a wide margin, according to exit polls carried by local media. Pena Nieto, the handsome candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary
(AP) Israel’s leaders write to new Egyptian presidentBy BLAKE SOBCZAKAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsrael’s president and prime minister have sent separate letters to Egypt’s new Islamist president, congratulating him on his election victory and calling for continued peace between the neighboring countries, Israeli
(AP) Iran: We will ‘confront’ new EU oil sanctionsBy NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran has stored up imported goods and hard currency for a “battle” against EU sanctions targeting the country’s vital oil sector that went into effect Sunday, officials said.
