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.
(AP) Egypt votes for 2nd day to pick Mubarak successorBy MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIRO Egyptians voted for a second day Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister against a conservative Islamist, with a sense of gloom hanging
While Syria’s armed dissidents are being ruthlessly put down by the Assad regime, many of these same opposition forces are brutally attempting to crack down on Syria’s minority Christian population, leaving Syria’s Christians to worry gravely about what will happen
As Egypt votes for its new president, Israel’s left-wing daily, Ha’aretz, reports that Israeli officials blame the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood for a Hamas rocket attack on Friday, June 15. Hamas is the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will embark next week on a tour of Latin America including stops in Brazil for the Rio+20 summit, as well as Bolivia and Venezuela, his office said on Saturday. Ahmadinejad would stay in Brazil for two
By PETER ORSIAssociated PressHAVANAFor decades there’s been no such thing as a commercial radio or TV spot in Cuba. Ditto for billboards, website banner ads, and newspaper classifieds. It can be a refreshing change from the global marketing onslaught, but
Egypt’s military told parliament on Saturday it has been dissolved and banned its members from entering the house after a court annulled the last legislative poll, official media and a senior MP said. The Islamist Freedom of Justice Party (FJP)
By CAROLYN THOMPSONAssociated PressNIAGARA FALLS, OntarioThere was “wind coming from every which way,” mist so powerful it clouded his vision and an unfamiliar wire beneath him. But Nik Wallenda didn’t let that stop him from becoming the first person to
By DAVID McHUGH, NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and COLLEEN BARRYAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceIn Europe’s most economically stricken countries, people are taking their money out of their banks as a way to protect their savings from the growing financial storm. Worried that their savings
ATHENS, GreeceA fire aided by strong winds has burned several houses near the town of Keratea, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Athens, authorities said Saturday. Two firefighters have been injured, one with extensive burns, but no civilian casualties have
WARSAW, PolandDozens of Polish police wearing full riot gear kept a close watch on Russian soccer fans heading to their country’s European Championship game against Greece on Saturday. Around 20,000 Russians were expected to attend the match in Warsaw, and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. An anxious world awaits the results of Greece’s elections Greece and the ‘Kick the Can Theory’ American jihadist group to hold conference in Chicago on Sunday Mubarak’s military cronies seem poised to rule Egypt
When United States forces leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014 (at least, that’s Barack Obama’s plan if he’s still in office) they plan to equip the Afghan police and army with the finest clothes and disguises money can buy. The Washington
Eric Allen Bell and Jihad Watch are warning that Murfreesboro could prove to be ground zero in the war political Islam is currently waging against the West. According to Bell, the 53,000 square foot mega mosque now being built in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Russia deploying troops for foreign combat Russian map makes Finnish jaws drop A wild election weekend for Egypt, France and Greece Egypt in political chaos after shocking court verdict dissolves Parliament Spain unravels in
European stock markets rose and the euro slipped against the dollar Friday ahead of crucial weekend elections in Greece and after Britain unveiled fresh stimulus measures, boosting bank shares. Approaching midday in London the FTSE 100 index of leading companies
By GILLIAN WONGAssociated PressBEIJINGChina suspended three officials and apologized to a woman who was forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy in a case that sparked an uproar after graphic photos of the mother and her dead
By NG HAN GUANAssociated PressJIUQUAN, ChinaChina will send its first woman into space Saturday along with two other astronauts to work on a temporary space station for about a week, in a key step toward becoming the only third nation
China said Thursday it was investigating the case of a woman who was allegedly forced to abort seven months into her pregnancy, after images posted online of the baby’s corpse caused an uproar. Activists have criticised authorities in north China’s
Whether we want to admit it or not, Syria presents a growing problem for the U.S. and the world. And it’s not just that it provides President Obama with a country full of “aspirin factories” he can bomb in an
France, which has just elected a Socialist president, is the country that most wants President Barack Obama to win reelection, according to a new Pew Research survey that measured global attitudes toward the United States. Ninety-two percent of those polled in
HAROLD HECKLE and ALAN CLENDENNINGAssociated PressMADRIDSpain’s borrowing costs broke through another record Thursday after a credit ratings agency downgraded the country’s ability to pay down its debt amid rising fears a bank bailout may not be enough to save the
Bern, SWITZERLANDMyanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has fallen ill during a news conference in the Swiss capital of Bern. Suu Kyi said she felt exhausted after her long trip from Asia to Europe. Moments later, an aide rushed
Libya’s supreme court on Thursday struck down as “unconstitutional” a law passed at the start of May that banned glorification of slain leader Moamer Kadhafi. A Libyan human rights group had lodged an appeal with the court against the law
By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROIran once saw the Arab Spring uprisings as a prime opportunity, hoping it would open the door for it to spread its influence in countries whose autocratic leaders long shunned Tehran’s ruling clerics. But it is finding
By GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressVIENNAIran’s oil minister on Thursday shrugged off the tightening international squeeze on his country’s oil exports, declaring that Tehran was not feeling the pinch and warning that an energy-hungry world could not do without Iranian oil and
