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.
One of the accused 9/11 plotters shouted “You are going to kill us” during a chaotic proceeding Saturday before a military court charging them with the deadliest attacks ever on US soil.
BEN FOXAssociated PressGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, CubaThe self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks repeatedly declined to respond to a judge’s questions Saturday and his co-defendant was briefly restrained at a military hearing as five men charged with the worst
By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated PressNEW YORKFamily members of some 9/11 victims are watching on closed-circuit TV as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and four co-defendants are arraigned at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Jim Riches was among the family members watching
The northern Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo saw a brutal day of gang violence, with 14 headless bodies found stuffed in a vehicle and nine bodies found hanging from a bridge.The gruesome crimes came less than two months before
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, briefed Christian supporters of the Jewish state yesterday morning. He told a hushed audience crowded into his Embassy’s Jerusalem Auditorium of a recent visit by U.S. intelligence specialists. They had asked Dr.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 3 (UPI) —A Canadian high school student serving a suspension for wearing a T-shirt that says “Life is wasted without Jesus” says he’ll wear it again when he returns. Grade 12 student William Swinimer, 19, is
The UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples has called on the United States to mitigate the “sense of loss” among the Native American community by restoring some tribal lands. James Anaya, made the comments after a 12-day
More than 140 people were injured on Friday when gas-filled balloons exploded at a governing party campaign concert in the Armenian capital ahead of parliamentary polls on Sunday, officials said. The emergencies ministry said 144 people suffered burns when scores
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONMEXICO CITYA state official says that 23 people have been killed in an explosion of drug-cartel violence in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, with the killers hanging nine of the bodies from a bridge and leaving
It’s only a matter of time before the Obama administration finds a way to blame former President George W. Bush for its treatment of Chinese human rights hero Chen Guangcheng. As then-Sen. Barack Obama explained on the campaign trail in
The Times of Israel reports today on speculation by an Israeli television commentator that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to order a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear program in October 2012, after ordering early elections in September and prior
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is in trouble. He escaped captivity and fled to the U.S. Embassy, only to leave the U.S. Embassy after a U.S. official either encouraged him to do so or “made him feel he was being [such]
Two Egyptian presidential candidates have endorsed jihad against the United States, and one of them even supports al Qaeda. MEMRI TV (the Middle East Media Research Institute) has released archival footage of Al-Mun’im Abu Al-Futouh and Hamadein Sabahi from 2004
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Parties on extreme left and right gain in Greece as elections approach Greece’s PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos warns voters about euro bailout Greece’s New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras blasts immigrants Syrian troops massacre Aleppo
The United States will this year double military aid to its ally the Philippines, which is engaged in a prolonged maritime stand-off with China, the foreign department in Manila said on Friday. The ramping-up of Washington’s defence assistance will see
China’s foreign ministry said Friday that Chen Guangcheng, the blind activist at the centre of a major row over human rights, can apply to study abroad. Chen escaped from house arrest in eastern China last month and sought refuge in
Chinese police have detained supporters of Chen Guangcheng at the hospital where the blind activist is being treated, and have beaten two of them, the backers and their relatives said Friday. Crowds of friends and well-wishers have gathered outside the
Iran on Friday held a parliamentary election run-off to decide 65 seats still outstanding in its 290-member legislature following a March 2 first round. The vote, whose results are due out in the coming days, was seen as unlikely to
The former prime minister of Egypt under Hosni Mubarak stated that he would be ready to visit Israel if he were elected president. Ahmed Shafiq is running third behind Amr Moussa, who is garnering 41% of the vote, and Abdel
While Chinese dissenter Chen Guangcheng and his family face violent treatment from the Chinese government thanks to the gutless action of the US State Department, the State Department is winning major victories in China. A few moments ago, the State
Veterans for a Strong America has produced a powerful new ad condemning President Obama for spiking the football after the killing of Osama in Laden. The ad starts with an NBC news anchor announcing Bin Laden has been killed. As
When Congress returns after recess, the astronomical levels of spending included in President Obama’s budget will face a vicious election-year showdown which will make the debt ceiling debate look tame. And while our Campaigner-in-Chief is busy making jokes about eating
Sudan and South Sudan’s armies were locked in a tense standoff Thursday hours after a UN Security Council ultimatum to end hostilities or risk sanctions. Sudan’s army “is still preparing to attack our positions… but there has been no fighting
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Thursday urged China to allow its currency to strengthen further and push forward economic reforms, which he said were crucial to the global recovery. But his comments at the start of two-day talks between the
Russia said Thursday its dispute with the United States over missile defence was near a “dead end” and warned it might have to deploy new rockets in Europe to take out elements of the controversial shield. The comments came just
