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.
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) — A top U.S. counter-terrorism official said Sunday al-Qaida apparently still is open to a plot to attack commercial aviation as it did on Sept. 11, 2001. John Brennan, chief counter-terrorism adviser to President Obama, said
A French journalist reported missing in Colombia after a gunbattle between government forces and leftist rebels has apparently been kidnapped, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Sunday. Juppe said he had no further information for the moment, but said that
Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged Sunday that he wooed Rupert Murdoch as he attempted to win power in Britain, but insisted he never struck a tit-for-tat deal to support the media mogul’s business dealings in return for favorable coverage. Ties
(AP) Obama aide mum on whether US protecting activistBy ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated PressWASHINGTON A top White House aide on Sunday said President Barack Obama wants to strike an “appropriate balance” between advancing human rights and maintaining U.S. relations with China, the
Canada is now the unofficial leader of the free world, with President Barack Obama continuing to adopt a posture of “leading from behind” that neither impresses allies nor appeases rivals. The latest evidence comes from the Summit of the Americas
A controversial Florida pastor has burned copies of the Koran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman Youcef Nadarkhani. The burning, attended by 20 people and streamed live over the
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he would consider an early general election, a day after a key coalition partner threatened to pull out and the opposition called for an autumn vote. The press was awash with fresh speculation
Look–nothin’ up my sleeve, presto! In a typical exercise of Old Media “ethics,” Vogue erased from the Internet its embarrassing puff piece on the wife of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. In 2011, to much international derision, Vogue published “The Rose
Naturally the State Department, led by Hillary Clinton, would proclaim the War on Terror over. To Hillary and Attorney General Eric Holder, the War on Terror was obviously over when politics demanded: two years before the attacks of 9/11/01, when
This Thursday, former President of Liberia Charles Taylor was convicted by an international war crimes court at the Hague. This is the first such conviction since World War II. Taylor was found guilty of 11 counts for arming and supplying
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Spain’s economy keeps spiraling downward as unemployment rises to 25% Switzerland considers paying illegal aliens to leave Switzerland Britain’s economy moves into a ‘double-dip’ recession Germany’s Angela Merkel angrily repudiates François Hollande’s campaign promises
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Saturday that it will resume talks with Iran on Tehran’s nuclear programme in mid-May. Iran’s envoy to the UN watchdog, Ali Asghar Soltanieh told the official news agency IRNA Friday that a new round
Osama bin Laden is dead and gone, but his demise was trotted out as a campaign issue by President Barack Obama, whose new ad questions whether his Republican rival would have ordered such a risky military raid. The video features
By JUERGEN BAETZAssociated PressBERLINGermany’s top security official said Friday the greatest terror threat to the country no longer stems from big networks like al-Qaida but from small, independent terrorist cells or “lone wolf” perpetrators. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told The
An Iranian foreign ministry official Friday in Warsaw played down the likelihood of a Western attack or invasion of his country, saying the “possibility of war is very, very weak.” Western threats of war “are so frequent that it would
By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTTwo weeks into a cease-fire agreement, there still was no peace in Syria: Security agents in Damascus collected the remains of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing. Activists reported troops firing on protesters. Video showed a
By DANIEL WOOLLS and PAN PYLASAssociated PressMADRIDThe hole in Spain’s economy is getting deeper. The government reported Friday that unemployment rose to 24.4 percent in the first quarter compared with 22.9 percent in the fourth quarter and that more than
Nearly a year after a US raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core Al-Qaeda network in Pakistan is “essentially gone,” but its affiliates remain a threat, US intelligence officials said. Bin Laden’s death further weakened Al-Qaeda, and it was unlikely
(AP) Group: Blind Chinese activist under US protectionBy SCOTT McDONALDAssociated PressBEIJINGA blind legal activist escaped house arrest in his Chinese village for American officials’ protection, activists said Saturday, creating a diplomatic dilemma for the U.S. and Beijing days ahead of
The Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars recently published a document called “Excerpts from a record of a meeting between Soviet journalist, Victor Louis, and General Director of the Prime Minister’s Office,
(AP) Blind Chinese activist flees house arrestBy CHARLES HUTZLERAssociated PressBEIJINGA blind legal activist fled house arrest in his rural China village and made it to a secret location in Beijing, setting off a frantic police search for him and those
Clashes broke out on Friday when some 150 Palestinians and Israelis demonstrated in east Jerusalem to protest against Jewish settlers taking over two houses there, an AFP reporter said. As protesters brandished signs saying “Stop the occupation” and “Stop stealing
Speaking at New York University on Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden attacked Mitt Romney for holding “unilateral foreign policy views that that [will] lead the United States into more wars” and cost America more money. He said Romney will take
A Baltimore area man was the first “high value” Al Qaeda detainee atGitmo to plead guilty two months ago. Majid Khan’s plea deal likely involves hiswillingness to testify against Khalid Sheik Mohammed. He also agreed not tosue the US government
The Catholic Church in England is fighting against political correctness. The Catholic Education Service contacted almost 400 secondary schools in England asking them to circulate a recent letter, written by the Archbishops of Westminster and Southwark, that defended the traditional
