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.
Fred Kaplan, writing for Slate.com, suggested Thursday that the United States should ignore any threats that the North Korean regime may pose. “The North Koreans can be such a pain, so wearying, you wish that you could just ignore them.
Nicolas Sarkozy apologised for his mis-steps Friday, the final day of campaigning in France’s presidential election, while his main rival Francois Hollande was increasingly confident of victory. The latest polls ahead of Sunday’s first round point to a resounding win
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syria and U.N. disagree on implementation of observers Concerns are growing over Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons India tests a long-range missile that can reach Beijing Syria and U.N. disagree on implementation of observers
A commercial showing members of wildly popular all-girl band AKB48 passing bite-sized candies seductively from mouth-to-mouth is under fire in Japan for encouraging homosexuality. The advertisement, which aired in March, shows the school uniform-clad young women — all in their
By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian troops fired bullets and tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters Friday, activists said, and state media reported that a roadside bomb killed 10 soldiers in the latest violence to defy international efforts to calm the
The Washington Post reports that Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of Maldives, claims the United States has given legitimacy to the Islamist coup which deposed him. Mohamed Nasheed won the presidency in Maldives’s first multiparty elections in 2008, after a
A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday with four people believed to be on board, likely American soldiers, a US defense official told AFP. A senior police officer in Helmand province said the helicopter went down
In October 2010, Canadian Omar Khadr was convicted of using a grenade to kill a U.S. soldier. In May 2012, President Barack Obama and/or members of his administration are fighting for Khadr’s freedom. That’s right–although Khadr was found guilty of
US leadership has lost some of its luster abroad, suggesting President Barack Obama can’t count on as much global euphoria as he gears up for a fierce reelection campaign, a new survey found Thursday. The report card was particularly dire
IMF head Christine Lagarde said Thursday that it would be able to boost its crisis intervention capacity this week as worries mounted that Spain might be the next eurozone country to seek a rescue. Warning that “dark clouds” still hover
Taiwan Thursday tested its ability to defend one of it largest air bases against Chinese invasion, a scenario experts insisted remained relevant in an age of missile and cyber attacks. About 1,500 soldiers took part in the drill, part of
Widespread use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter is set to steamroller France’s laws restricting the announcement of the results of Sunday’s first-round presidential election. For over 30 years, French voters have sat down in front of the
This photo, taken on December 6, 2011 by Massoud Hossain in Kabul, Afghanistan, recently won a Pulitzer Prize. The “Girl in the Green Dress” still suffers physicallyand emotionally from that day when she lost 7 of her 17 relatives and
You can listen to Rep. Bachmann’s interview, and all of our guests, at Secure Freedom Radio. Obama is continuing to offer Iran a free pass on their nuclear program, which casts America as nothing more than a paper tiger. Congresswoman
Our foreign policy weakness has ushered in strange days indeed. As a result, small-time presidents and rogue nations are actually trying to tell us what to do, and in some cases openly threatening the U.S. Take North Korea, for example,
From the Wall Street Journal: KAMPALA, Uganda–Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, Thursday declared war on South Sudan, vowing to topple its government. The move comes after Sudan’s parliament passed a resolution branding South Sudan’s ruling party an enemy that “must be
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. No college students are rioting over the Travon Martin case MSNBC’s Chris Matthews puts forward a formula for governing Proposed ‘Warren Buffett Tax’ represents economic desperation The U.S. is defending Israel’s right to stop
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected criticism of his likening of a nuclear-armed Iran to the Nazi Holocaust as improper, saying in an address to the country on Wednesday that “uncomfortable truths” must be aired. He defended
The World Economic Outlook report from the International Monetary Fund warns of significant risks in a eurozone meltdown, and reflects the schizophrenic attitudes of policy makers in general as they search for a solution to a problem that has no
Millions of Israelis on Thursday stood silently and all road traffic stopped as sirens wailed for two minutes to remember the six million Jews who were killed during the Nazi Holocaust. The annual ritual, which is observed at 10 am
By ANNE GEARANAP National Security WriterBRUSSELSDespite oft-repeated U.S. demands that Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside, the Obama administration’s policy now reflects a consensus that Assad has a firm hold on power and that nothing short of an outside military
By SLOBODAN LEKICAssociated PressBRUSSELSRussia’s foreign minister sharply criticized NATO’s plan to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan by 2014, saying Thursday that coalition troops should remain in the country until Afghan government forces are capable of ensuring security. NATO plans to
By NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran’s ground forces commander warned that should diplomacy fail, the military is ready for action over a disputed Gulf island controlled by Iran but also claimed by the United Arab Emirates, state TV reported Thursday. Gen.
By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTPlainclothes Syrian security agents opened fire at anti-regime protesters near the cars of U.N. monitors in a Damascus suburb Wednesday, a witness said. Amateur video showed people ducking for cover as gunshots rang out. The videos could
By JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAThe Swiss government has extended its financial sanctions against Iran by freezing the assets of 11 more companies and people but decided not to take any action against Tehran’s central bank, officials said Wednesday. The action against
