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.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday slammed as “hypocritical” a UN Human Rights Council resolution, which ordered a first probe into Israeli settlements. The Israeli premier added that the UN Human Rights Council “should be ashamed of itself.” The
On his WABC Radio show this past Sunday, Aaron Klein offered $50,000 to an organizer of the upcoming Global March to Jerusalem — if the activist could name one city in the Middle East outside of Israel that has more
There may be a coup occurring in China. Reports have surfaced on Chinese blogs that there was an unusually heavy security presence around the government’s leadership compound in Beijing Monday night, as well as reports of gunshots in the area.
(AP) UN chief urges cease-fire in Syria to speed up aidBy BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian regime troops and rebels clashed anew on Thursday as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said the Security Council sent a clear message to Damascus that all violence
Groundless rumours of a coup that have swept Beijing in recent days are a sign of nervousness after the sacking of political star Bo Xilai exposed rifts in China’s ruling Communist Party, analysts say. Bo had been tipped to join
(AP) Islamists seek influence in Syria uprisingBy ZEINA KARAM and LEE KEATHAssociated PressBEIRUTThe gunmen in eastern Syria, wielding grenade launchers and assault rifles, announced on the Internet they were forming the “God is Great” Brigade and joining the country’s rebellion.
Donor nations were under new pressure Wednesday to honour a $1 billion aid pledge to the Palestinians, as the prime minister warned that a fiscal crisis was threatening the government. Salam Fayyad called for a “greater effort” to help the
President Barack Obama wants to pierce what he is calling the “electronic curtain” shrouding the Iranian people in totalitarianism by inviting them to make contact through America’s “virtual Tehran embassy.” The American president pierced the electronic curtain by recently sending
Yesterday, tape hit the internet of a Libyan mob desecrating dozens of graves where Allied servicemen of World War II are buried. The protestors were apparently responding to the news that U.S soldiers had burned Muslim holy books – books
During a trip through Colorado in December of last year, President Obama spoke of his intention to implement his economic policies with or without the approval of Congress. Said Obama, “And where Congress is not willing to act, we’re going
After the horrific butchery of a rabbi, his two young children, and an eight-year-old girl in Toulouse, France on Monday, AP reported that the manhunt was focusing on three paratroopers expelled from their regiment who had neo-Nazi sympathies. Left-wingers quickly
Turkey’s energy minister said Wednesday negotiations were under way to earn waivers from US sanctions on crude oil imports from neighbouring Iran. “Currently talks are being conducted at the level of companies,” Taner Yildiz was quoted as saying by the
(AP) France shooting suspect holed up in buildingBy JOHANNA DECORSEAssociated PressTOULOUSE, FranceFrance’s interior minister says a gunman suspected in a wave of killings has stopped talking to police, and that authorities have been monitoring him for years. Claude Gueant was
(AP) Obama to visit heavily fortified Korean borderBy ANNE GEARAN and BEN FELLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONAmid new tension with North Korea over a planned rocket launch, President Barack Obama plans to visit the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea at the
(AP) Strong, long 7.4 quake shakes Mexico CityBy KATHERINE CORCORANAssociated PressMEXICO CITYA strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, shaking central and southern parts of the country, sending a pedestrian bridge crashing atop a transit bus and swaying high-rises in
(AP) Attacks kill 46 across Iraq ahead of Arab summitBy LARA JAKESAssociated PressBAGHDADInsurgents plotting to derail next week’s Arab League meeting in Baghdad unleashed bloody attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, killing 46 people. The government vowed not to be scared
An argument over whether an anti-Israel terrorist group had been scheduled to address the UN Human Rights Council this week may have been motivated by concerns about the political implications for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. On Monday, the Jewish
