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Iran Leader: West Fails to Bring Iran to Its Knees

Iran Leader: West Fails to Bring Iran to Its Knees

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader said Tuesday the western global powers will not be able to bring Iran to its knees in nuclear talks, his website reported. Speaking to a group of clerics, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday

Hagel Firing Will Make Things Worse

I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but firing Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense is probably the wrong thing for President Barack Obama to do. Hagel should never have been appointed in the first place, much less confirmed. (That

Obama: Helping Terror Go Nuclear

Obama: Helping Terror Go Nuclear

Last Tuesday’s terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogue killed five people: four rabbis (including three born in the USA) and a Druze police officer. Two Palestinians entered during morning prayers and attacked worshipers with knives, meat cleavers, and a handgun. 

Iran Talks Likely Extended; The Least-bad Option

Iran Talks Likely Extended; The Least-bad Option

The nuclear talks between Iran and the international community have failed to reach a deal by the Nov. 24 deadline, and will reconvene next month, according to Reuters and other sources. (Update: The new deadline is the end of June

Advanced Cyberspying Tool Dates from 2008

Advanced Cyberspying Tool Dates from 2008

A highly sophisticated cyberspying tool has been used since 2008 to steal information from governments, businesses and others, security researchers said Monday. The security firm Symantec said the malware, known as Regin, was seen “in systematic spying campaigns against a

The Third Intifada is About the Post-Two-State Future

The Third Intifada is About the Post-Two-State Future

The two-state solution is, effectively, dead. It was mortally wounded long before today’s terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, which marks a third intifada. The final straw came with the Gaza war this past summer, when Hamas rockets and tunnels

Obama gets rolled everywhere from Beijing to Tehran

Barack Obama is the most dangerous lame duck ever to haunt the marshes of post-election defeat.  He’s angry at the American people, testy with Democrats who blame him for their electoral losses, and more determined that ever to finish “transforming

Russia to Build Up to 8 Nuclear Reactors in Iran

Russia to Build Up to 8 Nuclear Reactors in Iran

Russia reached a deal on Tuesday to construct up to eight nuclear power reactors in Iran, expanding the nuclear partnership between the two countries. Two reactors are to be built first, possibly followed by an additional six, according to various

Iran Expert: Congress Can Defend Iran Sanctions from Obama

Iran Expert: Congress Can Defend Iran Sanctions from Obama

In a conference call with reporters Wednesday morning, Mark Dubowitz, an Iran expert and executive director of the nonpartisan Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that Congress has tools at its disposal to resist efforts by the Obama administration to circumvent

Russia to Build Two More Nuclear Reactors in Iran

Nov 11 (Reuters) – Russia will build two new nuclear power plant units in Iran under an agreement signed in Moscow on Tuesday between subsidiaries of the two countries’ state atomic agencies. The agreement precedes a Nov. 24 deadline for

Iran Deal: The New 'Peace in Our Time'

Iran Deal: The New 'Peace in Our Time'

In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, the indispensable Bret Stephens explained why an Iran deal–which he still regards as unlikely–would be worth less than the paper on which it is printed. Should President Barack Obama emerge, Neville Chamberlain-like, and wave the

Bill Richardson: 'I Worry About' Iran Nuclear Deal

Bill Richardson: 'I Worry About' Iran Nuclear Deal

Former UN Ambassador Bill Richardson said “I worry about this nuclear agreement with Iran” and that he was “skeptical” of a potential deal on Tuesday’s “Wolf” on CNN. “I’m very skeptical of Iran. I’m skeptical about a new nuclear deal

Iran, West Hold Unscheduled Second Day of Nuclear Talks

Iran, West Hold Unscheduled Second Day of Nuclear Talks

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran, the United States and the European Union began an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday over disagreements blocking the resolution of a confrontation over Tehran’s nuclear programme, U.S. and Iranian officials said. With two weeks