The Palestinian Authority (PA), which had made threats of disbanding should Israel not meet certain of its demands, appeared to walk back those threats yesterday according to reports in The Jerusalem Post. Nevertheless, certain PA sources continued to discuss dissolution
On Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was unable to confirm whether or not Bashar al-Assad had turned over his chemical stockpiles, which was part of an agreement negotiated in Geneva last year. Partial transcript as follows: REPORTER: Jen, just
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Associated Press reporter Matt Lee pushed State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki to name one “tangible achievement” from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review before fibnally giving up in frustration when Psaki couldn’t name even one.
After videos of children choking circulated on the Internet earlier in the month, there was an indication of a strong possibility that a chemical weapons attack that took place at Kafr Zeita, a rebel held village some 125 miles north
Embattled Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has made her position as Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee a center-piece of her reelection campaign, even staging a fake committee hearing intended to show her fighting for increasing energy production
HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say a 16-year-old boy is “lucky to be alive” and unharmed after flying from California to Hawaii stowed away in a plane’s wheel well, surviving cold temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen. “Doesn’t
More bizarre facts about California State Sen. Leland Yee are coming to light, and they range from receiving the severed head of a pig several years ago, to allegedly supporting or creating laws to benefit special interests who supplied him with
On Wednesday Tracy and Mary Finney of Marietta, Georgia were met by a police officer outside their children’s public school and informed they were trespassing on school property because they opposed the school’s process of testing all children. The Finneys,
During a ceremony at the State Department on Monday for the unveiling of the World Cup trophy, Vice President Joe Biden again tried to mislead his audience into believing that he had played college football. “I didn’t play soccer; I
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants struck in the heart of Nigeria on Monday with a massive rush-hour bomb blast at a bus station that killed at least 72 people and wounded 164 in the deadliest attack ever on
Russia is took another step towards complete censorship when Moscow shut down Voice of America. The US said Russia has double standards, but Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today) claimed they just did not want to renew the contract. Dmitry Kiselyov, head
There is a clandestine plan by the Obama administration to pin the blame for the failure of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians on Israel, according to a recent report from the Washington Free Beacon. The Washington Free Beacon
Several news sources in the Middle East are reporting that the U.S. is set to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in exchange for Israel releasing a final batch of convicted Palestinian terrorists, while freezing settlement construction. Pollard has been
A Moroccan national was arrested on Monday for planning to bomb a U.S. university and federal building. On the basis of multiple conversations recorded by the FBI, it was learned that the man had sought to avoid deportation by means
Former President Jimmy Carter explained during a conversation at the LBJ Presidential Library Civil Rights Summit that he frequently visited countries that were “outcasts” from the world community. “I’ve been to North Korea three times, for instance, Rosa and I
Among the nagging questions left in the wake of theterrorist attack against our special mission compound in Benghazi, Libya, iswhether or not more could have been done to save the lives of the four Americanswho were murdered, including Ambassador Chris
British buyers are increasingly being priced out of the UK property market by foreign investors, particularly the Chinese. The latest example, as reported in the Daily Mail, is the seven acre RAM Brewery development in Central London, which will be
In a “management alert” released publicly April 3rd, State Department Inspector General (IG) Steve Linick said that the “lack of internal control at the department” has led to the loss of $6 billion in the last six years. The Fiscal Times reports,
According to a report that aired on San Diego, CA Fox affiliate KSWB, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is skipping an appearance at the Western Health Care Leadership Academy due to an organized protested related to the Sept. 11,
Several hours after Mahmoud Abbas appeared on television to announce he was breaking off negotiations with Israel and the United States, John Kerry took to the microphones in Brussels to solemnly declare no such thing ever happened. “Let me make
WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA’s former deputy director said Wednesday he deleted references to terrorism warnings from widely disputed talking points on the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack to avoid the spy agency’s gloating at the expense of the State Department.
Three American citizens visiting the small Mexican town of El Sásabe, Sonora, were attacked by armed individuals in late March. The shooting landed one of the young men, Jose Rodriquez, 19, in an American hospital with two bullet wounds. American
The United States criticized China as provocative Monday after its coast guard tried to block a Philippine vessel that was rotating troops in the tense South China Sea. The attempted Chinese blockade, which led to a two-hour standoff with the
Iran has named Hamid Aboutalebi, a militant who helped hold 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, to be its next ambassador to the United Nations, reports Bloomberg. Aboutalebi, Iran’s former ambassador to Belgium and Italy, was a member of the
