By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated PressISTANBULSome 58 people drowned when a fishing boat carrying migrants that smugglers had promised refuge in Europe sank after hitting rocks off the coast of western Turkey, officials said Thursday. Nine children were among the dead, according
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated PressBEIRUTTurkey accused Syria of “state terrorism” Wednesday after a sharp spike in the death toll from the Syrian civil war, and Iran came under new scrutiny with the U.S. alleging that Tehran is flying weapons to
The number of people killed in Syria will soon reach genocidal levels. Tens of thousands of civilians, including children, women and the elderly, have been massacred by the Assad regime since spring 2011. That jihadi militias are present and have
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Turkey’s government flails over issues of Syrian refugees and PKK attacks U.S. manufacturing contracts at sharpest rate in over three years New study explains why this financial crisis is worse than previous recessions China’s
By JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVASome 100,000 refugees fled Syria during August making it by far the highest monthly total since hostilities began, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. The tide in people fleeing the civil war, a figure that includes both
By ANGELA CHARLTONAssociated PressPARISWestern powers are preparing a tough response in case Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime deploys chemical or biological weapons in its civil war, France’s foreign minister said Monday. Syria’s leadership has said the country, which is believed
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Bizarre blasphemy charge against Pakistan girl takes new bizarre twist The Gen-X connection with Pakistan’s blasphemy laws Mali Islamist terrorists claim to have killed an Algerian diplomat Two bombs explode in Damascus, Syria, in
The United States and Israel are responsible for the conflict scorching Syria by “flooding weapons” to rebels there, the supreme leader of Iran — the main ally of Syria’s regime — said on Friday, according to his official website.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Australia dealt a ‘physical blow’ by ‘shocking’ deaths in Afghanistan Egypt’s President Morsi shocks Iran with statement condemning Syria’s Assad Ban Ki-moon denounces Iran over calls to destroy Israel Iran’s Supreme Leader slams the
Earlier this year, Egypt allowed an Iranian ship carrying weapons for Syria to pass through the Suez canal against U.S. objections. No specifics were then available. Now, however, Mohab Mamish, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, says Egypt also refused
By NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranEgypt’s President Mohammed Morsi arrived in Tehran on Thursday in the first visit by an Egyptian leader to Iran in decades. The Egyptian president was attending a summit of the Nonaligned Movement, and is supposed to
A two-day Non-Aligned Movement summit opened in Tehran on Thursday, gathering the heads of state or government and senior officials from 120 nations in an event Iran hailed as proof it was not internationally isolated. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Syria’s Bashar al-Assad gives lengthy TV interview to prove he’s OK Citibank settles investor lawsuit without admitting guilt Germany stages major neo-Nazi crackdown North Rhine-Westphalia Syria’s Bashar al-Assad gives lengthy TV interview to prove
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Egypt’s military action against Sinai Bedouins comes to a standstill Egypt defends need for army tanks in Sinai Greece’s border guards fail to stop the influx of illegal immigrants Turkey still unsure about Syria
In the wake of growing tensions between Israel and Iran, as well as the ongoing conflict in Syria, the U.S. Navy has sent the Stennis Strike Group back to the Persian Gulf. This group, which departed on August 27, is based
Occupy protesters, anarchists, and other left-wing revolutionaries have been ramping up direct-action protest demonstrations all week in opposition to the RNC convention being held in Tampa, Florida. While organizers claimed the Monday protests would draw thousands, only 250 showed
(AP) Iran opens nonaligned summit with nuclear appealsTEHRAN, Iran Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons, even as Tehran
Egypt on Sunday defended its idea of forming a regional contact group on Syria which would include Iran, a staunch Damascus ally, insisting that Tehran could “be part of the solution” to the Syrian crisis. President Mohamed Morsi proposed at
(AP) Syrian rebels set free a kidnapped LebaneseBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian rebels have freed one of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims they have been holding for three months. Hussein Ali Omar appeared healthy in an interview aired on Qatar’s Al-Jazeera TV
Former US ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Ryan Crocker is facing charges of drunk driving and hit-and-run after causing an accident while intoxicated, police said. Crocker, who left his Afghanistan job early this summer for health reasons, was cited after
China will give 30 million yuan ($4.7 million) in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. The aid will go to refugees in Jordan and Lebanon to “show Chinese people’s
A prominent Arab-American supporter of Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell has attacked his opponent, Republican challenger Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, in starkly religious terms after Boteach’s super PAC, Patriot Prosperity, received $500,000 from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam. Adelson
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Death of Ethiopia’s prime minister could affect Mideast security Jewish Israeli youths lynch Palestinians in Jerusalem as hundreds watched Armenian terrorist group threatens Turkey over Syria Death of Ethiopia’s prime minister could affect Mideast
(AP) Syrian minister warns US against interventionBy LYNN BERRYAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Barack Obama’s warning over chemical weapons in Syria indicates the West is looking for a pretext for military intervention, a senior Syrian government official said Tuesday following talks in Moscow.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to strike Iran before the 2012 election. A report from Israel’s Channel 10 news claims that since the harsher international sanctions have yielded nothing from Iran, the time to act cannot be delayed.
