(AFP) – Taiwan urged the United States Monday to honour an agreement to supply submarines to replace its current elderly fleet, as a US congressional group visited the island to evaluate defence needs. President Ma Ying-jeou voiced the desire while
A report of a massive explosion at Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, first published by World Net Daily last week and based on an Iranian source, has apparently been confirmed by Israeli officials speaking to the London Times. World Net Daily’s Reza
Egypt’s main opposition will meet Monday to consider its response to President Mohamed Morsi’s call for a national dialogue aimed at ending the crisis gripping the country, an opposition member told AFP. Egypt plunged into a new crisis after the
Japanese premier Shinzo Abe pledged on Monday he would not keep stimulus spending “forever” in a policy speech ahead of a budget that will raise more in taxes than it does from borrowing. Abe’s plan to overturn four years in
Israel’s foreign ministry said it was “surprised” by Argentina’s agreement with Iran to create an independent commission to investigate the 1994 attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish centre. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner on Sunday said that her country and Iran
Iran on Monday sent a capsule containing a live monkey into space and later retrieved the “shipment” intact, the Tehran-based Arab-language Al-Alam channel said, quoting an official statement. A previous attempt in 2011 by the Islamic republic to put a
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com French troops in Mali close to recapturing Timbuktu from jihadists Kim Jong-un may be about to order the North Korean nuclear test China will impose trade sanctions on North Korea Egypt’s President Morsi declares
(AP) Police up death toll to 245 in Brazil club fireBRASILIA, Brazil A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police and firefighters said. Police
Does Chuck Hagel believe anything? The Washington Free Beacon reported on Friday that former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), facing a tough confirmation battle as President Obama’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense, has recanted his recorded belief in
The Pentagon has agreed to refuel French warplanes that are currently conducting operations against Islamist militants in Mali, the US military said in a statement on Saturday. President Barack Obama’s administration had previously been asked by France for refueling assistance
Starbucks has threatened to suspend millions of pounds of investment in Britain over what it sees as unfair targeting by Prime Minister David Cameron over its tax affairs, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The paper cited sources close to the
Clashes killed at least 31 people in Egypt’s Port Said as violence raged into the early hours of Sunday in several cities including the capital following death sentences passed on 21 football fans after a riot. The unrest came after
Japan on Sunday launched two satellites to strengthen its surveillance capabilities, including keeping a closer eye on North Korea which has vowed to stage another nuclear test. One of them was a radar-equipped unit to complete a system of surveillance
(AP) French, Mali forces head toward TimbuktuBy KRISTA LARSON and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated PressSEVARE, MaliFrench and Malian troops held a strategic bridge and the airport in the northern town of Gao on Sunday as their force also pressed toward Timbuktu, another
There is another classic case of the UN trying to emasculate the United States’ power. The UN is launching an investigation into the use of drones for strikes in warfare. The drones are highly successful in striking opposing forces without
As expected, results from Israel’s parliamentary elections last week will extend Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as prime minister. While the exact outcome differed somewhat from expectations, the prospects for peace have been bolstered with Netanyahu’s continued leadership. The Knesset, Israel’s parliament,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt court sentences 21 people to death over riot last year At least 40 people killed in nationwide clashes in Egypt Nine protesters killed on 2nd anniversary of Egyptian Revolution Egypt’s government in a
Former Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) slammed the disciplining of four State Department officials as nothing but “a shuffling of the deck chairs” in response to testimony from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the Benghazi terrorist attack.
In Great Britain, which was heralded for centuries as the ancient model for chivalry, the time for men treating women with respect and class is over. A new survey reveals that women are suspicious when treated with kindness or generosity
Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist has joined those pushing for statehood for Puerto Rico. Norquist will be appearing with former Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno for a press conference on the push for statehood in Washington, D.C. next
Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) is absolutely right and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s calculating congressional testimony this week confirms it: Congress must appoint a select committee to investigate the terrorist attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. Why did the Obama
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China threatens to cut off aid to North Korea Russia blames the West for fomenting jihadist ‘blowback’ China threatens to cut off aid to North Korea Xi Jinping, China’s new president A highly significant
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), who is planning a trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories next month, is trying to contest rumors that Barack Obama wants to “pivot” on foreign policy from the Middle East to Asia. Kerry said
Hillary Clinton’s State Department, still eager to gloss over their failure in Benghazi by downplaying the Islamist threat there, reiterated a previous travel advisory to Americans in Libya on Thursday, while Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands warned their citizens to evacuate the
The Obama Administration is urging Israel to subject itself to a review by the notoriously anti-Israel United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Although Israel is required as a member of the UN to undergo Universal Periodic Reviews of its human rights
The most curious thing about outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s decision this week to allow women to assume combat roles in the military was the timing. It was announced just as departing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was testifying
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) criticized the Pentagon for telling the public about a policy change on women in combat without telling Congress about it first. In particular, Inhofe “blasted” what he saw as a tactic of leaking the news to
(AP) – Former CIA officer John Kiriakou (keer-ee-AH’-koo) has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for leaking a covert officer’s name to a reporter. Kiriakou was sentenced Friday in federal court in Alexandria. The 48-year-old Arlington resident
(AP) – BAGHDAD Iraqi troops killed five protesters on Friday when they opened fire at demonstrators angry at the troops for preventing them from attending an anti-government rally west of Baghdad, officials said. Police officials said the soldiers started shooting
(AP) Economist: Euro crisis could erupt again this yearBy DAVID MCHUGHAP Business WriterDAVOS, SwitzerlandIs the euro crisis over? A leading U.S. economist says not by a long shot. Even as the head of the European Central Bank talked Friday of
Huge crowds were expected to demonstrate in Egypt on Friday for the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak and brought in an Islamist government, at a time of political tensions and economic woes. The secular-leaning opposition called
Australia on Friday joined three European nations in urging its citizens to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi due to a “specific, imminent threat to Westerners” linked to French action in Mali. The advice followed similar warnings from governments in
Russia’s parliament was expected Friday to give initial backing to a bill banning homosexual “propaganda” among minors that could lead to gays being fined for demonstrating or kissing in public. The highly contentious measure is based on a law passed
Senator John Kerry, on track to become the next US secretary of state, is to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah in February to examine ways of reviving the peace process, an Israeli daily reported on Friday. Quoting senior Israeli officials, the
Twitter suspended the account of Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents Friday, days after they posted photographs of a French commando they killed and threatened to execute Kenyan hostages. A message from Twitter on the English-language @HSMPress account read that it
The Obama administration is fighting efforts to release details of Osama Bin Laden’s burial on the grounds that releasing said details might offend terrorists around the world. In July 2012, Judicial Watch filed a suit under the Freedom of Information Act
Senator John Kerry, who has the same narcissistic belief in himself as his boss in the white House, is now claiming that he has his own secret sauce that will make a peace solution between Israel and the Palestinians palatable
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com North Korea threatens U.S. with nuclear missile attack North Korea ready to conduct nuclear test within several days China calls for restraint by all parties Britain, Germany, Netherlands say: ‘Leave Benghazi immediately’ North Korea
With the backing of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced a seismic shift in U.S. military policy–women can now serve in front-line combat roles. With this change, women could start filling combat positions as soon as later this year.
Burger King has ditched an Irish supplier of beef that is at the centre of a food scare after horse meat was discovered in beefburgers sold in Britain and Ireland, where it is deemed to be a taboo. The US
