British aircraft were scrambled to intercept and escort an EgyptAir flight from Cairo to JFK after a passenger found a note threatening to blow up the plane. The note was discovered in a restroom. The plane, Flight 985, landing safely in Glasgow.
Turkey‘s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, delivered a stark “final warning” on Thursday to thousands of defiant protesters still camped out in Istanbul’s Gezi park, demanding that they end their occupation. Describing the protesters as troublemakers, Erdo?an said the government had reached the “end of its patience” over the continuing demonstrations against his leadership, in [...]
Hassan Rouhani, the most moderate of the six candidates running for president of Iran, appeared to be headed toward outright victory Saturday after a larger-than-expected voter turnout. Rouhani, the only cleric in the race, had more than 51 percent of the votes with about 90 percent of the precincts reporting by Saturday evening. However, there [...]
“Looks to me like this thing is turning in the right direction.” So says former President Bill Clinton about President Obama’s decision to send arms to rebels in Syria. His comments on NBC’s Morning Joe come one day after he was reported as saying that Barack Obama was risking a “big mistake” on Syria by [...]
You’d think they’d have all died out by now. But the Associated Press says it has discovered a top SS Nazi commander who, the AP says, lied on his immigration papers to get in the United States and who has been living in Minnesota. Now 91, Michael Karkoc is accused of burning villages filled with [...]
Published reports suggest the United States is preparing to provide lethal assistance to Syrian rebels. Something the administration has averted doing until now. What prompted the change in policy? A determination by the White House that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons on its own people. President Obama had previously said that the use [...]
By ISRAEL TODAY JERUSALEM – The annual Hamas-run summer camp in the Gaza Strip has started up, and features the same unbelievable line-up of activities, such as learning to fire live assault rifles, avoid capture by the authorities and abduct Israeli Jews. To increase the realism, tires are left burning all around the camp ground, [...]
The UK and France have said it. News organizations say they’ve confirmed it. But the Obama administration has been dragging its feet, late to the table, to acknowledge it. But now, the White House is finally acknowledging that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on its own people. This puts the president in a [...]
Former President Bill Clinton, speaking about White House inaction on Syria, told Sen John McCain (R-AZ) during a closed-press event (recorded by an attendee): “Sometimes it’s best to get caught trying, as long as you don’t over-commit – like, as long as you don’t make an improvident commitment.” Clinton repeatedly said it would be “lame” to [...]
Gen Salim Idris, the top Syrian rebel commander backed by the West, has issued a desperate plea for weapons from Western governments to prevent the fall of his forces in Aleppo, pushing the Obama administration to decide quickly whether to agree to arm rebels for the first time. The Wall Street Journal reports Idris issued a [...]