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Turkey has granted Syrian refugees legal status in the country

Turkey has granted Syrian refugees legal status in the country

Turkey began issuing new identification cards to Syrian refugees, although it stopped short of granting them official refugee status, which would give them greater benefits,… Read More ›

Tehran – Lawyer: Prisoner Exchange Offered By US For Detained Ex-marine

Tehran – Lawyer: Prisoner Exchange Offered By US For Detained Ex-marine

Tehran – In an attempt to gain custody of former marine in prison in Iran, Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency is saying the United States… Read More ›

London – Oil Below $57 On Supply Glut Is A Five-and-a-half-year Low

London – Oil Below $57 On Supply Glut Is A Five-and-a-half-year Low

London – On Tuesday, Brent crude oil fell to a 5-1/2-year low of less than $57 a barrel as a global supply glut outweighed concerns… Read More ›

Cairo – Egypt’s Jewish Leader Condemns Ban On Rabbi’s Festival

Cairo – Egypt’s Jewish Leader Condemns Ban On Rabbi’s Festival

Cairo – The head of Egypt’s Jewish community condemned Tuesday the court decision in his own country to ban an annual Jewish festival, calling the… Read More ›

Surabaya, Indonesia – AirAsia Crash Probe Focuses On Weather And Timing Of Request To Climb

Surabaya, Indonesia – AirAsia Crash Probe Focuses On Weather And Timing Of Request To Climb

Surabaya, Indonesia – Investigators into the AirAsia flight are focusing on the timing of the crew’s request to climb to a higher altitude to avoid… Read More ›

Somalia – U.S. Air Strike Kills Key Militant Leader

Somalia – U.S. Air Strike Kills Key Militant Leader

Somalia – U.S. and Somali officials said on Tuesday that a leader of the Somali militant group al Shabaab was killed by a U.S. air… Read More ›

Washington – Obama:  Curbing Nuclear Program Could Make Iran Very Successful Regional Power

Washington – Obama: Curbing Nuclear Program Could Make Iran Very Successful Regional Power

Washington – In an interview with NPR News President Barack Obama said, Iran could become a “very successful regional power” if Tehran agrees to a… Read More ›

Moscow – As Economy Shrinks Russian Ruble Drops 7%

Moscow – As Economy Shrinks Russian Ruble Drops 7%

Moscow – As the country is buffeted by falling oil prices and Western sanctions, the Russian currency extended its losses on Monday after a report… Read More ›

Seoul – 4 S. Korea Officials Face Punishment Over ‘Nut Rage’

Seoul – 4 S. Korea Officials Face Punishment Over ‘Nut Rage’

Seoul – Four South Korean officials will be punished for improper conduct during an investigation into a former Korean Air Lines executive who forced a… Read More ›

Tehran – Iranian Official: One Thing More Important Than Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Is The Fight Against Satellite TV

Tehran – Iranian Official: One Thing More Important Than Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Is The Fight Against Satellite TV

Tehran – According to a senior commander in Iran’s Basij militia, the paramiltary volunteer corps which is part of the Revolutionary Guards, the fight against… Read More ›

Garages Vandalized At Chicago Synagogue With Anti-Semitic Slurs

Garages Vandalized At Chicago Synagogue With Anti-Semitic Slurs

Chicago – Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on various garages and a synagogue in a highly populated Jewish area in Chicago early Sunday morning. Messages were… Read More ›

AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappears

AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappears

AirAsia said there are 155 passengers on board—138 adults, 16, children and one infant. Also on board are two pilots and five crew members. The… Read More ›

Pyongyang – N. Korea Suffers New Internet Outage, Calls Obama ‘Monkey’ And Threatens “Deadly Blows”

Pyongyang – N. Korea Suffers New Internet Outage, Calls Obama ‘Monkey’ And Threatens “Deadly Blows”

Pyongyang – After the release of a comedy film about a fictional plot to kill its leader, North Korea suffered a new Internet outage on Saturday… Read More ›

Lebanon – The Twitter Account For Iranian Army: Our Soldiers On Israel’s Borders

Lebanon – The Twitter Account For Iranian Army: Our Soldiers On Israel’s Borders

Lebanon – A twitter account affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) tweeted photos of IRGC soldiers with blurred faces supposedly on the border of… Read More ›

New York – JetBlue Flies 730 Law Enforcement For NYC Officer’s Wake, Funeral, For Free

New York – JetBlue Flies 730 Law Enforcement For NYC Officer’s Wake, Funeral, For Free

New York – JetBlue flew 730 officers from law enforcement agencies across the country to New York for the wake and funeral of a slain… Read More ›

London – Snow And Ice Sweep Europe Stranding Drivers And Leaving Some Without Power

London – Snow And Ice Sweep Europe Stranding Drivers And Leaving Some Without Power

London – Snow and icy weather swept through parts of Europe on Saturday stranding drivers overnight and leaving thousands of homes without power in Britain.… Read More ›

Tehran – In Military Drill Iran Tests Suicide Drone

Tehran – In Military Drill Iran Tests Suicide Drone

Tehran – On Saturday, Iranian army officials said it deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic… Read More ›

Queens, NY – Fellow Officers Salute The Flag-draped Casket Of Slain Police Man

Queens, NY – Fellow Officers Salute The Flag-draped Casket Of Slain Police Man

Queens, NY – Peers, family and friends of a policeman gunned down along with his partner lined up outside a church Friday and dozens of… Read More ›

New York – Outside Executed Officers Funeral Hundreds Of Angry Police Turn Their Backs On The Mayor

New York – Outside Executed Officers Funeral Hundreds Of Angry Police Turn Their Backs On The Mayor

New York – At the funeral  held for a policeman killed along with his partner in an ambush shooting, hundreds of officers turned their backs… Read More ›

New York – Mourners Will Gather For Slain New York Policeman Today

New York – Mourners Will Gather For Slain New York Policeman Today

New York – Hundreds of mourners were due to gather at a New York City church on Friday to pay their respects for one of… Read More ›