Iranian President says removal of Assad would turn Syria into an extremist safe haven.   NEW YORK – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday… Read More ›

Shells apparently fired by insurgents hit the village of al-Foua in the northwestern province of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.   A… Read More ›

  Volkswagen has had a rough timesince being accused Friday ofinstalling software in its cars that hid the amount of pollutants they were emitting. The… Read More ›

  While Iran has been enjoying improved publicity following the conclusion of nuclear talks, 101 Iranian-American scholars are warning that the regime remains as brutal… Read More ›

  “Peak coal” is here. Goldman Sachs released a September 22 research note that predicted that coal will decline and never come back. “Peak coal… Read More ›

  Washington – Socially conservative Republicans gathered in Washington this week have their eye on Senator Ted Cruz of Texas for the party’s presidential nod… Read More ›

  New York – Pope Francis asked to circle the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on his way out of New York, becoming emotional… Read More ›

  New York – Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel tells officials she plans to fly a World Trade Center memorial flag at the German Chancellery in… Read More ›

A 20-year-old Florida woman was arrested Saturday months after photos in which she appeared to be “sitting or riding” on the back of a sea… Read More ›

This shouldn’t be possible. Researchers say they’ve detected a supermassive black hole at the center of a newly found galaxy that’s far bigger than current… Read More ›

Washington – The U.S. intelligence community now thinks Russia may have embarked on its military buildup in Syria because Moscow believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may… Read More ›

Relations worsen as Ambassador Sergey Andreev suggests Soviet invasion of Poland was in self-defense; Poland: Ambassador ‘undermining historical truth.’ The Russian ambassador to Poland has… Read More ›