Rouhani Not Living Up to His Iranian Election Campaign Promises, Says UN Chief

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had failed to fulfill his campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression, Reuters reported. Ban also noted the sharp rise in executions since Rouhani’s election. He made the comments in a report to the UN Human Rights Council. “The new administration […]

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‘There Are Thousands of Al-Qaeda Terrorists in Gaza’

The head of a Gaza-based jihadist group warned on Sunday that there are several thousand Al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists in Gaza. Speaking to The Associated Press (AP), the terror leader, Abu Bakir al-Ansari, said that these terrorists pose a formidable threat to both Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. Al-Ansari described a movement that is larger and better […]

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Chris Matthews on Conservatives: ‘Wild-Eyed Creatures,’ ‘Full Mooners’

(CNSNews.com) – “Do you remember the bar scene in ‘Star Wars,’ with all those wild-eyed creatures from every part of the solar system?”  MSNBC’s Chris Matthews asked at the beginning of Thursday’s “Hardball.”  “Well, today here in Washington, the whole tapestry of weirdness was reenacted at the annual convention of something called CPAC, the Conservative […]

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Russia Threatens to Suspend Inspections Under New START: What’s Next for the U.S.

© Ben Pelosse/QMI Agency/ZUMAPRESS.com The Obama Administration’s mismanagement of relations with Russia failed to prevent Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Now, in response to the Administration’s plans to sanction the Russians responsible for the invasion, Moscow is threatening to suspend inspections of its nuclear forces—inspections that are mandated by the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New […]

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