World News

Iran Asks Russia, United States to Back Nuclear Deal

Voice of America News reported on May 26 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking during a televised news speech made in the southeastern...

May 26, 2010

Crisis in Korea Continues

May 25, 2010

The crisis that began with the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan by a North Korean submarine continued on May...

Pakistani Major Linked to Times Square Bomber Shahzad

Mary McHugh May 25, 2010

Last Wednesday, May 19, it was announced that investigators in Pakistan had arrested a former Pakistani officer, Major Adnan, in association with the...

Cuba Objects to Arizona Law

Bruce Walker May 25, 2010

The Arizona law requiring that federal immigration laws be enforced has aroused overwhelming support among the American people. Those who oppose the Arizona...

Tensions Rise Between Two Koreas

May 24, 2010

As tensions increase as a result of the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, presumably by a North Korean submarine,...

Arrests in Pakistan Over Attempted Times Square Bombing

Mary McHugh May 22, 2010

Pakistani officials on May 21 announced that they have arrested suspects in connection with the attempted May 1 car bombing in Times Square,...

N. Korea Threatens War Over S. Korean Charges

May 20, 2010

AP reported a North Korean statement on May 20 asserting that South Korea fabricated evidence implicating the North in a torpedo attack that...

Press Freedom in the New Russia

Bruce Walker May 19, 2010

The corruption of communism still haunts Russia. Contrary to much Marxist mythology, Russia under the Romanovs was not horrible. The Russian economy was...

Greek Socialist Blames American Banks for Crisis

Bruce Walker May 17, 2010

Greece, a nation wrecked by very costly public employees unions, which has yet to earn the full confidence even of the other nations...

Spanish Judge Garzon Suspended

May 15, 2010

BBC News reported on May 14 that Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon has been suspended from his post by a unanimous decision of Spain’s...

Afghanistan: Still Getting Worse Before It Gets Better

Michael Tennant May 14, 2010

The United States invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. Six years later then-Senator Barack Obama, in a speech entitled “The War We Need to...

Cameron Is New UK Prime Minister

May 13, 2010

Queen Elizabeth appointed British Conservative Party electoral victor David Cameron as Prime Minister on May 11, shortly after his predecessor, Gordon Brown of...