Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader.
"Hussein believed that Iraq could not appear wea...
Pakistan's top Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is buying children as young as 7 to serve as suicide bombers in the growing spate of attacks against Pakistani, Afghan and U.S. targets, U.S. Defense Department and Pakistani officials say.
A Pakistani official, who spoke on the condition that he n...
The New York Times is covering President Obama's health care town hall-style meeting today in Northern Virginia rather credulously. This is the orchestrated political event that will feature a hand-picked audience and pre-screened questions about Obama's health care plan for the nation.
European diplomats were considering whether to withdraw the ambassadors of all 27 European Union member nations from Iran in a dispute over the detention of the British Embassy's local personnel, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press.
As ACORN targeted four financial companies in 14 cities Tuesday, ACORN official Austin King and I had a spirited mini-debate on Fox News about the nation’s foreclosure crisis.
King, who organized the protests, argued that ACORN had warned policy makers years ago about the approaching meltdown.
Simple stories can become difficult for journalists in Russia, as new rules and restrictions go into place. An AP cameraman found that out on assignment this week.
An Iranian-Canadian reporter arrested in Tehran last week admitted his election coverage was biased in favour of the opposition, an Iranian government-linked news agency reported Tuesday.
Yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court to reverse Sonia Sotomayor's ruling on the New Haven firefighters case was undoubtedly a blow (albeit, not fatal) to the woman who aspires to sit on the nations' highest court.
After Iran's Guardian Council announced Tuesday that the election case was closed following a recount of the contested June 12 vote which left incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said he considered Iran's cleric-led government "illegitimate," and f...
NASCAR has confirmed suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamines.
The confirmation from NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston came Wednesday after Mayfield's attorney mentioned the illegal substance several times during a 45-minute argument against the suspension.
It would be a massive harmonic political convergence if Arab nations decided to join forces with Israel to contain Iran and its push for greater regional power.
The idea is steadily being pushed by Israeli officials who see a unique window of opportunity.
President George H.W. Bush lost the presidency because he broke his 1988 campaign pledge: “read my lips: no new taxes.” Now President Obama is as blatantly poised to disregard his most fundamental campaign promise: “if you make less than $250,000 your taxes will not go up. Not one dime.”
A missed deadline worsened California's budget crisis Wednesday by $2 billion - and now, the fiscal hole will deepen by millions each day that a solution is not passed.
In the latest in a recent series of increased American assistance efforts for Arab and Muslim states, U.S. President Barack Obama has allocated an additional $150 million to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The regimes leading Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, the United Arab Emirates and even Saudi...
Iraq's government approved a deal in which a BP-led group will develop its Rumaila oilfield, but rejected parallel bids from other companies for further fields because the firms wanted fees that were too high, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Michigan returned 62 sex offenders to prison in the past week after they were mistakenly released because of glitch in how psychologists determined their treatment plans, authorities said.
In an animated video cartoon on its Web site, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America advises teens that taking part in "sex play" and "outercourse" can greatly reduce their risk of getting a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Even Helen Thomas, a extremely liberal White House Press Corp reporter isn't letting up over Obama purposefully controlling the media.. 'We have never seen this in the White House' - Helen Thomas, Obama Supporter.
Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.
Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines said Thursday they have killed more than 500 government troops in 10 months of fighting since the collapse of peace talks, a claim the military dismissed as propaganda.
Manhattan apartment sales plunged more than 50 percent and the average price dropped 21.4 to 24 percent from a year ago, as the U.S. recession forced many who own a piece of the Big Apple to eat humble pie, several reports said.
OMG!! Taliban Purchasing CHILDREN To Serve As Homicide Bombers
There is no story that can possibly give you a better comprehension of the animals that we are fighting against in the war against Islamist terror than this one. Let me correct that, they are not animals because even animals protect t...
So we’ve seen a few ways to save on water when it comes to washing clothes, but none quite so efficient as the Xeros machine. Instead of using gallons of water, the Xeros machine depends on polymer beads that when combined with a small amount of H2O, enough to get the beads damp, they attract dirt a...
House Democrats Trade Billions in Taxpayer-Financed Handouts to Buy Votes for Pelosi's Energy Tax
Last Friday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rammed a job-killing 1,500 page national energy tax through the House that will raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs ove...
Cash-strapped executives round the world have looked on with envy as China's banks laid open their vaults this year, pouring trillions of yuan into Chinese businesses. China seems to be the one place where thousands of companies desperate for financing have been able to secure it.