Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled a visit to Sweden in connection with the resolution on the Armenian Genocide, approved by the Swedish Parliament earlier on Thursday, March 11. As the <Reuters, Erdogan was scheduled to visit Sweden on... (Continue reading)
Though the motion to recognize the genocide of Armenians and other ethnic groups – Chaldeans, Syrians, Assyrians and Pontian Greeks – had the backing of members of five of the seven Swedish parliamentary parties, the vote’s outcome was uncertain to... (Continue reading)
Cindy Hickey had rehearsed what she would say to her son when she finally got to talk to him months after he was detained in Iran. When the time came, the conversation lasted only about a minute, she said, “so... (Continue reading)
It was 2005 when Bruce Barcomb received the call he’d been awaiting for nearly three decades: Police had finally identified the man who raped and murdered his little sister in a remote canyon on a dark night in 1977. Police told... (Continue reading)
Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country. The data is somewhat better than December, when 43 states reported higher unemployment rates, but worse than November,... (Continue reading)
The euro staged a modest turnaround against the dollar Wednesday in featureless trading as dealers looked for signals on prospects for the world economy and a proposed European monetary fund. The single European currency moved up over 1.36 dollars late in... (Continue reading)
Talks between British Airways and a cabin crew union aimed at averting a strike have broken down with no agreement, the airline said Wednesday, again raising the possibility of a walkout by thousands of employees. Officials at the Unite union said... (Continue reading)
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the U.S. effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the influential kingdom’s help to win wide backing for biting economic penalties against Tehran. The... (Continue reading)
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday denounced the “atrocious” bloodshed in Nigeria after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings. As new gunfire added to the tensions around the flashpoint city of Jos,... (Continue reading)
On Wednesday several Swedish newspapers showed their support for Lars Vilks and the constitutional right to freedom of expression by publishing his cartoon from three years ago depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. The picture was first... (Continue reading)