12 Ways the World Could End in 2012 (Doug's Dozen #18)
A big disaster movie is inspired by a centuries-old Mayan prediction. Should we worry? There are a lot of ways planet Earth could end it all...
A big disaster movie is inspired by a centuries-old Mayan prediction. Should we worry? There are a lot of ways planet Earth could end it all...
csmonitor.com | Scott Peterson | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
Istanbul, Turkey - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to bolster the Islamic Republic's regional standing at an economic summit for Muslim le...
Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
Halloween is rapidly approaching. Still don't have a costume idea? How about dressing as a world leader! We have put together a handy guide for how ...
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the powerful Revolutionary Guard and at least 37 others Sunday near the Pakista...
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.17.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran released a foreign Newsweek reporter on bail Saturday almost four months after he was arrested following the country's dispu...
Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.
Katie Halper | Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy
I attended Camp Havanagila, a Zionist summer camp in the Catskill Mountains, when I was young, and so, it seems, did Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Guardian | James Sturcke | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
Telling somewhat less than tasteful jokes about weapons of mass destruction has been an occasional pastime of a number of senior US Republican politic...
The Huffington Post | T.J. Ortenzi | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
Just a couple weeks ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the podium inside the U.N.'s grand hall and suggested that there was a worldwid...
The Daily Telegraph | By Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat | Posted 10.03.2009 | World
A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. ...
CFR | Greg Bruno | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
By Greg Bruno Perhaps it was not surprising that after thirty years of diplomatic stalemate, expectations for a major breakthrough between Tehran a...
Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
Fear's roots wear many costumes: anxiety, anger, revenge, power grabbing. When our own private 'boogey man' intrudes into life, what's the end-result? Very simply, fear takes us off-course.
Leon T. Hadar | Posted 09.29.2009 | World
The U.S.' clout may be slipping in the global arena. And yet no one wants to admit it. A failure to do so led to the end of the British Empire, and could mean the same for the U.S.
Hooman Majd | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
Ahmadinejad left New York with no more questions about his legitimacy, the American hikers in jail in Iran, or rape, torture and forced confessions in Tehran's prisons. No, from now on it's going to be all nukes, all the time.
The New York Times | MARK LANDLER | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a ...
AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
TEHRAN — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles Sunday in drills meant to show Tehran is prepa...
Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.25.2009 | World
The key to understanding today's announcement on Iran is this: President Obama knew about the secret Iranian facility nine months ago.
Heather Robinson | Posted 09.25.2009 | World
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza was awash in green yesterday, as protesters gathered outside the United Nations to protest Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's pledge to destroy Israel.
newsweek.com | Posted 09.24.2009 | World
In an exclusive wide-ranging hour-and-a-half interview with NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth and editors from The Washington Post, Iranian President Mahmoud ...
Joel Rubin | Posted 09.24.2009 | World
Ahmadinejad's Israel-bashing, Holocaust-denying statements are bizarre, yet well calculated ploys to distract. We would be well served to remember that he is doing this for a reason. What we should not do is take the bait.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
In the lead-up to his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is up to his old tricks. And sadly, the global community seems to be falling for them.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
As a Jew and a Canadian, it's hard not to react strongly and violently to the actions of Ahmadinejad. But I also believe in the United Nations.
AP | ROBERT BURNS and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend instead of a threat ahead of add...
bloomberg.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who sparked outrage last week by again calling the Holocaust a "myth," will bring a message of peace to the Uni...
AP | NASSER KARIMI and LEE KEATH | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president said Monday he is proud to stoke international outrage with his latest remarks denying the Holocaust as he heads...
Doug Molitor | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy