In what is being hailed as a victory for reform and moderation inside Iran, the cleric Hassan Rouhani has won the Iranian presidential election. A former nuclear negotiator, Rouhani has called for greater engagement with Western countries, while urging respect for Iran’s right to nuclear energy.
Read MoreEcuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño reiterated today his country’s providing asylum to Julian Assange, founder of the website Wikileaks, while insisting that the British authorities grant him safe conduct to leave the United Kingdom, reported DPA news.
Read MoreA Canadian court heard a guilty plea on Friday from James McTurk, 78, a retired postal worker accused by Toronto police for child sex tourism crimes committed in Cuba. He now faces a possible life sentence.
Read MoreVeteran foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn of The Independent joins us to discuss the Obama administration’s decision to begin directly arming Syrian rebels after concluding the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons.
Read MoreAs NSA director General Keith Alexander blasts the leaks that exposed widespread surveillance of Americans, we’re joined by Chris Pyle, a former military instructor who exposed the CIA and Army’s monitoring of millions of Americans in the 1970s.
Read MoreCuracao granted residence to 40 Cubans who were in legal limbo on the Caribbean island for several years, said Café Fuerte on Wednesday. They have been in Curacao for between three and eight years, and since 2009 they began to organize, appealing to the Dutch authorities and the United Nations.
Read MoreThe High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Catherine Ashton, said today that Cuba has made “positive changes” and others “not so positive” and that European Union continues to explore the possibilities of modifying its common position on the island.
Read MoreEdward Snowden’s decision to leak a trove of secret documents outlining the NSA’s surveillance program has elicited a range of reactions. Among his detractors, he’s been called “a grandiose narcissist who deserves to be in prison,” who’s committed “an act of treason,”
Read MoreAs the Justice Department prepares to file charges against Booz Allen Hamilton employee Edward Snowden for leaking classified documents about the National Security Agency, the role of private intelligence firms has entered the national spotlight.
Read MoreFormer CIA employee Edward Snowden has come forward as the whistleblower behind the explosive revelations about the National Security Agency and the U.S. surveillance state. Three weeks ago the 29-year-old left his job inside the NSA’s office in Hawaii where he worked for the private intelligence firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Today he is in Hong Kong — not sure if he will ever see his home again.
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