ICC prosecutor also issues warrants for Libyan leader's son, intelligence chief; Niger: We'll respect commitments to ICC if Gaddafi enters country.

Lawyer for group that help organize Gaza flotilla says soldiers' names passed onto Istanbul prosecutor's office after calls to obtain information on soldiers; Ankara officials deny Erdogan will visit Gaza.

The Palestinian people are “long overdue” in their quest for an independent state, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday, ahead of a Palestinian push for statehood in the UN planned for later this month. Ban’s comments came a day after Palestinian activists launched a campaign for the recognition of a Palestinian state in [...]

[VIDEOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE FROM PRESS CONFERENCE WITH BLOOMBERG, NYPD & FBI] The following statement was released to YWN by DHS Press Secretary Matt Chandler regarding the recent terror alert which was announced on Thursday night in NYC: “As we know from the intelligence gathered from the OBL raid, AQ has shown an interest in important dates [...]

New York – A New York City resident has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization by plotting to travel to Pakistan to join a radical fighting group. Agron Hasbajrami (ah-GRAHN’ hahs-bah-ruh-MEE’) was charged in an indictment unsealed Friday in federal court in Brooklyn. The indictment said he had exchanged email messages with [...]

Washington – Each day, dozens of U.S. intelligence officials crowd around a conference table in a small, windowless room in a government building across the street from a shopping mall in northern Virginia. At the head of the table sits the man who perhaps more than anyone else affects Americans most tangibly in the sprawling [...]

Living in Queens, I don’t ever remember seeing such excitement about a political race in my life. Not even Dinkins vs. Guiliani (so I’ve heard) can compare to the slugfest taking place in my mailbox this week as mailer after mailer keeps arriving. (The printers are doing well) And my gosh what’s with the robo [...]

President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in New York State. The declaration announced Thursday clears the way for federal aid to the rain-ravaged counties of Albany, Broome, Chenango, Chemung, Delaware, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Tioga. Lingering rain from the tattered remains of Tropical Storm Lee swamped the region [...]

Havana – Hopes that a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in Cuba might soon be freed were dashed when former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said the Cuban government refused to let him meet with the prisoner. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Richardson described 62-year-old Alan Gross as an “American hostage.” He said he [...]

New York – Standard & Poor’s raised Israel’s sovereign credit rating one notch to A-plus on Friday, citing improvements in economic policy flexibility and robust growth. It said the country had weathered the global financial crisis reasonably well, with per capita growth rates averaging 2.4 percent in the past five years. The outlook on the rating [...]