(ABC NEWS) — The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced NOAA will set up the new Climate Service to operate in tandem with NOAA’s National Weather Service and National [...]

(AFP) — Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a “punch” that will stun world powers during this week’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. “The Iranian nation, with its unity and God’s grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman (February 11) in [...]

(HAARETZ|DPA) — Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday vowed to stand by Lebanon’ side against any Israeli “aggression,” in an escalating war of words between Damascus and Jerusalem. Assad made the remark to the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Beri, in Damascus, according to the official Syrian news agency, Sana. Assad’s statement followed that [...]