Gene Simmons condemned musicians who boycott Israel as ‘fools’. Kiss’ Israeli-born singer-musician Gene Simmons is shouting out loud at the string of musicians who refuse to perform in his homeland. “They’re fools,” the legendary bassist said in an interview on his first return to Israel since leaving the country as a child more than 50 years ago. Simmons described... 

An RAF Typhoon jet fighter takes off from Gioia del Colle air base near Bari, southern Italy, for a mission over Libya. All things considered, it was rather thoughtful of the Libyan rebels in Benghazi to shoot down their only fighter aircraft on Saturday, killing the poor unfortunate pilot. Otherwise, the British and French aircraft enforcing the UN-endorsed no-fly zone might have been obliged to do... 

Marine Le Pen, far-right leader of France's National Front Party, waits with the party's Louis Aliot outside an immigrant detention center during her visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa on March 14. Refugees fleeing the upheaval in North Africa are running into a different sort of political conflict in Europe. Since mid-January, more than 10,000 refugees from countries such as Tunisia... 

The Prince of Wales addresses a tourism conference at Anglesey Abbey, in Lode, Cambridge. Prince Charles has warned that the British countryside risks being ruined by monoculturalism. If society continues to spurn village pubs and traditional crafts, it will end up ‘pulling threads’ from the ‘delicate tapestry’ of rural life, he said. The heir to the throne today used a verbose speech to tourism... 

A woman passes by a Jewish memorial , desecrated with Nazi symbols, at a cemetery in Dortmund, Germany, Jan. 10, 2005. Members of the Coordinating Committee of European Muslim and Jewish Leaders from Belgium, U.K., France, Germany, Italy, U.S. and more announce plans for a series of public events on Europe Day. Prominent Muslim and Jewish leaders expressed Monday deep concern regarding the rise of... 

Courting controversy: New German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich who has waded into the row over German immigration. Germany’s new interior minister has waded straight into controversy by claiming that Islam is not a key part of the German way of life. Hans-Peter Friedrich, who took office last week in a cabinet reshuffle, stoked an increasingly serious row about immigration in his country... 

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) refused Sunday to retreat from her characterization of the Obama administration as a “gangster government.” The House Tea Party Caucus founder said, “I don’t take back my statement on gangster government,” a phrase she used at a tea party gathering in April. “I think that there have been actions that have been taken by this government... 

The wave of immigration follows the January revolution in Tunisia. Nearly 350 Tunisians have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa, after a week in which poor weather had interrupted the flow of people fleeing the country. “Overnight, we escorted a boat with 347 people on board, including four women,” said the island’s coast guard. The last landing from Tunisia was on February 23, when around... 

China opposes the intervention by foreign forces in the unrest in the Middle East and relevant missions should be led by the United Nations, a Chinese spokesman said Saturday. A similar unrest in China is “preposterous and unrealistic”, said Zhao Qizheng, spokesman for China’s top advisory body which is convening its annual session in Beijing. There would not be such a situation... 

Police raided the Benders’ home Tuesday night. Jessie Bender flyers were still displayed in Hesperia Wednesday night, hours after San Bernardino County Sheriff’s confirmed they found the 13-year-old girl safe in an Apple Valley hotel, missing for eight days. Authorities believe she was trying to dodge an arranged marriage in her stepfather’s homeland of Pakistan, contrary to her... 

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claims U.S. criticism of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has a clear aim: military invasion. “Let’s not get carried away by the drums of war, because the United States, I am sure that they are exaggerating and distorting things to justify an invasion,” Chavez said Monday, according to Venezuelan state media. At a Monday meeting of the U.N. Human Rights... 

The lavish public swimming pool Husby is famous for its many rape cases. All Swedish media chose this week to cover up the gang rape that occurred in Husby swimming pool in northern Stockholm on Sunday. 20 unaccompanied refugee youths from Björkuddens transit accommodation are suspected of having molested three Swedish girls aged 11 and 12 years old. The incident occurred when the tax-funded welfare... 

Police have arrested seven more suspects in connection to the sexual assault of a pre-teen girl in Cleveland, Texas. The following individuals, all from Cleveland, have been charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child under 14: — Jared Glenn McPherson, 18 — Kelvin Rashad King, 21 — Marcus Anthony Porchia, 26 — Devo Shaun Green, 20 — Xavier King, 17 — Eric... 

3M's CEO George Buckley. The chief executive of diversified manufacturer 3M Co called US President Barack Obama anti-business in an interview with the Financial Times, arguing that manufacturers could move to Canada or Mexico as a result. “We know what his instincts are – they are Robin Hood-esque,” 3M CEO George Buckley told the paper. “He is anti-business.” Obama... 

A road sign in Tokyo. Japan’s number of known child pornography victims surged by half last year, data showed Thursday, a new record in a country where it is legal to possess sexually explicit images of children. Japan’s number of known child pornography victims surged by half last year, data showed Thursday, a new record in a country where it is legal to possess sexually explicit images...