Iranian women walk in front of the pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei during the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution

Iran warns of retaliation over oil sanctions

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday Iran would retaliate over Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack, after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was cited as saying he feared a possible Israeli strike as early as April...Read More

WAMC Winter Fund Drive

The Great WAMC Fund Drive begins on Monday, February 6, 2012. Help us reach our goal of one millions dollars to keep WAMC On The Air. Call 1-800-323-9262 or Pledge Online. We can't do it without you.

A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a central bank building in Damascus

U.S. and allies exploring prospects for Assad exile

The United States, European governments and Arab states have begun discussing the possibility of exile for Bashar al-Assad despite skepticism the defiant Syrian president is ready to consider such an offer, Western officials said on Wednesday... Read More

U.S Army soldiers survey a village in eastern Afghanistan Kunar province

Plan to scale back U.S. Afghan role worries, surprises

U.S. forces will stop taking a lead role in combat operations in Afghanistan next year but continue to support Afghan combat missions under a plan announced by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that worried Afghans and surprised allies... Read More

Handout photo of crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No.4 reactor

No big Fukushima health impact seen: U.N. body chairman

The health impact of last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan appears relatively small thanks partly to prompt evacuations, the chairman of a U.N. scientific body investigating the effects of radiation said on Tuesday... Read More

A general view of the Syrian Embassy in Moscow

Global "great power politics" returns to Mideast

With Russia sending warships to discourage foreign intervention in Syria, and China drawn more deeply into Iran's confrontation with the West, "great power" politics is swiftly returning to the Middle East... Read More

Official: New Congressional Lines Can be Drawn to Meet June Primary Deadline

The Assembly Chair of a task force on redistricting says he thinks new congressional lines can be drawn in time to meet a June primary deadline imposed by a federal judge, but he admits it will be weeks before the public can view them... Read More

Alan Chartock featured in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal recently came up to the WAMC Studios in Albany to sit down and talk with Alan Chartock about our current Fall Fund Drive... Read More

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