November
28, 2015
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Obama’s War on Truth
By Craig
Murray |
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More whistleblowers have been jailed under
Obama than under all previous US Presidents
combined.
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Syria: YPG-allied
group kills 20 civilians in Aleppo:
Twenty civilians, including women and children, were
killed Friday when the Revolutionaries Army (Jaysh al-Thowwar)
attacked a village in Aleppo province, a Syrian Civil
Defense source told Anadolu Agency.
Strikes
pound Raqqa, killing at least eight:
A new wave of airstrikes targeting the Syrian city of
Raqqa, the headquarters of ISIS and the focus of an
international military campaign, killed at least eight
people, including five children, Syrian opposition
groups said Friday.
Iranian
media says scores of the country’s fighters killed in
Syria:
The reports, indicate that at least 67 Iranians have
been killed in Syria since the beginning of October.
One
Killed, 30 Wounded in Attacks on Damascus:
One person was killed and 30 wounded Saturday in rocket
and mortar attacks on two neighbourhoods of the Syrian
capital separately blamed on rebels and government
forces, state media and a monitor said.
Syrian
army advances against Islamic State east of Aleppo:
Syria state TV:
The Syrian army captured territory from Islamic State
east of Aleppo including several kilometers (miles) of
highway linking the city with the jihadists' de facto
capital of Raqqa, Syrian state TV reported on Saturday.
Syria
jihadists 'recapture town' from army:
A coalition of rebel groups and insurgents, which
includes the al-Nusra Front, said on Saturday that it
took back control of Tal Bajer in the southwestern
countryside of Aleppo after losing it to Syrian troops
backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militiamen and Iranian
forces two weeks ago.
No US
airstrikes in Syria since Russia deployed S-400 systems:
Both the American and Turkish air forces halted their
strikes on Syrian territory around the time Russia
deployed S-400 air defense complexes at the Khmeimim
airbase.
Syria army
says Turkey increases arms shipments to rebels:
A statement issued by the Syrian army command alleged
that weapons were being delivered in shipments which
Turkey claimed to be humanitarian assistance. The
statement also said Turkey had fired a number of mortar
bombs towards Syrian army positions on Friday night.
US urges
Turkey to close off its Syrian border: Report::
Washington is urging Ankara to seal off a 100-kilometer
stretch of borderline with Syria currently used by
Islamic State for transportation of fighters and
supplies into the Syrian war zone. The Turkish Army
would need an estimated 30,000 personnel to do this.
Kremlin
says Putin 'fully mobilized' to tackle threat from
Turkey:
"The president is mobilized, fully mobilized, mobilized
to the extent that circumstances demand," said Peskov.
"The circumstances are unprecedented. The gauntlet
thrown down to Russia is unprecedented. So naturally the
reaction is in line with this threat."
Turkish
president 'saddened' by downing of Russian jet:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday
expressed “sadness” over Turkey’s downing of a Russian
warplane that has severely strained relations, saying he
wished the incident had never happened.
Military
expert: Turkish air force stalked Russian jets ‘for
several days’:
Russian military expert and blogger Vladislav Shurygin
claims the Turkish air force had been trying to catch
and destroy Russian attack aircraft “for several days.”
Belgian
Physicists Calculate that Everyone Is Lying About the
Downed Russian Jet:
Using video of the incident and the maps provided by
Turkish and Russian officials, they show in a post on a
blog run by KU Leuven that what went down couldn’t
possibly have happened as both parties present it.
Syrian
Kurds to Target Turkish Jets Breaching Rojava Airpace:
The Syrian Kurdish forces said it would be targeting any
Turkish fighter planes or helicopters that would breach
the Syrian Kurdish region of Rojava after reportedly two
Turkish helicopters were seen flying over the region.
Vladimir
Putin signs decree for economic measures against Turkey
over downing of Russian jet:
The sanctions are "aimed at ensuring national security
and that of Russian citizens" and included a ban on
charter flights between the two countries and on Russian
businesses hiring any new Turkish nationals as well as
import restrictions on certain Turkish goods.
Turkey
warns against Russia travel in tit-for-tat jet downing
dispute:
The foreign ministry in Ankara said travel to Russia
should be avoided a day after Moscow — which had earlier
urged its nationals to leave Turkey — announced it was
scrapping its visa-free regime for Turkish visitors.
Top
Kurdish lawyer shot dead in southeast Turkey:
A prominent Kurdish lawyer and rights activist was shot
in the head and killed in a street shootout in Turkey's
troubled southeast on Saturday, much of the event
captured on camera and broadcast around the world.
Caught on
camera: Gun battle where pro-Kurdish lawyer is killed:
Eyewitnesses said the lawyer, Tahir Elci, was giving a
press statement, calling for peace between the Turkish
security forces and Kurdish separatists. Gunfire broke
out, during which Mr Elci was shot in the head. A
policeman was also killed.
Turkish
police fire tear gas after top Kurdish lawyer's killing
sparks protests:
The incident sparked instant protests in Istanbul,
Ankara, Izmir and Diyarbakir. Police fired tear gas and
water cannons at an irate crowd in central Istanbul who
shouted "You can't kill us all", and "The state has to
give an account."
Air
strikes kill 24 IS militants in Iraq's Anbar:
A total of 24 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed
on Saturday in air strikes by Iraqi and U.S.-led
coalition forces in western Iraq, a provincial security
source told Xinhua.
Iraq
suicide bomber kills six in flashpoint town:
A suicide bomber killed six people on Saturday in the
Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu, the scene of deadly clashes
between Kurdish and Shiite forces earlier this month,
officials said.
Mass grave
of Yazidis killed by ISIL discovered in Iraq:
Officials say at least 120 bodies have been found at
site near Sinjar, which was reclaimed from ISIL earlier
this month.
Yemen:
Saudi airstrikes kill 12 civilians, injure 13 in Taiz:
Saudi fighter jets waged also a number of sorties on the
area around Al-Omari Schools in Thubab area, Shuraija
area and the districts of Maqbana and Rahida in south of
the province.
‘Syria is
dead, Israel must prepare,’ top defense official warns:
Amos Gilad says Bashar Assad’s grip on his country is
failing and it has become ‘a land without rule’
Gunmen
kill four Egypt security personnel south of Cairo -
sources:
One security source said the two attackers were riding a
motor bike when they opened fire using machine guns at a
police checkpoint in Saqqara, 22 miles south of Cairo.
Suspected
jihadists kill three at U.N. base in north Mali:
The United Nations said unknown attackers fired rockets
at a U.N. peacekeeping base in Kidal in northern Mali on
Saturday, killing three people inside, in the latest
sign that the West African country's Islamist insurgency
is intensifying.
Afghanistan Suicide Attack Aimed At Election Commission
Official Kills 1, Injures Several:
A suicide attack targeting a senior Afghan election
commission official killed one guard and injured several
others in capital Kabul Saturday. Hawliya Rodwal, Kabul
provincial director of the commission, escaped the blast
unhurt.
Russia
Sends 10,000 AK-47s To Afghanistan
: Government Mulls
"Inviting" Moscow To Help Fight "Terrorists"
China’s
New Hypersonic Weapon Capable of Defeating US Air
Defense System:
The DF-ZF can allegedly reach speeds of between Mach 5
and Mach 10, or 6,173 kilometers (3,836 miles) per hour
and 12,359 (7,680) miles per hour. Whether it will be
armed with nuclear or conventional warheads remains
unclear.
Police,
refugees clash on Macedonia border; soldiers build fence:
Police in Macedonia fired tear gas and stun grenades at
desperate migrants stranded for days at the Greek border
and who are demanding passage to western Europe, as
soldiers began erecting a metal fence to keep them out.
Russia has
right to military response after jet downing: Naryshkin:
Russia has the right to make a military response after
the downing of a Russian warplane earlier this week by
NATO member Turkey, lower house speaker Sergei Naryshkin
said on Friday.
Thousands attend protests against
UK airstrikes on Syria:
Thousands of people gathered outside Downing Street and
in cities around the UK on Saturday to protest against
the government’s plans to bomb Islamic State targets in
Syria.
UK: Corbyn's Anti-Airstrike
Stance Prompts Threats of Resignation from Party
Lawmakers: Senior
members of the Labour Party are threatening to resign as
they stand against their party’s leader who opposes U.K.
airstrikes in Syria.
UK troops
discredited after Iraq and Afghanistan, says Ken
Livingstone:
British troops have been discredited after Iraq and
Afghanistan, Labour’s Ken Livingstone has said, causing
fresh controversy following his comments on the London
7/7 bombings.
11 killed
in Mexico, including two police in town on U.S. border:
Mexican authorities said attackers killed four members
of a civilian police patrol in the turbulent southern
state of Guerrero, while two city police officers and
five gunmen died in a series of gunbattles in the
northern border town of Rio Bravo.
Planned
Parenthood: Three die in shooting at Colorado clinic:
A shooting at a family planning clinic in Colorado
Springs has left two civilians and a police officer
dead, with the suspected gunman under arrest. Nine other
people were injured during the standoff at the Planned
Parenthood clinic, which lasted five hours before the
suspect surrendered.
Trump
almost got it right: Some people were arrested for
celebrating 9/11 — but they were Israeli:
As Donald Trump continues to insist that he saw
“thousands” of Muslims cheering the destruction of the
World Trade Center — let’s pause to remember that
several Israelis were arrested and eventually deported
for acting suspiciously on 9/11.
Employees
pay 130% more for health care than a decade ago:
Employees of midsize and large companies in 2015 paid an
average of $4,700 for their health insurance, up from
$2,001 in 2005, according to recent analysis from Aon
Hewitt.
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November
27, 2015
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Let Them In
By Nick Tabor |
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Nativists and Islamophobes are sowing fear
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Trump's Operation
Police State
By Sheldon
Richman |
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If elected president, Donald Trump says he
would create a "deportation force" to carry
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7 civilians killed, others injured in terrorist
attacks in Aleppo and Hasaka:
Six civilians, including
four children, were killed in a terrorist attack with
rocket shells on Tal Aran village in the southeastern
countryside of Aleppo provinces.
Report
Finds US Airstrikes Did Kill 6 Children in Syria:
Report says the U.S. tried to cover up the killings of
six children and other civilians as monitor group says
airstrikes have killed 250 civilians so far.
Putin will
continue to cooperate with US coalition over Syria:
Putin said Moscow was ready to unite with Paris against
a “mutual enemy,” but he reaffirmed Moscow’s
long-standing view that Assad and the Syrian government
were also allies in the fight against terrorism. “I
believe that the fate of the president of Syria must
stay in the hands of the Syrian people,” Putin said.
Putin
seeks map of forces not to bomb in Syria - France:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked France to
draw up a map of where groups fighting Islamic State
(Isis) militants operate in Syria in order not to bomb
them, France's foreign minister said on Friday.
Al-Moallem:
Turkish downing of Russian jet in Syrian airspace a
breach of Syria’s sovereignty:
Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister
Walid al-Moallem affirmed that Turkey’s downing of the
Russian warplane is an “act of aggression” that
encroaches on the sovereignty of Syria as the plane was
shot down in Syrian airspace.
Erdogan's
Twisted Logic: S-400 Must Not Shoot Down Turkish Jets
Over Syria:
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia against
using its ultra-modern S-400 air defense system to shoot
down Turkish fighter jets if they violate Syrian
airspace just days after Ankara brought down a Russian
Su-24 bomber.
Syrian
Turkmen Commander Who Killed Russian Pilot Turns Out to
Be Turkish Ultranationalist;
A Syrian rebel commander who boasted of killing a
Russian pilot after Turkey downed the Russian jet on
Tuesday appeared to be Turkish ultranationalist and a
son of former mayor in one of Turkish provinces.
Turkey
moves 20 tanks to its border and sends 18 fighter jets
on patrol:
Military sources from Turkey said the tanks were moved
by rail to an armored brigade at its western border with
Syria. Reports also say 18 fighter jets were sent on a
patrol exercise near the border.
‘Commercial scale’ oil smuggling into Turkey becomes
priority target of anti-ISIS strikes:
Islamic State’s daring and impudent oil smuggling into
Turkey should become a high-priority target in order to
cripple the terrorist group, President Putin said,
backed by French President Francois Hollande. Both agree
that the source of terrorist financing must be hit first
and foremost.
Kremlin
says Turkey's Erdogan requests meeting with Putin in
Paris:
"A proposal from the Turkish side about a meeting at the
level of heads of state has been delivered to the
president," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told
journalists on a conference call on Friday. "That's all
I can say."
Turkey’s
Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Putin has not returned his call:
Erdogan says that Putin is not doing enough in the fight
against Isis
Turkey
must be removed from NATO: US Army general:
Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane over Syria has
proven that the country is a liability to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and must be “ousted”
from the Western military alliance, says a retired US
Army General.
In
case you missed it:
Obama
names Turkey’s Erdogan among top five international
friends:
US president Barack Obama has listed Turkish prime
minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan among the five world
leaders who he has the closest personal ties with.
Hundreds
protest jailing of 2 journalists in Turkey:
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Istanbul
office of an opposition newspaper Friday, accusing the
government of silencing critics and attempting to
cover-up a scandal after two journalists were jailed on
terror and espionage charges for their reports on
alleged Turkish arms smuggling to Syria.
23 killed
in suicide bombing, air strike in Iraq:
A total of 23 were killed on Friday in a suicide bomb
attack and a U.S.-led coalition air strike against
militants of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq's
western province, a provincial security source said.
Did
British Soldiers Carry Out Summary Executions and Rape
Civilians in Iraq?:
Hours-long beatings, stabbings, repeated sexual assault
and music as torture: Just some of the abuses inflicted
upon Iraqi people by British soldiers during their
occupation of Iraq, according to a new dossier provided
to the International Criminal Court
Look
Inside ISIS' Secret Tunnels Stocked with American Ammo:
The AP obtained extensive video footage of the tunnels,
which were uncovered by Kurdish forces.
Saudi-led
Yemen strikes illegally kill civilians: HRW:
At least ten air strikes carried out by a Saudi-led
coalition in Yemen broke the laws of war and killed
civilians, Human Rights Watch alleged Friday.
UK could
be prosecuted for war crimes over missiles sold to Saudi
Arabia that were used to kill civilians in Yemen:
Advisers to the Foreign Secretary step up legal warnings
that the missile sales may breach international
humanitarian law
Saudi
Arabia to behead 50 men convicted of terrorism offences
despite Shia revolt threat:
Impervious to international opinion, the desert kingdom
is poised to execute more than 50 people, three of whom
were under 18 when their alleged crime took place. All
because of a power struggle within the ruling family
Two
Palestinians ram cars into Israeli soldiers, shot dead:"
Two Palestinians rammed vehicles into Israeli soldiers
in separate attacks in the occupied West Bank on Friday
and were then shot dead, Israeli police and military
said.
Israeli
forces shoot, injure 43 Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank:
At least 43 Palestinians were shot by Israeli military
forces during ongoing clashes across the occupied
Palestinian territory, the Palestinian Red Crescent said
Friday.
'No
country can stand up to Israel Air Force's firepower':
IAF commander: Israel will continue to eliminate
regional threats
Israel to
open representative office in Abu Dhabi:
Israel plans to open a diplomatic-level mission to the
International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi, the
first openly established representative office in the
United Arab Emirates, Israeli diplomats said on Friday.
10 killed
as suicide attack hits Shia procession in Nigeria:
At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide attack
on a Shia procession near Kano city in northwest
Nigeria. Followers of The Islamic Movement of Nigeria
were marching from Kano to Zaria through the village of
Dakasoye on Friday when the attack struck.
China to
set up first overseas naval facility in Djibouti next to
US airbase:
The outpost, in the tiny former French colony bordering
Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea, is also the United
States’ only military base on the continent, used as a
launching pad for its counter-terrorism operations and
drones program in the region.
Army
airstrikes kill 17 militants in NW Pakistan:
At least 17 militants were killed when Pakistani army
launched airstrikes in Pakistan's northwest tribal area
of Khyber Agency on Friday, an army statement said.
8 ISIS
Supporters Killed in Philippine Clash:
Eight members of a criminal gang that pledged allegiance
to Islamic State jihadists were killed in a firefight
with the military in the southern Philippines, officials
said today.
ISIL
claims responsibility for Bangladesh mosque attack:
Two suspects arrested after gunmen storm mosque and open
fire on praying worshippers, killing one and wounding
three.
Isis:
Muslim-majority countries across the world
overwhelmingly detest terrorist group:
Research showed that the group was almost universally
hated by Muslims and non-Muslims alike
Six
children die as refugee boats sink off Turkey: report:
At least six children drowned Friday in two separate
incidents when their boats sank off Turkey while trying
to make the risky crossing to Greece, state media
reported.
Russia to
suspend visa-free travel with Turkey after Su-24
downing:
“We have decided to suspend the visa-free regime between
Russia and Turkey. This decision will come into force on
January 1,” Lavrov said on Thursday, after a meeting in
Moscow with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem.
Erdogan
says Putin 'playing with fire' as war of words
continues;
Erdogan’s comments come shortly after Russia
unilaterally suspend its visa exemption for Turkish
citizens
Turkey
summons Russian ambassador over 'physical attacks' on
missions, firms:
Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador to protest
"physical attacks" on its missions and companies
operating in Russia, the foreign ministry said in a
statement on Thursday.
War is a racket:
U.S. working to keep up with
surging weapons demand: Pentagon:
The U.S. government is working hard to ensure quicker
processing of U.S. foreign arms sales, which surged 36
percent to $46.6 billion in fiscal 2015 and look set to
remain strong in coming years, a top Pentagon official
said.
Lobbyists,
in Strategy Session, Conclude That Refugee Crisis “Helps
Us” Defeat Regulations:
In an audio recording of a strategy session obtained by
The Intercept, major trade association lobbyists
discussed how the refugee crisis has changed the
political dynamics in Washington to their advantage.
Family of
drowned Kurdish toddler to be admitted to Canada:
Some surviving relatives of drowned Kurdish toddler
Aylan Kurdi, whose beached corpse became a global symbol
of the Syrian refugee crisis, will be admitted to
Canada, broadcaster CBC reported on Friday.
'Black
Friday' protest of police shooting shuts main Chicago
shopping street:
On one of the busiest U.S. retails days, thousands of
people took to Chicago's most prestigious downtown
shopping district on Friday to protest last year's
shooting death of a black teenager by a white policeman
and the city's handling of the case.
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26, 2015
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Forget Daesh:
Humanity is at Stake
By Ramzy
Baroud |
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When the Americans and their allies claimed
that they had left the region, they left
behind bleeding, impoverished nations,
licking their wounds and searching for
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Thanksgiving - More
Than a Turkey Dinner
By Lawrence
Ware |
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Let’s be honest: every year on the last
Thursday of November, we celebrate the
beginning of a European invasion that ends
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'At least
five children killed' in Raqqa school
: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), a
collective of citizen journalists chronicling the
extremist group’s atrocities, said eight civilians were
killed and 12 more wounded at “Heten” school.
Russian warplanes bomb
Turkish-Syrian border town: residents:
Residents said on Thursday that Russian warplanes bombed
a rebel-held Syrian town along the Turkish border a day
after hitting a truck depot near a crossing between the
two countries.
Germany
will send Tornado jets to Syria:
Germany will deploy Tornado reconnaissance jets to
support France in the fight against Islamic State
militants in Syria, a senior lawmaker for Chancellor
Angela Merkel's conservatives confirmed on Thursday.
PM
Cameron: Britain should join Syria air strikes:
Prime minister urges MPs to approve ISIL air raids,
saying UK should not 'sub-contract' security to allies.
Erdogan:
We’ll continue shooting down violating planes:
Turkey will open fire on foreign planes violating
Turkish airspace in the future, President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan warned amid a diplomatic crisis caused by the
downing of a Russian warplane by the Turkish Air Force.
Turkey's
Downing of Russian Jet Had to Be Pre-Planned - Retired
US General:
Turkey's move to shoot down a Russian jet may have been
a provocation by the Turkish president, who has a hidden
agenda in the Syrian conflict, according to former US
Air Force general Thomas McInerney.
Turkey's
Erdogan says Russia should apologise after jet downing
: Russia should apologise for violating Turkey's
airspace, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as
saying on Thursday, days after a Russian jet was shot
down near the Syria border.
Russia-Turkey Relations Heading Into 'Dead-End,' Putin
Says as Turkey Refuses to Apologize for Downing Plane:
Putin described Turkey’s government as "a sponsor of
terrorism", saying it profited from the sale of oil by
ISIS, and criticized Turkey for refusing to apologize
for the shooting down.
Russia
Cuts All Military Ties With Turkey:
"Today, in accordance with a previously made decision,
all cooperation channels have been cut between the
Russian Defense Ministry and the Turkish Armed Forces,"
ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told
reporters.
Russia:
Downing of jet won't deflect it from Syria mission:
Russian forces launched a heavy bombardment against
insurgent-held areas in Syria's Latakia province on
Wednesday, near where the warplane was shot down, rebels
and a monitoring group said.
Russia
says 'destroyed' Syria rebels in area where jet brought
down:
Russia on Thursday said its forces had wiped out Syrian
rebel groups operating in the area where one of its jets
was brought down, unleashing a huge bombardment after
rescuing a pilot.
US soldiers in Syria to back anti-IS Kurds:
Kurdish sources:
US soldiers are in now in the Syrian border town of
Kobane where they are to train Kurdish forces to battle
the Islamic State group, Kurdish sources said on
Thursday.
US accused
of covering up death of 6 children in Syria air strike:
Standing amid the rubble of his former home, Muawiyya
al-Amouri told Middle East Eye that six of his children,
aged between 10 months and 10 years old, and three
members of a refugee family sharing their house, had
died in the attack near Atmeh, a town close to the
Turkish border, on 11 August.
Russian
Defense Ministry refutes reports on destruction of
relief convoy by Russian jets:
Konashenkov drew the journalists’ attention to the fact
that the photos and video materials from the scene did
not show any craters from explosions and no splinters
which were supposed to have cut all the trucks subject
to the shelling and bombardment.
Turkish
newspaper editor in court for 'espionage' after
revealing weapon convoy to Syrian militants:
The articles, published in May, claimed that Turkey’s
National Intelligence Organization (MIT) is smuggling
weapons in trucks into Syria and was caught doing so
twice in 2014. The trucks were allegedly stopped and
searched by police, with photos and videos of their
contents obtained by Cumhuriyet.
Mystery
over who bombed Turkish convoy allegedly carrying
weapons to militants in Syria:
A Turkish convoy, which according to some reports was
transporting weapons to terrorist organizations, has
been hit by apparent airstrikes in northwestern Syria.
Operation in Syria kills person
involved in Beirut attacks - TV:
An operation in Syria launched by the Syrian army and
Lebanon's Hezbollah killed a person involved in the
logistics of suicide bomb attacks in southern Beirut
earlier this month, Hezbollah-run al-Manar TV and Syrian
state media said on Thursday.
Former Iraqi PM warns of 'new
world war' after Russia-Turkey clash:
“Erdogan claims that a Russian aircraft entered Turkey's
airspace for a few seconds, forgetting that its own
planes violate Iraqi and Syrian airspace every day," he
said in a statement.
12 killed, dozens injured in Iraq
violence: Twelve
people were killed and another 42 injured late Wednesday
in separate attacks in Iraq’s Baghdad, Anbar and Diyala
provinces, according to local police sources.
Canadian airstrike alleged to
have killed 10 civilians in Iraq:
According to local Iraqi media reports, 10 civilian
workers were allegedly killed and as many as 20 others
injured after an airstrike by Canadian warplanes last
week in Mosul.
Iraqi
forces cut last ISIS supply line into Ramadi by retaking
bridge:
The capture of Palestine Bridge, straddling the
Euphrates river in northwestern Ramadi, means Iraqi
forces have the city surrounded. They will now move to
clear the city of the Sunni militants one neighborhood
at a time.
Seven
Yemeni civilians killed in Saudi attack on Sa’ada:
On Thursday, Yemen’s al-Masirah TV reported that the
victims lost their lives when Saudi warplanes hit their
vehicle in the city of Baqam.
450
Colombian Mercenaries Sent by UAE to Fight Houthis in
Yemen:
Some 1,800 Latin American former soldiers are being
trained somewhere in the desert of United Arab Emirates
as part of an operation set up by Blackwater Worldwide.
3rd
Palestinian shot, killed by Israeli forces in al-Arrub
camp:
- A 19-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed in al-Arrub
refugee camp in northern Hebron on Thursday during
clashes, medics told Ma'an, the 3rd Palestinian to be
killed during the day.
Were
Israelis Detained on Sept. 11 Spies?:
Millions saw the horrific images of the World Trade
Center attacks, and those who saw them won't forget
them. But a New Jersey homemaker saw something that
morning that prompted an investigation into five young
Israelis and their possible connection to Israeli
intelligence.
18 killed in Boko Haram attack in
southeast Niger:
Eighteen people were killed and 100 homes torched in an
attack in the dead of night by Nigeria's Boko Haram
fighters on a village near southeastern Bosso, local
authorities told AFP on Thursday.
Germany to send 650 troops to
Mali to relieve France:
Germany will send up to 650 soldiers to Mali, Defence
Minister Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, to provide
some relief to France in its global fight against the
Islamic State militants.
China to Build Military Base in
Africa to Fight Extremists:
China has pledged to boost its cooperation with African
countries in their fight against extremist factions such
as Boko Haram, which is considered to be the deadliest
“terrorist” organization in the world.
U.S.
report on Afghan hospital attack 'shocking,' medical
group says:
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday
that multiple service members were suspended from duty
following an investigation into the deadly airstrike
last month on a hospital in Kunduz.
Pressure
grows on US for MSF hospital strike probe:
Pressure was growing yesterday for an international
inquiry into a catastrophic US strike on a Medicins Sans
Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan, after the
military detailed “tragic, but avoidable” errors, but
refused to say if there would be an independent
investigation.
Gunmen
kill worshipper at Bangladesh Shi'ite mosque:
Unidentified assailants fired "indiscriminately" at
worshippers at a Shi'ite mosque at a northern Bangladesh
town Thursday, leaving one dead and three others
injured, police said.
Preparing for war?
China
Announces Military Overhaul to Make Army More Combat
Ready:
President Xi Jinping announced a major overhaul of
China’s military to make the world’s largest army more
combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond
the country’s borders.
Bank of America: The 'Great
Divorce' Between the World's Two Largest Economies Will
Drive Currency and Rates Markets in 2016:
The "marriage of convenience" is over.
Kiev
forces shell railway station in Donetsk republic:
Kiev forces opened fire from mortars in the vicinity of
a railway station in the self-proclaimed Donetsk
People’s Republic (DPR), a local official said on
Friday.
Ukraine
stops buying Russian gas, closes its airspace:
Ukraine on Wednesday banned all Russian airlines from
crossing its airspace in the latest escalation between
the two neighbors 19 months into the separatist war in
the east of the former Soviet state.
French
President Holland visits Moscow
: Last week, Hollande called for the U.S. and Russia to
set aside their policy divisions over Syria and "fight
this terrorist army in a broad, single coalition." But
his office acknowledges that "coordination" sounds like
a far more realistic goal.
Russia may
restrict TurkStream gas pipeline-economy minister:
Russia may impose various economic restrictions on
Turkey, including measures to restrict the planned
TurkStream gas pipeline, Russia's Economy Minister
Alexei Ulyukayev said on Thursday.
Fact or fiction?
Russia
raiding Turkish firms and sending exports back:
Moscow has also started sending back Turkish trucks
loaded with exports at the border and stopped Turkish
tourists - who normally do not need visas - entering the
country, at least two businessmen said.
War is a racket:
War on
Islamic State Brings $50 Billion Europe Defense Boost:
Europe’s defense industry is set to reap a $50 billion
windfall as the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks on Paris
prompt governments to ramp up spending on military
capabilities spanning cyber security to fighter jets,
armored vehicles and drones in an effort to defeat
Islamic State.
Venezuelan
opposition leader shot dead at campaign event: lawmaker:
A Venezuelan opposition leader was shot dead Wednesday
during a rally for the country’s upcoming legislative
elections, an event also attended by the wife of a
jailed opposition leader, an official said.
Venezuela
opposition figure's killing was gangland hit: president:
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday the
shooting dead of an opposition election candidate
appeared to be a gangland score-settling, dismissing
claims it was politically motivated ahead of key
elections.
At Gates
of Guantanamo, Activists Counter Unjust Detention With
'Powerful Act of Compassion':
'We are here to say: We know you are suffering; we have
come to stand with you.'
'It was a massacre':
Native Americans reveal how they REALLY feel about
Thanksgiving and its stereotypes, branding Christopher
Columbus 'the first terrorist in America'
States
Can't Legally Block Refugees, Obama Administration
Reminds:
The Office of Refugee Resettlement said in a letter to
state resettlement officials that states may not deny
benefits and services to refugees based on a refugee's
country of origin or religious affiliation.
US Woman Forced Off Plane in
Newark for Being Muslim:
The experience was even enough to make Rasheed cancel
her trip, even though the airline had booked another
ticket for her after intense questioning by officials,
over fear that the same discrimination would continue
along her journey.
Donald Trump: I can predict
terrorism because I 'feel' it:
Republican frontrunner's latest claim follows insistence
that he watched from his Manhattan flat as people jumped
from the World Trade Centre twin towers after al-Qaeda
struck on 9/11
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Overnight fighting in contested
Yemen province kills 47:
Yemeni security officials say overnight clashes between
Shiite Houthi rebels and pro-government militias have
killed 47 people, nearly all of them fighters. The
officials say two civilians were among the 47 killed in
the fighting.
Report: Israel strikes Hezbollah
positions in Syria, killing 13:
According to unconfirmed reports, eight fighters, five
Syrian soldiers die in four IAF raids Monday; ‘dozens’
said injured
Turkmen forces in Syria shot dead
pilots of downed Russian jet - deputy commander:
Turkmen forces in Syria shot dead the two pilots of a
Russian jet downed by Turkish warplanes near the border
with Turkey on Tuesday as they descended with
parachutes, a deputy commander of a Turkmen brigade told
reporters.
Russia pounds Syria rebels near
site of downed Russian jet:
Russian forces launched a heavy bombardment against
insurgent-held areas in Syria's Latakia province on
Wednesday, near where a Russian warplane had been shot
down by Turkey the day before, rebels and a monitoring
group said.
Turkey releases recording of
'warning' to downed jet:
Military publishes audio where voice is heard saying,
"You are approaching Turkish airspace, change your
heading".
US has 'concerns' over Russian
missile system:
Russia's announcement it is deploying its most hi-tech
air defense system to its base in Syria is raising
"significant concerns" for the US military, a US
official said Wednesday.
Russia to bolster Syria base,
eyes economic retaliation against Turkey:
Russia is to send an advanced air defense system to
reinforce its air base in Syria and is considering
cancelling a raft of joint business projects with Ankara
after Turkey shot down of one of its warplanes, top
government officials said.
Iraq: The Turkmen killed 12
elements of Daash in al-Bashir village:
Said The Supervisor Abu Ridha al-Najar the crowd in the
Turkmen Brigade 16 said that the Turkmain crowd targeted
this evening, with two mortar shells a gathering of
elements of Daash within al- Bashir village , killing 12
elements of them
Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier
and is shot dead: army:
A Palestinian stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli
soldier on Wednesday and was shot dead by troops, the
army and a hospital official said, a day after a visit
by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to explore how to
end eight weeks of violence.
Palestinian teen shot in clashes
2 weeks ago dies from wounds:
A 16-year-old Palestinian shot by Israeli forces during
clashes two weeks ago succumbed to his wounds on
Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
ISIL claims hotel attack killing
seven in Egypt’s Sinai:
A brazen attack involving a suicide car bombing and
claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
group targeted a hotel in Egypt's restive northern Sinai
region on Tuesday, killing seven people including two
judges, the state MENA news agency said.
US says deadly strike on Afghan
hospital was avoidable:
Army general admits human error led to US strike which
killed 30 people in Kunduz trauma centre.
MSF Initial Reaction to US
Military Investigation into Kunduz Attack:
The frightening catalogue of errors outlined today
illustrates gross negligence on the part of US forces
and violations of the rules of war.
Defiant Merkel vows to stand by
refugee policy despite security fears:
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed on Wednesday to stick to
her open-door refugee policy, defying criticism at home
and abroad which has intensified due to growing fears
about a potential security risk after the Islamist
attacks in Paris.
15 killed in 2 separate massacres
in Honduras, including 8 bus drivers:
Two massacres that killed 15 people in less than 12
hours rocked Honduras and left the country's top cop in
tears on Wednesday.
Indiana governor sued over bid to
block refugees: US
civil rights group says Mike Pence's attempts to suspend
resettlement of refugees in US state is
unconstitutional. "The state has already sent away a
family of refugees to Connecticut," Faulk added.
Chicago Officer Who Shot Black
Teen 16 Times To Be Charged With First Degree Murder:
Witnesses say McDonald was walking away from officers
last October, when Van Dyke opened fire on the
17-year-old from 15 feet away. Investigators later
confirmed the boy was shot at least twice in the back.
He was holding a small knife at the time.
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Paris: Made in
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reportedly deceased architect of the
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US coalition strikes in Syria
'killed 250 civilians':
Among those killed were 66 children below the age of
eight, and 44 children above the age of 18.
Report: Israel strikes
Hezbollah positions in Syria, killing 13:
According to unconfirmed reports, eight fighters,
five Syrian soldiers die in four IAF raids Monday;
‘dozens’ said injured
Turkey Downs Russian Jet
While US Gives ISIS 45 Minute Warning Before Bombing
Oil Tankers: News
Analysis - The news of Turkish F-16 fighters
shooting down a Russian military jet over Syria
sounds like the beginning of Fallout 5. Turkey's
reckless act of war (not to sound dramatic, but
that's what it is) is even more mind-melting when
juxtaposed with this nugget of absurdity:
Russian soldier killed in
rescue operation for pilots of downed plane:
A Russian pilot was shot dead from the ground after
Turkey downed a Russian fighter jet in Syria and
another soldier died during the rescue operation,
Russia's military general staff said on Tuesday.
Putin: Russia will not
tolerate such crimes as attack against its Sukhoi-24
plane: "I
understand each country has its own regional
interests, and we have always respected that. But we
shall never tolerate crimes like today's one," the
president said.
Obama calls Russia 'outlier'
in global coalition against ISIS:
NATO member Turkey has the right to defend its own
airspace, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday
after Turkish forces shot down a Russian fighter jet
on its border with Syria.
Pentagon backs Turkey’s
version of events, blames ‘incursion’ of Russian jet:
The U.S. military on Tuesday labeled as an
“incursion” the Russian fighter jet that was shot
down by Turkish aircraft over the Syria-Turkey
border.
NATO calls 'extraordinary
meeting' after Turkey downs Russian jet:
NATO allies will hold an "extraordinary" meeting
Tuesday at Ankara's request to discuss Turkey's
shooting down of a Russian fighter jet along the
Syrian border, an alliance official said.
Russian rescue helicopter
'shot down by Syrian rebels' while searching for
pilots of plane downed by Turkey:
A Syrian insurgent group, which uses U.S. Tow
missiles, said its fighters hit the helicopter with
an anti-tank missile. Video footage has emerged
online appearing to show the helicopter after it
crashed in dense woodland.
Britain set to join air
strikes against Isil in Syria before Christmas:
David Cameron will set out his “comprehensive
strategy” to defeat Islamic State as he accelerates
efforts to win cross-party backing for British air
strikes in Syria
Britain should cooperate with
Russia over Syria strikes
: Moscow: Britain should cooperate with Russia in
any air strikes it carries out in Syria, Russian
foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in
an interview broadcast on Saturday, underlining
Moscow's growing assertiveness in the region.
Turkey 'turning away all
Syrians who try to cross border':
Turkey has all but closed its borders to Syrian
refugees and is summarily pushing back those who try
to cross, a monitoring group has said.
Iraq: 39 killed after the
entire liberation of the KM 5 area in Ramadi:
The war media cell said in a statement that a force
of the anti-terrorism device freed the last area of
KM 5 , and thus the KM 5 neighborhood became fully
liberated after the killing of 39 terrorists and
finding large piles of weapons and ammunition and
car bombs.
Canadian military accused of
killing Iraqi civilians in air strike:
The Canadian military is facing accusations that a
recent air strike by CF-18 pilots in northern Iraq
ended up killing at least five civilians and
injuring more than one dozen. Canadian warplanes are
still bombing Islamic State targets despite Liberal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s campaign pledge to
end these air strikes in Iraq and Syria.
20 Saudi-Led Mercenaries
Killed in Yemen :
Over 20 Saudi-led mercenaries were killed and 70
others were injured as the Yemeni army and popular
committees frustrated their attempt to advance
towards al-Omari military camp in Taiz province,
according to battlefield sources.
Emirati soldier killed in
Yemen: UAE Armed
Forces praises martyrdom of Emirati soldier who died
in Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
Report: Israel has 115
nuclear warheads, 660kg of plutonium:
Institute For Science and International Security
report claims Israel has 'wide range of delivery
vehicles for its nuclear weapons,' including
nuclear-capable cruise missiles.
Burning of Christian churches
in Israel justified, far-Right Jewish leader says:
Head of Lehava, known for violent campaign against
Jew-Arab assimilation, risks arrest with public
defence of setting fire to Holy Land churches
At least 22 killed in
clashes, drone attack in Somalia:
At least 14 people died and 13 were wounded in
clashes between soldiers from two autonomous federal
states in central Somalia on Sunday, DPA reported.
At least 11 dead in attack on
Tunisia military bus:
At least 11 people were killed on Tuesday after an
explosion hit a bus carrying Tunisian presidential
guards along a major street in the centre of the
capital Tunis.
Car bomb kills five at
checkpoint east of Libya's Tripoli: source:
At least five guards in Libya allied with the
self-declared government controlling Tripoli were
killed and 16 others wounded when a car bomb
exploded at a checkpoint east of the capital, a
security source said on Tuesday.
Egypt car bomb kills three at
Sinai hotel housing election judges:
Blasts come a day after the second round of a
parliamentary election closed
11 Taliban rebels killed in
Afghanistan: "A
group of Taliban militants on Tuesday attempted to
attack security checkpoints in Morichaq district of
Badghis province. Security forces, acting upon
intelligence report, laid ambush and killed 11
insurgents, including their commander Mullah Farid,"
Xinhua quoted senior security official Mohammad Juma
Adil as saying.
Taliban capture 13 Afghan
soldiers after helicopter crash: police:
Taliban insurgents captured 13 Afghan government
soldiers on Tuesday after their helicopter crashed
in territory under the militants' control, police
said. Three soldiers were killed in the crash.
Obama to Hollande: Stay the
course against Russia:
U.S. officials fear Putin is hoping more aggressive
action against ISIL in Syria will forestall an
extension of economic sanctions over Crimea.
U.S. troops to train regular
Ukrainian military troops:
State Department: U.S. troops will begin training
regular Ukrainian military forces later this year in
an expansion of their current mission, which so far
has been limited to instructing Interior Ministry
national guard units, the State Department said on
Friday.
Russia declares state of
emergency in Crimea after blasts leave 1.6 million
without power:
Saboteurs attacked power infrastructure critical for
supplying electricity to Crimea on Friday and
Saturday, cutting off the peninsula main source of
power and forcing authorities to implement rolling
blackout and water stoppages.
As Sabotage Blacks Out
Crimea, Tatars Prevent Repairs:
Crimean Tatar activists and Ukrainian nationalists
on Monday prevented repair crews from restoring the
main power lines in southern Ukraine that supply
Crimea, leaving the disputed peninsula in the dark
and Ukraine and Russia headed toward a standoff over
the issue.
David Cameron announces
5,000-strong 'strike brigades' to take the fight to
terrorists :
Britain's army is to be restructured to form two
"strike brigades" of 5,000 soldiers which can be
deployed immediately to fight terrorists and others
threatening the country, the Prime Minister will
announce on Monday.
Top German Politician Tells
Ash Carter to 'Go F**K' Himself. Finally!:
The mood is changing in Europe. Oskar Lafontaine is
a major force in German politics. When he comes out
swinging this way, you know something is changing.
Vatican under fire for trying
two journalists:
Court proceedings began Tuesday for two Italians
reporters who released books early this month on
corruption at the Vatican. But will their
revelations put Pope Francis's policies on trial?
Gunmen armed with grenades
kill family in Mexico:
Gunmen armed with grenades terrorized a town in
Mexico, burning homes and killing a woman and her
three children, authorities said Tuesday. Three
wooden homes were burned down in Monday's attack in
Polixtepec in the troubled southern state of
Guerrero and the motive is under investigation.
Venezuelan Opposition Say
Surprising Things Ahead of Elections:
As key legislative elections approach, lies spread
by international press are debunked by long time
government critics
Canada to turn away single
men as part of Syrian refugee resettlement plan:
Canada will accept only whole families, lone women
or children in its mass resettlement of Syrian
refugees while unaccompanied men – considered a
security risk – will be turned away.
Syrian Refugees Don’t Pose a
Serious Security Threat:
Of the 859,629 refugees admitted from 2001 onwards,
only three have been convicted of planning terrorist
attacks on targets outside of the United States, and
none was successfully carried out
US issues worldwide travel
alert over terror threats:
The state department said "current information"
suggested the Islamic State [IS] group, al-Qaeda,
Boko Haram and others continued "to plan terrorist
attacks in multiple regions". The alert, it said,
will remain in place until 24 February 2016.
House intel chief: No
credible threat against NYC:
The head of the Homeland Security, Rep. Michael
McCaul, R-Texas, also said "we don't have any
specific and credible evidence of a plot under way."
In the first majority-Muslim
U.S. city, residents tense about its future:
The blue-collar city that has been home to Polish
Catholic immigrants and their descendents for more
than a century became what demographers think is the
first jurisdiction in the nation to elect a
majority-Muslim council.
Family Gets $4.9M After Cops
Beat Mentally Ill Son to Death on Video and Walked
Free: Cops murder
with impunity and the taxpayer is held responsible -
and they call this 'justice.'
National debt spikes $578
billion in three weeks:
The national debt has surged more than half a
trillion dollars in the last three weeks, as the
suspension of the debt ceiling in late October has
allowed the government to borrow as much as it
wants.
Trump posts video of Clinton
laughing over Benghazi flames:
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's latest
video, posted online Monday, portrays Democratic
presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton laughing
over flaming images of the Benghazi attack.
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Perhaps the clueless masses will listen to a
US Congresswoman who served two tours of
duty in Iraq and who is now telling
Americans that The White House, The
Pentagon, and most especially the CIA are
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Russian strikes in Syria kill
more than 1,300: Pro-rebel monitor:
More than 1,300 people, around two-thirds of them
combatants, have been killed in Russian air strikes in
Syria since Moscow's aerial campaign began on September
30, a monitor said Friday.
Hundreds Of ISIS Fighters Killed
In Last Three Days As Russia, Syrian Forces Intensify
Attacks: Russia has
sent a new round of fighter jets and bombers to conduct
attacks against ISIS in Syria. “A bunker-busting
BETAB-500 air bomb dropped from a Sukhoi Su-34 bomber
near Raqqa has eliminated the command post of one of the
terror groups, together with an underground storage
facility
Assad: Syria troops advancing
thanks to Russia strikes:
Syrian government troops are advancing on “nearly every
front” thanks to Russian air strikes that began in
September, President Bashar al-Assad said in an
interview released Sunday.
Syrian Army Advances On Turkish
Border After Ankara Warns Moscow To End Airstrikes
Operation: The Syrian
army has taken control of the Zahia Heights, a
strategically important mountainous area about a mile
from the Turkish border, Russia state news media
reported Sunday. The Syrian troops also moved toward
Jisr al-Shughur, about 7 miles away from the Turkish
border.
Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital
in Syria hit by airstrikes:
MSF said two people were killed and six injured when the
makeshift facility was hit while several wounded were
arriving for treatment. It is not yet clear whether the
bombs came from the American-led coalition, Russia or
some other group.
UN Security Council Plans
Declaration of War Against ISIS:
A U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing “all
necessary measures” in Syria and Iraq is expected to be
adopted in the next few days
Jordan's King Abdullah to meet
with Putin Tuesday over militants in Syria:
U.S. ally Jordan's King Abdullah will hold talks in
Moscow Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on
how to tackle "terror groups" led by ISIS in Syria, an
official source said.
Iraq grounds northern flights
over missiles launched at Syria:
Iraq said it was suspending flights between Baghdad and
the northern cities of Erbil and Sulaimaniya for two
days starting on Monday due to military traffic from
Russia's air campaign in neighboring Syria.
Car bombs, gunfire kill 10 in,
around Iraqi capital:
Medical and security officials in Iraq say at least ten
people have been killed and more than two dozen others
injured in separate bomb blasts and shooting attack in
and around the capital, Baghdad.
IS miltants capture positions
after series of attacks in Iraq's Salahudin:
Hundreds of Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday
carried out a series of attacks on Iraqi security forces
and captured some positions near the oil refinery town
Baiji in Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin,
a provincial security source told Xinhua.
Arakon: Turkey cannot condemn
terror attacks beyond its borders while feeding ISIL:
"Turkey has a mistake -- thinking that the world does
not see this hypocrisy is foolish. Turkey will have to
choose its line regarding ISIL internally and
externally. However, we have not seen such a will in
that direction,” said academic Maya Arakon whose work
focuses on terrorism and violence
15 killed as gunmen attack
checkpoint in Yemen :
Al Qaeda militants have killed at least 15 Yemeni
soldiers in an attack on a military post in the eastern
region of Hadramawt.
8 Yemeni fishermen killed in
Saudi jets attacks:
At least eight Yemeni fishermen have lost their lives
after Saudi Arabia’s warplanes bombed their boasts in
the Red Sea.
Two Houthi commanders killed in
Yemen: The resistance
fighters ambushed the two commanders riding in a convoy
with other coup rebels on a rugged road West of the
central town of Ibb.
Former Drone Operators Say They
Were “Horrified” By Cruelty of Assassination Program:
U.S. DRONE OPERATORS are inflicting heavy civilian
casualties and have developed an institutional culture
callous to the death of children and other innocents,
four former operators said at a press briefing today in
New York.
Settler runs over, shoots and
kills 16-year-old Palestinian in Nablus:
A prominent Israeli settler ran over a 16-year-old
Palestinian girl and then shot her dead, saying that he
believed she intended to carry out a stabbing attack at
Huwarra checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank
district of Nablus, Israeli media reported.
Settler shoots dead 2nd
Palestinian following alleged attack attempt:
A Palestinian was shot and killed near the illegal
Israeli settlement of Kfar Adumim in the central
occupied West Bank on Sunday, after the Palestinian,
driving a taxi, ran into another car on a main road, an
Israeli police spokesperson said.
Palestinian shot dead after
stabbing Israeli to death near Gush Etzion:
A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces
after he stabbed to death a 21-year-old Israeli woman
near the illegal Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion,
Israeli sources said.
Orange's pullout from Israel
gives lift to boycott movement:
French telecom giant Orange SA's declaration that it
wants to cut business ties with Israel has given a boost
to the burgeoning anti-Israel boycott movement while
also drawing a sharp rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu
Bomb attack kills 8 in
northeastern Nigeria:
A female bomber detonated her bomb among a group of
displaced women and children arriving in Maiduguri, the
capital of the volatile state on Sunday.
Potential drone attacks in
Somalia killing 8 al-Shabaab militia:
The attacked which targeted a base belonging to the
Islamist extremist group is believed to have killed at
least eight people, stated Voice of America (VOA).
At least seven killed in Burundi
shootings, blasts: At
least seven people were killed in Burundian capital
Bujumbura, a rights activist said on Sunday, as the east
African country plunges deeper into a spiral of
political violence.
Afghan forces kill 61 Taliban, IS
fighters in 2 days:
Afghan security forces backed by aircraft in crackdown
against militants have killed 61 armed insurgents from
Taliban and the Islamic State (IS), or Daesh groups, in
the troubled southern and eastern parts of the
conflict-ridden country over the past days, officials
said Sunday.
Nepal police kill two protesters
in fresh charter clashes:
Nepalese police shot and killed two protesters after
fresh clashes erupted in the country's southern plains
as a crisis over a new constitution deepens, a senior
local officer said Sunday.
Russia says killed 10 ISIS-linked
fighters in North Caucasus:
The fighters opened fire on law enforcement officers and
threw grenades after they were cornered in a wooded area
outside the city of Nalchik in the Kabardino-Balkaria
region, the anti-terrorism committee said.
Authorities missed many 'red
flags' before Paris shootings:
There were multiple chances to stop the men who attacked
Paris.
Is Brazil nearly out of fresh
water?: As the
drought in Southeastern Brazil drags on, the people of
Sao Paulo are struggling with stringent rationing. What
accounts for the water crisis and how could it be
remedied?
40 Percent of Millennials Are
Okay With the Government Banning Offensive Speech:
A new analysis of Pew data offers an interesting, albeit
partial, answer — many millennials are openly supportive
of the idea of government regulating offensive speech:
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