February
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U.S. Created Daesh (ISIS)
By
Stephen Lendman |
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Imperial foot soldiers –
recruited from scores of countries,
armed, funded, trained and directed to
serve Washington’s pure evil agenda.
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Barnett’s Five Flows of Globalisation
Coercive Engineered Migration: Zionism's
War on Europe
By
Gearóid Ó Colmáin |
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Barnett was a strategic
advisor to former US Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld and currently
works with the Israeli military
consultancy firm Wikistrat.
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Russia strikes kill 21
civilians in Syria's Aleppo city:
Pro-rebel activists: At least 21 civilians,
including three children, were killed Thursday in
Russian strikes on rebel-held districts of Syria's
Aleppo city, activists said.
Another Iranian general
killed in Syria:
Fars also reported that "at least 13 Iranians were
killed in Syria during recent battles and all of
them were IRGC members".
Russia confirms officer
killed in Syria’s Latakia province:
Russia confirmed on Thursday that one of its
officers has been killed in Syria's Turkmen
mountain, in Latakia province in northwest Syria,
the first time that Moscow has admitted one of its
soldiers has died in a ground attack since it began
a military campaign in Syria last year.
Saudi Arabia Prepared to
Invade Syria - Send Ground Troops to Fight Daesh in
Syria: "The
kingdom is ready to participate in any ground
operations that the coalition (against Islamic
State) may agree to carry out in Syria," Brigadier
General Ahmed Asseri told al-Arabiya TV.
VIDEO: Nubbul and Zahraa
Towns Pay Hero Welcome to Syrian Army, Allies:
Residents and families of Nubbul and Zahraa towns in
Aleppo northern countryside gave the Syrian army and
its allies a hero welcome on Thursday after they
succeeded in breaking the siege imposed on the towns
by terrorist groups for more than 40 months.
Russia and Assad may have
just delivered a decisive blow to Turkey:
"This has to be Turkey's weakest position in Syria
in years," David Kenner, Foreign Policy magazine's
Middle East editor. "Shooting down of that Russian
jet was a pivot point — backfired in a major way."
Russia says it suspects
Turkey of preparing military incursion in Syria:
"The Russian Defense Ministry registers a growing
number of signs of hidden preparation of the Turkish
armed forces for active actions on the territory of
Syria," Statement.
Turkey’s nationalist 'Gray
Wolves' enter Syrian fray:
The reason Turkish ultranationalists have gone to
fight in Syria is the Turkmens, the ethnically
Turkish minority that has increasingly found itself
in Russia's crosshairs.
Turkey says refused access to
Russian flight near Syria:
Turkey on Thursday said that it had refused to allow
a Russian reconnaissance plane to overfly its
territory near Syria, citing a disagreement over the
flight plan, as relations between the two countries
hit a post-Cold War low.
Turkey broke aviation treaty
in blocking Russian plane:
Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday accused
Turkey of breaching the Open Skies treaty by
refusing to allow a reconnaissance plane to overfly
its territory near Syria, the latest salvo in an
ongoing row as relations between the two countries
hits a post-Cold War low.
Denying responsibility:
Billions pledged for Syria as
tens of thousands flee bombardments:
- Donor nations pledged on Thursday to give billions
of dollars in aid to Syrians as world leaders
gathered for a conference to tackle the world's
worst humanitarian crisis, with Turkey reporting a
new exodus of tens of thousands fleeing air strikes.
Iraq: 18 ISIS fighters
killed, 3 Arab villages liberated in Qayyarah
District: The
Commander of al-Hashed al-Shaabi in southern Mosul
Fares Sabawi announced on Thursday the liberation of
three villages belonging to Qayyarah area (60
kilometers south of Mosul)
ISIL shelling kills 13 more
Iraqi soldiers in Ramadi:
In the eastern suburb of Shujirayah, where ISF
troops have attempted to clear about 300 ISIL
fighters, at least nine soldiers from the army's 8th
Division were killed by shelling, military sources
told Al Jazeera.
11 ISIS members killed
including suicide bomber in Salahuddin:
The leadership of the Federal Police announced on
Thursday the killing of 11 members of the so-called
ISIS, including snipers and a suicide bomber during
security operations carried out in different parts
of Salahuddin.
Iraqi officials: 10 killed,
33 wounded in Baghdad violence:
Iraqi officials say a string of roadside bombs and a
shooting have left nine people dead and 33 wounded
across the capital.
ISIS military official and 3
of his assistants killed in Karma in eastern Falluja:
The Commander of Karma Brigade in al-Hashed al-Shaabi
in al-Anbar Province announced on Thursday, that
ISIS military official in al-Karma District was
killed, along with three of his assistants in a
security operation in eastern Fallujah
US lied about number of
troops in Iraq :
The U.S. routinely has more troops on the ground in
Iraq than the 3,500-3,600 frequently cited by
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, the high command
and President Barack Obama, a U.S. military
spokesman in Baghdad said Wednesday.
US kills 12 suspected
al-Qaeda militants in central Yemen
- Jalal Baleedi was among 12 Islamist militants
killed overnight in the south of the country, where
the government backed by Saudi-led forces, Houthi
rebels, Isis and al-Qaeda are battling for control.
Two Israeli teens get lengthy
jail terms for Palestinian youth's murder:
The two defendants, whose names were withheld from
publication because of their age, and an adult
ringleader were found guilty in November of the
abduction, bludgeoning, strangling and burning of
16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khudair.
Since 2000, Israel has killed
approximately ten thousand Palestinians:
News analysis - When Palestinians react with
violence, it is terrorism, even when the objects of
the violence are the invading military or armed
‘settlers’.
Fact or fiction:
Increasing numbers of senior
ISIS commanders seeking refuge in Libya
A top Libyan intelligence official says that
increasing numbers of top Islamic State (ISIS)
commanders have relocated from Iraq and Syria in
recent months to Libya, especially around the town
of Sirte.
Sudanese rebels killed in
southeast Libya:
Dozens of Sudanese rebels, backed by Tabu fighters,
were killed in the southern Libyan city of Al-Kufra
on Wednesday in an attack by the city's
revolutionary fighters on a desert checkpoint seized
by the rebels.
Fact or fiction?
ISIS Leaders Seek Refuge in
Libya: Intelligence Official:
Senior members of the Islamic State militant group
(ISIS) are seeking refuge in Libya as international
pressure on Syria and Iraq intensifies, a Libyan
intelligence official has told the BBC.
18 TTP militants killed in
drone attack in Afghanistan, say officials
- Eighteen or more
fighters of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
were killed in a drone strike in the Paktiya
province, Afghan officials said on Wednesday.
Julian Assange is being
arbitrarily held, UN panel to say:
A UN panel has ruled in favour of Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange after he complained he was
"arbitrarily detained", the BBC understands.
UK says it will arrest Julian
Assange even if UN rules in his favor:
British authorities have said they have an
obligation to arrest Assange regardless of the
panel's decision.
81% of Germans say refugee
crisis 'out of control' under Merkel govt – poll:
More than four in five Germans believe Chancellor
Angela Merkel’s government isn’t controlling the
refugee crisis, and welcome tougher measures to deal
with it, a poll by ARD Deutschlandtrend has
suggested.
German police arrest Algerian
suspects allegedly plotting attack in Berlin:
German police arrested three Algerians suspected of
ties to the "Islamic State" militant group and of
having planned a terrorist attack in Berlin. Other
suspects were questioned during police raids but not
arrested.
Sweden's immigration agency
says up to 140,000 people could seek shelter this
year: The
Migrationsverket agency says it expects that 27,000
of them could be unaccompanied minors.
Amnesty International slams
‘disproportional’ French state of emergency:
Amnesty said that since the state of emergency came
into effect nearly three months ago, authorities
have carried out 3,210 raids, placing more than 400
people under house arrest and closing 12 places of
worship.
Under fire for smacking, UN
tells France to ban corporal punishment:
France, which has come under fire for not fully
banning smacking, must "explicitly prohibit" all
forms of corporal punishment of children, a UN
report said Thursday, criticising its treament of
Roma and asylum-seeking minors.
Watch: Petrol bombs, tear gas
as Greeks protest pension reforms:
Black-clad youths throw stones and petrol bombs at
police who fire tear gas and stun grenades in
response during a mass rally in Athens against
government pension reforms.
Euromaidan unmasked: Europe
shocked by the bitter truth on Ukraine:
The hard-hitting documentary by Paul Moreira
“Ukraine, les masques de la révolution” [Ukraine:
Masks of the Revolution], released on Monday night
by Canal+, created a turmoil both in Ukraine and
France well before the premiere.
Martin Shkreli pleads the
Fifth, then tweets about 'imbeciles' in Congress:
Embattled drug entrepreneur Martin Shkreli — who
vigorously defended his decision to hike the price
of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 — suddenly
went silent Thursday at a Congressional committee,
smirking and grinning instead of answering
questions.
Ex-CIA chief Petraeus’ former
lover escapes probe in leaked military secrets case:
The former lover and biographer of disgraced ex-CIA
chief General David Petraeus will not be prosecuted
for her complicity in accepting highly classified
military secrets, supplied by Petraeus. The woman,
Paula Broadwell, was never formally charged.
Grand jury indicts 16 people
for Oregon wildlife refuge occupation:
Ammon Bundy, and 15 other people “prevented federal
officials from performing their official duties by
force, threats and intimidation,” according to a
sealed indictment filed Wednesday in the U.S.
District Court
Trump compares Carson to a
child molester:
Trump said Carson admitted he had a pathological
disease and Trump proceeded to compare Carson to a
child molester.
Jeb Bush calls Donald Trump a
'loser': The
attack is an interesting gambit for Bush, who
finished sixth in the caucuses with 2.8 percent of
the vote compared to Trump's second place finish
with 24.3 percent of the vote
Cruz: President Trump would
nuke Denmark: “I
wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing
Donald has tweeted, because he’s losing it,” Cruz
told reporters in Goffstown, New Hampshire. “We need
a commander in chief, not a Twitterer in chief.
Rubio surges to second in New
Hampshire poll:
Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on
Thursday vaulted into second place in a daily
tracking poll, but still trails front-runner Donald
Trump by double-digits in the New Hampshire primary |
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03, 2016
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At least 15 civilians killed,
almost 60 injured in militant rocket fire in Daraa,
Syria - medics:
Fifteen civilians have been killed and 58 injured
after militant rocket attacks on residential
neighborhoods in Daraa City in southern Syria,
doctors at a local hospital have reported.
Six Iranian RGC troops killed
in Syria:
According to Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency,
the six were killed in fighting that occurred in
Syria’s northern city of Aleppo. The slain soldiers
will be buried on Thursday, the news agency said
without providing further details.
Russian Military Officer
Killed in Syria:
A Russian military adviser has been killed by mortar
fire in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said
Wednesday. The ministry said the officer was fatally
wounded Monday by mortar shelling from the Islamic
State group. Russian news agencies, said the officer
was helping train the Syrian military in using
Russian weapons.
Syrian army encircles Aleppo
as talks falter:
A Syrian military offensive backed by heavy Russian
air strikes threatened to cut critical rebel supply
lines into the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday,
while the warring sides said peace talks had not
started despite a U.N. statement they had.
Syria : UN suspends peace
talks in Geneva:
The UN has suspended peace talks aimed at ending
Syria's five-year civil war, the organisation's
special envoy has said. Staffan de Mistura called
the temporary halt, saying there had been a lack of
progress in the first week. The talks are due to
resume again on 25 February.
Syria says Saudi, Qatar,
Turkey told opposition to quit Geneva talks:
The head of the Syrian government's delegation on
Wednesday accused the opposition of wanting to
withdraw from peace talks under pressure from
regional powers, and the United Nations of
suspending the talks until Feb. 25 to avoid such a
walk-out.
Lavrov: Russia will not stop
Syria strikes until ‘terrorists’ defeated:
On Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said
that Russia should stop bombing opposition forces in
Syria now that UN-led peace talks have started.
Turkey bans Russian
observation flight near Syria border:
The Russian military says Turkey has violated an
international treaty by barring a planned Russian
surveillance flight. Defense Ministry official
Sergei Ryzhkov says the Turkish military has refused
to allow the mission intended to monitor the areas
near Turkey’s border with Syria and air bases used
by NATO warplanes.
Pentagon plans more money and troops for
Iraq, Syria operations:
The Pentagon plans to sharply increase spending on
the fight against the Islamic State group and
potentially put more American troops on the ground
in Iraq and Syria later this year, Defense Secretary
Ash Carter said Tuesday.
ISIS attacks kill 31 Iraqi
soldiers in two days:
The Islamic State (ISIS) has shelled Anbar
provincial capital Ramadi on Wednesday and killed 13
Iraqi soldiers. According to Al Jazeera in the
village of Abu Risha north of Ramadi ISIS artillery
killed four soldiers.
ISIL shelling kills more
Iraqi soldiers in Ramadi:
At least 13 killed in Anbar's provincial capital as
armed group continues counter-assault against Iraqi
forces.
2 people killed, 8 wounded in
bomb blast in northern Baghdad:
“A security force rushed to the area and transferred
the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and
the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department,
while imposed restricted measures in anticipation of
the presence of other bombs.”
Lebanon army kills 6 ISIS
militants in major border operation:
The Lebanese Army launched a major operation inside
a restive northeastern border town Wednesday,
killing six suspected ISIS militants and arresting
16 others, including a man believed to be behind the
assassination of a police officer last month,
Thousands starve in besieged
Fallujah: A
senior Iraqi official has appealed to the US-led
coalition to air-drop food and medicine to tens of
thousands of civilians trapped in Fallujah, the
Daesh stronghold under siege by security forces.
Iraqi tribal leader warns of
new extremist Islamist groups:
Iraq's Sunnis must be given a greater role in the
political process of the war-torn country in order
to prevent the possible rise of organizations even
more extreme than ISIS, an Iraqi tribal leader told
AFP Wednesday.
Iraq building security wall
around Baghdad: military commander:
Iraqi security forces have begun building a concrete
wall surrounding the capital Baghdad in a bid to
prevent attacks by ISIS militants, a military
statement said Wednesday.
4 killed as deadly shooting
rocks East Jerusalem:
Three Palestinian men shot and killed by Israeli
police after shooting incident that left a female
police officer dead.
Congress' Vote to Block the
Iran Nuclear Deal:
Yesterday, the House once again passed legislation
to reject the Iran nuclear accord. Like the more
than 60 votes to gut Obamacare, House votes to block
the Iran accord from going forward have so far only
resulted in one outcome: a big, fat waste of
lawmakers' time.
Nigeria Forces Kill 56
Suspected Islamist Rebels, Stop Bombers:
Nigerian security forces killed 56 suspected
Islamist militants in Borno state and foiled an
attack by two suicide bombers who blew themselves up
while being pursued, said a spokesman for the army’s
counterinsurgency operation, Mustapha Anka.
Egyptian police kill two
suspected militants in upscale Cairo neighborhood:
Although raids targeting Islamist militants are
common in Egypt, they rarely occur in areas like
Maadi, a neighborhood home to a large expatriate
community and wealthy Egyptians.
Egypt court overturns mass
death sentences:
Appeals court orders retrial for 149 charged with
lynching officers in attack on Kerdassa police
station in August 2013.
Libya: Islamic State
execution video shows jihadi in wheelchair
crucifying three spies:
The photographs appear to show a wheelchair-bound
executioner with a rope round a prisoner in a
Guantanamo Bay prison style orange jump suit. A
victim is then shown crucified in what is understood
to be Sirte in central Libya.
Man killed by blast that
forced Somali emergency landing: officials:
: Local authorities in the Balcad area, about 30
kilometers (19 miles) north of Mogadishu, said the
body of a man, believed to have been sucked out of
the plane, was found in the area.
Airstrike at Yemen Cement
Factory Said to Kill at Least 15:
An airstrike by a military coalition led by Saudi
Arabia hit a cement factory north of Sana, Yemen’s
capital, on Wednesday evening, killing at least 15
people, including civilian workers in nearby
businesses, according to local security and medical
officials.
US kills 46 "militants",
destroy IS radio in Afghanistan:
Those killed included five workers of the banned
group's radio station and five people in charge of
Internet service of the extremist group, the
statement added.
Ten-year-old boy is shot dead
by terror group assassin:
A ten-year-old Afghan boy hailed a hero after he
fired rockets at Taliban fighters as he helped
defend his village from attackers has been shot dead
by an assassin from the terror group.
Propaganda:
The Pentagon’s Top Threat?
Russia: The
Pentagon has put Russia at the top of its list of
national security threats with its plan to increase
the deployment of heavy weapons, armored vehicles
and troops on rotating assignment to NATO countries
in Central and Eastern Europe.
DOD requesting 3,000-5,000
more troops for Europe in FY17 budget:
The Pentagon plans to sharply increase the number of
troops, tanks and artillery positioned in Europe
under a budget proposal that calls for a $2.6
billion spending increase aimed at strengthening the
military’s posture across eastern Europe.
US 'to quadruple defence
budget for Europe':
The Pentagon is to propose quadrupling its budget
for European defence in 2017 in the light of
"Russian aggression", US Defence Secretary Ash
Carter says.
Secret US flight flew over
Scottish airspace to capture Snowden:
THE UK GOVERNMENT is facing demands to reveal the
details of a secret flight through Scottish airspace
which was at the centre of a plot to capture
whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Denmark wants to watch
everything you do online:
The Danish telecommunications industry has expressed
concerns over the Justice Ministry’s plan to
reintroduce so-called internet session logging, the
registration of residents’ online activity.
Britain top dog in
unregulated shadow world of mercenaries – report:
Britain has become the world’s post-9/11 “mercenary
kingpin” with hundreds of firms employing thousands
of ex-military freebooters in a shadowy industry
worth billions, a report by charity War on Want
claims.
David Stockman-We Are Nearing
the End: Video -
Former White House Budget Director David Stockman
contends, “We are nearing the end. I think the world
economy is plunging into an unprecedented deflation
recession period of shrinkage that will bring down
all the markets around the world
Slouching Toward The Dark
Side: There is
something rotten in the state of Denmark, meaning
that the world’s great potemkin village of Bubble
Finance is unraveling. The evidence piles up by the
day.
Top US generals: Women should
have to register for the draft:
"I think that all eligible and qualified men and
women should register for the draft," General Robert
Neller, the commandant of the Marine Corps, told a
Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on women in
combat.
80% of firearms deaths in
developed world happen in US – study:
Americans are 10 times more likely to be killed by a
gun compared to people living in other developed
nations around the world. This is according to a new
study highlighting the “US has an enormous firearm
problem.”
Obama makes first visit as
president to a US mosque:
President Barack Obama has made his
first visit to a US mosque in an effort to reach out
to Muslim-Americans at a time when the community is
confronting increasing levels of bias in speech and
deeds.
Why one economist says buying
a home is overrated
: Renting isn’t such a bad idea Tere
are some good reasons to believe that buying a home
instead of renting isn’t as great of an investment
as Americans once thought.
Kerry sent 'secret' email to
Clinton from personal account:
The message referenced India, Afghanistan and
Pakistan, and was classified for containing
information about foreign governments and U.S.
foreign relations.
Trump accuses Cruz of
stealing Iowa caucuses through 'fraud':
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on
Wednesday accused rival Ted Cruz of stealing a
victory in the Iowa caucuses and called for another
vote or nullification of Cruz's win.
Sarah Palin says Cruz is a
liar: Ted Cruz
was spot on when he once noted that "millions of
Americans are asking for accountability and truth."
Which is why it's so curious - and saddens us - this
lack of accountability with the lies of Cruz's own
campaign.
New Hampshire tracking poll
day 3: Donald
Trump is still in first place, but he's frozen at
38%. Ted Cruz is second with 14%. Marcio Rubio is
third with 12%. Jeb Bush has 9% and John Kasich has
7%.
Rand Paul drops out of White
House race: Rand
Paul dropped out of the 2016 president race on
Wednesday, short on cash and support, two days after
finishing with under 5 percent in the Iowa caucuses
— less than one quarter of the support his father
had drawn four years earlier.
Goldman Sachs chief:
Sanders's criticism is 'dangerous'
: The head of Goldman Sachs
believes being singled out for criticism by Bernie
Sanders represents a “dangerous moment” for the
country.
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IS attack kills over 18 Iraqi
soldiers:
Fighters from the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group
killed 18 Iraqi soldiers in a suicide car attack
north of Ramadi, continuing their counter-assault
after being driven from the city by Iraqi Security
forces last month, reports Al Jazeera.
ISIS attacks Kurdish
headquarters in north Iraq, killing scores of
Peshmergas: At
least eight fighters from the Kurdish Peshmerga were
killed and six more wounded when militants of the
Islamic State (ISIS) bombed Peshmerga’s headquarters
in northern Iraq, military sources reported on
Sunday.
Six killed in multiple bomb
blasts in Baghdad:
A police officer also died and four others were
injured when a roadside bomb targeted a security
checkpoint in the town of Yusufiyah, located about
32 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad.
11 people killed, wounded in
bomb blast in Madain District south of Baghdad:
A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced
on Tuesday, that 11 people had been either killed or
wounded in a bomb blast south of Baghdad.
U.S. killing more civilians
in Iraq, Syria than it acknowledges:
Abdul-Aziz al Hassan is from al Gharra. What
happened to his family is the story of just one bomb
of the 35,000 dropped so far during 10,000 missions
flown in the US-led air war against the Islamic
State.
John Kerry: We are training
20,000 fighters to confront ISIS in Iraq:
US Secretary of State John
Kerry announced on Tuesday, that the United States
is training 20 thousand elements of the Iraqi army
and Peshmerga forces to participate in the
confrontations against ISIS in Iraq.
Syrian Army Deploys Anti-TOW
T-90 Tanks in Aleppo Again:
The deployment of the Russian T-90 tanks in the
ongoing battles against the terrorist groups in
Aleppo province in Northern Syria has given the Arab
country's army the upper-hand in the war against the
foreign-backed terrorists, the army said.
Terrorists Fleeing to Turkey
as Army Advances in Aleppo Province:
Hundreds of Takfiri terrorists are trying to cross
the border to Turkey after losing vast grounds and
dozens of their friends in the Syrian army's massive
operations in Northern Aleppo province.
Syrian peace talks in
disarray again:
The biggest push to date to end Syria's tangled war
was thrown into fresh disarray Tuesday as the
government denied formal peace negotiations had
begun and the opposition cancelled a meeting with
the U.N. envoy.
Russia says no progress in
completing list of 'terrorists' for Syria talks -
Interfax:
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov
said on Tuesday that it would be hard to reach any
deal without participation of Kurds in talks, while
Russia was ready to coordinate its actions with the
United States for reaching a ceasefire agreement in
Syria.
Pentagon to hike spending
request to fund fight versus Islamic State:
The fiscal year 2017 Pentagon budget will call for
more than $7 billion for the fight against Islamic
State, a roughly 35 percent increase compared with
the previous year's request to Congress
Kerry brands ISIS 'apostates':
"Daesh is in fact nothing more than a mixture of
killers, of kidnappers, of criminals, of thugs, of
adventurers, of smugglers and thieves," he declared.
US Envoy Provoking Syrian
Kurds to Declare Autonomy:
Brett McGurk, the US president's envoy to the anti-ISIL
coalition group, claimed in a recent visit to Kobani
that Syrian Kurds are entitled to have an autonomous
state, provoking separatist groups to secede from
Syria.
Russia waiting for
explanation from NATO over shelling of Syrian
territory from Turkey:
"Those who warn us about consequences without
understanding what happened, should first of all
think about the trap their Turkish partners are
dragging them into," Konashenkov said.
Hezbollah kills four
Qaeda-linked militants in north Lebanon - security
source: Hezbollah
fighters killed at least four members of the al
Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in a rocket attack on their
car in northeastern Lebanon on Tuesday, a security
source said.
Fighting Picks up Near Yemeni
Capital, at Least 30 Killed:
Some 25 fighters from both sides were killed in
clashes between government forces and Shiite rebels
and their allies some 65 kilometers (40 miles) east
of Sanaa, they said, adding that five civilians were
also killed when artillery shells hit residential
areas.
At least nine killed in fresh
Saudi airstrikes across Yemen:
On Tuesday, Riyadh’s warplanes bombed the al-Sha’ab
area in Harad district of Yemen’s northwestern
province of Hajjah, killing eight people and
injuring 11 others.
Almost all West Bank land
deals for illegal settlements forged, investigation
finds: From straw
men to cash-stuffed suitcases, new investigation
reveals that 14 out 15 acquisitions by right wing
firm of West Bank lands from Palestinians were
forged.
Saudi Royal Family Gave $681M
To Malaysian PM Who Banned Shia Islam:
On Wednesday last week the Malaysia’s attorney
general confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s royal family
gave Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak a $681
million personal gift.
Saudi gift to Malaysia PM
Najib Razak 'for election campaign':
The $681m (Ł479m) deposited in the bank account of
Malaysian PM Najib Razak by Saudi Arabia was to help
him win the 2013 elections, a Saudi source says.
South Sudan troops killed 50
civilians by suffocation - report:
"About 50 people suffocated in a container on about
22 October. The document by the monitoring group,
which is backed by the African Union, was made
public late on Sunday.
Tunisian forces kill 3
suspected militants: ministry:
unisian forces have killed three suspected militant
extremists during an ongoing security sweep in the
Gabes region in which one of their men was wounded,
the interior ministry said Tuesday.
Philip Hammond rules out
sending British combat troops to Libya:
At an anti-Isis conference in Rome, foreign
secretary says UK could provide support in other
ways, such as organisation and air-gathered
intelligence
Islamic State is giving
Nigerians $1000 to go and fight in Libya:
UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph reports on Islamic
State’s efforts to recruit sub-Saharan Africans.The
terror group is offering $1000 to impoverished
Africans to entice them to jihadism in Libya.
U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS
radio station in Afghanistan, kill 29 militants,
official says:
U.S. airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan killed 29
ISIS fighters and struck the terrorist group’s FM
radio station, signaling American forces’ continued
military action in the war-torn nation
At least nine migrants drown
off Turkish coast: report:
The Turkish coastguard recovered the bodies of nine
migrants including two children on Tuesday after
their boat sank off western Turkey while trying to
reach Europe, local media reported.
Moscow responds tit-for-tat
to Washington slapping 5 Russians with sanctions,
barring entry to the same number of former US
officials: It
published a list of five former U.S. officials
barred from entering Russia, including former
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Spain's King Proposes
Socialist Party Leader as President
: Spain's King Felipe has
nominated the head of the country Socialist Worker
Party, Pedro Sanchez to lead talks with political
parties to form a government, the speaker of the
lower house Patxi Lopez announced on Tuesday.
UN Will Rule on Assange
Complaint, Could Order His Release:
The U.N. will make an announcement Friday over
whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be
released from what amounts to detention at the
Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
Dallas County reports first
U.S. case of Zika virus:
The first U.S. case of the Zika virus has been
contracted in Dallas County, local health officials
said on Tuesday, adding there are no reports of the
virus being locally transmitted by mosquitoes in the
Texas county.
Cruz Deals Trump A Setback In
Iowa: The big
winner on Monday night was Ted Cruz, the Texas
senator beloved by conservative hardliners in the
media and on the hustings. Cruz won the GOP caucuses
with 28 percent of the vote, eclipsing Trump's 24
percent.
Adelsons give Cruz maximum
donation: The
Adelsons’ donations, the maximum allowed for direct
donations to a campaign, were reported in various
media on Sunday after they were revealed in Federal
Election Commission filings. The Adelsons, are
hugely influential in Republican politics and
pro-Israel activism
5 Ted Cruz Lies That Prove
He's Unfit to Be President:
Here are five topics Cruz clearly knows nothing
about - or is lying about.
With the Iowa caucus results
in, Hillary Clinton is belatedly declared the winner:
Clinton received 700.59 state delegates and Sanders
received 696.82. Former Maryland Gov. Martin
O'Malley, who suspended his campaign Monday night
after a poor showing, received the support of 7.61
delegates.stitutionalized ideologies.
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Pity the Children
By Chris
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Violent
criminals are socialized into violence.
And a society that permits this to take
place is culpable.
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Moral Enhancement
By Julian
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Modern
technology provides us with many means
to cause our downfall, and our natural
moral psychology does not provide us
with the means to prevent it.
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At Least 45 Killed in Syria
Bombing Attack:
Official news agency Sana said the first blast was
caused by a auto bomb that detonated at a bus
station near the shrine, which both Iran and
Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah have vowed to
defend.
Russian Aerospace Forces
destroy ISIS oil refining stations, kill 77
terrorists: The
Russian Aerospace Forces, in cooperation with Syrian
army air forces, carried out 468 sorties targeting
1,354 terrorist targets in the Syrian provinces of
Aleppo, Raqqa, Lattakia, Homs, Hama, and Deir Ezzor
during the past week, a military source
Syrian opposition starts
first formal meeting with UN envoy:A
delegation from Syria's main opposition group, the
High Negotiations Committee, arrived at the United
Nations in Geneva on Monday for a first official
session in U.N.-mediated peace talks overseen by
U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura.
US commander: More US,
coalition forces likely to fight IS:
Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland told Pentagon
reporters that he is working on ways to increase
pressure on the Islamic State militants, and some
options may require more troops on the ground to
assist local Iraqi or Syrian forces.
Turkish artillery shells
Syrian territory – Russian military presents video
proof: Syria’s
General Staff has provided its Russian counterparts
with video footage of deployment of self-propelled
large caliber artillery vehicles at a Turkish
frontier post, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman
Major General Igor Konashenkov said at media
briefing on Monday.
Syria calls on Turkish government to cease
violations of its sovereignty:
A source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry
told SANA that the Turkish artillery on Monday
opened fire at Atira village in the northern
countryside of Lattakia, inuring civilians.
More than 3,000 Syrians fled
to Turkey in three days as pro-Assad forces advance:
A Turkmen official said several thousand more
migrants were expected as a camp mostly sheltering
Turkmens in the Syrian village of Yamadi was being
evacuated after the pro-government forces backed by
Russian air strikes advanced.
Russia's military says
Turkey's airspace violation claim a "provocation":
"The hysteria launched by the Turkish side that we
define as 'unsubstantiated propaganda' looks pretty
much like a premeditated provocation," the
ministry's spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, said in a
statement.
Russia Comments on NATO's
Alleged Evidence of Turkish Airspace Violation:
“There's nothing else that we expected. It is no
coincidence that the Turkish side after their
high-profile attacks on Russia so strongly tries to
draw NATO into this murky story."
UN rights chief calls on
Turkey to probe Cizre shooting of unarmed citizens
by security forces:
Top United Nations human rights officials called on
Turkish authorities on Monday to investigate the
shooting of unarmed citizens 10 days ago in the
mostly Kurdish southeast of the country and to rein
in its security forces.
Turkey refuses entry to
Russian trucks amid sour relations:
The Association of International Truckers said in a
statement on its website that Turkey refused to
renew an agreement allowing Russian truckers to
bring goods into Turkey.
16 killed as Nusra, Daesh
border clashes rage on:
Nine Daesh (ISIS) and seven Nusra Front militants
died in fresh clashes which erupted over the weekend
between the two groups on the outskirts of a
Lebanese northeastern town, a Lebanese security
sources told The Daily Star Sunday.
2299 killed, wounded in Iraq
in January 2016, says UNAMI:
The United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) announced
on Monday, that 2299 Iraqis were either killed or
wounded in violence operations targeted different
parts of the country in January, while emphasized
that Baghdad was the most affected City.
Iraqi warplanes kill, wound
13 terrorists in Akashat west of Anbar:
The Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Monday
the killing and wounding of 13 “terrorists”
including officials of the so-called Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) during an aerial
bombardment west of the province.
12 civilians killed, wounded
in 2 bomb blasts in Heet, Anbar:
On Monday, a security source in
Anbar Province revealed, that 12 civilians were
either killed or wounded in the explosion of two
improvised explosive devices while trying to escape
from Heet City.
French-speaking jihadist
executes 'apostates' in new Islamic State video:
The footage, posted on jihadist websites on
Saturday, is said to have been produced by the IS
media office in Iraq's Nineveh province, and shows
young men testifying to have acted against the
jihadists before being shot dead execution style.
Saudi Arabia says 375
civilians killed on its border in Yemen war:
Mortars and rockets fired at Saudi Arabian towns and
villages have killed 375 civilians, including 63
children, since the start of the Saudi-led military
campaign in Yemen in late March, Riyadh said on
Monday.
Yemen rocket kills child in
Saudi Arabia: state media:
An 11-year-old child was killed and nine members of
his family were wounded today when a rocket fired
from Yemen hit their house in a border region of
Saudi Arabia, civil defence authorities said.
Al-Qaida seizes southern
Yemeni town of Azzan:
Al-Qaida's Yemeni branch seized another town on
Monday, setting up checkpoints at its entrances and
besieging government buildings before dawn after
days of fighting with southern separatists,
officials said.
Abbas : ‘We will no longer
accept occupation’:
“We cannot accept the current situation, including
the occupation and settlements,” he said. “We have
to establish a sovereign state with East Jerusalem
as its capital,” he said, according to the official
Palestinian news agency, Wafa. “We won’t accept
interim or temporary solutions.”
Israel missile program also
spied on by NSA, GCHQ under Operation Anarchist –
report: A spy
operation conducted by the NSA and Britain's GCHQ
tapped into Israel's missile interception program,
according to local media. Earlier the same operation
was found to have hacked into videos from Israeli
drones and fighter jets.
Fifteen B/Haram insurgents
killed in Cameroon’s far north:
Fifteen members the Boko Haram Islamist sect were
killed in the Cameroonian locality of Achigachia
(Far North), during a bloody skirmish with the
Airborne Troop Battalion (BTAP) on Monday, according
to security sources.
A new war in Libya:
US President Barack Obama is planning to open yet a
third front against Daesh (the self-proclaimed
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), this time on
the shores of war-torn Libya.
UK awaits outcome of Libya
talks as it weighs military options:
The Ministry of Defence has not confirmed reports it
is willing to send as many as 1,000 troops to the
country, which has fallen into chaos following the
violent overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi and allied air
strikes in 2011.
Isil recruiting migrant 'army
of the poor' with $1,000 sign-up bonuses:
Exclusive: Terror group
paying impoverished Africans from Sudan, Nigeria and
Chad to join its new chapter in Gaddafi's home city
of Sirte
UN says 6 more children in
Central African Republic accuse European troops of
sex abuse:
Alleged crimes, including rapes, were mostly
committed in 2014, UN says
Death toll in Kabul suicide
bombing rises to 20:
Some reports suggest most of those killed and
injured were police officers. Earlier reports said
most of the dead were civilians. The Taliban said
they carried out the bombing - one of a string of
attacks in Kabul and elsewhere in recent months.
Teenage girl admits making up
migrant rape claim that outraged Germany:
A 13-year-old Russian-German girl has admitted
making up a story about being kidnapped and raped by
migrants in a case that triggered a furore in
Germany and briefly embroiled Berlin police in a
spat with the Kremlin, state prosecutors said.
Economists criticize UK for
‘unacceptable’ refugee policy:
Over 120 economists have criticized the British
government’s policy toward the recent refugee crisis
in Europe, describing it as “seriously inadequate,
morally unacceptable and economically wrong.”
Cheap cab ride? You must have
missed Uber’s true cost:
To understand why we see so few genuine alternatives
to US technology giants, it’s instructive to compare
the fate of a company like Uber – valued at more
than $62.5bn (Ł44bn) – and that of Kutsuplus, an
innovative Finnish startup forced to shut down late
last year.
Americans are about to get
poorer in 2016 :
63 percent of Americans have no emergency savings.
The Trump Doctrine Revealed:
Sources close to
the campaign told me Trump has also spoken with
controversial historian Daniel Pipes and Israel’s
current envoy to the UN Danny Danon, among others. |
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Iran: The New China?
By Pepe
Escobar |
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The
“Iranian aggression” meme – which, by
the way, still persists - that’s a lousy
imperial joke.
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Bombs kill 60, wound dozens
near Syria Shiite shrine: state media:
At least 60 people were killed and dozens wounded
Sunday by a car bomb and two suicide bombers in the
Sayeda Zeinab district of Damascus, where Syria's
holiest Shiite shrine is located, the interior
ministry said.
Syrian rebel splits deepen
after failed 'merger' with al Qaeda arm:
The leader of al Qaeda's Syrian wing tried
unsuccessfully at a recent meeting to convince rival
Islamist factions to merge into one unit, several
insurgency sources have told Reuters.
Turkish air forces on alert
after alleged airspace violation by Russian warplane:
Turkish Air Forces are ready to shoot down any
aircraft out of order after Ankara claimed that a
Russian SU-34 war plane violated Turkey's airspace
on Friday, local daily Hurriyet reported on
Saturday.
Pentagon insists Russia
violated Turkish airspace, calls for calm on both
sides: “We are
aware of reports and can confirm that yesterday
another Russian combat aircraft violated Turkish —
and NATO – airspace,” Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright
told RIA Novosti in a written statement Saturday.
Iraq: Joint operations: 79
terrorists killed, 48 IEDs and 4 booby-trapped
vehicles destroyed
: On Sunday, Joint Operations Command
announced the killing of 79 terrorist and the
destruction of 48 improvised explosive devices, as
well as four booby-trapped vehicles and 13 hideouts
belonging to ISIS around the country
32 ISIS fighters killed in
coalition bombardment in south western Kirkuk:
On Sunday, a police source in Kirkuk Province
revealed, that 32 ISIS members were killed in an
aerial bombardment carried out by the international
coalition aviation in south western the Province.
11 people killed, wounded in
bomb blast north of Baghdad:
A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced
on Sunday, that 11 people had been either killed or
wounded in a bomb blast north of Baghdad.
Iraq needs $1.5bn in
humanitarian aid amid ISIS onslaught & funding gap:
Iraq says it needs $1.56 billion in 2016 to
alleviate the humanitarian crisis caused by the war
against Islamic State, a government report states.
Baghdad has been affected by falling oil revenues
and has called on the international community for
help.
Houthis' Ballistic Missile
Attack Kills Dozens of Saudi Coalition Personnel:
Yemen's Houthi rebels carried out a rocket attack on
Saudi-led coalition forces stationed at the Al Anad
air base in the Lahij governorate, killing and
injuring dozens of service personnel, a Yemeni
military source told Sputnik on Sunday.
Yemeni forces kill Blackwater
commander 'Colonel Nicholas Petros':
The commander of the infamous US security firm,
formerly known as Blackwater, in Yemen and dozens of
Riyadh’s mercenaries were killed Saturday in a
missile attack by Yemeni forces in Lahij Province.
Nine Americans among terror
suspects arrested in Saudi Arabia – report:
Nine US citizens have been arrested on terror
charges in Saudi Arabia, local media report. The
Americans were among a total of 33 terror suspects
detained over the past week.
ISIS-linked gun attack kills
three: An army
officer has been wounded and three of his bodyguards
killed after gunmen opened fire on his car in
southern Yemen, a security source said Sunday,
blaming the ISIS group.
Yemen: Pregnant women are
giving birth in caves rather than risk coming to the
hospital.:
Testimony by Teresa Sancristoval, Head of MSF’s
emergency desk, on the 10 January attack on Shiara
hospital
Palestinian shot dead, 3
Israeli soldiers injured in shooting attack:
A Palestinian was shot dead after shooting and
injuring three Israeli soldiers at an Israeli
military checkpoint around the illegal Israeli
settlement of Beit El in the central occupied West
Bank district of Ramallah, witnesses told Ma'an.
Boko Haram attack leaves 65
people dead in Nigeria’s Maiduguri:
At least 65 people were killed during an attack by
Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria’s
northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter
said after counting bodies at a hospital morgue.
Kenya: Suspected al Shabaab
militia kill three in fresh Lamu attack:
It is reported that the attackers who were heavily
armed raided a village at Kaisari in Pandanguo, Lamu
County.
African Union decides against
peacekeepers for Burundi:
Pan-African body to send delegation only after
government said any peacekeeping would amount to an
"invasion".
39 refugees drown as boat
sinks off Turkey’s western coast:
"At least 33 people are dead but I am afraid the
numbers will rise as divers continue the search,"
Mehmet Ünal Sahin, the mayor of Ayvacik, told
CNNTürk news channel by phone on Saturday.
More than 10,000 refugee
children missing in Europe:
Thousands of children have disappeared raising fears
they are being exploited, says Europol, Europe's
police agency.
'Hundreds' of masked men beat
refugee children in Stockholm:
Hundreds of masked men marched through Stockholm's
main train station on Friday evening, reportedly
beating up refugees and anyone who didn't appear to
be ethnically Swedish.
Merkel: Refugees should ‘go
home’ once war in Syria & Iraq is over:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that most of
the refugees entering Germany from Syria and Iraq
are expected to return home once conflicts in their
countries have ended. The statement comes as Merkel
facing mounting pressure over her open-door policy.
Ukraine reports first
military casualties in 3 weeks:
Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the
country's war-torn east where government forces are
seeking to put down a pro-Russian insurgency, the
first reported casualties in nearly three weeks,
Ukraine's military said Sunday.
Thousands in France Protest
State of Emergency:
Rallies took place in around 70 cities, including
the capital Paris, where organizers said more than
20,000 people took to the streets. Police put
turnout at closer to 5000.
US-Trained Military Officials
Face Prosecution for Dirty War Atrocities in
Guatemala: News
Analysis: Twelve graduates of the US Army's "School
of the Americas" are finally facing prosecution for
atrocities documented in Guatemala three decades
ago.
Charity watchdog reportedly
places Wounded Warrior Project on its watch list:
The charity for wounded veterans, has been placed on
Charity Navigator’s watch list over accusations of
using donor money toward excessive spending on
conferences and parties instead of on recovery
programs, according to CBS News.
Trump leads and Sanders falls
in key Des Moines Register Iowa caucus poll:
Donald Trump leads Texas senator Ted Cruz by five
points. On the Democratic side, former secretary of
state Hillary Clinton led Vermont senator Bernie
Sanders, 45-42, according to the poll
Iowa Official Criticizes Cruz
Campaign Over Mailer:
Iowa’s secretary of state chastised the presidential
campaign of Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday for sending
a mailer that he said violated “the spirit of the
Iowa caucuses” and misrepresented state election
law.
Father charged with homicide
after police fatally shot his 12-year-old daughter:
Ciara Meyer was fatally shot while standing behind
her father, 57-year-old Donald Meyer Jr., during a
confrontation with Constable Clark Steele as he
attempted to evict the family from their home
outside of Harrisburg around 10 a.m. on Jan. 11.
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2016
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Knesset Rejects Bill For Equality For
All Citizens
By The
Middle East Monitor
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The
Knesset yesterday voted against a draft
bill proposed by MK Jamal Zahalka of the
Joint Arab List, which stipulates the
inclusion of an equality clause in
Israel’s Basic Law: Human Dignity and
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Syria says IS group killed
300 in attacks in country's east:
The IS attack on the neighbourhood was carried out
early Saturday, with several suicide bombers blowing
themselves up at government forces' positions, the
TV report said.
Two Senior ISIS Commanders
Among Scores Killed in Syria's Idlib:
Scores of the militants of Ahrar al-Sham, including
a notorious commander, were killed in a roadside
bomb explosion Southeast of Idlib, while another
terrorist commander lost his life elsewhere in the
province.
Airstrike targeting British
hacker working for Isis killed three civilians
instead, US admits:
US Central Command said dead and injured civilians
were in ‘vicinity’ of drone strike meant for Junaid
Hussain on 13 August, which was not disclosed
before.
Syrian opposition to go to
Geneva as talks open:
U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura invited the Syrian
government and an opposition umbrella group to
Geneva for “proximity talks,” in which they would
meet in separate rooms.
Syrian rebel group says
merges with others to boost Aleppo fight:
The group Failaq al-Sham, or Sham Legion, said on
its Twitter feed it had merged with eight other
fighting groups to form a new entity called the
Northern Brigade.
Syrian Kurds plan big attack
to seal Turkish border: source:
Such an offensive could deprive Islamic
State fighters of a logistical route that has been
used by the group to bring in supplies and foreign
recruits. Turkey says it will not allow the Syrian
Kurds to move west of the Euphrates.
Dutch to join bombing of
targets in Syria:
The Netherlands will broaden its role in the
U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State to include
the bombing of IS targets in Syria, the government
said on Friday.
7 killed as ISIS-Nusra
Clashes Resume Along Lebanese Border: -
At least seven militants were killed Friday in
renewed clashes between Daesh (ISIS) and the Nusra
Front along the Lebanese-Syrian border, a security
source told The Daily Star, as the rift between the
rival extremist groups continues to widen.
8 hundred more troops from
the United States to be sent to Iraq and Syria in
the coming months:
US Military officials have said that they believe
additional forces will be needed to work with Iraqi,
Kurdish and Syrian opposition fighters on the ground
in the two countries.
17 ISIS fighters killed in
aerial bombardment in western Ramadi:
On Saturday, a security source announced, that 17
fighters of the so-called the Islamic State in Iraq
and Syria (ISIS) have been killed in an aerial
bombardment carried out by the Iraqi Army Aviation
in western Ramadi.
Turkey summons Russian envoy,
claims Su-34 fighter jet violated air space:
According to Ankara, the incident involving a
Russian Su-34 took place Friday. Several warnings in
Russian and in English were allegedly sent to the
jet.
Turkey refusing to withdraw
troops from Iraq:
Turkey is refusing to withdraw its troops from
northern Iraq despite repeated protests by Baghdad.
Iraqi officials say it will do whatever it takes to
push Turkey to pull its troops out of the country.
Group said trapped in cellar
become focus in Turkey's Kurdish conflict:
Six of 28 people trapped in the basement of a
residential building, under 24-hour curfew, in the
town of Cizre have died over the past week and
others are seriously wounded, according to the
pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
19 civilians killed as
coalition escalates Yemen raids
: Friday's strikes coincided with
ongoing battles between the pro-government and
Houthi forces in several provinces including Taiz.
Separately, Saba said the displaced families in the
province of Amran in the far north has increased to
34,300.
IS claims car bombing killing
7 in southern Yemen:
The Yemen-based affiliate of the
Islamic State (IS) group have claimed responsibility
for a fresh suicide car bombing in Yemen that took
place Friday night at a military checkpoint near
Yemen's President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's
residence.
Saudi soldier killed in
border shelling from Yemen:
A Saudi Border Guard solider, was killed when
military shells coming from Yemeni territory hit a
Saudi border post in al-Harth sector in the
southwestern Saudi border area of Jizan according to
local Arabic daily Okaz.
Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia
hit by gun and bomb attack:
At least four people dead after one suicide bomber
blew himself up and a second attacker was reportedly
overpowered by worshippers.
U.S. left out as world reaps
Iran opening: The
concourses of Imam Khomeini International Airport
increasingly echo with the sounds of French, English
and German, and hotels are full of money managers
and investment bankers looking to profit from a
country with a $406 billion economy and a young,
well-educated population
France to recognize Palestine
if deadlock with Israel not broken
: France will recognize a
Palestinian state if its efforts in coming weeks to
try to break the deadlock between Israelis and
Palestinians fail, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
said on Friday.
U.S., British spies hacked
Israeli air force: reports citing Snowden:
The United States and Britain have monitored secret
sorties and communications by Israel's air force in
a hacking operation dating back to 1998, according
to documents attributed to leaks by former U.S. spy
agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Israel's Image Issue:
Op-Ed: If Netanyahu is now an Israeli moderate, what
does that say about the extent of Israeli Messianic
nationalism?
At least 18 killed as suicide
attacker hits market in NE Nigeria: witnesses:
The attack was carried out by a teenage boy who
detonated a suicide vest in the main market of Gombi
district, killing mostly bystanders, said a witness
identified as Ismail Gambo.
Up to ten killed by suicide
attack in northern Nigeria:
A male suicide bomber attacked the market of Gombe
in Adawama state, killing eight people and wounding
28, said a local Red Cross official. Two traders at
the market put the death toll at ten,
Egyptian Ministry Source
Denies EgyptAir Employee Suspected of Downing A321:
An Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry source said no
EgyptAir employee had been arrested on suspicion of
participating in the A321 terrorist attack over the
Sinai Peninsula.
UN finds more cases of child
abuse by European troops in CAR:
The UN human rights office says it has turned up six
more cases of alleged sexual abuse against children
by European troops in Central African Republic,
including a 7-year-old girl who said she had to
perform sexual acts on soldiers in exchange for
water and cookies.
Taliban Control of
Afghanistan Highest Since U.S. Invasion:
The Taliban controls more of the country than at any
time since U.S. troops invaded in 2001, notes the
quarterly report to Congress by the Special
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Afghanistan security, economy
deteriorating rapidly: Report:
A government watchdog reported Friday that the
country is “more dangerous” than a year ago, with
insurgents gaining strength and the economy
worsening.
Targeted killings through
drones are war crimes: Op-Ed:
The threat that terrorists pose to US interests and
security did not create killing drones: rather the
technical feasibility of killing drones has
generated imagined terrorist threats.
Japan adopts negative
interest rate in surprise move:
The benchmark rate of -0.1% means that commercial
banks will be charged by the central bank for some
deposits. It is designed to encourage them to use
their reserves to lend to businesses in an attempt
to counter Japan's economic stagnation.
33 drowned as refugee boat
sinks off Turkish coast:
Turkey's state-owned news provider Anadolu Agency
said that coast guards rescued 75 more people from
the sea near the resort of Ayvacik on 30 January.
Stockholm pogrom: Crowd of
masked men hunt and beat up non-Swedes:
Dozens of masked man went on an anti-immigrant
rampage in Stockholm in an apparent retaliation for
the stabbing death of a young Swedish woman at a
refugee center earlier this week, local media
reported.
German parliament
approves more soldiers for Mali, Iraq:
The German parliament approved government plans on
Thursday to send up to 650 soldiers to Mali,
boosting its presence in the U.N. peacekeeping
mission in the West African country which is beset
by Islamist militant violence.
Special ISIS cells preparing
terror attacks in Europe and Russia – Russian
anti-terrorism body
: The official added that former
Iraqi army officers who served under Saddam Hussein
are training the terrorists.
Russian fighter jet
intercepts US recon aircraft over Black Sea ‘in
unsafe manner’– Navy:
According to US officials, a Russian jet approached
the US aircraft in international airspace over the
Black Sea and flew alongside it for some time. After
that, the jet performed what US officials described
as “an aggressive maneuver” when turning away from
the intelligence plane.
Swiss government proposes
paying everyone Ł1,700 a month whether they work or
not: Swiss
residents to vote on referendum to guarantee basic
monthly income. It would be first country in the
world to introduce unconditional income.
Swiss say $4bn may be missing
from Malaysia state fund:
Investigators believe funds earmarked for social
development projects could have been stolen as
scandal deepens.
Canada Cuts Off Some
Intelligence Sharing With U.S. Out of Fear for
Canadians’ Privacy:
Canada’s CBC network reported Thursday that the
country is slamming on the brakes when it comes to
sharing some communications intelligence with key
allies — including the U.S. — out of fear that
Canadian personal information is not properly
protected.
Discriminatory New Visa Law
Keeps German-Iranian Professor Out of U.S.:
Dr. Amin Shokrollahi was planning to do something he
had done many times before: take a flight from his
home in Switzerland to the United States.
The cost of not paying taxes
in the US:
Americans' passports could be seized if they owe
more than $50,000 in taxes, but could this law be
unfairly applied?
4 US cities among world’s
most violent in 2015:
Four American cities are among the 50 with highest
murder rates worldwide in 2015, a new study
revealed. St. Louis, with 188 homicides per 317,000
residents is the highest among them, made it to the
15th place on the list.
Kids' lead levels high in
many Michigan cities:
While much of the state’s focus on lead has rightly
been on poisoned water in Flint, the metal continues
to turn up annually in the bodies of thousands of
children across the state, at percentages well above
the numbers that raised red flags in Flint.
State Workers in Flint Given
Clean Water Months Before Residents Warned of Danger:
State workers in Flint, Mich., appear to have
received clean drinking water months before Governor
Rick Snyder publicly admitted there was a problem
with the city’s water, according to documents
obtained by liberal group Progress Michigan.
U.S. economy slowed to scant
0.7 percent growth rate last quarter:
The U.S. economy's growth slowed sharply in the
final three months of 2015 to a 0.7 percent annual
rate. Consumers slowed spending, businesses cut back
on investment and global problems trimmed exports.
Who Can Afford The American
Dream?: That
American Dream thing is a going up in smoke. Upward
mobility has stalled, and stagnation is setting in.
If The "Recovery" Is Real,
Why Are "Radical" Politicians So Damn Popular?, BofA
Asks: Back in
November, we took a look at the link between
austerity and anarchy. Courtesy of RBS’ Alberto
Gallo, we showed the correlation between budget cuts
and riots, assassinations, and attempted
revolutions.
Ted Cruz’s National Security
Plan Features War Crimes:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) repeated his promise to conduct
“carpet bombing” in the Middle East to combat ISIS
forces. Yet he did not acknowledge that carpet
bombing is a war crime under the international
Geneva Conventions.
Hillary's Pro-Iraq War Vote
Is Still a Really Big Deal:
Hillary Clinton voted to authorize George W. Bush to
go to war in Iraq. By contrast, Bernie Sanders
didn't only vote against the Iraq War resolution. He
had the foreign policy judgment to predict the
disastrous results that would ensue.
US declares 22 Clinton emails
'top secret':
Hillary Clinton's home server contained
closely-guarded government secrets, censoring 22
emails that contained material requiring one of the
highest levels of classification.
Neoconservativism Is Down But
Not Out of the 2016 Race:
Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton—both have ties to
neoconservatism.
Trump Somehow Wins Again As
Fox’s Debate Ratings,
Cruz’s Performance Both Underwhelming: On the
ratings front, the numbers look disappointing for
Fox, as it appears the total viewership likely won’t
even break 13 |
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60 ISIS members killed, 19
booby-trapped vehicles destructed north of Ramadi:
The army forces backed by the international
coalition aviation, Iraqi Army Aviation, army
artillery, managed to kill 60 members of the
so-called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
(ISIS), while destructed 19 booby-trapped vehicles
driven by suicide bombers
New ISIL attacks kill more
than 30 Iraqi forces:
More suicide bombers and snipers target Iraqi
soldiers and militia allies still fighting to take
full control of Ramadi.
Coalition warplanes kill 19
ISIS elements south of Mosul:
“Today, warplanes of the international coalition
shelled a headquarters for ISIS in the area of al-Hadar
(110 km south of Mosul), resulting in the death of
19 ISIS elements, most of whom were Afghan and Saudi
nationals,” pointing out that, “The ISIS war
minister in Nineveh was among the dead.”
Which kidnap victim is more
valuable - US or Iraqi?:
Sadr City is "turned upside down" in search for
three US citizens, but when Iraqi get kidnapped, no
one seems to care.
Iraq Kurds Agree on
Independence Vote, Official Says:
Iraqi Kurdish leaders plan to hold a referendum on
the region’s independence, an official said on
Wednesday, in a move that could lead to the break-up
of OPEC’s second-biggest oil producer.
Suspected Russian raids kill
over 40 Syrian civilians, Pro-rebel monitor reports:
Banner Icon War in Syria At least 44 civilians have
been killed in suspected Russian air strikes in
parts of northern and eastern Syria under the
control of the Islamic State group, a monitor said
Thursday.
Syrian army establishes control over 2
villages in Aleppo, kills more than 30 terrorists in
Hama and Idleb:
Army units, in cooperation with the popular defense
groups, restored security and stability to Balouzeh
village in the eastern countryside of Aleppo
province, a military source announced on Thursday.
Russian Air Force destroys
largest ISIS camp in east Hama Syria
: The Russian Air Force has been relentlessly
targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham
(ISIS) between the Hama and Homs Governorates as of
late, striking several of the terrorist group’s
strongholds and convoys in the cities of Quraytayn,
Palmyra, ‘Aqayrbat, and Qunbar.
Turkish fighter who allegedly
killed Russian pilot in Syria attends funeral in
Istanbul:
Alparslan Çelik, the Turkish citizen who Russia is
after for having killed a Russian pilot in Syria, on
Wednesday attended the funeral of his comrade who
was slain while fighting government forces in Syria.
Daesh opens fire on Turkish
soldiers near Syrian border;
5 terrorists killed: Five Daesh militants were
killed Thursday after they opened fire on Turkish
soldiers who were minesweeping along the
Turkish-Syrian border in southeastern Gaziantep
province.
Yemen blast kills seven near
presidential palace:
ISIL affiliate claims responsibility
for suicide car bombing in southern port city of
Aden.
Guardian: Saudi airstrikes in
Yemen violates international humanitarian law:
British daily, The Guardian, obtained a UN report
which says that the Saudi-led bombing campaign in
Yemen has performed “widespread and systematic”
attacks on civilian targets
David Cameron urged to
suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia over fears
weapons used against Yemen civilians:
A United Nations report said the Saudi-led bombing
campaing in Yemen had involved “widespread and
systematic” targeting of civilians “in violation of
international humanitarian law”.
Watch bizarre moment top Tory
denies receiving UN report on Saudi bombing - while
waving it in the air
: A Tory minister took a leaf out of
TV farce The Thick of It by saying he hadn't
received a leaked report - while seemingly waving it
in the air.
Harrowing Treatment of
Yemeni-Americans Demands Government Probe, Groups
Say: CIVIL
LIBERTIES GROUPS have asked the State Department’s
Office of Inspector General to investigate what they
said were years of misconduct at the U.S. Embassy in
Sanaa, including a wave of dubious pevocaassport
rtions.
Israel supplies South Sudan
government with wiretapping :
Israel sold wiretapping equipment to South Sudan
even after the civil war broke out, and this
equipment was used to identify and arrest opponents
of the government, a UN report has charged.
Iranian president hails 'new
relationship' with France:
Rouhani was welcomed to Paris with military honors
and national anthems on the second leg of a trip
signalling Iran's rapprochement with Europe since
sanctions were lifted.
Saudis 'ready to cooperate'
on crude output: Report:
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the
Saudis had floated oil production cuts of up to 5
percent by each country. But a senior Gulf OPEC
delegate later said Saudi Arabia has not proposed
scaling back output or asked Russia to do the same,
Four soldiers killed in two
attacks in northern Mali: military sources:
One Malian soldier was killed in a gun attack while
at least three others died in a landmine explosion
in the country's north on Thursday, military sources
told AFP.
Suicide bombers kill four in
north Cameroon school:
Two suicide bombers killed four people at a school
in northern Cameroon on Thursday, local officials
said, the latest attack in a central African country
struggling to contain violence blamed on Boko Haram
militants in neighbouring Nigeria.
U.S. Plans Airstrikes In
Libya To Protect Oil Assets From ISIS:
The New York Times reported that the Pentagon is
putting together plans to attack ISIS in Libya,
despite virtual silence from the U.S. Congress.
US boots on the ground Pentagon:
US Forces in Libya, Looking
for ‘Worthy’ Partners:
U.S. military forces are on the ground in Libya
looking for potential partners in what could soon be
an expanded campaign against the Islamic State (IS)
terror group.
Dozens die in refugee boat
disaster off Greek island:
Ten children among those drowned off Samos in latest
deadly boat sinking involving refugees trying to
reach Europe.
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo accused
of war crimes in landmark ICC trial:
Gbagbo and his co-accused, militia leader Charles
Ble Goude, have been accused of four counts of
crimes against humanity: murder, rape, attempted
murder and persecution. Gbagbo and Ble Goude have
pled not guilty to all charges.
Above the law: UK Government
drops investigations into Iraq war crimes:
Reports of UK war
crimes in Iraq, confirmed by the International
Criminal Court, led to the establishment of the Iraq
Historic Allegation Team, which was presented with
1,000 alleged criminal acts by British troops
ranging from murder, rape and other forms of
violence.
Staff at Paris airport angry
after finding fake bombs ordered by U.S. embassy:
Employees of the American courier service at Charles
de Gaulle airport were shocked to find a pressure
cooker filled with nuts and bolts inside a package
in transit from the US to Tunisia.
Sofie Grĺbřl: ‘I want to feel
proud of Denmark, but it’s not easy':
The new Danish law allowing police to seize
refugees’ assets is a frightening example of how a
country with liberal traditions can lurch to the
right, says the star of The Killing
Mosquito-born Zika virus
'spreading explosively':
World Health Organization expects infection of up to
four million people as agency assesses level of
global emergency.
Radioactive
Water From Fukushima Is Leaking Into the Pacific:
"Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in
the history of mankind," Arnold Gundersen, a former
nuclear industry senior vice president,
Pentagon to release almost
200 photos of tortured Afghan, Iraqi prisoners under
court order: The
Pentagon will publish 198 photos of tortured
detainees in the US prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan
on Friday, a top American civil rights group has
said.
As Court Shields Drone War,
Will Obama's 'Kill List' Ever See Daylight?:
A federal court just gave a major boost to the Obama
administration’s efforts to keep key details of the
U.S. drone war—including information about who
exactly is being assassinated--hidden from the
public.
Chicago Police Have Been
Sabotaging Their Dash Cams
: Last month the CPD found that 80
percent of its 850 dash cams do not record audio,
and 12 percent don’t record video either
FBI's Hillary Clinton email
investigation not letting up:
Former FBI officials said the length of the probe is
not unusual and speculated that a decision on
whether to file charges against Clinton or her top
aides could come later this year, during the heat of
the general election campaign.
Huckabee and Santorum to
Attend Trump Event During Fox News Debate:
Mike Huckabee, the winner of the 2008 Iowa caucuses
who has been struggling to gain traction in this
year’s race, will appear with Donald J. Trump and an
event for veterans that the billionaire businessman
has scheduled as counterprogramming to tonight’s
debate on Fox News, which he is skipping.
Donald Trump Solidifies Lead
Over GOP Rivals in First States to Vote:
He is ahead in Iowa and up by double-digit margins
in New Hampshire and South Carolina, a new poll
finds; Democrats could see roller-coaster ride in
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Car bomb in Syria's Aleppo
kills 23, including fighters: Pro-rebel activists:
The attack hit an Ahrar al-Sham checkpoint at the
entrance to a security complex belonging to the
group.
Missile kills 16 in Syria’s
Idlib: At least
11 Islamist fighters and five civilians were killed
as a ballistic missile struck a building in
northwest Syria during a meeting between rebel
groups, a pro-rebel monitor said Monday.
Syrian army seizes key
rebel-held town in Latakia:
The northwestern town had been held by the
opposition since 2012 and was controlled by a range
of rebel groups including some made up of Syrian
Turkmen, as well as the Al-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda
affiliate.
Syria govt nears capture of
rebel stronghold in south:
The town is strategically important because of its
location on a crossroads between Damascus to the
north and the city of Sweida to the east, both of
which are under government control.
Jihadists prepare to storm
key Syrian city :
Having lost their advantage in western parts of the
country, IS command has now decided to concentrate
its forces on trying to seize the city of Deir
ez-Zor, the largest city in the eastern part of
Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said
Syria talks to seek
ceasefire, excluding ISIL and Nusra:
UN envoy postpones Syria peace talks until Friday,
saying a push for ceasefire won't include ISIL or
al-Nusra Front.
Biden says US prepared for
military solution in Syria:
US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that
the United States and Turkey were prepared for a
military solution in Syria if a political settlement
was not possible.
The CIA’s Syria Program and
the Perils of Proxies:
News analysis - This initiative is benefiting the
very jihadist groups the U.S. has been fighting for
the past 15 years.
Joe Biden Says the PKK and
the Islamic State Are Equal Threats to Turkey:
US Vice President Joe Biden described the Kurdistan
Workers Party (PKK) as a terror group "plain and
simple" during a joint news conference with Turkish
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul
Airstrikes kill 32 IS
militants in Iraq:
Iraqi airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) positions and
hideouts killed 32 extremist militants on Monday,
including two IS local leaders, security and medical
sources said.
Iraqi warplanes kill about 10
ISIS elements southwest of Kirkuk:
A security source in Kirkuk province stated on
Monday, that about ten elements of the ISIS had been
killed during an aerial bombardment southwest of the
province.
Bomb blast kills 2 soldiers,
wounds 4 others in southern Baghdad:
A source in the Iraqi police said on Monday, that
two soldiers had been killed and four others were
injured in a bomb blast that took place in southern
Baghdad.
Anbar Police found mass grave
in central Ramadi:
“A force from Anbar police managed to find a mass
grave containing the remains of 40 civilians and
representatives of the security forces during the
cleansing operations in the are of al-Jumaiya in
central Ramadi,”
UK officials drop 58
inquiries into alleged war crimes by Iraq veterans:
Officials have decided to drop investigations into
almost 60 claims of unlawful killings by British
soldiers who served in Iraq.
What Donald Rumsfeld Knew We
Didn’t Know About Iraq:
News analysis - The document reveals gaps of
intelligence on WMD. Why didn’t the Pentagon chief
share it?
Iraq summons Saudi envoy for
'interference' in its affairs:
Iraq's foreign ministry summoned Saudi Arabia's
ambassador to Baghdad on Jan. 24 to protest his
"interference" in the country's internal affairs
over remarks on militia forces fighting the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Saudi-led airstrike kills
family of 8, incl. Yemeni judge who presided over
Pres. Hadi treason case:
Seven members of Rubaid's family – everyone except
one of his sons – were also killed in the bombing,
residents told Reuters.
MSF calls for inquiry into
deadly Yemen hospital attack:
Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) called on
Monday for a full investigation into an attack on a
hospital in Yemen this month in which it says six
people were killed and at least seven wounded,
mostly medical staff and patients.
US supports Saudi war in
Yemen: US
Secretary of State John Kerry has reiterated
Washington's support for Saudi Arabia’s ongoing war
on Yemen, which has so far claimed the lives of at
least 8,000 people.
Saudi Arabia's Secret
Holdings of U.S. Debt Are Suddenly a Big Deal:
Just how much of America’s debt does Saudi Arabia
own? That question -- has come to the fore as Saudi
Arabia is pressured by plunging oil prices and
costly wars in the Middle East.
Why the West is caught in the
Saudi embrace:
The surest way to get officials in Justin Trudeau’s
foreign affairs ministry or Barack Obama’s State
Department to look down at their shoes, shuffle
uncomfortably and make awkward attempts to change
the subject is to ask them if they plan to stop
supporting Saudi Arabia with arms and political
approval.,
Israel warms to Sunni powers,
questions US' Palestinian focus:
“We have the chance now to make a coalition with
Saudi Arabia, North African states, the Gulf States,
and Turkey,” Ayoob Kara, Israel’s deputy minister
for regional cooperation
2 Palestinians shot dead
after 2 Israelis stabbed near Ramallah:
Two Palestinians were shot dead after allegedly
stabbing and injuring two Israeli women in the
illegal Israeli settlement of Beit Horon west of
Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank on
Monday, Israeli police said.
Lawyer: Hunger-striking
journalist on brink of death:
- Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq, who has
been on hunger strike in Israeli jail for 61 days,
is on brink of death, the journalist's lawyer told
Ma'an on Monday.
29 killed as suicide
attackers hit Cameroon marketplace:
Three suicide bombers carried out a series of
attacks at a market in northern Cameroon. The
coordinated strikes occurred in the village of Bodo
near the border with Nigeria on Monday
Gunmen kill 20 in northeast
Nigeria: Police:
Gunmen suspected to be ethnic Fulani herders have
killed a policeman and 19 civilians in attacks on
four farming communities in Nigeria`s northeastern
Adamawa state, the police said Monday.
Libya's recognized parliament
rejects U.N.-backed unity government:
Of 104 members attending the session in the eastern
city of Tobruk, 89 voted against an administration
nominated last week, demanding a fresh proposal
within 10 days.
Egypt marks fifth anniversary
of 2011 uprising:
About 300 people gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square
on Monday, not to celebrate the instigators of the
revolt that five years ago overthrew Egypt's
longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak but to praise the
police who tried to stop them.
Afghan official: Suicide
attack kills 8 :
Zia Durrani, the police spokesman for Kandahar
province, says the attack took place when five
suicide bombers stormed the border police
headquarters at Spin Boldak, on the border with
Pakistan on Monday.
Litvinenko - Jewish Mafia's
Nuclear Smuggling:
News analysis - Litvinenko, reportedly had links to
the Israel-based Russian mafia and the smuggling of
radioactive materials.
Demonizing Putin:
'Putin is corrupt' says US
Treasury':
The US government has already imposed sanctions on
Mr Putin's aides, but it is thought to be the first
time it has directly accused him of corruption.
Russia to Reap While Others
Weep for Misdeeds Towards Iran:
News analysis - In Iran’s brighter future, Russia
stands to reap from mutual ties, while others will
weep for past misdeeds and squandered opportunities.
Vladimir Putin denounces
Soviet founder Lenin:
Russian president Vladimir Putin has criticised
Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin for placing a "time
bomb" under the state, and denounced brutal
repressions by the Bolshevik government.
'Running out of time', EU
puts Greece, Schengen on notice:
The European Union edged closer on Monday to
accepting that its Schengen open-borders area may be
suspended for up to two years if it fails in the
next few weeks to curb the influx of migrants from
the Middle East and Africa.
Isis threatens UK terror
attack in grisly video with final statements of 9
Paris jihadists:
The video published on Sunday (24 January) carries
the statements of nine of the perpetrators of the
Paris attacks that killed 130 people on 13 November.
The video also threatens attacks on the UK.
Former spy seeks to show UK
knew of Guantanamo torture: Sunday Times:
British officials witnessed inmates being chained,
hooded, waterboarded and subjected to mental abuse
by CIA officials, the report said.
Third world USA:
Evidence mounts that poisoned
Flint water caused deaths:
. On January 13, state health officials said that an
outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease caused 10 people
to die and 77 others to become ill.
68% of Americans destroy
credit before age 30: Survey:
It usually takes consumers seven to 10 years to
erase negative marks from their credit, thanks to
the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Donald Trump goes to church
in Iowa … and gets a lesson in humility:
Donald Trump has been given a lesson in Christian
values, humility and kindness during a service in an
Iowa church just two weeks before primary voting
begins in the race for US president.
Sanders, Clinton cool to
Bloomberg's possible entry into 2016 race:
U.S. Democratic presidential candidates gave a cool
reception on Sunday to former New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg's potential independent White House run,
with Bernie Sanders saying it would add another
billionaire like Republican Donald Trump to the
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The Game of Demonizing Putin
By John
Ivens |
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Official Washington influences the
opinions of the American people about
world affairs by demonizing certain
foreign leaders, making them objects of
both revulsion and ridicule, thus
justifying “regime change” strategies.
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Oregon Militant - Killed in Police
Shootout
By Travis
Gettys |
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He was reportedly shot
Tuesday evening during a shootout when
law enforcement officers stopped a group
of militants on their way to establish a
shadow government in nearby Grant
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Syria : Twin suicide bombings
kills 22 in city of Homs, state media reports:
A twin suicide bombing has killed at least 22 people
in the central Syrian city of Homs, state media
says, with the Islamic State group claiming
responsibility for the attack.
Deadly truck bomb explodes in
Syria’s Aleppo:
At least 23 people, most of them from the Ahrar
al-Sham rebel group, were killed by a truck suicide
bomber in Syria’s Aleppo city on Monday, a monitor
said.
ISIS-Nusra clashes leave at
least 13 dead on Lebanon-Syria border:
Nusra Front militants launched a surprise attack
against rival extremists ISIS along the
Lebanese-Syrian border Wednesday, sparking clashes
that have left at least 13 dead, a Lebanese security
source said.
Syria gains control over
Sheikh Miskeen in Daraa Province:
The Syrian Army late on Monday night reportedly
gained control over the strategic city of Sheikh
Miskeen in Daraa, bordering Jordan, after defeating
the rebels of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Jabhat
Al-Nusra — al-Qaeda's Syria chapter.
Apocalyptic scenes of
strategic town in southern Syria retaken from
jihadists (VIDEO):
The town of Sheikh Maskin in Syria’s Daraa province
? which has turned into a gray, concrete desolation
after fierce fighting ? can be seen on video footage
filmed after Syrian government forces liberated the
strategic southern town from jihadists.
Tide turns in Syrian war with
capture of key town:
Fall of Sheikh Maskin to government forces cuts off
rebel supply routes while securing regime's hold on
Deraa province.
Russia: Syrian strikes have
helped ‘turn around’ situation:
Lavrov said that the Russian air force’s strikes had
“really helped to turn around the situation in the
country, helped towards reducing the territory
controlled by terrorists” since Moscow launched a
bombing campaign at Assad’s request on September 30.
Partners in crime?
Holland to discuss joining
Syria air strikes ‘within days’:
The Dutch cabinet will discuss a U.S. request to
join coalition air strikes against jihadists in
Syria within “the coming days”, Foreign Minister
Bert Koenders said, amid speculation a decision may
come as early as Friday.
Russia says Syrian refugees
should be given an opportunity to vote in country's
future elections:
"Let's remember the sad experience of Iraq and
Libya," "Have they succeeded in stabilizing the
situation there following a foreign intervention and
physical removal of those countries' leaders?"
Arab monarchies turn down
Syrian refugees over security "threat":
As Europe struggles with a massive refugee influx,
Arab Gulf states have come under scrutiny for taking
in few refugees. Don't expect the oil-rich
monarchies to change their course anytime soon
Iraqi Army forces repel 2
attacks by ISIS, 49 militants killed:
That the Iraqi security forces had managed to repel
two attacks by ISIS on the areas of al-Thurthar and
Saqalawiya, while pointed out to the killing of 49
“terrorists” and the seizure of their weaponry and
heavy equipment.
Iraqi forces kill 35 ISIS
militants in proactive operations east of Ramadi:
The Federal Police Command announced on Wednesday
the death of 35 members of the so-called ISIS in an
operations east of Ramadi (110 km west of Baghdad),
while indicated to the destruction of seven fixed
targets and the cleansing of a number of buildings.
Suicide attacks kill 4 Iraqi
troops: Sheikh
Mal-Allah al-Obeidi, head of the town council in
al-Baghdadi, in Anbar province, said five suicide
bombers attacked his guesthouse at dawn on
Wednesday, killing a tribal fighter guarding the
building and wounding 10 others.
Leading Iraqi Shi'ite says
Islamic State shrugging off U.S. air strikes:
Flush with cash and weapons, Islamic State is
attracting huge numbers of foreign fighters to Iraq
and Syria and withstanding U.S.-led air strikes that
are failing to hit the right targets, a powerful
Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitary leader told Reuters in an
interview.
Russia supplied arms to Iraqi
Kurds through official Baghdad
: Russia took into account the fact
that both the government army and the Kurdish
militias were fighting against the Islamic State
terrorists when supplying arms to Iraq
Four soldiers killed in
Turkish city as curfew expanded:
Four Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in
clashes with Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK)
militants in Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey, as a
controversial curfew order was expanded to new areas
in the Kurdish-dominated city.
Israel feels the heat of
U.S., EU and U.N. criticism:
The United States, European Union and the United
Nations have issued unusually stern criticism of
Israel, provoking a sharp response from Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and raising
Palestinians' hopes of steps against their neighbor.
At least 10 dead in suicide
attacks in Chibok, Nigeria: Reports:
At least 10 people were killed when
three suicide bombers blew themselves up in the
northeast Nigerian town of Chibok where Boko Haram
kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, a town elder
said on Wednesday.
Bomb kills Kenya police as
troops pull out of Somali bases:
At least five police officers died in a roadside
bomb attack in eastern Kenya, police and reports
said Wednesday, as troops inside Somalia pulled out
of some bases after Islamist attacks.
4 Egyptian soldiers killed,
12 injured in Sinai explosion:
At least four Egyptian army soldiers were killed and
12 injured in the Sinai Peninsula after an armored
personnel carrier exploded on the outskirts of the
city of Arish, security and medical sources said
Wednesday.
'Insider' attack kills 10
Afghan police:
Rogue officer drugged colleagues before 10 were shot
dead in central Uruzgan province
China shares end at 14-month
lows after late selling frenzy:
Chinese shares plunged more than 6 percent to
14-month lows on Tuesday after oil prices dropped
again, reviving concerns about global growth and
prompting a sell-off in the world's equity markets.
Islamic State setting up
terror training camps in Europe, police agency warns:
The terrorist group is planning more mass strikes on
the continent and could recruit vulnerable refugees
to carry out attacks, Europol report said
Russia: ISIL training base
located in Georgia's Pankisi;
Georgian prime minister rejects Russian foreign
minister's claim, saying government is in control of
troubled region.
Which European countries have
produced the most ISIS fighters?:
About a fifth of all foreign fighters in Iraq and
Syria now come from Western Europe
Denmark's daylight robbery of
refugees: Denmark
is defying international outrage and pressing ahead
with plans to force refugees to hand over valuables
in return for providing sanctuary. Trine Villemann
reports from Copenhagen.
Ukrainian forces shell DPR
territory 75 times over last 24 hours — DPR defense
ministry :
According to the ministry, Kiev forces opened fire
at the Izotov mine to the north of Gorlovka, the
villages of Zaytsevo, Staromikhaylovka and
Zhabichevo and Donetsk airport
US 'corrupt Putin' comments
anger Kremlin:
"(Bilateral) relations are now in such a state that
a lie like this is unlikely to aggravate them even
further."
Lavrov Recaps Year of Russian
Diplomacy in Annual Press Conference:
Sergei Lavrov reiterated that the international law
is the only basis of finding solutions to the
conflict, but stressed that Russian aerospace
operations in Syria definitely helped to change
situation in the country.
6 Migrants Including A Child
Drown Off Greece:
The bodies were found during a rescue operation that
was launched after a survivor reported the sinking.
The man had managed to swim to an islet near Kos,
where he raised the alarm.
EU gives Greece warning to
fix border 'neglect':
The European Commission warned Greece on Wednesday
it could face more border controls with other states
of the free-travel Schengen zone in May if it does
not fix "serious deficiencies" in its management of
the area's external frontier.
Zika virus spreading in
Europe as 1st person tests positive in Denmark:
One person has tested positive in Denmark for the
mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has caused severe
birth defects in Latin America, Danish media has
reported. The new case comes after Italy, Spain, the
UK and Switzerland registered several people
infected with the disease.
Authorities urge remaining
Oregon occupiers to quit after killing:
State and federal authorities urged a group of armed
men occupying a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon to
abandon the protest over land rights on Wednesday, a
day after their leader and seven other people were
arrested and one man killed.
Hands up or charging?
Conflicting reports on shooting of Oregon militia
spokesman:
Conflicting information is emerging over what
happened after a well-known member of the militia
group occupying a nature preserve in Oregon died in
a shootout with federal agents. The group’s
spokesman had tried to run a roadblock before he was
killed.
How David Petraeus avoided
felony charges and possible prison time:
The Justice Department said the information, if
disclosed, could have caused “exceptionally grave
damage.” Officials said the notebooks contained code
words for secret intelligence programs, the
identities of covert officers, and information about
war strategy and deliberative discussions with the
National Security Council.
Texas: Thousands of Cuban
Refugees Crossing the Border:
At least 7,000 Cuban refugees are expected to come
to the border in the next coming days. The activity
at the Hidalgo International Bridge continues. For
40 years, Jose Angel Rodriguez has made his living
driving a cab.
US grand jury charges
anti-abortion advocates:
A Texas court has cleared Planned Parenthood of
misconduct over videos purporting to show employees
selling human tissue for profit. The makers of the
footage have instead been charged with felony record
tampering.
RNC drops NBC as debate host:
The Republican
National Committee (RNC) has formally split with NBC
for its debate next month in Houston, announcing
Monday that it will partner with CNN to broadcast
the event.
CNN’s Dana Bash Presses Ted
Cruz’s Wife Hard About Goldman Sachs Ties:
Dana Bash: It may surprise some people that Ted
Cruz, who went in riding a wave of anti-Washington
sentiment, that his wife, you, are an executive at
Goldman Sachs, the epitome of Wall Street. Do you
see any contradiction there?
Trump campaign says Donald
won’t participate in Fox News/Google debate:
The Republican
presidential candidate already had said he probably
would not be going, accusing Fox News of “playing
games” with him.
Fox News cuts down Trump over
Megyn Kelly debate boycott:
"Capitulating to politicians' ultimatums about a
debate moderator violates all journalistic
standards, as do threats," the Fox News network said
in a statement.
Poll: Trump and Cruz in dead
heat in Iowa:
Trump and Cruz have been in all-out war against one
another as they sprint to the finish and seek to
influence the dwindling number of voters who have
not yet settled on a candidate.
Hillary Clinton Made More in
12 Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a
Lifetime;
According to public disclosures, by giving just 12
speeches to Wall Street banks, private equity firms,
and other financial corporations, Clinton made
$2,935,000 from 2013 to 2015:
We are witnessing the end of
the House of Clinton:
Op-Ed: There is the stench of political death around
Hillary, Bill, Chelsea and the entire House of
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Whatever
happens in the future, Putin has already
secured his place in history as one of
the greatest Russian leaders ever.
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Over 100 killed in air strikes,
clashes with IS militants in Iraq:
Up to 62 Islamic State (IS) militants and 48 security
members were killed on Saturday in U.S.-led coalition
air strikes, four suicide bomb attacks and clashes with
Iraqi security forces, security sources said.
ISIS executes 3 Afghan leaders
tried to escape from Mosul:
The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com,
“Today, ISIS executed three of its Afghan leaders in
Mosul who tried to escape across the Syrian borders.”
ISIS executes civilian for
evacuating families from Heet:
On Saturday, a security source in Anbar Province
announced, that the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) has executed a civilian for evacuating a
number of families from Heet District west of Ramadi.
Suspected Russian raids kill 29
civilians in east Syria: Pro-rebel monitor:
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven
children and one woman were among the dead in the
village of Khasham in Syria's oil-rich Deir Ezzor
province.
US & Turkey eyeing military
operation in Syria against ISIS if peace talks fail:
US Vice President Joe Biden says the US and Turkey are
prepared for military solutions in Syria if a political
settlement cannot be found. He added that Washington
recognizes the Kurdistan Workers’ Party is as much of a
threat to Ankara as Islamic State.
US sets up secret Syria air base:
Barely 50kms from Qamishli, US forces have established a
presence on Syrian soil for the first time, according to
local activists.
Turkey alarmed by Russian troop
build up in northern Syria:
"We have said this from the beginning: we won't tolerate
such formations (in northern Syria) along the area
stretching from the Iraqi border up to the
Mediterranean," Erdogan told reporters after Friday
prayers in Istanbul.
Congress Is Trying to Give Obama
Powers to Fight ISIS That He Doesn’t Want or Need
: the word “enduring”
would give whoever is president an awful lot of latitude
for the kind of special forces operations that the White
House has already been authorizing.
Carter: Some coalition partners
contribute nothing to ISIS fight:
"Many of them are not doing enough, or are doing nothing
at all," Carter remarked in an interview with CNBC at
the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "We can
do a lot ourselves... [but] we are looking for other
people to play their part," he added.
Jordan says 12 killed in clash on
Syria border:
Jordan's army said border guards killed 12 people trying
to enter the kingdom from Syria in a clash on the
frontier on Saturday.
Four more Saudi soldiers killed
in Yemen reprisal attacks:
Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters and military units
have carried out new retaliatory attacks against Saudi
positions where four more Saudi soldiers were killed.
Turkish soldier killed in
operations against PKK:
The soldier was severely wounded and died in hospital,
it said, adding that seven PKK members had been
"neutralized".
13-year-old Palestinian shot dead
after alleged stab attempt:
A 13-year-old Palestinian was shot dead Saturday after
reportedly attempting to stab an Israeli security guard
outside of an illegal West Bank settlement northeast of
Jerusalem, Israeli police said.
UK doctors call for removal of
Israel from World Medical Association:
British doctors recently called on the WMA to remove the
Israeli medical group from its ranks due to allegations
of torture by Israeli doctors on Palestinians.
China backs establishment of
independent State of Palestine with East al-Quds
(Jerusalem) as its capital.:
Chinese President Xi Jinping made the remarks during an
address at the Arab League’s headquarters in the
Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Thursday. He said such state
should be established based on the 1967 borders and
enjoy full sovereignty.
US reaffirms support for Gulf
Arab allies in Iran row:
Secretary of State John Kerry seeks to
calm concerns of thaw in relations with Tehran during
visit to Saudi Arabia.
Three Suicide Bombers Killed Near
Northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri:
One of the bombers detonated her explosives when she
sighted the soldiers, killing another female accomplice,
Brigadier General Lucky Irabor told reporters in the
city. The final one was shot by the troops as he ran
toward them, he said.
Report: UK, U.S., Russian troops
in Libya: Dozens of
British, Russia and American troops have arrived in
Libya in support for the weak internationally-recognized
government in Tobruk, London-based daily Asharq al-Awsat
reported.
U.S. and Allies Weigh Military
Action Against ISIS in Libya:
The United States and its allies are preparing for
possible airstrikes and commando raids, senior American
policy makers, commanders and intelligence officials
said this week.
Tunisia PM urges patience amid
crisis: Following a
wave of increasingly volatile protests over the
country's flagging economy, Tunisia's leader has asked
for more time. Prime Minister Essid has promised
democracy will prevail no matter what.
Six militants killed in
Afghanistan: A
security personnel has also been killed and three others
injured during the operation which still continues in
the area, the official said.
Four Afghan policemen killed in
blast near Indian consulate in Jalalabad:
At least two people were killed when a suicide bomber
blew himself up near the Pakistani consulate in
Jalalabad in Afghanistan this morning, officials said.
Mohammad Ashraf said two others were wounded.
Victim of Obama's first drone
strike: 'I am the living example of what drones are':
Faheem Qureshi was 14 when a drone attack on his home
left him with horrific injuries, several family members
dead and his dreams for the future in tatters
3 al-Qaeda terrorists killed in
shootout in Pakistan:
Police killed three al-Qaeda terrorists in a shootout in
Pakistan’s Punjab province, thwarting a major terror
attack, an official said on Saturday.
Refugees claim ISIS militants
living among them in Germany:
Christian refugees from Syria claim they saw a former
Islamic State member living in Frankfurt, and that this
is not an isolated case. Police investigated but refused
to file charges because the alleged terrorist has done
nothing criminal in Germany.
Port Of Calais Closes As Migrants
Storm Ship: About 50
migrants make their way on to a P&O-operated vessel,
causing severe delays to services.
Poles fearing attack on democracy
by government join protest:
- Thousands of Poles across the country marched Saturday
in freezing temperatures to protest a slew of measures
by the country's new right-wing government that they say
are anti-democratic.
At least 5 killed in
Saskatchewan, Canada school shooting:
Five people were killed in a school shooting in the
northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche, Canadian
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late Friday.
Canada’s weapons exports grew
more than 89 per cent under Harper:
Canada’s arms exports shot up while Prime Minister
Stephen Harper’s Conservative government was in office,
fuelled by higher sales to countries like Saudi Arabia,
Jordan, Mexico and Austria, an analysis by iPolitics has
found.
Don’t blame China for these
global economic jitters:
In truth the west failed to learn from the 2008 crash.
Any economic ‘recovery’ was built on asset bubbles.
Nearly $8 trillion wiped off
world stocks in January, US recession chances rising:
BAML: World stock market losses are approaching $8
trillion so far this year and investors last week poured
the most money into government bond funds in a year,
suggesting they fear the global economy could tip into
recession, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday.
Third world USA:
Flint brothers trek 2 miles every
day for water: The
little wheels on Jimmie Thompson's hand cart don't roll
very well through icy snow. But he pushes and pulls it 2
miles each day, picking up free gallon-sized water jugs
from a church and taking them home.
Officials confirm Legionella
bacteria found in Flint's McLaren Hospital's water
supply in 2014:
"After the City of Flint switched to the Flint River as
its water source in April of 2014, we noticed an
increase in the number of Legionella cases that were
coming to McLaren for treatment, as well as those being
reported across the county and at other hospitals,"
White people have least
confidence in the American Dream:
Three in four Americans now say that the “American
Dream” — broadly, the notion that through hard work and
determination every American can have a successful life
— is suffering
Michael Bloomberg may launch
independent U.S. presidential bid: source:
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New
York City, has told his aides to draw up plans for an
independent campaign for the U.S. presidency, according
to a source familiar with the situation.
Robert Reich: The Bernie skeptics
are wrong — here are 6 reasons why:
He *can* win in a national election, and he's not too
old. The former secretary of labor makes the case for
Sanders
Red baiting Bernie: Clinton
backers hint at... communist links to Sanders:
The Hillary Clinton campaign has returned to the
Democratic presidential candidate’s Goldwater roots by
using ‘Red scare’ tactics against her main rival,
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Hillary Clinton Laughs When Asked
if She Will Release Transcripts of Her Goldman Sachs
Speeches: Clinton has
recently been on the defensive about the speaking fees
she and her husband have collected. Those fees total
over $125 million since 2001.
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By Andre
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The
West pretends to fight those deep forces of
darkness. It uses powerful, “righteous”
language, which has clear bases in Christian
fundamentalist dogma.
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Airstrike in Syria kills 30,
including 13 children: Pro-rebel Monitor:
An airstrike in eastern Syria on Friday killed at least
30 civilians, including 13 children, a monitoring group
said.
Coalition airstrike death, injury
toll rises to 25;
Pentagon blames ISIS for human
shields: The latest figures released by US Central
Command say that 16 civilians have been killed and nine
more injured in US-led airstrikes against Islamic State
positions in Iraq and Syria.
Governments Are Killing More
Civilians Than They Care to Admit:
The United States and Russia both refuse to concede
their bombs are killing hundreds of innocent men, women
and children in the Middle East.
Shooting of Kurds waving white
flag caught on camera
(GRAPHIC VIDEO): An incident in which several civilians
with a white flag came under fire has been caught on
camera. The victims are reported to be Kurds in the town
of Cizre, where they were allegedly shot at by Turkish
troops.
Syrian government thanks Russia
for help capturing key town:
The Russian military on Friday took Moscow-based
reporters to see the town in Latakia province, which had
been out of government control for more than three
years.
US Defense Chief Says Coalition
Will Put Boots on the Ground in Syria, Iraq:
Carter said in an
interview with CNBC that there would be boots on the
ground as part of the strategy to fight Daesh in Iraq
and Syria.
Turkey 'closely watching' Russian
troop movements in Syria:
Observers have said that Russia, which has for years
been at loggerheads with Turkey over the Syrian
conflict, may want to refit the airport as a Russian
base, as happened in Hmeimim in Latakia province.
Qamishli lies just south of the Turkish border town of
Nusaybin.
Syria opposition rules out talks
before Russian air raids end:
The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition ruled out even
indirect negotiations with Damascus before steps
including a halt to Russian airstrikes, contradicting
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s insistence that
talks will begin next week.
Fact or fiction?
Iran 'foreign legion' leans on
Afghan Shia in Syria war:
Some 20,000 Afghan Shia fighters said to be fighting
alongside Iran to help save government of Syrian
President Assad.
German weapons reportedly resold
by Kurdish peshmerga fighters:
Assault rifles and pistols from German military stocks
have reportedly been resold by members of the Kurdish
peshmerga in northern Iraq. The fighters allegedly sold
them after not being paid for months.
Iraqi security forces kill 13
ISIS elements in eastern Ramadi:
“A force from the federal police had managed to attack a
number of ISIS shelters in the area of Husaibyah (7 km
east of Ramadi), resulting in the death of 13 elements
of the organization.”
Iraqi army forces advance into
Joabah, Sajariyah and Husaiybah areas east of Ramadi:
“The operation is going under aerial cover by the the
international coalition as well as the Iraqi Army
Aviation and the army’s artillery force.”
Yemen: 20 people killed: Footage
shows devastation as Saudi 'double tap' strike hits
rescuers: Video
reportedly shows bombs falling on rescuers at the scene
of an earlier air strike in Saada province, with at
least 20 people killed
Dozens Killed in Yemen Airstrikes
by Saudi-Led Coalition:
The Saudi-led military coalition carried out a series of
airstrikes across Yemen Friday, killing dozens and
striking an ambulance for a hospital supported by the
international medical charity Doctors Without Borders,
according Yemeni officials
Iran was moving towards producing
nukes, Kerry claims:
US Secretary of State John Kerry has once again accused
Iran of moving towards producing nuclear weapons before
Tehran reached a nuclear deal with P5+1 group of
countries.
Over 20 killed as security forces
end siege at restaurant in Somalia:
Somalia's security forces have
ended a siege at a beachfront restaurant in the capital,
with more than 20 people killed in the attack.
Tunisia declares nationwide
curfew as violent protests against unemployment and
poverty spread:
Tunisia is under a nationwide curfew after its biggest
anti-government protests since the country gave birth to
the Arab Spring five years ago.
Tunisia minister retracts promise
of 5,000 new jobs as curfew imposed:
Finance minister says 5,000 unemployed people will
receive training and help with CVs rather than new jobs
19 killed in military operations
in Afghanistan: Some
14 militants were also wounded and four others detained
during the raids conducted by Afghan army, police and
intelligence agency personnel within the last 24 hours,
the ministry said in a statement.
U.S. gives troops broader order
to strike Islamic State in Afghanistan:
McCain told a hearing on Thursday that the authorization
given by the White House was much needed and "many of us
may be interested to know that we confined our attacks
on ISIL to Iraq and Syria."
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least 44 refugees drown off Greek islands:
20 children among at least 44 people confirmed dead as
Angela Merkel set to meet Turkey's Ahmet Davutoglu to
discuss ongoing crisis.
Italian church groups open
refugee 'humanitarian corridor':
An Italian ecumenical mission is in Lebanon this week to
work out the final details of a pilot project to bring
up to 1,000 refugees to Italy on humanitarian visas so
they're not tempted to risk deadly sea crossings to get
to Europe.
Expert says $7 bln IMF loan makes
possible for Ukraine to stabilize currency exchange rate
: According to the
expert, the free trade zone agreement between Ukraine
and the European Union will lead to further decline of
currency earnings because of canceled duties on European
goods
At least 2 dead in Canada school
shooting – reports:
At least two people are dead as police in Canada respond
to a "serious incident" at a First Nation school in
Saskatchewan, according to local media. The suspect
behind the incident is also reportedly in custody.
Zika warning extended by US as
virus spreads: The US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
extended its travel warning to another eight countries
or territories that pose a risk of infection with Zika,
a mosquito-borne virus spreading through the Caribbean
and Latin America.
Blackstone CEO Surprised American
Voters Are Unhappy With Economy, Politics, Life:
Billionaire Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzmann apparently
finds the anger of voters both on the right and left
bewildering, according to a report from the
International Business T
What’s left in stores as the
winter storm moves closer?:
Some vegetables were nowhere in sight. Frozen beef was
scarce and items such as milk, orange juice, water, and
toilet paper were running low too.
The Scottish Left wants Trump off
its greens: Left-wing
alliance stages protest at Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire
golf course, "standing up to the rich and powerful".
In case you missed it:
Bernie Sanders Says He Will Not
End Drone Program If Elected President:
Sanders said that he wouldn't end the drone program but
would try to limit the number of innocent civilians
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