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The
Wrong Kind Of Victory
By Dmitry Orlov
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The US
defense establishment can be
considered victorious in one
sense only: it has conquered
and subdued the people of
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Israel Helped Plan Overthrow
Of Mohamed Morsi
By Seif al-Din Abdel-Fattah
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Israeli
Defence Minister Moshe
Ya’alon admitted, that the
overthrow of Mohamed Morsi
and the installation of
Egyptian President Abdel
Fatah Al-Sisi was planned,
in cooperation with generals
in the Egyptian and Gulf
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Hillary Clinton And The
Syrian Shoah
By Gilad Atzmon |
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Thanks to the
newly leaked Clinton email
archive we may have a
document that provides
confirmation that the Yinon
Plan was, de facto, an
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Dozens killed or
wounded in airstrikes on Syria's Raqqa:
Pro-rebel Observatory:
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights said that at least 39
people had been killed and dozens more
wounded in the raids on Raqqa.
Syrian troops
push toward Palmyra, with Russian
support:
Backed by Russian aircraft, Syrian
troops pushed Friday toward the historic
central town of Palmyray. Syria’s state
news agency SANA reported that scores of
IS fighters have been killed or wounded
in Syrian artillery fire near the town.
Iraqi forces kill
15 ISIS fighters during clashes west of
Ramadi:
“The security forces and tribal fighters
of Albu Nimir and Albu Mihl clans
conducted a tactical military
operation,” pointing out that,
“Confrontations and violent clashes
erupted between the clan fighters and
ISIS elements in the area of Jabba,
resulting in the killing of 15
IS jihadists kill
US marine in Iraq:
"Earlier today a US Marine providing
force protection fire support at a
recently established coalition fire base
near Makhmur in northern Iraq was killed
after coming under ISIL (IS) rocket
fire," a statement said.
At least six
civilians killed as Yemen rebels shell
Taez city:
“Hospitals received six bodies,
including two children, and 16 injured,
including women, by the Houthi
shelling," Hasan Izzi, director of the
health office in Taez,
UN Investigating
Saudi 'Crimes Against Humanity' in
Yemen:
The top U.N. human rights official said
his organization will investigate
possible Saudi-led coalition war crimes
and crimes against humanity in Yemen.
Istanbul shopping
area hit by suicide bomber:
A suicide bomb attack at a busy shopping
area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has
killed at least four people, officials
say. Another 36 were injured - 12
foreign nationals - as the bomb went off
near a government building on Istiklal
Street.
Palestinian
teenager is shot dead after stabbing an
Israeli border guard in the West Bank:
The guard received minor injuries in the
incident, which occurred today near a
disputed place of worship, before
another guard killed the assailant.
Appointment of
Israeli spokesman viewed as snub to US:
US-born David Keyes replaces Mark Regev,
who became familiar to English-language
audiences as the voice of the Netanyahu
government during Israel's repeated
attacks on Gaza. Regev will be Israel's
new ambassador to the UK.
Trump and Clinton
headline pro-Israel lobby conference:
Parts of the Jewish Republican
establishment may be warming to Trump.
Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino
magnate and pro-Israel political
financier, said he may be willing to
back his fellow businessman. "Why not?"
he reportedly said.
Bernie Sanders
turns down invitation to address AIPAC
confab:
Citing his campaign schedule, Bernie
Sanders said he would not address
AIPAC’s conference next week, making him
the only presidential candidate that
will not attend the large annual
pro-Israel gathering this year.
Nigeria: Army
kill 35 bandits, arrest 39 in North West:
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1
Division, Nigeria Army, Major Gen.
Adeniyi Oyebade, on Friday said no fewer
than 35 armed bandits have been killed
in the last two months in the North
West.Oyebade said 38 of the bandits were
arrested by soldiers and handed over to
the police for prosecution.
At least 13
Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai
attack:
At least 13 Egyptian policemen were
killed in the Sinai Peninsula when
Islamist militants fired a mortar round
at a security checkpoint in the city of
Arish, security and medical sources said
on Saturday.
Tunisian forces
kill 2 'terrorists' near border attack
town:
Tunisian authorities said two
"terrorists" were killed Saturday close
to the southern town of Ben Guerdane
near the border with Libya where
jihadists mounted a deadly assault
earlier this month.
Heavy gunfire in
Libya capital as rivals clash:
Heavy gunfire broke out in the Libyan
capital Tripoli on Saturday after two
rival armed groups clashed in the city
over the killing of one of their
fighters, a local security source and
witnesses said.
Pakistan: Four
terrorists among 6 suspects killed in
encounters:
Police on Saturday claimed to have shot
dead six suspects including four
terrorists of outlawed organisations
during separate encounters in different
areas. Ammunition, suicide jackets and
explosive material were recovered from
their possession.
Risk of nuclear
war in Europe growing, warns Russian
ex-minister:
"The risk of confrontation with the use
of nuclear weapons in Europe is higher
than in the 1980s," said Igor Ivanov,
Russia's foreign minister from 1998 to
2004 and now head of a Moscow-based
think-tank founded by the Russian
government.
How Russia Ruined
American Plans in Crimea:
All the financing of Maidan in Ukraine
was driven by one particular goal, for
which the U.S. State Department spared
neither suitcases with dollars, nor
cookies from Mrs. Nuland - Crimea
Paris attacks
suspect Salah Abdeslam appears before
Belgian judge:
Europe’s most wanted man, Salah Abdeslam,
has been released from hospital and
taken under heavy guard to appear before
a Belgian judge.
EU, Turkey seal
deal to return migrants, but is it
legal? Or doable?:
"I have no illusions that what we agreed
today will be accompanied by further
setbacks. There are big legal challenges
that we must now overcome," Merkel said
after the 28 EU leaders concluded the
deal with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu.
Italy rescues 910
boat migrants, finds one body:
On Saturday, the Italian coast guard
said it had rescued 378 migrants in two
separate operations and found one body.
Another 112 migrants were picked up by a
vessel operated for the European Union
border agency Frontex and another 420
people by a ship under the EU's EUNAVFOR
mission in the Mediterranean.
UK PM David
Cameron delays release of Iraq report as
EU referendum looms:
British Prime Minister David Cameron
will postpone publication of the Iraq
war inquiry report until after the
European Union referendum, leading to
accusations that he is deliberately
delaying controversial announcements.
The Government
announces decision to privatise all
state schools in England:
The Conservatives are set to force every
mainstream school in England to become
an academy, reports the BBC. When
schools become academies the property
deeds are handed over at no cost to
unaccountable academy chains.
Iain Duncan Smith
resigns:
The Grim Reaper is gone: In a career as
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
that has spanned six years, he has had a
long and illustrious reign of
disapproval, disdain, disgust,
disparagement and disregard for the most
vulnerable people in society
Next Financial
Crisis Could Overwhelm World's Defenses,
IMF Says:
A system-wide shock could overwhelm the
world’s crisis resources, which include
nations’ foreign-exchange reserves,
central-bank swap lines, regional funds
such as the euro area’s European
Stability Mechanism, and the IMF itself,
the lender said.
Brazil judge
halts Lula's appointment to cabinet
post:
A Supreme Court justice suspends
swearing-in of ex-president Lula amid
political crisis over corruption
allegations.
Governor Blocks
$2.85 Minimum Wage Increase After Giving
Staffers $73,405 Raises:
Republican Gov. Robert Bentley signed a
bill banning Alabama cities from raising
their minimum wages. News has emerged
that Bentley recently gave four of his
cabinet members $73,405 raises — an 80
percent increase from the $91,000
salaries they were making previously.
Merrick Garland
Often Deferred to Government in
Guantánamo Cases:
The judge’s vote was part of a pattern:
As one wartime detention case after
another has pitted state security powers
against individual rights, he has often
— though not always — deferred to the
government.
Arizona: Trump
protesters block streets in Fountain
Hills:
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies were
seen directing tow trucks to start
hauling the violators away. Earlier in
the morning, protesters were lining up
in Phoenix in advance of Donald Trump’s
appearance at a campaign event at the
Phoenix Convention Center.
Protesters clash
with SLC police outside Trump rally:
Video clips captured outside the Donald
Trump rally in Salt Lake City Friday
night shows protesters in a shoving
match with officers in riot gear. In the
video, the protesters can be heard
shouting "Trump Stinks!"
No, Donald Trump,
we are not giving Iran $150 billion for
'nothing':
Trump’s statement makes it sound like
we’re cutting Iran a $150 billion check.
In reality, the money is already Iran’s
to begin with, just frozen under the
many economic sanctions levied against
the country.
Meet The People
Behind Ted Cruz’s Terrifying Foreign
Policy Plan:
Frank Gaffney, who served in the
Department of Defense under President
Reagan, was named as a foreign policy
adviser for Cruz, has been described as
“one of America’s most notorious
Islamophobes” by the Southern Poverty
Law Center.
Who Is The Real
Ted Cruz?:
Cruz has been gorging at the table of
the ultimate insider of all insiders –
Goldman Sachs and Citibank .
Kasich's
Contradictory Foreign Policy:
“[I]t’s time that we punched the
Russians in the nose,” Kasich told radio
host Hugh Hewitt during a December
presidential debate. “They’ve gotten
away with too much in this world, and we
need to stand up against them . . . in
Eastern Europe where they threaten some
of our most precious allies.”
How ‘ghost
corporations’ are funding the 2016
election:
Corporations are on track to far exceed
the $86 million they gave to super PACs
in the entire 2012 presidential cycle,
when such donations totaled 10 percent
of the money raised by such groups,
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Russia Is Proud Of You
By Vladimir Putin |
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Our air
defence systems will be used
against any target that we
deem to be threatening
Russian service personnel. I
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How
Propaganda Feeds War on
Syria
By Rick Sterling |
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Western
propaganda against countries
targeted for “regime change”
can be especially insidious
because mainstream
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Saudi-led strikes
on Yemen market killed 119: UN:
Among those killed in Mastaba district
on Tuesday were 22 children, while
another 47 people were wounded, the
UNICEF children’s agency said.
78 ISIS members
killed during operation in Muhammadi
area in western Anbar:
– Media officials with the Ministry of
Defense announced on Thursday the
killing of 78 ISIS elements during the
liberation operation of the area of
al-Muhammadi in western Anbar.
Peshmerga forces
foil ISIS attack, kill 20 ISIS militants
in Kirkuk:
A security source in Kirkuk Province
revealed on Thursday, that the Peshmerga
forces repulsed an attack carried out by
the so-called ISIS northwest of the
province, while pointed out to the
killing of more than 20 ISIS members.
Five killed as
Iraqi plane 'shot out of sky by ISIS
extremists' in shocking footage:
The video showed a plane falling to the
ground amid cheers from insurgents,
while another clip showed the wreckage
of what is said to be the Iraqi plane
and human body parts scattered around
it.
Iraqi planes
throw leaflets on Mosul calling its
residents to be prepared for liberation:
A source in the Ministry of Interior
announced on Thursday, that planes
belonging to the Iraqi Air Force dropped
thousands of leaflets on the city of
Mosul (405 km north of Baghdad), while
pointed out that the leaflets called the
residents to be prepared for the
liberation of the city.
Russia breaks
official silence to honor soldier killed
in Syria:
By paying tribute to 27-year-old Fyodor
Zhuravlyov, Putin tacitly raised the
death toll for Russian servicemen in the
five-month Syria operation to five.
Russian officials previously only
acknowledged four deaths.
Islamic State
claims killing Russian soldiers at
Palmyra:
The jihadist group’s Aamaq News Agency
has claimed that five Russian soldiers
were executed in recent days.
Militant Kurds
claim Ankara bombing:
Kurdish militants Thursday claimed a
suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 37
people this week and warned of further
attacks, while Germany shut down its
diplomatic missions and schools in
Turkey.
Syria: Kurds
declare federal region in north:
"We feel that the world powers are using
us as a tool to push forward their
agendas. It is now our right to protect
ourselves. We do not support dividing
Syria, but we expect an equal and fair
outcome from the peace talks, and we
have not seen any."
Kurds federal
region move draws wide censure:
Washington, which has backed Kurdish
fighters with airstrikes on Daesh (ISIS)
targets, was displeased. Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov this week said a
federal system is one possible option if
the Syrian people agree to it.
Syrian moderate
rebel 'spymaster' slams CIA for
'ignoring' detailed intel on Isil since
2013:
Free Syrian Army agent says his agents
have been providing the US agency with
GPS positions of its leaders and
headquarters but the US has failed to
act
Two Palestinians
stab Israeli soldier and are shot dead:
military:
Two Palestinians stabbed and wounded an
Israeli soldier and were then shot and
killed on Thursday outside a Jewish
settlement in the occupied West Bank,
the military said.
Pentagon Denies
Clear Evidence Its Libya Strike Killed
Serbian Diplomats:
"Apparently, the Americans were not
aware that foreign citizens were being
kept there," Prime Minister Aleksander
Vucic said.
Egypt's Sisi
tells West to keep out of Libya:
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
has warned Western powers Libya could
spiral out of control if they try to
intervene militarily in the
conflict-wracked North African state.
Pakistan: Clashes
Kill 8 Militants, 2 Security Personnel:
Soldiers carried out a raid in the Tarel
valley, killing three militants involved
in attacks on tourists and security
forces. It says the exchange of fire
also killed two security personnel.
Syrian refugees
in Turkey are returning home:
As Europe becomes increasingly difficult
to enter, some Syrian refugees are
giving up on the dream of a peaceful
life in Europe and are returning back to
their war-ravaged home.
Europe may be
failing Syrian refugees, but Canada
shouldn’t boast yet:
Canada has met its self-imposed deadline
to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees.
Should we now pat ourselves on the back
for a job well done? Surely not, given
that there are still more than four
million Syrians seeking refuge
‘Chilling Effect’
of Mass Surveillance Is Silencing
Dissent Online, Study Says:
Thanks largely to whistleblower Edward
Snowden’s revelations in 2013, most
Americans now realize that the
intelligence community monitors and
archives all sorts of online behaviors
of both foreign nationals and US
citizens.
Crisis in Brazil
as Lula appointed chief of staff:
Protesters rally in front of
presidential palace and judge moves to
block appointment as pressure on
Rousseff grows.
Beyond Flint:
Excessive lead levels found in almost
2,000 water systems across all 50 states:
Tests for cities, rural subdivisions and
even schools and day cares serving water
to 6 million people have found excessive
and harmful levels of lead.
Watch - MI Gov.
And EPA Admin. Grilled Over Flint Water
Crisis:
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Trump threatens
violence at Republican National
Convention:
Donald Trump warned that there would be
violence at the Republican National
Convention if he fell short of a
majority of delegates and was denied the
party’s nomination. “I think you’d have
riots,” he said on CNN’s “New Day”
program Wednesday morning.
Who Is The Real
Heidi Nelson Cruz?
: Heidi is herself a
high-powered Bush insider, who served as
deputy to National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice before signing on as a
Deputy to U.S. Trade Representative
Robert Zoellick, neocon stalwart and
former Chairman of the Council on
Foreign Relations. Zoellick wired a
cushy job for Heidi when she landed at
Goldman Sachs as a partner
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The
Nuclear Near East!
By Thierry Meyssan
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While the
West was applying pressure
on Iran to abandon its
civilian nuclear programme,
the Saudis were buying the
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Nigeria mosque
bombers kill 22:
Two suspected female attackers blow
themselves up inside and outside a busy
mosque in northeastern Maiduguri city.
Kenya army: 19
extremists killed trying to mount
ambush:
Kenya's military says it
has killed 19 fighters from the Somali
extremist group al-Shabab who were
attempting to ambush Somali national
troops.
Is the U.S. Now
at War With the Shabab?:
A striking fact about post-9/11 life is
that Americans can wake up and discover
that they are already at war with yet
another Islamist group in yet another
part of the world — based not on
congressional debate but on an executive
branch decision that the group is
sufficiently linked to Al Qaeda.
U.S. military
restricts travel to West Africa, notes
recent attacks:
The Pentagon on Wednesday restricted
U.S. service members' travel to five
West African countries, citing recent
militant attacks in the region, U.S.
defense officials said.
ISIS landmines
kill, injure several Kurdish fighters in
Syria’s Shaddadi:
At least five Kurdish YPG fighters were
killed and 20 more wounded in the
explosion of land-mines that had been
planted by militants of the ISIS before
their departure from Shaddadi city in
Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province,
military sources reported on Tuesday.
ISIS Hangs Bodies
Of 4 Syrian Democratic Forces Fighters
In Al-Hasakah Governorate:
ISIS hung the bodies of the Syrian
Democratic Forces fighters in Al-Hasakah’s
village of Janah after they were killed
in clashes against the Sunni militant
group
Kurds want lands
they control in Syria to become
federation under Damascus - reports:
Kurdish-controlled autonomous areas in
northern Syria are expected to declare a
federal system. The conference to
declare the federation of three Western
Kurdistan enclaves will be in Rmelan.
Reports of abuse
against Kurds in Turkey must be
investigated – Lavrov:
Moscow says it is necessary to
investigate reports of massive human
rights abuse in south-eastern Turkey
against Kurdish nationals, the Russian
foreign minister said at a news
briefing.
President Erdogan
wants to change definition of
‘terrorist’ to include journalists and
politicians:
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has
claimed the definition of a terrorist
should be changed to include their
"supporters" - such as MPs, civil
activists and journalists.
Daesh lost a
fifth of its territory since 2015:
IHS Jane’s said the militants controlled
73,440 square kilometers of ground as of
Monday, an area equivalent to half the
size of England.
9 people killed,
wounded in bomb blast in Abu Ghraib
District in western Baghdad:
The source said in a statement obtained
by IraqiNews.com, “A bomb exploded, at
noon today, near a popular market in Abu
Ghraib District in western Baghdad,
killing two people and wounding seven
others,”
Saudi Arabia
'planning Nato-like military alliance of
Muslim states':
It is unclear whether the kingdom's
longstanding rival Iran will be welcome
in the group. Saudi Arabia has proposed
a “Nato-like” military alliance of
Islamic countries to combat terrorism,
it has been reported.
“Tyranny will
fall”: Son of executed Saudi dissident
al-Nimr shares his incredible story:
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with activist
Mohammed al-Nimr, whose father was
killed by Saudi Arabia for leading
protest
Putin tells
Rivlin: I'll meet with Netanyahu on
security issues:
Russian president welcomes Israeli
president to Moscow; 'We will never
forget the Russian nation and Red Army
for defeating the Nazis,' Rivlin tells
Putin.
How Most Aid to
the Palestinians Ends up in Israel's
Coffers:
A lack of
oversight means aid money is diverted
from its intended recipients.
Major Israel
Lobbying Group Under Fire From Jews For
Hosting Donald Trump:
A growing chorus of Jewish voices are
blasting a major Israel lobbying group
for inviting Republican presidential
frontrunner Donald Trump to speak at its
annual conference, arguing his
inflammatory rhetoric and sometimes
anti-Semitic supporters are out-of-step
with the values of Judaism.
Revised UC
intolerance proposal addresses
anti-Zionism:
The University of California revised a
proposed policy on intolerance to
include "anti-Zionism" and anti-Semitism
as forms of discrimination that won't be
tolerated on UC's 10 campuses, releasing
the long-anticipated draft statement
Tuesday to both praise and criticism.
At least 10
militants killed in army operation in
Afghanistan:
At least 10 militants were killed by the
Afghan National Army (ANA) during an
operation in eastern province of Kunar
in Afghanistan. One army personnel was
also killed and two injured during the
ongoing operation, the official said.
Manhunt continues
in Belgium after deadly raid:
Police identify man killed during
counterterrorism raid in Brussels and
warns of two suspects who are on the
run.
EU prepares to
scale back resettlement of Syrian
refugees:
The EU is preparing to scale back the
number of Syrian refugees offered
resettlement in Europe, as part of a
controversial pact being drawn up with
Turkey.
EU-Turkey migrant
deal hurdled as Cyprus & others slam
Ankara ‘blackmail’:
A European plan to ease refugee crisis
by sending migrants back to Turkey all
at once was in serious trouble after
Cyprus threatened to derail the deal
ahead of Thursday’s summit, and some EU
countries accused Ankara of
‘blackmailing’ Brussels.
Donetsk Blog:
Shelling Intensity Doubles - Conscripts
Forced to Front - Ukrainian Mutinies:
The Ukrainian military’s attempt at a
frontal attack between the capital of
the DPR and the second-largest city of
Gorlovka in the north has failed. Kiev
has therefore doubled the intensity of
shelling in order to bring maximum
damage to the infrastructure of the
Republic.
US State Dept
Pledges to Retain Sanctions Until Russia
Returns Crimea:
“We will not accept the redrawing of
borders by force in the 21st century.
Sanctions related to Crimea will remain
in place as long as the occupation
continues. We again call on Russia to
end that occupation and return Crimea to
Ukraine,”
UN report:
Denmark is happiest nation in the world:
Few complain about the high taxes as, in
return, they benefit from a health
system where everybody has free access
to a general practitioner and hospitals.
Taxes also pay for schools and
universities, and students are given
monthly grants for up to seven years.
Gerry Adams
refused entrance to White House St.
Patrick’s Day reception:
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was refused
entrance to the White House Irish
community St. Patrick’s reception last
night in a shock occurrence that left
Irish American leaders baffled.
Argentina shoots
& sinks Chinese trawler for alleged
illegal fishing (VIDEO):
Thirty-two sailors from a Chinese
trawler were dramatically rescued off
the coast of Argentina after the South
American country’s coast guard pursued
and sank 'Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010' for
allegedly fishing illegally.
Brazil president
names Lula chief of staff:
Dilma Rousseff's decision may help
former two-time president avoid possible
detention in expanding corruption probe.
Rifle found at El
Chapo hideout tied to Fast and Furious:
One of the guns that Mexican officials
say was found at the hideout of drug
lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera has
been found to be associated with Fast
and Furious, a failed “gun-walking”
operation, according to the Justice
Department.
Foreign
governments dump U.S. debt at record
rate:
Foreign governments are dumping U.S.
debt like never before.\
The Department of
Justice Throws Its Weight Behind Ending
the Jailing of the Poor for Unpaid Fines:
Today the ACLU challenged the jailing of
poor people if they could not pay the
entire amount of their outstanding court
fines and fees up front, in full, and in
cash.
Court: Inmate who
survived '09 execution can be put to
death:
The state can try again to put to death
a condemned killer whose 2009 execution
was called off after two hours during
which he cried in pain while receiving
18 needle sticks, the Ohio Supreme Court
said Wednesday.
Obama nominates
Garland to high court, challenging GOP:
Obama cast the 63-year-old Garland as "a
serious man and an exemplary judge"
deserving of a full hearing and a Senate
confirmation vote, despite Republican
vows to deny him both. Standing in the
White House Rose
No hearing for
Obama's Supreme Court nominee, McConnell
says:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) on Wednesday shot down the idea
of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland
getting a hearing. McConnell insisted in
a floor speech that the vacancy should
be filled by the next president.
Rubio’s Exit
Leaves Trump With an Open Path to 1,237
Delegates:
Donald J. Trump’s series of victories on
Tuesday extended his delegate lead and
forced Senator Marco Rubio of Florida
out of the presidential race. Mr.
Trump’s path to winning enough delegates
to secure the Republican nomination is
not assured, but he is in a strong
position.
Top conservatives
gather to plot third-party run against
Trump:
Three influential leaders of the
conservative movement have summoned
other top conservatives for a
closed-door meeting Thursday in
Washington, D.C., to talk about how to
stop Donald Trump and, should he become
the Republican nominee, how to run a
third-party “true conservative”
challenger in the fall.
Fox News cancels
GOP primary debate:
Fox News announced Wednesday that the
network has canceled the Republican
presidential primary debate scheduled
for Monday in Salt Lake City, after
first Donald Trump and then John Kasich
said they would not attend.
Trump Column
Appears To Have Plagiarized Chunks Of
Carson Op-ed:
Large swaths of text from an op-ed
penned by Republican frontrunner Donald
Trump appear to be pulled almost word
for word from a column written by Ben
Carson just days earlier for another
U.S. territorial newspaper.
‘What certainly
influenced me’ to support Iraq war,
Clinton says, was Bush’s billions of aid
to NYC -:
“Part of what certainly influenced me”
to support the Iraq war was George Bush
pledging billions to rebuild New York
after 9/11 a year before her vote,
Hillary Clinton said last night
Ku Klux Klan
Grand Dragon Endorses Hillary Clinton
for President:
He says he's retracting his endorsement
of Donald Trump.
Marco Rubio and
Hillary Clinton Accepted Prison Lobbyist
Donations:
Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio have
benefited from prison lobbyist money.
Clinton's campaign has received $133,246
while Rubio's campaign accepted $133,450
from the prison lobby.
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65 killed in
Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen:
At least 65 civilians were killed on
Tuesday in airstrikes carried out by
Saudi-led coalition aircrafts that hit a
crowded market in north of Sanaa.
U.S.-backed Saudi
coalition responsible for two-thirds of
civilian casualties in Yemen — U.N.
again confirms:
As the "humanitarian catastrophe" in
Yemen worsens and millions starve, Saudi
forces continue to kill civilians
Turkey's
military: 45 PKK rebels killed in air
strikes:
At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed
in Turkish air strikes against suspected
militant targets in northern Iraq
following the suicide car bombing in
Ankara, the military said Tuesday
4 people
reportedly killed in fresh clashes in
Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast:
A police officer and three militants
from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
have reportedly been killed in clashes
in the Turkish province of Diyarbakir.
Turks Eye US
Embassy’s Terror Warning, Issued Two
Days Before Ankara Attack, With
Suspicion:
Some people say the embassy's
pre-emptive warning proves the Turkish
government's incompetence. Others
suspect the U.S. government is in
cahoots with Kurdish militants.
Iraq: Kurdish
Peshmerga forces foil ISIS attack, kill
5 militants northwest of Kirkuk:
Kurdish Peshmerga forces managed to foil
an attack by ISIS militants on their
headquarters northwest of the province,
while pointed out to the killing of five
suicide bombers belonging to the ISIS.
5 Iraqi army
members killed, wounded by mortar shells
in soutern Baghdad:
A source in the Iraqi Ministry of
Interior announced on Tuesday, that ten
people, including 5 members of the Iraqi
army, had been either killed or wounded
by three mortar shells in southern
Baghdad.
Russian jets help
Syrian army advance near Palmyra:
Russian helicopters pounded ISIS
positions around the ancient city of
Palmyra Tuesday as Syrian troops pressed
a ground advance, Al-Manar and activists
said.
Russian warplanes
start leaving Syria on Putin's orders:
“The first group of Russian planes has
left the Khmeimim base and flew towards
their respective bases in Russia. The
formation is led by a Tu-154 and
includes Su-34 multipurpose bombers,”
the ministry said in a statement.
Syrian opposition
‘not against’ direct talks with Assad
government:
The Syrian opposition is ‘not against’
the idea of direct talks with President
Bashar Assad’s government, the spokesman
for the main opposition alliance has
said. Salim al-Muslat, spokesman for the
Saudi-backed High Negotiations
Committee, talked to journalists on
Tuesday
Kerry to visit
Russia, sees best chance to end Syria
war:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will
travel to Russia next week for what he
described as possibly the best
opportunity in years to end the civil
war in Syria after Moscow's announcement
of a partial withdrawal of its forces
from the country.
UN's Ban takes
aim at regional powers over Syria war:
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said
Tuesday that Syria's descent into war
could have been avoided if regional
powers had not used the conflict as a
battlefield to settle scores.
Obama Now Admits
It - US Intelligence Did NOT Say Assad
was Definitely Responsible for Chemical
Attack:
In the course of interviews with The
Atlantic Obama admits US intelligence
told him Assad's responsibility for
August 2013 Ghouta attack was not a
"slam dunk"
Israel seizes 234
hectares of land in West Bank:
Israel has grabbed one of the largest
Palestinian land plots in the occupied
West Bank, an Israeli watchdog has said
in a statement following the revelation
by the Israeli Army Radio.
UK could send
1,000 troops to international force in
Libya:
MPs: Western countries have agreed that
military action is needed to dislodge
the Islamic State group from Libya, but
world powers have said they want a
national unity government installed to
request help before formally
intervening.
Afghanistan:
Seven militants killed in Kunduz
province:
At least seven militants, including a
commander, have been killed and three
others wounded during an operation on
the outskirts of the capital of
northeastern Kunduz province, an
official said Tuesday.
Senior U.S.
general wants to start striking the
Taliban again:
A senior American general has proposed
resuming offensive strikes against the
Taliban, exposing a rift between the
military and senior administration
officials over the U.S. role in the war
in Afghanistan, according to military
officials.
Kim Jong Un says
will soon test nuclear warhead:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his
country would soon test a nuclear
warhead and ballistic missiles capable
of carrying nuclear warheads, the
North's KCNA news agency reported
Rapes committed
by U.S. troops stationed in Japan's
Okinawa in past two decades:
Here is a brief look back at the U.S.
troops' notorious rapes in Okinawa in
the past two decades:
Police kill
gunman in Brussels siege linked to Paris
attacks
: Belgian police on Tuesday killed a
gunman in a raid on a Brussels apartment
linked to Islamist militants involved in
November's Paris attacks, and two others
were on the run, state broadcaster RTBF
reported.
3 Brussels police
officers wounded during raid related to
Paris attacks:
Three Brussels police
officers were injured during an
anti-terror raid linked to the November
terror attacks in Paris, according to a
police official. Shots were fired at
police during the operation, and a
manhunt is currently underway for the
gunman.
Al-Qaeda
threatens France and allies after Ivory
Coast attack:
It warned that those nations involved in
the regional anti-insurgent Operation
Barkhane and the 2013 French-led
Operation Serval in Mali would "receive
a response", with their "criminal
leaders" and interests targeted,
according to the SITE group which
monitors extremist organisations.
Macedonian forces
beat refugees and gave them electric
shocks before driving them back to
Greece:
Al-Masri said the Macedonian army then
forced them into a military vehicle,
took them back to the Greek border and
smashed through the border fence before
sending them back to Greece.
Putin's Trump
Card: Russia May Outperform the West in
Unexpected Way:
Believe it or not, Russia has a unique
opportunity to beat the West at its own
game. And it's not about gas supplies or
oil extraction — it's about food
production.
A WHO report
finds that nearly 1 in 4 worldwide
deaths are due to an unhealthy
environment:
An unhealthy environment was responsible
for 12.6 million deaths in 2012, nearly
one in four worldwide, according to a
new report by the World Health
Organisation (WHO).
Facebook, Google
and WhatsApp plan to increase encryption
of user data:
Silicon Valley’s leading companies –
including Facebook, Google and Snapchat
– are working on their own increased
privacy technology as Apple fights the
US government over encryption.
Millions join
protests in Brazil demanding ouster of
Workers Party government:
Crowds estimated in the millions
demonstrated in cities across Brazil
Sunday demanding the ouster of the
Workers Party (Partido dos
Trabalhadores-PT) government and the
country’s President Dilma Rousseff.
There is a big
problem with the government's plan to
stop the drug-overdose epidemic:
Drug-overdose deaths reached a new high
in 2014, totaling 47,055 people. Opioids,
a type of powerful painkiller that
requires a prescription, were involved
in 60% of those deaths.
Retail Sales in
U.S. Decline After January Revised Down:
The decrease in purchases, which
included auto dealers, department stores
and furniture outlets, showed Americans
were salting away money saved at the gas
pump amid volatile financial markets.
Soros, Alarmed by
Trump, Pours Money into 2016 Race:
The billionaire has already spent or
pledged $13 million to help Hillary
Clinton and other Democrats this year.
Ben Carson: I
Didn’t Want To Endorse Trump, But He
Promised Me A Position:
Dr. Ben Carson, who endorsed Donald
Trump’s presidential candidacy on
Friday, appears less than enthusiastic
about that decision. And the real reason
the unsuccessful GOP presidential
hopeful endorsed his former rival could
be a violation of federal law.
Polling places
run out of Republican ballots:
Technical issues also plague several
Orange County locations
Trump breaks 50%
in national support for the first time:
Showing little sign of a "ceiling",
Donald Trump has only grown in support
with the exit of Ben Carson and Marco
Rubio's collapse
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Huge car bomb
kills 34 in Ankara:
State broadcaster TRT
said the car had exploded at a major
transport hub, hitting a bus carrying
some 20 people near the central Guven
Park and Kizilay Square.
Dramatic CCTV
footage of Ankara blast shows fire
raining down as people flee (VIDEO):
Shocking footage of Sunday’s explosion
in Ankara shows the blast ripping
through a busy street, sending flames
into crowds of people running for
safety. The bomb, reportedly detonated
by a female terrorist at a bus stop,
killed at least 37 people.
Turkey's Erdogan
wants to broaden definition of
terrorists to include supporters:
"It's not only the person who pulls the
trigger, but those who made that
possible who should also be defined as
terrorists, regardless of their title,"
adding this could be a journalist, an MP
or a civil society actor.
Erdogan's Turkey:
a disintegrating ally and imaginary
friend:
News analysis
Turkey’s strongman
president, and his neo-Islamist party
are fresh out of ideas about how to halt
what looks increasingly like a slide
into chaos.
Turkish warplanes
strike northern Iraq after Ankara
bombing blamed on Kurdish militants:
A female member of the outlawed PKK,
which has fought a three-decade
insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in
Turkey's southeast, was one of two
suspected perpetrators. A police source
said her severed hand had been found 300
meters from the blast site.
Turkey bombs
multiple PKK locations in northern Iraq,
67 killed
: The Turkish Air Force
has delivered airstrikes in at least
five locations on the territory of
neighboring Iraq, targeting strongholds
of the Kurdish militia, various media
reported.
ISIL attacks kill
47 Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi:
Suicide bombers hit Iraqi convoys
northwest of Anbar's provincial capital,
hours after ISIL attacked military
barracks.
ISIS executes 35
fighters for refusing to join combat
axes:
“ISIS executed 35 of its fighters, after
refusing to join the combat axes on the
outskirts of the city of Mosul.” “ISIS
carried out the execution by firing
squad in the forest.”
ISIS jihadists
pull out of several Iraq towns:
Officers:
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
fighters retreated from several western
Iraqi towns and towards the Syrian
border on Sunday (March 13) as security
forces worked their way up the Euphrates
Valley, officers said.
ISIS video shows
three 'spies' being beheaded by
terrorists on horseback in brutal
warning to 'collaborators'
: WARNING -
GRAPHIC CONTENT: This newly released
ISIS video shows the atrocious murder of
three men in Iraq as they warn 'spies'
of the consequences of defection
Syria: al-Qaeda
seizes bases and weapons from
Western-backed group:
The al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front seized
bases and weapons from a Western-backed
rebel group in overnight fighting in
northwestern Syria, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said on
Sunday.
US-backed Syrian
rebel division attacked & looted by
Al-Qaeda affiliate
: In what could be one of
the worst failures of the Pentagon’s
program to arm Syrian rebels, several
bases with American weapons, armored
vehicles and US-trained fighters were
plundered by Al-Nusra Front.
New group of
Syrian opposition formed at Hmeimim base
meeting — Russian diplomat:
A new Syrian opposition group has been
formed at a meeting at Russia’s Hmeimim
base and it may come to Geneva, Russian
Ambassador to the UN and other
international organizations in Geneva
Alexey Borovavkin told TASS on Monday.
IS terrorists
earn hundreds of millions of dollars in
drug trade — Russian official:
The annual profit of the Islamic State
terrorist group from drug trafficking
reaches several hundreds of millions of
dollars, the head of Russia’s federal
drug control service said in an
interview with TASS on Friday.
More than 80% of
Syria children harmed by war: UNICEF:
"Let's stop the suffering now, let's
ensure that they (Syria's children) have
a future, and they see that they have a
future," Salama told The Associated
Press. "We have an opportunity still to
save this generation."
Yemen:
Helicopters kill 18 in Aden as Yemen
govt targets militants:
Saudi-led helicopters attacked Al-Qaeda
militants in Aden overnight in an effort
to dislodge them from a stronghold in
the southern port city, killing at least
18, medics and a official said Sunday.
Three
Palestinians killed in West Bank attack:
Israeli occupation forces shot and
killed three Palestinians during alleged
attacks at the entrance of an illegal,
Israeli settlement as deadly violence in
the occupied territories continues
unabated.
Israeli attack in
Gaza Kills 6-Year-Old Girl and Her
10-Year-Old Brother:
A 6-year old Palestinian girl and her
10-year old brother were killed on
Saturday when they were struck by debris
after a missile launched by an Israeli
aircraft hit near their home in Gaza,
medical officials said.
Israeli forces
shoot, injure 14-year-old in chest
during Ramallah-area clashes:
Israeli forces on Sunday shot and
seriously injured a 14-year-old
Palestinian boy during clashes in
al-Mazraa al-Gharbiya village, northwest
of Ramallah in the central occupied West
Bank, medical sources told Ma'an.
Chief Rabbi Urges
Israeli Soldiers to Kill Palestinian
Assailants, Not Worry About Court or
Chief of Staff
: Israel's Sephardi chief rabbi said
Saturday that it was a religious
imperative to kill armed Palestinian
assailants, and urged soldiers not to be
concerned by the scrutiny of the High
Court or the army chief of staff on the
matter.
Iran says US
court order on 9/11 compensation
'ridiculous':
A New York court last week ordered
Tehran to pay $7.5 billion to victims of
the September 11, 2001 attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon --
and $3 billion to insurers over related
claims -- after ruling that Iran had
failed to prove that it did not help the
bombers.
Al Qaeda gunmen
kill 16 in Ivory Coast beach attack:
Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African
branch killed 16 people, including four
Europeans, at a beach resort town in
Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a
string of deadly attacks that have
confirmed the Islamists' growing reach
in West Africa.
Russia says Libya
military intervention needs UN approval
"We
know about the plans of military
involvement, including in the situation
in Libya. Our common view is that it
could be done only with the permission
of the UN Security Council," Lavrov said
after talks with his Tunisian
counterpart in Moscow.
At least 41
Taleban fighters killed by Afghan forces
in western Herat:
According to local media, the operation
was kicked off following the infighting
between two Taleban factions in Shindand
district.
12 IS militants
killed in premature blast in Afghanistan:
- About 12 militants of the Islamic
State (IS) group had been killed and 21
others wounded in an explosion in
Afghanistan's eastern province of
Nangarhar, said a military statement on
Monday.
Three refugees
drown in swollen river while trying to
enter Macedonia:
Border closure forces desperate refugees
trapped in Greek slum to attempt deadly
crossings
Former close aide
to Vladimir Putin who died in Washington
from 'blows to the head' may still be
alive:
US travel
records show Putin propaganda chief who
'died' in suspicious circumstances in
Washington hotel actually flew out of LA
40 days later, claims Kremlin
Irish ex-bank
chief extradited from US to face 33
charges:
A former top bank chief returned to
Ireland on Monday after being extradited
from the United States to face 33
charges over a financial collapse that
cost the Irish state 30 billion euros
($33 billion).
Combat Missiles
Heading to US Found in Passenger
Aircraft in Serbia;
Serbian media reported two combat
missiles, each 1.5m long were discovered
aboard the aircraft in Belgrade Nikola
Tesla airport. The missiles were
reportedly packaged in a wooden case and
provided with documents that listed
Portland, Oregon as its destination.
The Pentagon's
secret foreign aid budget:
The U.S. sends billions to foreign
militaries each year. What do we have to
show for it?
The Next Front in
the New Crypto Wars: WhatsApp:
The government is frustrated by its lack
of real-time access to messages
protected by the company’s end-to-end
encryption. The story may represent a
disturbing preview of the next front in
the FBI’s war against encryption.
Trudeau, Obama
Quietly Agree to Share Personal
Information on Citizens:
During Trudeau’s visit to Washington, DC
last week, the duo worked out a national
security deal wherein both countries
will share information on their citizens
who wish to travel across the border.
Watch: Pastor
Calls for Execution of Gays – Then
Introduces Ted Cruz at Conference:
Video - In November Senator Ted Cruz
appeared at the National Religious
Liberties Conference in Iowa, where he
courted the support of the conference’s
organizer, Colorado-based pastor and
radio host Kevin Swanson.
Why Is the Media
Ignoring Ted Cruz's Embrace of 'Kill the
Gays' Pastor?
Senator Ted Cruz, along with fellow GOP
presidential candidates Mike Huckabee
and Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal,
spoke at a conference in Des Moines
headed up by a man who advocates the
execution of gay people
Trump looks set
for big U.S. campaign wins on Tuesday:
He is trailed by Ted Cruz, a U.S.
senator from Texas, and could seize
control of the race with big wins in
Tuesday's voting in Ohio, Florida,
Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina.
Video shows
Kansas City police using pepper spray at
Donald Trump rally:
The Republican presidential
front-runner’s rally cames after a
threat of violence canceled a Chicago
rally Friday
Video - Trump
Supporter Who Punched Protester: 'Next
Time, We Might Have To Kill Him':
when asked why he punched the protester,
he said: "Number one, we don’t know if
he’s ISIS. We don’t know who he is, but
we know he’s not acting like an
American, cussing me... If he wants it
laid out, I laid it out."
Moveon.Org
raising funds from Trump protests, warns
more disruptions to come:
The group detailed its efforts in recent
months, highlighting ads it has run
against the real estate mogul and the
advocacy its done on behalf of refugees,
who it said are “under attack” from the
GOP, and the support it gave to Trump
protesters in Chicago.
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Clashes in
Yemen's Besieged City of Taiz Kill More
Than 50:
Clashes intensified on Friday between
Shiite rebels and local fighters in the
besieged city of Taiz, killing at least
45 fighters on both sides and six
civilians over the past 24 hours.
Fresh Blood! New
US Mercenaries Deployed to Fight Against
Rebels in Yemen:
New mercenaries of the US company
DynCorp have recently arrived in Yemen
to fight rebels in the country. They
should replace the mercenaries of the
company Blackwater, many of whom had
been killed in battle
Five civilians
killed in government raids on Syria's
Aleppo: Pro-rebel activists:
Syrian air strikes killed at least five
civilians in a rebel-held neighbourhood
of Aleppo city.
Syria: Key powers
'consider federal division':
UN envoy de Mistura says federalism
would have to be discussed at Geneva
talks, amid reports of push from major
powers.
Kremlin: Syria’s
territorial integrity is vital for
Russia:
Syria’s territorial integrity is “a
cornerstone” for the majority of
countries and mainly for Russia, saying
this matter is of critical importance
for the entire region. Peskov made it
clear that no one else other than the
Syrians can legitimately decide about
Syria’s future.
UN calls for
Syria elections in 18 months:
UN envoy de Mistura says vote should be
held by September 2017 as opposition
says it will attend March 14 peace
talks.
Iraqi girl killed
in ISIS chemical attack:
"She died of respiratory complications
and kidney failure ... caused by the
mustard agent used by Daesh (ISIS) in
Taza," said Masrour Aswad, of the Iraqi
Commission for Human Rights.
Sadr supporters
rally in Baghdad, press Abadi to form
new cabinet:
Tens of thousands of people rallied on
Friday in Baghdad, heeding a call from
Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to put
pressure on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
to proceed with his plan to form a
cabinet of independent, professional
ministers.
Hezbollah,
Lebanese Army hit militants on northeast
border:
Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army Friday
targeted militant positions on the
outskirts of a northeastern border town
with heavy artillery, one day after
fierce clashes left at least six people
dead in the same region.
US Court Orders
Iran to Pay $10.5 Billion to Sept. 11
Families, Insurers:
The judge said that Iran had given
active support to the terrorists who
brought down the towers and killed close
to 3,000 Americans in New York City,
Washington and Pennsylvania.
Saudi kills six
wanted for shooting soldier dead:
Saudi authorities on Friday killed six
men who shot dead their relative, a
Saudi soldier, in a video they posted
online after they pledged allegiance to
the leader of ISIS.
U.S. Secretary of
State Kerry meets King Salman in Saudi
Arabia:
After talks with the king, Kerry went
into a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed Bin Nayef, Defence Minister
Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister
Adel al-Jubeir, saying "I think we have
to talk about Syria" before journalists
were asked to leave the venue.
Saudis quit Arab
League meeting over pro-Hezbollah
remarks:
The Saudi delegation at the Arab League
walk out of a meeting of the body after
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
defended the country's volunteer forces
and Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance
movement, a report says.
Prince Nayef
himself requested France's Legion
d'Honneur: Report:
Causette published this week a series of
email exchanges between French officials
showing they accepted a request by the
Saudi prince to award him the
prestigious award earlier this month.
Israeli official
links Netanyahu's canceled U.S. trip to
defense aid hold-up:
A hold-up over a new U.S. defense
package for Israel was behind Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision
to forgo a meeting with President Barack
Obama in Washington this month, a senior
Israeli official said on Thursday.
Report: Abbas
Rejected New U.S. "Peace Initiative"
Presented by Biden:
The plan includes designating East
Jerusalem as the capital of a future
Palestinian state and halting settlement
construction for the recognition of
Israel as a Jewish state and giving up
the right of return.
Algeria army
recovers Stinger missiles from slain
extremists:
Algerian troops recovered six Stinger
shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles in
an operation near the Tunisian border in
which three suspected extremists were
killed, the defense ministry said
Friday.
South Sudan women
raped as payment for fighters: UN:
UN report says fighters allowed to rape
as a form of payment in conflict that
has fallen off the international radar.
Scores of Taliban
killed in infighting in western
Afghanistan:
Infighting between Taliban rival groups
in the western Herat province has
claimed scores of lives over the past
couple of days. According to the source,
some 80 fighters have been killed from
warring sides.
UK Furious After
Obama Trashes Closest Ally:
Britain's 'special relationship' with
the United States came under threat
today as a former Cabinet minister hit
back at Barack Obama after he savaged
David Cameron for leaving Libya a 's***
show' after intervening to oust Colonel
Gadaffi in 2011.
Tymoshenko:
Ukraine a ‘corruption conglomerate’:
Ukraine's vehement former prime
minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, says the
leaders who came to power following
2014's bloody upheavals are stifling the
country by tolerating corruption.
NATO announces
nomination of General Curtis M.
Scaparrotti as Supreme Allied Commander
Europe:
He will take up his appointment as
successor to General Philip M.
Breedlove, United States Air Force, at a
change of command ceremony at the
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers
Europe in Mons, Belgium, expected in the
spring of 2016.
"Blunt Force
Injuries To The Head" - Putin's
Multi-Millionaire, Media Mogul Was
Murdered
: "Blunt Force Injuries To The Head" -
Putin's Multi-Millionaire, Media Mogul
Was Murdered In A Luxury DC Hotel
Deceased former
Russian press minister may have been
attacked outside hotel - source:
Police are investigating whether former
Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin,
who was found dead in a Washington hotel
in November, was brutally assaulted
before he returned to the hotel, a U.S.
law enforcement source said on Friday.
FBI bugged
binders to spy on Russians in New York:
The FBI eavesdropped on the activities
of Russian spies in New York for months
with the help of tiny recorders planted
in binders purportedly containing trade
secrets, US court documents show.
Mexican Cartel's
Unusual Recruitment Ads Indicate
Expansion:
Experts say a recruitment drive by a
Mexican cartel using fliers to promise
drug dealers high wages and good
benefits reflects the expanding power of
the gang.
Almost 200 Zika
Cases Reported in the U.S.:
Health officials released the numbers
Thursday, and pleaded for Congress to
provide $1.9 billion to fight the virus
in Latin America and help prevent it
from spreading to the continental U.S.
Republican pres
candidates: Ground war with ISIS now!:
The four remaining Republican
presidential candidates clamored during
their latest debate to be considered
most likely to begin another massive
ground war in the Middle East, this time
in pursuit of an end to jihadist group
Islamic State.
Rubio's campaign
tells Ohio supporters to vote for Kasich:
“If you are a Republican primary voter
in Ohio and you want to defeat Donald
Trump, your best chance in Ohio is John
Kasich,” Alex Conant, Rubio’s
communications director, told CNN.
Trump and Rubio
clash over Islam 'hate':
Trump stands by comments on Islam,
saying the US has "a serious problem
with hate" from Muslims.
Ben Carson
endorses Donald Trump:
Ben Carson threw his
support behind Donald Trump Friday
morning, saying the two men had "buried
the hatche" and praising the Republican
Party's front-runner as a "the voice of
the people to be heard."
A NEW Republican
Candidate To Enter Presidential Race!?!:
It’s been confirmed that a major group
of Republican donors and insiders are
working hard to convince former
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (a
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The Russians
can declare that their
strategy is proving to be
successful, but there is a
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70 Nusra
Militants Killed in Syria:
Syrian troops on Thursday killed over 70
militants from the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra
Front in the country's central province
of Hama, state-run SANA news agency
reported.
Syria, Russia
strikes kill 20 ISIS militants in
Palmyra: activists:
At least 20 ISIS fighters were killed
Thursday in a wave of strikes by Syrian
and Russian warplanes targeting
extremist positions in the city of
Palmyra, a monitor said.
Insurgent
shelling of Aleppo kills 13
civilians:'Syria:
At least 13 civilians died and 40 were
wounded in artillery shelling by
terrorist groups at a northern
residential district of Aleppo in
northwestern Syria
“Moderate Rebels”
Use Yellow Phosphorus on Kurds in Aleppo:
Cameron’s “moderate rebels” – Saudi
supplied Wahhabi jihadists – have this
past 48 hours been bombing civilian
areas of Aleppo with yellow phosphorus
Soldier, 5
militants killed in clashes on northeast
Lebanon border:
A Lebanese soldier and five ISIS
militants were killed Thursday in
clashes on the outskirts of a
northeastern border town, a Lebanese
Army statement said
11 IS militants
killed in US-led coalition air strikes
in Iraq:
In a separate air strike, the
international warplanes late on
Wednesday night bombarded an IS
headquarters in Heet, leaving an IS
leader and four of his aides killed and
destroying large part of the building,
the source said.
Thousands
evacuated in Iraq as forces advance
against IS:
- Iraqi forces retook a town from the
Islamic State jihadist group in Anbar
province Thursday and evacuated 10,000
civilians as they advanced up the
Euphrates valley, a security spokesman
said.
Isis 'minister of
war' was wounded not killed in
airstrike, say activists:
Commander known as Omar the Chechen is
being treated near Raqqa, activists
report after US officials said he was
probably dead
Islamic State
defector brings 'goldmine' of details on
22,000 supporters:
A disillusioned former member of Islamic
State has passed a stolen memory stick
of documents identifying 22,000
supporters in over 50 countries to a
British journalist, a leak that could
help the West target Islamist fighters
planning attacks.
Turkey: Seven
Kurdish militants killed in clash in
southeast: sources:
Seven Kurdish militants were killed in a
gun battle in southeast Turkey's largest
city Diyarbakir Thursday, security
sources said, a day after security
forces declared an end to operations
there.
Israeli agent
killed by friendly fire after being
mistaken for Palestinian assailant:
An operative of the Israeli Shin Bet
security service was killed by friendly
fire during an operation on the border
with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after
being mistaken for a Palestinian
attacker
Biden said to
warn Netanyahu defense aid will be less
than expected:
Israel’s looking to increase ‘shopping
list’ to $5 billion annually
Clinton’s date to
pander at AIPAC leaves an opening for
Sanders, you’d think:
The Washington establishment IS the
Israel lobby. Millions are pouring into
Republican establishment candidate Marco
Rubio’s feckless campaign in an effort
to guarantee and preserve a
neoconservative foreign policy
Bernie Sanders
Promises “Level Playing Field” on
Israel-Palestine:
Sanders’ proposal to treat both sides
fairly makes him an outlier in the
presidential race. The only other
candidate to endorse such a position has
been Donald Trump
Iran's latest
missile test launches do not violate
nuclear deal, U.S. says:
The Obama administration labeled the
missile launches provocative, but said
the firings did not violate the terms of
last year’s nuclear deal between Iran
and world powers, including the United
States.
Iran executions
hit 20-year high in 2015, U.N.
investigator says:
Ahmed Shaheed, U.N. special rapporteur
on human rights in Iran, voiced
particular concern about executions for
crimes committed by children under 18.
This was "strictly and unequivocally
prohibited under international law".
MPs to
investigate use of British weapons by
Saudi Arabia in Yemen 'humanitarian
disaster':
The Committee on Arms Export Control
will probe whether export control rules
have been broken – after the United
Nations warned of a “humanitarian
disaster” and widespread attacks on
civilians in the assault.
South Sudan
troops suffocated 60 inside church
building: Amnesty:
-The deliberate suffocating of over 60
men and boys stuffed into a baking hot
shipping container in South Sudan is a
war crime, Amnesty International said
Friday.
Suspected IS
fighters kill 3 guards at Libya
checkpoint:
Libyan officials say suspected Islamic
State militants have killed three guards
in an attack on a checkpoint outside an
"operations room" set up last month to
fight IS.
Missing Clinton
E-Mail Claims Saudis Financed Benghazi
Attacks:
In March of 2013, a Romanian hacker
calling himself Guccifer hacked into the
AOL account of Sidney Blumenthal and
leaked to Russia Today four e-mails
containing intelligence on Libya that
Blumenthal sent to Hillary Clinton.
Obama
acknowledges his intervention in Libya
had been a “mistake”:
Obama said a number of American allies
in the Persian Gulf — as well as in
Europe — were “free riders,” eager to
drag the United States into grinding
sectarian conflicts
South African
peacekeeper killed in Darfur:
A South African peacekeeper has been
killed and another wounded in an ambush
on a military convoy in Sudan. The
convoy was escorting food aid trucks in
the western region of Darfur, South
Africa’s army spokesman has said.
Dozens killed in
clashes between rival Taliban factions
in Afghanistan:"
Up to 100 militants killed in Herat
during latest insurrection against
group’s leader, further complicating
peace efforts
N. Korea fires
missiles, plans to 'liquidate' S. Korean
assets:
North Korea fired two short-range
ballistic missiles into the sea on
Thursday in defiance of UN Security
Council resolutions, as South Korean and
US forces conducted massive war games.
Five dead,
including baby, in fresh refugee sinking
off Turkey:
At least five refugees, including a
baby, drowned late on March 9 as they
tried to sail from Turkey to Greece.
Austria says
Balkan refugee route to remain shut:
Minister says refugees should not be fed
false expectations, as thousands are
stuck in squalid conditions in Greek
camp.
Ai Weiwei: Europe
not giving refugees dignity or love:
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei
has decried Europe's treatment of
refugees, as he continues to document
the crisis faced by millions of people
fleeing war and persecution.
European Central
Bank reveals strong stimulus plan:
The ECB cuts main interest rate to zero
and unveils new measures aimed at
encouraging banks to increase lending.
European stocks
turn lower as ECB says more rate cuts
unlikely, banks up:
European shares turned lower on Thursday
after the European Central Bank
President Mario Draghi said more rate
cuts were unlikely, but bank shares rose
on plans for a new round of cheap
funding.
IMF issues new
warning on global economy:
In a major speech to the National
Association for Business Economics in
Washington on Tuesday, the first deputy
managing director of the IMF, David
Lipton, said that it was “most
disconcerting” that the rise in “risk
aversion” was leading to a “sharp
retrenchment in global capital and trade
flows.”
US credit card debt
balloons to $917B: What it means:
While rising debt issuance usually
points to a strong economy, danger could
be lurking ahead.
China blasts U.S.
'rape and murder' at U.N. Human Rights
Council:
"The U.S. is notorious for prison abuse
at Guantanamo prison, its gun violence
is rampant, racism is its deep-rooted
malaise," Chinese diplomat Fu Cong told
the Council, using unusually blunt
language.
Cruz, Rubio want
to send more prisoners to Guantanamo:
White House hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco
Rubio and 13 other Republican U.S.
senators on Thursday demanded that
Islamic State fighters be sent to the
Guantanamo Bay detention center, which
would boost its population as President
Barack Obama moves to close it.
Video: Black Man
Punched In Face At Trump Rally:
Jones, who says he and a group of
friends went to the rally as a “social
experiment,” told the Washington Post
that while he was handcuffed and
detained, the man who attacked him was
allowed to stay. “It’s happening at all
these rallies now and they’re letting it
ride,” he said. “The police jumped on me
like I was the one swinging.”
I was wrong about
Donald Trump:
Yes, he remains thin-skinned and easily
riled. But his fearlessness and brash
energy also seem necessary and rare
Jeb's brother
Neil Bush joins Ted Cruz team:
Neil Bush,
brother of Jeb and George W., is joining
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's national finance
team.
Clintons fury at
being asked during Democratic debate if
she will drop out if she is indicted
over emails:
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U.S.-Led
Coalition Kills over 1,000 Civilians in
Iraq and Syria: The
U.S.-led air campaign against the
Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria
has likely killed more than 1,000
civilians over the last 18 months,
according to figures released Wednesday
by a monitoring group.
Iraqi Security
Forces Kill 30 Daesh Militants in Anbar,
Diyala Provinces:
According to the ministry, 22 Daesh
militants have been killed in the city
of Haditha in the province of Anbar. The
Iraqi security forces have also managed
to capture a communication station of
Daesh militants in an area between
Ramadi and Samarra.
Daesh terrorists
kill six women in Iraq’s Nineveh:
Four Izadi women, who were held as
slaves by Daesh, were killed while
trying to escape from al-Hadar district
of the northern city of Mosul on
Tuesday.
Top ISIS leader
likely killed by US airstrike:
Red-bearded Al-Shishani, a senior aide
to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was
likely killed in a bombing last Friday
near the southern town of al-Shaddadi,
which American-backed forces from the
Syrian Arab Coalition seized from the
Islamic State last month, reports the
New York Post.
Top U.S. general
recommends more troops for Iraq and
Syria:
Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of U.S.
Central Command, pointed to the need for
"additional capability" to retake the
ISIS stronghold of Mosul in Iraq, as
well as Raqqa, Syria, the de facto
capital of ISIS's self-declared
caliphate.
Iraqi officials:
US captured top ISIS chemical arms
engineer:
U.S. special forces captured the head of
ISIS's unit trying to develop chemical
weapons in a raid last month in northern
Iraq, two senior Iraqi intelligence
officials told the Associated Press
Oil revenue
collapse means Isis reliant on Gulf
funds, inquiry hears:
Experts have told the committee the UK
government may be vastly over-estimating
the importance of oil revenue, and
underestimating the extent to which Isis
is reliant on foreign donors in the Gulf
or its manipulation of the Iraqi banking
system.
Military Review –
Syria:
Video - The Syrian Army supported
by the Russian warplanes continued an
advance against Al-Nusra and its allies
in the province of Latakia liberating
Jabal Zuwayqat. The nearby village of
Zuwayqat was also liberated.
Satire is dead
when France honors the theocratic Saudi
monarchy for “countering extremism and
fighting terrorism”:
E.U. and U.S. quietly admit Saudi Arabia
is largest supporter of Islamic
extremism, yet publicly pretend
otherwise
Yemen rebels and
Saudis agree border 'calm', swap
prisoners:
Yemen's Iran-backed rebels have freed a
Saudi soldier in return for seven
detained Yemenis as part of a
tribal-mediated border truce agreed by
both sides, the Riyadh-led coalition
said today.
Iran prepared to
send advisers to 'support' Yemen's
Houthis: Deputy head
of Iran's armed forces says country will
'help the Yemeni people' as it has done
in Syria
US criticizes
Saudi halt to Lebanon arms:
The oil-rich Gulf kingdom, until
recently Beirut's main source of funding
for arms, has cut off supplies in
protest at Hezbollah's influence there.
Netanyahu: Gulf
States' decision to blacklist Hezbollah
a sign of improving ties with Israel
:
Netanyahu pointed to changes in the Arab
world, which demonstrate that more
countries in the Middle East understand
that Israel is not their enemy and
stands with them in the fight against
Iran and Islamic State,
GOP Calls for New
Sanctions After Iran Missile Tests:
The U.S. should “up our game and impose
real, tough sanctions on Iran on their
ballistic missile program,” Ayotte said
during a Senate Armed Services Committee
hearing.
Biden says US
will ‘act’ if Iran missile tests
confirmed:
Vice president’s warning comes after
Iranian military test-fires weapons it
says are capable of reaching Israel
2 Palestinians
shot dead during firefight, bystander
wounded:
Israeli police shot dead two
Palestinians outside Jerusalem's Old
City on Wednesday morning after they
opened fire in the area -- continuing a
string of deadly encounters that shook
Israel and the occupied Palestinian
territories a day earlier.
16-year-old shot
dead after attempting stabbing outside
blockaded village:
- Israeli forces shot dead a 16-year-old
Palestinian boy after he attempted to
carry out a stabbing attack at a
military checkpoint outside the
blockaded village of al-Zawiya in Salfit
district on Wednesday morning.
10 killed in
border town as Tunisia forces clash with
militants:
Tunisian troops have killed 10 Islamist
militants around Ben Guerdan in an
operation to clear the town on the
Libyan border after at least 55 people
died in an ISIS attack on Monday.
US special forces
kill 10 Islamic extremists in Somalia:
U.S. forces were serving in an advisory
role and provided the helicopter
transportation for the mission, said
Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon
spokesman. The U.S. forces accompanied
the Somali troops on the mission, but
did not "go all the way to the
objective," he said.
Mogadishu car
bombing kills police officers:
Al-Shabab claims responsibility for
bombing of police station in Mogadishu,
killing at least three police officers.
Propaganda alert:
Pentagon Has Plan
to Cripple ISIS in Libya With Air
Barrage:
Airstrikes against as many as 30 to 40
targets in four areas of the country
would aim to deal a crippling blow to
the Islamic State’s most dangerous
affiliate outside of Iraq and Syria
Libya military
intervention may worsen situation-Italy
minister:
Italy warned on Wednesday that Western
military intervention in Libya could
worsen an already volatile situation in
which some 5,000 Islamic State (IS)
militants in the country are seeking
allies from local forces.
10 killed as
Taliban attack police headquarters in
Afghanistan’s Helmand:
At least three police officers were
killed along with seven attackers, said
Jabbar Karaman, a lawmaker appointed by
President Ashraf Ghani to investigate
the situation in Helmand
North Korea's Kim
says country has miniaturized nuclear
warheads:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the
country has miniaturized nuclear
warheads to mount on ballistic missiles
and ordered improvements in the power
and precision of its arsenal, state
media reported on Wednesday.
Refugees lose
hope as more countries shut borders:
Hungary extends nationwide state of
emergency as it deploys a further 1,500
police and army troops on Serbian
border.
The EU’s deal
with Turkey’s despot isn’t just shabby –
it’s terrifying:
The whole deal is a squalid mess.
'EU Ready to
Betray Greece as it Did Czechoslovakia
in 1938':
News analysis -
Brussels' scheme
to close the 'Balkan route' for illegal
immigration through Greece puts the
country in a difficult and humiliating
situation, comparable to the betrayal of
Czechoslovakia by Western powers in 1938
Don't Hold Your
Breath If Betting Brazil Impeachment Is
Near: Investors
betting that Brazil’s corruption scandal
will hasten President Dilma Rousseff’s
downfall and usher in a stronger leader
to pull Latin America’s largest economy
from recession may want to think again.
Snowden: FBI's
claim it can't unlock the San Bernardino
iPhone is 'bullshit':
NSA whistleblower rubbishes claims that
only Apple can unlock killer’s iPhone
5C, indicating FBI has the means itself
How new FBI
powers to look through NSA intercepts
will exacerbate mass incarceration:
The wall separating “foreign”
intelligence operations from domestic
criminal investigations has finally,
fully collapsed.
F-35: Trillion
Dollar Warplane’s Radar Doesn’t Work:
The financial sink hole known as the
F-35 continues to fail the most basic
flight and sensor tests. The warplane,
estimated to have a total cost around
$1.5 trillion, has already come up short
in simulated dogfights with the F-16.
Nearly one-third
of US food stamp recipients rely on food
pantries:
Nearly one-third of
US households on the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rely
on food pantries to supplement their
food budget, according to data
highlighted this week by the US
Department of Agriculture (USDA), which
administers SNAP.
Documents Reveal
US Army Indoctrinated Soldiers on
Dangers of ‘White Privilege’:
The 67th Signal Battalion at Fort
Gordon, Georgia, were subjected to a
“white privilege” briefing, including a
PowerPoint presentation instructing the
attendees: “Our society attaches
privilege to being white and male and
heterosexual …”
Noam Chomsky:
2016 Election Puts US at Risk of "Utter
Disaster": It cannot
be overlooked that we have arrived to a
unique moment in human history. For the
first time, decisions have to be made
right now that will literally determine
the prospects for decent human survival,
and not in the distant future.
Big Tech Bosses
Meet in Secret on Private Island to Stop
Donald Trump:
According to the Huffington Post, the
tech elite in attendance includes Apple
CEO Tim Cook, Google co-founder Larry
Page, the creator of Napster and
Facebook investor Sean Parker, as well
as billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of
Tesla Motors.
Bernie Sanders
beats Hillary Clinton in stunning
Michigan primary upset:
Vermont senator had trailed in polls by
more than 20 points but opposition to
free trade and growing African American
support won votes in rust-belt state
Big Pharma's big
donations to 2016 presidential
candidates:
Their biggest recipient? Clinton. She
collected $336,416 in donations, over a
third of the total contributions during
the 2016 presidential campaign.
Company that Paid
Hillary Clinton $335K for Speech Slapped
With SEC Bribery Suit:
The Securities and Exchange Commission,
claims the corporation repeatedly bribed
foreign political officials to promote
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Isis air strikes:
Civilian death toll from western bombing
'set to reach 1,000 within days':
The revelation comes as David Cameron
faces mounting pressure to honour his
pledge to update Parliament on the
impact of Britain’s military
contribution to the war.
Clashes broke out
between tribe in Fallujah and ISIS after
executing 50 civilians:
The statement added, “The clashes broke
out due to the execution of 50 people
belonging to the tribe who were
previously arrested by ISIS.”
SIS attack kills,
wounds 7 people west of Karbala:
The member of Karbala Provincial Council
Mahfouz al-Tamimi announced on Tuesday,
that 7 people were either killed or
wounded in an attack launched by ISIS
west of the province.
Airstrike hits
Syrian market, killing ‘at least 19’:
The death toll from the airstrike on a
market selling diesel in rebel-held
Idlib Province was likely to rise.
U.S. Regime, Sets
Up Air Base in North Hasakah:
Splitting the Political and Territorial
Integrity of Syria:
PKK announces
killing 26 Turkish soldiers near Iraqi
borders:
“Today the fighters of Kurdistan Workers
Party repulsed a massive attack carried
out by the Turkish army on Julmirk and
Oormar areas near the Iraqi-Turkish
borders,” pointing out that, “The
clashes resulted in the killing of 26
Turkish soldiers.”
Turkey kills 114
people in Kurdish town:
Anadolu Agency says the military
concluded a 20-day operation in the
mostly Kurdish town of Idil on Tuesday.
It said however, that a curfew on the
town will remain until further notice.
One Killed in
Turkey by ISIS Fire from Syria: Reports:
One person was killed and at least two
wounded Tuesday when eight rockets fired
from a terrorist-controlled area of
Syrian territory slammed into the
Turkish border town of Kilis, reports
said.
Turkish Cihan
news agency ‘seized’ by government
: The
Turkish government has reportedly taken
control of another news agency. It comes
days after the seizure of the popular
opposition newspaper Zaman.
3 Palestinians
shot dead after multiple attacks kill
Israeli, wound 12:
Three Palestinians were shot dead after
they allegedly carried out separate
attacks in Israel and occupied East
Jerusalem, killing one Israeli and
wounding at least 12 others, on Tuesday
afternoon and evening.
UN: Israel
demolishing Palestinian buildings at
'alarming' rate:
Israel is razing Palestinian homes and
other buildings constructed with
international aid at an "alarming" rate,
the UN said Tuesday, with more
demolitions so far this year than in all
of 2015.
Nearly half of
Jewish Israelis want to expel Arabs,
survey shows:
Nearly half of Jewish Israelis agree
that Arabs should be expelled or
transferred from Israel, and a solid
majority (79 percent) maintain that Jews
in Israel should be given preferential
treatment, according to a Pew Research
Center in Israel survey published on
Tuesday.
Netanyahu cancels
Obama meet;
'We were surprised to first learn via
media reports that the Prime Minister,
rather than accept our invitation, opted
to cancel his visit,' angry White House
says, after sources at PM's bureau
claimed no appropriate time for meeting
was found ahead of AIPAC confab.
Biden arrives in
Israel to talk billions in military aid
: The
White House and Israeli defense
establishment have been having
high-level, closely guarded talks for
months over the amount the United States
will give Israel for military hardware
and under what terms.
Iran
Revolutionary Guards conduct ballistic
missile test:
"Our main enemies are imposing new
sanctions on Iran to weaken our missile
capabilities… But they should know that
the children of the Iranian nation in
the Revolutionary Guards and other armed
forces refuse to bow to their excessive
demands,"
Tunisia: Death
toll up to 55 in clashes near Libyan
border:
50 gunmen - most of them Tunisians -
took part to the attack. Only four out
of the 36 attackers killed have been
formerly identified. Essid did not give
more details about the attackers’
background but said some came from
Libya.
Somalia's al-Shabab:
Toll of US air strikes exaggerated:
Al-Shabab spokesman tells Al Jazeera
"the Americans are dreaming" after US
claims a raid killed 150 fighters.
35 miitants
killed in military operations in
Afghanistan:
The statement also
confirmed the loss of 10 army personnel
as a result of separate attacks across
the country over the same period.
21 "militants"
killed in NW Pakistan:
At least 21 "rebels" were killed in
fresh air strikes when Pakistani fighter
jets pounded militant hideouts in Shawal
Valley, a mountainous area in North
Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.
UN warns EU
refugee plan may break law:
The UN refugee agency said on Tuesday
that the European Union’s “quick fix”
deal to send back refugees en masse to
Turkey would contravene their right to
protection under European and
international law.
EU-Turkey deal
could see Syrian refugees back in war
zones, says UN:
A senior UN official says he is very
concerned that a hasty EU deal with
Turkey could leave Syrian refugees
unprotected and at risk of being sent
back to a war zone.
Chinese exports
plunge 25% in February:
Chinese exports have seen their sharpest
drop in almost seven years, adding to
concerns over the health of the world's
second largest economy. The weak data
comes on the heels of Beijing
registering the slowest economic growth
in 25 years.
'Gathering storm'
for global economy as markets lose faith:
The Bank of International Settlements
warns that trouble has been brewing ‘a
long time’ but central bank options are
dwindling
Venezuelan
Opposition Launches Campaign to Oust
Nicolas Maduro:
The plan includes street protests for
his immediate resignation along with
plans to hold a presidential recall
referendum and to change the
constitution so that there are immediate
elections.
Can the
government force you to unlock your own
phone?:
As the fifth amendment says, no person
shall be compelled to be a witness
against him or herself. But technology
muddies the waters
Michael Bloomberg
decides against joining US presidential
race:
Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of
New York, has said he will not join the
US presidential race for fear it would
enable a victory by Republicans Donald
Trump or Ted Cruz.
57% of Ted Cruz's
Campaign Is Financed by Fossil Fuel
Industry:
Finding a single Republican candidate
from the past that has not taken money
from the oil and gas industries is
difficult. However, Ted Cruz is probably
one of the industry's most promising
investments.
Poll: Trump leads
GOP race nationally but with weaker hold
on the party:
A bare majority (51 percent) of
Republicans or Republican-leaning
independents say they would be satisfied
with the New York billionaire as their
nominee, a noticeably smaller percentage
than for Cruz (65 percent) or Rubio (62
percent), with Kasich in between at 56
percent.
Mexico will not
pay for Donald Trump’s wall:
The Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto
says his country will not pay for Donald
Trump’s proposed wall along the
US-Mexico border – and likened the
Republican candidate to Hitler and
Mussolini.
Watch: Muslim Man
Ejected from Trump Rally in Style:
An Asian American was escorted from a
Donald Trump rally in Warren, Michigan
after repeatedly shouting that, "Not all
Mexicans are rapists, not all Muslims
are terrorists."
Every Scenario
Ends With Hillary Clinton Winning The
Election:
The civil war in the Republican Party is
ripping it to shreds, and as a result of
all this warfare every plausible
scenario for what will happen the rest
of the way ends with Hillary Clinton
winning the 2016 election.
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