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By Joe Lauria |
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The U.S.
government defined events in
Ukraine as a “pro-democracy”
revolution battling “Russian
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Whistleblower Needed
A
Need to Clear Up Clinton
Questions
By Ray McGovern |
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As the
Democrats glumly line up for
Hillary Clinton’s belated
coronation, the risk remains
of potential criminal
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Syria: 73 killed
as rebels capture village near Aleppo:
An alliance of Islamist militants, Jaish
al-Fatah, launched the attack to seize
Khan Touman village, located 15 km north
of the city.
Russia says truce
extended for 72 hours in Aleppo, Latakia:
- Russia's defense ministry said a
"regime of calm" truce in the northern
Syrian city of Aleppo and parts of
Latakia province had been extended "for
72 hours beginning at 1 a.m. on
Saturday" (1700 ET on Friday), Syrian
state news agency SANA reported.
20 alledged ISIS
members killed in coalition air strike
south of Mosul:
“The international coalition aviation
conducted an aerial strike on a
gathering for ISIS elements in the the
village of al-Ju’wana in the district of
Makhmour (80 km south of Mosul),
resulting in the death of 20 ISIS
elements,”
Turkish warplanes
destroy sites for PKK militants north of
Iraq-:
“Earlier today, Turkish warplanes
attacked and destroyed targets for the
PKK [militants] north of Iraq,” adding
that, “The air raids destructed shelters
and defensive positions belonging to the
PKK militants.”
Turkey's Erdogan
takes tough EU line after PM quits:
Turkey's president has told the EU it
will not change its anti-terror laws in
return for visa-free travel. "We'll go
our way, you go yours," Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said.
Bomb attack kills
seven in Yemeni city Marib: police;
It was not clear who planted the device
which went off around midday in the
heart of a crowded market where the
narcotic leaf qat is sold, they said.
U.S. Troops
Return to Yemen in Battle Against Al
Qaeda, Pentagon Says:
The Pentagon said Friday that it sent a
small number of U.S. special operations
forces back to Yemen to provide training
and assistance to an Arab coalition to
fight al Qaeda militants in the
fractured country.
Former U.S.
Diplomats Decry the U.S.-Backed Saudi
War in Yemen:
The United States has forcefully backed
the Saudi-led war. In addition to
sharing intelligence, the U.S. has sold
tens of billions of dollars in munitions
to the Saudis since the war began.
Islamic Jihad:
'If Israel harms the residents of Gaza,
we'll respond in kind.':
Islamic Jihad has commented on the woman
who was killed from a shelling in Khan
Yunis: "The harm of innocent residents
is a serious escalation that Israel is
responsible for. We warn Israel not to
damage the residents, or this will cause
us to respond in kind."
Israel enlists US
Homeland Security to gag its own
citizens online:
Op-Ed: In this modern world, we are all
accustomed to a certain amount of our
data being used by official agencies to
know more about us. But for bloggers and
activists in Israel, it gets a bit more
dangerous than that.
Libya: Five
killed in attacks:
ISLAMIC State militants staged attacks
on Thursday between their Libyan
stronghold of Sirte and the city of
Misrata, killing five people, officials
said.
Shelling kills
four at rally in Libya's Benghazi:
source:
At least four people were
killed and more than 20 wounded in the
Libyan city of Benghazi Friday when
shells were fired at a rally in support
of forces allied with the country's
eastern government, a medical source
said.
ISIL advances in
Libya's Misrata:
Key crossroads and villages seized by
ISIL along southern coast, prompting
deployment of militiamen to counter
assaults.
Most UK forces in
Libya 'would be there for protection':
British military staff drawing up plans
for deployment in Libya are working on
the basis that only a third of the UK
troops would be engaged in training and
the rest would be needed for force
protection, according to a defence
source.
Islamic State
expanding its activities into Libya,
Afghanistan, Europe - Russian UN envoy:
According to the Russian diplomat,
increased activities of Islamic State
militants give grounds to doubt the
efficiency of the U.S.-led anti-Islamic
State coalition.
2 militants
killed in Afghanistan's Helmand
province:
At least militants were killed and three
others wounded after Special Operation
Forces of the Afghan National Army (ANA)
conducted a raid in southern Helmand
province targeting a prison run by the
Taliban insurgents.
Singapore,
Australia expand military cooperation in
$1.7 billion deal:
Singapore will have enhanced and
expanded military training access in
Australia over a period of 25 years. The
two will strengthen intelligence and
information sharing, such as in
counter-terrorism, the city-state's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a
statement on Friday.
NATO Ratchets Up
Missile Defense Despite Russian
Criticism:
NATO’s European missile defense system
will go live on Thursday when a base in
Romania becomes operational. The next
day, Poland is scheduled to break ground
on its NATO missile-defense base.
U.S. Ships Tanks
To Georgia For Military Drills:
Ahead of the tanks' arrival, a
delegation of U.S. officers including
the top army officer in Europe General
Ben Hodges, visited Batumi to prepare.
"We are here to look at port in Batumi
to understand what is required to move
equipment, how fast we can move
equipment.
Russia
strengthens permanent naval presence in
Mediterranean Sea:
A patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea
Fleet set off for a journey to the
Mediterranean Sea to enlarge the group
of the Russian Navy in the region,
representative of the Black Sea Fleet of
the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav
Trukhachev said.
World’s 1st para-drop
air defense complex to protect Russian
forces:
An air-droppable missile defense complex
is being developed for Russia’s airborne
forces to ensure that after landing,
troops have the means to secure the
skies and prevent inbound airstrikes.
The system will be the first operating
version of its kind in the world.
Cameron DELAYED
Iraq probe to avoid embarrassing pro-EU
Tony Blair, Tory MP claims:
Former minister of State for Europe
David Davis accused David Cameron of
delaying the publication of Sir John
Chilcot's Iraq inquiry to save Blair's
reputation before the vote on June 23.
EU official Tusk:
Idea of one European nation is
'illusion':
"Today we have to admit that this dream
of one European state with one common
interest, with one vision...one European
nation, this was an illusion," Tusk
said. The former Polish prime minister
said the EU is facing a "really risky
and tricky" moment.
Greece hit by
3-day strike over pension, tax increase:
Workers kick off the 48-hour strike to
protest new austerity measures in Athens
and as a result, garbage collection to
public transport services were closed on
Friday.
London has its
first Muslim mayor:
Sadiq Khan was declared the first Muslim
Mayor of London tonight after
comfortably defeating Tory rival Zac
Goldsmith. In a glimmer of light for
Jeremy Corbyn from an otherwise dire set
of election results, emerging results at
City Hall made it clear there was no
route to victory for Mr Goldsmith.
Labour suspends
Jewish activist over “African holocaust”
post:
A picture emerges of a leading
pro-Israeli government organization
trawling through the social media posts
of Labour Party activists to brand ideas
anti-Semitic when they are clearly not,”
Guatemala's
Imprisoned Ex-President Allegedly
Received Millions in Bribes:
The new corruption case relates to a
$255 million contract awarded to a
Barcelona-based company for the
construction and operation of a
container terminal at the country's
biggest port — Puerto Quetzal — on the
Pacific coast.
Venezuela state
opposition leader killed:
German Mavares, the state head of the
New Time party (UNT), is the latest in a
string of state and local politicians
killed in Venezuela – though it is often
difficult to establish whether the
killings are politically motivated or
simply random violence
Many Americans
Renounce Citizenship, Even Before
President Trump:
It seems crazy to call it the ‘New
Normal’, but once again, record numbers
of Americans are renouncing citizenship.
Every three months, the Treasury
Department publicly names individuals
who renounced.
Two New
Anti-Trump Attack Ads Launched by
Hillary Clinton
: Video - On May 4, 2016,
the Hillary for America campaign
launches two "briefing" videos showing
-- why Donald J. Trump, the presumptive
presidential nominee of the Republican
Party, is unfit to be President of the
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Syria : Air
strike on refugee camp 'kills dozens':
The Local Co-ordination Committees, an
opposition activist network, said some
30 people had been killed and dozens
more wounded in the attack there.
Twin bombings
kill 10 civilians in central Syria:
monitor:
State television reported that at least
six people were killed and 28 seriously
wounded in the suicide attack and car
bombing in a square in Mukharram al-Fawqani
in Homs province.
IS seizes full
control of gas field in Syria:
The Islamic State (IS) on Thursday
seized full control of al-Shaer gas
field, located east of the central
Syrian province of Homs, after three
days of fighting against government
forces.
Russia's Lavrov:
'Assad Is Not an Ally for Us':
"Assad is not an ally for us. Yes, we
support him in the fight against terror
and in preserving the Syrian state," he
told RIA in an interview. "But he is not
an ally in the sense Turkey is an ally
for the United States."
U.S., allies
agree to do more to combat Islamic State:
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made
the comment following talks in Germany
with defense ministers and
representatives from 11 other nations
participating in the alliance.
17 civilians
killed by US bombing in northern Iraq
: At least 17 civilians, including 12
children and three women, were killed in
a US bombing in northern Iraq's Tal Afar
city in the early hours of Thursday,
Xinhua quoted Al Jazeera's Arabic
channel as saying.
Bomb kills five
in graveyard
: A bomb went off in a
graveyard south of Baghdad Thursday,
killing five people among a group of
mourners at a burial, Iraq’s interior
ministry spokesman said.
25 ISIS fighters
executed:
Kurdistan Democratic Party in Nineveh
Province revealed on Thursday, that the
so-called ISIS executed 25 of its
members on charges of escaping from the
battles in Tel Skuf north of Mosul
Video appears to
show battle that left Navy SEAL dead:
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles
Keating died Wednesday from an apparent
sniper shot to his side, sustained as
his quick reaction team rushed into a
gunfight with Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) militants whose early
morning attack on a northern Iraqi town
took another unit of elite American
troops by surprise.
Why are Canadian
troops in Iraq wearing Kurdish flag?:
Critics say flags that represent
autonomous Kurdish region may run
counter to Canada’s stated mission in
country.
10 Iranian
soldiers killed near Iraq border:
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Mohamed
Salih, a member of the Democratic Party
of Iranian Kurdistan, said that fierce
clashes had broken out between Iranian
soldiers and Kurdish militants in the
city of Sardasht in western Iran on
Tuesday.
Saudi forces kill
suspected ISIL fighters near Mecca:
Security forces kill four men suspected
of belonging to ISIL in a gun battle in
Wadi Noman, near the holy city of Mecca.
Palestinian woman
killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza:
A Palestinian woman was killed when
Israeli tank shells hit her home east of
Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip
on Thursday, the southern city’s Nasser
hospital said.
The bloody
consequences of US hypocrisy are on full
display in Yemen:
Op-Ed: The US seems to be rationalizing
its role in the conflict by arguing the
weapons deals will be good for the
American economy and will help maintain
our longtime relationship with Saudi
Arabia
British arms are
fuelling Yemen’s cruel war:
The toll on ordinary people has been
immense and has contributed to creating
one of the world’s worst humanitarian
crises where on average six children a
day are killed or injured.
Turkey's PM Ahmet
Davutoglu steps down:
Ahmet Davutoglu to leave post after what
is reported as a falling out with
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey opposition
dubs PM resignation ‘palace coup’:
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition has
slammed the ouster of Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu as a “palace coup” aimed
at consolidating the president’s power.
Nigerian army
kills 20 bandits:
The Nigerian army on Wednesday killed 20
armed bandits, who have been terrorising
the people of Dansadu in Zamfara state
in northern Nigeria.
Suicide bomb
attacks Libyan town:
- An IS-affiliated suicide bomb attack
on Thursday hit a check point in the
town of Abu-Gren, nearly 110 km south of
Misrata, killing and wounding several
security guards, a security source told
Xinhua.
'Too busy'
Cameron won't show for Libya ‘sh*t-show’
war inquiry:
Prime Minister David Cameron told the
committee holding an inquiry into his
2011 Libyan campaign that he is too busy
to answer questions before the panel.
Egypt’s Interior
Ministry, in Error, Releases Memos on
Restricting News Media:
Egypt’s Interior Ministry, already under
fire over accusations of police
brutality and other abuses, heaped new
woes onto itself on Tuesday when its
press office published, apparently by
accident, confidential guidelines that
aim to counter a growing tide of news
media criticism.
China is building
its first overseas military base in
Djibouti — right next to a key US one:
US troops sweating away in Djibouti will
soon be seeing a lot more of their
counterparts from a great economic and
military rival: China.
Five Killed In
Roadside Bombing In Afghanistan:
Police said a van carrying civilians hit
the roadside bomb in the morning on May
4.
Russia to boost
military force if Sweden allies with
NATO - senator:
Russia will reply to Sweden’s entry into
NATO by increasing the numbers of its
military forces, in particular on its
northern and northwestern frontiers, the
deputy head of the upper house Committee
for Defense and Security says.
Spain issues
arrest warrants for Russian officials
close to Putin:
A Spanish national court judge is
seeking to arrest 12 people allegedly
linked to Russian gangsters operating in
Spain. They include Vladislav Reznik, a
prominent MP for Putin’s ruling United
Russia party, and Reznik’s wife Diana
Gindin.
London mayor may
be Labour's lone bright spot in local
elections:
Labour candidate Sadiq Khan looked set
on Thursday to become the first Muslim
elected mayor of London, loosening the
ruling Conservatives' hold on Britain's
financial center after a campaign marred
by charges of anti-Semitism and
extremism.
Where did the
Greek bailout money go?:
This paper provides a descriptive
analysis of where the Greek bailout
money went since 2010 and finds that,
contrary to widely held beliefs, less
than €10 billion or a fraction of less
than 5% of the overall programme went to
the Greek fiscal budget.
Millions face
refusal to fly to US after passport
debacle
: They have been hit by
changes to American border controls
introduced after December’s San
Bernardino shootings which claimed 14
lives.
ISIS Has Ability
to Execute Paris-Style Terrorist
Assaults in U.S., Clapper Says:
Similar to ISIS’ coordinated blasts
abroad, Clapper told CNN in an interview
published Wednesday that jihadists have
the ability to use terrorist cells
throughout the U.S. to perpetrate
“dozens of casualties.”
Deployed Army
captain sues Obama over ISIS fight:
An Army captain deployed to Kuwait has
sued President Obama because he believes
the war against the Islamic State terror
group is illegal, reigniting a
long-simmering issue between the
president and Congress.
NSA and CIA
Double Their Warrantless Searches on
Americans in Two Years:
Many privacy activists, as well as
lawmakers including Sen. Ron Wyden,
D-Ore., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.,
describe this practice as a “backdoor”
search because it’s a way to gather
evidence on Americans without getting
court approval.
Illegal immigrant
numbers skyrocket at Mexican border:
The surge of illegal immigration quickly
swamped border authorities, immigration
courts and health and humanitarian
workers, while sparking a political
battle on Capitol Hill over the cause
and proper response to the crisis.
N.J.
anti-terrorism plan aims to spot those
vulnerable to being radicalized:
The FBI is enlisting teams of community
leaders, clergy, social workers and
mental health professionals to counsel
troubled people who voice support for
terrorism in a program that could begin
in New Jersey this year, officials said.
L.A. sees another
sharp rise in homelessness and outdoor
tents
: Homelessness increased
in the last year in the city and county
of Los Angeles, leaving nearly 47,000
people in the streets and shelters
Clinton’s Email
Security Procedures Won’t Be Released
Until After the Election:
The State Department says it won’t
release any documents relating to
Hillary Clinton’s email security
procedures and protocol until after the
November presidential election.
Hillary's Secret
Weapon: Op-Ed:
We know that the FBI is getting closer
to Hillary Clinton. The defense he
offered belies the facts and the law.
Romanian hacker
Guccifer: I breached Clinton server, 'it
was easy':
The hacker subsequently claimed he was
able to access the server – and provided
extensive details about how he did it
and what he found – over the course of a
half-hour jailhouse interview and a
series of recorded phone calls with Fox
News.
War criminals:
Former Republican
presidents will not endorse Trump:
Former US presidents George H W Bush and
George W Bush will not endorse Donald
Trump's candidacy for president, aides
have told local media.
Donald Trump’s
Latest Abortion Comments Will Make Your
Head Spin:
Donald Trump now claims his
controversial suggestion that women
should be punished for having an
abortion “was an unbelievable academic
answer.”
Trump Says He’ll
Try to Raise $1 Billion With Republican
Party: NBC:
Donald Trump says his campaign will
“probably” work with the Republican
National Committee in the general
election to raise enough money to defeat
possible Democratic nominee Hillary
Clinton,
America now has
nearly 5 PR people for every reporter:
15 years ago, there were two PR people
for every reporter in the country. Now
there are 4.8 PR people for every
reporter. |
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The
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By Elizabeth Warren |
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Donald Trump
is now the leader of the
Republican Party. It's real
– he is one step away from
the White House. Here's what
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Iraqi security
forces foil ISIS attack north of Baiji,
60 extremists killed:
“The Anti-Terrorism forces backed by the
Iraqi Air Force foiled ISIS attempt to
penetrate the thermal energy area north
of Baiji.”
Islamic State
believed making, using chemical weapons
in Iraq, Syria:
There are “extremely worrying” signs
that the Islamic State group may be
making its own chemical weapons and may
have used them already in Iraq and
Syria, a global watchdog said Tuesday.
Britain could
send hundreds more troops to Iraq:
Britain is considering sending hundreds
more military trainers and engineers to
Iraq after America called for more UK
help to battle Islamic State militants.
Intense battle in
Syria's Aleppo kills dozens, air strikes
force rebel retreat:
Dozens of people were killed in an
intense day-long battle between Syrian
rebels and government forces in western
Aleppo that continued intermittently on
Wednesday, with rebels saying they were
forced to retreat by heavy aerial
bombing.
Russia and US
reach agreement on extending ceasefire
to Aleppo:
US officials have said a deal has been
reached with Russia on extending the
Syria truce to Aleppo. Meanwhile,
clashes persist on the ground in Syria,
as Berlin hosts the latest efforts to
negotiate a ceasefire.
US seeks to
shield Nusra Front from airstrikes:
Russia:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
says the United States is attempting to
include positions held by
al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front
terrorists in a regime of calm in the
northwestern Aleppo Province during
Washington’s talks with Moscow on the
issue.
Kerry warns
Syria's Assad of 'repercussions' if
truce, transition fail:
"If Assad does not adhere to this, there
will clearly be repercussions, and one
of them may be the total destruction of
the ceasefire and then go back to war,"
Kerry told reporters a day after
emergency meetings in Geneva.
Turkey may
dispatch troops to Syria if necessary:
Davutoglu
"We are ready to take all measures that
we need, both inside Turkey and outside,
to provide for our own security,"
Davutoglu said, adding, "If it becomes
necessary, then we will send the ground
forces."
Turkish strikes
in Syria kill 13 alledged Daesh
terrorists:
The strikes by artillery and armed
aerial drones followed rocket attacks
launched from Daesh-controlled territory
in Syria on Turkey's southern Kilis
province Tuesday.
Turkey: 7 killed
in attack
: Kurdistan Workers Party
(PKK) militants armed with rocket
launchers and rifles attacked a military
outpost in southeast Turkey, triggering
a clash in which two Turkish soldiers
and five PKK fighters were killed, the
military said on Tuesday.
‘Yemen war
crimes’: BAE evicts anti-Saudi
protesters from shareholder AGM:
BAE Systems evicted two shareholders
from its AGM on Wednesday when they
protested the firm’s sale of arms to
Saudi Arabia, which they claim were used
to commit war crimes against innocent
Yemeni civilians.
UK arms sales to
Saudi threaten its Yemen aid efforts -
lawmakers:
Britain's efforts to tackle Yemen's
massive humanitarian crisis risk being
seriously undermined by its
multi-billion dollar arms sales to
neighbouring Saudi Arabia, a group of UK
lawmakers said on Wednesday.
Trump: Israel
should keep building (illegal) West Bank
settlements:
"I think Israel, they really have to
keep going, they have to keep moving
forward," Trump told the Daily Mail in a
story published Tuesday. "I don't think
there should be a pause.
Michael Chabon
blasts Israeli occupation of Palestine:
Prominent Jewish-American author Michael
Chabon says the Israeli oppression of
Palestinians is worse than the apartheid
system in South Africa.
Rebels kill at
least 17 civilians in eastern Congo:
The attacks were carried out by the
Allied Democratic Forces, which has
origins in neighboring Uganda and has
staged many attacks in the area. The
rebel group is one of many operating in
eastern Congo.
18 Taliban
militants killed in Afghanistan:
At least 18 Taliban militants have been
killed in Kandahar province of
Afghanistan over the past four days, a
security official said on Wednesday.
Unpredictable
Trump could swing either way on China:
If Trump really captures the White
House, what will it mean? This scenario
is becoming increasingly serious.
Russia warns of
retaliation as NATO plans more
deployments in Eastern Europe:
Russia will reinforce its western and
southern flanks with three new divisions
by the year-end, officials said on
Wednesday, threatening retaliation to
NATO's plans to boost its military
presence in eastern members Poland and
the Baltic States.
EU backs Turkey
visa deal, but says conditions must be
met:
The change could take effect from July,
but first it requires approval by the
European Parliament and member states.
Clashes, tear gas
as police evict 277 asylum seekers from
Paris high school (PHOTOS, VIDEOS):
Police in Paris have deployed tear gas
against demonstrators and refugees who
protested the authorities’ decision to
evict at least 277 asylum seekers who
had been living in a high school under
renovation for about two weeks.
Greece rules out
"what if" austerity measures sought by
IMF:
Greece will not approve contingency
savings measures that the International
Monetary Fund is demanding in case the
country does not meet budget targets set
out by bailout lenders, an official said
Wednesday.
Scientists smash
record for human embryos grown in the
lab:
Human embryo survives outside the womb
for 13 days – about twice the previous
record – heralding a new dawn in
scientists' understanding of how life
begins but triggering a fresh ethical
debate
Venezuela
Denounces US Denial of Visas to
Diplomats:
"I am obliged to report that we have
been denied visas to attend multilateral
international events," said the foreign
minister by telephone to local TV
channel VTV. Rodriguez accused the U.S.
of violating international law and the
Convention on Consular Relations.
Nurse who refused
to force feed at Guantanamo back to duty:
The nurse
is working as a nurse at a Navy medical
facility in New England, said the
lawyer, Ronald Meister. He declined to
provide the officer's name or his duty
station.
Officer tasers
shackled NC inmate, leaves him for dead
(VIDEO):
Footage has emerged that purports to
show a North Carolina inmate being tased
three times by an officer, despite the
man being in shackles. The incident
killed the inmate and his death was
ruled a homicide – but no one has been
punished for the crime.
Donald Trump
becomes presumptive Republican nominee:
Path clear for controversial billionaire
as main rival Ted Cruz bows out of race
for US presidential nomination.
Ted Cruz’s Speech
on Dropping Out of the Presidential Race:
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz dropped out of the
presidential race after losing the
crucial Indiana primary. Here is a
transcript of the speeches he and
running mate Carly Fiorina gave at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Indianapolis
Tuesday night.
No one should
feel sorry for Ted Cruz:
His humiliating defeat is exactly what
he deserved: Op-Ed: Sure, Trump is a
menace and a con artist, but a potential
Cruz administration would have been a
nightmare
John Kasich to
drop out:
Kasich's decision came after he
improbably became the last challenger to
Donald Trump, who emerged as the
presumptive GOP nominee Tuesday night
when Ted Cruz dropped out.
Over Half of
Americans Now Believe the Voting System
Is Rigged:
Between the Donald Trump phenomenon,
Sanders supporters claiming voter fraud
after what seems like every single state
election and candidates in rivaling
parties both publicly stating that the
system is rigged, one thing is clear,
there is something very strange
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Why
Russia Resents Us
By Patrick Buchanan |
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Did we not
ourselves slap aside the
hand of Russian friendship,
when proffered, when we
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Iraq: 120 ISIS
militants killed in Tel Skuf battles:
“Today, Peshmerga forces managed to kill
120 ISIS fighters in the battles taking
place in Tel Skuf City north of Mosul,”
adding that, “The Kurdish elite forces
began attacking ISIS fighters to retake
the areas seized by the organization in
the District.”
20 ISIS members
killed by coalition airstrike in
northern Ramadi:
“The international
coalition aviation, based on security
information, targeted three vehicles
carrying ISIS leaders and destructed a
headquarters gathering senior leaders in
Albu Ali Jassim area in northern Ramadi,
killing 20 ISIS members, including
prominent leaders.”
US Navy SEAL
killed by ISIS during intense Iraq
firefight:
Islamic State fighters shot and killed a
Navy SEAL during an "extremely heavy,
extremely intense" firefight with U.S.
forces and Kurdish Peshmerga troops in
northern Iraq Tuesday
When Is a Boot on
the Ground Not a Boot on the Ground?:
Op-Ed:
No one disputes that U.S. military
forces are fighting in combat in Iraq
and Syria -- except maybe President
Barack Obama and some members of his
administration.
Conditions in
Iraq detention centre 'shocking':
Amnesty:
The Iraqi authorities are holding often
innocent "terror" suspects in dire
conditions across the country and have
no ability to process cases, Amnesty
International said on Monday.
Free speech in
Iraq suffers after closure of Al Jazeera,
says HRW:
The decision of Iraq’s Communications
and Media Commission to shut down Al
Jazeera’s Baghdad bureau is “nothing but
an effort to clamp down on freedom of
expression,” said Human Rights Watch in
a statement published Monday.
Dozens of Kurdish
militants killed in air strikes,
clashes: Turkish military:
At least 42 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
militants were killed in air strikes and
clashes on Monday and Tuesday and three
soldiers died, the Turkish military said
on Tuesday.
Turkey parliament
mayhem : Video
- Turkey parliament mayhem : Scuffles
break out between members of Turkey's
ruling AK Party and pro-Kurdish
opposition party during a discussion on
whether to remove politicians' immunity.
'Dozens killed'
in rebel rocket attack on hospital in
Syria:
The latest airstrike comes days after an
attack on a clinic in a rebel-held part
of Aleppo killed 27 medical staff and
patients, including Dr Muhammad Maaz,
one of the last paediatricians in the
area.
Renewed Fighting
Kills Some Two Dozen in Aleppo, Syria:
Renewed fighting between the Syrian
goverment forces and rebel groups killed
some two dozen people in the Syrian city
of Aleppo on Tuesday amid a flurry of
diplomatic efforts to try to renew the
cease-fire there.
Cessation of
hostilities in Aleppo to be announced in
coming hours - Lavrov:
According to UN special envoy Staffan de
Mistura, the stalled Syria peace talks
could be resumed if an Aleppo ceasefire
is agreed. He added that there is now a
possibility to relaunch the ceasefire by
extending local truces.
US forces arrive
in southern Yemen: Report:
Yemen’s al-Masirah television channel on
Sunday quoted Tom Bawman, the National
Public Radio’s Pentagon reporter, as
saying that the troops had arrived in
Yemen on April 25.
The American
Jewish scholar behind Labour’s
‘antisemitism’ scandal breaks his
silence:
Norman G. Finkelstein talks Naz Shah MP,
Ken Livingstone, and the Labour
‘antisemitism’ controversy.
Taliban commander
among 7 killed during clash with Afghan
police in Zabul:
Afghan police fight Taliban in ZabulAt
least seven Taliban insurgents were
killed including a commander of the
group during a gun battle with the
Afghan police forces in southern Zabul
province.
US Tells Pakistan
It Will Have To Fund F-16s Itself:
The United States has told Pakistan it
will have to finance the purchase of US
F-16 fighter jets itself after members
of the US Congress objected to the use
of government funds to pay for them.
Pakistan: Will
buy F-16s from others if US fails to
deliver:
Pakistan on Tuesday said it would buy
F-16 jets from other countries if the US
failed to provide agreed funds, amid
reports that the State Department
expressed inability to fund the USD 700
million deal with American tax payers'
money.
Over 100 Killed
In Migrant Shipwrecks Between Libya And
Italy Over Weekend:
The more dangerous crossing to Europe
has become increasingly popular after
Europe closed its land borders and sent
people back from Greece.
The Bill & Tony
Show: Clinton & Blair to join forces to
battle Brexit
: Two of the Anglosphere’s most intimate
political bedfellows, former US
President Bill Clinton and Britain’s
ex-PM Tony Blair, will combine to fight
against a possible British exit from the
European Union.
Obama invokes
Beijing threat in defense of TPP trade
deal
: The rules of trade in the Asia-Pacific
must be written by America, not China,
US President Barack Obama has argued in
an opinion article that called for a
swift ratification of the controversial
TPP free trade deal.
Drones will stay
in the air for weeks, track whole
populations – Snowden
: Solar-powered drones will stay in the
air for weeks tracking the movements not
just of individuals, but whole
populations, Edward Snowden, NSA
whistleblower, wrote in an article
published Tuesday.
Brazil's WhatsApp
ban affects 100 million users:
Court orders 72-hour shutdown of
messaging service but reasons remain
unknown due to legal secrecy in an
ongoing case.
Panama prepares
to transfer some 3,000 U.S.-bound Cuban
migrants to Mexico:
Panama has started to conduct a census
of U.S.-bound Cuban migrants stranded in
that country and will soon be sending
them to Mexico, where they can resume
the journey north.
Trump Says U.S.
Should Shoot Barrel-Rolling Russian
Planes “At A Certain Point”:
“At a certain point, when that sucker
comes by you, you gotta shoot,” Trump
said of Russian planes barrel-rolling
over U.S. Air Force planes.
Cruz: Trump is an
'utterly amoral' bully, narcissist,
pathological liar:
Video - Ted Cruz laid into Donald Trump
with his most personal and toughest
criticism since the GOP presidential
campaign began, calling him a
"pathological liar" on Tuesday who
doesn't understand the difference
between the truth and lies.
The Beginning Of
The End For Cruz? Here Are Five Things
To Watch For In Indiana Today:
Today's primary in the Hoosier State
could prove to be the last stand for Ted
Cruz and John Kasich, as The Donald
looks to deliver the final knockout blow
to the two challengers.
Clinton Again
Refuses To Release Wall St Speech
Transcripts:
Video - Laughs At Sanders Claim To Still
Be Contesting Nomination
Keeping Wall
Street Speeches Secret Speaks Volumes
About Hillary Clinton:
It’s been roughly three months since
Hillary Clinton promised, to “look into”
releasing the transcripts of her paid
speeches to Goldman Sachs and other Wall
Street investment houses.
Detroit resumes
water shutoffs that could impact 20,000
customers:
The Detroit Water and Sewerage
Department announced it will begin
turning off water service for as many as
20,000 of its customers who are behind
on paying their bills. The shutoffs
resume after a stoppage in mid-November.
Teachers'
'sickout' shuts Detroit public schools
again:
Nearly all Detroit public schools were
closed for a second straight day on
Tuesday as teachers called in sick to
protest news the cash-strapped school
system will run out of money to pay
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Turkey and
U.S.-led coalition pound ISIS in Syria,
killing 63:
Four drones were deployed by coalition
forces from Turkey air base
Fresh raids in
Syria's Aleppo despite bids to halt
fighting:
Several neighbourhoods, including the
heavily populated Bustan al-Qasr
district, were hit. It was not clear if
Monday's raids on the rebel area were
conducted by Syrian or Russian jets.
State Dept clowns
caught in a lie once again, this time by
the Defense Department (Video):
How dare the internationally recognized
legal government of Syria try to stop a
barbaric western-backed Islamic
insurgency on its own territory?
US-backed
"moderate rebels" shell Aleppo
residential areas and hospital
: Video -
Iraq: Coalition
warplanes kill 15 “terrorists” north of
Ramadi:
The commander of Anbar Operations
Command, Maj. Gen, Ismail al-Mahalawi,
announced on Monday the killing of 15
ISIS elements during an aerial bombing
by the international coalition north of
the city of Ramadi.
15 ISIS fighters
killed, west of Fallujah:
Maj. Gen. Ismail Mahlawi said in a press
statement, “Today the security forces
carried out a large-scale military
operation targeting ISIS gatherings in
al-Falahat area (18 km west of Falluja),
killing 15 ISIS members and injuring ten
others,
Baghdad car bomb
kills at least 13 Shia pilgrims:
Attack targets pilgrims in Iraqi capital
commemorating anniversary of Imam Musa
al-Kadhim's death.
Norway to send 60
soldiers to train Syrians fighting ISIS:
The soldiers belonging to the Norwegian
special forces would conduct the
training in Jordan, Prime Minister Erna
Solberg said at a press conference in
Oslo.
45 insurgents
killed in Afghanistan operation:
In Afghanistan, 45 insurgents including
a Taliban-designated governor and his
deputy have been killed during an
operation in Shah Wali Kot district of
Kandahar province.
US military
whitewashes attack on Afghan hospital:
Op-Ed: The report blamed the deaths on
“human errors compounded by process and
equipment failures.” None of those
involved will face a court marshal or
criminal charges.
Second refugee at
Australian detention centre in Nauru
sets herself on fire:
The young woman, believed to be Somalian,
has severe burns and is being treated in
a hospital on the island
US Navy boss:
Russian jets should stop buzzing US
planes, ship:
"I don't think the Russians are trying
to provoke an incident. I think they're
trying to send a signal," he said. "I
think it's pretty clear that they are
wanting to let us know that they see
that we are up there in the Baltic."
Labour suspends
three councillors over Israel comments:
Nottingham councillor Ilyas Aziz and
ex-Blackburn mayor Salim Mulla are both
said to have shared a post which
suggested the state of Israel should be
relocated to the US.
Why a British
Fight Over Israel and Anti-Semitism
Matters to the Rest of Us: Op-Ed:
Is all criticism of Israel's policies,
and even its right to exist, racist?
Leaked TTIP
documents cast doubt on EU-US trade
deal:
Greenpeace says internal documents show
US attempts to lower or circumvent EU
protection for environment and public
health
Puerto Rico to
default on debt payment after talks fail:
Puerto Rico has halted a $422m (£289m)
debt payment due on Monday after talks
to ease the US territory's crisis ended
without a deal. Governor Alejandro
Garcia Padilla said in a televised
speech he had issued an executive order
suspending payments.
First US cruise
ship in nearly 40 years arrives in Cuba:"
Adonia's docking in Havana harbour marks
start of commercial travel between the
two neighbours after years of animosity.
Saudi minister
confirms warning on proposed US law on
9/11:
Saudi Arabia has warned the United
States that a proposed U.S. law that
could hold the kingdom responsible for
any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
would erode global investor confidence
in America, its foreign minister said
Monday.
FBI gets warrant
to force woman to unlock iPhone with
fingerprint:
A federal judge has signed a warrant to
compel a woman to unlock her iPhone’s
fingerprint security mechanism. While
the Fifth Amendment would prevent a
person from having to give their
passcode, biometric methods are not
similarly protected.
Trump 41%,
Clinton 39%:
A new Rasmussen Reports
national telephone survey of Likely U.S.
Voters finds Trump with 41% support to
Clinton’s 39%. Fifteen percent (15%)
prefer some other candidate, and five
percent (5%) are undecided. |
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38 Killed, 86
Others Injured in ISIS Twin Car Bomb
Blasts in Samawa in Iraq:
A police official said the first
explosion took place around midday
Sunday near government offices in the
center of Samawa, while the second blast
occurred minutes later at a bus station
in an open-air area.
Iraq forces
recapture ISIS-held town: officials:
Pressure for an operation to retake the
town had grown in March after ISIS
launched a chemical attack from Bashir
on the nearby town of Taza that killed
at least three children.
Iraqi PM orders
arrest of protesters who stormed
Baghdad's green zone:
Haider al-Abadi’s comments come as
thousands of demonstrators remain in the
green zone demanding political reform
Syria: Russian
Warplanes Killed Scores of Al-Nusra
Terrorists in Aleppo
: The Russian fighter
jets carried out several combat flights
over al-Nusra Front's fortified defense
facilities in two strategic regions
Southeast of Aleppo province, inflicting
major casualties
US once again
forced to turn to Russia for help on
Syria:
Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead
truce in Syria, the Obama administration
has again been forced to turn to Russia
for help, with little hope for the
desired U.S. outcome.
Daesh affiliated
hackers release ‘hit list’ of US drone
pilots:
The list includes the home addresses and
photographs of 76 US Air Force personnel
who have been involved in drone strikes
against the terror group in Syria and
Iraq.
Islamic State
threatens to expose British military
secrets:
Islamic State terrorists have threatened
to publish details of British military
personnel after exposing a “hit-list” of
American drone pilots and urging
fanatics to “kill them wherever they
are”.
ISIS ‘army of
orphans’ vows revenge in disturbing
propaganda video
: Numerous orphans who lost their
parents due to foreign anti-terror
intervention in Syria are becoming
thirsty for revenge, a new ISIS
propaganda video claims
Separate PKK
attacks kills 4 Turkish soldiers
: At least four Turkish soldiers have
lost their lives and several others
sustained injuries when members of the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) launched
two separate attacks against government
forces in the embattled southeastern
provinces of Mardin and Gaziantep.
Five bodyguards
killed in failed assassination attempt
in Yemen:
A suicide bomber attacked Yemen's
security chief's motorcade in the
southern port city of Aden, killing five
of his bodyguards, the country's
security directorate said.
Yemen govt
suspends 'direct' talks with Houthi
rebels:
Yemen's government suspended on Sunday
its participation in "direct" talks with
the Houthi rebels in protest at their
takeover of a military base in the
war-torn country despite a ceasefire,
officials said.
Iran asks U.N.
chief to intervene with U.S. after court
ruling:
Iran asked U.N. to stop U.S. from
violating state immunity after the top
U.S. court ruled that $2 billion in
frozen Iranian assets must be paid to
American victims of attacks
Islamist group al
Shabaab kills 15 soldiers: Somali
military:
The Islamist group, which wants to
topple Somalia's Western-backed
government, said it had killed 32
soldiers in the assault. It was not
possible to verify independently the
death toll. Al Shabaab has inflated
casualty figures in the past.
British special
forces fighting in Libya 'are ambushed
by ISIS suicide bombers who may have
killed Italian troops':
:
The attack is said to have happened last
Wednesday and reportedly ‘killed or
wounded’ Italian troops travelling in a
convoy with the Special Boat Service (SBS)
personnel, who apparently escaped
uninjured.
Afghanistan:
Drone strikes, infighting and AAF raids
kill over 50 alledged, militants in
Nangarhar:
According to the local government
officials, the alledged, militants were
killed during the past 24 hours in
different parts of Nangarhar.
Pakistan: Drone
attack case: Two govt attorneys summoned
on May 5:
In April 2015, the IHC had directed the
Secretariat Police to register a case
against the former station chief of the
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Jonathan Banks for his alleged role in a
surgical strike that killed the family
members of an anti-drone activist.
US losing
military edge to Russia, China: American
experts:
Russia and China have recently
test-fired state-of-the-art
intercontinental ballistic missiles with
reported supersonic warheads that can
evade even the most complex of missile
defense systems.
Three killed in
renewed Ukraine violence:
Both sides claimed on Sunday that
despite a renewed truce, corresponding
with Orthodox Easter and Labor Day, the
opposite side had resumed fighting,
violating the ceasefire.
Germany 'to host
fresh Ukraine talks':
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
Steinmeier Saturday said he had invited
his Russian, Ukrainian and French
counterparts to talks in Berlin on May
11 intended to smooth differences
between Moscow and Kiev.
Ukraine nearly
doubles consumer gas prices to secure
IMF aid:
The long-delayed step is likely to play
poorly with people who have already
suffered from cutbacks imposed under an
austerity plan set by the International
Monetary Fund when it approved Kiev's
$17.5-billion (15.5-billion-euro) rescue
loan in 2014.
The former London
mayor suspended from the Labour party
after saying Hitler had supported
Zionism in the 1930s.:
He told BBC London: "When Hitler won his
election in 1932, his policy then was
that Jews should be moved to Israel. He
was supporting Zionism before he went
mad and ended up killing six million
Jews."
Nazi Propaganda
was Based on What Zionists Said:
The idea that Zionism and the State of
“Israel” is the protector of Jews is
probably the greatest hoax ever
perpetrated on the Jewish People.
Indeed, where else since 1945 have Jews
been in such physical danger as in the
Zionist state?!
The
Media-Assisted Manufacturing of
“Corbyn’s Anti-Semitism Crisis”: Op-Ed :
Jewish critic of Israel Noam Chomsky
(who was banned from entering Israel in
2010 on account of his views of the
state’s conduct) discussed the
distinction between the two concepts and
the disingenuousness of attempts to
conflate them at the UN in 2014
Tear gas in
Paris, Istanbul as tensions erupt on May
Day:
From Moscow to Madrid, workers chanted
demands for higher wages, better
conditions and more job security as many
countries battle economic uncertainty
and high unemployment.
Gardai fear New
IRA bomb blitz as killing brings 'third
force' into brutal gang war:
Terror group dragged into Kinahan/Hutch
murder spree after Regency hit guns
linked to pub victim
Venezuela's
Nicolas Maduro Hikes Minimum Wage 30
Percent:
The leader said that as of May 1, the
minimum wage will jump to 15,051
bolivars per month (US$1,505), while the
monthly food ticket to 18,585 bolivars
(US$1,858).
Anti-war priest
Daniel Berrigan dies in US, aged 94:
Supporters mourn Roman Catholic priest
imprisoned for burning draft files in
protest against Vietnam war.
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