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Ethiopia
protests: 'Nearly 100 killed' in
Oromia and Amhara:
The rights group says the most
deadly incident happened in Bahir
Dar, where at least 30 people killed
on Sunday.
Doctors
Without Borders: Airstrikes killed
13 in a northern Syria hospital:
"The direct bombing of another
hospital in Syria is an outrage,"
says Silvia Dallatomasina, medical
manager of MSF operations in
northwestern Syria. She called for
an immediate end to attacks on
hospitals,
Syrian Army
Declares Aleppo’s South, West "Open
Military Zone":
Terrorist organizations claimed that
the siege imposed by the Syrian army
on eastern areas in Aleppo was
broken. LebAleppo battleanese
Resistance Military Media stressed
that such claims were not true.
British
special forces have been pictured
for the first time on the ground in
Syria:
The BBC reports that the images were
taken in June, and appear show the
British forces securing the
perimeter of a "moderate rebels" New
Syrian Army base in Al Tanaf on the
Syria-Iraq border.
Military
Success in Syria Gives Putin Upper
Hand in U.S. Proxy War;
“Russia has won the proxy war, at
least for now,” said Michael Kofman,
a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson
Center in Washington.
Saudi-led
airstrikes on Yemen capital resume,
nine civilians killed:
Medics said nine civilians were
killed in a strike on a potato chip
factory in the Nahda district of the
capital.
9 ISIS
members killed, 30 booby-trapped
houses diffused in eastern Ramadi:
“The 6th Commando brigade killed
five ISIS members and diffused 12
improvised explosive devices and 30
booby-trapped houses, in addition to
detonating three booby-trapped
houses in Khalidiya Island.”
Bomb
explosion in Baghdad kills three and
injures six:
Sources in the Iraqi Police informed
that three persons were killed or
and six others injured in a bomb
explosion that took place near a
popular market at al-Aamel in
Baghdad.
Putin offers
Turkey's Erdogan closer ties
: Russia is ready to restore
economic co-operation and other ties
with Turkey, President Vladimir
Putin has told his Turkish
counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in
St Petersburg.
Suicide
bombing at Pakistan hospital kills
70:
At least 70 killed in deadly Quetta
hospital attack claimed both by the
ISIL group and a faction of Pakistan
Taliban.
American,
Australian kidnapped in
Afghanistan's Kabul:
The two professors from the American
University were kidnapped at
gunpoint by four men wearing police
uniforms.
Hundreds of
protesters arrested in Kashmir:
Indian forces arrest more than a
thousand protesters as part of a
security lockdown to stem anti-India
demonstrations.
Japan orders
military to be ready for North Korea
missile launch at any time:
Up to now, Japan has issued
temporary orders when it had
indications of an imminent North
Korean missile launch that it has
canceled after a projectile had been
launched.
Exposing
US-Funded "NGOs": Op-Ed:
From Moscow to Myanmar, US-European
funded organisations undermine the
essential work of genuine NGOs.
'They killed
my son': Mother of 20-year-old city
man killed by police said her son
had nothing in his hands:
"No you didn't tase my son. You shot
him right in the heart," Thomas
said, recounting the incident. "They
need to know."
Muslim couple
removed from Delta flight: 'It was
humiliating':
A flight crew member had complained
to the pilot that she was
uncomfortable with the Muslim couple
in the second row of economy class.
The woman was wearing a head scarf
and using a phone, and the man was
sweating, she allegedly told the
pilot.
Torture Inc.
Americas Brutal Prisons:
Savaged by dogs, Electrocuted With
Cattle Prods, Burned By Toxic
Chemicals, Does such barbaric abuse
inside U.S. jails explain the
horrors that were committed in Iraq?
9/11 report:
Secret 28 pages reveal 'indirect
link' to Saudi prince:
The presence of a contact number
linked to a company associated with
Prince Bandar bin Sultan in the
phone log of an al-Qaeda suspect is
'one of the most stunning parts of
the investigation', says the
co-chair of the report
Hillary
Clinton Is No Feminist: Just Look at
Her Stance on Palestine:
We need to scrutinise Clinton's
actions against the high standards
to which she claims to aspire and
ask what feminism has to do with it.
Parents of 2
Americans Killed in Benghazi Attack
Sue Hillary Clinton:
The parents filed a lawsuit on
Monday against Hillary Clinton,
saying that her “‘extreme
carelessness’ in handling
confidential and classified
information” while secretary of
state contributed to the conditions
that led to their sons’ deaths.
Is Something
Wrong With Hillary: Bizarre
Behavior, Seizure Allegations Raise
Doubts About Her Health:
Hillary has at multiple times had
convulsions that appear to be
seizures on camera, including a
series of seemingly inexplicable
coughing fits.
Anti-Trump
Republicans recruit Evan Mcmullen to
launch independent White House bid:
Conservative Republicans have
recruited a former CIA staffer and
top House GOP aide to launch an
independent White House bid — and he
could cause problems for Donald
Trump in a key state if he gets on
the ballot.
Independent Candidate Evan
McMullin Says Trump Is 'Inhuman,'
Calls Clinton 'Woefully Unfit' to Be
President
American
Greed: Trump’s Economic Team Is a
Who’s Who of What’s Wrong: Op-Ed:
Trump’s team isn’t just
monochromatic and male. At least
four, and perhaps as many six, of
the men are billionaires. They range
in age from 50 to 74 – or, from
“younger old white guy” to “older
old white guy.”
Woman’s Home
Vandalized Because Of ‘Trump’ Signs:
It’s not just Donald Trump himself
who can spark controversy. A
McKinney homeowner learned even
campaign signs for the Republican
nominee can turn a quiet
neighborhood into a political
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Fissures in the Empire
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Recombinant DNA
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judgment of sane
men--and yes,
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Syrian army
kills 150 IS militants in Deir al-Zour:
The Syrian army on Friday foiled an
attack by the Islamic State (IS) on
military positions in the eastern
province of Deir al-Zour, killing
150 of the terror group militants,
state news agency SANA reported.
US-led
coalition accused of killing
civilians using 'scorched earth
policy' in Syria:
Allegations that two separate
bombing raids killed at least 100
civilians in nearby villages in
little over a week are already under
investigation, but there was concern
over continuing strikes supporting
the predominantly Kurdish Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF).
Eight
Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria's
Aleppo:
Eight Hezbollah fighters were
reported to have been killed in the
north Syrian city of Aleppo on
Sunday, a Lebanese security source
told The Daily Star.
Syria: Deaths
as air strikes hit Idlib hospital:
Women and children among the dead in
attack on the hospital near the city
of Idlib in the country's northwest.
Syrian rebels
says siege of Aleppo breached:
Rebels say they have breached the
siege imposed by the Syrian
government on opposition
neighbourhoods in the northern city
of Aleppo, in a major military
breakthrough after intense fighting.
Jets pound
rebels after they break Aleppo
siege:
Fierce fighting and continuous
Russian and Syrian air strikes in
and around the Ramousah area mean no
safe passage for besieged east
Aleppo residents has been
established, activists and the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said.
Danish jets
have bombed Syria for the first time:
The four Danish F-16 fighter jets
sent to fight the militant group
ISIS have entered combat in Syria
for the first time, hitting targets
in the Islamic group's self-styled
capital, Raqqa.
Iraq: 33 ISIS
members killed in northern Ramadi:
“Security forces carried out a
proactive military operation
targeting a hideout of ISIS members
in Wadi al-Shioukh area that is
located between al-Tharthar basin in
northern Ramadi and the borders of
the liberated Khalidiya Island.”
Suicide
bombings kill 11 in Iraq:
At least 11 Iraqis including six
army troops were killed in a suicide
blast south of Mosul on Sunday,
according to an local Iraqi official
Saleh al-Jabouri.
Tens of ISIS
members killed by airstrikes west of
Ramadi:
“Iraqi Air Force and Army Aviation
this morning carried out air strikes
on ISIS headquarters at Barwana and
al-Kasyrat west of Ramadi, based on
accurate intelligence information,
killing tens of ISIS members.”
10 security
members killed in IS suicide attacks
in Iraq:
Ten security members were killed and
seven others injured Sunday as three
Islamic State (IS) suicide bombers
attacked the troops' posts in a
northern Iraqi village, a security
source told Xinhua.
400 more US
soldiers headed to Iraq
: Army
officials at a base in Fort
Campbell, Kentucky said the 400
soldiers will be deployed as part of
Operation Inherent Resolve. They are
among the 530 troops President
Barack Obama authorized for the
mission earlier this month.
ISIS
militants detain thousands of
civilians trying to flee Hawija
: Islamic State (ISIS) militants
reportedly detained thousands of
civilians on Thursday trying to flee
villages around the town of Hawija
southwest of Kirkuk. According to a
UNHCR statement the group executed
12 civilians among the influx who
tried to reach Kirkuk.
Yemeni forces
kill 52 Saudi mercenaries east of
Sana’a:
The pro-Riyadh militants have left
the dead bodies of 17 comrades
unattended in the area and withdrawn
to a nearby region.
Suicide
bomber kills five soldiers in south
Yemen:
The bombing came
hours after clashes between troops
and jihadists in Lahj, Saudi-led
coalition jets also took part in the
fighting.
Al-Qaeda
suspects kill Yemen army colonel:
The gunmen on a motorbike opened
fire at Colonel Abdullah Shamba,
killing him immediately before
driving off, official said.
Hunger a
weapon of war in Syria, Yemen,
Nigeria
: While grain silos
in many Western countries may
overflow this winter, tens of
millions of people risk going
without food as hunger is being used
more than ever as a weapon of war.
President
Erdogan and opposition unite in
Turkey rally:
Millions join pro-democracy
demonstration in Istanbul,
denouncing last month's failed coup
attempt.
Syria: An
Iranian perspective on the Russian
involvement and a potential Turkish
cooperation:
Moscow’s main objective in Syria is
to maintain a dependent government
in Damascus and to keep access to
port cities in the eastern
Mediterranean for its naval fleet.
Iran needs Syria and access to its
southern regions (Quneitra) to
maintain its support for Lebanese
Hezbollah.
Iranian
nuclear scientist executed for
spying for US: judiciary:
Iran has executed a nuclear
scientist convicted of handing over
"top secret" information to the
United States, a judicial spokesman
said on Sunday.
The US did
not pay a $400 million “ransom” to
Iran.
Here’s what actually happened.:
Ryan, Trump, and other critics have
the facts wrong. The Wall Street
Journal story is actually describing
a payment that President Obama
announced back in January. What’s
more, the payment was the result of
a 35-year case in international
court — and had nothing to do with
any "hostage" payments.
Lieberman
Compares Iran to Nazis, Iran Deal to
Munich Pact:
Israeli defense minister compares
Iran to Nazi Germany; and Barack
Obama to Neville Chamberlain; who
deliberately lies about the views of
his own military and intelligence
command in the service of his own
blind ideological obsession; and who
lies in claiming Iran wants to
eradicate Israel
Israel
accused of being 'apartheid state'
by US black rights group:
Black
Lives Matter slammed by pro-Israel
groups for singling out Israel for
'acts of genocide' against
Palestinians
Libya unity
forces prepare 'decisive' assault in
ISIS bastion:
Libya pro-government forces backed
by U.S. airstrikes said Sunday they
would soon launch a final assault to
retake the coastal city of Sirte
from ISIS. "The countdown of the
final stage of the military
operations against Daesh has
started,"
Libyan Grand
Mufti Raise Criticism of US
Airstrikes:
The country’s grand mufti, Sadek Al-Ghariani,
who helped fan anti-GNA (Government
of National Accord) protests in
Tripoli in late July after the
French government acknowledged it
had commandos on the ground in Libya
helping to battle IS, denounced
Thursday the U.S. airstrikes
Two killed in
Ethiopia's protests against
detentions: resident:
The deaths occurred in the town of
Ambo in Oromiya region, where
security forces clashed with
protesters demanding the release of
people detained during earlier
demonstrations over an aborted
attempt by the government to
commandeer local land.
Islamic State
militants claim capture of U.S.
weapons in Afghanistan:
Militants linked to Islamic State
have released photos that show an
American portable rocket launcher,
radio, grenades and other gear not
commonly used by Afghan troops, as
well as close up views of
identification cards for a U.S. Army
soldier, Specialist Ryan Larson.
At least 40
Taliban insurgents killed in Afghan
air strike:
A spokesman for 20th Pamir Army
Division, said the airstrike took
place in Imam Saheb district on
Saturday after the Taliban
insurgents attacked a police
outpost.
21 IS
militants killed in Afghanistan:
At least 21 militants loyal to the
Islamic State (IS) militant group
were killed over the past 24 hours
in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province,
the internal ministry said on
Sunday.
Gunmen kill
13 in market in Kashmir:
Attackers wearing military uniforms
shot dead at least 13 people and
wounded 15 on Friday in a busy
market area in a town in India's
restive northeastern state of Assam,
in an attack blamed by the
authorities on a regional separatist
group.
Indian forces
kill three in Kashmir as fresh
protests erupt:
Indian security forces opened fire
on curfew-defying protesters in the
disputed region of Kashmir on
Friday, killing three and bringing
the number of people killed in a
wave of unrest to 55.
Philippine
President: 'I don't care about human
rights':
President publicly accuses Filipino
government officials including
judges and members of Congress of
having drug links.
Three
Ukrainian soldiers killed in fresh
clashes:
"In the past 24 hours, as a result
of intense fighting, three Ukrainian
soldiers were killed and four were
injured," Ukrainian military
spokesman Andriy Lysenko told
journalists.
Vladimir
Putin Just Issued a Chilling Warning
to the United States:
We must provide security not only
for ourselves. It’s important to
provide strategic balance in the
world, which guarantees peace on the
planet.
US think-tank
suggests cyber-attacks on Moscow
Metro, St. Pete power grid, RT
offices
: The influential Atlantic Council
has released a paper calling for
Poland to ‘reserve the right’ to
attack Russian infrastructure,
including Moscow’s public transport
and RT’s offices, via electronic
warfare.
All Russian
athletes to be banned from
Paralympic Games in Rio:
The International Paralympic
Committee is set to do what its
Olympic counterpart did not and ban
Russia outright from its Games later
this month
ISIS claims
responsibility for Belgium machete
attack on police officers
: Two female officers were
assaulted, by a man heard shouting
“Allahu Akbar” (‘God is Great’ in
Arabic), the authorities said. The
perpetrator was shot by a third
officer on site and was taken
hospital, but later died of his
wounds.
Most Germans
want to end EU migrant deal with
Turkey -poll:
More than two thirds of the people
surveyed wanted an immediate freeze
of aid payments to Turkey
US Launches
Olympic-Sized Spying Operation at
Rio 2016:
Washington has sent more than 1,000
intelligence agents to Rio in an
effort to protect the 2016 Olympic
Games, NBC News reports after
reviewing a classified intelligence
report on U.S. security efforts.
Trump is
right: He didn’t kick a baby out of
a campaign rally:
Donald Trump is complaining that the
media has spun a fable that he
kicked a baby out of his rally in
Ashburn, Va.
Clinton's
lead over Trump narrows to less than
three points:
Reuters/Ipsos poll: Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary
Clinton's lead over Republican rival
Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3
percentage points, according to a
Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released
on Friday, down from nearly eight
points on Monday.
Why the CIA
is for Hillary Clinton:
The former CIA official declares
Clinton “highly qualified to be
commander in chief,” praises “her
belief that America is an
exceptional nation that must lead in
the world,” and notes that in the
internal discussions over US
intervention in the Syrian civil
war, “she was a strong proponent of
a more aggressive approach.”
Op-Ed Bernie
Sanders: I support Hillary Clinton.
So should everyone who voted for me
:
On virtually every major issue
facing this country and the needs of
working families, Clinton’s
positions are far superior to
Trump’s.
Clinton's
third-party headache:
Polls show younger voters are taking
a long look at the Libertarian and
Green Party nominees this year. That
could be a big problem for Hillary
Clinton in a close race against
Donald Trump.
Green Party
Convention: ‘Democratic Party Does
Not Give a Flying F**k About You’:
“Are you going to try to go inside
there and reform this [Democratic]
Party, that has demonstrated in
every way, with every opportunity,
that they really do not give a
flying f**k about what it is you
care about?” “And for me, that’s not
a hard decision,” Ndgo said.
Judge rejects
third parties’ suit against debate
commission:
U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary
Collyer dismissed a suit filed last
year by the Libertarian and Green
parties as well their respective
2012 presidential nominees, former
New Mexico Republican Gov. Gary
Johnson and Jill Stein.
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committed acts of war
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Airstrike
southwest of Kirkuk kills 10 ISIS
fighters:
A security source in Kirkuk province
informed on Wednesday that ten ISIS
members were killed in an aerial
bombing, which was targeted on a
gathering of the outfit.
Chemical gas
attack kills 7 in Syria's Aleppo:
Seven people were killed and 20
others suffered suffocation and
breathing difficulties from chemical
gas attack in Aleppo, state news
agency SANA said on Wednesday,
citing a Russian observation center.
Moscow blames
rebels for 'chemical attacks' in
Aleppo battle:
Moscow alleged a "poisonous agent"
was fired on Tuesday in the
Salaheddin district of Aleppo from
an area controlled by militants of
the Nureddin al-Zenki rebel group,
killing seven people.
Russia
accuses U.S. of backing Syrian
rebels who use poison gas on
civilians:
The ministry's spokeswoman, Maria
Zakharova, referred to rebels
supported by Washington as "animals"
and said Washington and its allies
were recklessly carrying out air
attacks leading to numerous civilian
deaths.
Government
forces make gains in Syria's Aleppo:
"Since the attack began and until
Tuesday midnight, 40 civilians have
been killed on both sides of Aleppo,
among them 22 children," Abdel
Rahman said. About 50 rebels and
dozens of regime troops have been
killed since the assault kicked off
on Sunday, according to the
Observatory.
Syrian group
demands exchange for bodies of
Russian air crew:
A Syrian group said on Thursday it
had the bodies of five people shot
down in a Russian helicopter and
demanded the release of prisoners in
exchange for the corpses.
Hezbollah
says Israeli warplanes hit its arms
convoy in Syria:
Lebanese media reports 4 trucks
struck, no injuries in attack near
Maarba north of Damascus; IDF
declines to comment
Hezbollah
sees no immediate end to Syria war,
partition in Iraq and Syria a
possible outcome:
"So far the forces that want the
unity of Iraq and Syria are able to
prevent the idea of partition but we
should remain worried about ... the
possibility that some countries
might push these two countries or
one of them into partition."
Turkey court
issues arrest warrant for Fethullah
Gulen:
Ankara has yet to make a formal
extradition request to US for Muslim
cleric accused of ordering failed
coup attempt.
Iran hangs 20
over 'armed attacks':
The US-based group, International
Campaign for Human Rights in Iran,
said one of the men hanged, Shahram
Ahmadi, claimed that the entire case
against him was built on a forced
confession.
US kills two
alledged Al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen:
A drone strike killed two suspected
Al-Qaeda members in southern Yemen
Thursday, a security official said.
The strike targeted the pair in a
military vehicle at an extremist
checkpoint in Shabwa province, the
official told AFP.
Houthi forces
kill American mercenary in Yemen:
The Houthi forces posted a video on
Thursday, claiming their fighters
killed an American mercenary that
was fighting with the Saudi-led
Coalition in Yemen.
Saudi visit
to Israel angers Hamas:
The leaders of the movement, who
only a year ago thanked Allah for
their honorable reception at the
palace of the Saudi king, now dare
to rebuke the king for his relations
with Israel?
Libya: 18
Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi
suicide bombing:
“A total of 18 soldiers were killed
and another 20 injured in the
attack,” Col. Miloud Zwai, a
spokesman for Special Forces units
loyal to Libya’s Tobruk-based
parliament, told Anadolu Agency.
Bombs away:
No good will come of U.S. attacks on
Libya:
The problem is that the U.S.
military activity — primarily by air
but supported on the ground in Libya
by hundreds of U.S. Special
Operations forces — is that it does
not make any sense in terms of U.S.
objectives in Libya.
Libya: Italy
offers US airspace and airbases:
The Italian government says it will
"positively consider" allowing US
forces to launch attacks on the
so-called Islamic State in Libya
from Italy. Defence Minister Roberta
Pinotti said Italy would probably
agree if the US asked to use its
airspace or airbases.
Saadi Gaddafi
torture video shows name guarantees
‘maximum mistreatment’ & no justice:
Video - A video apparently showing
the torture of former Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi’s son during
interrogation in prison has been
condemned by both HRW, and his legal
representative,
ISIS
Announces New Boko Haram Leader:
The Islamic State terror group’s
media arm on Wednesday announced a
new leader of the Boko Haram
extremist group in Nigeria,
signalling a major change in
strategy and new targets for
terrorist attacks.
I am still
around, says Boko Haram leader:
Shekau’s audio message was released
in response to reports that he had
been purportedly replaced by Sheikh
Abu Musab al-Barnawi, a former IS
spokesman.
How a
Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a
Global Network of Killers:
A jailhouse interview with a German
man who joined the Islamic State
reveals the workings of a unit whose
lieutenants are empowered to plan
attacks around the world.
10 foreign
tourists killed in attack in W.
Afghanistan:
At least 10 foreign tourists were
killed and five others wounded in an
ambush attack in Afghanistan's
western province of Herat on
Thursday, a district governor said.
Killing of 2
civilians triggers protests in
Kashmir:
Tens of thousands of people rallied
in Indian-controlled Kashmir on
Wednesday to protest the overnight
killings of two civilians by
government forces amid a nearly
month-long security lockdown.
American
woman dead and five injured in
Russell Square stabbing rampage:
A SOMALI teenager has been arrested
on suspicion of murder after a woman
was stabbed to death and five people
injured in an attack in central
London.
London
stabbing: suspect is Norwegian
Somali with 'no evidence' of terror
– live
- One woman dead and
five injured after attack -
19-year-old man Tasered by officers
and now in custody
Iraq families
hit £150,000 target to sue Blair:
The campaign to haul Tony Blair into
court over the Iraq War has achieved
its fundraising target in just two
weeks.
Court Throws
Out Terrorism Conviction in Canada,
Citing Police Entrapment:
Sting operations — in which an
undercover agent or informant
provides the means and opportunity
to lure otherwise incapable people
into committing a crime — have
represented the default tactic for
counterterrorism prosecutions since
the 9/11 attacks.
18-Year-Old
Arrested on Terrorism Charges Is
Mentally “Like a Child”:
An 18-year-old recently arrested on
terrorism charges in Arizona has the
mental capacity of a child and had
been in regular contact with the FBI
for years before his arrest,
according to family members, former
teachers,
Brazil Senate
committee votes to put Rousseff on
trial:
A Senate impeachment committee voted
Thursday to put suspended Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff on trial in
the full chamber for breaking budget
laws, opening the way for her to be
removed from office.
The claim
that the Saudis are innocent for
9/11 is total bull:
Saudi Arabia and an army of K Street
lobbyists are now claiming that
several Saudi government suspects
named in the newly released “28
pages” have all been “exonerated”
from 9/11 involvement. The gullible
mainstream media are parroting the
latest spin, but it’s total bull.
Obama issues
record-breaking 214 commutations:
The early release of the 214
prisoners, mostly low-level drug
offenders, is part of Obama's effort
to correct what he views as
unreasonably long mandatory minimum
sentences.
“The Khans’
Grief Is Being Used by a Party That
Is Treacherous”:
Will the Democrats fail the Khan
family the way they failed Cindy
Sheehan?
Clint
Eastwood -- Democrats Exploited Kahn
Family
: Clint Eastwood says
the Democrats used the Gold Star
family as pawns at the convention.
Hillary
Clinton and Donald Trump Are in
Lockstep on Government Spying:
Whatever else it might be,
November’s election won’t be a
referendum on surveillance and
privacy. Hillary Rodham Clinton
voted as Senator for the Patriot Act
in 2001 and 2006, and Donald Trump
has approved its renewal, saying he
tends to “err on the side of
security.”
New poll
shows Trump with commanding lead
over Clinton in Tennessee:
If the 2016 presidential election
were held today, Republican nominee
Donald Trump would easily best his
Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in
Tennessee, according to a new poll
of registered voters.
Putin's big
Trump gamble:
Hillary Clinton’s attack on Donald
Trump for his non-relationship with
Vladimir Putin, and pretending to be
outraged about the Russian’s alleged
hacking of the emails just about
everywhere she has been, while
leaving a trail of lies and
corruption in her wake, are
laughable.
Melania
Trump’s girl-on-girl photos from
racy shoot revealed:
Three years before she met husband
Donald Trump, Melania Trump was
snapped in a nude frolic with
another female model, bombshell
photos obtained exclusively by The
Post show.
Factory
Orders Plunge For 20th Month In A
Row - Longest Streak In US History:
US factory orders plunged 5.6% YoY -
the worst drop since September 2015.
This extends the period of annual
contraction to 20 months - a record
streak of declines in US history and
one which has always, without
exception, coincided with recession.
US
homeownership rate falls to lowest
level in 51 years:
The United States’ household home
ownership rate fell to its lowest
level in a half-century in the
second quarter of 2016, according to
statistics released by the US Census
Bureau last week.
Millions of
Student Loan Defaulters Have Stopped
Payments:
Seven million Americans have
collectively billions of dollars in
federal student debt but aren't
making payments, despite hundreds of
monthly attempts from servicers.
WSJ's Josh Mitchell explains on
Lunch Break.
Obama Just
Signed a GMO Labeling Law: Here’s
What You’re Not Being Told:
Last week,
President Barack Obama signed
legislation requiring manufacturers
of genetically modified (GM) food to
provide labeling on their products.
But there’s just one problem — err,
a couple problems . . . actually a
lot of problems.
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42 killed in
foiled Al Houthi attack in southern
Yemen:
Al Houthi fighters attacked on
Sunday morning government forces
locations in Ousylan district,
prompting heavy battles that
continued till Tuesday. A local
government official close to the
governor of Shabwa told Gulf News on
Tuesday that Al Houthis pulled out
after losing 30 fighters.
Twin suicide
bombings kill 6 Yemeni soldiers:
One bomber detonated his
explosives-laden car at the gate of
the base in the city of Habilayn, in
Lahej province, while the second car
bomb went off only 50 meters (yards)
away, the official said.
U.S. Kills 3
Children In Yemen:
At least three children died and
their parents were wounded in an air
strike on Tuesday by a U.S. drone
that missed its target in Al-Wadiah,
in southern Yemen, witnesses told
EFE.
Yemeni
artillery fire kills 4 Saudis in
Jizan:
Saudi Arabia says artillery fire
launched from Yemen has killed four
people and injured three more in the
kingdom’s border region of Jizan.
Rebel
shelling kills 28 civilians in
Syria's Aleppo:
Those killed on Monday "included six
children and eight women" in two
government-controlled neighbourhoods
of divided Aleppo.
Syria war:
Russian helicopter shot down,
killing five on board:
Moscow says the helicopter was not
involved in a military mission, but
was delivering humanitarian aid.
Rebel sources appear to confirm
this.
Fact or fiction?
'Chlorine gas
dropped' on Syrian town: Report:
Dozens of mostly women and children
brought to hospital after chlorine
gas bombs hit town of Saraqeb,
activists say.
PKK kills 21
Turkish soldiers near Iraqi border:
Armed wing of PKK announced on
Monday that it killed 21 Turkish
soldiers and destroyed six secret
sites of the Turkish army near the
Iraqi border.
7 troops,
militiamen killed in Iraq bombing:
A device planted by Daesh militants
exploded at a convoy of government
forces and members of the Hashd
al-Shaabi militia in Albu Shihab,
east of Ramadi, the officer told
Anadolu Agency.
Obama Set to
Give Billions More in Aid To Israel
: Op-Ed:
Netanyahu Demands More: Usually,
when someone hands you billions of
dollars in aid, you’re not in much
of a position to demand more. But
the rules for Israel when it comes
to U.S. policy, as is so often the
case, are simply different.
Angolan
rebels claim 17 government troops
killed:
Separatist guerrillas fighting for
the independence of Angola's
northern province of Cabinda said
Monday they had killed 17 government
soldiers during weekend clashes in
the oil-rich enclave.
Nine killed
in renewed South Sudan clashes:
The fighting was between troops
loyal to President Salva Kiir and
those of his longtime rival Riek
Machar, a spokesman for Machar said
5 Islamists
killed as Nigeria army foils Boko
Haram attack:
"Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE
accompanied by Civilian JTF
successfully thwarted an attempt by
Boko Haram terrorists on Yauri
community at the outskirts of
Maiduguri city, Borno State," said a
statement by army spokesman Sani
Usman.
Libya: 3 govt
forces killed in Sirte clashes with
Daesh:
Three government forces were killed
and 10 others injured in clashes on
Sunday with Daesh militants in
Libya’s northern city of Sirte, a
government spokesman has said.
U.S. bombs
Libya:
"The first air strikes were carried
out at specific locations in Sirte
today causing severe losses to enemy
ranks," Prime Minster Fayez Seraj
said on state TV. Pentagon spokesman
Peter Cook said the strikes did not
have "an end point at this
particular moment in time".
Bodies of 120
refugees found on Libya shores in 10
days:
Latest figures are from shipwrecks
that were not previously known, IOM
says, amid rising concern over
refugee deaths.
China holds
massive naval drills to prepare for
‘sudden, cruel & short’ modern war:
The Chinese navy held a large-scale
“live ammunition” drill in the East
China Sea, which involved hundreds
of ships and submarines from all
three fleets of the People’s
Liberation Army.
Turkey,
Russia pursue gas pipe dream as EU
frets:
Declarations by Russia and Turkey
last week reviving plans for the
TurkStream natural gas pipeline
linking the two have worried EU
diplomats who see it strengthening
Moscow's hand - but analysts say the
project is more rhetoric than
reality.
Turkey's
Erdogan: The West is taking sides
with coups:
Turkish president says Western
countries support July 15 attempted
coup, singling out Germany for
criticism.
Retrial row
halts extradition of ex-CIA agent
from Portugal:
Portugal has put the brakes on the
extradition to Italy of a former CIA
agent over her role in the 2003
kidnapping of an Egyptian imam who
claimed he was subsequently
tortured.
France closed
20 mosques, prayer halls since
December:
French authorities have closed
around 20 mosques and prayer halls
considered to be preaching radical
Islam since December, according to
the country's interior minister. He
went on to promise that “there will
be others.”
Clinton says
Russian intelligence services hacked
DNC:
"We know that Russian intelligence
services hacked into the DNC and we
know that they arranged for a lot of
those emails to be released and we
know that Donald Trump has shown a
very troubling willingness to back
up Putin, to support Putin," Clinton
said
The NSA Is
Likely 'Hacking Back' Russia's Cyber
Squads:
It's a job that the current head of
the NSA's elite hacking unit said
they've been called on to do many
times before.
Autopsy: Man
killed by Chicago cops died of
gunshot to back:
The Cook County Medical Examiner's
Office ruled that the death of Paul
O'Neal of Chicago was a homicide. A
third and final officer was relieved
of their police powers on Saturday,
according to Chicago police. Two
officers were relieved of powers on
Friday.
DHS grants
Syrians temporary amnesty:
Homeland Security granted a new
temporary amnesty Monday to more
than 8,000 Syrians living in the
U.S. right now, saying they can
remain for up to 18 months longer no
matter what their legal status.
CDC issues
historic travel warning over Miami
Zika outbreak:
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention issued an unprecedented
travel warning Monday, advising
pregnant women and their partners
not to travel to a small community
just north of downtown Miami,
Judge blocks
North Dakota's voter identification
law:
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland
issued a temporary restraining order
and criticized the state for its
2013 repeal of provisions that let
people without valid IDs vote if
someone vouched for them or if they
signed an affidavit swearing they
were a qualified voter.
US Republican
lawmaker breaks with party, backs
Democrat Clinton:
A Republican lawmaker in Congress
became the first to break with his
party over the White House campaign
Tuesday, denouncing presidential
candidate Donald Trump as unfit to
lead and pledging to vote for
Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
Warren
Buffett joins the
billionaires-for-Hillary club:
Hillary Clinton will get a helping
hand at a fundraiser in Omaha,
Nebraska, Monday from deep-pocketed
investor Warren Buffett — the third
billionaire in less than a week to
jump to the Democratic presidential
nominee’s aid.
Election
Fraud Story Gets Worse:
Irregularities Tied to E-Voting
Machine Companies that Donated to
Clinton Fund:
It seems that Hillary did especially
well in which states where the
owners of two of the three companies
that make and support e-voting
machines, donated to the Clinton
Fund.
Trump: "I'm
Afraid The Election Is Going To Be
Rigged":
If there is an "illegitimate"
election, then there will be
"widespread civil disobedience" and
"it will be a bloodbath."
Melania Trump
like you’ve never seen her before:
Decades before she was sporting
designer dresses on the stage of the
Republican National Convention as
Mrs. Trump, Melania Knauss posed
nude in a photo spread for a
now-defunct French men’s magazine,
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Turkey: 35
PKK fighters killed in attempt to
storm base:
"A lot of the fighting was in the
urban areas before and that resulted
in extraordinary destruction of
property and civilians death. The
PKK seems to have withdrawn from
that area now and fighting the
Turkish military out in the country
side where they had traditional
fought before."
1,000s
Turkish forces surround NATO’s
Incirlik air base for ‘inspection’
amid rumors of coup attempt
: Some
7,000 armed police in heavy vehicles
surrounded the Incirlik air base
used by NATO forces in Adana in what
a Turkish minister called a
“security check.” With no official
explanation.
Erdogan tells
US intelligence chief: 'Know your
place!';
Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan has hit out at senior US
officials for their remarks about
his post-coup purge.
Coup D'Etat:
Untold Story of Washington Leaving
Its Friends in the Lurch:
Op-Ed - It does not matter much
whether or not the US was behind the
plot: it didn't lend a helping hand
to its longstanding ally Erdogan and
as history shows, Washington has a
long record of abandoning its
partners.
Turkey issues
ultimatum to EU over visa-free
travel:
Turkey will not fulfill its part of
the refugee deal with the EU if the
bloc does not lift its visa
requirements for Turkish citizens by
October, Turkey’s foreign minister,
Mevlut Cavusoglu, told a German
daily.
7
pro-government forces killed in
eastern Yemen:
Scores of Houthis were reportedly
killed in the clashes
International
coalition airstrike in eastern Mosul
kills six ISIS fighters:
“Aircraft of the international
coalition aviation, launched an
attack at noon today and targeted a
vehicle ferrying ISIS members at al-Ghabat
area in eastern Mosul.”
ISIS attacks
two energy plants in north Iraq,
kills five:
ISIS militants stormed two energy
facilities in northern Iraq Sunday,
killing at least five workers and
shutting down a major oil pumping
station, security and oil sources
said.
IRC-supported
hospital in Syria hit by airstrike
killing six:
"We are dismayed and in mourning
today at well-founded reports of the
loss of life of colleagues and
civilians killed by an airstrike
serving the needs of desperate
people in a hospital in Dara'a,
Southern Syria.
'Civilians
leave' rebel-held parts of Syria's
Aleppo:
Dozens of families and some
opposition fighters started leaving
besieged rebel-held neighborhoods in
the northern Syrian city of Aleppo
on Saturday after the government
opened safe corridors for civilians
and fighters who want to leave,
state media reported.
Syria:
Terrorists Continue to Surrender to
Gov't Forces in Aleppo:
The truce monitoring center in
Humeimim also announced that 69
terrorists laid down their weapons
and turned themselves to the
government forces, meantime, 169
civilians were transferred to safer
regions through the safe corridors
opened by the Syrian army.
Syrian rebels
launch push aimed at breaking Aleppo
siege:
Syrian rebels launched an offensive
aimed at breaking the government's
siege of eastern Aleppo on Sunday,
where the U.N. estimates some
300,000 people are trapped with
dwindling food and medical supplies.
Syrian Army
establishes control over Bani Zaid
and other areas in Aleppo:
The Army units, backed by the
supporting units, re-established
full control over Bani Zaid
neighborhood in Aleppo, adding that
the army engineering units
dismantled the explosives and mines
from its streets and squares,
US-backed
forces control 40% of Syria’s Manbij:
The US-backed alliance includes a
Kurdish militia and Arab allies that
joined it last year.
President
al-Assad: US administration’s
policies go against interests of US
people;
During his meeting on Thursday with
the US Peace Council delegation
currently visiting Syria led by
Henry Lowendorf, President al-Assad
said the US policies are at a
collision course with the interests
of the US citizens and the peoples
of the world.
Israeli
soldiers shoot dead Palestinian man:
Palestinian man reportedly charged
at Israeli soldiers with a knife,
and was shot dead, on the outskirts
of the city of Nablus in the Israeli
occupied West Bank , on July 31,
2016.
Netanyahu
criticises European 'support' for
anti-Israel groups:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
Sunday said his government was
looking into support from European
nations for groups engaged in what
he described as anti-Israel
activities, specifically mentioning
France.
US, Israel
forces stage secret military drill:
Israel and the United States have
reportedly staged a joint secret war
game in southern Israel amid growing
military cooperation between the two
sides.
Israel and
U.S. are close to a deal on the
biggest military aid package ever:
Over months of secret negotiations
that picked up steam late last year,
Netanyahu was holding out for as
much at $5 billion a year, according
to accounts in the Israeli news
media.
Clinton
personally ensured pro-Israel
platform, says adviser:
Hillary Clinton personally asked an
adviser, Wendy Sherman, to make sure
the Democratic Party platform
remained pro-Israel, Sherman said.
Hillary
Clinton stresses Israel’s security,
not quest for peace:
At national convention, Democratic
candidate made no mention of
two-state solution or restarting
peace talks — to mild applause
Judaism is
not a major player in the history of
humankind:
One of the most important and most
beautiful values of Judaism is
modesty. We would do well to take
this value to heart when considering
the religion's impact on humankind
through the ages.
More than 120
bodies washed ashore near Libyan
city:
Scores of bodies of people who
drowned trying to cross the
Mediterranean were found around
Sabratha city in July.
Ten killed in
attack on Somalia's CID
headquarters:
Militants set off two car bombs
outside a police base in Somalia's
capital before gunmen stormed inside
on Sunday, leaving at least 10
people dead, police said.
Afghan
official: Taliban attacks kill 24
police in 2 days:
Taliban attacks on a district in the
southern Afghan province of Helmand
province killed at least 24 police
officers over the past two days, an
Afghan official said on Sunday.
20 IS
militants killed in Afghanistan:
At least 20 Islamic State militants
were killed over the past 24 hours
as security forces started military
operations in Nangarhar province of
Afghanistan, an official said on
Sunday.
Australians
rally against youth detention abuses:
Australians have rallied against the
mistreatment of young people in
detention, including the hooding and
physical restraint of teens, amid
calls for an inquiry into the abuse
to be expanded.
Armenia
hostage standoff: Police officer
shot dead:
Officer shot dead in Yerevan during
a stand-off with an armed group
holding hostages in a police station
Armenia: All
20 gunmen surrender, standoff is
over:
The Armenian security service says
all 20 gunmen remaining inside a
police compound in the capital have
surrendered
Russia says
spyware found in state computer
networks:
"Information technology resources of
government agencies, scientific and
military institutions, defense
industry companies and other
entities involved in crucial
infrastructure have been infected,"
the FSB said in a statement on its
website.
Merkel on the
ropes: Thousands of German
protesters take to the streets
saying she 'Must Go'
: Merkel's
premiership is hanging by a thread
today as thousands gathered to call
for her resignation while a key
political ally dramatically withdrew
his support over immigration policy.
Rebel Labour
MPs 'mull alternative party setup'
to thwart Jeremy Corbyn:
Labour rebels are apparently
considering a plan to sideline
Jeremy Corbyn by electing a separate
leader and fighting to retain the
party's name if he wins the upcoming
leadership election.
Three Chicago
Officers Stripped of Duty After Teen
Shot in Back:
Three Chicago police officers have
been stripped of their law
enforcement authority after shooting
and killing a young Black man with a
bullet to his back in an incident
where “departmental policies may
have been violated,” police said
Saturday.
Recovery
Remains the Weakest of the
Post-World War II Era:
In terms of average annual growth,
the pace of this expansion has been
by far the weakest of any since
1949. (And for which we have
quarterly data.)
Steve Wynn:
Trump Vs Hillary Is A Distraction
From The Real Problem, Which Ends
With "Wheelbarrows Full Of Money":
Sooner or later, our political
establishment is going to be forced,
regardless of party affiliation, to
deal with $19 trillion in debt
that's climbing by around $1.6
billion a day.
Trump:
American Muslim Soldier Who Died In
Iraq Is A ‘Hero’:
In a statement released by the Trump
campaign late Saturday night, the
Republican nominee said, “Captain
Humayun Khan was a hero to our
country and we should honor all who
have made the ultimate sacrifice to
keep our country safe.
Clinton
campaign also hacked in attacks on
Democrats:
A computer network used by
Democratic presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton’s campaign was
hacked as part of a broad cyber
attack on Democratic political
organizations, people familiar with
the matter told Reuters.
Propaganda alert:
Russians
'likely responsible' for Clinton
campaign hack:
Hillary Clinton’s campaign computers
have been hacked, said sources who
added Friday that the Russian
government is likely responsible for
yet another attack on Democrats.
Hillary
Officially Accuses Russia Of Hacking
DNC As Assange Says She Conspired To
"Subvert An Election":
"We know that Russian intelligence
services hacked into the DNC and we
know that they arranged for a lot of
those emails to be released and we
know that Donald Trump has shown a
very troubling willingness to back
up Putin, to support Putin," Clinton
said
Clinton
Worked for Company that Did Business
With Islamic State Group:
Hillary Clinton was directly
involved with Lafarge, a French
cement multinational that paid the
Islamic State group for oil,
reported The Canary on Friday.
Why Can't the
Clinton Campaign Stop Treating
Muslim Americans Like Tools in the
War on Terror?:
Bill Clinton's DNC address described
Muslims as foreigners, welcome only
to the extent that they assist in
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Syria says
latest US-led coalition strikes
killed 45 civilians near Manbij
:
Syria has appealed to the UN
claiming that 45 civilians were
killed and 50 injured in US-led
coalition airstrikes outside the
city of Manbij near Aleppo on
Thursday.
Syria: Deadly
air strike hits Idlib maternity
hospital:
Save the Children said the strike
hit the front of the hospital
building, at a time when two
operations were under way and a
woman was in labour.
Syria And
Russia Promise Safe Passage Out Of
Aleppo:
Syria and its ally Russia have
promised safe passage for civilians
and fighters who are ready to leave
the rebel-held side of the city. But
many people are afraid to try the
routes out of town that the
government is offering
Russia: we
will work with UN on Syria
corridors:
Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly
Antonov was quoted by the Interfax
news agency as saying Friday that
Russia is "ready for close and
constructive cooperation with all
international humanitarian
organizations and, of course, with
the office of the U.N. special envoy
on Syria."
Militants
block civilians from leaving Aleppo:
The Russian reconciliation center in
Syria has set up at least three
checkpoints for humanitarian
corridors. Syrian helicopters have
been distributing leaflets which
stated where exactly the local
residents can get humanitarian help.
'Battle of
Aleppo Would Have Been Long Over if
Not for the US':
Russian media points out that the
operation on the liberation of the
settlement would have been long over
if not for the US.
Syria's Nusra
Front says it is breaking ties with
al Qaeda to avert attacks:
The leader of the Syrian Islamist
rebel group Nusra Front said on
Thursday it was cutting its ties
with al Qaeda to deny foreign powers
including the United States and
Russia a pretext to attack Syrians.
17 ISIS
members killed by US-led coalition
airstrike west of Anbar:
“The international coalition
aviation bombed a parade of ISIS in
Anna district (170 km west of Anbar)
killing 17 ISIS members, which also
included 7 Chinese members.”
ISIS executes
14 civilians after trying to escape
south of Mosul:
ISIS on Wednesday killed 14 Iraqis,
including women and children, who
tried to escape towards the
liberated villages under the control
of Iraqi forces in Qayyarah
district, south of Mosul.
Mortar attack
and explosion kills six in Baghdad:
Security sources informed that 5
persons were killed in a mortar
shells attack that was launched on
the displaced persons camp in
Baghdad, while a police officer was
killed in a separate suicide bombing
north of Baghdad.
5 Turkish
soldiers killed in ambush:
Activists
from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’
Party (PKK) killed five Turkish
soldiers in an ambush in the
troubled south-east rural area on
Friday.
Turkey
military purge harming fight against
Islamic State: Clapper:
Turkey's purge of its military after
a failed coup attempt is hindering
cooperation in the U.S.-led fight
against Islamic State, James
Clapper, the U.S. director of
national intelligence, said on
Thursday.
Erdogan wants
presidential control over army:
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
wants the armed forces and national
intelligence agency brought under
the control of the presidency, a
parliamentary official said on
Thursday, part of a major overhaul
of the military after a failed coup.
Erdogan
lambastes U.S. reaction to failed
coup:
Turkey’s president slammed the
United States Friday, claiming it
was not standing firmly against a
failed military coup and accused it
of harboring the plot’s alleged
mastermind, as a government
crackdown in the coup’s aftermath
strained Turkey’s ties with key
allies.
Top US
General Rushes to Turkey Amid
Accusations US Plotted Coup:
Joint Chief of Staff chairman Joseph
Dunford, is rushing to Turkey after
President Erdogan’s allies directly
accused the US of being behind the
failed coup attempt in the country
and have begun purging members of
the Turkish military with ties to
the United States.
Thousands
protest outside U.S. base in Turkey:
Thousands of Turkish protesters
filled the streets outside the U.S.
military base at Incirlik, Turkey,
on Thursday, burning American flags
and demanding that the government
close the base.
RT visits
Erdogan’s self-exiled arch-nemesis
Fethullah Gulen at his US estate:
An RT reporter has met with
“Turkey’s most wanted man,”
Fethullah Gulen, a powerful preacher
who has been living in self-exile in
the US state of Pennsylvania. Ankara
blames the scholar for the recent
coup attempt in Turkey and wants him
extradited.
Yemen's
Houthi rebels announce alliance with
ousted president:
Yemen's Shiite rebels on Thursday
announced a formal alliance with the
country's ousted president and his
onetime ruling party by forming a
new political council to rule the
country, which analysts warn could
add a wrinkle to peace talks with
the current government.
$40 billion
aid to Israel is 'largest ever' to
any country, says Susan Rice:
U.S. National Security Adviser Susan
Rice said the proposed military aid
package to Israel is larger than any
the United States has ever offered
to any country.
Clinton
Email: We Must Destroy Syria For
Israel:
A leaked Hillary Clinton email
confirms that the Obama
administration, with Hillary at the
helm, orchestrated a civil war in
Syria to benefit Israel.
17 Haftar
forces killed in Libya fighting:
At least 17 soldiers loyal to
renegade general die in clashes with
rival faction for the control of
Benghazi city. Clashes between two
rival factions in Libya fighting for
control of the eastern city of
Benghazi have killed at least 19
fighters and wounded several more.
Libya forces
drive militants from area of
Benghazi: Report:
General Khalifa Haftar's troops now
control al-Gwarcha area of the
eastern city, according to the
general's spokesman Khalifa al-Obeidi.
We are presently pursuing terrorists
who are entrenched 1km east," he
said.
365 IS
militants killed in fresh operation
in Afghanistan:
"Afghan security forces have killed
36 IS militants during ground
operations supported by the
artillery and warplanes in Kot,
Achin and Haskamina districts of
Nangarhar over the past 24 hours,"
the ministry said in a statement.
Eight
alledged ISIS loyalists killed in
separate drone strikes in Nangarhar
province Kabul:
Six Daesh insurgents were killed and
three were injured. Two other Daesh
insurgents were killed in another
airstrike in Nazyaan," Tolo News
quoted Khoghyani as saying. He,
however, did not provide further
details about the strikes.
Taliban
gained territory in Afghanistan:
US watchdog says area under Kabul
government's "influence" shrank by
nearly 5 percent since beginning of
this year.
At least 5 US
troops wounded in Afghanistan
fighting Islamic State:
Five U.S. special operations troops
were wounded in combat with Islamic
State fighters in eastern
Afghanistan, the senior U.S.
commander in the country said
Thursday.
Ireland jails
three top bankers over 2008 banking
meltdown:
The lack of convictions until now
has angered Irish taxpayers, who had
to stump up 64 billion euros -
almost 40 percent of annual economic
output - after a property collapse
forced the biggest state bank rescue
in the euro zone.
Mercosur
Meeting Canceled over Disagreement
on Venezuela:
Right-wing governments are trying to
prevent Venezuela from assuming the
presidency of the trade bloc.
Manning faces
possible charges after attempted
suicide:
Whistleblower
Chelsea Manning could face
"indefinite solitary confinement"
for a suicide attempt, her lawyers
say.
World’s
Biggest Pension Fund Loses $51
Billion in Stock Rout:
The world’s biggest pension fund
posted the worst annual performance
since the global financial crisis,
with losses exacerbated by
unfavorable currency moves and a
foray into equity markets.
U.S. Economy
Grew Less-Than-Forecast 1.2% in
Second Quarter:
The U.S. economy expanded less than
forecast in the second quarter after
a weaker start to the year than
previously estimated as companies
slimmed down inventories and
remained wary of investing amid
shaky global demand.
The American
Dream Plunges to Record Low:
The Census Bureau, which has been
tracking homeownership rates in its
data series going back to 1965 on a
non-seasonally adjusted basis, just
reported that in the second quarter
2016, the homeownership rate dropped
to 62.9%, the lowest point on
record.
Get ready for
America’s new $29 trillion debt:
Military retirement spending rose by
8.7% last year. Medicare costs were
up 10%. Certain government employee
benefit programs rose by 17%.
Federal Judge
Green Lights Government Use Of
Hidden Mics In Public:
A federal judge has ruled that law
enforcement may continue to place
recording devices in public places
because it does not violate the
constitutional guarantee against
warrantless searches and privacy
protections.
North
Carolina voter ID law is
discriminatory – federal appeals
court:
A federal appeals court struck down
a North Carolina law requiring
voters to present a photo ID before
casting ballots in elections,
finding that certain provisions in
it were “enacted with racially
discriminatory intent.”
Number of
Americans renouncing their
citizenship near record highs:
A total of 508 Americans renounced
their citizenship in the second
quarter of the year, according to
information published by the
Internal Revenue Service, putting
the country on track to lose at
least the second highest number of
citizens on record.
Trump's
Russia comments could be a felony,
Vilsack charges:
U.S. Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
is suggesting that Republican
presidential nominee Donald Trump
may have violated federal law this
week when he expressed hope that
Russia had hacked into Hillary
Clinton’s emails.
Donald Trump
reiterates he will only help Nato
countries that pay 'fair share':
Republican makes more isolationist
comments about US foreign policy,
saying he wants to keep Nato but
only if member countries pay for
defense |
July
27/28, 2016
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The
Power of “Nyet”
By Dmitry Orlov |
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The
corrosive psychological
effect of “nyet” on the
American hegemonic
psyche cannot be
underestimated.
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Putin's Warning:
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Don’t
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By Catte |
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This
sudden surge of “terror
attacks”, whatever their
origins, could finally
bring the reality of a
police state to large
portions of Europe.
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Syria's : 50
killed in ISIL attack in Qamishli:
Death toll from two explosions
feared to rise as ISIL claims attack
targeting Kurdish area Qamishli.
Syria's : Air
raids kill 42 civilians in Aleppo:
More than 42 civilians are reported
to have been killed and dozens more
wounded in air strikes launched by
the Syrian government in al-Atareb,
a city in Aleppo province of the
country's northwest.
Syrian govt
forces take rebel-held territory
near Damascus: SANA, activists:
Syrian government forces and their
allies seized territory from rebels
outside Damascus, encroaching on a
pocket of insurgent-held land east
of the capital
Al Nusra
Front officially splits from Al
Qaida:
Group hopes to evade a new
cooperation pact between the US and
Russia, aimed at annihilating Al
Qaida. Abu Mohammad Al Golani,
commander of Al Nusra Front, says
new group will be named Jabhat Fateh
Al Sham (Sham Liberation Front).
Cooperation
with Russia in Syria would not be
based on trust: U.S. general:
The proposal, envisions ways in
which Washington and Moscow would
share intelligence to coordinate air
strikes against the al
Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front and
prohibit the Syrian air force from
attacking moderate rebel groups.
Rebel group
on the verge of total collapse in
Aleppo:
The commander of the 16th Division
of the US-backed Free Syrian Army
and his assistants resigned from
their positions for “medical
reasons”. This armed faction is the
main force combatting the Syrian
Army in the Bani Zaid and Khaldiyah
districts of Aleppo City.
Airstrikes
kill 31 IS militants in western
Iraq:
The international warplanes
bombarded a convoy of five IS
vehicles at a village in north of
the town of Baghdadi, some 190 km
northwest of the Iraqi capital of
Baghdad, destroying the vehicles and
killing 16 IS militants, the source
told Xinhua
Iraq: Attacks
kill at least 14:
Militants unleashed a series of
attacks Wednesday in and around
Baghdad, killing at least 14 people,
officials said. South of the Iraqi
capital, a provincial council
approved a decision allowing
authorities to demolish homes of
convicted militants and banish their
families from the province.
Mortar attack
south of Baghdad kills five children:
A police source informed on
Wednesday that five children were
killed when mortar shells were
targeted at a camp for displaced
people south of Baghdad.
Eight Yemenis
killed in bombing at qat market in
Marib city:
Eight Yemeni civilians were killed
and 15 others injured on Wednesday
in a bombing that struck a crowded
qat market on the outskirts of Marib
city.
Five Saudi
border guards killed in clashes in
south:
Five Saudi border guards were killed
on Monday in clashes with armed
groups seeking to enter from Yemen,
state television al-Ekhbariya
reported, citing the Saudi interior
ministry.
Turkey
'heartbroken' about US handing of
extradition request:
"The evidence is crystal clear. We
know the terrorist cult responsible
for vicious attacks against us and
the Turkish people," Yildirim said
in an interview with The Wall Street
Journal.
CIA's
clandestine meeting in Istanbul on
coup night:
As more evidence surfaces daily, it
will be evident that the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) was
playing a huge role behind the July
15 coup attempt in Turkey.
How Erdogan
Pulled Off the Perfect Coup and
Could Ruin Turkey:
For one thing: Firing 60,000
soldiers and police with knowledge
of weapons and tactics is just
asking for more violence, and
economic decline.
13 killed as
Al-Shabab bombs target African Union
troops in Somalia:
At least 13 people were killed when
two vehicles packed with explosives
went off as they were driven towards
a base for African Union troops in
the Somali capital, according to
officials and witnesses.
Panama
Papers: Offshore Firm Helped
Billionaires Plunder Africa:
Mossack Fonseca, the offshore law
firm at the heart of the Panama
Papers leak, helped politicians,
their families and businessmen rob
Africa of billions of dollars,
according to a new investigation.
Bangladesh:
Nine killed in gun battle with
police:
Nine suspected gunmen were killed by
police in an early-morning operation
in Bangladesh’s capital city of
Dhaka, according to police.
My Mother Was
the Victim of a U.S. Drone:
I am still waiting for an
explanation for why my mother was
killed. Since the day that a U.S.
drone struck and killed my mother as
she stood in our family’s fields, I
have waited for an acknowledgement
or apology from the U.S. government
Turkey thanks
Putin for unconditional support over
coup attempt:
Turkey has expressed its
satisfaction with the unconditional
support Russian President Vladimir
Putin lent to the Turkish government
in the wake of the July 15 failed
coup attempt and vowed to speedily
improve bilateral ties with Moscow
after an eight-month rift.
Turkey ready
to resume pipeline project with
Russia:
Turkey's economy minister says the
country is ready to resume work on
building a gas pipeline from Russia,
a project that was suspended amid
tensions between the two countries.
Germany:
‘suitcase bomb’ fails to explode
near government migrant office
: Police are hunting two ‘Arab
looking’ suspects who reportedly
planted a ‘BOMB’ which failed to
explode near a Government office for
migrants and refugees in the German
town Zirndorf in northern Bavaria,
near the city of Nuremberg.
German man
jailed for sexually abusing and
murdering 2 refugee children:
A German former security guard was
handed a life sentence today for
murdering two children, one of them
a four-year-old Bosnian boy snatched
from a crowded migrant registration
centre last year.
Deutsche Bank
profits plummet 98%, CEO warns of
further cuts:
Deutsche's share price fell by four
percent on Wednesday after the
announcement. Analysts’ predictions
had varied from more than a billion
euro loss to half a billion profit.
Italy Bank
Crisis Looming With Rush to Rescue
#3 Bank, Monte dei Paschi:
The Financial Times warns today that
the big Italian bank domino that
observers have been watching most
closely, Monte dei Paschi di Siena,
will go critical this Friday if
(more likely when) it fails the bank
stress test.
France church
attack: Priest killed by two 'IS
soldiers':
: Police later surrounded the church
and French TV said shots were fired.
Both hostage-takers are now dead.
Normandy
church attack ‘symbolic’, attempt to
‘cultivate war between West & Islam’:
The murder of a priest in a church
in the Normandy region of northern
France is very symbolic and is part
of terrorists’ psychological warfare
aimed at demonstrating nowhere is
safe and creating a gap between
Christians and Muslims,
Australia's
Shame:
It almost defies belief but right
here in Australia there is a prison
system that locks up 10 year olds
and places children as young as
thirteen in solitary confinement.
"This is barbarism, this is
inhumane, this is child abuse."
Lawyer
'Abu Ghraib'-style
images of children in detention in
Australia trigger public inquiry:
Australian prime minister says he is
‘deeply shocked and appalled’ by
footage of teenager being hooded in
a restraint chair and other apparent
abuses
All remaining
charges dropped over Freddie Gray
death:
Prosecutors in Baltimore drop
remaining charges against police
officers in the death of African
American Freddie Gray.
IRS Launches
Investigation Of Clinton Foundation:
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
referred congressional charges of
corrupt Clinton Foundation
“pay-to-play” activities to his tax
agency’s exempt operations office
for investigation, The Daily Caller
News Foundation has learned.
WATCH:
Wasserman Booed Off Stage in Philly,
Escorted Out by Security:
Video - Debbie Wasserman Schultz
complete appearance before Florida
Democratic Party Delegation
Breakfast in Philadelphia where she
is booed and heckled by protesters.
Leaked DNC
emails reveal the inner workings of
the party’s finance operation:
In the rush for big donations to pay
for this week’s Democratic
convention, a party staffer reached
out to Tennessee donor Roy Cockrum
in May with a special offer: the
chance to attend a roundtable
discussion with President Obama.
If Russian
Intelligence Did Hack the DNC, the
NSA Would Know, Snowden Says:
It is vital to cast a skeptical eye
over whatever evidence is presented
to support the claim, made by
Hillary Clinton’s aide Robby Mook,
that this is all part of a Russian
plot to sabotage the Democrats and
help Donald Trump win the election.
'I don't want
to use 4-letter words':
Russian FM slams reporter over DNC
leak claims
DNC sought to
hide details of Clinton funding
deal:
Leaked emails show the Democratic
National Committee scrambled this
spring to conceal the details of a
joint fundraising arrangement with
Hillary Clinton that funneled money
through state Democratic parties. |
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