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70 rebels
killed in 74 airstrikes in Syria`s
Aleppo city:
As many as 74 airstrikes were
conducted over the past 24 hours
against military bases that the
rebels have captured in the south of
Aleppo, it said, adding that several
rebel weaponry and vehicles have
also been destroyed.
13 killed as
Syrian planes said to bomb
Kurdish-held area for first time:
Syrian government warplanes bombed
Kurdish-held areas of the
northeastern city of Hasaka on
Thursday for the first time in the
country's five-year-old civil war,
killing at least 13 people, the
Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and a
monitoring group said.
Syrians Flee
Clashes Between Kurdish, Government
Troops:
Scores of residents of the
northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh
took advantage Friday of a lull in
fighting between Kurdish forces and
Syrian government troops to flee to
safer areas nearby, after fighting
intensified the previous day with
government warplanes bombing
Kurdish-controlled positions
Russian Black
Sea Fleet carries out missile
attacks on terrorist targets in
Syria - military:
"As a result of the strikes a
command post and a terrorist base
near the village of Dar Taaza as
well as a production site of mortar
ammunition and an arms depot in
Aleppo province were destroyed,” the
ministry said in a statement.
Russia’s
Defense Ministry has denied claims
it carried out attacks on a civilian
area in Aleppo’s Qaterji district.
The claims were made by Western
media after video and pictures of a
wounded five-year-old boy from the
area emerged online.
U.N. welcomes
Russian words on Aleppo truce,
trucks 'ready to move':
Russia said on Thursday it would
support a 48-hour ceasefire in
Aleppo, a move the U.N. Syria envoy
said would allow aid to reach
besieged areas soon, as long as all
sides respect the temporary truce.
Iraq to
Execute 36 ISIS Terrorists Who
Killed 1,700 People:
Iraqi President Fuad Masoum has
announced that the government will
execute 36 terrorists from Islamic
State who have been convicted of
killing 1,700 people held captive
after promising that they would be
sent back to their families.
18 ISIS
fighters killed in airstrike in
southern Mosul:
“International coalition aviation
jets targeted seven ISIS vehicles on
the highway between Qayyarah and
Hamam al-Alil.” Shaikhani added “The
operation resulted in the death of
18 ISIS fighters.”
Iraq: Mortar
Barrage killed 12 and left scores
injured:
At least 12 displaced people were
killed and 36 others wounded on
Thursday in a mortar barrage by the
Islamic State (IS) militants on a
displacement camp in Iraq's northern
central province of Salahudin, a
provincial security source told
Xinhua.
5 killed in
bomb attacks in Baghdad
: Lieut.
Deham al-Mahmoud told Anadolu Agency
that two soldiers were among the
dead in southern Bagdad. Separately,
Mahmoud said the bodies of a teenage
girl and a woman were found in the
Al-Abadi and Al-Saab areas of the
city.
14 Killed in
Attacks on Police, Military in
Turkey:
A string of bombings, blamed on
Kurdish rebels and targeting
Turkey's security forces, killed at
least 14 people and wounded more
than 220 others, officials said
Thursday.
US moves
nuclear weapons from Turkey to
Romania:
The US has started transferring
nuclear weapons stationed in Turkey
to Romania, against the background
of worsening relations between
Washington and Ankara.
'US
apoplectic as Turkey pivots
eastward':
Turkish President Erdogan has given
up on NATO and the EU, and is
pivoting toward the East, says
ex-Pentagon official Michael Maloof.
As Ankara and Moscow discuss
military ties, this offers an
intriguing new opportunity for
regional cooperation.
At least 13
Yemeni civilians killed in fresh
Saudi airstrikes:
Nearly a dozen civilians, including
two children, have been killed and
several others injured when Saudi
military aircraft mounted a raft of
fresh airstrikes on various
residential areas in crisis-plagued
Yemen.
MSF to
evacuate staff from Yemen:
MSF said on Thursday it was
evacuating its staff from six
hospitals in northern Yemen after a
Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a
health facility operated by the
group killing 19 people.
New York
Times slams US as complicit in Yemen
carnage:
The Saudi-led coalition has been
criticised for killing thousands of
civilians and bombing non-military
targets since the commencement of
airstrikes in March last year.
Libya: 19
killed in suicide attack in Sirte:
At least 19 victims were killed
Thursday and approximately 80 others
injured in a suicide attack that
targeted al-Bunyan al-Marsous forces
in the northern Libyan city of
Sirte.
9 killed in
inter-communal clashes in Mali:
Nine people were killed in clashes
between Fulani and Bambara, two
rival communities in central Mali,
local sources told Anadolu Agency
late Thursday.
Car bomb
kills 1, wounds 4 in Mogadishu:
"Security forces were chasing a car
loaded with explosives when it went
off near Sinay intersection," said
police official Ibrahim Mohamed.
"The violent elements wanted to harm
civilians but their attempt was
foiled by the national intelligence
agency."
Kashmir:
Nighttime ban added to curfew
restrictions, 66 killed:
Killings blamed on Indian forces
have continued with villagers in the
southern Kashmiri settlement of
Khrew accusing the military of
beating a 30-year-old teacher to
death on Wednesday night.
11 militants
killed in NW Pakistan army operation:
At least 11 militants were killed
and four others injured when
Pakistani army launched aerial and
ground operation in the country's
northwest tribal area of Khyber
Agency on Thursday, officials said.
China’s New
Silk Road May Be A Game-Changer For
Pakistan:
Former Pakistani Prime Minister
Shaukat Aziz discusses China’s plan
to link its western region with a
Pakistani port, a plan he negotiated
while in office.
Five migrant
bodies recovered in Mediterranean,
534 rescued - Italy coastguard:
The migrants were picked up from two
large rubber dinghies and nine other
smaller boats, the coastguard said,
giving no details about how the
deaths occurred.
Putin flies
into Crimea amid war games and
tension:
Vladimir Putin flew
into annexed Crimea on Friday a day
after staging war games there, and
said he hoped Ukraine would see
"common sense" when it came to
resolving a diplomatic crisis over
the peninsula.
Russian drill
calls for ‘NATO’ soldiers ‘to lay
down arms, stop being pawns’
“NATO soldiers! You are being lied
to! You are not peacekeepers! Lay
down your arms,” a female voice
warned the soldiers in a recording
played on loudspeakers, according to
RIA Novosti’s reporter on the scene.
Russian
prosecutors blacklist another 2 US
organizations:
Five other U.S. non-profit
organizations have been blacklisted
under a 2015 law intended to cut
potential sources of foreign funding
for Russian NGOs.
Jewish man
injured in knife attack in
Strasbourg:
The victim, who was wearing a
traditional kippa, was attacked
outside his home which is located in
the Jewish quarter of the city. He
also said that witnesses reported
that the assailant, who has a
history of mental health problems,
shouted “Allahu Akbar”.
German
interior minister calls for partial
burqa ban :
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said
that a “completely covered” woman
has almost “no chance of
integrating” herself into German
society.
Number of
foreign visitors to France falls
sharply:
The number of nightly stays in
France by foreign tourists fell by
8.5 percent in the three months to
end-June compared to the same period
a year ago. French tourists were
also less keen to visit their own
country, with figures down 2.9
percent.
UK
surveillance powers have gone
further than any other Western
democracy: MP:
new surveillance powers will permit
UK intelligence agencies to collect,
store and access information about
internet users, which is stored
online, but critics of the Bill say
it infringes on civil liberties and
personal privacy.
Royal Bank of
Scotland to start charging large UK
companies to hold cash:
Some investment banking customers
will be hit with negative interest
rates from Monday
Bank of
Ireland to charge for placing cash
on deposit:
Bank which is 14% owned by State to
impose unprecedented levy on larger
customers
Vancouver
Housing Market Implodes:
Average Home Price Plunges 20% In 1
Month
U.N. Admits
Role in Cholera Epidemic in Haiti:
For the first time since a cholera
epidemic believed to be imported by
United Nations peacekeepers began
killing thousands of Haitians nearly
six years ago, the office of
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has
acknowledged that the United Nations
played a role in the initial
outbreak"
Congress,
Worried About Trump, Is Trying To
Tie The Next President’s Hands On
Russia:
But the oil industry is trying to
lay the groundwork for a President
Trump.
Trump Plays
the Role of President in Louisiana:
GOP nominee tours disaster area
while Obama, Clinton won't be parted
from politics and rest
Trump says
campaign chairman Manafort resigns:
Trump said in a statement he had
accepted Manafort's resignation, but
did not offer an explanation for the
departure. Campaign sources said
that Trump had been unhappy with
Manafort for a variety of reasons. |
August 17/18, 2016
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Even Nukes Grow Old
By Eric Margolis
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Instead
of debating transgender
toilets, American voters
should be demanding: `Mr
President/or Mrs
President, get rid of
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Airstrike in
Mosul kills 50 ISIS fighters:
“International coalition aviation
jets today bomb ISIS headquarters at
Masaref, Kahera, Ghabat and Somer in
central Mosul, killing 50 men of the
outfit.”
ISIS executes
seven Mosul residents:
“This morning, ISIS executed seven
citizens in the center Mosul city
after they refused to send their
children to schools run by the
organization.”
Iraqi army
liberates 4 villages south of Mosul
from ISIS:
- Iraqi government forces have
managed to gain more ground in the
troubled northern province of
Nineveh as they are pushing to drive
Takfiri Daesh terrorists from the
strategic militant-held city of
Mosul.
Dozens of
ISIS members killed in western
Haditha:
“Iraqi Security Forces backed by al-Hashd
al-Shaabi fighters repulsed an ISIS
attack targeting the front berms of
al-Khasfa area and approach of one
of the army headquarters. Dozens of
ISIS men were killed in the
operation.”
Peshmerga
foils ISIS attack, kills 6 fighters
south of Kirkuk:
“ISIS this morning shelled Peshnerga
sites in the center of Dagug which
is 30 km from Kirkuk. Peshmerga
forces repulsed the attack and
killed at least six ISIS fighters
and wounded eight others. ”
Inside the
Real US Ground War On ISIS: Op-Ed:
As the US and its allies prepare to
launch a major offensive for Mosul,
US service members are on the ground
in growing numbers — and
increasingly in harm’s way. Mike
Giglio reports from the bases and
front lines where they work around
northern Iraq.
Airstrikes on
rebel-held Syrian city kill 17:
The local branch of the volunteer
Syrian Civil Defense group said the
airstrikes on Wednesday wounded at
least 30 others.
Russian
bombers use Iran base for air
strikes:
:
Currently, the strategic TU-22M3
bombers take flight from southern
Russia at Modzok airfield; however,
this newly signed military agreement
with Iran will allow Russia to
reduce flight time by 60%, saving
both money and improving airstrike
effectiveness.
Russia
defends using Iran base for Syria
air strikes:
Moscow says use of Iran's airbase
does not violate UN resolution that
prohibits supplying warplanes to
Tehran.
No permanent
strategic bombers & nukes in Syria
but Khmeimim base to be enlarged –
Russian senator:
Russia’s military base in Khmeimim,
Syria, will be converted to make it
a permanent site, a Russian senator
has said. After various questions
are agreed with the Syrian
authorities, the base will have
extended operational capabilities.
U.S.
official: Large convoy of ISIS
fighters allowed to leave Syrian
city:
A couple hundred vehicles of Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
fighters were allowed to leave the
northern Syrian city of Manbij as
U.S.-backed forces seized the town
in recent days because the militants
had civilians with them.
A new Saudi
airstrike in Yemen kills 17
civilians, witnesses say:
An airstrike on a residential area
near the Yemeni capital, Sana, on
Tuesday killed 17 civilians, most of
them women and children, as
international criticism continued to
build over a deadly bombing the day
before of a hospital run by Doctors
Without Borders.
Seven killed
in Yemeni retaliatory attack on
Saudi soil:
a rocket launched by Yemeni forces,
backed by fighters from Yemen's
Ansarullah movement, hit an
industrial zone in Najran on
Tuesday, killing four Saudis and
three foreigners.
American
Complicity in Yemen’s War:
"If you
talk to Yemeni Americans, they will
tell you in Yemen this isn't a Saudi
bombing campaign, it's a U.S.
bombing campaign."
Palestinian
teen killed by Israeli occupation
troops in West Bank:
The Palestinian Red Crescent said
live fire struck about 10 people
after rioters threw large rocks at
Israeli troops.
Turkey to
release 38,000 prisoners to make
room for more post-coup detainees:
Turkey on Wednesday announced plans
to release about 38,000 inmates from
overcrowded prisons as the penal
system struggles to cope with a
flood of new detainees after last
month's failed coup.
Give us EU
visa freedom in October or abandon
migrant deal, Turkey says:
Turkey could walk away from its
promise to stem the flow of illegal
migrants to Europe if the European
Union fails to grant Turks visa-free
travel to the bloc in October,
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
told a German newspaper.
20 civilians
killed in US airstrike in Afghan
province, government and media
silent:
According to reports received from
Minari village of Khushamand
district, Paktika province, more
than 20 civilians were killed in an
airstrike by US forces on August 12,
2016.
At Least 20
Afghan Soldiers Killed in
Counter-Terrorist Operations in 24
Hours:
The soldiers were killed in the
provinces of Badghis, Ghazni,
Helmand, Kunduz, Laghman, Maidan
Wardak, Nuristan, Paktia and Uruzgan,
Khaama Press said.
Pakistani
army launches operation at
Pak-Afghan border, killing 15
militants:
At least 15 militants were killed
when Pakistani military launched an
armed offensive in the country's
northwest tribal area of Khyber
Agency on Tuesday, local media and
officials said.
Five
protesters killed in Kashmir as
Indian minister calls Pakistan
‘hell’:
Indian security forces on Tuesday
killed five protesters and injured
10 in clashes that erupted after
crowds angered by the killing of a
separatist militant in disputed
Kashmir pelted them with stones and
defied a curfew, officials said.
South Sudan
government approves 4,000-strong UN
force:
On Monday, the government of South
Sudan approved plans for expanded
foreign military intervention on its
own soil, including 4,000 soldiers
drawn from East and Central African
militaries, to be organized under a
United Nations mandate.
UN launches
probe of South Sudan violence:
The United Nations has launched a
probe of a hotel attack in South
Sudan in which soldiers raped women
and assaulted aid workers while UN
peacekeepers allegedly failed to
act.
Libyan forces
retake central Sirte district from
ISIL:
The fighters, mainly from the nearby
city of Misrata, said they were
advancing on ISIL-held "District
One", after seizing "District Two"
on Tuesday.
Russia
attacks: 'Militants' killed in St
Petersburg and Moscow:
A special forces raid in St
Petersburg and an attack by gunmen
near Moscow have left at least six
suspected militants dead, officials
say. Four were killed at a block of
flats in St Petersburg, as special
forces searched for North Caucasus
militants.
German media
steps up anti-Russian agitation:
On Tuesday, virtually every leading
German newspaper published
denunciations of the Russian
government, blaming it for stoking
the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.
Australia to
close Manus Island refugee prison
camp:
Australia and Papua New Guinea have
agreed to close a controversial
Australian-funded prison camp for
asylum seekers on Manus Island,
although the ultimate fate of 800
refugees held in the camp remains
unclear.
Venezuela
envoy disputes UN chief's
"humanitarian crisis" remarks:
He also said that President Maduro
would speak to Mr Ban in September
during a summit of the Non-Aligned
Movement in Caracas.
The Odds of a
Global Food Crisis Are Rising:
Few worry that the present abundance
of food could be temporary. But the
global food supply is more fragile
than we might think, despite
historically low grain/agricultural
commodity prices.
World seeing
‘greatest monetary policy experiment
in history’ - Rothschild:
Low interest rates, negative yields
on government debt and quantitative
easing are part of the biggest
financial experiment in world
history, and the consequences are
yet unknown, says RIT Capital
Partners Chairman Lord Rothschild.
Hacking group
auctions 'cyber weapons' stolen from
NSA:
Group called Shadow Brokers says it
infiltrated NSA’s elite Equation
Group and teases files including
some named in documents leaked by
Edward Snowden
Edward
Snowden: Russia probably behind NSA
leak:
Suggesting that the leak was likely
to be a warning, Mr Snowden added:
"That could have significant foreign
policy consequences. Particularly if
any of those operations targeted US
allies… particularly if any of those
operations targeted elections."
Obama and
Hillary DID Found ISIS - This 2012
US Government Memo Proves It:
No one paying attention with even
one eye and half an ear can be
ignorant of the fact that when it
comes to this year’s election the
MSM are lying shills for Hillary.
But now it seems they’re all
suffering from amnesia too.
Aetna's
Obamacare pullout means the
'insurance death spiral' has arrived:
Aetna the nation's fourth-largest
health insurer, just decided to stop
offering plans on Obamacare's
exchanges in all but four states in
2017. The firm says that it was
losing roughly $300 million per year
on these policies.
Assange: DOJ
set 'new standard' for Clinton:
“Hillary Clinton’s case has been
dropped, the case against WikiLeaks
continues. So why is it that the,
quote, ‘pending law enforcement
proceedings’ against WikiLeaks
continue? There’s a problem here.”
Source: Trump
To Receive First Intelligence
Briefing Wednesday:
Trump is expected to bring with him
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a
former federal prosecutor; and the
former director of the Defense
Intelligence Agency, retired Lt.
Gen. Michael Flynn. Both Christie
and Flynn have been advising Trump's
campaign.
Who is Steve
Bannon, Donald Trump's new campaign
CEO?:
Donald Trump's new campaign CEO,
Steve Bannon, brings with him from
conservative news operation
Breitbart News a combative and
feisty personality.
NBC chairman
blasts Trump in private Facebook
post:
The chairman of NBC
Entertainment slammed Donald Trump,
the network’s onetime “Apprentice”
star, as “toxic” and “demented” in a
private Facebook post that became
public. |
August 15/16, 2016
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Police
State Fascism
By Margaret Kimberley |
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The word
fascism has reappeared
in the American popular
lexicon thanks to Donald
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100 people
killed in Idlib and Aleppo violence:
Late on Sunday, at least 35 people
were killed and many more injured,
some critically, after a suicide
bomber detonated his explosive vest
inside a bus in Syria's Idlib
province, the bus was carrying
opposition fighters when the blast
happened near the Atmeh border
crossing.
Syrian Army
Repels Rebel Advances Southwest of
Aleppo City:
Forcing opposition forces to retreat
from positions they seized a day
earlier in the latest territorial
back and forth between the two
warring sides trying to break each
other's hold around Syria's largest
c
Russia says
close to joint military action with
U.S. in Aleppo: agencies:
"We are moving step by step closer
to a plan - and I'm only talking
about Aleppo here - that would
really allow us to start fighting
together to bring peace so that
people can return to their homes in
this troubled land."
US must keep
its promise on Manbij:
Turkish FM Çavusoglu: Foreign
Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu has stated
that he expects Kurdish forces to
pull back from the east of the
Euphrates River upon the completion
of the Manbij operation against the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(ISIL).
Daesh
terrorists kill 25 citizens in
northern Iraq:
Daesh members placed 25 local
residents of the town of Hawijah,
located about 282 kilometers (175
miles) north of the capital,
Baghdad, inside a booby-trapped
house and then detonated the
building, Arabic-language al-Sumaria
television reported.
Shia milita
kills six ISIS men in eastern
Salahaddin:
A security source in Salahaddin
province informed on Monday that
al-Hashed al-Shaabi forces repulsed
an ISIS attack and killed six
members of the outfit and injured 12
others in an ambush later.
ISIS executes
six people by BOILING them in TAR:
The gruesome act was carried out in
public at an Isis command centre in
al-Shora in Iraq, ‘with the aim of
inciting fear among the citizens’.
The six, from Mosul, were accused by
Isis of being spies for the Iraqi
government.
Gory pictures
of blisters suffered by Kurdish
fighters are the first evidence that
ISIS jihadis are now deploying
MUSTARD GAS in Iraq
: Troops fighting
against the terror group have been
left with appalling injuries –
including agonising blisters on
their skin and badly damaged lungs –
in a frightening echo of warfare in
the trenches on the Western Front.
Yemen:
Houthis, allied army units kill 32
Saudi-backed militants:
Yemeni Ansarullah fighters and
allied army forces have killed 32
Saudi-backed militants loyal to
Yemen’s former regime in fierce
clashes across the country. The
fatalities were caused during
fighting in the provinces of Ma’rib,
Jawf and Bayda on Sunday
Airstrike
hits Doctors Without Borders
hospital in Yemen, kills 20 people
officials say:
Yemeni security and medical
officials, say the strike killed and
wounded some 20 of the hospital's
staff and patients.
Saudi
airstrike on Yemen school kills at
least 10 children:
At least 10 children have been
killed in a suspected Saudi
airstrike on a school in Yemen, a
week after the collapse of
UN-brokered peace talks. The attack
is likely to draw renewed criticism
of the Saudi air campaign.
Senators want
bipartisan block to Saudi arms sale:
A bipartisan group of Senators is
moving to block the $1.15 billion
sale of US tanks to Saudi Arabia,
citing concerns over human rights
and the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Riyadh has requested new tanks to
modernize its arsenal and replace
battlefield losses.
Official from
Christian charity tortured by
Israel, lawyer says:
Israel is intensifying its assault
on humanitarian aid efforts in the
besieged Gaza Strip, with
accusations against officials from
two more international agencies.
Evangelical
Lutherans to US: End Israel aid if
settlements stay:
At triennial assembly, church also
wants to halt investment in
companies profiting from Israeli
occupation, urges Obama to recognize
Palestine
Six people
killed in PKK car bombing in
Turkey's southeast: deputy PM:
A car bomb killed six people
including four police officers and a
child outside a police station in
southeastern Turkey on Monday,
according to senior government
officials who blamed the attack on
Kurdish militants.
US nukes in
Turkey vulnerable to ‘terrorists &
other hostile forces’ – think tank
:
A US think tank has called for the
withdrawal of nuclear arms from
Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base, saying
the country is in disorder and is
too close to the Syria conflict
zone.
Turkish
police raid Istanbul courthouses,
more officers detained:
Turkish police raided the country's
biggest courthouse and two other
halls of justice in Istanbul on
Monday, detaining dozens of judicial
personnel as part of their
investigation into last month's
attempted military coup.
Turkish
prosecutors formally ask US for
Gulen's arrest:
A delegation from the US Justice
Department will also arrive on
August 22 to discuss the
extradition.
51 killed in
DR Congo machete attack: NGOs:
"Our team on the ground has counted
51 bodies slain with machetes," said
Teddy Kataliko, a member of a local
alliance of NGOs and unions working
in the troubled town of Beni.
Six killed in
Mozambique rebel attack: police:
Six people have been killed in an
attack by Renamo rebels in
Mozambique, police said Monday, the
latest in a string of violent
skirmishes between opposition
fighters and government forces.
7 Libyan govt
troops killed in Sirte clashes with
Daesh:
“Seven [soldiers] were killed and 52
others injured in clashes with Daesh
militants,” Mohamed al-Ghosri, a
spokesman for the Libyan
government’s anti-Daesh operations,
told Anadolu Agency.
Libya: Five
North Darfuris Killed in Air Raid On
Benghazi in Libya:
A Sudanese friend of the victims
told Radio Dabanga on Sunday that a
fighter jet dropped two bombs on a
residential building in the Ganfouda
district in Benghazi at 4 am.
Taliban
overruns district in Afghanistan's
Baghlan:
Officials confirm fall of police HQ
in Dahana-e-Ghori in northern
Baghlan province, dealing fresh blow
to government.
Indian police
commander, seven fighters killed in
Kashmir gun battles:
This came after gunmen shot and
wounded at least 10 police
paramilitaries in two separate
attacks in the main city of Srinagar
on Monday.
Firing at
stone-throwers in
Indian-administered Kashmir:
The lush green valleys of the region
are claimed by India and Pakistan -
both nuclear powers. They have
fought two wars over Kashmir, and it
remains one of the most militarised
regions in the world.
Man shot by
police after opening fire in Belgian
city Ghent: media:
Ghent public prosecutors confirmed
there had been a shooting in the
city center at around 6:30 p.m.
(1630 GMT), but declined to say how
many people were involved, whether
the gunman was being held or whether
the incident was related to
terrorism.
Paranoia in
Parliament? UK MPs Taught Israeli
Spy Agency Martial Art:
British MPs are being taught
self-defense techniques used by
Israel's spy agency Mossad, called
Krav Maga, to help protect them
against an attack by terrorists or
stalkers, following the murder of
fellow MP Jo Cox.
Julian
Assange: WikiLeaks will show how US
intelligence interferes in European
elections:
Julian Assange, the founder of
whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks,
has claimed that fresh leaks are on
the horizon and indicated that
European politics may soon be rocked
by fresh spying revelations.
Greeks will
have to declare to tax office even
cash below 100 euro:
More than 8,500,000 tax payers
registered in Greece will be called
to declare all moveable and
immovable assets, their total
“wealth”, and even cash they possess
even if it is below 100 euro.
Profits
Plunge, Sales Drop at Macy’s.
Slashes Jobs, Closes Stores.
Stock Jumps 18%: Brick-and-mortar
retail sinks artfully into coma.
Wisconsin
National Guard ready to confront
protesters in Milwaukee:
The US state of Wisconsin has
activated its National Guard to
assist the Milwaukee Police
Department in the wake of continued
protests against police brutality in
the city.
Hillary
Clinton’s ‘Erratic’ Behavior Raises
Eyebrows:
What’s going on with Hillary
Clinton’s health? That’s a question
many people are asking these days.
There’s a lot we still don’t know
about the mysterious health scare
Clinton was hospitalized for what
was later described as a blood clot
on her brain.
Glenn
Greenwald: Democrats’ Tactic of
Accusing Critics of Kremlin
Allegiance Has Long, Ugly History in
U.S.: Op-Ed:
Democrats, really have not stopped
cheering, ever since the ex-Acting
CIA Director (who, undisclosed by
the NYT, now works for a Clinton
operative) went to The New York
Times to claim “that Mr. Putin had
recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting
agent of the Russian Federation.”
Trump says he
would implement 'extreme vetting' of
immigrants:
Donald Trump called Monday for
"extreme vetting" of immigrants
seeking admission to the United
States, vowing to block those who
sympathize with extremist groups or
don't embrace American values. He
said the policy would first require
a temporary halt in immigration from
dangerous regions of the world.
Donald
Trump’s Ohio Speech on Immigration
and Terrorism:
Read the speech in full
A look at
what people in Mexico City think of
Donald Trump.:
What does the everyday Mexican think
of “The Wall,” or Trump’s plan to
send the millions of undocumented
immigrants from Mexico living in the
United States back to Mexico, among
so many other contentious proposals? |
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Syria:
Government and Russia blamed for 90
deaths:
Most people were killed around
Aleppo province, where more than
300,000 civilians are trapped in
rebel held territories.
20 killed as
ISIS 'kidnaps 2,000 civilians' in
retreat from Manbij
: The abductions
came as Russian and Syrian jets
pounded rebel positions in and
around second city Aleppo, killing
at least 20 people, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Right monitor
said.
Another
Russian soldier killed in Syria by
IS militants:
“The soldier has been posthumously
awarded the Order of Courage by the
decree of Russian President Vladimir
Putin. The award was given to his
parents,” Kokov said.
More than
2,000 Isis hostages freed from
Syrian city of Manbij:
Allied Arab and Kurdish fighters
retake Syrian city from retreating
jihadis, where civilians had been
held as human shields
CENTCOM
Cooked ISIS War Intel:Two
new congressional reports conclude
senior military officials skewed
information about the war to make it
look like it was going better. The
unanswered question is why.
How Media
Distorted Syrian Ceasefire’s
Breakdown: Op-Ed:
Coverage of the breakdown of the
partial ceasefire in Syria
illustrated the main way corporate
news media distort public
understanding of a major foreign
policy story.
Pentagon to
approve first private contractors to
fight ISIS in Syria:
A no-bid $10 million contract
announced in late July is possibly
the first instance in which the
Pentagon has publicly acknowledged
using private military contractors
alongside American special
operations forces fighting Islamic
State in Syria.
ISIS Boasts
At How Much It’s Costing The U.S. To
Fight It:
The group claims the U.S.-led
campaign carries a price tag of $8.5
billion in total, with $12 million a
day spent solely on airstrikes.
Russia to
hold naval drills near Syria from
mid-August: agencies:
Russian warships The Serpukhov and
The Zelyony Dol, which are equipped
with Kalibr cruise missiles, will
take part in the exercises, the
defense ministry said. The navy
plans to test fire rockets during
the drills, the agencies reported.
Turkey to
Consider Closing Border With Syria
at Russia’s Request – Reports:
Turkey will consider closing its
border with Syria at Russia’s
request as full reconciliation with
Moscow is in Ankara’s interest,
Russian media reported Friday,
citing a Russian Federation Council
member.
Iran and
Turkey agree to cooperate over Syria:
Foreign ministers Cavusoglu and
Zarif vow "closer contact" on
Syria's territorial integrity
despite differences.
Iraqi
violence leaves 18 dead:
Iraqi forces shot dead seven ISIL
militants as they tried to flee the
Khalidiya Island in the western
Anbar province, Anbar operations
commander Maj. Gen. Ismail Mahlawi
told Anadolu Agency.
Saudi
warplanes hit Yemen, kill 17
civilians:
At least 17 civilians, including
women and children, have been killed
and nearly two dozen others injured
in about 90 airstrikes carried out
by Saudi warplanes on Yemen in 24
hours.
At least ten
children killed in Yemen after
school reportedly hit in airstrike
: At least ten children have been
killed and almost thirty injured in
north-western Yemen, Doctors Without
Borders said after a reported
airstrike on a religious school.
3 Saudi
Troops Killed by Yemeni Snipers in
Jizan:
Snipers of Yemen’s army killed three
Saudi troops inside Saudi Arabia as
part of retaliatory operations
against the deadly Saudi war against
the Arab country.
Israel
demolishing more Palestinian
buildings, says UN:
Israel has razed more Palestinian
homes and other structures so far
this year than in all of 2015, the
United Nations said on Friday.
EU, US warn
Israel against razing Palestinian
village:
Reporting Israeli newspaper Haaretz,
Safa said the “warning messages”
reached the Israeli leadership over
the last two weeks, noting the
response if the village was razed
would be “unconventional”.
Mali: ‘Dozens
killed’ in clashes between rival
groups:
Dozens of
people have been killed in a violent
clash between a pro-government
militia group and a separatist
umbrella organization in northern
Mali, a local source told Anadolu
Agency Friday.
Libya:
Militants claim French drone killed
civilians
: Four members
of the same family, including two
children, were reported to have been
killed in a Benghazi airstrike today
which Islamist militiamen are
blaming on a French drone.
Support for
Libyan unity government 'crumbling':
U.N. envoy:
"At the time
Tripoli had 20 hours of electricity
a day, now it is 12 ... In April
people had to pay 3.5 dinars for a
dollar. Today it is 5 dinars. That
is devastating for an
import-oriented economy. Support is
crumbling."
Washington
has been preparing for strikes in
Libya since at least 2014.
Since this would predate the GNA
itself, the Pentagon’s timeline for
this latest Libya intervention?—?and
the associated justifications?—?just
doesn’t line up.
UN approves
new peacekeeping force to South
Sudan:
The resolution allows the deployment
of 4,000 more UN forces to the
country following the latest wave of
violence.
IS leader in
Afghanistan killed, US believes:
The drone strike was carried out
three days after IS carried out its
most devastating attack in
Afghanistan, killing 80 people and
wounding 230 at a rally of Shia
Muslims from the Hazara minority in
the capital Kabul.
Thailand bomb
blasts target Phuket and Hua Hin
tourist spots:
Four bombs exploded in the resort
town of Hua Hin, while several
blasts hit the island of Phuket, a
top tourist destination, all within
a 24-hour period
Russia
Rebuilding Military Airfields in
Vietnam, Pacific Islands:
The airfield network is being
rebuilt in the Arctic, but also
abroad in Vietnam, on the Pacific
islands, and in Syria," Gen.
Deinekin told RIA Novosti.
Terror on
Swiss train as passengers are
attacked by man with 'fire and
knife':
Swiss train passengers have been
attacked by a man with 'fire and a
knife' sparking fears of a new
terror attack. According to early
reports, a man boarded the train,
started a fire and then began
stabbing passengers.
Russian tanks
have been spotted on the northern
Crimea border:
Russian tanks have been spotted on
the northern Crimea border which has
sparked fears that an invasion led
by President Vladimir Putin is
imminent.
Ukraine
Crimea: Russia sends new air defence
missiles:
The S-400 Triumph missile systems
were earmarked for troops in Crimea
last month, Russian media said at
the time. Moscow also announced
exercises in Crimea next week to
simulate an attack by weapons of
mass destruction (WMD).
Crimea
subversion group included
professional secret service officers:
Yevgeny Panov, the supposed leader
of the Ukrainian subversive group
seized in Crimea, has made a
confession stating that secret
service career officers had been
members of the group in charge of
preparing sabotage attacks.
‘Chaos in
Kiev’: Ukraine trying to distract
attention from Donbass conflict,
says Russia’s UN rep.:
Churkin also emphasized that the US
delegation yet again had attempted
to present an “entirely one-sided
picture of the events in Ukraine.”
Russian
military’s invisible ‘cloak’ to hide
weapons & hardware from enemy radar:
A Russian defense company has
created a “cloak,” which it says can
make electronic objects invisible to
enemy radar. The aim of the fiber
technology, which is used in the
cloak, is to make weapons invisible
to prying eyes
Washington
considers sanctioning Moscow over
DNC email leak - report
: Adopting more anti-Russian
economic sanctions would mean
delivering public accusations
against Moscow or exposing links of
the alleged hackers to Russia.
Soros gave
Clinton step-by-step instructions on
how to tackle Albania unrest –
WikiLeaks email:
An
email leaked by WikiLeaks reveals
that when Hillary Clinton was US
secretary of state in 2011,
billionaire George Soros instructed
her on how to handle unrest in
Albania, stressing it “needs urgent
attention at senior levels of the US
government.”
Ecuador says
Swedish prosecutors will interview
the WikiLeaks founder at its London
embassy:
Ecuador says it will allow Swedish
prosecutors to question Julian
Assange inside its embassy in
London—possibly marking the
beginning of the end of the legal
impasse involving the WikiLeaks
founder.
The Victory
of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution:
The revolution that no one said
could survive, continues to triumph,
leading the world with its universal
health care and education system. In
the lead-up to Fidel Castro's 90th
birthday, teleSUR celebrates the
Cuban leader's landmark
achievements.
Vigil held
for 14-year-old boy killed by Los
Angeles police:
A vigil has been held for a 14-year
old Hispanic teenager who was gunned
down by Los Angeles police.
New Video
Shows a Cleveland Police Punching a
Handcuffed Woman:
The video shows 21-year-old Ciara
Perez Rodriguez pinned up against
the back of a police vehicle.
Rodriguez appears to say something
to one of the officers and was then
struck in the face.
Mainstream
Media Up in Arms About Malia Smoking
Pot
— Silent on Her Dad Blowing Up
Children
Clinton
releas earned nearly $240M since
leaving White House:
The power couple reported earning
$10.7 million in income in 2015, and
claimed a tax liability of $3.6
million.
96% Of
Clinton Donations Went To The
Clinton Foundation:
The Clinton Family Foundation, whose
expenses pay among others those
Clinton family members and friends
employed by the foundation, like
Chelsea Clinton who happens to be
the foundation's Vice Chair.
Joint FBI-US
Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation
Is Underway:
Multiple FBI investigations are
underway involving potential
corruption charges against the
Clinton Foundation, according to a
former senior law enforcement
official.
Americans Are
Still Giving Up Their Citizenship at
Record Rates:
The U.S. is on track to set another
record for what the U.S. Treasury
Department calls “Individuals who
have chosen to expatriate.”
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30 killed in
Russia raids on ISIS Syria bastion
Raqqa: activists:
The ministry said that the
extremists had suffered "significant
material damages" in the strikes and
that "a large number of fighters
have been killed."
Three killed
in suspected Aleppo chemical attack:
Rescue group and hospital say gas
dropped on the Zubdiya neighbourhood
of rebel-held Aleppo.
Fighting in
Aleppo persists despite Russia
ceasefire announcement: rebels:
Fighting persisted in the Syrian
city of Aleppo on Thursday more than
an hour into a three-hour ceasefire
announced by Russia, two rebel
groups and a witness in the city
said, as government forces tried to
reverse last week's opposition
gains.
Turkey offers
Russia joint operations against ISIL:
"Let's fight against the terrorist
group together, so that we can clear
it out as soon as possible," the
minister said, warning otherwise
that the group would keep on
expanding and spread into other
countries.
ISIS
propaganda video claims to show U.S.
special ops training Syrian
fighters:
U.S. special operations forces are
also on the ground in Syria, and for
the first time we've seen video of
them training soldiers to fight
ISIS. But where the video came from
is troubling.
The US is
hiring military contractors for
operations in Syria:
In an obscure yet publicly available
report, the Pentagon has for the
first time indicated that it was
hiring military contractors for
operations in Syria.
Saudi-led
attacks on Yemeni capital resume, 13
killed,
: Medics put the
death toll at 13. Most of the
casualties were women working at the
al-Aqel potato chip factory in the
Nahda district of the capital.
The U.S. will
rearm Saudi Arabia to the tune of
$1.5 billion as airstrikes resume in
Yemen:
The United States sold more than $20
billion worth of military equipment
and support to the Saudis last year.
And this is an alliance that goes
back decades.
Turkey May
Look Beyond NATO to Defend Itself,
Foreign Affairs Minister Says:
Turkey may look outside NATO for
defense cooperation, the country’s
Foreign Affairs Minister said in an
interview.
Hundreds of
military dependents ordered to leave
Turkey:
The Pentagon is ordering nearly 700
military family members to leave
Incirlik Air Base and two smaller
military installations in Turkey
because of concerns over the
deteriorating security environment
there.
Ethiopia: 33
Killed as Protest Violence Escalates:
Demonstrations in the country’s
Oromia and Amhara regions sparked
the worst violence seen since
January. At least 33 people were
killed during the clashes in Oromiya,
where opposition against the
government is most intense.
Key U.S.
Africa Ally Faces More Unrest After
Scores Killed:
Ethiopia, a key U.S. ally in the
fight against Islamist militants in
East Africa, faces the prospect of
further unrest after a crackdown on
anti-government demonstrations held
by its two largest communities over
the weekend that Amnesty
International said left 97 people
dead.
U.S. troops
aiding Libyan forces in major battle
against Islamic State:
U.S. Special Operations forces are
providing direct, on-the-ground
support for the first time to
fighters battling the Islamic State
in Libya, U.S. and Libyan officials
said, coordinating American
airstrikes and providing
intelligence information
Daesh in
Afghanistan:
21 militants killed in Nangarhar
security operations: At least 21
Daesh insurgents were killed and 12
others wounded during security
forces operation in the Achin
district of eastern Nangarhar
province on Wednesday, an official
said.
Russian FSB
foils terrorist attacks plotted by
Ukrainian intel agents in Crimea:
One FSB officer was killed, while at
least one infiltrator was shot dead
and several others injured when the
officers returned fire. Twenty
home-made explosive devices
equivalent to more than 40 kilos of
TNT, as well as ammunition, shells,
and other weapons used by the
Ukrainian Army’s special forces were
discovered at the scene.
Russia
accuses Ukraine of attempted Crimea
'incursions':
The FSB intelligence agency said two
attempted incursions had taken place
over the weekend and a Russian
soldier and an FSB employee had been
killed.
Ukraine
deploys military hardware to
checkpoints with Crimea - General
Staff:
Ukraine deploys more military
equipment and forces to strengthen
its army units in the Kherson region
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'CNN story a
hoax': Secret Service held no formal
talks with Trump over 2nd Amendment
remarks:
The Secret Service has not formally
spoken to Donald Trump regarding a
suggestion that “Second Amendment
people” could stop Hillary Clinton
from curbing gun rights, according
to a federal official. CNN
previously reported that the agency
had done so.
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