April
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International
Collaboration to End
Violence
By Robert J.
Burrowes
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While
much of the world is
engulfed in violence
of one sort or
another, a global
network of
individuals and
organizations is
committed to ending
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37 killed in clashes:
At least 37 people were killed
on Thursday in clashes between
the Syrian army and rebel and
Islamic factions in Syria’s Hama
province
Al-Qaeda mourns scores
of fallen fighters killed by the
Syrian Army in rural Hama;
The battle for Taibat Al-Imam
proved costly for Hay’at Tahrir
Al-Sham (HTS) as dozens of its
combattants paid the ultimate
price amid the Syrian Arab
Army’s (SAA) takeover of the
imperative town, located along
the M5 highway in northern Hama.
Video: Foreign Powers to
Increase Support to Al Qaeda
Militants in Syria:
These developments clearly show
that foreign sponsors of various
factions involved in the war are
increasing their activity in
Syria ahead of the expected
division of spheres of influence
after the collapse of ISIS.
OPCW’s block of on-site
probe shows Western powers now
aiming to oust Assad – Lavrov:
“Our proposal that experts from
the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
[OPCW] visit the sites of the
suspected chemical attack in
Syria was blocked by Western
delegations without any
explanations,” Lavrov said.
Syria; Investigators
Claim U.S. Failed To Prevent
Civilian Casualties:
Human Rights Watch, Forensic
Architecture and Bellingcat,
have investigated the
U.S.-coalition bombing of a
mosque in Syria last month. All
found that the U.S. failed to
prevent civilian casualties and
suggested the attack could
constitute a war crime.
Turkey at 'Final Stage'
With Russia Over S-400 Missile
System: Defense Minister:
NATO member Turkey in 2015
canceled a $3.4 billion tender
for a long-range missile defense
system that had been
provisionally awarded to China.
Watch: Egyptian soldiers
executing prisoners in Sinai
province
:
A leaked video purportedly
showing soldiers executing
detainees and then staging the
event to make it appear as if
they died in a gun battle.
Kenyan troops kill 52
al-Shabab fighters in Somalia:
military:
Officials say Kenyan troops
taking part in an AU mission in
Somalia have attacked an
al-Shabab camp in the south,
killing 52 militants. Kenya has
claimed several recent successes
against the group.
Oil companies exploiting
famine and financial ruin in
South Sudan:
South Sudan’s vulnerable
financial state is making the
civil-war-torn state easy prey
for opportunistic oil and gas
companies that could be offering
Juba a fraction of the energy
profits they would earn under
stable circumstances.
More than 50 Afghan
soldiers killed by Taliban
suicide attackers at army base:
Men disguised themselves as army
personnel and passed first
security gate before one blew
himself up at second gate and
another attacked dining facility
Taliban attacks key
military base in north
Afghanistan:
Assault kills at least eight
soldiers on a major army base in
Balkh province during Friday
prayers.
Russia
‘moves troops and equipment’ to
North Korea border:
Russia has moved heavy military
equipment towards its border
with North Korea amid mounting
fears of a military clash
between Pyongyang and the United
States over the North’s nuclear
program.
Jehovah’s Witnesses
banned as ‘extremist’ in Russia,
property to be seized – court
decision
:
Judge Yury Ivanenko ruled that
all 395 branches of the
religious group on Russian
territory are subject to
disbandment and the property is
to be forfeited to the state.
ISIS claims credit for
fatal Paris attack:
ISIS has said it was behind the
shooting in Paris that left at
least one police officer dead
and two others gravely wounded
in the heart of Paris.The
assailant was shot dead by
police in an exchange of gunfire
on the Champs Elysees.
Paris shooting: Marine
Le Pen calls for all French
terror suspects to be expelled
after Champs Elysees attack
Trump Hopes Paris Attack
Boosts Le Pen,
One Day After Obama Calls
Macron: Among those apparently
rooting for French voters to be
terrorized into voting for the
ultra-nationalist Le Pen is
Donald Trump, who continues to
see the presidency as a vehicle
for his amateur political
punditry.
Venezuelan authorities
say 12 killed, 6 injured in
overnight violence
Venezuela Is in a 'Great
Battle Against Revived Fascism':
Former OAS Ambassador
Vacation’s Over: Obama
Returns to Public Life Next Week:
Barack Obama’s extended
post-presidential vacation is
about to end. After spending
weeks in French Polynesia —
including time on the yacht of
the movie mogul David Geffen
along with Bruce Springsteen,
Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey
The Hunger President;
As famine descends on a huge
swath of the globe, the White
House is rolling back aid,
ramping up conflict, and risking
more climate chaos.
Freed Egyptian American
prisoner returns home following
Trump intervention:
The couple and their co-workers
had been incarcerated since May
1, 2014, on child abuse and
trafficking charges
Trump Administration
Ramps Up Threat to Prosecute
Immigrant Parents:
The Trump administration is
doubling down on a controversial
plan to prosecute immigrant
parents who pay to have their
children smuggled into the U.S.
Trial and Terror;
The U.S. government has
prosecuted 796 people for
terrorism since the 9/11
attacks. Most of them never even
got close to committing an act
of violence.
Fear rules Washington:
White House sidewalk to be
closed to public permanently:
The closure will “lessen the
possibility of individuals
illegally accessing the White
House grounds,” Secret Service
Communications Director Cathy
Milhoan said.
Uninsured Americans Are
Just 1 Traumatic Injury Away
From Financial Ruin:
“We’re getting better at trauma,
and they’re going home
financially ruined,” Scott said
in a phone interview. |
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20, 2017
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37 killed in
Syria clashes:
At least 37 people were killed on
Thursday in clashes between the Syrian
army and rebel and Islamic factions in
Syria's Hama province
Syrian girl
horrifically injured in a bus bomb
attack that killed 126 people turns and
SMILES at the camera:
A bomb in a bus convoy on Saturday
killed 126 people, 60 of them children.
This little girl was injured and was
being taken to hospital by ambulance
'Horrific fate':
Attackers lured children ahead of bus
blast in Syria - Aleppo attack witnesses
;
Watch: Eyewitnesses to the bomb attack
on a refugee convoy near Aleppo that
killed dozens of children said the
militants lured people out of the
vehicles with snacks before the
explosion
Russian military
adviser killed in Syria;
Maj. Sergey Bordov was killed when the
Syrian army unit he was advising was
attacked by "militants," the ministry
said.
Syria moves
aircraft to Russian airbase, say US
officials:
Intermingling Syrian forces with
Russia's was a logical next step for the
government, expert says
Reports About
Capture of Daesh Leader Baghdadi Not
True - Syrian President Assad:
A number of media outlets earlier
reported that al-Baghdadi had been
detained in Syria near the border with
Iraq.
Australian
soldiers caught up in Islamic State
chemical attack in Mosul;
There were reports of two separate IS
gas attacks in as many days over the
weekend, but it is not clear if the
Australian advisers were involved in
either of those attacks.
Iraqis, US play
down ISIS chemical weapons attacks:
“multiple gas attacks did take place
over the past week and that the military
casualties were not known,” but that
coverage on the issue was being
squashed.
Iraqi forces
retake more areas in west Mosul;
Iraqi forces retook two more
neighbourhoods in west Mosul on
Thursday, tightening the noose around
jihadists holed up in the Old City,
commanders said
UN urges Saudi
coalition not to bomb Yemeni port:
"This port is the most essential, the
most crucial part of our ability to feed
people and get medical services" into
Yemen
Saudi 'should be
blacklisted' over Yemen hospital attacks;
Save the Children and Watchlist detail
how attacks on hospitals and doctors,
and the blocking of aid, are affecting
children.
Are you f***ing kidding me?
US weighs giving Saudis more military
aid for (killing civilians) Yemen
efforts;
The U.S. already is helping the Saudis
by providing intelligence and aerial
refueling of their combat aircraft. But
the "coalition", has failed to defeat
the rebels known as the Houthis.
Demonizing Iran:
US accuses Iran
of 'alarming provocations' amid nuclear
tensions:
The US secretary of state has accused
Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations"
aimed at destabilising the Middle East
and undermining America's
interests.
More propaganda;
Haley Says Iran,
Not Israel, Bears Blame for Middle East
Crisis:
“If we are speaking honestly about
conflict in the Middle East, we need to
start with the chief culprit, Iran, and
its partner militia, Hezbollah,” Haley
told the Security Council Thursday.
Iran foreign
minister says US must meet own
obligations for nuclear deal;
Zarif also addressed Tillerson's
terrorism charge: "Worn-out US
accusations can't mask its admission of
Iran's compliance w/ JCPOA."
Afghanistan; US
troops battle ISIS near site of MOAB
strike:
US troops are still engaged in a battle
with suspected Daesh fighters near the
site where a the GBU-43 Massive ordnance
Air Blast bomb was dropped in eastern
Afghanistan last week, US military
official.
US
Vice President spews more propaganda:
Pence's new
warning to North Korea: 'The sword
stands ready’
;
"North Korea is the most dangerous and
urgent threat to peace and security in
the Asia-Pacific," he said.
Fact or fiction?
North Korea warns
of 'super-mighty preemptive strike' as
U.S. plans next move:
The North has said it has developed a
missile that can strike the mainland
United States, but officials and experts
believe it is some time away from
mastering the necessary technology.
Chinese Bombers
‘On High Alert’ For Possible ‘North
Korea Contingency’:
The U.S. has detected signs that China
is preparing for a military crisis on
the peninsula, a U.S. defense official
revealed Thursday.
U.S. sends
nuclear sniffer plane to Korea: source;
The U.S. Air Force dispatched a nuclear
sniffer aircraft Thursday to the east of
the Korean Peninsula amid the
possibility of North Korea's imminent
nuclear test, a government source said.
More propaganda, lies and distortion:
U.S. May Not Be
Able to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles,
Say Experts: Top generals have been
insisting for years that if North Korea
launched a missile at the United States,
the U.S military would be able to shoot
it down.
Police officer
killed, another wounded in Paris
shooting;
A person who fired on police on the
Champs-Elysees shopping boulevard just
days ahead of France's presidential
election has been killed, the source
said. A police source also said there
had been two assailants,
Dozens of
refugees found dead in drifting boat off
Libyan coast;
Fishermen found the bodies of 28 people,
including four children, in waters off
the coast of Libya after nearly 9000
mainly African migrants were rescued in
the Mediterranean over the Easter
weekend.
Child Refugees
Sell Bodies to Pay Smugglers in Europe:
Report:
Child refugees in Greece are being
sexually exploited on an unprecedented
scale as they desperately seek to reach
northern Europe, according to a new
report by Harvard University.
Iraqi man 'bound,
hooded and locked in plane toilet'
during forced UK removal:
Asylum seeker Aras Ismail says he was
injured in removal from Britain to Iraq,
where he fears for his life in war with
Islamic State
Julian Assange
Speaks Out as Trump’s CIA Director
Threatens to “End” WikiLeaks:
Julian Assange hits back at Trump’s CIA
director Mike Pompeo after he accused
WikiLeaks of being a “hostile nonstate
intelligence agency”
Chavistas Flood
Caracas in Mega Anti-Imperialist March:
President Nicolas Maduro addressed the
beaming faces, teary eyes and attentive
stares. He said that “peace has
triumphed again over the right-wing
attempts to sow terrorism in the
country.”
Massive protests
in Venezuela lead to violence,
uncertainty:
Even before the last protestors had made
it home Wednesday night, the opposition
was calling for more protests on
Thursday, as it tries to force the
socialist administration to call new
elections.
Venezuela:
Thousands March in Opposing Pro, Anti-Govt
Rallies:
IN PICTURES: Demonstrators filled the
streets of Caracas to speak up for and
against the government
Tillerson Warns
Venezuela Against 'Silencing Opposition':
"We are concerned that the government of
Maduro is violating its own constitution
and is not allowing the opposition to
... organize in a way that expresses the
views of the Venezuelan people,"
Tillerson said.
The majority of
Americans (65%) are losing sleep over
money issues:
Americans are more stressed than ever —
and for most of them, their bank
accounts are to blame. |
April 19, 2017
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Trump’s Deep Swamp
By Stephen Lendman |
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Trump’s
swamp is - filled with
reckless warmakers,
crooked billionaires and
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Airstrikes in northern and
eastern Syria kill 20;
An overnight airstrike likely
carried out by the United States-led
coalition struck an eastern Syrian
town held by the Islamic State
group, killing at least 10 people
and wounding dozens
Bomb in Syria's Aleppo kills
six, injures 30: state TV;
A bomb killed six people and wounded
more than 30 in Syria's second city
Aleppo on Wednesday, state
television reported.
Contempt prior to investigation:
France says it has proof Assad
carried out chemical attack:
"There is an investigation
underway... it's a question of days
and we will provide proof that the
regime carried out these strikes,"
Jean-Marc Ayrault told LCP
television on Wednesday.
Lap dog:
Boris Johnson calls Assad a
'monster' who needs 'decapitating':
Johnson also suggested that Britain
could support the United States in
the event of further missile strikes
on Syria.
Paul slams McCain and Graham
on Syria:
: The neocons were wrong about the
war in Libya. They were wrong about
the war in Iraq. And they are wrong
about getting us further mired in
the civil war in Syria.
Iraq: PMUs kill 4 IS members
in foiled attack north of Tikrit;
The Popular Mobilization Units
killed four IS members, including a
suicide bomber, after an attempted
attack on Sheikh Ali village, north
of Tikrit, Salahuddin province.
Iraqi unit with U.S.,
Australian advisers hit by ISIS
mustard gas:
Six soldiers suffered breathing
problems from Sunday’s attack and
were treated in a field clinic.
US pays Peshmerga over $20
million monthly: Ministry:
The fund covers wages for 36,000
Peshmerga troops, Jabbar Yawar, the
ministry’s secretary general said on
Tuesday.
US kills 7 Al Qaeda
"suspects" in Yemen
: Two US drone strikes have killed
at least seven suspected Al Qaeda
operatives in Yemen's northeastern
province of Marib, a security
official said on Wednesday.
Saudi blockade paralyzing
Yemen, causing catastrophe: UN
expert:
Idriss Jazairy, UN special
rapporteur on the negative impacts
of unilateral coercive measures on
the enjoyment of human rights,
voiced concerns about the plight of
Yemenis in a statement late
Wednesday,
Propaganda alert; :
US Defense Secretary, Mad Dog Mattis
slams Iran:
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said
on Wednesday that Iran was playing a
destabilising role in the region but
its influence would be overcome to
try to reach a solution to the
conflict in Yemen through
UN-brokered negotiations.
US wants 'strong' Saudi
Arabia: Mad Dog Mattis:
The United States wants to see a
strong Saudi Arabia, Defense
Secretary Jim Mattis said during
talks Wednesday aimed at
reinvigorating the Riyadh-Washington
alliance.
Emirates cuts flights to US
due to Trump's travel policies:
Emirates, the Middle East's biggest
airline, announced Wednesday that it
is reducing the number of flights to
the United States due to a drop in
demand caused by President Trump's
recent travel policies.
Libya: 15 dead in local
fighting says bullish Tarhouna
council:
Reports claim that those responsible
were the local Kani brigade, a
outwardly Islamist,
family-controlled militia which now
dominates the formerly pro-Qaddafi
town.
Dozens of refugees found
dead in drifting dinghy off Libyan
coast:
Almost 30 migrants have been found
dead in a boat drifting off the
coast of Libya as the number of
refugees dying in attempts to reach
Europe reach record highs.
Taliban governor among 14
killed in clashes with Afghanistan
security forces:
Afghan security forces launched a
large-scale attack on the insurgents
the night before in the western part
of the province, setting off five
hours of intense fighting.
Security forces deny access
to site of US blast in Afghanistan;
A spokesman for Afghan special
forces said landmines and "pockets
of resistance" on top of mountains
had slowed down operations in the
area. He did not specify if the
fighters were from the IS.
Washington pushes world to
brink of nuclear war;
“Just in the past two weeks, the
world witnessed the strength and
resolve of our new president in
actions taken in Syria and
Afghanistan,” Pence declared during
a provocative visit to South Korea
Nuking The
West Coast?:
BBC News
Massively Hypes North Korean
‘Threat’ To The United States
Trump lied again;
North Korea: US 'armada' was
not sailing to Korean peninsula:
A defence official told the AFP news
agency on Tuesday that the ships
were still off the northwest coast
of Australia.
U.S. Taunted Over Carl
Vinson Aircraft Carrier Lie:
“What Mr. Trump said was very
important for the national security
of South Korea. If that was a lie,
then during Trump’s term, South
Korea will not trust whatever Trump
says.”?
Burmese Nobel Prize Winner
Aung San Suu Kyi Has Turned Into an
Apologist
for Genocide Against Muslims; She
took a deliberate decision to try
and discredit the Rohingya victims
of rape.
Watch; Russia boasts it can
WIPE OUT entire US Navy with
'electronic bomb':
In the clip, an SU-24 bomber plane
deploys its electronic jamming
equipment called Kihbiny to wipe out
a US destroyer’s systems, making it
a sitting duck.
Julian Assange Strikes Back
at CIA Director and Talks Trump,
Russia, and Hillary Clinton:
"The CIA is only in the business of
collecting information, kidnapping
people, and assassinating people.
So, it’s quite a menacing statement
that he does need to clarify,” said
Assange.
Theresa May wins backing
from parliament for snap UK election:
Theresa May received overwhelming
backing from MPs for a snap UK
election that the prime minister
said would give her more room for
manoeuvre in Brexit negotiations if
her Conservative party wins the
poll.
US Has Given Green Light for
Coup in Venezuela: Maduro:
Maduro said that security forces had
arrested an “armed commando group
sent by the opposition in order to
attack the mobilization called by
the right-wing for Wednesday to
generate violence and deaths in the
country.”
Immigrant arrests up 33
percent since Trump inauguration:
Despite Trump’s claim that he is
targeting “criminals” among the
undocumented immigrant population,
the largest increase in arrests is
among immigrants with no criminal
record of any kind,
First protected DREAMer is
deported under Trump:
Federal agents ignored President
Trump's pledge to protect from
deportation undocumented immigrants
brought to the United States as
children by sending a young man back
to his native Mexico,
People Under Arrest Have
More Rights Than Travelers at the
U.S. Border:
Without cause, government officials
argue they have full authority to
require Americans to unlock their
phones, laptops, and other digital
devices; search through our apps and
files; and even copy everything on
them.
Sessions moves to freeze
Barack Obama’s legacy on police
accountability:
Accountability for abusive and
racist police conduct is now at the
whim of Sessions.
James Comey used Buzzfeed
fake dossier to build Russia
collusion case against Trump:
It now appears that we are entering
a phase where the entire Russiagate
fake news is collapsing unto itself,
with little fanfare and media
attention
Rotten to the core:
Ivanka Trump won Chinese
trademarks the same day she dined
with China's president:
As the first daughter crafts a
political career, her brand is
flourishing, despite boycotts and
several stores limiting her
merchandise.
Ivanka Trump becomes hot
commodity in China;
The rush to trademark Ivanka’s name
is linked to her rising popularity
in China, particularly after her
visit to the Chinese embassy in
Washington over the Lunar New Year
period. |
April 18,2017
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The Price of Resistance
By Chris Hedges |
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Any act
of rebellion, no matter
how few people show up
or how heavily it is
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60 Islamic
State militants killed in Iraq's
Mosul;
Police forces, backed by Iraqi
warplanes and artillery fire, were
making progress in combating
extremists in the al-Farouk area and
in the vicinity of al-Nuri mosque in
Mosul, Efe news reported.
30 civilians,
10 IS militants killed in U.S.-led
coalition airstrikes in Mosul:
Airstrikes by the U.S-led coalition
against Islamic State militants in
Mosul killed 30 civilians as well as
ten militants on Tuesday, according
to municipal and security officials.
'IS' in talks with al Qaeda
on 'possible alliance' - report:
"There are discussions and dialogue
between messengers representing [IS
leader Abu Bakr] Baghdadi and
representing [the head of al Qaeda,
Ayman] al Zawahiri," Iraqi Vice
President said.
Syria: 10
killed by U.S.-led coalition:
An overnight airstrike likely
carried out by the U.S.-led
coalition struck an eastern Syrian
town held by Daesh (ISIS), killing
at least 10 people and wounding
dozens, opposition activists said.
Another U.S. war
crime: Syria:
US Mosque
Attack That Killed 38 Civilians
Likely Unlawful:
Human Rights Watch has not found
evidence to support the allegation
that members of al-Qaeda or any
other armed group were meeting in
the mosque.
MIT expert claims latest
chemical weapons attack in Syria was
staged:
"I have reviewed the [White House's]
document carefully, and I believe it
can be shown, without doubt, that
the document does not provide any
evidence whatsoever the government
of Syria was the source of the
chemical attack.
Syrian War Report : Govt
Forces Reversed All Militant Gains
In Northern Hama;
The successful advance followed a
massive bombing campaign in the
area. Over 50 airstrikes reportedly
hit militant positions around Souran.
Russia Seeks Meeting With
U.S., UN on Syria Next Week in
Geneva;
Russia plans to hold talks with the
U.S. and the United Nations next
week in Geneva aimed at breathing
new life into the Syrian peace
process, state media reported
Saudi Military Helicopter
Crashes in Yemen, Killing 12
Officers;
The official Saudi news agency SPA
quoted a statement from the
Saudi-led coalition as saying the
Black Hawk came down in Marib
province, east of the Houthi-controlled
capital Sanaa.
US Moves Toward Major
Intervention in Yemen;
The USA, according to Defense
Secretary “Mad Dog” Mattis, is about
to take a major step towards direct
intervention in support of the Saudi
Arabia war on the Yemeni people.
Yemen heads for famine as
food used as weapon in conflict;
War is starving the people of Yemen
and no amount of international
humanitarian aid can feed them if
current circumstances persist, a new
report has indicated.
Egypt attack kills
policeman, injures 4 others;
A policeman was killed and four
others were injured today in an
attack near Saint Catharine
monastery in Egypt's South Sinai,
officials said. The armed men
targeted the security checkpoint
outside the monastery.
Power crisis leaves Gaza's
main hospital on the brink;
More than two million people in
Gaza, already living under a
crippling Israeli blockade, facing
massive power shortages.
Trump calls Erdogan to
congratulate him on contested
referendum, Turkey says:
Trump’s comments differed in tone
from those of the State Department,
which urged Turkey to respect the
basic rights of its citizens.
Turkey referendum: Erdogan
dismisses criticism by monitors:
"Know your place," he said, after
the observers said the president had
been favoured by an "unequal"
campaign.The narrow victory was
ruled valid by Turkey's electoral
body, despite claims of
irregularities
AFP: Turkey
parliament confirms emergency
extended until July 19:
This means that the controversial
measure, which has seen some 47,000
people arrested, will still be in
place when Turkey marks the first
anniversary of the July 15, 2016
failed putsch.
4 soldiers
killed in Mali attack;
UN vehicle hits land mine: Armed men
attacked an army camp in northern
Mali, killing at least four soldiers
and wounding another, an army
spokesman said Tuesday.
US military
considers shooting down North Korea
missile tests, sources say:
Officials worry that intercepting
missiles could escalate tensions and
risk war
North Korean accuses U.S. of
trying to start a nuclear war:
North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador
accused the United States of
creating "a dangerous situation in
which a thermonuclear war may break
out at any moment."
China and Russia dispatch
ships to shadow Donald Trump’s
'armada' as it approaches North
Korea:
The ships are “strengthening warning
and surveillance activities in the
waters and airspace around the
area,” Japan’s largest daily
newspaper said
Russian state television
says Trump more dangerous than North
Korea’s Kim
: “The world is a hair’s breadth
away from a real nuclear war with
all its catastrophic consequences,”
Kiselyov warned his viewers
Hawaii panel asks state to
prepare for North Korea attack:
Hawaii lawmakers want state
officials to update plans for coping
with a nuclear attack as North Korea
develops nuclear weapons and
ballistic missiles that can reach
the islands.
US marines deployed to
Australia amid N. Korean ‘nuclear
threat’
: US Marines have begun to touch
down in Darwin, in Australia's
tropical north, as the first of some
1,250 “stand ready to fight” against
North Korea amid warnings that
Pyongyang' is a “serious threat” to
Canberra.
Allied forces knew about
Holocaust two years before discovery
of concentration camps:
The US, UK and Soviet governments
were aware that at least two million
Jews had been murdered. Despite
this, the Allied Powers did very
little to try and rescue or provide
sanctuary to those in mortal danger.
US stealth
fighters "intercept" two Russian
bombers over internatioal waters 100
miles from Alaska:
The U.S. Air Force F-22s visually
identified the plane and briefly
flew alongside, before the Russian
bombers changed course, and flew
away from the U.S.
Citizens of 18 countries can
enter Russia's far east without
visa:
Dmitry Medvedev: Tourists and
businessmen from India, the UAE,
Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, Iran,
Qatar, China, North Korea, Kuwait,
Morocco, Mexico, Oman, Saudi Arabia,
Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey and Japan
-- can visit the Russian far east
without visas.
Theresa May calls for UK
general election on 8 June
: The prime minister may have been
swayed by recent polls that placed
the Conservatives 21 points ahead of
Labour. She will hope to boost a
slim working majority of 17 in order
to help pass both domestic and
Brexit-linked legislation.
This
Westminster Election IS Indyref2
;
Theresa May has arrogantly and
opportunistically called a
Westminster election. It is time to
take advantage of her extreme hubris
and use her own momentum to make her
fall flat on her face.
Boston Bombing: Tamerlan
Tsarnaev: Terrorist. Murderer.
Federal Informant?:
Investigative reporter Michele
McPhee, might just change how you
think about our government and law
enforcement forever.
Trump’s Strategy? It’s
Doubtful He Has One: Op-Ed:
So much for Donald Trump, the
“America First” populist champion of
the forgotten working class.
Trump seeks shift in visa
allotments crucial to tech
outsourcing:
US President Donald Trump is set to
sign an executive order that would
tighten the process of issuing the
H-1B visas and seek a review of the
system for awarding these visas, the
most sought-after by firms and
professionals.
US consumer
sentiment beats estimates, hits 98:
Buoyed by favorable views of the
economy, consumer sentiment edged up
to 98 in April, according to the
University of Michigan. |
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A
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Roberts |
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39 people killed
near the Syrian city of
Aleppo.
: The blast hit buses
carrying residents of two
Shia villages who'd been
evacuated from towns in
northern Syria, besieged by
rebels.
Watch: Shi'a
civilians killed and dozens
wounded in Aleppo's
Rashideen:
-
Warning
- Video shows what appeared
to be the aftermath of the
explosion, with bodies lying
on the ground and fires
belching out thick black
plumes of smoke.
Declassified U.S.
Report Accusing “Assad
Regime” of Using Chemical
Weapons
“ No proof whatsoever!
Russia warns US of
'grave consequences' of
further intervention in
Syria:
“We have reiterated our
position that the attack was
an act of aggression, which
blatantly violated the
principles of international
law and the United Nations
Charter.”
Trump Said No to
Troops in Syria. His Aides
Aren't So Sure.:
One plan would envision
sending up to 50,000 troops.
McMaster
Manipulating Intelligence
Reports to Trump, Wants
150,000 Ground Soldiers in
Syria;
McMaster is plotting how to
sell a massive ground war in
Syria to President Trump
with the help of disgraced
former CIA director and
convicted criminal David
Petraeus
Erdogan and Putin
back investigation into
Syria chemical attack:
Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir
Putin agreed on Thursday to
support an investigation by
the Organisation for the
Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons into the chemical
weapons attack in Syria last
week, Turkish presidential
sources said.
Propaganda alert:
Canada announces
sanctions on 27 top Syrian
officials:
Freeland says adding their
names to the sanctions list
is part of international
pressure on the Assad regime
to end indiscriminate
violence against its own
people
Yemen fight for Red
Sea base leaves 25 dead:
At least 25 soldiers and
rebels have died in clashes
around a key military base
near Yemen's west coast,
military and medical sources
said today.
14
Killed in Saudi-Led
Coalition Strike in Yemen:
Fourteen Houthi movement
militants were killed in the
western Yemeni city of Midi
in an airstrike launched by
the Saudi-Led Arab
coalition, the Yemeni
government military forces
said Friday.
Baghdad market blast
leaves 2 dead, 4 injured:
“Two civilians were killed
and four others injured by
an explosive device planted
by unknown assailants near a
market in Baghdad’s southern
Al-Maalef district,” police
Capt. Nazhan al-Khader told
Anadolu Agency.
Senior Isis mufti
killed in Mosul airstrike,
Iraqi forces claim:
Senior mufti Abdullah al-Badrani,
also known as Abu Ayub al-Atar,
reportedly died after his
location was bombed by the
US-led coalition, which was
backing government forces,
on Thursday (13 April).
ISIS launched gas
attack in liberated area of
Mosul – report
: Islamic State (IS,
formerly ISIS/ISIL) has
fired a rocket loaded with
chlorine in western Mosul,
Iraq, hitting several
soldiers with the gas,
according to an AP report.
Rotten to the core:
U.S. "defense" chief (Mad
dog Mattis) to visit Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, Israel next
week:
Mattis would "reaffirm key
U.S. military alliances,"
and "discuss cooperative
effort to counter
destabilizing activities and
defeat extremist terror
organizations"
Saudis face $US4.2b
lawsuit over 9/11;
More than two dozen US
insurers affiliated with
Travelers Cos have sued two
Saudi banks, companies
affiliated with Osama bin
Laden's family, and several
charities for at least US
$4.2 billion ($5.5b) over
the September 11 attacks.
Rouhani says Iran
needs "no one's permission"
to build missiles:
"The strengthening of the
capability of the Iranian
armed forces ... is only for
defending the country and we
will ask no one's permission
to build up the armed
forces, and to build
missiles and aircraft."
An Israeli minister
has threatened genocide in
Lebanon, but where is the
outcry?
: Bennett’s belligerence in
openly threatening genocidal
war crimes against Lebanon
and its people, is nothing
new for Israel, even if it
did ratchet-up the rhetoric.
South Sudan: At
least 14 people killed:
At least 14 people were
killed in the South Sudanese
town of Raga when fighting
erupted between government
forces and the main rebel
group, a rebel spokesman
said on Saturday
US sends dozens of
troops to Somalia, 1st time
in decades:
The U.S. Africa Command on
Friday said this deployment
is for logistics training of
Somalia's army, which is
battling the extremist group
al-Shabab
UN chief warns that
Libya risks a return to wide
conflict:
The U.N. chief expressed
alarm in a report to the
U.N. Security Council at the
renewed military escalation
and ongoing political
stalemate in the country.
Roadside bomb kills
11 Afghan civilians:
The blast occurred when the
passengers were travelling
from remote Nawa district to
the provincial capital
Lashkar Gah yesterday,
government spokesman Omar
Zhwak told AFP.
MOAB
attack on Isis was a
baffling choice in
cold-blooded terms of cost:
Each MOAB, or massive
ordinance air blast –
nicknamed the “mother
of all bombs”
–
costs $16m
Watch: 'mother of all bombs'
hitting ISIS in Afghanistan;
36 killed:
The Ministry of Defense said
in a statement that several
IS caves and ammunition
caches were destroyed, which
terrified villagers on both
sides of the
Afghanistan-Pakistan border
with its "earsplitting
blast."
Isis
denies any of its fighters
killed by 'mother of all
bombs' dropped by US in
Afghanistan:
In a statement issued via
the jihadi group's Amaq News
Agency, Isis denied any
casualties following the
attack.
US
skips out on
Afghanistan-Taliban
conference in Moscow;
The Trump administration's
decision not to attend could
be yet another sign of an
increasingly icy
relationship between
Washington and Moscow. The
meeting comes just after the
US bombed 'IS' targets in
Afghanistan.
Ready for war if
Trump wants it: North Korean
official:
Vice foreign minister warns
Pyongyang 'fully prepared'
for US attack with 'powerful
nuclear deterrent' at the
ready.
China warns of war
as N.Korea vows 'merciless'
response to US:
China issued a stern warning
Friday that a conflict over
North Korea could break out
"at any moment", as
Pyongyang vowed a
"merciless" response to any
US military action.
N. Korea to strike
US bases in Asian Pacific &
S. Korean presidential
palace if US attacks – KCNA:
North Korea’s military
promised to “ruthlessly
ravage” the US if the
American aircraft carrier
group that is currently on
its way to the region takes
aggressive action.
Trump is risking
nuclear war with North
Korea:
Former Secretary of Defense,
Panetta told NBC News'
Andrea Mitchell. "We should
not engage in any
precipitous action. There is
a reason no U.S. president
in recent history has pulled
the trigger on North Korea."
North Korea leader
oversees display of military
might:
New long-range ballistic
missiles on show during
massive parade celebrating
country's founder as US
armada approaches.
Australian senator
tells Donald Trump
'Australia:
Not Your Doormat'; Senator
Nick Xenophon made a point
of standing on a doormat -
decorated with the face of
US President Trump and
reading, "Australia: Not
Your Doormat".
Remember When Head Of The
CIA Mike Pompeo Loved
Wikileaks?:
Mike Pompeo was sharing
Wikileaks documents on his
Congressional Twitter
account less than a year ago
CIA produced
Al-Qaeda & ISIS' – Assange
trolls CIA chief
: Julian Assange has
responded to CIA Director
Mike Pompeo’s accusation
that WikiLeaks is a
“non-state intelligence
agency” by trolling the CIA
over its own roles in
producing “Al-Qaeda, ISIS,
Iraq, Iran and Pinochet.”
Leaks: NSA Hacked
Mideast Banking Networks:
This involved hacking into
the region’s SWIFT banking
system, and quickly grew
this into an effort not only
to have access to the
information on financial
transactions, but to try to
gain access to a long list
of banks “of interest.”
Leaked NSA Malware
Threatens Windows Users
Around the World;
ShadowBrokers, today
released another cache of
what appears to be extremely
potent (and previously
unknown) software capable of
breaking into systems
running Windows.
Trudeau Unveils Bill
Legalizing Recreational
Marijuana in Canada:
“Criminal prohibition has
failed to protect our kids
and our communities,” said
Bill Blair, a lawmaker and
former Toronto police chief
whom Mr. Trudeau appointed
to manage the legislation.
Judge halts Arkansas
plan to execute 8 inmates in
11 days:
A federal judge dealt
another blow Saturday to
Arkansas' unprecedented plan
to execute eight inmates in
an 11-day period, saying the
men have the right to
challenge a drug protocol
that could expose them to
"severe pain."
Here Are the U.S.
Retail Stores Closing
Hundreds of Locations:
The realities of online
shopping and changing tastes
have driven down sales,
causing hundreds of
locations to close their
doors.
Trump administration
officially declines to label
China currency manipulator:
Trump promised to label the
country a currency
manipulator on Day One of
his presidency.
Draining the Swamp
Apparently Means Hiding the
White House Visitor Logs:
The American Civil Liberties
Union political director
Faiz Shakir says "the only
reasonable conclusion is to
believe the Trump
administration has many
things it is trying to
hide."
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Russia Shreds 'Primitive,'
'Inconsistent' US Stance as
Tillerson Leaves Moscow;
Russia's Putin and Foreign
Minister Lavrov expressed
sarcasm and open hostility
during Rex Tillerson's visit
to Russia, the first by a
Trump official.
Lock him up!
US missile strike on Syria
'a violation of
international law':
The US has called its attack
on an airbase in Syria "a
strong signal" for the Assad
regime. Legal experts,
however, criticized the
action. International law
expert Stefan Talmon
explains why.
White House claims
on Syria chemical attack
‘obviously false’ – MIT
professor (VIDEO):
“The document does not
provide any evidence
whatsoever that the US
government has concrete
knowledge that the
government of Syria was the
source of the chemical
attack in Khan Shaykhun,”
US sharply cuts air
operations in Syria fearing
Russian missiles:
US sharply reduces air
operations in Syria because
of presence of Russian
missiles after Moscow closes
hotline.
Trump rules out more
US ground troops in Syria:
"We're not going into Syria.
But... what I did should
have been done by the Obama
administration a long time
before I did it.
War criminals: McCain,
Graham urge Trump to
take 'greater military
action' in Syria:
We urge the President to
take greater military action
to achieve our objectives,
including grounding the
Syrian air force and
establishing safe havens
inside Syria to protect
Syrians,”
Trump administration
open to additional attacks
on Syria:
White House: "If you gas a
baby, if you put a barrel
bomb in to innocent people
... you will see a response
from this president."
Watch
‘The goal is to
destabilize Syria’:
Sean Spicer baffles
reporters with Trump’s
Middle East policy:
Russia vetoes West’s
'misconceived' Syria
resolution at UN Security
Council
; Ten states, including the
US, the UK and France – the
Troika that put together the
text of the resolution –
voted in favor.
Pentagon Casts Doubt
On AP Report Claiming Russia
Knew About Syrian Chemical
Attack:
“I’ve seen nothing that
corroborates this definitive
statement,” Major Jamie
Davis said in a statement
Monday.
Lavrov: Avoiding
Idlib ‘attack’ probe would
mean intl community not
looking for truth;
If an international inquiry
into the chemical attack in
Syria's Idlib is not
instituted, it will mean
that the international
community is not interested
in establishing the truth
about the matter
Takes one to know one:
Trump warns Putin,
calls Syria's president an
'animal,';
Trump said Russian President
Vladimir Putin was "backing
a person that's truly an
evil person."
Iraq:
US-led coalition strike
kills 3 family members in
Mosul:
Last month, Amnesty
International slammed the
U.S. for deadly strikes,
saying “hundreds of
civilians” have been killed.
Bombardment in
Iraq’s Mosul takes heavy
toll on civilians:
Since she got struck by
mortar shrapnel in Mosul
just over a week ago,
10-year-old Nabaa has not
been able to speak. A shard
in her skull damaged part of
her brain
Yemen president's
forces attack, 38 killed in
heavy fighting:
The fighting began a day
earlier and was supported by
the Saudi-led coalition
opposing the rebels, known
as Houthis.
Five Sudanese
soldiers killed in Yemen
conflict:
The statement was a rare
acknowledgement of
casualties suffered by Sudan
since the east African
nation sent hundreds of its
soldiers to Yemen in 2015
Watch: US was fully
aware of Saudi targeting of
Yemeni civilians
: A group of US lawmakers
wrote to the Trump
administration asking for
more information about a
potential sale of smart
bombs ? aka precision-guided
munitions ? to Saudi Arabia.
Afghan Forces Kill
Up to 50 IS Fighters:
Authorities in eastern
Afghanistan say
counterterrorism army
operations have killed up to
50 Islamic State militants,
including three senior
commanders.
Donald Trump warns
North Korea is 'looking for
trouble', says US 'will
solve problem with or
without China':
The US President ramped up
his war of words with the
secretive state via Twitter
and said China will get
better trade if it takes his
side
North Korea warns of
nuclear strike if provoked;
"We are really worried about
what Washington has in mind
for North Korea after it
hinted at the possibility of
a unilateral military
scenario," Russia's Foreign
Ministry said in a
statement.
Japan Deploys
Warships Alongside
Korea-Bound US Strike Group;
The move has rekindled fears
that the government of
Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe is
opportunistically seizing
the increased tensions in
order to revive militarism
and advance a nationalistic
right-wing agenda.
Putin Meets With US
State Secretary Tillerson,
Russian FM Lavrov in Kremlin:
The meeting comes at a time
of hightened tensions
between the US and Russia
following the attack on a
Syrian airbase last week
Putin: Trust between
US & Russia degrading under
Trump
: “I would say the level of
trust [between Russia and
the US] is at a workable
level, especially in the
military dimension, but it
hasn’t improved. On the
contrary, it has degraded,”
Another 2% of GHP spent on
war:
Trump approves
Montenegro's membership to
NATO:
"The NATO alliance has been
central to ensuring peace
and security on the European
continent," White House
press secretary Sean Spicer
said Tuesday.
Russian Foreign
Ministry’s site repels
regular DDoS attacks carried
out from US:
"Unlike our Western
counterparts, we have (the
evidence) to present," the
diplomat said.
Bolivia's Evo
Morales Blames OAS' Luis
Almagro for Violence in
Venezuela:
Bolivian President Evo
Morales blasted the head of
the Organization of American
States once again on
Wednesday, accusing Luis
Almagro of inciting violence
and promoting intervention
in Venezuela
Clintons - Goldman
Sachs paid speeches:
Clinton Said “I Represented
All Of You For Eight Years.
I Had Great Relations And
Worked So Close Together
After 9/11 To Rebuild
Downtown.” *“I represented
all of you for eight years.
Tacoma Immigrant
Detainees to End Hunger
Strike if Demands Met;
The detainees in the
1,575-bed ICE-run detention
center are striking against
poor living conditions such
as food quality, access to
medical care, high
commissary prices, levels of
hygiene in the facilities
Trump administration
moving quickly to build up
nationwide deportation force:
An internal Department of
Homeland Security assessment
obtained by The Washington
Post shows the agency has
already found 33,000 more
detention beds to house
undocumented immigrants
Sean Spicer’s
Holocaust comments were no
gaffe:
Trump’s administration is a
fountainhead of bigotry and
ignorance
Trump’s drug czar is
a friend to Big Pharma,
enemy to pot advocates:
Two months ago the Office of
National Drug Control Policy
looked to be going extinct.
Now it’s got a new drug
warrior coming on board.
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The Big Bank Fix
Documentary |
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Panorama asks if
the right people
are being blamed
for what has
been called the
biggest
financial fix of
all time. -
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Niger security
forces kill 57 Boko Haram
militants;
The ministry said Monday
that 15 soldiers and two
civilians were wounded in
fighting with the extremists
in Gueskerou, about 30
kilometers (18 miles) from
Diffa.
At least 16 killed
in fighting in S.Sudan
second city:
At least 16 civilians were
killed in fighting Monday
between government troops
and rebels in South Sudan's
second-largest city Wau, the
United Nations peacekeeping
mission (UNMISS) said in a
statement.
Thanks NATO:
African migrants
sold in Libya 'slave
markets', IOM says:
Women, too, were bought by
private Libyan clients and
brought to homes where they
were forced to be sex
slaves, the witness said.
Trump aide drew plan
on napkin to partition Libya
into three;
A senior White House foreign
policy official has pushed a
plan to partition Libya, and
once drew a picture of how
the country could be divided
into three areas on a napkin
in a meeting with a senior
European diplomat
Yemen clashes kill
more than 40 in 24 hours:
Warplanes from the Saudi-led
Arab coalition have pounded
Huthi rebel positions east
of the Red Sea port of Mokha
and other areas of Taez
province since Sunday, a
military official said
Houthi forces kill
scores of Saudi-backed
fighters in southern Yemen:
The Houthi forces, alongside
the Yemeni Republican Guard,
killed several Saudi-backed
fighters in the Lahj
Governorate of southern
Yemen, the Saba News Agency
reported on Tuesday.
Egyptian police kill
7 suspected Islamic State
militants in shootout:
The incident in the southern
city of Assiut occurred a
day after Egypt's cabinet
approved a three-month state
of emergency in the wake of
Islamic State attacks on two
Christian Coptic churches
that killed at least 44
people.
Two Russian
servicemen killed in Syria:
“Two Russian servicemen were
killed in a mortar shell
explosion,” the ministry
said, adding that one more
serviceman is currently
fighting for his life.
Turkey says evidence
of sarin gas in Syria attack
found:
Turkey’s Chemical Warfare
Agents Diagnosis and
Verification Laboratory
confirms findings: Health
minister
Propaganda
alert:
U.S.
Official: Russia knew Syrian
chemical attack was coming;
The United States has made a
preliminary conclusion that
Russia knew in advance of
Syria's chemical weapons
attack last week, but has no
proof of Moscow's
involvement, a senior U.S.
official said Monday.
Russia and Iran
request an 'unbiased
investigation' into chemical
attack in Syria:
“Both sides emphasised that
such aggressive actions
against a sovereign
independent country are a
flagrant violation of
international law, above
all, the UN Charter
Only bombs
manfactured by the US Empire
may be used
White
House warns of potential US
'red line' over Syria barrel
bomb attacks:
The Trump administration has
signalled much broader
grounds for future military
intervention in Syria,
suggesting it might
retaliate against the Syria
government for barrel bomb
attacks.
Pro-terrorist
Monitor says Syria drops
barrel bombs despite U.S.
warning; Syria denies:
The Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights said Syrian
warplanes dropped barrel
bombs on rebel-held areas on
Tuesday, a day after the
United States said their use
could lead to further U.S.
strikes
Gabbard: ‘We need to
learn from Iraq’:
“We need to learn from Iraq
and Libya — wars that were
propagated as necessary to
relieve human suffering, but
actually increased human
suffering many times over,”
Prominent Democrats
Call For Anti-War
Congresswoman To Be Ousted
From Office:
- “Those who’ve declared
Trump a habitual liar now
vilify those refusing to
blindly follow him into
another regime change war.
Hypocrisy.” Tulsi Gabbard
Tillerson believes 'Assad's
reign in Syria is coming to
end':
The United States is
confident that the rule of
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
will come to an end soon,
and the sooner Russia stops
supporting him the better
for it, US Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson said on
Tuesday.
As tensions climb,
U.S. bolsters protection of
invasion forces in Syria:
The United States has made
slight adjustments to its
military activities in Syria
to strengthen protection of
American invasion forces
following strikes last week
on a Syrian airbase that
have heightened tensions
Boris Johnson fails
to secure backing of the G7
nations for swift sanctions
against Russia and Syria
: Boris Johnson has failed
to secure the backing of the
G7 nations for swift
sanctions against Russia and
Syria, leaving the US-UK
plan to pressurise Vladimir
Putin in tatters.
Academic accuses
Australia of 'war crimes' in
Syria
: "Imagine if the Syrian
army killed 80 Australian
soldiers."
US Coalition jets,
mortar missiles kill 5
civilians in western Mosul:
Five Iraqi civilians died
Tuesday in U.S.-led
coalition airstrikes and a
mortar shelling west of
Mosul, security sources were
quoted saying as hundreds of
casualties resulted from
Islamic State assaults and
security operations.
Iraq: U.S. military
struggles to defend killing
civillians:
Some in Iraq and Syria are
left wondering whether the
higher death count is a
product of President Trump’s
bare-knuckle military stance
and his suggestions that the
United States should “take
out” militants’ families.
Hezbollah Warns
Against Attacking Christians
in the Middle East;
“These continuous and
escalating killings carried
out by criminal gangs in the
name of religion is one of
the greatest catastrophes
our Ummah (nation) has been
witnessing,” the statement
read.
Why is Israel afraid
of the Nakba's March of
Return?;
For the first time, Israeli
police block the annual
march to commemorate the
Palestinian 'catastrophe' of
1948.
Declassified CIA
materials reveal: Americans
hardly knew any Israeli
secrets
: The big CIA-Israeli
secret: they knew hardly any
secrets. A lot of gossip,
false ideas, an analysis of
political and social trends
on the level of open
journalism
Thanks NATO:
African migrants
sold in Libya 'slave
markets', IOM says:
Women, too, were bought by
private Libyan clients and
brought to homes where they
were forced to be sex
slaves, the witness said.
Trump aide drew plan
on napkin to partition Libya
into three;
A senior White House foreign
policy official has pushed a
plan to partition Libya, and
once drew a picture of how
the country could be divided
into three areas on a napkin
in a meeting with a senior
European diplomat
France: Video:
Police fire tear gas on
protesting prison guards;
Police firing tear gas have
clashed with prison guards
protesting working
conditions in a notorious
prison south of Paris.
Independent Scotland
would be ‘most welcome’ to
be full member of EU, say
MEPs:
The open letter, signed by
26 MEPs, declared that there
was a “tremendous amount of
goodwill from across the
continent towards Scotland’s
European aspirations”.
Bank of England in
Libor scandal:
The Bank of England has been
implicated in fixing Libor
rates by a BBC Panorama
documentary called The Big
Bank Fix which aired last
night.
North Korea state
media warns of nuclear
strike if provoked as U.S.
warships approach:
North Korean state media on
Tuesday warned of a nuclear
attack on the United States
at any sign of U.S.
aggression as a U.S. Navy
strike group steamed towards
the western Pacific.
S. Korea, China warn
of strong response to N.
Korea nuke, ICBM tests:
"We shared the view that
strong, additional measures
should be taken if North
Korea pushes ahead with
strategic provocations like
a nuclear test or an ICBM
launch in defiance of
international warnings,"
Trump to China: Help
on North Korea for a good
trade deal;
Trump tweeted Tuesday, "I
explained to the President
of China that a trade deal
with the U.S. will be far
better for them if they
solve the North Korean
problem!"
Venezuela clashes as
Maduro seeks help in Cuba
: President Nicolas Maduro
traveled to Cuba seeking
support from fellow leftist
leaders. In the latest
clashes in the once-booming
oil exporter, riot police in
Caracas fired tear gas at
stone-throwing demonstrators
Venezuelan Ombudsman
Calls to Prevent Violence,
Respect Constitution:
All rallies or marches in
the country must take place
according to law to prevent
violent acts like those in
2014, when 43 people were
killed and more than 800
were wounded, Saab noted
Venezuela Rejects
"Interventionist" Statement
by US Southern Command Chief:
Venezuela categorically
rejects the comments
expressed by Admiral Kurt
Tidd, USSC, which lay the
groundwork for an attack on
Venezuela under the aegis of
the false doctrine of
collective regional
security.
U.S.
Oil Company Could Fall to
Russia as Venezuela
Struggles to Pay Its Bills:
Russia’s state oil company
could soon control an energy
giant based in Houston,
Texas, and U.S. lawmakers
are not happy about it.
Cyberattacks via CIA
tools happened a lot,
Symantec says;
CIA snooping tools have been
tied to scores of
cyberattacks, according to
security company Symantec.
White House:
'America First' Foreign
Policy Justifies Strikes
Against Those Who 'Gas
Babies':
Spicer’s definition of a
national security threat is
broader than Trump outlined
during his presidential
campaign.
Dimon Warns
‘Something Is Wrong’ With
the U.S.:
Since the turn of the
century, the U.S. has dumped
trillions of dollars into
wars, piled huge debt onto
students, forced legions of
foreigners to leave after
getting advanced degrees,
driven millions of Americans
out of the workplace with
felonies for sometimes minor
offenses.
Trump spokesman Sean
Spicer claims 'even Hitler
didn't use chemical weapons'
: Chelsea Clinton, tweeted
minutes later: “I hope
[Spicer] takes the time to
visit the Holocaust Museum.
It’s only a few blocks
away.”
Saudi Arabia Paid
Conservative PR Firm $90,000
to Bring Vets to DC to Lobby
Against JASTA;
Saudi Arabia paid to bring
three groups of 25 to 35
military veterans to
Washington to lobby for
changes to the Justice
Against Sponsors of
Terrorism Act (JASTA)
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US-led attack on
Syria Kills More Civilians;
U.S.-led coalition aircraft
struck two locations in
northern Syria on Saturday,
killing at least 21 people,
including a woman and her
six children who were on a
boat fleeing clashes between
the Islamic State group and
U.S.-backed terrorists.
Syrian Army confirms
targeting US aircraft in Al-Qamishli:
The U.S. reconnaissance
aircraft was reportedly
hovering over the Syrian
Army’s Regiment 54 Base in
Al-Qamishli, when the
personnel at the
installation opened fire on
the plane.
Lest we forget:
U.S. 'backed plan to
launch chemical weapon
attack on Syria and blame it
on Assad's regime' January
29, 2013:
Leaked emails from defense
contractor refers to
chemical weapons saying 'the
idea is approved by
Washington'
Syrian rebels
welcomed a U.S. missile
attack on a Syrian army
airbase;
"We view that the
responsibility of the United
States is still great, and
does not stop with this
operation,"
US ambassador:
'Russia bears considerable
responsibility':
“The Iranian government
bears a significant
responsibility,” she says,
for having “propped up”
Assad since the Syrian civil
war began in 2011. “The
Russian government also
bears considerable
responsibility,”
‘They’re terrified
that peace was going to
break out’ – Ron Paul on US
Syria strike
: The Syrian situation now
is “a victory for
neo-conservatives, who’ve
been looking for Assad to
go,” Paul said.
U.S. will take
additional action 'as
necessary' on Syria, Trump
tells Congress:
The notification also starts
a 60-day clock in which
Congress must either
authorize military force
against Syria or the
president must "terminate
any use of United States
Armed Forces" related to the
conflict.
US threatens more
pressure on Syria:
The Trump administration on
Friday signalled new
sanctions would soon follow
the missile attack and the
Pentagon was even probing
whether Russia itself was
involved in the chemical
weapons assault that
compelled President Donald
Trump to action.
Here are 45 times
Trump said attacking Syria
was a bad idea and might
start World War III.
"We should not be focusing
on Syria. You're going to
end up in World War III over
Syria if we listen to
Hillary Clinton.
Democratic Syria
hawks love Trump's
airstrikes;
Obama administration
officials applauded American
action against Assad's
regime, even as they
continue to doubt the man
who approved it.
Russia, Iran army
chiefs vow to continue
fighting terrorists in Syria
: The army chiefs of Russia
and Iran discussed the US
strikes in Syria by phone on
Saturday and vowed to
continue the fight against
"terrorists" and their
supporters, Iranian media
reported.
False Flag: How the
U.S. Armed Syrian Rebels to
Set Up an Excuse to Attack
Assad:
The State Department makes
it quite clear their belief
that “Bringing down Assad
would not only be a massive
boon to Israel’s security,
it would also ease Israel’s
understandable fear of
losing its nuclear
monopoly.”
Bolivia UN Envoy on
Syria Attack: 'History
Teaches Us' US Lies to
Justify Wars:
"Now the U.S. believe that
they are investigators, they
are attorneys, judges and
they are the executioners,"
the Bolivian ambassador
said.
WikiLeaks: US,
Israel, And Saudi Arabia
Planned Overthrow Of Syrian
Govt. In 2006:
“... That plan was to use a
number of different factors
to create paranoia within
the Syrian government; to
push it to overreact, to
make it fear there’s a coup
…”
Now President Trump
hands his enemies REAL
grounds to impeach him:
The attack on Syria was a
gross violation of
international law. Chapter
VII of the UN Charter makes
it crystal clear that the
only body authorised under
international law to order
the sort of attack is the UN
Security Council.
Syria: Evacuation of
Homs' Al Waer enclave
resumes:
The fourth phase of the
exodus of Syrian rebels and
their families was set to
get under way on Saturday in
Al Waer, the last
opposition-held district in
Homs, with some 2,500 people
expected to leave.
U.S. Attack Killed
Nearly 300 in Mosul:
The largest civilian death
toll since the battle
against Islamic State began
more than two years ago and
among the deadliest
incidents in decades of
modern warfare.
200 IS "militants"
killed as Salahuddin
province launches
“preemptive” operations:
Two-hundred Islamic State
militants were killed as
officials in Salahuddin
province said Friday they
launched a “preemptive”
offensive against the group.
Iraqi Army
recaptures Anbar village
near Mosul, kill 30
militants:
Troops have been struggling
to fully retake central
Mosul’s Old City, a
densely-populated and
structured area which
military generals view as
vital for victory over IS in
that region.
Iraq: ISIL kills
dozens of civilians fleeing
Mosul: witnesses:
People trying to escape
besieged Iraqi city are
being killed and their
bodies hung from electricity
poles.
US special forces
soldier killed in
Afghanistan
; "The soldier was mortally
wounded late Saturday during
an operation in Nangarhar
Province" in eastern
Afghanistan, said Navy
Captain Bill Salvin in a
message on the official
Twitter account of the
NATO-led Resolute Support
mission.
Trump May Place
Nukes in South Korea:
The National Security
Council has presented Trump
with options — including
putting American nukes in
South Korea or murdering
dictator Kim Jong-un,
multiple top-ranking
intelligence and military
officials told NBC News.
U.S. Navy strike
group to move toward Korean
peninsula:
U.S. official: The strike
group, called Carl Vinson,
includes an aircraft carrier
and will make its way from
Singapore toward the Korean
peninsula
Chinese state media
cheer Xi-Trump meeting, say
confrontation not inevitable:
State-run Chinese tabloid
Global Times said the
meeting "served as an
indicator that the China-U.S.
relationship is still very
much on course since the
Trump administration took
office
ETA 'gives' France
authorities list of weapons
caches:
Basque group hands over arms
after waging a deadly
independence campaign for
more than 50 years.
Venezuela opposition
march over Henrique Capriles
ban;
Mr Maduro's socialist
government have said that a
US-backed business elite is
responsible for Venezuela's
economic downturn and that
it is trying to organise a
coup to impose right-wing
rule.
Venezuela Opposition
Continues 'Illegal,' Violent
Protests;
Right-wing opposition
supporters took to the
streets of Caracas and other
cities in Venezuela on
Saturday in ongoing violent
protests against the
government
Mexico opens up its
heroin fight to U.S., U.N.
observers;
Mexico's army is allowing
the United States and the
United Nations to observe
opium poppy eradication, a
step toward deeper
cooperation to fight heroin
traffickers, three sources
in Mexico said.
US Hackers Attacked
Ecuador's Election
Monitoring Site: Correa:
Ecuadorean President Rafael
Correa on Thursday accused
U.S.-based hackers of
attacking the National
Electoral Council, CNE,
website in an attempt to
undermine the country's
recent second-round
presidential election
lf of American
families are living paycheck
to paycheck
One illness can push people
to the brink of financial
ruin. Wanda Battle, a
registered nurse for four
decades, was recently hit
with a $100,000 medical
bill.
Additional security
for DeVos may cost up to
$7.8 million:
Government officials said
Friday that Education
Secretary Betsy DeVos
requires additional security
detail due to a threat to
her safety and that it may
cost up to $7.8 million
through September to protect
her.
More Fake News From
Washington; This time it is
about employment:
According to the government,
March produced only 98,000
new payroll jobs, an
insufficient amount to
reduce unemployment, but the
unemployment rate fell from
4.7 to 4.5 percent.
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