LARGEST CLIMATE MARCH IN HISTORY
World Watching Politics Archived # 12
KURDISH EXODUS
Officials: Over 60,000 Flee To Turkey As ISIS Advance In Syria
Jets Intercept Six Russian Planes Off US Coast
The F-22s were sent to ward off two IL-78 refuelling tankers, two Mig-31 fighter jets and two Bear long-range bombers.
The truth (left) of Glasgow disorder and the distortion (right) with posted London riot image
TURKISH HOSTAGES FREED
Erdogan: We Conducted Covert Rescue Operation… No Details Given… TV: No Ransoms Paid To Group
Sarkozy set for return to politics in France
20 Sep 2014
photo: AP / Thibault Camus
Japan to Resume Whaling Next Year, Defying International Whaling Commission
A minke whale—one of a species targeted by Japan as part of its scientific whaling program—swims in the ocean around Antarctica near McMurdo Sound.
Japan plans to restart its scientific whaling program next year, despite an IWC resolution imposing stricter regulations.
France Bombs ISIS In Iraq
MAJOR ISLAMIC STATE ASSAULT
Islamic State Seizes Syrian And Kurdish Villages.. Fears Of Massacres.. Syrian Observatory For Human Rights: ‘This Is A Very Important Advance For Them’
SCOTLAND’S QUARREL IS WITH GLOBALIZATION, NOT THE U.K.
Defeating ISIL Means Defeating Disaster Militarism
16 Sep 2014
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Neo-conservatives and far-right media pundits are calling it a prophetic moment. But it was more like a deliberate project, a sinister scheme, known as Disaster Militarism.(1) The prophetic moment in question occurred back in 2007 when then-President George W. Bush made a desperate appeal to the…
SHAKING THE TWIN PILLARS
A Scottish ‘Yes’ Also Means Exit From The EU And NATO..
Nasa’s hunt for dangerous asteroids falls short, report shows
16 Sep 2014
CAPE CANAVERAL: Nasa won’t meet a congressionally ordered goal to find 90 per cent of nearby and potentially dangerous asteroids larger than 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter, the agency’s Inspector General said on Monday. The shortfall comes despite a 10-fold increase in Nasa’s annual budget over the past five years – from $4 million in 2009 to…
First US strike in expanded Iraq fight
16 Sep 2014
WASHINGTON — The United States bombed an Islamic State position southwest ofBaghdad on Monday in what the U.S. Central Command said was the first airstrike undertaken under expanded rules of engagement President Barack Obamaoutlined in a speech last week. The Central Command statement posted Monday night provided no details of the strike,…
photo: AP Photo
IRAN’S OUT
‘HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS’ COULD BECOME INFECTED
‘VETTED’ REBELS STRIKE DEAL WITH ISIS?
‘ISIS HAS GROWN SO BIG BECAUSE NO ONE DID ANYTHING’
‘FIRST SPARKS OF FIRE’
SHAKY CEASEFIRE LARGELY HOLDING
NATO grapples with how hard to push back against Putin over Ukraine
AL SHABAB PICKS NEW LEADER
Group Confirms Leader Killed In U.S. Airstrike… Renews Al Qaeda Allegiance… Somalia: Militants Plan Revenge Attacks… EARLIER: Pentagon Warns Successor
GLOBAL SURGE
Leaders Announce Major Initiatives Against Russia And The Islamic State
REPORTS: UKRAINE, SEPARATISTS SIGN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT
STICKY SYRIA
How ISIS Is Filling A Government Vacuum In Syria.. Striking Islamic State May Require Working With Assad.. U.S.: Terrorists Could Seize Chemical Weapons
U.S. officials: Ebola poses threat to humanity
04 Sep 2014
Dakar, Senegal • Ebola represents a threat to all humanity and an outbreak of the virus in five West African countries will likely spread to more, American officials warned Wednesday. “This is not an African disease. This is a virus that is a threat to all humanity,” Gayle Smith, special assistant to President Barack Obama and senior director at…
NATO CHIEF: RUSSIA ATTACKING UKRAINE
Brzezinski: NATO Should Stop Putin
MIDDLE EAST TIME BOMB
Inside The Islamic State’s Real Aim
By Former MI6 Agent Alastair Crooke
Ukraine and Russia reach ceasefire deal
03 Sep 2014
Kiev: The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached agreement on a cease-fire in easternUkraine. The brief statement on Wednesday gave no details and…
“World Is Losing Battle To Contain Ebola Epidemic,” MSF Warns Response “Lethally Inadequate”
Submitted 09/02/2014 – 11:20
The CDC’s worst nightmare is coming true. Despite reassurances from the government that it was ‘contained’, the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria is accelerating fast. Health Minister Chukwu said that 17 had now been infected and 271 were under surveillance (including most horrifyingly, 72 in Lagos). In addition, Congo is seeing cases increase rapidly, with WHO reporting 53 cases of Ebola (31 dead) and warning, perhaps ominously, that there is no link with the West Africa strain. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said the situation in her country “remains grave,” adding “People now don’t see this as a Liberia or West Africa crisis. It could easily become a global crisis.” Furthermore,Doctors-without-Borders warns, “the world is losing the battle to contain the Ebola epidemic.”
U.S. STRIKES AL-SHABAB
Six Militants Killed In Somalia.. Report: Group’s Leader In Hit Vehicles.. Masked Militants Arrest Dozens After U.S. Strike.. Suspect Them Of Spying For America
Vladimir Putin talks nuclear power as he tells the West to back off over Ukraine
02 Sep 2014
A WEEK ago the prospect of nuclear war was a dim memory. Now, Russian President Vladmir Putin has put the nightmare firmly back on the agenda in a thinly veiled threat to the west to “back off” over Ukraine. This morning, Prime Minister Tony Abbott labelled Russia’s escalating and “open” invasion into Ukraine as…
DANGEROUS DEADLOCK
Israel to seize almost 1,000 acres of land in West Bank
01 Sep 2014
Israel says it is appropriating a large swath of land in the occupied West Bank, near the area where three Jewish boys were killed in June by Palestinians affiliated with Hamas – an event that helped trigger the 50-day war in the Gaza Strip. Some 400 hectares (990 acres) in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc near Bethlehem was declared state land by…
Putin Threatens Nuclear War Over Ukraine
Raising the spectre of nuclear war over Ukraine, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is playing a new, and dangerous, game.
On Thursday, a nuclear exchange was, at least for most people, inconceivable. Yet now that a reckless Putin has raised the stakes on Friday by making nukes just another appliance of aggression, an incident of mass slaughter looks dangerously real and perilously close.
THE SIEGE IS BROKEN
Army Forces And U.S. Airstrikes Push Out ISIS.. Six-Week Siege Finally Over.. Aid Reaches Stranded Town Of Amirli.. Australia To Send Guns And Ammo..Weapons Expert Warns Of ISIS’ Arsenal
CHINA DROPS HAMMER ON HONG KONG
08.30.14
On the Ground, Collaborators With ISIS Could Be Its Big Weakness
The support of local Sunni Muslims has paved the way for the ISIS conquests in Syria and Iraq. They may yet be turned against it, but not by bombs and rockets.
UN: ALMOST HALF OF ALL SYRIANS DISPLACED
Iran President Hassan Rouhani calls US sanctions an ‘invasion’
30 Aug 2014
Published August 30, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Aug. 11, 2014: Iran‘sPresident Hassan Rouhani smiles while attending an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors in Tehran, Iran.AP/Office of the Iranian Presidency TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called Western sanctions an “invasion” on Saturday after Washington…
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi
PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN CONTROL OF KEY TOWN
Relaxed, Well-Equipped.. Report: Half A Dozen Tanks Bear ‘New Russia’ Flags.. Rebel Spokesman: Plan To Push West.. FEAR: Rebels Will Create Land Bridge Between Russia And Crimea.. Putin Tells Separatists To Provide Humanitarian Corridor.. U.N.: Three Dozen People Killed A Day.. Both Sides Accused Of Targeting Civilians, Torturing.. U.N. Rights Official: Death Toll Rises To 2,593
Barack Obama: no strategy yet for defeating Islamic State
28 Aug 2014
US President Barack Obama answers questions in the White House Press Briefing Room ahead of a meeting with his national security council in Washington. Photo: Reuters Washington: President Barack Obama has told reporters he has no strategy yet to launch a broader attack against Islamic State fighters in Iraq andSyria. “I don’t want to…
UN: 20,000 COULD BECOME INFECTED
ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS ANOTHER BRUTAL MASSACRE
BANKS BREACHED
BY RUSSIA?
Ebola outbreak will get worse, official warns
28 Aug 2014
(AP) — A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as a leading American health official warned that the outbreak sweeping West Africa would get worse. The disease has killed more than 1,400 people in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and…
photo: AP / Youssouf Bah
PANIC: RUSSIA INVADES
HOW LIBYA BECAME A COUNTRY ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE
TENSE TALKS
Putin, Poroshenko Meet In Belarus For Peace Discussions.. Ukraine Releases Footage Of Captured Russian Soldiers.. Rebels Humiliate Prisoners In Ukraine
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS BUSTED IN UKRAINE
Paratroopers On ‘Special Mission’… Russia: They Were There By Mistake!… Meanwhile: Rebels Humiliate Ukrainian Prisoners… Parade Through Town… ‘We Should Hang You On The Square’… Russian Foreign Minister: ‘I Did Not See Anything Close To Abuse’… Putin, Poroshenko Meet To Talk Peace… Latest Updates…
Russia’s Convoy Was No Trojan Horse
26 Aug 2014
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. It was Sun Tzu, an ancientChinese militarist and strategist, who said “All warfare is based on deception.”Perhaps this is the reason why, then, several nations rattled their sabers at Russiaand threatening the nation with more sanctions over a convoy of relief trucks that rolled into Ukraine. The…
Libya crisis: US ‘caught off-guard’ by air strikes
26 Aug 2014
The US was “caught off guard” by air strikes against Islamist militia in Libya, a senior official has told the BBC. The attacks on militia positions around Tripoli airport were reportedly carried out by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from bases in Egypt. Egypt has denied any involvement and the UAE has not commented. A militia alliance…
photo: AP
Is the Pentagon preparing to launch air strikes against ISIS in Syria?
Full ArticleThe Times of India
26 Aug 2014
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has authorized surveillance flights overSyria, a senior administration official said late on Monday, a move that could pave the way for US air strikes against Islamic State militant targets. While the White House said Obama has not approved military action inside Syria, additional intelligence on the militants…
Hundreds dead as Islamic State seizes Syrian air base
Full ArticleThe Times of India
25 Aug 2014
BEIRUT: Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that cost more than 500lives, a monitoring group said. The Syrian observatory for human rights said at least 346 Islamic State fighters were killed and more than 170 members of government forces had died…
Thai king endorses coup leader as PM
25 Aug 2014
Thailand‘s king has endorsed coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha as prime minister, four days after he was elected by his own hand-picked parliament, paving the way for the formation of an interim government. Approval from King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Monday is a formality, and the formation of an interim government will follow in the…
ISIS, Hip-Hop Jihadists and the Man Who Killed James Foley
25 Aug 2014
Whoever killed James Foley likely thinks he’s serving a noble cause. But it’s not his God, it’s his ego that tells him so. Sick as this may sound, the super-slick HD depiction of a pseudo-ninja murdering American journalist James Foley is, not least, a recruiting video. In the warped world of new-generation jihadists – especially those coming out…
FRENCH PRESIDENT DISSOLVES GOVERNMENT
Boko Haram declares ‘Islamic state’ in northern Nigeria
25 Aug 2014
Militant group Boko Haram has said it has set up an Islamic state in the towns and villages it has seized in north-eastern Nigeria. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was speaking in a video released to congratulate his fighters for seizing the town of Gwoza earlier this month. It is not clear…
photo: Creative Commons / Grin160
ATTACKS ACROSS IRAQ
‘OUR IDENTITY, OUR LANGUAGE, OUR CULTURE HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM US FOR MANY YEARS’
Young Kurds From Turkey Flock To Iraq And Syria To Fight
NEXT UP: SYRIA?
War On ISIS ‘Not Going To Be Restricted By Borders’… Friends With Assad?…Obama Mulls Seeking Congressional Authorization…
ISIS Is ‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’
Islamic State militants pose ‘biggest threat’ to US
22 Aug 2014
Islamic State militants are the most dangerous threat the US has faced in recent years, Washington has warned. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said US air strikes had helped to break the Islamist advance in Iraq, but the militants could be expected to regroup. America‘s top general Martin Dempsey stressed that IS could not be defeated without…
Pentagon Says Islamic State Major Threat to Stability
MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – The United States is warning that the Islamic State (IS) radical group presents a major threat to the stability and security of the Middle East region and long-term efforts from several countries will be required to…
photo: AP / Cliff Owen
India plans to ban alcohol in Kerala state
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala have outlined plans to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol to tackle the state’s drink problem. Initially, more than 700 bars and some shops selling alcohol would be shut and alcohol-free…
photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba
469 children killed in Gaza: UNICEF
A senior official of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that a total of 469 children were killed in the Gaza Strip, where the situation is “dire” because of its debilitating effect on the one millionGaza…
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Should Israel and the U.S. rethink Iron Dome’s usefulness?
Strategically speaking, the Iron Dome antimissile shield, precisely because of its effectiveness, has been disastrous for Israel: It has saved Hamas from destruction and it has helped to seriously undermine Israel’s image as a civilized state in the…
photo: Creative Commons / Israel Defense Forces/Shay Vaknin
Cold water on ice buckets
Americans are probably not unique in treating philanthropy as a sort of game, with the goal of making it go down painlessly. The ice bucket challenge sweeping the nation – or at least Facebook and Twitter – is another example.…
photo: Creative Commons / Rauglothgor
Official: Militants asked $132.5 million ransom
Related media Travel deals WASHINGTON – (AP) — TheIslamic State militants who beheaded American journalist James Foley in Syria had demanded $132.5 million — or 100 million Euros– in ransom for his release, a U.S.official said Thursday. The…
With more than 191,000 dead in Syria, U.N. rights chief slams global ‘paralysis’
22 Aug 2014
updated 7:00 AM EDT, Fri August 22, 2014 (CNN) — It’s a chilling figure: 191,369 men, women and children reported killed in Syria between March 2011 and the end ofApril 2014. The figure, the result of a new analysis for the United Nations, is a significant increase on the last update provided by the United Nations, but even so it is probably less…
BOTCHED RESCUE MISSION
U.S. Special Forces Attempted And Failed To Rescue American Hostages In Syria This Summer..
` NO PLACE ` FOR ISIS THIS CENTURY
OBAMA LIKE YOU`VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE…. MYSTERY: Did Assad Give Foley To ISIS?…
ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS MAJOR SYRIAN AIR BASE
Medieval Cruelty : ISIS thugs behead American journalist
James Foley was executed in the most horrific way possible on video so the jihadists can prove they are fearsome knights of the caliphate.
Gaza cease-fire efforts collapse in heavy fighting
Full ArticleMSNBC 20 Aug 2014By IBRAHIM BARZAK and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Associated Press GAZA CITY,Gaza Strip (AP) – Egyptian attempts to broker an end to a monthlong war betweenIsrael and Hamas collapsed in heavy fighting Tuesday, with Palestinian militantsfiring dozens of rockets and Israel responding with airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. At least three Palestinians were…
Syrian conflict: Untold misery of child brides
reports from Zaatari refugee camp, poverty is forcing some families to effectively sell their daughters to much older men, and there is now an organised trade in young… Full ArticleBBC News 20 Aug 201There is an alarming rise in the number of Syrian refugee girls in Jordan being forced into early marriages, according to the new figures from the United Nations. As Orla Guer
ISRAEL: CEASE-FIRE IS BROKEN
Says Palestinian Militants Fired Three Rockets From Gaza.. Israeli Military Responds, Carries Out New Airstrikes In Gaza Strip..
BATTLE FOR CONTESTED IRAQ DAM CONTINUES
Iraqi Forces, Kurdish Fighters Say Retook Control Of Mosul Dam From Islamic Militants.. Islamic State Denies The Loss.. Says Claim A ‘Mere Propaganda War’
The Panama Canal Is BACK
Snowden’s Epic Heist — And It’s Troubling
YAZIDI MASSACRE IN IRAQ
Reports Over 80 Men Lined Up And Shot.. Islamic State Killings Continue.. American Airstrikes Target Militants.. Yazidi Lawmaker: The U.S. Must Do More
THESE ARE THE UNSEEN VICTIMS OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
16 Aug 2014
GENEVA/FREETOWN, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Two West African nations and a medical charity fighting the world’s worst Ebola epidemic chided the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday for its slow response, saying more action was needed to save victims threatened by the disease and hunger. With the death toll over 1,000 and still climbing, the U.N.…
16 Aug 2014
Pope Francis will conduct a large open-air mass to beatify 124 of South Korea‘s firstCatholics at a ceremony in the capital Seoul on Saturday. He will pay tribute to theKoreans, who died for their faith in the 18th and 19th Centuries. It comes on the third day of his visit to South Korea – his first trip to Asia since becoming pope in March…
‘A TRAGIC DAY’
A Year After Bloody Massacre, Egyptians Are Still Waiting For Justice
Gaza ceasefire extended by five days
14 Aug 2014
Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to extend a Gaza truce by five days, minutes before an earlier ceasefire was set to expire. The deal got off to a shaky start though. Israel bombed several Gaza sites early today in response to Palestinianrocket fire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces…
UN: UKRAINE DEATH TOLL DOUBLED IN PAST 2 WEEKS
Over 2,000 Dead.. Nearly 5,000 Wounded To Date.. At Least 70 Killed, Wounded A Day In First Week Of August.. ‘This Corresponds To A Clear Escalating Trend’
President Obama’s statement on Iraq
Full ArticleWorldNews.com
12 Aug 2014
Transcript of President Barack Obama‘s August 11, 2014 statement on the Iraqsituation, as provided by the White House: Good afternoon, everybody. I wanted to provide an update on recent developments in Iraq, including some important steps forward as Iraqis form a new government. Over the past few days, American forceshave successfully conducted…
Rouhani calls Iranian critics of his nuclear policy ‘cowards’
SHOVED OUT
MALIKI COUP THREAT?
Syria 2.0: US Starts Sending Arms To Kurdish Fighters
Submitted on 08/11/2014 
While Einstein defined insanity as repeating the same behavior and expecting different results, it appears President Obama’s administration defines that action as US foreign policy. Just as they did in Syria (where the US ‘trained’ moderate Al Qaeda terrorists, instead of “sending troops” – ensuring no ‘boots on the ground’ blowback), AP reports that the US is sending arms to the Kurds as their new proxy mercenary force in Northern Iraq. We are sure the result will be different this time?
The Complete Annotated History Of “Liberating” US Presidents Bombing Iraq Back Into The Middle Ages
Submitted on 08/11/2014
Operation Desert Shield; Operation Desert Storm; Operation Provide Comfort I and II; Operation Southern Watch; Operation Desert Strike; Operation Northern Watch; Operation Desert Fox; Operation Southern Focus; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation New Dawn,
and…
Operation [Provide Humanitarian Aid]
GENOCIDAL
At Least 500 Yazidis Killed By ISIS… Women And Children Buried Alive…Hundreds Of Women Kidnapped… Rape, Slavery Fears… TO THE RESCUE: Kurds Break Through, Thousands Freed… Many Still Stranded…
West mobilises Iraq aid as US raids continue
10 Aug 2014
Western diplomacy and aid efforts are shaping up in Iraq to avert what US President Barack Obama warned could be an impending “genocide” against civilians besieged on a mountain in the country’s north by the Islamic State group fighters. US fighter jets on Sunday continued to strike positions belonging to the self-declared jihadists whose…
IRAQ: U.S. STRIKES WORKING
AIRSTRIKES UNDERWAY
Ebola Outbreak Is A Public Health Emergency
08 Aug 2014
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization on Friday declared the Ebolaoutbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread. The WHO announced the Ebola outbreak — the largest and longest in history — is worrying enough to merit being declared an international health…
“Ebola Is A Plague”; Bodies Dumped On Streets; Nigerian Nurse Dies: Full Ebola Epidemic Roundup
Submitted on 08/06/2014 – 08:09
NATO: RUSSIA COULD BE POISED TO INVADE UKRAINE
Council: Ebola outbreak is ‘out of control’
06 Aug 2014
Rebecca Bratek Chicago Tribune Comments As Africa‘s most populous nation,Nigeria poses a grave risk of the Ebola virus catching on like wildfire. (Sunday Alamba / AP) Washington? The deadly Ebola epidemic engulfing three West Africancountries is ?out of control,? health experts at the Council on Foreign Relations said Tuesday. The virus, which…
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
The Well Is Already Poisoned Between U.S. and Russia, and It Runs Deep
Full ArticleWorldNews.com
06 Aug 2014
Article by WNCorrespondent Dallas Darling. In political terms, poisoning the well means acting or responding in such a malicious manner as to sabotage any attempts towards a constructive dialogue or peaceful agreement. Despitecontradictory evidence, it tries to create malice, fear and distrust, often escalating hostilities. Regarding the…
GAZA, WORLD ON EDGE
NEW SNOWDEN?
PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS TRADE BLAME FOR BREAKING CEASEFIRE
ISRAEL ‘PAID LITTLE HEED TO WARNINGS’ BEFORE SHELLING SCHOOL
Earlier Attack Under Scrutiny… BACKLASH: State Dept. ‘Appalled’ By ‘Disgraceful’ Sunday Shelling… 10 Dead Near UN School… UN Chief: ‘A Moral Outrage And A Criminal Act’… ‘Gross Violation Of International Law’…
NO SIGN OF PEACE
Israel Won’t Engage In Egyptian Peace Talks… Signs Of Troops Redeploying… Shelling And Rocket Fire Is Ongoing… Huge Destruction In Rafah, 70 Dead…Army Declares Missing Soldier Dead…
Israel-Gaza conflict: What has Israel achieved in 26 bloody days?
03 Aug 2014
As Gaza is devastated by a new paroxysm of violence, what has Israel achieved by its 26-day bombardment and ground intervention? The outcome so far is similar to that of past Israeli wars in Lebanon and Gaza: massive firepower is used to inflict heavy losses on the other side, the great majority of the casualties being civilians. But, as the war…
Netanyahu Tells U.S. ‘Not To Ever Second Guess Me Again’ On Hamas
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT PUTIN, REALLY?
CEASE-FIRE COLLAPSES: Hamas Fires Rockets And Kidnaps Soldier, Israel Kills 50
CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCED
UN: ISRAEL, HAMAS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES
SHE STAYS!
GINSBURG: Will ‘Likely Remain A While’…
Says Male Justices Have A ‘Blind Spot’ On Women’s Issues…
Moscow fights back after sanctions
31 Jul 2014
Russia fought back on Wednesday over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed overUkraine even as G7 leaders warned of further steps, while Ukraine’s government accused pro-Russian rebels of placing land mines near the site of a crashedMalaysian airliner to prevent a proper investigation. Russia announced a ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from…
Ebola outbreak: pan-African airline halts flights to west African countries
30 Jul 2014
Togo-based ASKY suspends flights to and from Liberia and Sierra Leone after death of one of its passengers from ebola Banner in Monrovia, Liberia, warns people to be cautious about the ebola virus. Photograph: Jonathan Paye-Layleh/AP Pan-African airline ASKY has suspended all flights to and from the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the…
photo: AP / Youssouf Bah
The Children of War: A Humanitarian Catastrophe Unfolds in Gaza
29 Jul 2014
Israel‘s incursion into the Gaza Strip triggered a bloody war. Brutal images of dead and injured Palestinians have circulated widely, but a cease-fire still appears to be a long way off. Ahmed is hungry. Eyes closed, he clutches his mother’s breast and drinks, oblivious to everything around him. He ignores the rattling of the ceiling fan, dangling…
‘I WOULD RATHER DIE IN DIGNITY
THAN AGREE TO LIVE IN AN OPEN-AIR PRISON’
MARCO LONGARI via Getty ImagesBy Mohammed Suliman, Palestinian Human Rights Worker In Gaza
GAZA: 100 MORE DEAD
LIBYA IN CRISIS
ABDULLAH DOMA via Getty ImagesRenegade General Fights Islamist-Led Militias.. Battles Rage Around Airport..U.S. Evacuates Embassy On Saturday.. France Warns Its Citizens To Leave
Gaza crisis: UN to adopt call for immediate ceasefire
28 Jul 2014
The UN Security Council is set to call for an “immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza. An emergency session is due to approve a call for a truce over the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr “and beyond”. On Sunday Israel andPalestinian militants continued their offensives despite a 24-hour ceasefire announced by…
SAT. SHOTS: RUSSIA FIRING INTO UKRAINE
Chaos, in-fighting and jihadists in Libya prompt American diplomats to evacuate to avoid another potential Banghazi.
TALIBAN GAINS IN AFGHANISTAN
Why You Should Blame Iran For The Gaza Conflict
The Islamic Republic has been propping up terror groups on Israel’s border for years. If they are allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, the results would be catastrophic.
Lessons From Fallujah, Then and Now
As ISIS sweeps forward in Iraq, a veteran of the campaign looks back on what made Fallujah a success in 2007 and what should be done now.
WEST BANK RISES
PBSNewsHour‘Day Of Rage’… Several Thousand Demonstrate In West Bank… Israeli Soldiers Shoot And Kill At Least 1 Palestinian Protester… 200 Wounded..
UN: Gaza humanitarian situation ‘dire’
24 Jul 2014
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has expressed extreme concern at the situation in Gaza, describing a ceasefire as “vital”. She said the conflict meant 44% of Gaza was a no-go area for Palestinians, and residents were running out of food. More than 710 Palestinians and 30 Israelis have been killed in the past 16 days of fighting,…
‘THEY JUST WANTED TO KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE’
NEW SKY SCARE: FLIGHT GOES MISSING
Long odds for justice in Malaysia jet disaster
Full ArticleRichmond Times Dispatch
24 Jul 2014
GENEVA — Anyone hoping to bring to justice whoever downed Malaysia AirlinesFlight 17 must face sobering facts. The wreckage scene is compromised, key evidence may have disappeared altogether and political complexities could block an international court from hearing the case. If Russian nationals were involved in the disaster that claimed 298…
2 UKRAINE FIGHTER JETS SHOT DOWN
EU threatens Russia with further sanctions
23 Jul 2014
EU foreign ministers threatened Russia with deeper economic sanctions yesterday, ordering the European Commission to draw up proposals on specific sectoral sanctions that may be deployed if Russia fails to co-operate with an investigation into the Malaysian airline disaster. The European Commission, which is already undertaking impact-assessment…
PUTIN VOWS STRONGER MILITARY TO COUNTER NATO
Bodies of 300 victims, black boxes handed over from Ukraine crash site
22 Jul 2014
The remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine were making their way…
How Hamas uses its tunnels to kidnap, fight Israeli soldiers
22 Jul 2014
A view of a tunnel reportedly dug by Palestinians beneath the border between theGaza Strip and Israel. Photo: AFP It was a Monday in October 2013 when residents of a kibbutz called Ein Hashlosha just east of the Gaza border heard strange sounds. It may have been difficult to pinpoint the source. The sounds weren’t coming from above ground…
FIGHTING FLARES IN EAST UKRAINE
Rob Stothard via Getty Images3 Dead In Clashes In Donetsk.. Plumes Of Smoke Near Railway Station.. Int’l Investigators Arrive.. Begin Inspecting MH17 Victims’ Bodies.. Rebels: Bodies In Refrigerated Wagons.. Dutch Experts: Train Must Leave Within Hours.. Ukraine Workers Find More Bodies.. U.S. Ramps Up Pressure.. ‘Enormous Amount Of Evidence’ Points To Moscow.. Putin: Don’t Politicize MH17.. Cold War Levels Of Tension.. Moscow Denies Delivering Missiles.. Global Anger At Russia Grows..
Iran warned of ‘last chance’ in nuclear talks after deadline missed
20 Jul 2014
By Louis Charbonneau and Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran faced Westernpressure on Saturday to make concessions over its atomic activities after it and six world powers failed to meet a July 20 deadline for a deal to end the decade-old dispute but agreed to keep talking. The countries agreed to extend the high-stakes negotiations by four…
The Vicious Art of Swapping Words for Deeds, or Who Will Hold Mr. Putin Accountable?
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GROUND OFFENSIVE IN GAZA
PASSENGER JET ‘SHOT DOWN’ OVER UKRAINE
Malaysia Airlines – Again!… 295 On Board, Departed From Amsterdam…All Likely Dead… Bodies Scattered For Miles… Corpses ‘Largely Intact,’ Indicating A ‘Somewhat Controlled Landing’… Obama: ‘Terrible Tragedy’…
REPORT: Separatists Took Black Box… Sent To Russia For ‘Investigation’…Rebels Have Shot Down Multiple Planes Over Past Month… Ukrainian Official: Will ‘Present Evidence Of Russian Military Involvement’… President: ‘Terrorist Act’… Separatists: It Wasn’t Us!… EARLIER: Ukraine Says Russian Plane Shot Down Its Fighter Jet… Separatists Reportedly Bragged About Downing Transport Plane… ‘Russia Has Lost Control Of The Rebels’… LATEST…
US and EU step up Russia sanctions
17 Jul 2014
The US and the European Union have again stepped up sanctions against Russiaover the Ukraine crisis. President Barack Obama announced new restrictions on a handful of companies including Rosneft – 20% owned by oil giant BP – accessingAmerican capital markets. Steps are also being taken to prevent senior officials and rebel groups in eastern…
‘DEFEATING THE DIRTY WAR’
ASSOCIATED PRESSSyria’s Assad Sworn In For 3rd Term.. Declares Victory..
Israel targets top Hamas leader as Gaza cease-fire collapses
16 Jul 2014
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israelresumed its air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday a day after holding its fire in deference to an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire deal that failed to get Hamas militants to halt rocket attacks. Attacks in the Gaza Strip killed at least sevenPalestinians in the early hours…
Israel targets top Hamas leader as Gaza cease-fire collapses
16 Jul 2014
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israelresumed its air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday a day after holding its fire in deference to an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire deal that failed to get Hamas militants to halt rocket attacks. Attacks in the Gaza Strip killed at least sevenPalestinians in the early hours…
ISRAEL-PALESTINE CEASE-FIRE FALTERS
Egyptian Truce Proposal Unravels.. Militants Fire Scores Of Rockets At Israel.. Israel Retaliates With Gaza Airstrikes.. Netanyahu Vows To Escalate Operation..Report: Hamas Still Debating Deal.. ‘We Are Still In Consultation’.
Israel’s security cabinet accepts Egyptian cease-fire proposal
Full ArticleThe Dallas Morning News
15 Jul 2014
JERUSALEM — Israel has accepted Egypt’s proposal for a cessation of hostilities with militants in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister’s office announced at 9 a.m. Tuesday, the appointed hour in the proposal made by Cairo on Monday night. The announcement came via text message and without comment after Israel’s top ministers, known as the security….
Sarkozy’s political comeback dream threatened by tapped phone calls
14 Jul 2014
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s hopes of a political comeback appeared to hang by a thread last night after evidence appeared to show he did try to subvert the French justice system in February. Mr Sarkozy indignantly defended his “honour” earlier this month after investigating magistrates formally accused him of “active corruption” to derail…
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THOUSANDS FLEE GAZA
JACK GUEZ via Getty ImagesIsrael Warns Residents Of Northern Gaza To Leave.. Rockets Towards Tel Aviv..Israel Deploys Ground Troops
UN: 77% OF DEAD IN GAZA ARE CIVILIANS
MAHMUD HAMS via Getty ImagesPalestinian Death Toll Tops 160… Israeli Forces Stage First Ground Raid In Gaza…Residents Told To Evacuate… Thousands Of Civilians Flee… Lethal Strikes On Disabled Clinic, Mosque, Charities… Conflict Widens? Israel, Lebanon Trade Rocket Fire… Israeli PM: Prepared For All Options… UN Calls For Peace… Ceasefire Nowhere In Sight…
AIRSTRIKES HIT MOSQUE, CENTER FOR DISABLED
MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images2 Women Killed… Disabled Residents Unable To Flee… Israel Says Mosque Concealed Rockets… Gaza Death Toll Rises Over 120… Becomes Ghost Town…
Higgs digs deeper into ‘new physics’ realm
12 Jul 2014
Paris – Two years after making history by unearthing the Higgs boson, the particle that confers mass, physicists are broadening their probe into its identity, hoping this will also solve other great cosmic mysteries. Sifting through mountains of experimental data, they have now pieced together a partial sketch of the evasive boson’s traits and…
THE IRON DOME
Israel’s Game-Changing Defense System
CHINESE HACKERS CRACKED U.S. GOVERNMENT NETWORKS
Insurgents in northern Iraq seize nuclear material
10 Jul 2014
Insurgents in Iraq have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university in the country’s north, Iraq told the United Nations in a letter appealing for help to “stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad”. Nearly40 kg of uranium compounds were kept at Mosul University, Iraq’s UN ambassadorMohamed Ali…
Afghanistan will not be the next Iraq
10 Jul 2014
As the Iraq crisis deepens, some commentators have taken to inaccurately comparing it to the situation in Afghanistan. Predictions have been made that, a few years after the withdrawal of international forces, Afghan security forces would crumble in the face of the insurgency and the Taliban would retake most of the southern and eastern provinces.…
ISRAEL RAMPS UP OFFENSIVE
ASSOCIATED PRESSHits Key Hamas Targets In Gaza.. Attacks More Than 160 Sites Wednesday.. Mobilizes Thousands Of Forces Along Gaza Border For Possible Ground Invasion.. Netanyahu: ‘The Operation In Gaza Will Expand’.
ARE WE ON THE VERGE OF ANOTHER GLOBAL WAR?
MERKEL MAD
OFFICIAL: 3 ISRAELI SUSPECTS CONFESS KILLING PALESTINIAN TEEN
ASSOCIATED PRESSRe-enact Incident For Authorities.. Remain In Custody.. Not Yet Identified.. Netanyahu Reportedly Calls Abu Khdeir’s Father.. Offers Condolences.. Israeli Air Strikes Kill Hamas Militants.. Hamas Vows Revenge.. Rocket Fire Ongoing..
FIFA official linked to $101 million World Cup ticket scam
04 Jul 2014
The ticket scam is thought to have netted $101 million since 2002. Photo: SuppliedRIO DE JANEIRO: An illegal ticketing scandal rocked the World Cup on Thursday asGermany and France geared up for a titanic quarter-final showdown. Policeprobing an international scalping syndicate said thousands of illegally sold tickets worth millions of dollars…
Iraqi Kurds seek independence
04 Jul 2014
Vote to be held ‘within months’, president of northern region says Massoud Barzani, president of Iraq‘s northern Kurdish region, has asked his regional parliament to make preparations for a referendum on independence from Iraq. Barzani asked parliament on Thursday to form a committee to organize a referendum, vowing to hold the plebiscite within…
World Cup workers struggle for basic rights
03 Jul 2014
As hundreds of thousands of football fans enjoy the beautiful games in Sao Paulo, many rural migrants drawn to Brazil’s commercial capital to build stadiums and other infrastructure projects say their lives have been anything but pretty in the lead-up to the mega-event. In fact, many labourers who worked on construction projects ahead of the…
JUL. 2, 2014
Israel Bombs Gaza While Hamas’ Kidnapping Mastermind Sits in Turkey
As Israeli war planes pound Hamas positions in Gaza, the man the country really wants is sitting pretty in Turkey.
Ammar Awad/Reuters
TENSION MOUNTS IN JERUSALEM
Ilia Yefimovich via Getty ImagesIsraeli Troops Clash With Palestinians After Body Of Arab Teenager Found..Palestinians Throw Stones At Security Forces.. Forces Respond With Tear Gas, Stun Grenades.. Police Investigating Connection Between Body And Reported Palestinian Youth Kidnapping.. Palestinian Leaders Hold Israel Responsible.. Israel Urges Restraint Until Facts Uncovered
Iraq stares at a collapse, Maliki still at helm
Full ArticleThe Times of India
02 Jul 2014
BAGHDAD: Sunnis and Kurds walked out of the first session of Iraq‘s new parliament on Tuesday after Shi’ites failed to name a prime minister to replaceNuri al-Maliki, dimming any prospect of an early national unity government to save Iraq from collapse. The United States, United Nations, Iran and Iraq’s own Shi’iteclergy have pushed hard for…
UN: More than 2,400 killed in Iraq in June
01 Jul 2014
BAGHDAD — Violence has claimed the lives of 2,417 Iraqis in June, making it the deadliest month so far this year, the United Nations said on Tuesday, underlining the daunting challenge the government faces as it struggles to confront Islamic extremists who have seized large swaths of territory in the north and west. In recent weeks, fighters from…
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Pistorius Was Mentally Fit at Shooting
Pool photo by Ihsaan Haffejee
A court-ordered psychiatric evaluation has delivered a major blow to Oscar Pistorius’ defense team. A panel of mental-health experts submitted a report to Judge Thokozile Masipa definitively stating “Mr. Pistorius did not suffer from a mental illness or defect that would have rendered him criminally not responsible for the offense charged.” The defense claimed that Pistorius was suffering from an anxiety disorder when he shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead on Valentine’s Day 2013. The former Olympian was deemed “capable of appreciating the wrongfulness of his act.” Pistorius faces 25 years to life in prison.
Iraq Receives First Fighter Jets From “Our Russian Friends”
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Having offered “complete support” for Iraq’s embattled PM Maliki, the troubled nation receives its first shipment of “America deluded us” Russian fighter jets. As RT reports, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Sunday confirmed receiving five Su-25 fighter jets in accordance with the deal with Moscow. Iraqi Army Lieutenant General Anwar Hamad Amen Ahmed explained, “our Russian friends have also sent their own experts to assist us in preparing the aircraft. All the logistics have been planned for as well.
‘A THREAT TO ALL COUNTRIES’
ISIS Declares Islamic ‘Caliphate’.. Calls On Groups To Pledge Allegiance.. ‘Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Has Declared War On Al-Qaeda’.. Iraqi Troops Battle For Tikrit
ISIS DECLARES ISLAMIC ‘CALIPHATE’
ASSOCIATED PRESSCalls On All Muslims To Pledge Allegiance.. Renames Itself The ‘Islamic State’..Carries Out Series Of Crucifixions
THE BATTLE FOR TIKRIT
MOHAMMED SAWAF via Getty ImagesIraqi Forces Try To Retake Key Northern City.. Militants And Army Clash..Smoke Rises Above Saddam’s Hometown
Today’s Terrorists Are Tomorrow’s State-Sponsored Terrorists
29 Jun 2014
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Despite terrorism’s elusive meaning or its easily managed perception, seldom does it erase collective memories or authentic histories. Perhaps this is why 60 percent of Palestiniansrecently rejected the idea of a two-state solution concerning the Israeli-Arab conflict. Along with supporting a…
Far-right gains alarm French left
28 Jun 2014
The National Front (FN) political party in France may be celebrating its most recent success in the European parliamentary elections, but many in Paris and across France want to make it known that the party’s far-right policies are not for them. On May 25 when the results of the European parliamentary elections were announced, French high-school…
EYES ON MALIKI
ASSOCIATED PRESSIraq’s Top Shiite Cleric Steps Up Pressure For Political Deal.. Urges Blocs To Choose New PM.. Maliki’s Former Shiite Allies Explore Alternatives.. Reports Of Iraqi Forces Executing Prisoners.. Human Rights Watch: ISIS Killed At Least 160 Captives.. Senior Iraqi Official: Clashes In Tikrit And Key Refinery Suggest Military Trying To Regain Footing.. Maliki Upbeat, Says To Secure Baghdad..Kerry: Moderate Syrian Rebels Could Help.. U.S. Flies Armed Drones Over Iraq
WHO: Ebola outbreak needs urgent action
Full ArticlePhiladelphia Daily News
27 Jun 2014
0 comments Travel Deals $499 & up — Bermuda Weeklong Cruises w/Extras See all travel deals » Makiko Kitamura, BLOOMBERG Posted: Friday, June 27, 2014, 1:08 AM Health authorities struggling to control the worst outbreak of Ebola on record said drastic action is needed to prevent more deaths. More than 390 people have died in the…
KERRY TO RUSSIA: URGE REBELS IN UKRAINE TO DISARM WITHIN ‘HOURS’
Sao Paulo Drug Addicts Gripped By ‘Cracklands’
Brazil’s open-air drug markets are luring addicts who can remain high all day on the cheapest crack cocaine in the world.
Barack Obama Swept Aside The Entire Free Syrian Army In One Sentence
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