Kicking off the Trump administration’s international peace conference in Bahrain Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said his plan for the Middle East was “the opportunity of the century” for the Palestinians but their acceptance was a precondition to peace. “Agreeing on an economic pathway forward is a necessary precondition […]
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Witness Speaks Out on Organ Harvesting Taking Place in China…
A people’s tribunal in London concluded on June 17 that prisoners of conscience are being murdered for their organs in China. A former intern at a military hospital in Shenyang witnessed the crime firsthand and spoke with NTD about his harrowing experience. George Zheng was about to graduate from medical school in the 1990s when […]
Magnanimous Panda Departs Pyongyang After “reinforcing the traditional friendship between China and North Korea”…
The money quote from Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping in the role of magnanimous panda as he departs Chairman Kim: “This visit has achieved complete success in reinforcing the traditional friendship between China and North Korea”…Kim remains hostage, and Xi highlights his captive capabilities in advance of the G20 ‘expanded’ meeting with President Trump in Osaka, […]
UK Suspends Saudi Lisences for ‘Illegal’ Arms That Are Used in Yemen’s War…
The British government on Thursday said it would suspend issuing new Saudi licenses for the sale of arms that might be used in the Gulf kingdom’s bombing campaign in Yemen. International Trade Secretary Liam Fox announced the decision in parliament after a British court ordered the government to “reconsider” sales due to their humanitarian impact. […]
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ‘Disintegrated Into Confetti,’ Captain Appears to Have Run ‘Amok’…
The ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was piloted by a “lonely and sad” captain who experimented with a flight profile almost identical to the aircraft’s final doomed path — one that left a slim chance of finding remains or clues to what really happened in the skies that calamitous evening, a new report reveals. In […]
Read This One to the End: Report Suggests China Preparing Muslims in Concentration Camps of Organ Harvesting…
A nonpartisan tribunal published a report Tuesday accusing China of “crimes against humanity,” cutting organs out of Falun Gong practitioners alive to transplant into paying clients, and potentially preparing an “organ bank” using the millions of mostly Uighur Muslims believed trapped in concentration camps in western China. The China Tribunal – a panel of international […]
Tons of Venezuela’s Gold Landed in Africa — and Vanished…
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is selling off his country’s gold reserves. Some of it has passed through a secretive operation in East Africa, a gambit that evades U.S. sanctions. On two early-March flights, at least 7.4 tons of gold with a market value over $300 million moved from Venezuela to a refinery […]
Inside Israel’s Million Dollar Troll Army…
A global influence campaign funded by the Israeli government had a $1.1 million budget last year, a document obtained by The Electronic Intifada shows. Act.IL says it has offices in three countries and an online army of more than 15,000. In its annual report, from January, Act.IL says its goal is to “influence foreign publics” […]
How an Obscure Taiwan Murder Case Led to Hong Kong’s Mega-Protest…
More than a year ago on the outskirts of Taipei — Taiwan’s capital — a woman’s decomposed body turned up in a grassy thicket near a riverside recreation area popular with tourists. The 21-year-old Hong Kong woman had been visiting Taiwan, according to a Taipei city police report. A male friend, also from Hong Kong, […]
How Israel Already Controls More Than Half of the West Bank…
A state of de facto annexation already exists on the ground in most of the occupied West Bank. Almost two-thirds of the Palestinian territory, including most of its most fertile and resource-rich land, is under full Israeli control. About 400,000 Jewish settlers living there enjoy the full rights and privileges of Israeli citizens. At least […]
Hong Kong Official: Beijing Will Not Allow Chief Executive Carrie Lam to Resign…
A senior city official in Hong Kong told Reuters on Tuesday that China will not allow chief executive Carrie Lam to resign as protesters demanded, even if she wants to. Lam offered more unqualified contrition in her latest public statement but said she intends to remain in office. Demonstrators scored a victory over the weekend […]
Egypt’s Deposed President Mohamed Morsi Dies…
Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi has died following a session in court, authorities announced on Monday. Morsi, 67, collapsed after addressing a judge at a session in his trial over charges of espionage, according to the state prosecutor. In a statement, the state prosecutor said Morsi was immediately transferred to hospital, where he was pronounced […]
Now This Is What a Protest Looks Like: Hong Kong Nearly Doubles Anti-China Protest Size to 2 Million…
The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the group organizing protests against a proposed extradition law in Hong Kong, announced that nearly 2 million people attended protests on Sunday, the largest recorded assembly in the history of Hong Kong, according to the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP). The figure is even more impressive given that the […]
Trump Offered to Suspend Sanctions While Negotiating with Iran, Khamenei Rejected the Offer; More Attacks Expected…
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo conveyed a message from US President Donald Trump to the Iranian leadership, asking the release of 5 US prisoners and inviting Iran to sit around a negotiation table, adding “he [Donald Trump] would be ready to suspend all sanctions only during the negotiations”. No guarantee was offered to freeze or […]
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Greenwald Discusses the Political Earthquake Rattling Brazil…
Last Sund, The Intercept and The Intercept Brasil published a series of exposés that has created a major political earthquake in Brazil that has only grown and intensified throughout the week. In less than a week, the once-revered justice minister of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, Sérgio Moro, now faces widespread calls to resign from the […]
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Iran to Exceed Some Nuclear Deal Limits – EU Under Pressure to Fulfill Its Commitments…
The conflict U.S. President Donald Trump ignited by leaving the nuclear deal with Iran is escalating at multiple fronts. U.S. sanctions on Iranian im- and exports are devastating its economy. A new tanker war is brewing. Iran will soon exceed limits set under the nuclear agreement. While this is not a legal reach of deal, […]
Food Security: Largest Animal Epidemic in History Is Due to Industrial Farming…
What some are calling the largest animal disease outbreak in history is currently ravaging pig farms in China and in other Asian countries. The disease is known as African Swine Fever and has a similar effect on pigs as Ebola has on humans, causing massive internal hemorrhaging and very high death rate. So far, over […]
Putin Sets the Table to Leave the Dollar Behind…
This is twice that Russian President Putin has said on the global stage the Federal Reserve Note no longer deserves the status and privilege of “world reserve currency” that allows unlimited printing of the currency. The first time he made mention he actually said that it was a threat to Russia’s national security. In a […]
Not the Onion: UK Labour Party Supports 10-Hr Work-Week (With Pay Cuts) to Halt Global Warming…
UK Labour party Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, wants to slash the work week and pay by 75% to save the planet. A number of sources confirm this Onion-like story. Sun: Labour Aides Discuss Plans to Combat Climate Change by Cutting Work to Ten Hours. Metro: Plan for 10-hour working week with 75% paycut under Labour. […]
UK Signs DOJ Request to Extradite Assange; Lengthy Legal Battle to Ensue…
Early on Thursday UK home secretary Sajid Javid revealed that he has signed a US extradition request for Julian Assange, putting the WikiLeaks founder a step closer to facing prosecution for espionage and hacking on American soil, where he’s almost assured life in prison or worse after the US justice department filed 17 new charges […]