Amid growing diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, Turkish TV station ‘A Haber’ on Saturday presented a detailed segment on ‘The American Empire and its Media’, based on an infographic tweeted out earlier this year by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and showing the surprisingly close interrelations between U.S. mainstream media and key foreign policy […]
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OoohhhLaLa: Heat Wave Put Flamingos in the Mood for 1st Time in 15 Years…
A British conservation charity says record-breaking temperatures have encouraged a rare flock of Andean flamingos to lay eggs for the first time since 2003. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust says six of the exotic birds laid nine eggs, all of which were infertile. The charity’s reserve in Gloucestershire in southwest England then gave the Andean […]
Germany Blocks $400 Million ‘Cash Delivery’ to Iran…
The U.S. campaign to rein in Iran has scored a victory in the German financial sector, after the Deutsche Bundesbank− the country’s central bank− imposed a rule stopping a $400 million cash delivery to Tehran. Iran’s cash-starved economy desperately needs hard currency ahead of crippling U.S. bank sanctions that will be introduced in November. Germany […]
Saudi Arabia Rebukes Mediation With Canada, Hints Toward More Action Being Considered…
…”Responding to a question about the reason for the activists’ arrests, Jubeir said that charges against them would be made public once their cases reach the courts, repeating earlier allegations that they had been in touch with foreign entities.”… While not delivering specifics on the activity, from hints provided it appears Justin from Canada and […]
Saudi Arabia Suspends Flights to Canada as the Diplomatic Confrontation Escalates…
Many people are perplexed about the severity of Saudi Arabia’s response after Justin from Canada and Foreign Minister Crystina Freeland began denouncing KSA’s action in jailing a Saudi national, Samar Badawi (pictured below with Obama and Clinton), likely a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, for action against the government. It certainly appears there is a […]
Hiroshima Mayor Marks 73rd A-Bomb Anniversay with Indirect Call to Sign U.N. Nuke Ban Treaty…
Marking the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bomb attack, Hiroshima once again fell silent Monday morning while traffic came to halt in remembrance of those lost, with dignitaries urging world leaders to strengthen efforts to abandon nuclear weapons and highlighting the slow progress toward abolition. In the city’s annual Peace Declaration, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi […]
Activist Shares Horrific Details After Being Arrested for Unpopular Opinions in England (VIDEO)…
Tucker Carlson had recently freed British activist Tommy Robinson on his show on Thursday night to discuss his arrest and subsequent imprisonment. “All I’d done was read a BBC news article, a BBC news article that is still online now for millions of people to see. And I was taken and everyone would’ve watched the […]
China’s Military to Help Assad Retake Rest of Syrian Territory, Ambassador Suggests…
The Chinese Ambassador to Syria, Qi Qianjin, has shocked Middle East pundits and observers with statements this week indicating the Chinese military may directly assist the Syrian Army in an upcoming major offensive on jihadist-held Idlib province. The “[Chinese] military is willing to participate in some way alongside the Syrian army that is fighting the […]
My Son, Osama: The al-Qaida Leader’s Mother Speaks for the First Time…
On the corner couch of a spacious room, a woman wearing a brightly patterned robe sits expectantly. The red hijab that covers her hair is reflected in a glass-fronted cabinet; inside, a framed photograph of her firstborn son takes pride of place between family heirlooms and valuables. A smiling, bearded figure wearing a military jacket, […]
Turkey Is Getting Off the U.S. Reservation…
This year’s BRICS Summit was a big show. No question. The main event was provided by Turkish President cum Dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan wants to a a “T” to the acronym, making them the BRICTS. Erdogan also made it very clear Turkey’s shift away from the West will proceed faster if the bullying and […]
Manchester Bomber Was Rescued by the Royal Navy from Libyan War Zone Three Years Before He Killed 22 People at Pop Concert…
The Manchester suicide bomber was rescued by the Navy from war-torn Libya three years before his pop concert atrocity, the Mail reveals today. HMS Enterprise plucked Salman Abedi, then 19, from the Libyan coast and took him to Malta for a flight home to Britain in August 2014. Last May he set off a bomb […]
Syria Sitrep – The Southwest Is Liberated – On to Idlib…
The Syrian Arab Army campaign in southwest Syria is coming to an end. The whole (green/black) area held by “rebels” and ISIS just six weeks ago is now liberated. After early resistance was overcome by a large force, many “rebel” groups gave up their fight and agreed to hand over their heavy weapons to the […]
Israel Sentences Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour to Jail for Facebook ‘Incitement’…
Israel sentenced Palestinian writer and poet Dareen Tatour to five months in prison on Tuesday after convicting her of “inciting violence” over a poem she posted on social media that prosecutors claimed urged violence against the occupation. Nazareth magistrates’ court in May found Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, guilty over the poem “Resist, My […]
Ahed Tamimi and Her Mother Released After Eight Months in Israeli Prison…
Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager who was arrested after being filmed for slapping an IDF soldier in her family’s yard, was released from Israeli prison Sunday morning, along with her mother Nariman, after eight months behind bars. Upon their release, the two were greeted by Ahed’s father, Bassem Tamimi, as well as other family members. […]
‘A very, very, very bad law’: Justice Joubran on Israel’s New Nation State Law…
Salim Joubran was the first Palestinian judge to be named a permanent justice on the Israeli Supreme Court (2004-2017). Last March in New York he derided the law that the Israeli parliament passed this month declaring Israel the nation state of the Jewish people. “This law is a very, very, very bad law for the […]
Spanish Police Warn 50,000 Migrants Waiting in Morocco to Invade Spain…
Police sources are warning that 50,000 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are waiting in Morocco to invade Spain. As we reported yesterday, boatloads of migrants are already washing up on Spanish beaches in scenes that have shocked observers. Now according to a report in Spanish newspaper El Mundo, North Africa is becoming a “pressure cooker,” […]
South Africa’s Deadly Involvement in the Saudi War on Yemen…
As South African President Cyril Ramaphosa concluded visits this month to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, securing $10bn worth of investment from each country, questions arise as to what price tag is attached to these investments. South Africa’s arms exports to both Gulf countries have grown since the beginning of […]
MH370 REPORT: Missing Aircraft Behavior Reveal It Was Under Manual Control…
The Malaysian Government has released its final report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. It says all the evidence points to an incontrovertible conclusion — that it was under manual control, and that it was deliberately flown out into the Indian Ocean. The Malaysian government’s chief investigator into the disappearance of the Boeing […]
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Foreign Ministry Issues Strong Protest Over Butina’s Arrest to U.S. Department of State…
Russian diplomats keep monitoring the situation around Russian national Maria Butina arrested in the US, strong protest was issued to the US Department of State in connection with the way she is treated, Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Spokesperson Artyom Kozhin said on Thursday. “We continue to monitor most closely the situation with Russian national Maria Butina […]
Another Suspect Detained in Turkey in Connection with 2016 Murder of Russian Ambassador…
Turkish security forces have detained one more man suspected of involvement in the assassination of the Russian Ambassador in Ankara, Andrei Karlov, in December 2016, Milliyet newspaper said on Thursday. It said a former police officer, identified as Ufu G., was arrested on the suspicions that he had been a member of the same cell […]