Maltese special forces have seized a Turkish oil tanker, El Hibu 1, which had been hijacked by the very migrants it stopped to rescue in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. Five of the migrants have been arrested, and are accused of overpowering the vessel’s 12-man crew – forcing the oil tanker’s captain […]
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Algeria Army Chief Demands Two-Decade Ruling President Step Down…
Algeria is now a month in to mass “Arab Spring”-style protests, which have brought a record number of people into the streets demanding the removal of ailing 82-year old president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and now it appears the military is prepared to act against the two-decade long ruler who has rarely been seen in public since […]
How a Megawealthy Family with Stake In Krispy Kreme, Panera Bread and Other Ventures Is ReactingtTo New Knowledge of Nazi Ties…
A megawealthy German family with stakes in recognizable businesses like Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Panera Bread announced they will donate roughly $11 million to charity in reaction to new knowledge about how their family business profited off of the Nazi regime during World War II. German newspaper Bild reported Sunday that the family’s ancestors Albert […]
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East German Stasi Spies Questioned for Evidence on Lockerbie Bombing…
Five former officers of East Germany’s State Security Service, known commonly as the Stasi, have been questioned in Berlin over the Lockerbie air disaster at the request of British prosecutors. A total of 270 people died on December 21, 1988, when Pan Am flight 103, flying from Frankfurt to Detroit, exploded in mid-air over the […]
Melting Greenland Glacier Appears to Be Growing Again…
A major Greenland glacier that was one of the fastest shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is growing again, a new NASA study finds. The Jakobshavn glacier around 2012 was retreating about 1.8 miles and thinning nearly 130 feet annually. But it started growing again at about the same rate in the past two […]
Palestinians Rush to Stock Up on Food as Israeli Airstrikes Light Up Gaza…
Huge orange flashes were all that were lighting Gaza City Monday night as Israeli airstrikes pounded the coastal enclave, wounding eight Palestinians, including two children. It seemed Gaza’s residents were either trying to capture the bombardments with their cellphones, or trying to calm their scared children as apartments shook from nearby bombings on several empty […]
Cyber Guerrilla Releases New Tranche of Britain’s Taxpayer Funded Integrity Initiative Project…It’s a Doozie!
Having found that Sir Alan Duncan and Frau Deborah Haynes intend to keep on misleading the international community, lie to members of the UK Parliament and feed falsehood to the Media, we have again decided to break silence to protect the informational environment in civilised countries. Here is another project of the FCO’s Counter Disinformation […]
Brexit: Controlled Flight into Terrain by Yves Smith…
One has to admire the EU’s parry to Theresa May’s request for an extension to Brexit to June 30, which was to offer an extension to May 22 if she could get her Withdrawal Agreement approved by Parliament by March 29. If not, the UK would be out by April 12 unless it asks for […]
Former Canadian Minister Says More Revelations to Come in Scandal Surrounding Trudeau…
A Canadian cabinet minister, who had quit in protest over the government’s handling of a corruption scandal, said she and others had more to say about the matter, indicating more pain to come for embattled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau has been on the defensive since Feb. 7 over allegations that top officials working for […]
Brazil’s Ex-President Temer Jailed, Accused of Heading ‘Criminal Organization’…
Brazil’s former President Michel Temer was arrested on March 21 in “Operation Radioactivity,” a probe of alleged graft in the construction of a nuclear power plant, threatening to delay debate over the government’s ambitious fiscal reforms. Temer was president from 2016 to 2018, taking office after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, who he served under […]
Catholic Priest Stabbed During Televised Mass in Canada…
A priest at Montreal’s renowned Saint Joseph’s Oratory was stabbed in the chest Friday while delivering morning mass, shocking parishioners and those watching a live stream of the service from home. The suspect was quickly wrestled to the floor by security guards after stabbing Father Claude Grou, rector of the oratory. The priest was taken […]
France to Deploy Military Troops to Maintain Security During Yellow Vest Protests…
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that soldiers will be deployed across the country to help maintain security during yellow vest protests planned this weekend. Macron said the military will secure government buildings and other sites to allow police forces to focus on maintaining public order, in comments reported on Wednesday by government spokesman Benjamin […]
May’s Appeal Falls Flat as EU Seizes Control of Brexit Date…
The EU has handed Theresa May two weeks grace to devise an alternative Brexit plan if her deal falls next week after the prime minister failed to convince the bloc that she was capable of avoiding a no-deal Brexit. After a marathon late night session of talks, the EU’s leaders ripped up May’s proposals and […]
As Venezuela’s Hospitals Collapse, the Government Fires, Muzzles Doctors…
Venezuela seems to have found a solution for its crumbling hospitals: Silence the critics. In recent days, several outspoken doctors have been fired, hounded or threatened for trying to raise alarms about the failing healthcare system. The crackdown comes as the country’s healthcare crisis has become a principal battleground in the fight to oust leader […]
Bus Full of Children in Italy Set Alight ‘in Retaliation’ for Migrant Drownings in Mediterranean…
An Italian bus driver of Senegalese descent was arrested on Wednesday after hijacking his own vehicle and setting it on fire, allegedly threatening to kill more than 50 children on board whose hands he had bound. The 47-year-old man said he was acting in revenge for the thousands of migrants, many of them African, who […]
Beware: The Journalist Literally Being Investigated by Police for ‘using the wrong pronouns’…
Here we go again. Another woman is facing a police investigation – and potentially, a jail sentence — because she wrote things online about sex, gender and a person who changed gender. So far, so familiar, but this tale has a significant feature. The woman is a journalist. A British police force is investigating a […]
Christchurch: NZSAS, Other Special Forces Teams and Armed Police Exercises Underway During Mosque Attacks…
Some of the world’s most deadly sharpshooters were in Christchurch when New Zealand’s worst ever terror attack unfolded on Friday, with NZSAS taking to the streets to help hunt the rampaging mosque shooter. Snipers from the New Zealand military, as well as professional snipers from Australia and Asian countries, had been at the Defence Force […]
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Brexit: End of the Road…
Even by the standards of Brexit, things are such a mess that it’s hard to know where to begin. Nevertheless… As the Brexit clock runs down, the Government lost a day by getting caught up in yet another internal row. May had planned to send a letter to the EU saying what she wanted in […]
Christopher Steele’s Former MI6 Boss Slams Trump Dossier As ‘Overrated’…
The former boss of the ex-British spy who produced the uncorroborated, salacious dossier on President Donald Trump’s alleged Russian collusion says the document is “overrated,” and wouldn’t comment on the character of the man who wrote it. Sir John Scarlett, who was the chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 2004 to 2009, […]
Haiti’s Latest Government Falls After Six Months as Lawmakers Fire Prime Minister…
Another Haiti government has been ousted. Haiti’s Lower Chamber of Deputies fired Prime Minister Jean Henry Céant and his government on Monday, deepening uncertainty amid a political and economic crisis that led to violent protests last month and the U.S. and Canada warning citizens not to travel to the country. The swift no-confidence vote came […]
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