During the 2014 conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yosrah Kafarnah feared for her family’s life. Situated in Beit Hanoun, a town close to the Israeli border that was the site of fierce fighting throughout the seven-week war, they fled to a nearby school for protection. Run by UNRWA (United Nations Relief […]
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After 13,731 Days in Office, Robert Mugabe Resigns…
After 13,731 days in office, or more than 37 years, Robert Gabriel Mugabe finally resigned. The speaker of Zimbabwe’s parliament, Jacob Mudenda, made the announcement. In his resignation letter, Mugabe said that the decision was voluntary and that he had made it to allow a smooth transfer of power. The surprise announcement halted the impeachment […]
The Brexit Divorce Bill Shows the EU Has Taken Back Control…
Brexit was sold to the country as a benefit, not a cost. Outside of the EU, Leave campaigners boasted, the UK would “take back control” of £350m a week to spend on the NHS. But, as was predictable and predicted, Brexit is proving a cost in every sense. Far from reclaiming £350m a week (a […]
Israel’s Ploy Selling a Syrian Nuke Strike by Gareth Porter…
In September 2007, Israeli warplanes bombed a building in eastern Syria that the Israelis claimed held a covert nuclear reactor that had been built with North Korean assistance. Seven months later, the CIA released an extraordinary 11-minute video and mounted press and Congressional briefings that supported that claim. But nothing about that alleged reactor…
Strategy to ‘Suffocate’ Gaza Strip Revealed in Israeli Government Documents from Six Day War…
Israel has released declassified documents from after the Six Day War which reveal the government’s plans to starve Gaza and its controversial plans to deal with the Palestinians. The declassified documents were released on the Israel State Archives on Thursday and include hundreds of pages of minutes from cabinet meetings between August and December 1967…
German Coalition Talks Collapse: Merkel Prefers Fresh Elections Over Minority Government…
Preliminary coalition talks collapsed between Chancellor Merkel and potential partners over the weekend. After speaking with President Steinmeier, Merkel said she was ready to lead her party to fresh elections. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday that she was ready to take her Christian Democratic (CDU) party into fresh elections…
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Saudi Official Says Graft Settlements Could Recover $100 Billion…
Saudi authorities estimate they may be able to recover between $50 billion and $100 billion from settlement agreements with suspects detained in an anti-corruption crackdown that has implicated prominent princes, officials and billionaires, a senior official said. Suspects are being offered settlements to avoid trial, the official said, requesting anonymity…
Zimbabwe: Mugabe – Army Motion to Remove President by Sunday…
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party called on Friday for President Robert Mugabe to resign, the main state newspaper The Herald reported, the latest sign that the aging leader’s authority has collapsed after an army takeover. The newspaper said that ZANU-PF branches in all 10 provinces had met on Friday and had also called for Mugabe’s wife…
British Parliament Joins the Battle Over Brexit…
The British Parliament has begun answering important questions about the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. On Nov. 14, the EU Withdrawal Bill, which will repeal the European Communities Act of 1973 and transfer EU rules and norms into British law, entered the committee stage in the lower House of Commons. The lower house […]
Doctors Found Parasites They’d Never Seen Before Inside the North Korean Soldier Who Bolted at the DMZ…
The North Korean soldier who suffered multiple gunshot wounds during a brazen blitz into South Korea at the Demilitarized Zone remains in critical condition, according to South Korean reports. In a hail of gunfire, a bold North Korean soldier ran into South Korea Monday at the Joint Security Area at the DMZ. His comrades fired […]
Iran-Iraq Earthquake Death Toll to at Least 530…
Iranian officials have raised the death toll from Sunday’s earthquake of 7.3 magnitude on its border with Iraq to at least 530, making it the deadliest in the world this year. The country’s president, Hassan Rouhani, travelled on Tuesday to Kermanshah, the area hardest hit by the earthquake, which was felt hundreds of miles away […]
Robert Mugabe Is Ousted, 37 Years After Jimmy Carter Put Him in Power…
Every Despot has their day, and today seems to be Robert Mugabe’s day. The military has taken control in Zimbabwe and says it’s taken custody of President Mugabe, and his wife who he recently named as VP. The despotic Mugabe has in power since 1980. The Military has emphasized that it did not stage a […]
860,000 in Germany Have No Home As Migration Levels Soar…
The number of people without a home in Germany has more than doubled since 2014, mostly driven by mass migration. The Federal Working Group for Homelessness announced that there are around 860,000 ‘homeless’ people living in Germany, up more than 150% since 2014. According to the data, 440,000 of those are migrants who came to […]
Saudi Arabia ‘Plans Official Ties with Israel,’ Leaked Document Reveals…
A Lebanese newspaper close to Hizballah says it has obtained a ‘secret’ Saudi foreign ministry document detailing a roadmap for establishing diplomatic ties with Israel, amid reports of a US-backed push for peace in the region. Al-Akhbar’s report, which is signed from London, alleges the document was sent by Saudi FM Adel al-Jubeir to the […]
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LIVE UPDATES: Rumors of Zimbabwe Coup As Soldiers Take Over State Broadcaster, Explosions Heard in Capital, U.S. Embassy Closed…
Several loud explosions echoed across central Harare in the early hours of Wednesday after troops deployed on the streets of the capital and reportedly seized the state broadcaster. The developments in the Zimbabwe capital fuelled speculation that a coup was under way against president Robert Mugabe, after the head of the armed forces threatened to […]
Civil War Erupts in Sweden As Irate Swedes Burn Nine Muslim Refugee Centers to the Ground…
The Swedes have had it with the Muslim invasion currently underway in their country. Nine refugee centers have been burnt to the ground to get the message across – NO MORE MUSLIMS! Refugee centers in Sweden are being burned to the ground in what appears to be a statement against the significant number of refugees […]
North Korean Soldier Braves Barrage of Bullets At DMZ to Escape into the South…
A North Korean soldier bolted into the South at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, prompting his comrades to open fire, according to South Korean media. The soldier left his guard post at Panmungak in the Joint Security Area and dashed to the southern side of the line, moving toward the Freedom House. His fellow soldiers shot […]
In a 1986 Letter Prince Charles Asked “Who will take on ‘Jewish Lobby’ in America”…
Prince Charles was fiercely criticised last night after it emerged he once urged the US to ‘take on the Jewish lobby’ – and blamed ‘the influx of foreign Jews’ for causing unrest in the Middle East. The Mail on Sunday can reveal the incendiary comments are contained in a letter in which the Prince lays […]
How Saudi Arabia Turned on Lebanon’s Hariri…
From the moment Saad al-Hariri’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday Nov. 3, he was in for a surprise. There was no line-up of Saudi princes or ministry officials, as would typically greet a prime minister on an official visit to King Salman, senior sources close to Hariri and top Lebanese political and […]
Russia Says Venezuela Accepts $3 Billion Restructuring Terms…
Venezuela and Russia have agreed on terms for restructuring about $3 billion of the Latin American country’s debt and the deal will come soon, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in Moscow. “The Venezuelans have confirmed the terms we’d agreed on, and that’s why the process will move into the concluding phase,” Siluanov told reporters on […]
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