In a decision that Yonhap called an “unprecedented breakthrough”, North and South Korea have agreed to form their first joint Olympic team and will march together under a unified flag during the opening ceremony. The two Koreas agreed to form a joint women’s ice hockey team to take part in the Winter Olympics to be […]
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India Test-Launches Nuclear-Capable Long-Range Missile…
India successfully test-fired a long-range nuclear-capable missile on Thursday from an island in the Bay of Bengal. The test, the fifth of the Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile, was made from a mobile launcher, and “further strengthens our credible deterrence,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. India has been developing its nuclear and missile systems […]
Ahed Tamimi Faces Months in Israeli Prison Before Trial for a Slap…
A 16-year-old Palestinian girl faces months in prison before she is tried for slapping an Israeli soldier in protests in the West Bank over the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. An Israeli military judge on Wednesday ordered Ahed Tamimi to remain in Israeli custody until she faces trial on charges […]
Abbas Alarming Cry of Despair…
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speech to the Central Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organization should reverberate loudly not only in Washington and Jerusalem, but among the Israeli public as well. On the face of it, Abbas handed a bill of divorce to the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, and said loudly and clearly […]
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‘Ordinary people suffer the most’: Baghdad Reels from Latest Islamic State Blasts…
Most of the shops in Tayaran Square remain shut, their signs spattered with blood from the dead and injured cut down by the double suicide-bombing only hours before. Witnesses show grim photos on their phones – a severed leg on scattered glass, and corpses laid out on the pavement. Nearly two dozen people were killed […]
Russia Begins Massive ICBM Launch Drills…
On Monday, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation issued a warning to NATO that is has started a massive missile drill involving truck-mounted intercontinental ballistic missile launchers across the country. The Defense Ministry said the drills would involve “missile regiments armed with Topol-M and Yars mobile systems.” The Topol-M is designed to launch […]
Turkey Notifies NATO of Imminent Massive Invasion of Syria to Fight Kurds…
Turkey is poised for an imminent massive ground invasion of Northern Syria to quash Kurdish militia groups currently holding Afrin near the Turkish border. Multiple regional outlets have reported a build-up of forces that could constitute the largest external intervening force thus far in the entirety of the Syrian war. According to Middle East based […]
REPORT: Prince Alwaleed Moved to Highest Security Saudi Prison After Refusing to Pay $6 Billion for Freedom…
Goodbye Ritz Carlton. Saudi Arabia’s billionaire prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, has been carted off to Al Ha’ir prison, south of Riyadh, after refusing to pay a reported $6 billion to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to secure his freedom, following a massive consolidation of power on November 4, 2017 in which over 300 princes, ministers […]
Musicians Outraged After Airline Severely Damages 17th Century Instrument…
Myrna Herzog was traveling from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Tel Aviv, Israel when she was allegedly forced to place her large 17th century viola da gamba in the hold for her Alitalia flight. Herzog, the director of Israeli classical music group Phoenix, says she reluctantly handed it over only after she was unable to […]
Russia Secretly Simulated a Full-Scale War Against NATO…
In September, Russia held extensive military exercises that included the use of both Russian and Belarusian military forces. The drills were scheduled to last for at least a week. On December 19, German newspaper BILD reported that two NATO member intelligence sources had claimed the September drills were a “dry run” for a “full-scale conventional […]
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Says Gulf Crisis Is All Over a Woman…
Qatar’s Foreign Minister has made the extraordinary claim that the diplomatic crisis in the gulf was all brought about by a dispute over a woman renewing her passport. Speaking on Qatari national television Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani said that the country’s refusal to extradite the wife of an Emirati opposition figure led to […]
‘Arrogant’ UK Surgeon Burned Initials Onto Patients’ Livers…
A British surgeon who burned his initials into patients’ livers during transplant operations was fined 10,000 pounds ($13,600) on Friday, and ordered to perform community service. Simon Bramhall pleaded guilty last month to two counts of assault in a case a prosecutor called “without legal precedent in criminal law.” Bramhall used an argon beam coagulator, […]
Move Over Fort Knox: Here’s an Actual Look Inside Russia’s Gold Vaults at Their Gold Reserves…
It’s no secret that Russia has been stacking the shiny phyzz for years, and here’s a glimpse showing exactly how they stack. Photos from main gold storage of Central Bank of Russia. Almost 1800 tons of gold is stored here. This is the main storage of gold in Russia. This makes Russia to be number […]
First France, Now Brazil Unveils Plan to Empower the Government to Censor the Internet in the Name of Stopping “Fake News”…
Yesterday afternoon, the official Twitter account of Brazil’s Federal Police (its FBI equivalent) posted an extraordinary announcement. The bureaucratically nonchalant tone it used belied its significance. The tweet, at its core, purports to vest in the federal police and the federal government that oversees it the power to regulate, control, and outright censor political content […]
Europol: 10,000 Refugee Children Are Missing…
At least 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees have disappeared after arriving in Europe, according to the EU’s criminal intelligence agency. Many are feared to have fallen into the hands of organised trafficking syndicates. In the first attempt by law enforcement agencies to quantify one of the most worrying aspects of the migrant crisis, Europol’s chief of […]
Syria Confirms Major Israeli Attack on Damascus…
Israel has carried out one of its most substantial attacks on Syria in weeks, with a pre-dawn flurry of airstrikes against an army base and weapons depot outside of the capital city of Damascus. The airstrikes began at 2:40 am local time, with planes striking from Lebanese airspace. Syria claimed to have hit one of […]
This Isn’t 2009: Iranians’ 9-Point Demand For Referendum on Islamic Republic…
A number of knowledgeable experts have been weighing in to emphasize that the present uprising of Iranians is not like the one in 2009. There are plenty of reasons for this, starting with the point that in 2009, there was a specific catalyst for the protests: a national election whose results looked suspicious. In the […]
North Korea to Send Delegation to Winter Olympics, Refuses to Discuss Weapons…
South Korea sought unsuccessfully to raise the North’s nuclear program during bilateral talks, but the two sides reached a deal Tuesday for Pyongyang to participate in the Winter Olympics and agreed to revive cross-border military communications, as Seoul pursues a diplomatic path to try to end the long-running standoff. The face-to-face discussions at the demilitarized […]
Khamenei Blames ‘Enemies of Iran’ as Death Toll Reaches 21…
Nine people were killed as fresh unrest hit Iran overnight, state television said on Tuesday, with protesters trying to storm a police station despite attempts to crack down on the biggest demonstrations in years. The attack on the police station in the town of Qahderijan, in the central province of Isfahan, led to violence that […]
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Chinese Military Heads to North Korea Border…
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces are said to have been moving by night towards China’s river border with the North. And Chinese commanders are reported to have recently conducted the so-called “war ceremony” – urging their troops to be ready to fight. Columns of PLA trucks have been pictured on the move near Yanji City […]
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