For 50 years, the British people were not told the truth of what their country’s membership in the European Community actually entails. That’s the explicit instruction in a document known as FCO30/1048, dated April 1971, which had been locked away as “classified” under UK’s Official Secrets Act for almost 50 years, but is now declassified […]
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Saudi Coalition Crumbles in Yemen: Sudanese Mercenaries on Front Lines, Foreign Officers, Proxies in Revolt…
Most Americans might be forgiven for having no clue what the war in Yemen actually looks like, especially as Western media has spent at least the first two years of the conflict completely ignoring the mass atrocities taking place while white-washing the Saudi coalition’s crimes. Unlike wars in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which received near […]
Libya Slave Trade Shows How Africans Are Treated as Subhuman…
They are not animals, car spare parts or items of merchandise. They are Africa’s men, women, and children who are on the road to Europe, in search of a better life. Now they are being held in Libya and turned into slaves. It beggars belief but they are indeed being offered up for sale, and […]
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‘Our village has lost its soul’: Despair Follows Egypt’s Worst Terrorist Attack…
Mohamed Khalil remembers the chaos as hundreds of bodies torn apart in Egypt’s largest terrorist atrocity began arriving at Beir al-Abd’s hospital. Khalil, like many others, had rushed to the hospital to give blood and offer help in the aftermath of the massacre at the al-Rawda mosque, where militants detonated a bomb during Friday prayers, […]
Diplomatic Standoff Between U.S. and Russia in Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons…
A special session of the OPCW Executive Council on the Syrian chemical file ended in The Hague on November 24. After the United States proposed that such a session be held more than two weeks ago, the session has been suspended and resumed more than once by the US partners with no reason given. This […]
Germany’s Voice Suddenly Missing in Brussels…
European Union Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger wanted to know what is going on in Germany. To find out, he set up a number of meetings in Berlin this week, including one in the Chancellery. He also arranged to chat with Christian Lindner, the head of the Free Democrats (FDP) and the man who unexpectedly turned […]
‘Justice has won’: Concentration Camp Prisoner Whose Emaciated Body Shocked the World Watches Gen. Ratko Mladic Being Jailed for Life…
Mr Alic became an involuntary celebrity after video of prisoners in one of the Bosnian Serb camps of his were broadcast in 1992, and his gaunt face and protruding ribs appeared on the cover of Time magazine. A group of British journalists had stumbled upon a prison camp called Trnopolje, after struggling to get access […]
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Yemen War: Saudi Coalition ‘to let aid reach rebel-held port’…
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it will allow aid deliveries to the rebel-held port of Hudaydah and Sanaa airport, after urgent UN appeals. The coalition, which backs Yemen’s government, tightened its blockade of the country two weeks ago in response to a rebel missile attack on Riyadh. Government-controlled air and sea ports were […]
Incredible Video Shows North Korean Soldier’s Mad Dash Into the South Under Fire…
Incredible video footage from the tense Korean Demilitarized Zone shows one North Korean soldier’s desperate dash into South Korea as his comrades let loose a barrage of bullets. United Nations Command released CCTV footage Tuesday of a suspected North Korean staff sergeant in his 20s fleeing his desolate country last Monday, first in a jeep […]
Russian Radioactivity Recorded 986 Times Higher Than Usual Toxic Cloud…
Russia has said it found “extremely high” concentrations of a radioactive isotope in some parts of the country in September, amid reports of a nuclear accident. The announcement confirmed findings earlier this month by a French nuclear safety institute, the IRSN, which detected a cloud of radioactivity above Europe. Russian officials had previously denied any […]
Iran’s Rouhani Declares End of Islamic State…
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the end of the so-called Islamic State militant group Tuesday. Rouhani said he wished to thank all the “warriors of Islam” for helping to “put an end to a group that did not bring anything for us but evil, misery, destruction, murder and savagery.” “The bulk of the work was […]
Hundreds of Palestinians on the Brink of Expulsion: ‘We just want to live’…
They are about to be expelled from their homes but every person I met on our visit to the community of Ein al-Hilweh in the Jordan Valley asked us if there was news of rain. The farmers and shepherds in Ein al-Hilweh and in the neighboring village of Umm Jamal are worried. It is the […]
Lives in Ruins: The Human Tragedy Unfolding in Gaza…
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 […]
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…
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