The Allied Powers were aware of the scale of the Jewish Holocaust two-and-a-half years earlier than is generally assumed, and had even prepared war crimes indictments against Adolf Hitler and his top Nazi commanders. Newly accessed material from the United Nations – not seen for around 70 years – shows that as early as December […]
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PM Theresa May Calls for UK General Elections in June…
In a surprise statement outside Downing Street on Tuesday morning, the prime minister claimed that opposition parties were jeopardising her government’s preparations for Brexit. “We need a general election and we need one now,” she said. “I have only recently and reluctantly come to this conclusion but now I have concluded it is the only […]
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UN Peacekeepers Gave Haitian Kids Snacks to be Part of Sex Ring…
More than 100 U.N. Peacekeepers stationed in Haiti have been implicated in a child sex ring where children as young as 12 years old were exploited, but have never been held accountable for their abuses, according to an investigation by the Associated Press. The investigation described in disturbing detail how from 2004 to 2007, at […]
After Mosul: The Coming Break-Up of Iraq and the Middle East…
The battle against IS is a war no one will win. Here’s the real battle we should be worrying about – and fighting. All eyes are on the battle for Mosul. Will the coalition defeat the Islamic State (IS) or not? In the end, it won’t matter. If we have learned anything from the last […]
Erdoğan’s Referendum Victory Spells the End of Turkey As We Know It…
With the result of Sunday’s referendum on its constitution, Turkey as we know it is over; it is history. The architecture of its governance designed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk – Turkey’s founder – has, after a wobbly series of experiments with the military and a secular elite in charge, been dismantled by the leader of […]
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Erdogan Wins Narrow Referendum Victory, Laying Bare Turkey’s Divisions…
Supporters of Tayyip Erdogan waved flags in the streets while opponents banged pots and pans in protest in their homes, after a narrow referendum victory gave the Turkish president sweeping powers and laid the nation’s divisions bare. The referendum will bring the biggest overhaul in Turkish politics since the founding of the modern republic, abolishing […]
Palestinian Political Prisoners Declare Open Hunger Strike Inside Israeli Jails…
Head of the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe has called on all Palestinian factions in Israeli prisons to join an upcoming mass hunger strike, which was originally called for by the Fatah movement. All Fatah-affiliated prisoners have committed to joining the strike, led by imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthii, scheduled to begin on […]
History Repeating: Ahead of the French Election Facebook Blocks 30k Accounts…
[…] In a blog post, Facebook said it was acting against 30,000 fake accounts in France. It said its priority was to remove suspect accounts with high volumes of posting activity and the biggest audiences…
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Assad to the BBC: Chemical Attack “100% Fabrication”…
“We gave up our arsenal 3 years ago. Even if we had them we wouldn’t use them. We have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. Our information, that the West, mainly the United States, is hand and glove with the terrorists. They fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for […]
REPORT: 2,000 Allegations of Sexual Abuse Against UN Peacekeepers Over 12 Years…
As the United Nations continues to “grapple” with sexual exploitation by members of its ranks, the Associated Press says it has uncovered 2,000 allegations of abuse against personnel working as peacekeepers. An AP investigation, drawing on internal UN reports and testimony from victims, states that nearly 2,000 allegations of sexual exploitation have been levelled against…
Melted Fuel Still Leaking Out of Fukushima Reactor — Likely Escaping from Opening at Bottom of Containment Vessel–Giving Up On Robots…
[TEPCO] failed to locate melted nuclear fuel inside the No. 1 reactor at the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant… [T]he latest survey on the No. 1 reactor also failed to obtain data necessary to extract melted fuel, such as where the fuel is located. Therefore, the utility is compelled to consider fetching melted […]
Russia Vetoes West’s Syria Resolution at UN Security Council…
Moscow has vetoed a draft resolution submitted to the UN Security Council which demands that Damascus grant full access to UN inspectors at any military site in Syria, under the threat of military action. ”The result of the vote is as follows: ten votes in favor, two votes against, three abstentions. The draft resolution has […]
Putin: Idlib ‘Chemical Attack’ Was False Flag to Set Assad Up, More May Come…
Russia has information of a potential incident similar to the alleged chemical attack in Idlib province, possibly targeting a Damascus suburb, President Vladimir Putin said. The goal is to discredit the government of Syrian President Assad, he added. “We have reports from multiple sources that false flags like this one – and I cannot call […]
‘We Are Closer to Crisis’ NATO Chief Demands Germany Spends More on Europe’s Defense…
The chief said that the spending increase demand is not about satisfying Donald Trump, but because of Europe’s proximity to countries such as Russia, Syria and Iraq. Mr Stoltenberg said: “For me it’s decisive that the US and Germany agree that we have to invest more in our security. “It’s about Europe’s security. Europe is […]
Leaked Docs Show How Soros Spends Big To Keep Populists Out Of Power In Europe…
Leaked documents from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations reveal how Soros works to defeat populist candidates and movements in Europe. Soros, a U.S. citizen, uses a network of nonprofits and partner organizations across Europe to try and affect the outcomes of elections in foreign countries, the documents show…
UK PM Slams ‘Ridiculous’ Decision to Drop ‘Easter’ from Egg Hunt…
Mrs. May criticised the National Trust, a major charity that preserves many of Britain’s historic sites, saying she did not know “what they are thinking”. The Trust holds an Easter egg hunt that sees thousands of children search for chocolate eggs at many of its properties each year. However, this year it has been rebranded […]
270,000 Syrians Allowed to Bring Families to Germany…
Almost 270,000 Syrians in Germany have the right to bring over family members, according to a report in German tabloid Bild. Bild released figures Wednesday showing 431,376 Syrians applied for asylum in Germany in 2015 and 2016. More than half of them, 267,500, are entitled to family reunification under German law. The report estimates the […]
Gatestone Institute: 423 New Mosques, 500 Closed Churches in London…
“London is more Islamic than many Muslim countries put together”, according to Maulana Syed Raza Rizvi, one of the Islamic preachers who now lead “Londonistan”, as the journalist Melanie Phillips has called the English capital. No, Rizvi is not a right-wing extremist. Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate for Literature, was less generous; he called the […]
Venezuela Dissolves Only Non-Socialist Part Of Its Government…
Venezuela’s socialist government stripped its congress of power late Thursday in what opposition leaders are calling a coup. Venezuela’s Supreme Court ruled that all powers vested under the legislative body will be transferred to the country’s highest court. Venezuela’s opposition legislators are calling this a coup, as the ruling effectively cedes total control of the […]
Russian Oligarch in Election Probe Linked to Drug Cartel by Daniel Hopsicker…
New evidence indicates that Oleg Deripaska, the Russian billionaire who paid $10 million a year to Paul Manafort between 2004 and 2009, has been in business since 2004 in Guyana with a politically powerful crime family involved in international drug trafficking whose most famous member is a drug pilot who had also been the chief […]
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