International News

Bummer: Moscow Thieves on the Run After Stealing $400k of Caviar Through Hole in Fence…

Hundreds of thousands of dollars of red caviar stolen from premises of Moscow Dept of Internal Affairs…

November 4, 2016 at 6:27 pm

Poland’s Claim that Egypt Sold Mistral Warships to Russia for €1 Outrages France…

Polish Minister of National Defense Antoni Macierewicz has claimed that the two Mistral ships that France sold to Egypt after it broke a deal with Russia under pressure from its NATO allies were secretly resold to Russia for a token price of €1…

November 4, 2016 at 4:17 pm

UK/Brexit: High Court Rules Government Needs Parliament’s Approval to Trigger Article 50…

Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled. This means the government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU – on its own…

November 4, 2016 at 3:34 pm

Phony ‘Corruption’ Excuse for Ukraine Coup by Robert Parry…

The U.S.-backed “regime change” in Ukraine — launching the New Cold War with Russia in 2014 — was rationalized by the need to rid Ukraine of corruption, but post-coup officials are busy lining their pockets…

November 1, 2016 at 7:18 pm

Turkey Massively Deploys Battle Tanks, Equipment Near Iraqi Border…

November 1, 2016 at 7:16 pm

Latest Assault on Aleppo: West Covers Up Terror-Ties…

Militants led by designated terrorist organisation, Jabhat Al Nusra, now obliquely referred to by the Western media as “Jabhat Fateh al-Sham,” has spearheaded another attempt to disrupt security operations against militants trapped in Syria’s norther city of Aleppo…

October 28, 2016 at 7:03 pm

Germany: Muslim Migrant with Four Wives and 23 Children Receives $390,000 a Year in Benefits…

A Syrian refugee who was granted asylum in Germany, along with his four wives and 23 children, is now reportedly receiving 360 thousand euro ($390,000) a year in benefits, sparking outrage among German citizens…

October 28, 2016 at 6:13 pm

How Hacker and ‘Pirate’ Birgitta Jónsdóttir Revolutionized Iceland’s Politics…

Birgitta Jónsdóttir likes to describe herself as a “poetician”—part poet, part politician. But that moniker doesn’t touch on what she’s best known for: founding Iceland’s Pirate Party, the collection of anarchists, libertarians, and techies that could gain control…

October 26, 2016 at 6:59 pm

Hypocritical Human Rights Watch: Russia, Saudi Don’t Belong on UN Human Rights Council…

The human rights group opposes Russia’s stoking military conflict in Syria, while Saudi Arabia is reportedly murdering thousands of civilians in Yemen.; the group also marked China and Egypt as known human rights violators…

October 25, 2016 at 5:21 pm

U.S. Attempts to Shame Asia for “Caving to China”…

It is becoming clear that US influence – despite its “pivot toward Asia” – is waning across the Asia Pacific region. Washington has suffered geopolitical setbacks in virtually every nation in Asia Pacific, including…

October 21, 2016 at 10:30 pm

Russian Naval Fleet Filmed Off British Coast, Followed “Every Inch Of The Way”…

The Russian flotilla, the biggest “since the end of the Cold War” is already off the coast of Britain, where Royal Navy vessels were closely monitoring the fleet as it passed through the English Channel…

October 21, 2016 at 9:51 pm

Humanitarian Pause Failed: Almost No One Left Eastern Aleppo…

Terrorist groups disrupted a humanitarian pause in Aleppo, not allowing civilians and members of Islamist groups to leave eastern Aleppo…

October 21, 2016 at 9:50 pm

Proxies and Politics: Why Iran Funds Foreign Militias…

At a military parade commemorating the 36th anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War, the chief of the Iranian armed forces spoke clearly and bluntly. Tehran holds sway over five Arab countries.Major General Mohammed Bagheri listed them as Lebanon, Yemen, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq…