“The Lobby,” the four-part Al-Jazeera documentary that was blocked under heavy Israeli pressure shortly before its release, has been leaked online by the Chicago-based website Electronic Intifada, the French website Orient XXI and the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar. The series is an inside look over five months by an undercover reporter, armed with a hidden camera, […]
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Brexit: More Thrashing About…
We’ll attempt to be sparing in our Brexit update, since the noise to signal ratio is even higher than usual right now. As you’ve undoubtedly heard, the EU Council approved May’s deal as expected. May gave in to Spain’s demands over Gibraltar: 96% of Gibraltar voted to Remain. In response the UK has sacrificed Gibraltar […]
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CONFIRMED: Yeppers, Looks Like the UK Is in Fact Funding a Massive Anti-Russia ‘BAD’ Propaganda Campaign…
Those who have been saying that the West has turned Russia into a scapegoat to be blamed for each and every thing that goes wrong have been proved right. We have witnessed concocted stories invented to denigrate Moscow that have gone viral as directed by the secret services. The UK, the country that is spearheading […]
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Ukraine – Poroshenko Initiated Clash With Russia to Gain Dictatorial Powers – He Failed…
The Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko’s attempted to shore up his approval rate for the upcoming election by provoking a military incident. It was a gamble and it failed. Three Ukrainian boats, a tug and two gun boats, attempted to sail from the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of Azov. The Kerch […]
Is the British Government Running a Massive Secret Anti-Russian Smear Campaign?…
In 2015 the government of Britain launched a secret operation to insert anti-Russia propaganda into the western media stream. We have already seen many consequences of this and similar programs which are designed to smear anyone who does not follow the anti-Russian government lines. The ‘Russian collusion’ smear campaign against Donald Trump based on the […]
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Russia Blocks Ukrainian Navy from Entering the Sea of Azov. Captures Ships…
The Ukrainian government under the oligarch Petro Poroshenko is in election campaign mode. That is one reason why it is launching new provocations against Russia. Yesterday Ukrainian forces reportedly occupied a town within the neutral zone between the government controlled part and the rebel held Donetsk area. Today the Ukrainian navy sent a tug and […]
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China Scientist Creates ‘Genetically Edited’ Babies…
A scientist in China claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies, in a potentially ground-breaking and controversial medical first. If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics. This kind of gene editing is banned in most countries as the technology is still experimental and DNA changes can pass […]
Britain’s Enemy Is Not Russia but Its Own Ruling Class, UN Report Confirms…
As the UK political establishment rips itself to pieces over Brexit, a far greater crisis continues to afflict millions of victims of Tory austerity. A devastating UN report into poverty in the UK provides incontrovertible evidence that the enemy of the British people is the very ruling class that has gone out of its way […]
May Rushes to Brussels for Last-Minute Talks Ahead of Weekend Summit…
Following another boisterous PMQ Wednesday morning where the Prime Minister notably hinted at the possibility that Brexit could be “cancelled” following a question posed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (he asked if there are “no circumstances under which the UK will leave the EU without a deal”, to which the prime minister said killing her […]
Syria – Back in the Arab Fold…
Following Syria’s military success against its enemies, Arab states which supported the war on Syria are again making nice with it. The United Arab Emirates will reopen its embassy in Damascus. Kuwait and Bahrain will follow. Today a delegation of parliamentarians from Jordan visited Damascus and met with President Assad – The members of the […]
Argentine Navy Submarine Found 2,600 Feet Deep in Atlantic a Year After Disappearing…
A submarine that went missing over a year ago together with 44 crewmen aboard has been found, the Argentinian navy said early Saturday. The ARA San Juan submarine disappeared on Nov. 15 last year, sparking an international search operation assisted by the United States and other countries. The discovery of the sub was announced just […]
Sweden: Green Party Suggests Confiscating Citizens’ Homes to Give Them to Migrants…
The Green Party in Sweden has suggested confiscating the homes of citizens and giving them to migrants if the property is deemed to be too large or if the owner has more than one residence. Blogger Katerina Janouch reveals how the party wanted to introduce a new law which would allow “Municipalities to seize housing […]
Training Kids to Kill at Ukrainian Nationalist Camp…
The campers, some clad in combat fatigues, carefully aim their assault rifles. Their instructor offers advice: Don’t think of your target as a human being. So when these boys and girls shoot, they will shoot to kill. Most are in their teens, but some are as young as 8 years old. They are at a […]
Conspiracy Within the German Military Uncovered: Armed Groups Pose Threat to Europe…
Sometimes real-life stories are the equal of the best screenplays for breathtaking action movies. You can’t make this stuff up — the facts seem stranger than fiction. It’s clear to everyone how political polarization is tearing up German society. Violence has become widespread and is drawing in the extreme right, radical left, and Salafists. In […]
280,000 Protest Fuel Tax in France…
Over 280,000 people took to the roads and streets in France this weekend to protest higher prices at the pump caused by a higher taxes on fuels that are part of Emmanuel Macron’s government’s plan to fight the effects of climate change. According to a Reuters report on the events, the regular French drivers don’t […]
Historic Photos Predating Israel Set Free by Wikimedia…
28,000 public-domain photos extracted from public and private archives in Israel are now available on Wikimedia Commons, the media sharing platform operated by San Francisco-headquartered nonprofit The Wikimedia Foundation Inc., which also operates Wikipedia. The released photos include images documenting the early days of the Jewish settlement in what later became the state of Israel. […]
Vacation Rental Giant Airbnb Bans Listings in West Bank Settlements…
Vacation rental operator Airbnb on Monday announced it would no longer host listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, drawing anger from Israeli leaders. The US-based Airbnb said in a statement posted on its website that after a reexamination of its policies, the company has “concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements […]
Saudi Arabia Seeks Death Penalty for Five Khashoggi Murder Suspects…
Saudi Arabia is seeking the death penalty for five people convicted of killing prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi media reported on Thursday. According to a press statement read by the deputy Saudi public prosecutor and spokesman Shaalan al-Shaalan, 11 defendants in the Khashoggi trial have been convicted in relation to the murder, which took […]
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Brexit Minister Raab Resigns; May to Face Hostile Parliament. Update: Two More Resignations, Bringing Total So Far to Four, Now Six…
It would be nice to go into some of the details of the Brexit agreement, but one point seems not to have gotten the attention it warrants. PlutoniumKun pointed out yesterday that May was putting a lot of emphasis on the draft status of the deal. Later in the day, Barnier remarked that there was […]
Yemeni Government Halts Hodeidah Offensive After Truce Is Reached…
The Yemeni government announced on Wednesday that their military operations in Hodeidah have been halted after more than two-weeks of intense clashes. According to the Yemeni government, they have reached informal truce with the Houthis Movement (var. Ansarallah Movement) to halt hostilities in the Hodeidah Governorate. The truce is expected to reduce the ongoing hostilities […]