We first started noticing major ‘odd’ exports of gold from Turkey to Iran in May 2012. Turkey’s trade balance fluctuated wildly as gold stocks flowed out of the country in bursts – “Turkey’s going to continue it,” the Turkish economy minister said. “If those casting aspersions on the gold trade are searching for immorality, they […]
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Iran, Europeans Hold Talks Over Tehran’s Commitment to Nuclear Deal…
Iran and the 2015 nuclear deal’s European signatories hold talks discussing Tehran’s faulty commitment to abide by the accord’s terms and conditions. The parties met Friday in Vienna, Austria, to urge the Iranians to stick to the 2015 nuclear deal’s rules, as Tehran continues to disregard its previous commitments. The deal’s European signatories were expected […]
China Gene-Edited Baby Experiment ‘May Have Created Unintended Mutations’…
The gene editing performed on Chinese twins to immunise them against HIV may have failed and created unintended mutations, scientists have said after the original research was made public for the first time. Excerpts from the manuscript were released by the MIT Technology Review to show how Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui ignored ethical and scientific […]
Mexico to Seek Cooperation on Arms Flow with the U.S….
On Wednesday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government will seek to strengthen cooperation with the United States to control the flow of “arms and dollars” during meetings this week with U.S. Attorney General William Barr. “Two issues that must be discussed are the introduction of arms and dollars, and of course drugs,” […]
Who’s Laughing Now, Macron? Paris Is in Flames…
More than 800,000 demonstrators marched on cities throughout France today, with railway workers, teachers and hospital staff joining the largest strike in decades. Authorities in Paris barricaded the presidential palace and deployed some 6,000 police as activists, many in yellow vests, gathered for a major march aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to abandon his […]
Islamic State Alive and Well in Europe…
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the November 29 jihadi attack at London Bridge, where a Pakistani Islamist stabbed two people to death and injured three others. The suspect, 28-year-old Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist, was subsequently shot dead by police. Khan, from Stoke-on-Trent, was convicted in February 2012 of plotting — on behalf […]
Iranian State TV Acknowledges Killings of “Rioters” During Gas Price-Hike Protests…
In a rare moment of transparency for Iran’s state-run media, a domestic television station reported that Iranian security forces shot and killed protesters – whom they described as dangerous “rioters” conspiring to undermine national stability – in several Iranian cities during a wave of unrest sparked by a massive hike in gasoline prices. The report […]
London Bridge Killer Was Released from Prison Early on Prior Terrorism Charge…
According to The Telegraph, London Bridge attacker Usman Khan, 28, was a convicted terrorist who was released from prison in December 2018 – less than seven years into a 16-year sentence for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange. He was also a student and personal friend of notorious Islamist hate preacher, Anjem Choudary, […]
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Sperm Whale Found Dead on Scottish Island ‘Explodes” During Necropsy, Had 220 Pounds of Trash in Stomach…
A sperm whale that stranded and died on the shores of an island in Scotland “exploded” when the mammal was opened up for a necropsy. But what researchers found inside was even more surprising: a 220-pound ball of trash inside its stomach. The male juvenile whale was discovered Nov. 28 on the Isle of Harris […]
After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia…
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup on November 10. He is now in Mexico. Before he left office, Morales had been involved in a long project to bring economic and social democracy to his long-exploited country. It is important to recall that Bolivia has suffered a series of coups, often conducted […]
Iran Says Hundreds of Banks Were Torched in ‘Vast’ Unrest Plot…
Iran’s top leader on Wednesday denounced an outbreak of deadly unrest as a “very dangerous conspiracy” as authorities reported about 731 banks and 140 government sites had been torched in the disturbances. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the protests amounted to a plot that Iranians had defeated, referring to the worst anti-government unrest in […]
Men Forced to Parade in the Nude for Stealing 15 Cows…
Three men accused of attempting to steal 15 cows were stripped of their clothing and forced to walk through the streets of Suchilapan del Río, Veracruz, last week. In a video of the unofficial punishment that went viral on social media, the men are shown confessing to the theft. In front of the local livestock […]
Green Vault Thieves ‘Hit the Jackpot’ with 49-Carat Diamond Worth £9million…
A 49-carat diamond which analysts estimate to be worth up to £9 million ($12 million) was among over a dozen jewel-encrusted items snatched from a German state museum in a spectacular heist. Publishing a list of the pieces taken in Monday’s brazen raid, the Green Vault museum at Dresden’s royal palace confirmed today that the […]
In Hong Kong, Landslide Victory for Pro-Democracy Camp in Local Elections Means Beijing Is Out of Touch…
The Pro-democracy camp has won a landslide victory in district council elections on November 24. Out of the 452 small district seats, the Democrats have taken 388 seats — 263 seats more than the previous election in 2015. The pro-establishment party has lost 240 seats and only retained 59 seats. If the voting rate were […]
18 Dead, Hundreds Hurt As Powerful Earthquake Jolts Albania…
Albanian rescuers dug through rubble Tuesday as survivors trapped in toppled buildings cried out for help after the strongest earthquake in decades killed at least 18 people and left hundreds injured. Tormented families looked on as soldiers, police and emergency workers sifted through debris of shredded apartment blocks in the towns near Albania’s northwest Adriatic […]
DIAMOND THIEVES STEAL PRICELESS ‘STATE TREASURES OF THE 18TH CENTURY’ FROM THE GREEN VAULT IN DRESDEN…
Diamond thieves stole three ‘priceless’ sets of 18th-century jewellery from a German museum in an early-morning raid today. The Green Vault in Dresden has suffered an ‘immeasurable’ loss after burglars broke into the building in the early hours of this morning, officials said. The thieves switched off a power supply at 5am before breaking through […]
With Assange Safely Locked up, Sweden Drops ‘Investigation’…
Now that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is safely locked up in Belmarsh prison awaiting a U.S. extradition hearing, Sweden has, for a third time, dropped its rape investigation. “After conducting a comprehensive assessment of what has emerged during the course of the preliminary investigation I then make the assessment that the evidence is not strong […]
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Israel’s Longest Serving Prime Minister Under Indictment…
The son of a Jewish historian, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu often portrays himself — and his country — in historical terms. He laces his speeches with references to Jewish history, tales of Jewish heroism and warnings that sinister enemies lurk around every corner. The main target of his diatribes, Iran, is often compared to biblical […]
Bombshell Report Alleges Russian Oligarch Laundered $860 Million Via Swedbank…
The money-laundering scandal sweeping across the Scandinavian banking system reached another milestone on Wednesday. The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, an organization that helped break the story, has dropped another bombshell report about Sweden’s Swedbank. The report describes how one Russian oligarch and ex-government minister managed to hide his wealth via a network of […]
Putin: Scientists Killed In “Mystery” Radiological Blast Were Developing “Unparalleled” Weapon…
Three months after a major and still somewhat mysterious rocket explosion in Russia’s far north which caused radiation levels to spike at least sixteen times above normal, President Putin confirmed in statements Thursday that his military is developing a weapon that has “no equal in the world,” according to Interfax news agency. “The very fact […]
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