U.S. and Canada to boycott Iran’s Disarmament Presidency in UN
U.S. and Canada jointly announced, their ambassadors will boycott Iran’s looming presidency of the UN disarmament conference where Tehran will be at the helm for five weeks. The presidency of the...
View ArticleBP and Shell HQs Raided by European Commission on Oil Price Fixing Suspicion
Two of Britain’s biggest oil companies’ London headquarters were raided by EU investigators yesterday, over allegations that customers have been ripped off at the petrol pump for years. The officers...
View ArticleAl-Nusra Say They are Ready to Fight Hezbullah in Syria
Jabhat Al-Nusra, a Sunni Muslim extremist rebel group trying to topple the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria, declared that they are ready to fight Assad supporter Hezbollah. As the Syria’s brutal...
View ArticleWomen’s Rights Law Blocked by Mullahs in Afghanistan
The Afghan Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women has been blocked by religious lawmakers in Afghanistan, claiming it violated Islamic principles. The law has been in effect since 2009 as a...
View ArticleU.S. Marines are Deployed to Italian Base, Foreign Minister Bonino Confirms
Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino confirmed on last Wednesday that 200 American troops were being moved from Spain to the Sigonella Base in Sicily for fast deployment, in case of escalating violence...
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China and India’s smoldering problem: (Video) Chinese premier makes first foreign trip since taking role to India. Visit comes weeks after Chinese troops crossed the border into India. Russia to deploy...
View Article4th Day of Riots in Swedish Capital
Hundreds of youths have been rioting for the fourth day in a row in Stockholm, Sweden, protesting against police brutality and inequality. The riots appear to have been instigated by the police...
View ArticleBombshell: Turkish Government Knew about the Reyhanli Attack Beforehand
Redhack, a Turkish hacker group analogous to U.S. Anonymous, has released a serious of cables revealing the Turkish Government’s prior knowledge of the bombing attack in the border town of Reyhanli...
View ArticleBrazil to Cancel Millions of Dollars in African Debt
Today, during a summit marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the African Union (AU), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Brazil announced its plans to cancel the debts of 12 African countries, a total...
View ArticleIs Monsanto Really Wicked or Misunderstood?
Over two million protesters rallied in 300 cities in 44 countries around the world on Saturday, as part of a global protest against the seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it...
View ArticleBattle Scars: War Expressed Through Art
As new generation of soldiers return from our many wars, and are confronted with the internal conflicts brought on by the trauma of war; the military together with mental health professionals and...
View ArticleIranian Cleric: Women can’t Be President in Iran
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a member of Iran’s constitutional watchdog group, says women can not be presidential candidates in Iran’s presidential election, scheduled for June 14. The Election Monitoring...
View ArticleColombia Makes Peace with FARC after 49 Years of Armed Conflict
On Sunday, just a few days before the rebel group FARC’s 49th anniversary, the Colombian government and the FARC peace negotiators jointly announced an agreement for “radical transformations” in the...
View ArticleWhy did USA Ambassador Aid Islamic Hard-liner Imam Escape Prosecution for...
During the Turkish delegation’s official visit to U.S.A. on May 14, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arınc made a visit to the Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen who lives in Pennsylvania...
View ArticleAmerican Woman Killed in Syria Fighting for Terrorists, Syrian TV Claims (Video)
Warning Graphic Images. Viewer Discretion Advised! Associated Press reports that a 33-year-old Michigan woman, Nicole Lynn Mansfield, was killed in Syria while fighting alongside the opposition forces,...
View ArticleWill Turkish PM Erdogan’s Authoritarian Rule Blow Up in His Face?
Republic of Turkey has been rocked by the 3rd day of protests, in what started as a small scale, peaceful sit-in protest against the demolishing of a historic public park in Istanbul, has escalated...
View ArticleBrazilian Indigenous Man Shot by Police During Land Dispute
A Brazilian indigenous man has been shot dead during clashes with police at a farm in Mato Grosso do Sul state. At least three other Indians were injured during the battle between the natives and the...
View ArticleBradley Manning Court-Martial Begins (Video)
On Monday, the military court-martial began for Bradley Manning for providing highly-sensitive material to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. U.S. Army...
View ArticleThousands of Anti-austerity Protestors Clash with German Police (Video)
In Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt, over 7,000 Blockupy movement protestors marched on Saturday during a second day of protests against Europe’s austerity policies. German police used pepper...
View ArticleEgyptian Court Convicts U.S. NGO Workers and Others
An Egyptian criminal court in Cairo convicted 43 nonprofit NGO (non-governmental organizations) workers today, including at least 16 Americans, of illegally receiving foreign funds and operating...
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