Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
KABUL — In a country where Western accusations of corruption have been lobbed at high-ranking officials and public institutions, the malfeasance that drives Afghans against their own government happens every day on a much smaller scale. Forget special investigations and glossy reports… Read More ›
Earlier this week, France sent its special forces to Cameroon in search of seven French tourists who were kidnapped in the north of the country on Tuesday. Paris accused the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram of being behind the abduction…. Read More ›
Graham’s office insisted that the senator did not disclose any classified information [EPA] Revelation by Lindsey Graham marks the first time any US official has given a number for drone fatalities. A US senator has said that an estimated 4,700… Read More ›
image from http://electronicintifada.net IDF is yet again on the defensive over its troops’ use of social media, after an elite regiment soldier posted pictures of himself half-naked, and smoking drugs on his Instagram, and boasted about killing an Arab… Read More ›
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/Africa Studio In the ten years following 9/11, the FBI and the Justice Department convicted more than 150 people following sting operations, though few had any connection to real terrorists. The following is an excerpt from The Terror Factory:… Read More ›
Yemeni soldiers during a demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 4, 2011. (Hani Mohammed/AP Photo) By AVNI PATEL Tens of millions of dollars of U.S. military financing will continue to flow to Yemen and three other countries that recruit and use child soldiers, despite… Read More ›
Leader of the foreign-backed Syrian opposition coalition Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib The leader of the foreign-backed Syrian opposition coalition, Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, has pledged allegiance to the Israeli regime if he manages to form a “new regime in Syria.” In a… Read More ›
By Leonidas Oikonomakis Greek police may vainly try to photoshop away the torture of four alleged bank robbers, but they cannot gloss over the radicalization of Greek youth. The story is as follows. On February 1st 2013, an attempted… Read More ›
Revelations made by journalist Bill Deane in new book ‘Smooth Criminal’ It tells story of alleged CIA spy and ‘one-man crime wave’ Dave Riley Claims criminals allowed on ‘crime sprees’ in US when not working for CIA Deane: ‘Riley was typical recruit:… Read More ›
A United Nations committee says the US military is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of children in Afghanistan over the past four years. A United Nations committee has accused the United States government of being responsible for the deaths… Read More ›
Photographs of a 17-year old girl’s injuries after a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police repeatedly punched herwhile she was handcuffed in British Columbia in 2011.(Photo from hrw.org) Canada’s national police force stands accused of raping and sexually… Read More ›
AFP Photo / China out China has passed the US as the world’s biggest trading nation as measured by the sum of exports and imports in 2012. It’s a position the US has held for over six decades. US exports… Read More ›
Republic of Korea out AFP Photo / Dong-A Ilbo South Korea will launch a pre-emptive strike against Pyongyang if the antagonist to its north moves to test a nuclear weapon. Seoul said a first strike would be preferable to North… Read More ›
A judge in Chile has ordered the exhumation of the remains of the poet Pablo Neruda, as part of an inquest into his death in 1973. The left-wing Nobel Prize winner died 12 days after a military coup replaced the… Read More ›
Israeli fighter jets targeted a military research center near Damascus early Wednesday, the Syrian army has revealed. In press remarks, US officials claimed the Israeli attack struck a convoy carrying Syrian weapons bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Syrian army’s… Read More ›
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