Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
An Israeli lawmaker says Syrian opposition leaders have told him they want peace with Israel after Syrian President Bashar Assad falls. Israel and Syria are bitter enemies. They have fought several major wars, and Syria backs violent anti-Israel groups. Isaac… Read More ›
Indiscriminate use of drones in Middle East causes too many civilian casualties, warns former CIA counterterrorism head A former top terrorism official at the CIA has warned that President Barack Obama’s controversial drone programme is far too indiscriminate in hitting… Read More ›
ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek far-right politician who slapped a woman in the face and threw water in the face of another during a live TV election debate threatened to sue his victims on Saturday, after accusing them of provoking… Read More ›
by Teresa Albano A male Greek fascist politician physically assaulted two left-wing women members of parliament during a television show June 8. There has been a warrant issued for his immediate arrest, although the man is in hiding currently. Ilias… Read More ›
A medical treatment that uses stem cells derived from bone marrow has just been approved in Canada. The drug, Prochymal, has already been used to treat children for a type of immune disease arising during bone marrow transplantation. The makers… Read More ›
A NATO airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Logar has killed 18 people, including women and children, local officials report. A NATO spokesperson said a team had been deployed to investigate the claims of civilian casualties. Afghan authorities say… Read More ›
17 April 2012 UPDATE: Fifty-one years after the failed attempt to invade Cuba, the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Justice continue to claim that releasing the final volume of a CIA history of the debacle would “confuse the public”… Read More ›
Attack Targeted ‘Associate’ of Maulvi Nazir A pair of US drone strikes against Pakistan’s South Waziristan Agency have killed at least 33 people, 16 in South Waziristan and 17 in North Waziristan and wounded four others in the past 24… Read More ›
by Aimable Mugara There are some who will claim that Bill Clinton was the first African president of the United States. Those people clearly do not know that Bill Clinton is the one who established the stranglehold that the murderous… Read More ›
Huge crowds have gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest against the verdicts on Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak and his co-defendants. Although Mubarak got life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters in last year’s uprising, the acquittal… Read More ›
U.S. naval power in the Pacific will increase as the Pentagon rebalances American forces toward the Asia-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in Singapore while calling on countries to beef up their capacity. By 2020, the “Navy will re-posture… Read More ›
Depending on whom you ask, the Obama administration has either executed hundreds of civilians abroad with poorly planned drone strikes or none at all. A new report, however, finally offers insight into those conflicting conclusions. A New York Times article… Read More ›
US president accelerated pace of computer sabotage in 2010 even after Stuxnet leak, according to New York Times report President Barack Obama’s administration has taken direct responsibility for a rapid acceleration in cyber-attacks against Iran’s nuclear programme. According to anonymous… Read More ›
By Daily Mail Reporter Controversial report says soldiers parachuted into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground tunnels U.S. military denies report, saying quotes were ‘made up’ A team of specially-trained U.S. commandos infiltrated North Korea in a spy mission… Read More ›
WASHINGTON — US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground military installations, a US officer has said in comments carried in US media. Army Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of US… Read More ›
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