Saudi Arabia’s Tyrant King Misremembered as Man of Peace
(The Intercept)- After nearly 20 years as de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah ibn-Abdulaziz al-Saud died last night at the...
Afghanistan: After 13 years of war, we haven’t defeated the Taliban, but we have managed to create a nation ruled by drug lords
(Rolling Stone)- Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan is named for the wide river that runs through its provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, a low-slung city of...
Middle East Time Bomb: The Real Aim of ISIS Is to Replace the Saud Family as the New Emirs of Arabia
(The World Post)- ISIS is indeed a veritable time bomb inserted into the heart of the Middle East. But its destructive power is not as...
Rise of “The Islamic State”, Redrawing the Middle East (Video-Part 5)
(Vice)- On August 8, nearly three years after the United States pulled out of Iraq, President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes to commence on Islamic State...
Rise of “The Islamic State”, Kangaroo Court (Video-Part 4)
(Vice)- The lightning advances of the Islamic State across Syria and Iraq in June shocked the world. But it’s not just the group’s military victories...
America Helped Make the Islamic State
(Vice)- History seems to start just before every humanitarian intervention, the full and often compromising account of what led to the latest war in some...
Rise of “The Islamic State”, the Enforcers (Video-Part 3)
Wow, these guys would be The SS, if only they spoke German and had better uniforms.
Rise of “The Islamic State”, Recruiting the Children (Video-Part 2)
(Vice)- The Islamic State, a hardline Sunni jihadist group which formerly had ties to al Qaeda, is now in control of a large swath of...
Rise of “The Islamic State” (Video-Part 1)
These guys are amply insane and since they are using U.S. weaponry to spread their insanity, they have also helped complete the loop of the latest example of our broken foreign policy.
Antisemitism on rise across Europe ‘in worst times since the Nazis’
Sustained Crappy economy + Rise in Nationalism + Oppression of Jews= WW2... Is it Deja Vu or lead up to WW3?
Cash, Weapons and Surveillance: the U.S. is a Key Party to Every Israeli Attack
(The Intercept)- The U.S. government has long lavished overwhelming aid on Israel, providing cash, weapons and surveillance technology that play a crucial role in Israel’s...
How British Spies Seek to Control the Internet
(The Intercept)- The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information, including the ability to manipulate the...
Huge democracy ralley in Hong Kong
(Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday, many calling for the city’s leader to be sacked, in what...
Civilian group: 56 dead in Nigeria market blast
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A civilian patrol group says a car bomb in a marketplace in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri has killed at...
Nigerian once drugged in crate at UK airport dies
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — His family says a Nigerian politician who made front-page news when he was discovered drugged in a crate at a British...
Pope meets top cardinals amid bank shakeup rumors
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has convened his top cardinal advisers for another round of financial reform talks amid fresh turmoil at the embattled...
Murder charge dropped in IRA killing of jail guard
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Northern Ireland prosecutors say they have dropped murder charges against a man in connection with an Irish Republican Army killing...
Hungary to build its part of South Stream
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hungary says it will go ahead and build its part of Gazprom’s South Stream gas pipeline that bypasses Ukraine to supply...
Ireland sorry for taking blond kids from Gypsies
DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland’s prime minister has apologized to two Romanian Gypsy families who had their children temporarily removed from their homes because they were...
Morocco rapper rebel gets 4 months in prison
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan human rights organization says a rap artist belonging to a pro-democracy movement has been convicted of public intoxication and...
Afghan official: election results might be delayed
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The planned release of preliminary results from the runoff vote in Afghanistan’s presidential election will probably be postponed, a spokesman said...
Leaders get immunity at new African rights court
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Leaders at an African summit have voted to give themselves immunity from prosecution for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide...
Jihadi group captures Syrian border town
BEIRUT (AP) — The al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captured a key Syrian town near the Iraq border from other rebels...
Russia abandons year-round daylight-saving time
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s legislature, often accused of metaphorically turning back the clock, has decided to do it literally — abandoning the widely disliked policy...
Turkish PM Erdogan seeks a move to the presidency
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s ruling party on Tuesday nominated Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to run in Turkey’s first directly elected presidential race in...
Rights group sues Nigeria’s leader over corruption
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A rights group is suing Nigeria’s president and attorney general for dropping corruption charges against the son of the former military...
Chile court: US had role in ‘Missing’ killings
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean court said U.S. military intelligence services played a key role that led to the 1973 killings of two Americans...
Pakistan vows to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani military says the operation it launched in a remote tribal region of the northwest will clear the area of terrorists...
Iraq parliament makes no progress on government
BAGHDAD (AP) — Hopes for the quick formation of a new Iraqi government were dashed Tuesday when the first session of parliament failed to make...
Bishop in mob town seeks godfather moratorium
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A southern Italian archbishop has proposed a 10-year moratorium on the naming of godfathers in a bid to stem the way...
Knox’s ex-beau: Evidence points to my innocence
ROME (AP) — Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend says the American student provided alibis for him that he hopes will persuade Italy’s top criminal court to overturn...
Report: 58 killed in hospitals in S.Sudan conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An aid agency says health facilities have been attacked in South Sudan in contravention of international law since December, leaving at...
Land mine kills UN peacekeeper in northern Mali
DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — The U.N. says one peacekeeper died and six were injured after their vehicle struck a land mine in northern Mali. The...
Presidency move comes with some peril for Erdogan
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — After more than a decade in power, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dominates Turkish politics like a one-man-show. He has defanged...
European court upholds French ban on face veils
PARIS (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has upheld France’s law banning face-covering Muslim veils from the streets, in a case brought by...
Report: Jihadi group captures Syrian border town
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian activist group says the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has captured a key town near the...
Car bomb explodes at market in northeast Nigeria
BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — A car bomb exploded in a market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday morning, and dozens of people are...
Malaysia vows stern action on NZ assault suspect
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia said Tuesday it will take stern action against a junior military official if he is found guilty of sexually...
US ship arrives in Italy port for Syria weapons
GIOIA TAURO, Italy (AP) — The U.S. ship MV Cape Ray has arrived in the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro, where it will pick...
Explosion hits market in Nigerian city Maiduguri
BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses and a security official say an explosion hit a bustling market during the morning rush hour in Nigeria’s northeastern city...
Turkish PM seeking presidential post
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s ruling party on Tuesday nominated Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to run in Turkey’s first directly elected presidential race in...
Sarkozy detained in French corruption probe
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained and is reportedly being questioned by financial investigators in a corruption probe. A...
Oil-producing Iran looks to solar to light future
SICHANLOO, Iran (AP) — In this village nestled in the arid hills of rural Iran, government-subsidized solar panels on the rooftops of homes provide both...
Malaysia will investigate suspect in NZ assault
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia said Tuesday a junior military official at its diplomatic mission in New Zealand returned home in disgrace using diplomatic...
Turkish PM expected to seek presidential election
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party is convening Tuesday for a meeting during which he is widely expected to...
Malaysia says will extradite suspect if necessary
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia on Tuesday confirmed that a junior military official at its diplomatic mission in New Zealand returned home in disgrace...
New Zealand names Malaysian envoy in assault case
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand officials on Tuesday identified a diplomat charged with sexual assault as Malaysian. The man, Muhammad Rizalman Bin Ismail,...
New Zealand names Malaysian envoy assault case
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand officials on Tuesday identified a diplomat charged with sexual assault as Malaysian. The man, Muhammad Rizalman Bin Ismail,...
New Zealand names Malaysian diplomat in sex case
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand officials have identified a diplomat charged with sexual assault as Malaysian. Muhammad Rizalman Bin Ismail evaded charges in...
Ukrainian cease-fire expires, no extension yet
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president as part of his plan to end a pro-Russia insurgency in the east has...