Merkel Slams US Hegemony?
Ukrainian president: Russian troops have crossed border
Petro Poroshenko cancels planned trip to Turkey as he effectively accuses Russia of invasion
‘No Russian troops in Ukraine’: Moscow’s OSCE rep responds to Kiev’s claims
Merkel Slams US Hegemony? “America Can’t Solve All The World’s Problems Anymore”
First Russia and China, then UAE, Egypt, and Turkey… and now it appears Germany (following a phone call with Putin) is pulling the rug out from under US hegemony – just as Obama’s warmongery ramps up…
Selective Outrage over Ukraine POWs
The U.S. news media regularly engages in selective outrage, piously denouncing some adversary for violating international law yet hypocritically silent when worse abuses are committed by the U.S. or allied governments, as the New York Times has shown again, writes Robert Parry.
Captured Russian troops ‘in Ukraine by accident’
Ten Russian soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine crossed the border “by accident”, Russian military sources are quoted as saying.
Russia’s Putin says military escalation won’t solve Ukraine crisis
Sanctions Rebound To Hit Europeans
The Fun of Empire: Fighting on All Sides of a War in Syria
Now the Obama administration and American political class is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the failed “Bomb Assad!” campaign by starting a new campaign to bomb those fighting against Assad – the very same side the U.S. has been arming over the last two years.
Turkey struggles as ‘lone gatekeeper’ against Islamic State recruitment
Hard-Line Splinter Group, Galvanized by ISIS, Emerges From Pakistani Taliban
Obama Warns of Extended Campaign Against ISIS
Obama weighs risks of attacking jihadists in Syria
Amid growing pressure to act, President Barack Obama on Tuesday cautioned that defeating the Islamic State would take time, even as some Pentagon officials expressed frustration with what they decried as White House foot-dragging on striking the militant group’s Syria sanctuaries.
U.S. rules out coordinating with Assad on airstrikes against Islamists in Syria
The Evil of U.S. Aggression against Iraq
What better confirmation of the manifest failure of the philosophy of foreign interventionism than the renewed U.S. bombing of Iraq?
Arab Nations Strike in Libya, Surprising U.S.
Arab Nations Strike in Libya, Surprising U.S.
Twice in the last seven days, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have secretly launched airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias battling for control of Tripoli, Libya, four senior American officials said, in a major escalation of a regional power struggle set off by Arab Spring revolts.
Libyan capital under Islamist control after Tripoli airport seized
Operation Dawn captures airport in fierce fighting against pro-government militias after five-week siege in the capital
This is why you can’t trust the NSA. Ever.
New documents show the agency missing a massive number of violations. And that’s before it set up a new program with virtually no oversight.
The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google
The National Security Agency is secretly providing data to nearly two dozen U.S. government agencies with a “Google-like” search engine built to share more than 850 billion records about phone calls, emails, cellphone locations, and internet chats, according to classified documents obtained by The Intercept.
Boko Haram leader says ruling Nigerian town by Islamic law
Cornel West: “He posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit. We ended up with a Wall Street presidency, a drone presidency”
Cornel West is a professor at Union Theological Seminary and one of my favorite public intellectuals, a man who deals in penetrating analyses of current events, expressed in a pithy and highly quotable way.
Poll: African Americans Think Race Relations Have Gotten Worse Since 2009
Black TV Producer Mistaken for Bank Robber: Beverly Hills PD ‘Deeply Regrets’ Error
Charles Belk: When You “Fit the Description”!
Foley video with Briton was staged, experts say
Foley video with Briton was staged, experts say
The video of a British jihadist beheading an American hostage was probably staged, with the actual murder taking place off-camera, according to forensic analysis.
Nigerian police missing after Boko Haram raid
At least 35 officers training in Borno state – a rebel bastion – went missing after armed group attacked town of Gwoza.
Bombings Hit Iraq’s Kirkuk, Baghdad, Dozens Dead
Israeli Bombing Intensifies in Gaza as Does Push for ICC ‘War Crimes’ Inquiry
Hamas signs off on Palestinian efforts to join International Criminal Court as international legal experts demand accountability
Israel levels high-rise buildings in Gaza: ‘They housed Hamas op centers’
IDF air strikes have leveled two multi-story buildings in Gaza; both are said to have housed Hamas facilities. The new tactic of bringing down entire buildings has been tested amid a new escalation of tensions in the Israeli-Gaza conflict.
Hamas signs Palestinian application for ICC membership
Russia Reminds UN That Ukraine Agreed to Let Russia Deliver Aid on August 12
Delivery of Humanitarian Aid Sparks Fears of Escalation in Ukraine
Trucks that delivered ‘food, water, and medicine’ return to Russia, but declarations that convoy was “direct invasion” generates concerns of further escalation
Russia’s Humanitarian ‘Invasion’
Official Washington’s war-hysteria machine is running at full speed again after Russia unilaterally dispatched a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian supplies to the blockaded Ukrainian city of Luhansk, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
Obama Destabilizes Europe’s Economy: Sanctions Deepen the Recession
US Gives Intelligence To Assad For Targetting Isis Commanders
Reports claim the US has been secretly passing on locations of Isis forces to Assad’s regime
Iran says it downed Israeli drone over nuclear site
Iran ‘sent soldiers to fight in Iraq’
Hundreds of Iranian troops crossed border to join battle against Islamic State group, sources tell Al Jazeera.
Racist Societies: Israel and the U.S.
One wonders how the racism that is so much a part of U.S. and Israeli society towards the Palestinians can have such strength. Racism against African-Americans in both countries is strong (witness the frequent shootings of black youths by whites in the United States, and the very high acquittal rates of those perpetrators, if they are even charged with a crime, and Israel’s rampant violence again people of African descent), and now racism is financing genocide. A look at some of the possible factors is interesting, frightening and disheartening.
Thousands protest police violence in New York, call for justice in chokehold death
Michael Brown’s father appeals for calm as Ferguson prepares for funeral
Brown’s family urges protesters to keep a ‘day of silence’ out of respect for the teenager killed by police
St Louis Officer Dan Page Suspended over Video Calling Black People ‘Little Perverts’
An officer involved in policing Ferguson protests has been relieved from his patrol duties after video footage emerged of him describing black people as “little perverts” and Barack Obama as “that illegal alien claiming to be president”.
Darren Wilson’s first job was on a troubled police force disbanded by authorities
The small city of Jennings, Mo., had a police department so troubled, and with so much tension between white officers and black residents, that the city council finally decided to disband it. Everyone in the Jennings police department was fired. New officers were brought in to create a credible department from scratch.
Cop suspended over Facebook post branding Ferguson protesters ‘rabid dogs’
A police officer in a St. Louis suburb has been suspended over a series of Facebook posts, insulting Ferguson protesters, who have been rallying in condemnation of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer.
Injuries, Fires After 6.0 Earthquake Southwest of Napa
The quake struck near southwest of Napa at 3:20 a.m. causing houses to shake in the center of San Francisco and knocking out power to more than 50,000 houses, according to the U.S. Geological Services.
Earthquake Rocks Northern California
Magnitude 6.0 quake rattles residents of Bay Area with largest tremor in more than twenty-five years
Strong Magnitude 6 Earthquake Rocks San Francisco Bay Area, Dozens Hurt, Significant Damage In Napa
State of Emergency Declared After California Earthquake