China rejects U.S. criticism over jet encounter
Pentagon says Chinese Jet Carried Out ‘Aggressive’ and ‘Dangerous’ Intercept of Navy Intelligence Jet
Su-27 flew within 20 feet of P-8 anti-submarine warfare jet in South China Sea
China rejects U.S. criticism over jet encounter
U.S. Sends Second Carrier to Asia Amid Tensions with China
China demands end to U.S. surveillance flights
China urges U.S. to stop close-in surveillance
US nuke accusations ‘part of infowar set to discredit Russia’ over Ukraine crisis
US claims and allegations, including the accusation that Russia violated the INF nuclear weapons treaty, are part of an anti-Russian campaign launched amid the Ukraine crisis, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told RT.
Ukraine: Urgent need for aid in Lugansk
Staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Lugansk yesterday to find water and electricity supplies cut off because of damage to essential infrastructure. People hardly leave their homes for fear of being caught in the middle of ongoing fighting, with intermittent shelling into residential areas placing civilians at risk.
Trucks with Russian aid reach Lugansk, E. Ukraine
Putin to Merkel: Further delays of aid delivery to Ukraine would have been unacceptable
U.S. says Russia must pull convoy from Ukraine or face more sanctions
Understanding Ukraine in 15 Minutes
The world today is going through an overlap of a whole series of cyclical crises. The most serious of them is a technological crisis which is associated with changes in the wavelengths of economic development.
James Foley’s murder will see calls for military action — just what Isis wants
The ‘war on terror’ has made jihadism stronger than ever. The west must be careful not to fuel the fear upon which Isis thrives
Are We Not Savages Too?
The Beheading of James Foley
The killing of non-combatants should always be condemned. But there is a clear discrepancy in the response of both the Western media and the general public with regard to the killing of Western civilians compared to Islamic civilians.
Air Strikes? Talk of God? Barack Obama is Following The jihadists’ Script After James Foley Beheading
The President came the nearest he has come yet to rivalling George W Bush’s gormless reaction to 9/11
Are The US And Syria Now On The Same Side? (Video)
Dr Bouthaina Shaaban, adviser to Syrian Presidency tells Channel 4 News that western reactions to Isis “are coming too little too late.” “The whole world should be against Isis,” she says.
Ferguson: No Justice in the American Police State
Israel’s Ground Op on Horizon with Emergency Orders to 10,000 IDF Reservists
The IDF readies what it does not want unless there is no alternative – a deep ground invasion of Gaza. Hamas also is ready.
US accuses Israel of targeting relatives of kidnapped and murdered Palestinian 16-year-old
Energy ballet: Iran, Russia and ‘Pipelineistan’
Energy ballet: Iran, Russia and ‘Pipelineistan’
A fascinating nuclear/energy ballet involving Iran, Russia, the US and the EU is bound to determine much of what happens next in the new great game in Eurasia.
Washington’s Grand Ambition Explains Its Pressures on Russia
After the Soviet Union ended, Washington switched without a second’s delay from an anti-USSR policy to an anti-Russia policy. This included extending NATO to Russia’s borders in violation of earlier false signals and assurances that it would not, and it included Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
John Kerry: Isis ‘Will Be Crushed’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the extremist Islamic group that brutally murdered an American journalist by execution would be “crushed,” echoing strong words from President Barack Obama earlier in the day.
Iraqi drive on Tikrit falters amid fierce resistance from Islamic State
Iraqi forces pushed north Tuesday in an attempt to recapture the central Iraq town of Tikrit from the Islamic militants who have been occupying it since mid-June, only to see the assault stymied by snipers, roadside bombs and fierce resistance from the rebels.
Iraq’s New PM, Like Maliki, Defined by Years of Sectarianism
Abadi Pushed De-Ba’athification Measures, Opposed Reconciliation
U.S. officials confirm video shows Islamic State militants beheading missing American journalist
In Syria, 6,000 new fighters join Islamic State
Increase marks militant group’s fastest expansion to date, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Staged Provocations Ahead Possible US-Syrian War
5677643With the alleged brutal murder of American journalist James Wright Foley, a wave of anger and aggression across Western audiences has been generated. Upon that wave rides two objectives. One is to create plausible deniability for the West which created the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), the other is to create a further pretext to justify a resurgence of direct US military intervention across the region.
Gaza child, 2, woman, first deaths since truce breakdown: Palestinians
A two-year-old Gaza girl and a woman were killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday, making them the first Palestinian deaths in the conflict since the breakdown of a truce earlier in the day, Palestinian health officials said.
Saggy pants law challenged by critics
Just over a month after signing the controversial saggy pants ordinance, Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn said Tuesday he no longer supports it and is urging council members to reconsider.
ISIS beheads missing American journalist
Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin
Russia vows to strengthen navy to ward off NATO
Ukrainian and Russian Leaders Will Meet as Rebels Continue to Falter
Ukrainian forces pushed deeper into territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels on Tuesday, fighting street battles in the besieged city of Luhansk and pressuring the outer defenses of Donetsk in a further blow to the separatists’ crumbling virtual state.
Russian sanctions to hit Dutch exports by $400 million euros: stats office
Russia is working on more retaliatory measures: Kremlin
Russia is working on possible additional retaliatory measures in case Western nations impose new sanctions, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
Boko Haram crisis: Nigerian soldiers ‘mutiny over weapons’
A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment, one of the mutineers has told the BBC.
Report: US exerting pressure on ICC not to open war crimes probe against Israel
‘The Guardian’ quotes lawyers and former court officials as saying that western pressure has influenced decision not to open probe.
Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza after 3 rockets fired at Beersheba despite cease-fire
Why Latin American leaders are standing up to Israel
The frostier their relations are with the US, the more likely they are to sympathize with the Palestinians
ISIS beheads missing American journalist James Wright Foley as warning to US to cease action in Iraq
Ferguson, Iraq, and the Legacy of 9/11
Over the past two weeks, two events have consumed the national news: the authorization of renewed American strikes in Iraq, and the heavily militarized police response to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed teenager.
Ferguson police will keep arresting reporters
Police in Ferguson, Missouri, are continuing to arrest journalists and have said that they will continue to do so because of safety concerns, despite condemnation from media organizations that say such detentions are unwarranted.
German journalists arrested in Ferguson
6 more journalists arrested in Ferguson protests
Which journalists have been arrested in Ferguson?
St. Louis City police shoot, kill knife-wielding suspect
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson says officers warned a suspect multiple times to put down his weapon before they shot and killed him.
31 Arrested in Ferguson Protests Overnight; 2 Shot During Unrest
‘This is the Story of Power in this Country’:
Ferguson, Institutionalized Racism and the Militarization of Police
Last week, after days of violent police rampages in Ferguson, Missouri, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Michigan) said the Senate will “review” the Defense Department program that gives military weapons and equipment to civilian police departments for free.
China chides U.S. over Ferguson violence, American racism
The World’s Most Repressive Regimes Delight In U.S. Crack Down In Ferguson
Gov. Perry To Turn Himself In Today On Charges Related To Abuse Of Power
Brussels Demand on Argentina – Arrogance and Stupidity
Imagine – Argentina – and the rest of Latin America – being urged by the EU, ultimate puppet of the naked emperor, Sir Obama, not to supply Russia with food stuff – vegetables, fruit, meat – after Argentina was ‘punished’ by a corrupt court in New York to pay 1.5 billion dollars to the fraudulent NML Capital et al vulture funds – out of its current agreed upon debt of US$29 billion – equivalent to Argentina’s total reserves.
Black market boom lays bare a social divide in Colorado’s marijuana market
Nascent cannabis industry splits between wealthy with clean criminal records and those who turn to less than legal methods