Flight MH17 Down Over Ukraine
Israel starts Gaza ground offensive
Netanyahu’s office says purpose of mission is to destroy terror tunnels and seriously harm the infrastructure of Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza.
Israeli Army: Gaza Invasion Doesn’t Mean to Oust Hamas
Cabinet Eager to Escalate, But Goals Are Unclear
Israeli Crowd Cheers As Missile Hits Gaza Live On CNN
“I think you can probably see there are lots of Israelis gathered around who are cheering when they see these kinds of Israeli strikes.”
Israeli tanks shelling Gaza rehab hospital: director
NBC News Pulls Veteran Reporter from Gaza After Witnessing Israeli Attack on Children
10 dead, including 7 children, in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Border Children: ‘They Don’t Speak English, but They Understand Hate’
“They Have To Die”: Israeli Politician Calls For Killing of Palestinian Mothers
In Gaza, three children killed playing on roof
Through Lens, 4 Boys Dead by Gaza Shore
Israel Terrorizes Palestinians in Gaza
We single Israel out because we in the west are shamefully complicit in its crimes
The assault on Gaza has been a humanitarian disaster, yet the west’s staunch support for Israel continues.
Teen beaten by Israeli police returns home to Tampa
Tariq Abu Khdeir, a 15-year-old Palestinian-American student at Universal Academy of Florida high school, arrived at Tampa International Airport around 10:30 p.m., and spoke to the media shortly after.
Malaysia airliner ‘shot down’ over Ukraine
Malaysian Airlines plane carrying 298 passengers and crew crashes in eastern Ukraine, in apparent missile strike.
Flight MH17 Down Over Ukraine
Flying over warzone Ukraine, the probable & convenient happens.
U.S. official: Missile shot down Malaysia Airlines plane
Putin Blames Ukraine For Downing Of Passenger Plane In Pro-Russian Rebel Territory
Russia: US sanctions revenge for Ukrainian failure, Moscow may retaliate
Kiev deployed powerful anti-air systems to E. Ukraine ahead of the Malaysian plane crash
When the U.S. welched on Shevardnadze
The Ukraine crisis owes its roots to a deal America made and broke with the recently deceased Soviet foreign minister
More Ukrainian soldiers killed as fighting rages in east, peace move flops
Russia’s Putin Says U.S. Sanctions Are Leading to ‘Dead End’
Putin denies Russia to reopen Soviet-era spy post in Cuba
Syria conflict: Western countries sending millions of pounds in aid to Isis-controlled regions
Food aid and medicines sent by governments, NGOs and the UN are arriving in towns such as Raqqa, Manbij and Jarablus, which have witnessed beheadings and crucifixions since the terrorist group took over early this year
Hezbollah, al-Qaeda Fight Along Syria-Lebanon Border
Five Days of Fighting Reported at Restive Border
Over 100 Killed in Iraq As Peshmerga Clash with Militants
Swedish court to rule on lifting Julian Assange arrest warrant
WikiLeaks founder has spent two years in Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid extradition over allegations of rape
Toll in Israel strikes on Gaza hits 186, topping 2012
Behind ‘Smokescreen’ of Charity, Global Financial Elite Pillage African Nations $60bn Each Year
“Notions of aid and charity are in reality aiding politicians and multinational corporations to continue plundering Africa behind a shroud of ‘generosity’.”
Scores killed as Boko Haram invades Borno villages
As Ebola stalks West Africa, medics fight mistrust, hostility
Toll in Israel strikes on Gaza hits 186, topping 2012
The death toll from Israel´s seven-day air campaign against Gaza rose to 186 on Monday, exceeding that of the last conflict in the besieged Palestinian territory, in 2012.
Israel Is Captive to Its ‘Destructive Process’
Raul Hilberg in his monumental work “The Destruction of the European Jews” chronicled a process of repression that at first was “relatively mild” but led, step by step, to the Holocaust. It started with legal discrimination and ended with mass murder. “The destructive process was a development that was begun with caution and ended without restraint,” Hilberg wrote.
Turkey PM accuses Israel of ‘state terrorism’ over Gaza
Tormenting Gaza
Disappointing global response to Israeli aggression calls for more grassroots efforts to help Palestinian struggle.
Israel Claims New “Legitimacy” as Attack on Gaza Resumes
As predicted, what was seen as a “cease-fire ploy” by many results in new justifications for vicious assault on civilian population
Terror in Gaza: 57 Seconds After ‘Warning,’ Israel Destroys Home
Four out of every five Palestinians killed in Gaza have been civilians, UN reports
The statistic was disclosed by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) amid mounting international concern over non-combatant casualties during an operation Israeli officials have said is aimed solely at rooting out militants and stopping rockets being fired into Israel.
Israeli Security Cabinet to Meet Tuesday on Gaza Ceasefire
Hamas, Netanyahu Both Open to Egyptian Plan
Russia Increases Troop Numbers on Border With Ukraine
Russia Considering ‘Surgical Strike’ on Ukraine – Report
Moscow is considering “surgical retaliatory strikes” on the Ukrainian territory after the standoff has led to first civilian victims among Russians on Russia’s territory, a Kremlin source told Kommersant Monday.
Egyptian cease-fire plan for Israel-Hamas conflict quickly unravels
Hamas faced a choice between a cease-fire that met almost none of its conditions or rejection that gave Israel diplomatic cover for further escalation.
Iraq: How Saudi Arabia Helped Isis Take Over the North of the Country
A speech by an ex-MI6 boss hints at a plan going back over a decade. In some areas, being Shia is akin to being a Jew in Nazi Germany
UK policy of supporting Syrian rebels against Bashar al-Assad ‘stupid’
Syrian minister claims Britain should apologise for backing rebel groups, and instead work with Assad against terrorism
Islamic State expels rivals from Syria’s Deir al-Zor – activists
The Ex-CIA Asset Trying to Conquer Libya
Gen. Hiftar was betrayed by Gaddafi, was approached by the CIA, moved to the USA, and now says he’ll purge Libya of jihadists. Really?
‘It defies belief’: Snowden condemns UK’s new surveillance bill
NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has denounced the UK’s emergency surveillance bill, criticizing the distinct lack of public debate it encompassed and its heightened powers of intrusion.
The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control
At least 80% of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the US, says whistleblower William Binney – that’s a ‘totalitarian mentality’
The Senate is giving more power to the NSA, in secret. Everyone should fight it
Politicians are still trying to hand over your data behind closed doors, under the guise of ‘cybersecurity’ reform. Have we learned nothing?
Over a dozen CIA-recruited spies work in German ministries
US secret services have recruited more than a dozen officials in various German government ministries to work as spies, with some of them working for the CIA for many years, a German tabloid reported on Sunday.
Merkel doubts whether US will stop spying on Germany
Amid a continuing scandal over the arrests of two German government workers for allegedly spying for the US, the country’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, said on Saturday she was doubtful the US would ever stop spying on Germany.
German probe turns to typewriters to avoid NSA
Germany’s parliamentary committee investigating the National Security Agency is mulling using manual typewriters to make sure American agents don’t snoop on its work.
Germany Prepares Further Spying Clampdown
The latest revelations of US spying on Germany have unleashed unprecedented levels of distrust in Berlin. The government has already expelled the CIA’s chief here and may soon be planning additional measures as it seeks answers from Washington
America’s Biggest Arms Sale Of 2014 Is To A Country With Fewer Than 300,000 Citizens
Qatar is purchasing $11 billion in Patriot missile batteries and Apache attack helicopters from the United States, according to AFP. It’s the largest single sale of U.S. weaponry in 2014, and it’s to a country with only 278,000 citizens (and about 1.5 million expatriates).
US Foreign Policy: War for Money
Why does everyone care so much about the Middle East? The answer is obvious: it’s all about the oil. Do you really think the United States would give a damn about Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or Libya if they didn’t control so much of the world’s master resource? Not a chance. Seen in this light it’s easy to dismiss the propaganda about American intervention in the region.
U.S. wastes billions on bad foreign policy
Along with Uncle Sam exercising his divine right to invade the other guy’s turf, we’ve also backed, with arms, troops, and money, corrupt foreign governments and countries fractured by ethnic and religious violence.
An Exceptional Decline for the Exceptional Country?
For America’s national security state, this is the age of impunity. Nothing it does — torture, kidnapping, assassination, illegal surveillance, you name it — will ever be brought to court. For none of its beyond-the-boundaries acts will anyone be held accountable.
Carlos Slim’s empire broken up but oligarchs still control Mexico
The Head Of ‘The Central Bank Of The World’ Warns That Another Great Financial Crisis May Be Coming
Israeli official: No cease-fire efforts in Gaza
Israeli official: No cease-fire efforts in Gaza
Bloody Aftermath of Israeli Airstrikes, Khan Younis, Gaza
Israel Strikes Gaza by Air and Sea to Halt Rocket Attacks
Hamas rockets land deep in Israel as it bombards Gaza Strip
Israelis have the upper hand when it comes to vengeance
The Israeli-Palestinian revenge cycle, take two
Hatred, anger, and desires for revenge are being driven ever higher by the dynamic of unequal violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
Gaza hospitals struggle to treat injured in latest Israeli airstrikes
As Israeli assaults kill dozens of Palestinians, doctors say they don’t have what they need to help treat the wounded
Jewish Hate of Arabs Proves: Israel Must Undergo Cultural Revolution
Iraq VP to U.S.: Stay Out of Our Civil War
The world may be focused on the terrorist group ISIS, but inside Iraq the group is only one part of a larger revolt that has been years in the making.
Clashes between army, supporters of fringe cleric imperil stability in Iraq’s Shiite south
Islamic State rounds up ex-Baathists to eliminate potential rivals in Iraq’s Mosul
Iraq parliament to meet in July, reversing earlier decision
Iraq’s parliament will meet next week to work on forming a new government, reversing an earlier decision to adjourn until August despite a sweeping offensive by militants.
Mortar bombs land in Saudi Arabia near Iraq border
Ukraine takes aggressive stance toward separatists
Ukraine Threatens Rebels With ‘Nasty Surprise’ in New Push
EU’s united front on Russia falling amid gas needs
National Endowment for Empire
Democracy Promotion Means Regime Change
1,000 Syrian rebels defect to Islamic State, activists say
A Syrian rebel brigade defected to the Islamic State this week, a sign that the extremist group continues to build strength after seizing vast territories in western Iraq and eastern Syria, anti-government activists said Tuesday.
Senate committee adopts cybersecurity bill opposed by NSA critics
Intelligence committee approves major bill that civil libertarians say would give NSA even wider access to Americans’ data
Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On
The National Security Agency and FBI have covertly monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-Americans—including a political candidate and several civil rights activists, academics, and lawyers—under secretive procedures intended to target terrorists and foreign spies.
Why latest US spying allegations in Germany could force Merkel to act
US ‘kidnaps’ Russian MP’s son to ‘exchange him for Snowden’
Bahrain Moves to Expel ‘unwelcome’ US Official for Meeting Shia Opposition Group
Tom Malinowski met with leaders of the al-Wifaq party, who claim the order shows that those opposed to reform and reconciliation within the ruling al-Khalifa family are prevailing