By Sharmine Narwani | RT | June 1, 2017 The glowing orb stunt should have been a sign that all was not what it seems. Theatrics, in the world of politics, usually suggest an illusion needs to be spun for audiences somewhere. A week after US President Donald Trump’s eyesore of a visit to Riyadh, […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) Reports of civilian deaths in US airstrikes in Western Mosul appear to be once again soaring out of control, as indications of just over a dozen civilians slain has turned into in a flurry of airstrikes targeting ISIS-held neighborhoods in the Old City.
Consortium News Exclusive: In his Mideast trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel, President Trump sought some political safe harbor by tacking toward neocon orthodoxy and jettisoning his campaign promises of a more rational strategy, writes Daniel Lazare.
The Russian Defence Ministry has released a statement commenting on the strategic rationale for recent successful Kalibr cruise missile strikes on ISIS fighters and vehicles outside of Palmyra.
The statement explained that Raqqa’s effective encirclement by the Kurdish dominated SDF forces in addition to US and western European forces had been partly breached when the SDF allowed for an opening around Raqqa which has allowed for an escape route that ISIS attempted to exploit.
After public outrage over Kathy Griffin posting a photo of herself holding a mock-up severed head resembling that of Donald Trump, CNN have finally listened to the public and have said that Griffin will no longer host its New Year’s Eve program.
Griffin apologised for ‘crossing a line’, but how could she really be so naive as to not know she was producing an image that was not only incredibly obscene but carried an imply threat of inspiring people to commit acts of bodily harm to the President of the United States?
RT | May 31, 2017 An investigation commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron into the revenue streams behind jihadist groups operating in Britain may never be published, the Home Office has admitted. The inquiry is thought to focus on British ally Saudi Arabia, which has repeatedly been highlighted by European leaders as a funding […]
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Security forces inspect near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 31, 2017. A massive explosion rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, causing casualties and sending a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital. (AP/Rahmat Gul)
KABUL, Afghanistan — A massive suicide truck bombing rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing 80 people and wounding as many as 350, an attack that left a scene of mayhem and destruction and sent a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital.
