Posts Tagged ‘geneva’

Crude prices jump 3 percent on weak dollar, firmer oil product markets

Oil markets rose about 3 percent on Tuesday as a tumbling dollar boosted commodities denominated in the greenback after bets the Federal Reserve will hold U.S. interest rates where they are. Crude oil futures also rose on the back of a 3-percent hike in U.S. gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel, or heating oil, prices. U.S. […]

Why Obama Prioritizes Ousting Assad Over Defeating Syria’s Jihadists

ERIC ZUESSE | 16.04.2016 Part 1 Dr Christina Lin, a leading young scholar on jihadist groups, opens her April 8th commentary at Asia Times: «In a blunder reeking of the fallout caused by supplying Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to 1980s mujahideen in Afghanistan, civilian airline passengers are now under threat from Syrian jihadists armed with portable surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS). Reports say […]

Jordan’s Failing Security and Xenophobia Muffles Syrian Abuse and Neglect

Siraj Davis (nsnbc) : Below is an interview with an elderly Syrian wife and mother, whose handicapped husband was forcefully kidnapped from their peaceful home, humiliatingly tied to a tree in broad daylight, and publicly whipped without interruption with several strokes of a belt. Their adolescent daughter witnessed this shameful unjustifiable tragedy. Insult to injury, […]

Embargo on Iran’s condensed gas exports lifted

Describing the latest status of exporting Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Mahdavi said “with the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), restrictions on Iran’s LNG industry have been fully lifted.” “All the LNG produced at Iranian petrochemical complexes is dispatched to world markets after supplying the domestic demand,” highlighted the official asserting “accordingly, […]

Su-34 jets strike huge ice-jam in northwest Russia to prevent flooding (VIDEO)

READ MORE: Russia’s cutting edge Su-35 fighters to be on 24-hour alert at Latakia base Over 4,500 people living along the Sukhona River in the Vologda region are currently in danger, as thick ice has created a natural dam that is preventing the river from traveling downstream, causing it to overflow its banks. Two Su-34 […]

Jewish terrorists deliberately runs over and kills 10 year old Palestinian

Extremist Israeli settler runs over little girl in West Bank The extremist settler ran over the girl and fled the scene immediately West Bank cities have witnessed several similar incidents. One of the deadliest was the killing of a five-year-old girl on October 19, 2014. (Archive Image) Days of Palestine, West Bank -Extremist Israeli settler […]

Ukraine-EU Association: From Self-Determination to Foreign Domination

  April 2, 2016 (Ulson Gunnar – NEO) – Though none actually leading the 2013-2014 Euromaidan putsch would seriously claim that the unrest was aimed at preserving Ukrainian self-determination and independence, many who took to the streets believed this to be so. They believed that Russia possessed unwarranted influence over their nation and sought to […]

Slip-of-Tongue – Mossad Did London Terror Attack

  March 14, 2016 Early reports tried to link Greene to Occupy Wall Street but OWS denied ever seeing him. The New York Post tried to spin it that Greene is a Nazi. If a Jew is caught, turn him into a Nazi! Even the Village Voice wasn’t buying it. Source Article from http://henrymakow.com/nyc-jewish-terrorist-socialites-get-free-pass.html

Syrian Christian girls defend their town from Western (USA) backed moderate beheaders

Syrian Christian girls defend their town from Western backed moderate beheaders   Filed under: Al Qaeda, ISIL, US Congress, USA, War on Syria, Wars for Israel, Zionist entity Source Article from https://uprootedpalestinians.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/syrian-christian-girls-defend-their-town-from-western-usa-backed-moderate-beheaders/

Iran to use everything for defense, except WMDs: Commander

Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Sunday, Commander of Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan underscored that the country’s Armed Forces will take advantage of every “defensive capacity” in the world to boost their power. The commander, however, noted that Iran will never resort to stuff that have been defined as red […]

Feel Good Story: An Abandoned Puppy Adopted

Canine gets new home.                                          In this season of vehement political rhetoric, Political Blind Spot thought readers would enjoy the following refreshing feel good story.  March 1, a beautiful black Labrador puppy was abandoned in a busy shopping area in The Villages, a retirement community in Central Florida.  Imagine the confusion […]

War Crimes Alert: “Largest military exercise in Middle East” [Saudi desert] by 20 Muslim countries rehearsing a prospective NATO-led invasion of Syria

  Arab Times, 11 March 2016 (click on image to enlarge) ~ The 20 participant countries are Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain, Senegal, Sudan, Kuwait, Maldives, Morocco, Pakistan, Chad, Turkey, Tunisia, Comoros, Djibouti, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia, Egypt and Mauritania. (from left to right) 1) United Arab Emirates’ Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum […]

Merkel faces test on refugee stance as ‘Super Sunday’ regional elections begin in Germany

“We can of course see a certain connection between recent developments in immigration policy of the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, and there’s a certain unsatisfaction among the population that shows that this increases the tendency to vote for right-wing parties in Germany,” geopolitical analyst and consultant Reiner Rothfuss told RT. “We would need different […]

Iran, Singapore FMs stress boost of all-out ties

Singapore, March 8, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Singaporean Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in a meeting on Tuesday stressed boost of all-out ties. Referring to Iran’s economic potentials during the post-sanctions era, Zarif said that Tehran welcomes delvelpment of relations with Singapapore in all fields including energy, banking, sea transportation, […]

NITC, Cyprus interested in maritime ties

TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (Shana) – Managing Director of the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) Ali-Akbar Safaei said that the firm is in negotiations with Cypriot officials on maritime cooperation. Following a meeting with the Cypriot deputy transportation minister, he said NITC is interested in expansion of relations with Cyprus. He said that the Cypriot side […]

China hopes Iran will play constructive role in Syrian settlement — foreign minister

MUNICH, February 12. /TASS/. China hopes Iran will be playing an active and constructive role in the settlement of the Syrian crisis, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. “All parties should abandon military methods in order to settle the Syrian issue by political means,” he […]

Washington Post Op-Ed Calls for “Safe Zones” in Syria

US Seeks to Turn Syria into the “Libya of the Levant.” February 5, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) – As Aleppo is finally encircled and begins the process of liberation from NATO-backed terrorists who have besieged and occupied parts of the city since 2012, and as Syrian forces backed by its allies overwhelm enemy fronts across […]

FLASHBACK: What Turkey really fears? People Power: The unique Kurdish-Syrian experiment in democracy

     The Kurds in Rojava are testing a democratic model shaped by the political philosophy of an American eco-anarchist Perhaps the last place you would expect to find a thriving experiment in direct democracy is Syria. But something radical is happening, little noticed, in the eastern reaches of that fractured country, in the isolated region […]

Prominent human rights activist Gamal Eid banned from travelling

TCP : Gamal Eid, head of the prominent Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI,) was prevented from travelling to Athens Thursday per a “judicial decision,” according to an ANHRI statement. Gamal Eid Eid, who was heading to Greece in a business trip, had not been informed of the travel ban or investigated before the […]

Burundi Unbowed Despite US Interventionism in Central Africa

Source Article from http://www.globalresearch.ca/burundi-unbowed-despite-us-interventionism-in-central-africa/5504800

The New Take on the Afghan Conflict Settlement

Vladimir Terehov (NEO) : In mid-January Islamabad and Kabul saw the talks between foreign affairs representatives of four states – the United States, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan (the so-called Quadrilateral Coordination Group) who were tasked with a mission to develop a road map that would be able to put an end to the war in Afghanistan, […]

American College Of Pediatricians: HPV vaccine is associated with premature menopause

     The HPV vaccine is heavily pushed to both teen girls and boys. Even though countries such as Japan won’t formally have stated that they don’t want to support it, the United States continues to massively push this vaccine despite all the push back world-wide. The HPV money grab by pharmaceutical companies is blatant and […]

Palestinian youths get 15 years in prison for stone throwing they denied

Charlotte Silver Rights and Accountability 29 January 2016 Ali Shamlawi Five Palestinian youths, known as the “Hares boys,” after their home village in the West Bank, have concluded a nearly three-year military trial by agreeing to a plea deal with Israeli occupation authorities. They will each serve 15 years in prison. Ali Shamlawi, Muhammed Kleib, […]

Protest Against Planned Privatization of Social Housing in Caracas

Rojas & Holldack (VA) : Venezuelan housing rights groups took to the streets of Caracas on Thursday to reject the political opposition’s plans to privatise social housing. The march set out from Plaza Morelo in Bellas Artes and headed for the city centre (Jonas Holldack, Venezuelanalysis). Since launching its “great housing mission” in 2012, the […]

IRGC commander: Iran most secure country in Middle East

TEHRAN (FNA)- Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami underlined that Iran is the most secure country in the region due to its powerful defensive and military force despite all the insecurities caused by the presence of the trans-regional states in the Persian Gulf. “Iran is the island of […]

Netanyahu Vows More Support For Settlements

IMEMC : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed, during the Sunday government meeting, to support settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and to seek “a legal process to allow the settlers to return” to the two Hebron buildings they were evicted from, Thursday. Courtesy The Cairo Post / YOUM7 His statements about the […]

Britain Aiding Saudi Terror War on Yemenis

Make no mistake. Yemen is Obama’s war, planned, orchestrated and initiated in Washington, using Riyadh and other rogue regional states to do his dirty work. On January 7, Britain’s Sky News headlined “Exclusive: UK Helping Saudi’s Yemen Campaign” – allied with Washington, complicit in high crimes against peace. Yemenis are being mass slaughtered, civilians harmed […]

Siberian scientists one step closer to building faster optical computer

     Russian scientists from the Siberian Institute of Geology and Mineralogy have succeeded in growing modified diamonds, in what is a step closer to faster computers run on light, the head of the institute said Monday. Optical computing, also called photonic computing, uses photons in light beams to transfer information rather than slower electric current. […]

Christscalers: Russian daredevils sneak to top of Rio’s Jesus statue (VIDEO)

The escapade took place in the summer, but the two have only published footage of the deed just now. “Reaching the top of the Christ the Redeemer can be compared to the Peter I monument in Moscow. We climbed it a couple of years ago and they are a match when it comes to difficulty. […]

US no longer capable of entering conflict with Muslim states: IRGC commander

AHVAZ (Tasnim) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari on Wednesday said the US is in no position to confront Muslim countries. It has been proven that the US has no longer the power for direct confrontation with Muslim countries, General Jafari said while addressing a gathering in […]

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