The first blast was reported in Al-Jidida, an eastern district of Baghdad, on Wednesday morning. A commercial street was targeted by a car bomb, Reuters reports. Police said at least eight people were killed and more than 30 injured there. The second blast hit near a military checkpoint in the capital’s north, RIA Novosti said […]
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Over 20 killed, 70 injured as car bomb blasts rock eastern Baghdad (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Lightning strikes kill 6 people and 6 goats in Marathwada, India
As many as six people were killed after being struck by lightning in four districts in Marathwada. Reports reaching here today said, two people killed identified as Arun Rupnar (30) at Telwadi area and another Rangnath Sonawane were killed near Brisk kiln near Paithan town. Two women sustained injuries in this accident. Two peope […]
Man Told To Remove Pond Because It Could Pose A Danger To Burglars
Kevin Sheehan claims he has been ordered to remove a fish pond from his back garden in Oxfordshire over fears it could pose a danger to burglars. He said he was told by Sovereign Housing Association that the pond posed a ” possible risk ” to members of the public because it is not clearly visible […]
Italian Woman, 116, Has Become Last Known Living Person Born in 1800s
Surrounded by relatives and friends, Italy’s Emma Morano greeted with a smile the news that she, at 116, is now the oldest person in the world. Not only that, but Morano is believed to be the last surviving person in the world born in the 1800s, with a birthdate of Nov. 29, 1899. That’s just […]
Western presstitute media protects real villains from Panama Papers leak
Whoever leaked the Mossack Fonseca papers appears motivated by a genuine desire to expose the system that enables the ultra wealthy to hide their massive stashes, often corruptly obtained and all involved in tax avoidance. These Panamanian lawyers hide the wealth of a significant proportion of the 1%, and the massive leak of their […]
No more space debris: Russia developing satellite that will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
A Moscow-based team of physicists and engineers has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the $45,000 required to assemble a unique satellite, which will shine brighter than most stars and leave no space debris once it stops operating. The satellite will be exceptionally bright as once it reaches orbit it will extend an ultra-shiny, […]
Re-assigning the proxy force: ISIS fighting alongside Saudi forces in Taiz
According to a report from the Yemeni media network “Al-Jabhah News”, the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) has been fighting alongside the Saudi-led Coalition and their mercenaries against the Houthi forces and Yemeni Army in the provincial capital of the Ta’iz Governorate. ISIS and Al-Qaeda reportedly have a small presence inside the […]
ISIS Chief Gunned Down By Own Fighters
ISIS gunmen staged a mutiny near their de facto capital of Raqqa on Monday killing one of their own senior commanders in northern Syria. Tunisian jihadi Abu Ali al-Tunisi, commander of the military wing of ISIS’ northern Syria branch, was killed by disgruntled jihadi fighters under his charge as the terror group is wracked by internecine […]
Israel thwarts ‘drone smuggling attempt’ inside truck carrying toys to Gaza
Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced that the country’s Transfer Authority, which monitors all aid shipment into Gaza, with the help of the Israel Security Agency (ISA) prevented the smuggling of tens of drones into Gaza at the Kerem Shalom crossing last week. The interception of remotely controlled multi-rotor devices has been hailed as a big […]
British PTB: You might be a terrorist if you support Palestinians
Most would agree that the issue of Palestine and Israel is one that should be discussed in all schools, particularly in Britain, which has played no small part in one of the most grave injustices in history. Last week, CAGE — an advocacy group for those affected by the ‘War on Terror’ — leaked […]
Washingtion DC schools posted private data of 12,000 students on public website
For several hours on Tuesday, around 12,000 students in the District of Columbia Public Schools system had their personal information publicly available online. This marks the third time the school district has experienced such a security breach. It happened by accident, according to an internal memo from the DC Office of the State Superintendent […]
Saudis, Turks conspire to initiate military operation in Syria, pretense of US-led coalition goals
Danger exists that Saudi Arabia and Turkey will provide support to armed groupings fighting against the government troops of Syrian President Bashar Assad if these two countries launch a ground operation against the Islamic State terrorist organization on the territory of Syria, experts polled by TASS said on Friday. On Thursday, a day after […]
Snow falls in Kuwait for ‘the first time ever’
Snow fell on Kuwait on Thursday morning for the first time in the country’s history, pictures sent to Middle East Eye show. Footage sent to MEE showed snow flakes falling in the Gulf state, where temperatures have plummeted in recent days. Photos showed Kuwait’s desert landscape dusted with a sprinkling of snow. Temperatures in […]
SOTT FOCUS: Western media AWOL as ‘Islamic State’ regroups in Libya: Interview with James & Joanne Moriarty
The nightmare is not over for Libya. In fact, it may only have just begun. Sirte, Muammar Gadaffi’s birthplace and the last major city to fall to the ‘rebels’ in 2011, is once again occupied by terrorists. In recent communication with the leadership of Libya’s Tribes’ Council, US contacts James and Joanne Moriarty were […]
US Midwest floods: Illinois Governor activates National Guard; death toll rises
The worst of the dangerous, deadly winter flood is over in the St. Louis area, leaving residents of several water-logged communities to spend the first day of 2016 assessing damage, cleaning up and figuring out how to bounce back — or in some cases, where to live. Farther south, things were getting worse: Record […]
A child’s bacteria-filled handprint reveals the wonder of the human microbiome
Microbiology lab technician Tasha Sturm decided to do something kinda cool with a handprint: see what kind of bacteria is on it. Sturm, who works at Cabrillo College, told me the first lab project that students at her college do is swab something in the classroom — like the bottom of a shoe or […]
Iranians set up ‘kindness walls’ to help those in need
“If you don’t need it, leave it; if you need it, take it.” That’s the slogan written on “kindness walls” that have sprung up in cities across Iran. The concept is simple: do-gooders band together on social media, pick a wall in their city where they put up hooks and hangers, and paint the slogan. […]
Turkish banks and government sites under ‘intense’ attacks on Christmas holidays
Turkey is suffering from a wave of cyber-attacks on financial and government websites which intensified over Christmas, resulting in the temporary disruption of credit card transactions. A video released this week and attributed to Anonymous vowed retribution for Ankara’s alleged ties with ISIS. The attacks on Turkish servers have been persistent in recent weeks, […]
Polish military police raid NATO counterintelligence center in Warsaw
Polish military police have raided a Nato-affiliated counterintelligence centre in Warsaw in the latest of a series of moves by the country’s new rightwing government to consolidate its hold on power. The raid took place at 1.30am on Friday at the temporary offices of the Nato Counter Intelligence Centre of Excellence. According to the […]
Brave new food: Genetically engineered animals make their way to American dinner tables
The BBC reports that cloned products have been in the U.S. food supply for years. Consumers, safety activists, Big Food, biotech companies and many of the U.S.’s importing and exporting partners have been closely watching to see if the FDA would approve the genetically engineered AquAdvantage Salmon, which it did last month. Of course […]
Flooding in Baghdad threaten Iraq’s internally displaced
The Iraqi capital’s internally displaced have been swamped following heavy rains. Flood waters are said to have carried away a three-year-old girl from a camp in Baghdad, while at least seven people are reported to have died nationwide. Many of the one thousand people residing in al Amal camp now find their floors turned […]