Posts Tagged ‘militants’

The Cop Who Killed Philando Castile Wasn’t White

Editor’s Comment: Cries of racism and trending hastags over the death of Philando Castile have ceased. Why? Because the cop who shot him isn’t White. If the media was truly concerned with police violence, they’d cover all instances equally not just hyper focus on the cases that involve only White cops and black men while denying the far […]

Lukoil CEO says ready to invest in Iran, eyes October International Petroleum Contract

Lukoil is ready to re-enter Iran and is hopeful that the necessary laws will be in place soon, with the terms of the International Petroleum Contracts, or IPCs, likely to be unveiled by October, Chief Executive Vagit Alekperov said Thursday. Iran could also pass a law allowing foreign companies to invest in Iranian projects by […]

Iran-Russia relations’ development requires closer scientific ties – Envoy

Improvement of economic and political cooperation between Russia and Iran requires developing scientific ties between the two countries, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said Monday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia and Iran need intellectual centers of scientific thought to match currently existing political thought centers, he added, noting that these must be more active in planning the direction of regional […]

Muhammad Ali, boxing great and anti-war legend dies at 74

     “My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America… How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail.” Boxing great Muhammad Ali, known around the world as a humanitarian who spoke out forcefully against racial […]

Babies left to ‘cry it out’ at bedtime don’t experience emotional damage – study

Researchers at Flinders University in Australia recruited 43 sets of parents who had babies between six and 16 months of age. All of the parents had a common complaint – their child was having problems sleeping. The parents were divided into thirds. One-third was told to use “graduated extinction,” a technical term for “crying it […]

Greece to raze Idomeni refugee camp, relocate migrants to ‘hospitality areas’

“The transfer of refugees trapped at Idomeni to hospitality areas will probably begin [on Tuesday],” the spokesman for the Greek Migration Coordination service, Giorgos Kyritsis, told the state ANA news agency. He added, however, that the plan is to clear the area no sooner than in a week’s time and without the use of force. […]

Belgium paid Al-Qaeda terrorist nearly €80k in ‘moral damages’ – reports

The information was revealed in Belgian media on Thursday. The compensation to the extremist – who was convicted of planning an attack on troops at a Belgian airbase and was suspected of planning an assault on the US embassy in Paris – was approved by the European Court of Human Rights back in 2014. Nizar […]

Glencore, Vitol near deal to buy Iranian crude

TEHRAN—Glencore PLC and Vitol Group, the world’s two largest independent oil traders, are close to signing a long-term deal to purchase Iranian crude, a top Iranian official said. The potential deal would mark the return of two of Iran’s biggest oil trading partners before Western sanctions over the country’s nuclear program were tightened in 2012. […]

European states interested to develop academic ties with Iran

Tehran, May 10, IRNA – Chancellor of University of Tehran Medical Sciences said on Tuesday that European states are interested to establish ties with the Iranian universities, citing the visit of Swedish academic team to Iranian universities. Ali Jafarian said after a meeting with the envoy and senior advisor to Swedish minister for enterprise and […]

Fed up with abuse? May Day rallies across EU & Turkey erupt in violence

     Thousands have taken to the streets globally to mark International Workers’ Day. In several European countries demonstrations which began in a generally peaceful way turned violent and tear gas and water cannon were both deployed. Labor Day protests in Turkey resulted in at least one death, with one man being killed in an incident […]

The need for adaptive fluidity: Be like water

     As the proliferation of staged events and the accompanying fear campaigns and predictable clampdowns ensue, it’s always good to take stock of any situation unfolding and assess how best to handle what’s transpiring. With the playing field changing at such a rapid rate, locally as well as globally, it’s wise to see how to […]

Increasing earthquake and volcanic activity: Prepping for natural disasters

     All over the world seismic activity is increasing. In recent weeks we have seen a dramatic earthquake in Ecuador, more than 600 earthquakes have experts extremely alarmed about what is happening to Japan’s southern Island, and 37 volcanoes around the planet are erupting right now. Most of the large earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that […]

French agent reveals how Litvinenko was killed, Russian govt framed

     Two weeks ago, author and journalist William Dunkerly broke a story on OpEd News concerning new information about the 2006 death of ex-FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London. We subsequently covered the story on RI. The accusations are being made by Paul Barril, a retired captain in the French gendarmerie nationale (similar to internal […]

Odd Polish theories behind Smolensk plane crash still stir confusion 6 years on

On April 10, 2010 a Polish Tu-154M plane flying from Warsaw to Smolensk, Western Russia, which was carrying President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, the governor of the central bank, all senior military commanders and other high-profile officials, crashed upon landing killing all 96 people on board. Two countries, one tragedy: Russia and Poland join […]

Exclusive Update: Trump Closer To Choosing Kasich As VP

Less than a month ago, we reported exclusive information from a source with close ties to the Donald Trump Presidential campaign who told us that Trump was planning on choosing competitor John Kasich as his running mate. In an article titled, Insider Reveals The Shocking Person Who Is Trump’s VP Choice, we wrote: YourNewsWire.com has exclusively learned […]

Coming Soon: Massive Acts of Civil Disobedience

Pro-democracy activists plan sit-ins and other non-violent behaviors in the nation’s capital. A series of massive, nonviolent civil disobedience activities are being planned for April, 2016. Protesters plan to march across the East Coast from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to Washington, DC to express their disapproval of the role of […]

Huge fire engulfs 2 towers of residential skyscraper in UAE (VIDEO)

Social media users posted images and footage of the fire late Monday showing bright yellow flames engulfing a building with chunks of burning debris falling to the ground. There have been no reports of casualties so far. Local media reports that residents are being evacuated to safety.  Brigadier Saleh Saeed Al Matroushi, Director of Ajman Civil […]

Over 30K people protest Japanese PM’s plan to restart nuclear reactors (VIDEO)

Ruptly footage captured people waving flags, carrying banners, and holding up placards while marching through popular Yoyogi Park on Friday. The activists say that restarting the nuclear reactors will create safety risks. Some banners read “To the Absence of a Nuclear Power Plant Future,” local media reported. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been advocating […]

Was bodyguard of Hugo Chávez a drug-running CIA agent?

     The journalist Eva Golinger (US – Venezuela) has repeatedly questioned the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. The website aporrea.org quotes her statement: Everything that Washington was trying to achieve during the administration of Hugo Chávez is today being realized in his absence. The cancerous illness from which Chávez suffered […]

The Murder of Chávez: Is president’s former bodyguard, a CIA agent?

     The journalist Eva Golinger (US – Venezuela) has repeatedly questioned the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. The website aporrea.org quotes her statement: «Everything that Washington was trying to achieve during the administration of Hugo Chávez is today being realized in his absence. The cancerous illness from which Chávez suffered […]

Resume ‘whitening’ may increase chances of getting a callback for minorities

Job seekers who made their resumes appear more “white” by altering information were more than twice as likely to get a call from employers, the study said. Applicants either altered their names to make them sound more “American” or simply did not include any information that would give away their race. “It’s really a wake-up […]

North Korea does it again: Launches ballistic missile into Sea of Japan

     Pyongyang has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast into the Sea of Japan, South Korean news agency Yonhap reports. The launch comes after the US slapped it with new sanctions in attempt to punish Pyongyang for its ballistic missile and nuclear tests. The rocket flew some 800 kilometers before plunging into the […]

Iran Claims Recent Missile Tests Violate No Agreements

Iran says that it has the right to develop and test missiles for purposes of self defense and has no intention to fit the missiles with nuclear warheads and attack other counties, like Israel for example. On Thursday officials said recent ballistic missile tests did not violate any nuclear deal made with the international community. […]

Leader names new representative in major province

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a decree on Wednesday appointed Hojatoleslam Seyed Ahmad Alamolhoda as his new representative in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi. The appointment comes less than a week after death of Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabasi, the former representative of the Leader in the […]

Chinese woman dies while trapped in apartment elevator a month after power was cut off

     An investigation is underway in the Chinese city of Xi’an to determine how maintenance staff at a residential apartment complex failed to locate a woman who died while trapped in an elevator for a month. Markings on the inside of the carriage suggest the woman had tried desperately to escape or to alert any […]

Iran-Afghanistan bilateral trade hits $1.8bln

The value of Afghanistan’s non-oil imports from Iran has reached $1.8 billion and $50 million worth of goods have been exported to the Islamic Republic, Alokozai said on the sidelines of Iran’s third specialized exhibition in the Afghan capital. He added that before holding Iran’s specialized exhibitions, the value of bilateral trade between the two […]

Top Heart Surgeon Reveals The Real Cause Of Heart Disease

A top U.S. heart surgeon has revealed that the real cause of heart disease is not what doctors have been telling you. Dr. Dwight Lundell is a former Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at Banner Heart Hospital in Arizona. After performing 5,000 open-heart surgeries through the course of his 25-year career he discovered that the conventional treatments […]

Al-Nusra militant tells German paper: Ceasefire must fail, will provoke Russia to make that happen

     Respected German daily Die Welt has a platform for what it describes as “the most dangerous branch of the international terrorist network al-Qaeda”, Al-Nusra Front, to voice its threats of provoking Russia in Syria and disrupting the ceasefire in the country. Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, has threatened to provoke Russia in […]

35-year-old Indian man kills 14 members of his family with Butcher’s knife

     A 35-year-old man killed 14 members of his family including six children with a butcher’s knife before committing suicide in India, with police baffled Sunday about a motive for the attack. The grisly murders occurred after Hasnin Anwar Warekar and his extended family gathered late on Saturday at a home north of India’s financial […]

Giant ‘watchcrocs’ found guarding drug dealers’ stash in Amsterdam

Police officers came across two fully-grown crocodiles watching over the money – presumably the proceeds from drug trafficking – as they arrested 11 suspects during a raid in Amsterdam, local law enforcement authorities said in a report released on Friday. Instant karma: Suspected burglar eaten alive by alligator while hiding from police Nearly €300,000 (about US$330,000) […]

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