UK ‘confirms’ use of chemical weapons in Syria after secret MI6 op – report
The UK Ministry of Defense has claimed that chemical weapons were used in the Syrian conflict. Forensic evidence was collected after scientists analyzed soil smuggled out of the country in a secret...
View ArticleJordan wargames: Patriot batteries, F-16s and 4,500 US troops near Syrian border
Multinational military exercise ‘Eager Lion’ has been launched in Jordan amid condemnation from neighboring Syria and its ally Russia. The US brings Patriot missile batteries to the Syrian border,...
View ArticleIsrael confirms Prisoner X's suicide in secret custody amid censorship claims
Israeli media and officials are outraged over a government order forcing censorship of coverage of claims that an Australian-Israeli Mossad agent was secretly detained for months until he committed...
View ArticleZionism heading toward collapse: Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) meets with the deputy head of Hamas political bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouk (L), Monday, March 4, 2013. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Zionism is on...
View ArticleWorst nightmare looming for Netanyahu
The worst nightmare for Netanyahu’s autocratic rule of Israel has come, a forced visit by an American president with an agenda, an end to occupation of the West Bank, a fully operating independent...
View ArticleArab League: Arab states free to offer military support to Syrian rebels
Rebel fighters flash the V-sign for victory as they celebrate after taking over the village of Aljanodiya, northwestern Idlib province, following fighting against pro-Syrian regime forces, on January...
View Article20 UN peacekeepers taken hostage by Syrian rebels in Golan Heights
Syrian rebels have seized twenty UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights on the border between Syria and Israel. The United Nations Security Council demands the convoy’s immediate release. A young fighter...
View ArticlePalestinian minors face abuse, threats, ill-treatment in Israeli detention – UN
Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military in the West Bank are “systematically” ill-treated, which is a violation of the international law, UNICEF has stated in a report. Each year, some...
View ArticleS. Arabia delays execution of 7 young men amid condemnation from rights groups
Seven men sentenced to death for crimes committed whilst underage, have had their executions postponed by Saudi Arabia’s royal family. Their cases are being reviewed following claims the men were...
View ArticleHorrific video shows Syrian Catholic priest being ‘beheaded by jihadist...
Father Francois Murad’s death was confirmed by Vatican news agency Footage of 49-year-old’s gruesome death was filmed on a camera phone The Syrian priest was killed last 23 June in Gassanieh, northern...
View ArticleChina warns US over anti-Iran sanctions
China has warned that the US sanctions recently imposed against a Chinese individual and certain companies over their alleged trading with Iran will harm Beijing’s relations with Washington, urging the...
View ArticleWest Bank protesters rally for release of deteriorating prisoners
Thousands demonstrated in Palestine’s two largest cities in support of hunger strikers in Israeli jails. Protesters called on the EU to take action to demand better treatment of the weakening prisoners...
View ArticleIran offshore oil reserves worth $2.75tn
File photo shows installations at offshore Reshadat Oil Field in southern Iran. Iran’s offshore oil reserves in the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf are estimated to earn the country USD2.75 trillion, a...
View ArticleGermany doubles arms supplies to Persian Gulf nations – report
German military exports to Persian Gulf nations doubled in 2012 amid repeatedly-voiced international concerns over gross human rights violations in the region. The German government has been fiercely...
View ArticleIsrael, US test new Arrow missile system
Israel and the United States have test fired the latest generation of their Arrow missile system, the Arrow 3, over the Mediterranean Sea. ”This is the first flight test of the Arrow 3 interceptor and...
View ArticleIsraeli strike on Syria was carried out from Turkish base
Israel used a Turkish military base to launch one of its recent airstrikes against Syria from the sea, a reliable source told RT. Israel has been under scrutiny since last week, when it was reported to...
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US extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious
By Tabassum Zakaria The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution on Sunday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S. lawmakers said was the most serious...
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US tells citizens in Yemen to leave immediately (updated)
By Mohammed Ghobari The United States told its citizens in Yemen on Tuesday to leave immediately and ordered the evacuation of non-essential U.S. government staff because of the threat of terrorist...
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US to reopen 18 of 19 foreign posts closed amid security concerns
By Richard Cowan Eighteen of the 19 U.S. embassies and consulates closed this month due to worries about potential terrorist attacks will reopen on Sunday, the U.S. State Department said on Friday....
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The changing reality of international relations
By Joseph Nye There has been much talk lately of the perceived decline of the United States as a world power, and of the rise of China. But the soothsayers should take a closer look at the omens,...
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