Monthly Archives: January 2016
Superbug Gene Has Reached at Least 19 Countries
John Tozzi for Bloomberg
Just two months ago, researchers in China identified a gene that can make bacteria resistant to a last-resort antibiotic called colistin....
Turkey’s Praetorian Guard and its Mission
By Dr. Can Erimtan for New Eastern Outlook, Moscow
Last year, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (or AKP) took steps towards converting the...
The Sinking Ship of the US-Saudia Alliance
It was not so long ago when we had argued in an article for NEO that an Iran-US nuclear deal would send political jolts across the entire Middle Eastern political landscape.
The Pyramids: Egyptian Genesis (Film)
I had in this short film the opportunity to capture glimpses, albeit experimental, of two of my most obsessive passions, cinema and ancient Egypt.
Putin to New World Order Agents: Think!
Every country in Europe, most specifically Germany, needs a Putin to get involved in killing the New World Order. Angela Merkel is obviously useless in this regard.
Key Reminders about Afghan Peace Process
Afghans desperately need peace, since Afghanistan has been burning of its ongoing conflicts for the past 40 years. Afghans have really suffered many setbacks due to imposed wars.
Oklahoma Is the Latest State to Consider Curbing Police Power
Last April, Oklahoma State Senator Kyle Loveless saw a surprising news story.
Misery Loves Company: Second Newest US Navy Ship Breaks Down in One Month
The US Fort Worth littoral combat ship (LCS 3) is sidelined in port in Singapore due to damage to gears that propel the ship.
Syrian government forces launch offensive in 10 directions due to Russian operation
Syrian government forces have launched offensive on positions of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization in 10 directions thanks to the Russian military operation in the country, Chief of General Staff, Army General Valery Gerasimov said on Friday.
Saudi Arabia’s Secret Holdings of U.S. Debt Are Suddenly a Big Deal
Andrea Wong and Liz McCormick at Bloomberg
Five hundred and one thousand ruble notes are displayed in an illustration Friday, June 30th in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Russia's...
Georgia cop indicted for fatal shooting of an unarmed, naked Air Force vet
Police Officer Robert Olsen
DeKalb County Police Officer Robert Olsen, who shot and killed Anthony Hill last year, has been indicted on all six charges...
Britain had more motivation to kill Aleksandr Litvinenko than Russia, brother claims
The grave of murdered ex-KGB agent Aleksandr is seen at Highgate Cemetery in London, Britain, January 21, 2016.
The brother of Aleksandr Litvinenko says the...
RT: Turks Shoot Kurds Waving White Flag (video
An incident in which several civilians with a white flag came under fire has been caught on camera. The victims are reported to be...
US Special Forces join Iraqi troops to flush out remaining ISIS from Ramadi
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - With help from US Special Forces Iraqi troops have surrounded Islamic State (ISIS) militants in the area of Hussaibiyah in...
Erbil: America and Russia setting up bases in Syrian Kurdistan
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Following reports that Russian engineers and soldiers had moved to the international Kamishly airport in Qamishli to possibly transform it...
Mike Harris on Press TV: US continues sanctions against Iran
US reconstruction projects in Afghanistan are “political corruption” by Pentagon officials and a way to steal American tax money, an American journalist in Phoenix...
The Debate – Jim W. Dean and Lawrence Korb on the Iran deal fallout
Jim W. Dean - The luck of the draw found me on a Debate Show with Larry Korb, former Assistant Secr. of Defense from the Reagan era, an arch NeoCon, and our agreeing on some of the post Iran sanctions hype over the token Obama sanctions.
VA committee chairman hears veterans’ complaints at meeting
Months-long delays for doctors' appointments at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center and paperwork snarling veterans' use of VA "choice cards" to see private physicians were among the complaints House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller heard Wednesday.
False flag paradigm shift: X Files, Dan Brown expose 9/11 truth!
Popular culture now discusses 9/11 truth and false flags - signs of a paradigm shift?
Tusk warns Schengen zone will collapse under refugee flood
Jim W. Dean - The EU is whining now about the risk to its grand experiment, when those who have been warning about its built in seeds of destruction were treated with derision, or even called racists as a more preferable club to beat them with.
Synagogues and Prisons
The fear button is especially manipulated to inculcate fears of 'rising anti-Semitism.'
Toxic America
Let us use the $50 billion designated for Israel and start fixing America's falling apart infrastructure.
Planet 9 From Outer Space May Well Be Real
The mnemonic device that people used in the last millennium to remember the planets in our solar system ‒ My Very Enormous Mother Just Sat Upon Nine Pies ‒ may be correct again. But that P still won’t stand for Pluto. Instead it’ll be “Planet Nine.”
Litmus Test for 2016 Presidential Election
It's high time to start asking some critical questions about our 2016 Presidential Candidates.
Seymour Hersh: New World Order Has No Logical Reasons in Syria and Knows Russia...
Seymour Hersh: "US military has now recognized the Russian military’s success in Syria."
Rag Radio: Aldon Morris, Author of Groundbreaking Work About African-American Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois
Thorne Dreyer's guest, sociologist Aldon Morris, discusses his important new book about historian, author, Pan-Africanist, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois, whose pioneering work laid the groundwork for modern sociology.
Stupid Is as Stupid Does, Pentagon Plans Laser Drone Defense
The Pentagon's Missile Defense System is working on plans to develop a high-altitude, long-endurance drone armed with a compact, electrically powered laser capable of...
Can Islamic meditation cure PTSD?
A new study shows meditation can help PTSD. Could Islamic meditation be the most effective kind?
Where Does Evil Come From?
Why Does Saturn Devour His Son
Al-Marqab citadel; the most important Medieval- built citadel in the region
Damascus, SANA- Among more than 80 archeological fortresses and citadels spread all over the Syrian territories, Tartous province embraces 14 of them since this...
Censored War News in Syria, January 20, 2016
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out 16 sorties targeting 57 terrorist targets in Syria within the past 24 hours. Ministry spokesman Gen. Maj. Igor Konashenkov told journalists at Hmaimim Airport in Latakia province that the Russian airstrikes were limited to Lattakia and Deir Ezzor provinces because the operation command has refrained from targeting terrorist positions in other provinces out of concern for civilians’ lives due to the unsuitable weather conditions in the area.
Karabakh Conflict: It’s All About One Man and Currency Values
...by Henry Kamens for VT and New Eastern Outlook, Moscow
Things have been tense on the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline for a long time. Somehow, over the...
UK sold £1bn of arms to Saudi Arabia despite human rights violations in Yemen
Britain sold over £1 billion worth of missiles, rockets and bombs to Saudi Arabia last summer despite solid evidence of serious human rights violations...
Drone Footage of the Destruction of Syria’s 3rd Largest City, Homs
RT correspondent Murad Gazdiev and his crew have managed to film an aerial view of the city of Homs in Syria, which saw one...
Russian Experts Look at Clinton’s ‘Reset 2’ With Healthy Dose of Skepticism
Sputnik - With Russian media buzzing over presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's talk of a new 'reset' vis-à-vis Moscow, Russian experts are more grounded in...
Sputnik: Syrian War News from Russia, January 20, 2016
Russian Jets Conduct 16 Sorties in Syria Over Past 24 Hours
Russian aviation has conducted 16 sorties in Syria over past 24 hours hitting 57...
Russia’s newest helicopter gunships making combat debut in Syria
ERBIL, Kurdistan – Boosting its military presence, Russia is deploying advanced Kamov Ka-52 helicopter gunships in Syria to protect its Latakia airbase and take...
Quadrilateral Peace Talks and its Achievements
Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen
Afghan writer and political Analyst based in Kabul
On January 11, the first meeting of the quadrilateral coordination group of Pakistan, Afghanistan,...
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel: Stop Screwing Things Up in the West Bank
U.S. ambassador: "Israel has two standards of adherence to rule of law in the West Bank — one for Jews and one for Palestinians."