TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in a phone conversation on Sunday discussed the Syrian crisis and ways to resolve it. Amir Abdollahian reassured de Mistura that Tehran will continue its support for the world body’s efforts to hold Syrian-Syrian talks. “It is […]
Archive for January, 2016
Iran condemns terrorist bombing near shrine in Damascus
Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari on Sunday strongly condemned terrorist blasts earlier in the day which killed and injured dozens of people in the vicinity of Hazrat Zeinab (SA) shrine, south of the Syrian capital Damascus. While Syrian peace talks are underway in Geneva, foreign-backed terrorist groups are seeking […]
Iran ranks 2nd in well-timed influenza diagnosis
Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA- The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Iran ranked second after Canada in well-timed influenza diagnosis. Head of Communicable diseases Management Center of the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, Mohammad Mahdi Gooya said that in the wake of serious influenza wave specially H1N1 type, decision have been made to […]
No restrictions on economic ties with US: Iran’s spokesman
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Spokesman for the Iranian Administration Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced that the country sees no restrictions on the expansion of economic relations between Tehran and Washington in the post-sanctions era, but the priority is with investments and imports of modern technologies. “Our political ties with this country (the United States) are well-defined and […]
Most creative and innovative teams have prior shared experiences but diverse knowledge and skills
What spurs creativity? A Columbia sociologist studied the teams behind 12,422 video games released worldwide from 1979, when the gaming industry started, to 2009, and found the most innovative teams were built around diverse experiences and knowledge. David Stark, the Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology, found that the most effective teams were comprised of […]
Pentagon report: U.S. warships unreliable, unable to deal with routine threats
The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship struggled in drills at sea when it was tasked with deflecting a small group of attacking ships, according to a report published by the Pentagon. During the exercise, held in August and September 2015, the LCS (Littoral combat ship) class ship was able to repel the attack, but […]
Los Angeles gas well leak critical – Methane apparently erupting from multiple sites
A catastrophic disaster is now taking place outside of Los Angeles endangering hundreds of thousands of people. Officials say they have “entirely lost control of the entire (gas) field” meaning explosive methane gas is now leaking from “many places.” Workers at the scene of the Porter Ranch gas field in the Aliso Canyon say […]
Russia debuts new and improved metal detecting device in Moscow airport
The Moscow Domodedovo Airport is testing metal-detecting gloves. Security staff at Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport tested gloves with integrated metal detectors, Thursday. The new technology is believed to increase the efficiency of security control in public places. The new device has proved more “sensitive” than the usually applied metal detector wand. In addition, it […]
Today Terrorism Is Our Common Worry
An Open Letter to Western Youth From Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei Source In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful To the Youth in Western Countries, The bitter events brought about by blind terrorism in France have once again, moved me to speak to you young people. For me, it is unfortunate that such incidents […]
Drunk on Hate and Mad at the World
Israel’s Diplomatic Wars of Aggression By Richard Edmondson Israel these days seems to be increasingly at odds with a good portion of the rest of the world. In just the past few months it has quarreled with: Spain over arrest warrants issued for Netanyahu and six other Israeli officials for the 2010 attack on the […]
The Crimes of NATO and the United States
The Crimes of NATO and the United States Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ Today, Ratko Mladić, Radovan Karadžić and Vojislav Šešelj are in the Hague prison. “The most fair court in the world” – the Hague – accused the former leader and former military leader of the army of Republika Srpska, for crimes […]
Palestinian youths get 15 years in prison for stone throwing they denied. Only jews are allowed to throw stones
Palestinian youths get 15 years in prison for stone throwing they denied 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 […]
Female prisoners in israel’s gulags subjected to violence, sexual harassment and denied medical treatment
Days of Palestine, West Bank –Fifty-eight Palestinian female prisoners including seven minors are being held in Israeli jails are enduring hard conditions, a Palestinian Authority (PA) lawyer said on Friday. Hanan al-Khatib, the lawyer working with the PA Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs said that the youngest female prisoner is 14-year-old Kariman Swidan from the West […]
Climate Change and Global Famine as Planet Cools
This video entails all of the orbital diagrams and overlapping cycles in Landscheidt Cycles, AMO, PDO, Gleissberg Cycles and why the organized chaos planet wide is in preparation for global food shortages by 2022. Major cooling will begin in 2019 with global crop losses 2021-2022. Governments of the world will try to control the collapse, […]
Time For A Populist Economic Agenda
The world is undergoing a populist revival. From the revolt against austerity led by the Syriza Party in Greece and the Podemos Party in Spain, to Jeremy Corbyn’s surprise victory as Labour leader in the UK, to Donald Trump’s ascendancy in the Republican polls, to Bernie Sanders’ surprisingly strong challenge to Hillary Clinton – contenders […]
Dispossessed In The Name Of ‘Security’
Print Friendly Above: Protesters marched down San Francisco’s main thoroughfare, Market Street, and managed to block morning traffic for nearly an hour. (Photo: Angry Millennials) How Climate Change is a tool for Military and Corporations to Consolidate their Grip on Power A new book, edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes, both involved with The Transnational […]
Blocking The US Marines Gate With 1400 Blocks
Print Friendly How amazingly a Nonviolent struggle in Henoko has been a success to close 2 days a week. People started to pile the concrete blocks in front of the gate for stopping the construction vehicles. A friend from US arrived yesterday to join the Henoko sit-in. We appreciate people from outside of Japan come […]
Greek Match Delayed Players Protest Migrant Deaths
Print Friendly Above: AEL Larissa and Acharnaikos players stage a sit-down protest before their Greek second-tier match. Photograph: Nichalis Mpatziolas/AFP/Getty Images All 22 players sit in silence before AEL Larissa versus Acharnaikos Club attacks ‘brutal indifference of EU and Turkey’ to refugee crisis A Greek second-tier league match was delayed on Friday when players staged a […]
More Than 1,000 Longshoremen Walk Off The Job At NY/NJ Ports
Print Friendly Longshoremen walk off job in New Jersey and New York on Jan. 29, 2016. Credit CBS2 More than 1,000 longshoremen walked off the job at area ports Friday afternoon. During the walkout, which lasted several hours, overseas shipments stuck at ports in New York City, Elizabeth, Newark and Jersey City. The ports handle […]