Trend– The uncertainty around the US position on Iran means that Iranian aviation industry’s true potential may not be realized any time soon, Saj Ahmad, an aerospace and aviation analyst at London’s StrategicAero Research, told Azernews. “It is touch-and-go, but I remain cautiously optimistic that Iran as a country, tourist venue and that of a […]
Archive for January, 2018
Iran ready to hold meeting with Azerbaijan on economic cooperation
Azer News– An Iranian minster has expressed his country’s preparedness to hold the 12th meeting of the Azerbaijan-Iran intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation. “We are ready to hold the meeting as the required measures in this regards have been taken,” Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Masoud Karbasian, told Trend. He further added that the […]
Putin and Erdogan hail results of Syrian National Dialogue Congress
TASS– Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said in a phone conversation on Wednesday they were satisfied by the results of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi and stressed the importance of fulfilling the agreements, the Kremlin’s press service said. “The heads of state welcomed the outcome of the January […]
Top-secret Australian govt files sold at ‘second-hand furniture shop’
Canberra has launched an investigation into how hundreds of top-secret documents spanning five governments and dubbed The Cabinet Files ended up being sold at a second-hand furniture shop in the Australian capital. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) obtained the treasure trove of files and published a series of exclusive reports earlier this week. Most […]
Discarded Treasures: Why we forget most of the books we read
Pamela Paul’s memories of reading are less about words and more about the experience. “I almost always remember where I was and I remember the book itself. I remember the physical object,” says Paul, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, who reads, it is fair to say, a lot of books. […]
FLASHBACK: Study finds chemotherapy spreads cancer throughout the body
Imagine if there was a natural remedy everybody was using to treat cancer, but then the FDA and CDC found out it actually caused more cancers to develop in the body, and scientific studies proved it. How fast would the FDA and CDC come in, shut it all down and make the treatment illegal? […]
‘I’m going to ruin his life lol’: Teen the latest victim of false rape accusation and police disclosure failings
A teen accused of rape spent three months in custody because police did not disclose texts that proved his innocence. His alleged victim wrote in one message: “I’m not just going to mess his life up, I’m going to ruin it lol.” Connor Fitzgerald, 19, had the rape charge against him thrown out when […]
Phone-addicted teens aren’t as happy as those who play sports and hang out IRL – New Study
To no parent’s surprise, too much smartphone use makes teens unhappy. So says a new study from San Diego State University, which pulled data from over one million 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders in the U.S. showing teens who spent more time on social media, gaming, texting and video-chatting on their phones were not as […]
Who are the Illuminati?
Rabbi Marvin Antelman (193?-2014) deserves credit for revealing that the Illuminati originated in a “heretical” Cabalist Jewish movement — the Sabbatean Frankists — named after its progenitors Sabbatai Zvi (1626-1676) and Jacob Frank (1726-1791.) This mostly Jewish movement, which garbs itself in Gentile Freemasonry, assumes the identity of the target population and subverts it from […]
Declassified Docs Expose UK’s Secret Cold War Plan To Nuke Mid-East Oil Fields
The 1950s were a turbulent time on both sides of the Iron Curtain. With the Second World War over and the star role played by crude oil in its outcome, British and U.S. intelligence agencies wasted no time working out scenarios should the Soviets invade the Middle East. […]
Hamas Founder Linked To Iran Dies After Mysterious "Accidental" Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
Fueling the speculation was a hasty Hamas statement released on January 9 which initially claimed he had died of “natural causes” but a subsequent statement was quickly issued saying he accidentally shot himself in the head while “inspecting his personal weapon in his home and is in critical condition.” The 62-year old Alami, who also went by Abu Hamam, had […]
Students Hate Trump’s State Of The Union Speech (Before It Happens)
Thank goodness the grand halls of America’s educational establishments can turn out such open-minded individuals… President Donald Trump will give his first State Of The Union address to the nation tomorrow evening, and as Campus Reform found, critics of Trump have already begun to express displeasure with his actions in the days […]
NSA Deletes "Honesty" And "Openness" From Core Values
Source: Jean Marc Manach via The Intercept The National Security Agency maintains a page on its website that outlines its mission statement. But earlier this month, the agency made a discreet change: It removed “honesty” as its top priority. Since at least May 2016, the surveillance agency had featured honesty as the […]
Federal judge blocks Kansas law punishing BDS supporters
In an unprecedented victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a federal judge has blocked Kansas from enforcing a state law which punishes those who express support or engage in the boycott of Israel. Federal Judge Daniel Crabtree issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, prohibiting the state from acting for the duration of […]
Video: Palestinian journalist is overcome by emotion, seeing Jerusalem for the first time in his life
Finally, after 30 years of waiting, I got the chance to see my beautiful capital Jerusalem, which is only a 30-minute drive from home in the West Bank town of Bil’in. I have visited many capitals around the world, but never the capital of my own country. Seeing Jerusalem for the first time in 30 […]
Laith Abu Naim, 16, fourth Palestinian minor shot dead by Israeli forces so far in 2018
Laith Abu Naim, 16, is the fourth Palestinian minor to be shot dead by Israeli forces in 2018 to date. The Palestinian Health Ministry announced this evening that Laith was killed by a shot to the head. Laith was unarmed. His family says an Israeli soldier shot the boy at a distance of two metres […]
A Jewish ‘sickness’: Israeli journalist explains young American Jews’ support for Palestinians
I ought to be grateful that after Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini began his talk at a Reform synagogue in New York last week by saying that he had asked for seven hours to address us, he proceeded to speak for only 90 minutes, passing over many of the slides in his power point on the […]
Big brother is here, and his name is Facebook
Big Zucker is watching you! Photo: Tech Webbies In his book Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell detailed a dystopian world wherein a person or persona called ‘Big Brother’ saw everything the people did, with a central government pushing their agenda continuously through propaganda, spying, monitoring, and thought controls. As we approach the 70th anniversary of the […]