Archive for May, 2018

Palestine UN envoy calls on global community to ‘right a historic wrong’

Press TV – Palestine’s permanent envoy to the United Nations Security Council has called on the global community to “right a historic wrong.” Riyad Mansour made the remarks on Wednesday while addressing an emergency session of the Security Council called by the US over the recent flare-up of conflict in the besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli […]

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 31

The top story in many newspapers today was an Iftar (fast-breaking) ceremony hosted by President Hassan Rouhani and attended by numerous artists and cultural figures. The ceremony was boycotted by many of the artists who were invited by the president’s chief of staff but declined it to protest against what they called Rouhani’s failure to […]

Photos: Quran recitation during holy month of Ramadan in Iran’s Kurdistan

Tasnim | Keyvan Firouzi: A large group of Iranian Muslims recite Quran during the fasting month of Ramadan in the Iranian western city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province.   Source Article from https://theiranproject.com/blog/2018/05/31/photos-quran-recitation-during-holy-month-of-ramadan-in-irans-kurdistan/ Views: 0

Saudi-backed militants plan siege of Hudaydah despite intl. warnings

Press TV – Saudi-backed militants in Yemen are reportedly preparing to lay a siege to Hudaydah despite UN warnings against any attempt to seize the key Red Sea port, which serves as the main conduit for humanitarian aid flow into the war-torn country. Military sources said Wednesday that forces loyal to Yemen’s former Saudi-backed president, […]

US report on religious freedoms in Iran baseless, politically motivated

In a statement on Thursday, Qassemi said the Islamic Republic of Iran regards the report as unrealistic, unfounded and biased, and believes it has been drawn up to make certain political gains. “In this report, once again a distorted and politically-tainted picture is painted of the situation of religious freedoms in the Islamic Republic of […]

Russia ready to extend Trans-Siberian Railway through Korean peninsula

     The world’s longest railway spanning almost the entire length of Russia – the Trans-Siberian – could get an extension to North and South Korea. A memorandum on the project was signed 10 years ago, but talks have been frozen after relations between the two Koreas deteriorated. The recent thaw has seen Seoul and Pyongyang […]

‘What in God’s name!’ Twitter rages over Televangelist pleading with flock to buy him 4th private jet

     US televangelist Jesse Duplantis wants his congregation to chip in to buy him a new private jet – his fourth – because God told him so, apparently. Duplantis implored his congregation to help fund private jet number four because, if Jesus was alive today, he “wouldn’t be riding a donkey.” According to Duplantis, whose […]

Cell footage of Parkland shooter plotting massacre released

     Cellphone footage has been released that shows Nickolas Cruz in the hours before he opened fire on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The disturbing videos give insight into a deranged individual who excitedly plotted the massacre and looked forward to the fame and notoriety it would bring him. “Hello, my name is Nik, and […]

Danish MPs greenlight ban on wearing full face veils in public

     Danish lawmakers have voted in favor of a law prohibiting the wearing of full face veils, such as the niqab or burqa, in public. A repeat offender won’t face prison as proposed, but could receive a $1,600 fine. The majority of Danish MPs (75 against 30, with more than 74 absentees) adopted the law […]

US Commander in Afghanistan: Some Taliban interested in peace talks

     The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says some elements of the Taliban are showing interest in peace talks. U.S. Army General John Nicholson made the remarks on May 30, citing “offstage” contacts involving what he described as mid- and high-level Taliban leaders. “A number of channels of dialogue have opened up between the […]

Who Owns the Media? An Answer for Elon Musk

  May 31, 2018 By declaring war on the media, Trump has in fact declared war on Jews. Of the four hundred & thirty four (434) senior executives of the “Big Six” media corporations along with Hollywood, Music, Radio, Television, Newspapers, News Magazines & Social Media Three hundred & twenty six (326) are Jews or […]

Tommy Robinson Deserves to be in Jail

  May 30, 2018 Source Article from https://www.henrymakow.com/2018/05/tommy-robinson-deserves.html Views: 0

First 3D Printed Human Corneas

It means the technique could be used in the future to ensure an unlimited supply of corneas. As the outermost layer of the human eye, the cornea has an important role in focusing vision. Yet there is a significant shortage of corneas available to transplant, with 10 million people worldwide requiring surgery […]

SHOCK FOOTAGE: NIKOLAS CRUZ VOWS TO SHOOT UP SCHOOL

Footage released Wednesday shows Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz filming himself promising to shoot up the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school.     Believed to have been filmed the day the massacre occurred, cell phone video taken by Cruz shows him admitting he would shoot up the school later […]

Homeland Security’s Journalist Database Quietly Churns As Press Freedom Experts Raise Concerns

When a federal job posting surfaced last April from the Department of Homeland Security seeking a contractor to develop what it called “Media Monitoring Services,” just a few headlines were made. A handful of reporters speculated about what the the “monitoring” could involve, drawing clues from a statement of work attached to […]

Pompeo meets top North Korean official in New York as summit plans continue

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met with a top North Korean official as the Trump administration races to prepare for its June 12 summit between President Donald Trumpand Kim Jong Un. Less than a week after the president “canceled” the summit in a dramatic letter, there’s been a flurry of activity between the two countries to […]

May You Live in Stupid, Corrupt and yet Fascinating Times

In the old days, America’s top spies would complete their tenures at the CIA or one of the other Washington puzzle palaces and segue to more ordinary pursuits. Some wrote their memoirs. One ran for president. Another died a few months after surrendering his post. But today’s national-security establishment retiree has a different […]

Conflicting dreams and realities: Amos Oz in Rochester

I read Amos Oz’s “A Tale of Love and Darkness back” in 2009. The book was a special gift for me, from a little boy I went to school with in Brussels many years ago. I remember he lent me a copy of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (a French translation of course) over a […]

‘No one is happy with 60 killed’ — Ehud Barak comes to redeem Israel

“No one is happy with 60 people killed. Even six is six too many if they are not involved in terror activities. Some of them probably were but most of them probably not,” said former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in a lengthy interview in the Guardian last week. That seems to be quite an admission […]

Israel deliberately provoked the latest violence in Gaza, but you won’t learn that in the ‘NY Times’

You can turn to Haaretz, the distinguished Israeli newspaper, to see how the New York Times slanted today’s article about the increase in violence inside Gaza and across the border in Israel. Haaretz quotes Jamal Zahalka, a Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, who blames Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for the escalation: The Israeli government is […]

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