Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk said allowing senators to look at one another during floor debates could lead to a breakdown of decorum. By Ben Hooper April 14, 2015 at 12:59 PM ST. PAUL, Minn., April 14 (UPI)… Read More ›
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TSA employees manipulated security body scanner so male employee could grope men’s genitals at Denver airport
The male employee and a female accomplice worked as a team to manipulate a screening system at Denver International Airport in 2014 She would indicate a female was being screened when it was a male passenger after a signal… Read More ›
Iran suspends pilgrim trips to Mecca amid rising tensions
DEBKAfile April 13, 2015, 12:26 PM (IDT) Iran’s Culture Ministry announced Monday that “minor hajj” trips to Mecca had been suspended by Tehran over alleged abuse suffered by two male Iranian pilgrims at Jeddah airport in March. Some 500,000… Read More ›
Russian man volunteers for world’s first-ever head transplant surgery
08.04.2015 Pravda.Ru Source: dailymail.co.uk The first human being in the world, who agreed to become a subject of an experimental head transplant surgery is a man from the city of Vladimir, Russia. His name is Valery Spiridonov, and he is… Read More ›
Swedish parliament votes to keep law banning dancing in public
Dancing in public spaces without a permit is a criminal offence in Sweden Photo: Getty Members of the Swedish parliament have voted to keep a controversial law that bans dancing in public spaces. Owners of public spaces must obtain… Read More ›
China to blacklist poorly-behaved tourists
English.news.cn 2015-04-11 17:18:16 BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) — China is starting to blacklist poorly-behaved tourists as it seeks to rescue the image of its citizens as holidaymakers. According to a regulation by the China National Tourism Administration (NTA) that… Read More ›
Iran, Saudi Arabia in tense buildup opposite Yemen’s Gulf of Aden shore: US air tankers refueling Saudi jets
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 10, 2015, 8:30 AM (IDT Saudi-Iranian saber-rattling over Yemen has reached a dangerous peak, Thursday, April 9, the Saudi army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, warned: “Iranian ships have the right to be present in… Read More ›
Sprint to Pay Feds $15.5M for Wiretap Overcharges
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Sprint has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle allegations that it overcharged law enforcement agencies for court-ordered wiretaps, the Justice Department said Thursday. A joint investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the… Read More ›
China may build rail tunnel under Mount Everest
Ananth Krishnan Beijing, April 9, 2015 | UPDATED 18:58 IST Mount Everest China is planning to extend its Tibet railway up to the Nepal border within the next five years, including a line that may pass through tunnels under Mount… Read More ›
Terrifying Flesh Eating Disease Hits ISIS Thursday
09 April 2015 As global powers continue to debate the best way to deal with the threat of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, the terrorist group appears to be suffering its own internal problems. Poor hygiene and pollution has led to… Read More ›
Breast cancer research uncovers the fountain of youth
Public Release: 8-Apr-2015 University of Toronto The Fountain of Youth has been discovered and it’s not in Florida as Ponce de Leon claimed. Instead, it was found in the mammary glands of genetically modified mice. A research team led by… Read More ›
Investigators unsure whether hackers still have access to the State Department’s system
White House Hack Is Proof Russia Is ‘Reassembling Its Evil Empire,’ Congressman Claims By Thomas Halleck @tommylikey t.halleck@ibtimes.com on April 07 2015 7:43 PM EDT CNN reports that Russian hackers were able to access a sensitive White House computer system,… Read More ›
Washington State flies Chinese Communist Flag at State Capitol US Patriots Take It Down
Communist Chinese flag, as universally recognized symbolof Mass Murder & Oppression, flown at Washington Statecapital in Olympia – Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee flies Chinese Communist Flag at the State Capitol building in Olympia. U.S. Patriots come out, assisted by… Read More ›
IS blows up historic church in Syria’s Hasaka province
English.news.cn 2015-04-05 21:47:39 DAMASCUS, April 5 (Xinhua) — The Islamic State (IS) militant group blew up an 80-year-old church in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasaka, as the Christian minority in Syria is observing the Easter holiday, state-run news agency… Read More ›
Alarm bells ring as Russian ships seen at old Arctic NATO base
Norway’s jagged Arctic coastline has regained its strategic importance since tensions between Russia and NATO members have spiked to levels not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union. ― AFP picOSLO, April 3 — Russian ships docked at… Read More ›
Drones to be used to disperse mobs in Lucknow
IndiaToday.in New Delhi, April 3, 2015 | UPDATED 12:28 IST The Lucknow Police is planning to use drones to keep an eye on the city. These little unmanned mini-choppers are already in use in various sensitive parts of Uttar… Read More ›
Pakistan To Buy 8 Submarines From China
By Usman Ansari9:09 a.m. EDT April 3, 2015 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is renewing efforts to modernize its submarine arm with eight submarines from China as well as a search for surplus European submarines. Navy and Defence Ministry officials revealed… Read More ›
JPMorgan, AIG Bailout Records Remain Secret
By KEVIN LESSMILLER (CN) – Federal Reserve memos and spreadsheets regarding bailout loans are not subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act, a federal judge ruled. The Federal Reserve made two emergency loans to Bear Stearns… Read More ›
Facial recognition system sends warning emails to families of pachinko addicts
By Casey Baseel, RocketNews24 NATIONAL APR. 03, 2015 – 06:45AM JST ( 7 ) TOKYO — For a country that doesn’t have any businesses officially classified as “casinos,” Japan has a ton of places to gamble. By far the… Read More ›
Russia issues nuclear threat over Crimea and Baltic States
By Umberto Bacchi April 2, 2015 08:52 BST Putin’s Russia has threatened the US with a nuclear showdown over Crimea and the Baltic states(Reuters) Russia has threatened to use nuclear force against the United States and its Nato allies… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia damages Russian consulate in Yemen
Russian Consulate in Aden Damaged Amid Coalition Strikes 01:24 02.04.2015(updated 02:20 02.04.2015) Get short URL Airstrikes conducted by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen damaged the Russian Consulate in Aden. MANAMA (Sputnik) – The Consulate General of… Read More ›
Khamenei sends Iranian navy to Bab el-Mandeb Straits. Iran arms store for Hamas bombed in Libya
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 31, 2015, 10:36 PM (IDT) Control of the Red Sea Bab el-Mandeb Straits passed Tuesday, March 31 to pro-Iranian Yemeni forces when the Yemeni Army’s 117th Brigade loyal to the former Yemeni President Ali Saleh handed… Read More ›
Russian analyst urges nuclear attack on Yellowstone National Park and San Andreas fault line
Date March 31, 2015 – 12:36PM Su-Lin Tan A Russian geopolitical analyst says the best way to attack the United States is to detonate nuclear weapons to trigger a supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park or along the San Andreas… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Could Buy the Bomb
Experts fear the first country to go nuclear after a deal won’t be Iran, but Saudi Arabia. By Gedalyah Reback First Publish: 3/25/2015, 6:42 AM Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s most explicit warning of the dangers of a “bad deal”… Read More ›
NATO Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bombers Amid Presence Of US Military Convoy In Lithuania
By Reissa Su on March 29 2015 1:25 AM NATO forces have intercepted Russian warplanes flying at supersonic speeds and transponders off over the Baltic Sea. A United States military Stryker convoy was making its way to Poland from… Read More ›
How a Serbian Colonel With Ancient Missiles Shot Down an F117
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) Offers a Disturbing yet interesting historical perspective that should not be ignored. Friday, 27 March 2015 Precisely on this day, in 1999 a Serbian air force commander manning a battery system successfully shot down… Read More ›
Yemen: Egyptian Navy Chases Iranian Warships to Retreat from Port of Aden : Iran Threatens Saudi Arabia
3/26/2015 Senior editor of Saudi online paper Arab News, Siraj Wahab, has just tweeted that Egyptian ships forced Iranian retreat from Bab Al-Mandab strait near the Port of Aden. A statement issued by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stated that Egypt… Read More ›
Iran-led forces are worsted in Tikrit in Tehran’s first battlefield encounter with ISIS
DEBKAfile Special Report March 25, 2015, 11:55 AM (IDT The offensive launched by a mixed force of the Iraqi army (10,000 troops) and Iranian-led Shiite militias (20,000) to capture Tikrit from the Islamic State has been thrown back, upsetting rosy… Read More ›
NATO Chief: Cyber Can Trigger Article 5 ( military response from the entire alliance )
By Paul McLeary2:43 p.m. EDT March 25, 2015 (Photo: DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — NATO leaders on Wednesday reiterated the alliance’s stance on treating cyber attacks against a member as an Article 5 issue, which would potentially draw a… Read More ›
Obama Snubs NATO Chief In Face Of Rising Russian Threat
06:59 PM ET NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg came calling, but the president couldn’t find the time to meet with him. Defense Obligations: Despite Russian submarine activity that’s up a reported 50% and a rising cruise-missile threat, President Obama can’t… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Launches Military Operations Against Houthi Targets in Yemen
© Sputnik/ Faisal Al Shabibi 02:45 26.03.2015(updated 05:47 26.03.2015) Get short URL 222437 Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies launched a military operation involving air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters, the Saudi envoy to Washington said on… Read More ›
Education may not improve our life chances of happiness
Public Release: 25-Mar-2015 University of Warwick Getting a good education may not improve your life chances of happiness, according to new mental health research from the University of Warwick. In a new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry,… Read More ›
Mystery royal ‘was part of suspected paedophile ring being investigated by Scotland Yard but the inquiry was shut down for national security reasons’
Officer said royal and MP both identified in child abuse inquiry in late 1980s Investigations into allegations ‘shut down for national security reasons’ Scotland Yard accused of engineering 14 cover-ups of VIP child sex abuse By AMANDA WILLIAMS FOR… Read More ›
Neighbor Says Justin Bieber threatened to kill him, endangered children
By ROBERT KAHN LOS ANGELES (CN) – Justin Bieber egged his next-door neighbor’s house in Calabasas, doing $80,000 in damage, after threatening to “f—ing kill” him, and spit in his face, the man claimed Thursday in Superior Court. Jeffrey… Read More ›
U.S. Weapons Worth $500 Million Vanish in Yemen,
1,250,000 rounds of ammunition 200 Glock 9 mm pistols 200 M-4 rifles 4 Huey II helicopters 2 Cessna 208 transport and surveillance aircraft 2 coastal patrol boats 1 CN-235 transport and surveillance aircraft 4 hand-launched Raven drones 160 Humvees The… Read More ›
Russia delivers nuclear threat to Denmark
A 2008 photo shows Russian Topol ICBMs missiles during a rehearsal for the nation’s annual May 9 Victory Day parade. Photo: Dima Korotayev Published: 21 Mar 2015 15:11 GMT+01:00Updated: 21 Mar 2015 15:39 GMT+01:00 Russia’s ambassador to Denmark warned on… Read More ›
Russia Warns Denmark It Could Become Nuclear Target
“I do not think that the Danes fully understand the consequences if Denmark joins the U.S.-led missile defense shield,” Russian Ambassador Mikhail Vanin told Jyllands-Posten Danish Warships Could Be Targeted By Russian Nuclear Missiles If Denmark Joins NATO Shield,… Read More ›
US Justice Dept: Withdrawing $5,000 should be Reported to Police
Saturday, 21 March 2015 Something stunning took place earlier this week ini the good ol US of A, and it quietly snuck by, unnoticed by anyone as the “all important” FOMC meeting was looming. That something could have been… Read More ›
Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet on Global Intimidation Drive
Moscow Times By Matthew Bodner Mar. 19 2015 20:45 Last edited 20:46 Yevgeny Stetsko / VedomostiAs tensions rise with the West over Ukraine, Russian bombers forced NATO to scramble jets to intercept Russian military aircraft over 400 times last year…. Read More ›
Saudis halt Sweden visas as tensions escalate
Saudi King Salman in March 2015. Photo: TT Published: 19 Mar 2015 15:10 GMT+01:00 Saudi Arabia says it will not issue any new visas for Swedish business people in retaliation for comments made by Foreign Minister Margot Wallström. UAE recalls… Read More ›
Russia said Thursday it had doubled the number of troops taking part in mass drills
Russia Expands Military Exercises To 80,000 Troops Agence France-Presse2:31 p.m. EDT March 19, 2015 (Photo: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP) MOSCOW — Russia said Thursday it had doubled the number of troops taking part in mass drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin this… Read More ›
Napolitano on Protesting Students: We Don’t Have to Listen to This Crap
00:43 20.03.2015(updated 05:31 20.03.2015) Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who now presides over one of the country’s largest and most prestigious state university systems, told a fellow regent they “didn’t have to listen to this crap,” referring… Read More ›
Russia holds nationwide military drills
English.news.cn 2015-03-18 03:35:36 MOSCOW, March 17 (Xinhua) — Russian Armed Forces have been put on high alert in its western and southern military districts, as well as in the western sector of Arctic, Defense Ministry said Tuesday. According to… Read More ›
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Wants Churches Destroyed
Wednesday, 18 March 2015 After a Kuwaiti parliamentarian proposed a ban on the construction of new churches in that country, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia said it also is necessary to destroy all of the existing churches in… Read More ›
Military alarms ring in the Arctic
March 16, 2015 Both Norwegian and Russian military alarms were sounding over troop levels and movements in the Arctic on Monday, on both sides of the border. It was unclear whether it amounted mostly to sabre-rattling or imminent security concerns…. Read More ›
UK’s nuclear weapons data and other sensitive internet traffic accidentally sent through Ukraine
Rerouting endangered the data of the many huge companies and government bodies involved ANDREW GRIFFIN Friday 13 March 2015 Internet data from the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment and other sensitive information was being sent through Ukraine, by mistake, all… Read More ›
Putin Orders Northern Fleet to Full Alert for Combat Readiness Drills
10:25 16.03.2015(updated 11:04 16.03.2015) The exercises of the Russia’s Northern Fleet will be held on land, in sea and air and will run for five days beginning March 16, Defense Minister Shoigu said. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin… Read More ›
World Health Organization Vaccine Recommendations: Scientific Flaws, or Criminal Misconduct?
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano) The following is from the expert witness Marc Girard, M.D., M.Sc against the alleged vaccine conspiracy and criminal inquiry against the World Health Organization (WHO). At the time of this printing most of the documentation… Read More ›
US Declares Venezuela a National Threat, Prompting Argentinian Rebuke
10:47 12.03.2015(updated 11:05 12.03.2015) Argentina slams US for declaring Venezuela “a threat to US national security”, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement. BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Argentina condemned recent US claims that Venezuela threatens US national security,… Read More ›
Venezuela Stages Massive Military Drills, Assisted by Russia and China
Sunday, 15 March 2015 The Venezuelan military is conducting massive air defense and artillery drills involving visiting Russian troops and hardware, the nation’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Saturday. The 10-day war games have been ordered by Venezuelan… Read More ›