Peace, Not Russia, Is Real Threat to US Power By Finian Cunningham
	The US economy has ossified into a war economy and the only way for this to be maintained is for the US to be continually placed on a war footing. - Continue

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Seeing Humanity in ‘Enemy’ States By Matthew Hoh
	The United States has over 800 military bases around the world, has client states across the globe, many of which are the worst human rights violators . - Continue

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Pope Criticizes West for Trying to Export Own Brand of Democracy to Iraq, Libya By Tony Gentile
	Francis has frequently attacked what he calls "cultural colonialism".  - Continue

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The U.S. Military Needs to Defend the Country, Not Undermine American Security By Ivan Eland
	The U.S. military has become bogged down in never-ending, faraway brushfire wars  - Continue

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Psychological Warfare, False Narratives And Deception By Pål Steigan
	In psychological operations disinformation and deceit is routine. This is included in the standard arsenal of for instance the US military forces. - Continue

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Anatomy Of A Propaganda Blitz – Part 2: ‘Hitlergate’ By Media Lens
	Vested interests are well aware that public opinion can be manipulated by 'emotionally potent' declarations of certainty, on the one hand, and by nurturing doubt on the other. - Continue

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‘Occupation Of The American Mind’ Unravels Israel’s Propaganda War In US By Roqayah Chamseddine
	While rage was building against Israel during that summertime bloodbath, in the United States the story was far different. - Continue

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Hybrid War Hyenas Tearing Brazil Apart By Pepe Escobar
	Wall Street, US Big Oil and the proverbial “American interests” win this round at the circus. - Continue

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Senate Report On CIA Torture Is One Step Closer To Disappearing By Michael Isikoff
	The CIA has acknowledged it “mistakenly” destroyed its only copy of a mammoth Senate torture report. - Continue

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The Age Of Impunity By Jeffrey D. Sachs
	Impunity is epidemic in America. The rich and powerful get away with their heists in broad daylight. - Continue

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At least 69 killed in suicide attacks and car bombings in Iraq capital: An explosion in a market in the Iraqi capital's al-Shaab district left 34 people dead and 75 injured, while a car bomb in the al-Rasheed area killed eight and wounded another 22 victims, according to police and medical sources.

Joint forces kill 15 ISIS militants in western Anbar: “The joint forces from the army, police and al-Jazeera Operations were able to carry out a large-scale military operation against ISIS gatherings northeast of Barwana vicinity,” noting that, “The operation resulted in the killing of 15 ISIS elements

4 security members killed, in battles of Rutba District: , “The clashes resulted in the killing of four army soldiers, as well as wounding two others and three police members.”

Fighting among Syrian rebels kills more than 50: activists: The fighting is a challenge to the long dominant position held by Jaish al-Islam in the Eastern Ghouta. The group suffered a blow in December when its leader, Zahran Alloush, was killed in an airstrike.

Syrian government shelling kills 20 civilians across Syria: Twelve civilians were killed and another five injured late Monday in a Syrian regime missile shelling on Bidama town in Idlib province, a Syrian Civil Defense official said.

Children, woman killed in US airstrikes in Syria: Three children and a woman have been killed in eastern Syria in airstrikes conducted by the US-led coalition, purportedly targeting Daesh terrorists.

World powers gather in Vienna to resume Syria talks: US state secretary and Russian foreign minister to lead talks aimed at halting war, but opinion still split over Assad.

Lavrov, Kerry: Syria meeting sees progress, agrees to turn truce into real ceasefire; "We pledged our support for transforming the cessation of hostilities into a comprehensive ceasefire. We are committed to use our influence, to use the parties to [push for] cessation in order to ensure compliance," Kerry said.

Saudi Arabia says time may be coming for 'Plan B' on Syria: Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Tuesday that if Syrian President Bashar Assad did not abide with efforts to establish a truce across Syria country, alternatives would need to be looked at.

Turkey identifies 13 more dead from bomb blast in Kurdish village, clashes flare: Turkish authorities have identified the remains of 13 people from two families killed after a truck carrying more than 15 tonnes of explosives blew up last week in a village in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast.

US probe into Turkey-Syria aid corruption deepens: Funding of major agencies put on hold over kickbacks and bribery

Islamist militants exploit chaos as combatants pursue peace in Yemen: Islamic State efforts to exploit chaos may have brought Saudi-backed forces and Iran-allied Houthis tentatively closer at peace talks in Yemen's civil war

Saudi-backed delegation pulls out of Yemen talks: The Saudi-backed delegation in the peace talks on Yemen has declared its withdrawal from the negotiations in Kuwait, a new blow to United Nations’ efforts to bring peace to the impoverished country.

Israel tells France it’s not interested in multilateral peace talks: French officials said Sunday that they will continue to press ahead with plans to host a multilateral Middle East peace conference later this year, despite hearing, in blunt language, that Israel doesn’t really like the idea.

Italy backs out of U.N.’s Libya mission, so Nepalese troops will go instead: Despite being Libya's former colonizer and the most proximate European country to the failing state, Italy has doubled down on its refusal to send troops to the country.

Libya unity govt says it wants warplanes to fight IS: Libya's unity government called Tuesday for warplanes and helicopters to fight jihadists as it hailed international support for granting it an exemption to a longstanding embargo on weapons sales.

41 Taliban killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province: At least 41 militants were killed and 42 others wounded in a series of operations conducted by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) forces in southern Kandahar province.

Tear gas in Paris as hundreds protest labor reforms: Police have fired tear gas at scores of protesters in Paris who came to protest the unpopular labor reform pushed through by the government. Earlier in the day, President Francois Hollande said he would not back down on the reform plan.

NSA Closely Involved in Guantánamo Interrogations, Documents Show: Personnel from the National Security Agency worked alongside the military, CIA, and other agencies on interrogations at Guantánamo in the early days of the war on terror, new documents show.

Snowden Archive - The SidToday Files: SIDtoday is the internal newsletter for the NSA. The Intercept is releasing nine years’ worth of newsletters in batches, starting with 2003. The agency’s spies explain a surprising amount about what they were doing, how they were doing it, and why.

Navy Allowed to Kill or Injure Nearly 12 Million Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Mammals in Pacific: What if you were told the US Navy is legally permitted to harass, injure or kill nearly 12 million whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea lions and seals across the North Pacific Ocean over a five-year period?

Earth just recorded its warmest April on record, and it wasn't even close: During each of the past seven months, global average surface temperatures have exceeded the 20th century average by more than 1 degree Celsius, or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit.

Central banks are dumping America's debt at a record pace.: China, Russia and Brazil sold off U.S. Treasury bonds as they tried to soften the blow of the global economic slowdown. They each sold off at least $1 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds in March.

Consumer Prices Jump Most In Over 3 Years Amid Rising Gasoline, Rent Inflation: Consumer Prices rose 2.1% YoY (as expected) abesent the effect of Gasoline's huge 8.1% MoM surge.

Senate passes bill allowing Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia: The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would allow survivors and relatives of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks to file lawsuits seeking damages against the government of Saudi Arabia.

Jail let mentally disabled man starve to death, lawsuit says: Arrested for stealing $5.05 of sweets and soda, a 24-year-old who doctors repeatedly diagnosed as psychotic and delusional was left to essentially starve to death over four months in a squalid Virginia jail cell, Jamycheal Mitchell's aunt alleged in a federal lawsuit.

Trump blasts Tony Blair for Iraq War ‘disaster,’ says Britain should stand up to US presidents: Trump warned that the Chilcot Inquiry into the 2003 invasion, which will finally be published on July 6, will not look good for the former Labour PM.

I will remember London mayor’s ‘nasty’ remarks: Trump: Trump also said that he's offended by Khan’s “very rude” and “nasty” remarks. “I will remember those statements.” He also asked Khan to “take an IQ test”.

Trump closing gap with Clinton, poll shows: The NBC News/SurveyMonkey online tracking poll found that Clinton holds a 3-percentage point lead over the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. Last week, the same poll had Clinton ahead by 5 points.

Propaganda Alert Ex-general Says NATO-Russia Nuclear War ‘Possible Within A Year’ By RT
	“Be under no illusion whatsoever – Russian use of nuclear weapons is hardwired into Moscow’s military strategy,” he said. - Continue

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Time for Counter-Coups in Latin America? – and Europe? By Peter Koenig
	To a distant observer this looks like the end game; hopefully not the end game for the world as we know it, but for the western tyrant. - Continue

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Regime Change in Latin America: Why Russia is Concerned? By Dmitry Babich
	How far will Russia go in its support for independence of Latin American countries? - Continue

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The Imperial Empire The Sun Never Sets but the Mote remains in the Emperor’s Eye By James Petras
	While the US is the major imperial power, it does not dominate some leading global political-economic and military powers, like Russia and China. - Continue

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The Danger of Demonization The Collapse of the Western News Media By Robert Parry
	The mainstream news media has collapsed as a vehicle for reliable information, creating a danger for the world. - Continue

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Anti-semitism Crisis? Labour To Open Re-education Camps? By Jonathan Cook
	The manufactured “anti-semitism crisis” in the British Labour party rumbles on into new realms of ideological insanity. - Continue

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On the Misuse Anti-Semitism By Lawrence Davidson
	Zionism is an ideology gone seriously astray. - Continue

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Europe Refugee Crisis: EU Faces 'Populist Uprising': Former MI6 head By BBC
	The EU will find itself at the mercy of a populist uprising, which is already stirring. - Continue

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After bombings in Baghdad kill 77, Sadr's forces deploy in some areas: Powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr blamed the government for failing to provide security and hundreds of militiamen loyal to him deployed in Sadr City and five other mainly Shi'ite areas where the worst of the recent violence has been centered.

At least 10 killed as Turkish jets bomb northern Iraq: Turkish fighter jets have bombarded the southeastern areas of Turkey and the northern parts of neighboring Iraq, killing at least 10 people, Turkish security sources say.

Activists: Airstrike in central Syria kills at least 12 people: The Local Coordination Committees said Wednesday's air raid on the town of Rastan killed 12 people, while the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 13 were killed, including a family of parents, their two sons and four daughters.

‘Thousands of bodies in ravine’: ISIS mass execution site reportedly discovered in Syria : Video -A crew from RT's Arabic channel recently managed to get within 55 kilometers of the terrorist stronghold, capturing terrifying evidence of how ISIL controls the area.

Five soldiers killed, 14 wounded in PKK attacks in Turkey: Four soldiers were killed and nine others were wounded when PKK militants detonated an improvised explosive device buried under the asphalt road stretching between Aktütün and Beyyurdu near Turkey’s border with Syria.

7.6 million Yemenis are "one step" from famine: U.N.: The director of U.N. humanitarian operations warned Tuesday that 7.6 million people in conflict-torn Yemen face severe food shortages and are "one step" from famine.

UN says only 16% of $1.8b Yemen humanitarian appeal funded: The United Nations said on Tuesday its humanitarian aid appeal for $1.8 billion for Yemen was only 16 per cent funded and some 7.6 million people were on the verge of famine in the war-torn impoverished Arabian Peninsula state.

$4 bln ‘missing’ from Yemen’s Central Bank: Four billion dollars have disappeared from Yemen’s Central Bank in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa and the country is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy, its foreign minister told reporters.

Iran seeks money from U.S. over 1953 coup that empowered American-backed shah: The Iranian parliament wants the U.S. to compensate the country for damages from a series of events dating to the 1953 coup that increased the power of the pro-American shah.

Israel Lobby Fails to Block Screening of Palestinian Film at Cannes: The film went ahead as planned, despite an intense campaign from Israeli lobby groups.

ISIS has executed almost 50 in Libya, monitor says: Public beheadings. Corpses hanging from scaffolding. Floggings for violating the law. This is life in the ISIS-held city of Sirte, Libya -- a Mediterranean coastal city that's about 350 miles away from Malta -- according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.

U.S. Special Forces take the fight to ISIS in Libya: The U.S. presence in Libya was acknowledged by Pentagon officials in the past few days, who admitted groups of Special Forces were "meeting a variety of Libyans." The teams are said to be in action around the capital Tripoli, as well as Misrata and the east of the country.

130 militants killed in a day in Afghanistan: At least 130 Taliban militants were killed by Afghan security forces within the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. It also confirmed loss of 10 army personnel over the same period.

Propaganda alert: US must combat North Korea before nuclear strike on America, US commander warns: The commander warned the Hermit Nation – which claims to have successfully tested an H-bomb in January and threatened to wipe out the US in a nuclear strikes – is the most dangerous threat to America.

Trump would talk to North Korea's Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation.

Propaganda alert: Nato risks a nuclear war with Russia 'within a year', senior general warns: Nato risks a nuclear war with Russia within a year if it does not increase its defence capabilities in the Baltic states, one of the alliance's most senior retired generals has said.

Paris police car set ablaze as officers protest brutality against them : Video - A police car has been torched in central Paris after an angry crowd surrounded the vehicle, police said. The incident took place as a police demo against “public hatred” was confronted with a counter-rally.

Fact or fiction? EU faces 'populist uprising': Former MI6 head : In a speech at the BBC, he said the EU's decision to offer free visas to tens of millions of Turkish citizens, as part of a deal to reduce the number of migrants, was perverse -- and akin to storing petrol next to a fire you were trying to put out.

‘Made in USA’: 3 key signs that point to Washington’s hand in Brazil’s ‘coup’: As Brazil’s left-wing president, Dilma Rousseff, has been suspended from office to face trial for disregarding budget laws, details have emerged on key figures involved in what Rousseff supporters are calling a coup, hinting at a covert plot involving Washington

Venezuela Opposition Protests Maduro, Warn of Civil Explosion: Opposition protesters hit the streets of Caracas and other cities across Venezuela Wednesday morning in a national day of action to demand that electoral authorities speed up the process of scheduling a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro

8 Latin American Countries Reject Coup Against Dilma Rousseff: Venezuela and El Savlador have recalled their ambassadors from Brazil, while several other countries have stated they support the suspended president.

Here's how much US debt Saudi Arabia is holding: The Treasury Department said Monday that Saudi Arabia held $116.8 billion in U.S. debt at the end of March, revealing for the first time the holdings of the world's biggest oil exporter.

Undeniable Evidence That The Real Economy Is Already In Recession Mode: You are about to see a chart that is undeniable evidence that we have already entered a major economic slowdown.

FBI has secretly hacked Americans for 20 years: Report: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been spying on American citizens using various hacking techniques for two decades, yet many details about its data collection practices are still secret, a new report shows.

Congress Balks On Female Draft Vote: The Senate Rules Committee has downgraded the language of the H.R. 4909 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which proposed a requirement that women register for the draft, to exist as only a statistical study.

Obama: Worst President In U.S. History?: Bush was a horrible president. At the time, I thought he was the worst president in American history. But Obama has made a lot of firsts himself …

Sheldon Adelson Calls on Republican Jewish Leaders to Back Trump: In email sent to more than 50 prominent Jewish party members, Casino mogul says that he became convinced after meeting Trump that he will be a 'tremendous president' when it comes to Israel.

Audio of Donald Trump Saying Model ‘Looks Like a Third-Rate Hooker’ Resurfaces: “[Zdrok] looks like a *ucking third-rate hooker. Gimme a break. I never took her out. She’s full of *hit." 

Russia Saving World From Total War By Finian Cunningham
	It is vital that Russia lets aggressive Washington know that any future war moves will be met with equal or greater force.   - Continue

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America’s Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East By Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)
	We have a failing military and paramilitary campaign against Islamist terrorists, not a strategy – still less, a winning strategy – for defeating them.  - Continue

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Refugees from ‘Endless’ War By Ann Wright
	“If you don’t like refugees coming to your country, stop voting for politicians who love to bomb the s*it out of them.”   - Continue

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Historical Speech of Brazilian President Dilma Roussef (with English Subtitles) Video and Transcript
	My government has been the target of intense and incessant sabotage.   - Continue

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CIA Tip-Off Led to Nelson Mandela’s Arrest, Former Agent Says By Jack Moore
	A CIA agent gave the tip-off to South African authorities that led to the arrest of Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era.   - Continue

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Living By The Sword... Defense Bill Coming This Week: A Boost for War and Tyranny By Ron Paul
	Along with extending draft registration to women, the latest NDAA expands the neocons’ new “Cold War” with Russia.   - Continue

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The Creeping Militarization of American Culture By Ted Galen Carpenter
	Americans have come to accept intrusions in the name of “national security” that they would have strongly resisted in previous decades.   - Continue

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“Print the Money” Trump’s “Reckless” Proposal Echoes Franklin and Lincoln By Ellen Brown
	“Print the money” has been called crazy talk, but it may be the only sane solution to a $19 trillion federal debt that has doubled in the last 10 years."   - Continue

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27 killed as Turkey and US bomb ISIL positions inside Syria: Turkish artillery and rocket launchers fired into Syria while warplanes from the US-led coalition carried out three separate air campaigns, Anadolu said on Monday citing military sources.

Al Qaeda Turns to Syria, With a Plan to Challenge ISIS: Al Qaeda’s top leadership in Pakistan, badly weakened after a decade of C.I.A. drone strikes, has decided that the terror group’s future lies in Syria and has secretly dispatched more than a dozen of its most seasoned veterans there

Yemeni Port City Suicide Attack Death Toll Exceeds 40: Earlier reports put the number of killed at 30 and the number of injured at 70.

Iraq: Security forces liberate area in Baghdadi, 7 ISIS members killed west of Ramadi: On Monday, al-Jazeera in Anbar Province announced liberating an area northwest of Baghdadi vicinity west of Ramadi (110 km west of Baghdad), while pointed out to the killing of seven members of the so-called ISIS during the operation.

US military personnel spotted on Libyan frontline against IS: Misratan soldiers battling IS militants tell MEE that well-armed US troops are conducting patrols and coordinating with senior local commanders

UK to deploy soldiers to battle IS in Libya: Report: Up to 50 British soldiers are expected to be deployed to Libya in the next week, as the international fight against the Islamic State (IS) group is stepped up, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

U.S. says it’s ready to arm Libya: The decision is stated in a communique prepared for the end of top-level talks on Libya and obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its release. Libyia is under a UN embargo imposed to keep lethal arms away from terrorists and rival militias vying for power.

Twenty Taliban militants killed in northwestern Afghanistan: Twenty Taliban fighters, including three commanders, have been killed in security operations in northern Faryab and western Ghor provinces, officials said on Sunday.

The Ugly Consequences of the U.S. Military Having Immunity to Commit War Crimes in Afghanistan: Afghans are being denied the right to seek justice under their own political system.

Maduro Orders Shuttered Factories Seized and Given to Workers: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday told a crowd of supporters that in order to increase productivity and help alleviate basic products scarcity al businesses and factories closed down by their owners would be given to the workers so production could be restarted.

Noam Chomsky: Climate Change & Nuclear Proliferation Pose the Worst Threat Ever Faced by Humans: As war spreads across the globe, a record 60 million people were driven from their homes last year.

An American ISIS Cell: The Story of 3 U.S. Recruits: Through the documents, NBC News has identified at least 15 U.S. citizens or residents who went overseas and joined ISIS. Some were already known as recruits; other names have never been made public before.

Report on CIA torture won't be revealed under Freedom of Information Act : The unanimous ruling by the three-judge panel concluded that the 6,963-page so-called Senate torture report can’t be made public under the Freedom of Information Act, because the content is officially controlled by Congress

‘I’ll Never Retire’: Americans Break Record for Working Past 65: Almost 20 percent of Americans 65 and older are now working, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the most older people with a job since the early 1960s, before the U.S. enacted Medicare.

Escalations in a New Cold War By Jonathan Marshall
	The Obama administration poked Russia in the eye again, acts that could escalate toward nuclear war.   - Continue

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As Palestinians Mourn Their Nakba, the UK Must Acknowledge its Responsibility By Ahmad Samih Khalidi
	Today marks the 68th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe): the Palestinians’ dispossession and the loss of their homeland.   - Continue

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Zionism’s Roots Help Us Interpret Israel Today By Jonathan Cook
	In his Holocaust Day speech last week, Yair Golan compared current trends in Israel with Germany in the early 1930s, as Nazism took hold.   - Continue

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America in the 21st Century By Kate Randall
	Reports document growing income inequality, declining manufacturing pay.   - Continue

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Chomsky: The Majority of Today's Elected Democrats Are Moderate Republicans By Alexandra Rosenmann
	According to Chomsky, America is a two-party state, "but there's only one faction.".   - Continue

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Watch Ron Paul Destroy the Two-Party System Video
	Both the Republican and Democratic parties — from Reagan to Obama — are controlled by the “Deep State” and powerful special interests. Ron Paul.   - Continue

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Bitter Lake Must Watch - Documentary
	Bitter Lake is a brilliant portrayal of the west's terrible arrogance.   - Continue

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Rebel infighting near Syria capital kills hundreds: activists: Fighting raging between rival Islamist rebel factions to control a key opposition stronghold near Damascus since late last month has killed more than 300 fighters, activists said Sunday.

2 French ISIS boys kill Syrians in chilling video: A shocking video released by Islamic State shows two French boys brutally murdering two pro-government Syrians in Aleppo.

7 killed in Turkey southeast: Six members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed during a series of violent clashes in the country's volatile southeast, military sources say.

Yemen: At least 37 killed: At least 37 people have been killed following a suicide bombing in the port city of Mukalla in Yemen, according to AFP. Terrorist group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack

Deadly ISIL suicide attack hits Iraqi gas plant: Attack on plant outside Baghdad kills at least 11 and forces two power stations to suspend electricity production.

Lawmakers rush to read 9/11 pages: CIA Director John Brennan worried that “uncorroborated, unvetted information” in the pages might lead people to a “very, very inaccurate” conclusion about Saudi involvement in 9/11

Declassified documents detail 9/11 commission's inquiry into Saudi Arabia: Newly released files may show connections between low-level Saudi officials and a terrorist support network in southern California led to the 9/11 attacks

Saudi Arabia hit by new credit rating downgrade: Saudi Arabia suffered another cut to its credit rating on Saturday as Moody's Investors Service downgraded the kingdom along with Bahrain and Oman because of the slump in oil prices.

Libya: UK special forces launch 'black ops' assault on ISIS: Britain's Special Forces have launched a devastating electronic warfare attack on Islamic State terrorists in Libya.

13 killed in N. Afghanistan clashes : Gun battle between government forces and the Taliban militants have left 13 armed insurgents dead and injured 15 others in Chashma-e-Shir area in the outskirt of Baghlan provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri 160 km north of Kabul Saturday night

11 Afghan soldiers killed in past 24 hours Source :: Apart from the 11 soldiers, at least 65 militants were also killed and 22 others were wounded during the same operations the statement said.

8 ISIS loyalists killed in an airstrike in east of Afghanistan: At least 8 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in an airstrike in east of Afghanistan.

Philippine communist rebels kill 3 soldiers: military: Communist guerrillas killed three Philippine soldiers in the first fatal clash since a newly-elected president offered to restart stalled peace talks, the military said Sunday.

Philippine president-elect Duterte vows to kill criminals: Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte vowed Sunday to reintroduce capital punishment and give security forces "shoot-to-kill" orders.

When Muslims ruled the civilised world: Beyond the paradox of celebrating a bygone Islamic civilization at the height of Islamophobia in the United States.

Boris Johnson: The EU wants a superstate, just as Hitler did ; In a dramatic interview with the Telegraph, he warns that while bureaucrats in Brussels are using “different methods” from the Nazi dictator, they share the aim of unifying Europe under one “authority”.

Obama, Legacy of Two Full Terms at War: President Obama came into office seven years ago pledging to end the wars of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Mr. Obama passed a somber, little-noticed milestone: He has now been at war longer than Mr. Bush, or any other American president.

FBI Hid Surveillance Devices Around Alameda County Courthouse: Federal agents planted hidden microphones and conducted secret video surveillance at Alameda County’s Rene C. Davidson Courthouse for ten months, despite having no court warrant

Big Sign North America Has A Recession Incoming: When unsold goods start piling up in warehouses, that’s a pretty good sign the economy is slowing down. And that’s what’s happening in the U.S. right now.

House GOP floats $23B in food stamp cuts in budget package: Republicans controlling the House are proposing $23 billion worth of food stamp cuts over the coming decade. They are part of a $170 billion spending cut package aimed at getting tea party lawmakers to vote for a broader 10-year budget plan.

Hillary Clinton Holds $100,000-a-Head Fundraisers: The former secretary of state attended a pair of small, intimate gatherings in New York City on Thursday evening that cost donors a minimum of $100,000 to attend, according to a campaign official. On Wednesday, she attended two $100,000-a-head events

Dilma Out: Brazilian Plutocracy Sets 54mn Votes On Fire By Pepe Escobar
	Welcome to regime change light – politics, in a nutshell – as war by other means on the BRICS.   - Continue

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The USA: How To Make Them Give A Damn? By Christopher Black
	It is clear that the “terrorists” the world is facing are U.S. proxy forces attempting to destabilise the word for American interests.   - Continue

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Putin: The U.S. Could Be Conspiring Against Us Video
	President Putin believes in the active theory of 'containment' of Russia, when it comes to Western foreign policy.   - Continue

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The Century of the Self Must Watch Documentary
	How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society.   - Continue

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Sheldon Adelson Is Poised to Give Donald Trump a Donation Boost By Jonathan Martin
	Sheldon G. Adelson told Donald J. Trump that he was willing to contribute, a sum that could exceed $100 million   - Continue

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Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine Must Watch Video
	A brief and crucial history of the United States.   - Continue

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Turkish shelling, coalition air strike kills 45 IS militants in Syria - Anadolu: The Turkish military and U.S.-led coalition forces killed 45 Islamic State militants in shelling and an air strike north of the Syrian city of Aleppo, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday.

Syria: 20 government soldiers killed as ISIL seizes hospital in Deir Az-Zor: Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have overrun a government-controlled hospital in eastern Syria, killing 20 members of pro-government forces and taking medical staff hostage, a UK-based monitoring group said.

‘Assad must go’ demand should go, ex-White House official says: Phil Gordon, a former senior White House adviser who is now part of the Clinton campaign’s foreign policy brain trust, argued Thursday that it’s time to stop calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s departure

Hezbollah: Mustafa Badreddine killed in rebel shelling: Lebanese group says top commander Badreddine killed by fire from from a Sunni armed group in Syria.

10 ISIS militants killed in Iraq clash: Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribal fighters killed 10 ISIS militants in an hours-long clash Saturday, security sources said.
The incident occurred in Amiriyat al-Falluja in Anbar province -- a town more than nine miles, or 15 kilometers, south of city of Falluja.

Eight Turkish Soldiers Killed in PKK Clashes Near Iraqi Border: A clash between Turkish troops and the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers’ Party, also known as the PKK, left eight soldiers dead, including two pilots who died when their attack helicopter crashed in a mountainous area close to the Iraqi border on Friday

VIDEO: Syria Captures Turkish Aid Cargo Heading to Daesh in Iraq: Syrian intelligence forces say that they have captured a haul of medical supplies near Aleppo that came from Turkey and was destined for Daesh terrorists in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

Leaked wiretaps of ISIS agents show Ankara routinely ignores terrorist cross-border activity: Thousands of ISIS associates have been routinely crossing into Syria aided by contacts in Turkey, phone calls tapped by Ankara security forces and handed to the media by opposition MP Erem Erdem reveal.

ISIS kills at least five in Iraq suicide raid: The ISIS group infiltrated a town in Iraq's Anbar province with several fighters wearing suicide belts Saturday, in a raid that killed at least five people, security officials said.

Israel 'killed 25 Palestinian children' in three months: UNICEF warns of excessive use of force, particularly in relation to incidents where Palestinian children were shot dead.

Saudi Officials Were ‘Supporting’ 9/11 Hijackers, Commission Member Says: First serious public split revealed among commissioners over the release of the secret ‘28 pages’ that detail Saudi ties to 2001 terrorist attacks.

America's middle class is hollowing out in many cities: The American soldiers are operating from secret bases that were established last year, without any public disclosure, in eastern and western Libya, near Benghazi and Misurata.

Afghan Troops Kill Over 30 Militants in 24 Hours Across Country - Ministry; The Afghan security forces killed 30 militants and wounded 30 more in several provinces in the past 24 hours, the Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement issued on Saturday.

The Ugly Consequences of the U.S. Military Having Immunity to Commit War Crimes in Afghanistan: Op-Ed: “The U.S. bombing of the hospital was a war crime. But the United States can bomb any place it wants—a school, refugee camp, hospital—and they will not be held accountable,”

The U.S. Army’s War Over Russia: Top brass profess to be really worried about Putin. But a growing group of dissenters say they’re overreacting to get a bigger share of the defense budget.

Burning cars, tear gas: France hit by violent anti-labor reform rallies: Rennes has been engulfed by violent protests over labor reform that will see longer working hours for less money.

WikiLeaks Reveal Brazil's New Coup President Is 'US Informant': Whistleblower website WikiLeaks described the Senate-imposed President of Brazil Michel Temer as a “U.S. Embassy informant” in a tweet and provided two links where Temer's candid thoughts on Brazilian politics serve as the basis for a report by the U.S. embassy in Brazil.

Current US Ambassador to Brazil Served in Paraguay Prior to 2012 Coup: The U.S. ambassador to Brazil previously served in Paraguay in the lead up to the 2012 coup against Lugo, who was ousted in a manner similar to Rousseff.

Venezuela accuses US of plotting coup as Washington warns of 'imminent collapse': President President Nicolas Maduro has extended a state of emergency in the country for another 60 days and accused Washington of plotting against him, as US intelligence has claimed the country is heading for meltdown.

Fact or propaganda? Scenes From The Venezuela Apocalypse: "Countless Wounded" After 5,000 Loot Supermarket Looking For Food: in the latest shocking development, Venezuela saw a new wave of looting this week that resulted in at least two deaths, countless wounded, and millions of dollars in losses and damages.

Chavistas Rally in Support of Maduro's Emergency Measures: Government supporters are taking to the streets this Saturday to support President Nicolas Maduro's extension of economic emergency measures. The opposition is rallying to push for a recall referendum this year. It is becoming a familiar pattern.

Colombia’s Uribe Calls for Armed Intervention in Venezuela: The former president tied to death squads and drug cartels is calling for foreign armed forces to invade Venezuela.

Effort to release full text of CIA torture report blocked: - The second most powerful court in the United States on Friday blocked an effort to release the full text of a Senate report detailing the CIA's torture of suspected terrorists after the 9/11 attacks

Trump Removes All Doubt: He Will Give The Rich a Massive Tax Cut: After trying to sow confusion with different audiences regarding whether he would reverse course on his plan to slash top-end tax rates, the Donald Trump campaign sent a clear message that his extremely right-wing tax cut plan is here to stay

Polls: Sanders has more potential to beat Trump: Recent data show Sanders has double-digit lead in support over Republican candidate while Clinton would face tight race.

In 9 out of 10 U.S. cities, middle-income families are disappearing: "These trends in the middle class are reflective of rising income inequality," said Rakesh Kochhar, associate director of research at the Pew Research Center. "This trend has been part and parcel of the national economy for the last 30 to 40 years."

Bigot admits ripping off fellow plane passenger's hijab and saying, 'This is America!': He pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to using force to stop the women from freely exercising her religious beliefs and now faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

The Great Leap Backward America’s Illegal Wars on the World By Luciana Bohne
	Can we face it in this election season? America is a weapons factory, the White House a war room, and the president the manager of the neoliberal conspiracy.   - Continue

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Why Aren’t Hiroshima and Nagasaki War Crimes? By Jacob G. Hornberger
	There something unsavory about provoking a nation into starting a war and then using that nation’s starting the war to justify nuking its citizens.   - Continue

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Terrorists Commit War Crimes U.S. State Department: "We continue to have dialogue with them." By Moon Of Alabama
	Armed opposition groups committing war crimes in Aleppo city: Amnesty.   - Continue

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Anatomy Of A Propaganda Blitz By Media Lens
	State-corporate interests are cooperating to produce propaganda blitzes intended to raise public support for the demonisation and destruction of establishment enemies.   - Continue

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A Palestinian Perspective on Britain’s ‘Anti-Semitic’ Controversy By Ramzy Baroud
	There is a witch-hunt in the British Labour Party.   - Continue

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With Rousseff Ousted, Vice President Assembles Right-wing Government in Brazil By Bill Van Auken
	There was more than a whiff of fascism in the new interim president’s remarks.   - Continue

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Lesser of Two Evils Vote is Counterproductive and Morally Corrupt By Carmen Yarrusso
	There’s probably never been a US presidential election where both likely nominees are more despised by more people.   - Continue

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The Mask Comes Off: Putrefaction Most Foul By Fred Reed
	Donald Trump’s campaign reveals the establishment for what it is, a swamp of corruption  as fetid as those of Latin America.    - Continue

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Bush-Obama Powers Will Pass to Next President By David Swanson
	The seven current U.S. wars that we know of are all illegal under the UN Charter and under the Kellogg-Briand Pact.   - Continue

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The Demoralized Mind By John F Schumaker
	Western consumer culture is creating a psycho-spiritual crisis that leaves us disoriented and bereft of purpose.   - Continue

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Insurgents kill 19 and capture dozens seizing Syrian Alawite village: Observatory: Insurgents killed at least 19 civilians believed to be from families of fighters loyal to the Syrian government after capturing an Alawite village from government control in western Syria on Thursday, a monitoring group said.

Airstrike kills 16 Nusra militants in northwestern Syria: activists: An airstrike hit a Nusra Front meeting in northwestern Syria, killing 16 senior members of the al Qaeda-linked group

Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddin killed in Syria: Lebanese Shia group says one of its highest-ranking officials Mustafa Badreddine killed in an air strike in Syria

Hezbollah vows to avenge killing of top commander: Hezbollah deputy head Sheikh Naim Qassem Friday said results of the investigation into the assassination of a top commander would be concluded within a day, and vowed to avenge his death.

Report: Rebels may have used chemical weapons in Aleppo: Amnesty International report says rebels may have used chemical weapons and "hell cannon" rockets.

Damascus struggles to halt currency collapse: The currency, worth 47 to the dollar on the eve of the civil war, now trades at around 635 to the dollar in Damascus and even higher rates in other cities, having fallen by 20 percent in less than a month, according to dealers reached by telephone.

Turkey: 30 killed as violence widens in southeast: 22 Kurdish militants and eight Turkish soldiers have been killed in clashes over the last two days, authorities said on Friday, as violence widened in the largely Kurdish southeast following two bombings.

'Records on ISIS terrorists ignored': Turkish MP accuses govt: A Turkish opposition MP has accused the government of ignoring Islamic State activity on its territory despite knowing precise locations of militants

Islamic State attacks in northern Iraq kill 16, sources say: Shooting and bomb attacks claimed by Islamic State killed at least 16 people in northern Iraq on Friday, days after Islamic State's deadliest blasts so far this year in the capital stirred public criticism of government security measures.

Isis kills at least 13 Real Madrid supporters in attack on cafe in Iraq: The president of the local Real Madrid group said members meet at the al-Furat Cafe regularly, watching old matches featuring the Spanish team when no live games are on.

7 ISIS elements killed by artillery shelling : The Kurdistan Democratic Party announced on Thursday the killing of seven ISIS elements in an artillery shelling by the security forces south of Mosul.

13 Yemeni troops killed in ISIL-claimed attack on naval base near Mukalla: In an attack claimed by ISIL, two suicide car bombers targeted the naval base in the Khalaf area west of the city while a third bomb targeted the nearby home of Brig Gen Faraj Salmeen, commander of the second military region in Hadramout province

How the Israelis Hoodwinked JFK on Going Nuclear: Newly declassified documents reveal how David Ben-Gurion’s mumbles and a trick sightseeing tour helped Israeli officials pull the wool over Washington’s eyes on the real purpose of the Dimona reactor.

US airstrike in Somalia kills 5 Al-Shabaab fighters: A U.S. airstrike in Somalia this morning killed five Al-Shabaab fighters after a team of Ugandan soldiers partnered with a small number of U.S. troops came under fire from more than a dozen Al-Shabaab militants, the Pentagon announced Thursday.

U.S. troops stationed at 2 Libya outposts: Washington Post: U.S. special operations troops have been stationed at two outposts in Libya since late last year to try to enlist local support for a possible offensive against Islamic State, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials.

Fact or propaganda? Boko Haram may be sending fighters to Islamic State in Libya - US officials: There are signs that Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists are sending fighters to join Islamic State in Libya, and of increased cooperation between the two groups, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

US ready to loosen Libya arms embargo: “If the Libyan government prepares a detailed and coherent list of things that it wants to use to fight ISIL and responds to all the requirements of the exemption, I think that Council members are going to look very seriously at that request,” a senior administration official told AFP.

Libya’s Central Bank Needs Money Stashed in a Safe; Problem Is, Officials Don’t Have the Code: The cash-strapped country has hired safecrackers to get the funds. Also, the coins are decorated with the image of Gadhafi.

Poland moves on missile shield as Russia voices outrage: Poland on Friday broke ground on the northern section of a US missile defense shield launched in Romania a day earlier, which Russia slammed as a serious security threat

Belgium paid Al-Qaeda terrorist nearly €80k in ‘moral damages’ – reports: An Al-Qaeda terrorist convicted of plotting attacks against US targets in Europe received about €78,000 in compensation, as he claimed his human rights were violated by his extradition to the US, it has emerged.

Police seize weapons 'en route to Swedish militants': Six people have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling weapons to radical Islamists in Sweden, Bosnian Serb authorities said on Friday.

EU border agency says refugees arrivals in Greece drop 90 percent: The number of refugees arriving in Greece dropped 90 percent in April, the European Union border agency said on Friday

Nearly 90,000 gallons of Shell crude oil pours into Gulf of Mexico: For thirteen miles towards the horizon and two miles across, some 90,000 gallons of crude oil shimmered in the Gulf of Mexico after a spill Thursday evening. A clean-up effort is now underway. Its source was a Shell Offshore Inc. facility

TSA are you f***ing kidding me?: Video - Security line at Chicago Midway

THREE THOUSAND bags lost in just one day at Phoenix airport: TSA computer error meant every piece of hold luggage had to be searched by HAND

‘None of your business’: Trump refuses to reveal tax rate, stalls on returns: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says his tax rate is nobody else’s business and that he won’t reveal it until his tax returns are out – and those may or may not be released by the time Americans vote in November.

Former VP Dan Quayle Says GOP Must Support Trump: Former Vice President Dan Quayle on Thursday urged the Republican Party to unite around Donald Trump, despite concerns of some members of the Establishment.

Syria, ISIS, and the US-UK Propaganda War By Eric Draitser
	The UK and US both have extensive information war capabilities, and they’re not afraid to use them.  - Continue

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In Syria, Russia Defends Civilisation – the West, Sides with Barbarism By The Saker
	Russia's concert in Palmyra was a blow against the barbarism of Daesh and the cynical indifference of the West.  - Continue

Zionist Israel Hides Its Crimes Behind Its Smears of Truth-Tellers By Paul Craig Roberts
	The Western World buried in propaganda and lies is now in the trash bin of history.  - Continue

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Dilma Rousseff Calls for Mobilizations to Overturn Coup By teleSur
	The Russian Foreign Ministry spoke out Wednesday against the efforts to oust Rousseff, pinning the move on "foreign interference."   - Continue

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Because Capitalism By Dmitry Orlov
	Huge numbers of the American population are impoverished, two million of them are incarcerated, and tens of millions live under the influence of tranquilizers and sedatives.   - Continue

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The Real Target of the Panama Papers By Pepe Escobar
	What this is all about is one more chapter in an intra-system hardcore financial war. .  - Continue

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European Care for the Elderly 2016 By Michael Hudson
	“The life-expectancy gap between rich and poor in the United States is actually accelerating.   - Continue

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Washington’s Military Addiction And The Ruins Still to Come By Tom Engelhardt
	No matter who is elected president, you already know more or less what American “policy” is going to be.   - Continue

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Neocons and Neolibs: How Dead Ideas Kill By Robert Parry
	Hillary Clinton wants the American voters to be very afraid of Donald Trump, but there is reason to fear as well what a neoconservative/neoliberal Clinton presidency would mean for the world.   - Continue

A Perfect Storm By Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
	Clinton is no ordinary client. She is running for president. She lies frequently.   - Continue

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Poultry Workers Wear Diapers Over Lack Of Breaks By Sky News
	U.S. Production-line workers are subject to ridicule or punishment if they request toilet breaks, finds an Oxfam America report.   - Continue

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Isis kills more than 100 people in 24 hours of suicide attacks : Following the bloodiest day of terror attacks of 2016, dawn saw a twin suicide bombing at a police station in the Iraqi capital.

Islamic State kills 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs near Ramadi: Islamic State insurgents killed at least 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs on Thursday in a major attack on government forces that recaptured the western city of Ramadi in December, military officials said.

Italy sends 500 troops to protect Mosul Dam: Italy will send 500 troops to protect workers who are repairing the Mosul Dam, northern Iraq, the country’s defence minister revealed on Monday. During a visit to Baghdad, Roberta Pinotti said the soldiers would arrive in Iraq at the end of the month.

Turkish military kills '28 Daesh terrorists' in Syria: Turkish military shells and carries out airstrikes on terror group’s positions in Syrian territory close to Turkey’s border

Russia confirms ninth soldier killed in Syria : Anton Yerygin, a 31 year old signaller from Voronezh, was seriously wounded after coming under fire in Homs province, the ministry of defence in Moscow said on Thursday.

Fact or fiction? ? Five Iranian soldiers killed in Syria’s Khan Tuman: As many as 17 Iranian soldiers were killed on Sunday in Aleppo while 20 were killed on Saturday in the same province, the sources said.

Turkey gears up for ‘anti-Daesh’ operations in Syria: Turkey has threatened to launch unilateral “operations” on Syrian soil allegedly against Daesh terrorists amid long-running speculations on Ankara’s covert plans for a military intervention in the Arab state.

16 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide attack: Sixteen soldiers were killed when suspected Al Qaeda militants detonated three suicide car bombs at a military base in Yemen's Hadramout province on Thursday.

Saudi officials were 'supporting' 9/11 hijackers, commission member says: First serious public split revealed among commissioners over the release of the secret ‘28 pages’ that detail Saudi ties to 2001 terrorist attacks

The FBI Is Keeping 80,000 Secret Files on the Saudis and 9/11: A federal judge is weighing whether to declassify portions of some 80,000 classified pages that could reveal far more about the hijackers’ Saudis connections and their activities in the weeks preceding the worst attack on U.S. soil.

9/11 judge and prosecutors should step down over 'destroyed evidence', defense demands: An explosive allegation about destroyed evidence threatens to unravel the already shaky military tribunal for the alleged architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Ex-London mayor says creation of Israel a 'great catastrophe': “The creation of the state of Israel was fundamentally wrong, because there had been a Palestinian community there for 2,000 years,” he recently told Arabic TV station al-Ghad al-Arabi.

US missile system in Romania poses threat to Russia: Kremlin: "Without doubt, the deployment of the PRO system really is a threat to the security of the Russian Federation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday of the US missile system in Deveselu in southern Romania:

5 reasons why US antimissiles in Europe threaten Russia: Russia has opposed America’s plans to deploy antimissile systems close to its borders for decades. Washington says the system would not compromise Russia’s security, but Moscow sees a number of reasons why it does.

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff: Impeachment is a coup: Defiant president addresses nation after Senate suspends her for 180 days launching probe for breaking budget laws.

Middle Class Shrinks in 9 of 10 US Cities as Incomes Fall: Middle class adults now make up less than half the population in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Houston.

11 Signs That The U.S. Economy Is Rapidly Deteriorating Even As The Stock Market Soars: Gravity beckons, and the crash that is to come is going to be a great sight to behold.

Federal judge rules Obamacare is being funded unconstitutionally : A federal judge ruled for House Republicans on Thursday in their suit against President Obama and declared his administration is unconstitutionally spending money to reimburse health insurers without obtaining an appropriation from Congress.

Persian Gulf Sheikhs Gave Bill & Hillary $100 Million: “These regimes are buying access. You’ve got the Saudis. You’ve got the Kuwaitis, Oman, Qatar and the UAE. There are massive conflicts of interest. It’s beyond comprehension,” Poole told TheDCNF in an interview.

The Costs of Violence Masters of Mankind By Noam Chomsky
	Careful studies of al-Qaeda and ISIS have shown that the United States and its allies are following their game plan with some precision.   - Continue

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Endless Corruption Is Leaving Iraq A Failed State By Gwynne Dyer
	The entire pseudo-democratic system bequeathed to Iraq by the U.S. invasion is on the brink of collapse.   - Continue

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Zionism’s Roots Help Us Interpret Israel Today By Jonathan Cook
	Because the US leads the world in incarcerating its people, this means Louisiana is number one in the world.   - Continue

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Obama Granted Henry Kissinger a Distinguished Public Service Award By Greg Grandin
	The White House should be honoring Kissinger, since it runs its endless war by Kissinger’s rules.   - Continue

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The Art of Storytelling in Times of War By Pål Steigan
	The USA has some powerful stories that contribute to constitute the American identity and their conception of themselves.   - Continue

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The Collapse of the European Union By Peter Koenig
	Return to National Sovereignty and to Happy Europeans   - Continue

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Brazil’s Democracy To Suffer Grievous Blow By Glenn Greenwald
	The biggest scam of all is that Brazilian media elites are justifying all of this in the name of “corruption” and “democracy.”   - Continue

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Louisiana Number One in Incarceration By Bill Quigley
	Because the US leads the world in incarcerating its people, this means Louisiana is number one in the world.   - Continue

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Trump U-Turns... Russia Beware By Finian Cunningham
	President Donald Trump will turn out to be just one more pathetic pernicious puppet in the White House.   - Continue

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Bernie Sanders: Nominating Hillary Clinton Would Be ‘Disaster’ For Party, Nation By Ben Wolfgang
	Sen. Bernard Sanders‘ campaign said Wednesday the Democratic Party would be courting “disaster” if it nominates Hillary Clinton as its presidential nominee.   - Continue

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Live With What Is Necessary And Fairest: José Mujica Must Watch - Video
	"Human nature is constructed in such a way that you end up learning much more from suffering than from a life of ease." - Continue

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Bombings Kill 93 in Iraqi Capital's Bloodiest Day This Year: Three car bombs claimed by the Islamic State group killed 93 people across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, demonstrating the extremists' ability to mount significant attacks despite major battlefield losses

ISIS buries 35 members alive in Qayyarah, Iraq: - The Takfiri ISIS terrorist group has reportedly killed nearly three dozen of its own members in Iraq’s conflict-ridden northern province of Nineveh on charges of fleeing the battlefield.

Iraqi F-16 fighter jets, kill 17 “terrorists” : “Today, Iraqi F-16 warplanes managed to destruct a shelter for ISIS and kill 17 terrorists, including two Arab nationals in the district of al-Hawija southwest of Kirkuk.”

Coalition warplanes kill 8 “terrorists” west of Fallujah: “The bombing resulted in the destruction of a booby-trapped vehicle driven by a suicide bomber belonging to the [ISIS], in addition to killing 8 terrorists and wounding 2 others.”

Syria: 14 killed in air strikes in Idlib province, hours after ceasefire extension: It is not known who launched the air strikes that hit the Syrian town of Binnish bordering Turkey, causing injuries to numerous people, Al Jazeera reported.

Russian soldier killed in shelling in Syria: Russian soldier Anton Yerygin received serious wounds in shelling opened by militants in Syria's Homs province and died in hospital, an officer at Khmeimim base informed

Russian bid to blacklist Syrian rebel groups blocked at UN: Britain, France, the United States and Ukraine Tuesday blocked a Russian request to add two Syrian rebel groups to a U.N. terror blacklist and sideline them from the Syrian peace process, diplomats said.

Syrian rebels capture several Iranian soldiers: Tehran lawmaker: Up to half-a-dozen Iranian soldiers deployed in Syria have been captured by rebel forces, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Monday, two days after the Iranian Revolutionary Guards confirmed losses in a battle near Aleppo.

IS cuts government supply route to Syria's ancient Palmyra: The Islamic State group on Tuesday cut a key supply route between Syria's Homs and the world heritage site of Palmyra just weeks after the army recaptured the ancient city

She Spoke Up About Cooked ISIS Intel. They Booted Her: The case suggested that, at CENTCOM, there are two wars being waged: one against ISIS and a separate internal fight between whistleblowers and commanders.

Turkish border guards continue to shoot Syrian refugees, HRW says : According to HRW, border guards used excessive force against Syrians and a smuggler trying to reach Turkey in March and April. Five people were reportedly killed, including a child, and 14 others were injured.

Turkey begins operation in Syria to establish buffer zone: Report: The newspaper said the operation will be supported by the international coalition, particularly the United States and Germany.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks limitless power: The Turkish president has wilfully cut himself off from any free flow of critical information

Suicide bomber kills eight, wounds senior army commander in Yemen attack: No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which appeared to resemble recent bombings carried out by Islamic State or al Qaeda militants against military and security forces in southern and eastern Yemen.

Yemen foes agree major prisoner swap: Yemeni government officials and rebels agreed on Tuesday to free half of the prisoners and detainees held by both sides within 20 days, officials from the two delegations said.

Six IDPs killed in Darfur militia raid: Six civilians were killed, including two children when unidentified militiamen attacked a camp for Internally Displaced Persons in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur.

Jihadists, police killed in Tunsian security operations: Four Tunisian police were killed on Wednesday when a suspected Islamist militant detonated his suicide-bomb belt during a raid in the southern town of Tataouine.

12 militants killed in Afghanistan: “The Afghan National Army, in collaboration with police and intelligence agency personnel, carried out several military operations in separate provinces killing 12 armed militants, wounding five and detaining seven armed suspects"

Afghanistan: At Least 10 Killed in Suicide Bombing: At least 10 people were killed and 23 wounded on May 10 when a suicide bomber blew up his car near the house of a pro-government militia commander in the province of Nangarhar, a provincial official said.

China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef: Guided missile destroyer the USS William P. Lawrence traveled within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of Chinese-occupied Fiery Cross Reef, U.S. Defense Department spokesman Bill Urban said.

Turkey says Black Sea turned into Russian lake : "We should enhance our coordination and cooperation in the Black Sea. We hope for concrete results from the NATO summit in Warsaw on July 8 and 9… The Black Sea should be turned into the sea of stability,” Erdogan added.

Turkey threatens to send refugees back to Europe: A senior adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would send refugees to Europe if the European parliament makes a “wrong decision” as it considers proposals to allow Turks visa-free access to the continent, “Armenpress” reports, citing Bloomberg.

Turkey demands EU hands over €3bn for refugees: Brussels has resisted, prompting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to accuse the 28-member union of “mocking the dignity” of the Turkish nation.

US activating missiles in Europe despite Russia warning: The United States is about to activate its missile systems across Europe, despite Russia’s warnings against a systematically increasing US-led arms deployment near its borders.

Venezuela tense as cops block anti-president march: Riot cops fired tear gas to head off a protest march Wednesday by opponents of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro who were demanding a referendum on removing him from office.

House panel unveils $575B defense spending bill: The bill appropriates $575.7 billion for the Defense Department. That breaks down to $517.1 billion for the base requirements and $58.6 billion for a war fund known as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO).

US gov’t sent $2bn in military gear to cops since ’06: Thousands of military weapons and trucks, as well as hundreds of aircraft, worth roughly $2.2 billion have been sent by the Pentagon to police departments around the United States over the last 10 years, a new report has found.

The Militarization Of America's Police: Despite Obama Promises, War-Weapon Spending Soared In 2014/15

Middle class takes financial hit in most US cities this century: More than four-fifths of America’s metropolitan areas have seen household incomes decline this century, according to new research that exposes the politically charged reality of middle-class decline at the heart of this year’s presidential election.

Addiction to painkillers in U.S. is at 'epidemic': 'This is an American condition. This is an American disease. The inappropriate promotion of drugs contributed significantly to this epidemic. Because drug companies took a small piece, a sliver of science and widely promoted it as not being addictive. That was false.'

Trump Becomes First Candidate In 40 Years To Not Disclose Tax Returns: The Donald told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he likely won't be releasing any information before the November election due to the ongoing audit of his tax returns since 2009.

Hillary Clinton’s Problems Mount As Top Aide Reportedly Storms Out Of FBI Interview : As news of a heavy defeat to Bernie Sanders in West Virginia began pouring in, a report in the Washington Post related to her FBI investigation raised fresh doubts about the candidate’s “eligibility” to contest for the highest office in the land.

Bernie Sanders Could Still Win the Democratic Nomination — No, Seriously: Op-Ed: The idea that Clinton is in a dead heat with Trump in the three most important battleground states at a time when Trump is the most unpopular major-party candidate in American history is horrifying to Democrats

After Arresting Driver for Silence, Cops Tell Her She Has a Right to Remain Silent: Video - After New Jersey state troopers arrested Rebecca Musarra for remaining silent, they informed her, "You have the right to remain silent." That should have been a clue that something was amiss with their legal justification for hauling her off to jail.

Survivor of US Hospital Bombing in Afghanistan Tells His Harrowing Story By Elizabeth Shockman
	When he opened the door he saw one of his Afghan colleagues standing there, covered in blood and with just one arm.   - Continue

 

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The New Normal: Cold War 2.0 By Pepe Escobar
	We are all living in Hybrid War time. From R2P (“responsibility to protect”) to color revolutions, from currency attacks to stock market manipulations.   - Continue

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America’s Two-Faced Policy on Iran By Alastair Crooke
	The Obama administration seeks to demonize Iran — along with Russia and China — while also demanding their help.   - Continue

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Propaganda Based On Partial Truth Why Middle Eastern Leaders Are Talking to Putin, Not Obama By Dennis Ross
	Middle Eastern leaders are making pilgrimages to Moscow to see Vladimir Putin these days, not rushing to Washington.   - Continue

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Who Rules the World? American Power Under Challenge By Noam Chomsky
	In the contemporary global order, the institutions of the masters hold enormous power - Continue

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Panama Papers Reveals Saudi King Salman 8$ Million Support for Netanyahu By Alalam
	Isaac Herzog, member of the Knesset and Chairman of the Israeli Labor party, revealed that Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz financed the election campaign of Israeli Prime Minister.   - Continue

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The Panama Papers - Secrets of the Super Rich Video
	How the rich and powerful exploit the system. - Continue

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Cuba Will Not Fall! By Andre Vltchek
	"They will not yield, and they will not betray the Revolution.” - Continue

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Bearing the Cross Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan By Chris Hedges
	Dan, was on the FBI’s most-wanted list—the first Catholic priest in the country to hold that distinction.   - Continue

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Iraq: 40 ISIS fighters killed during liberation of village south of Mosul: , “The security forces from the Iraqi army and al-Hashed al-Shaabi backed by the international coalition aircraft managed to kill 40 ISIS fighters during the liberation of Kabrouk village in Qayyarah south Mosul.”

12 killed in Iraq car bomb explosion: Police and hospital sources said Monday that the blast happened in Shaftah district of the city of Baqubah near a popular restaurant..

Pentagon: Top ISIS leader killed in Iraq: Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook says Abu Wahib and three others were killed when their vehicle was struck on May 6 in Rutba. He says Wahib's death is a blow to the group's leadership

Outrageous: Prakash's family may have been killed with him in Iraq air strike: The wife and son of Australian ISIL recruiter Neil Prakash may have also been killed alongside him when his home in Iraq was destroyed in a US air strike.

US drone strike in Syria killed mediator trying to rein in al-Qaeda: Sources tell MEE that Egyptian mastermind of 1997 Luxor attacks was on mission to urge Nusra to give up global ambitions and unite with rebels

Syria government extends cease-fire in Aleppo: A fragile and limited cease-fire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and its surrounding countryside has been extended for the third time Monday, despite Syrian government forces and their allies clashing with insurgents near the city.

Prakash's family may have been killed with him in Iraq air strike: The wife and son of Australian ISIL recruiter Neil Prakash may have also been killed alongside him when his home in Iraq was destroyed in a US air strike.

Airstrikes by Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen Kill 10: The Saudi-led coalition said Saudi forces intercepted a ballistic missile fired across the border from Yemen.

6 killed by artillery in Yemen’s Taiz despite ceasefire: Six people were killed on Monday by artillery -- fired both by forces loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and by the Shia Houthi militant group and its allies -- in Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province.

Israel close to signing gas agreement with Turkey: Turkey wants to consume half of the quantity of gas in the Leviathan gas reservoir, starting in 2020. In the second stage, gas may be transported from Turkey to Europe through a pipeline.

Israel lobbies U.S. to soften tone of Quartet report on (illegal) settlements: Israel is working to prevent the report, to be issued in the last week of May, from mentioning future possible steps by the UN Security Council on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

Kuwait Will Require a DNA Sample, Not Just a Passport, From Visitors: The country has announced that it will ask all visitors to submit a mandatory DNA sample upon arrival at the Kuwait International Airport, where tests will take place in an on-site center designated for this purpose.

Daesh executes Libyan police officer: Daesh executed Sunday one of the retired officers in the Libyan Army, Colonol Saad Muhammad Abdullah Al-Warfli from the village of Zimzim.

Sinai Peninsula militants leave Egypt for Libya, join other militant groups: After entering Libya, extremist groups had become notorious for incursions and internal strife, disputes turned into bloodshed in Tripoli.

Somalia: 4 killed as extremists attack police headquarters: A suicide car bomber struck the entrance of Somalia's traffic police headquarters in the capital on Monday , killing four people and injuring nine others

US strategy in Afghanistan 'recipe for disaster,' Pentagon report warns: The 700-page report, much of it blacked out for security reasons, sheds light on how the rules are not clearly understood even by some troops on the ground, Reuters reported.

Controversial mayor Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippine presidential election: Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte has claimed a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced vows to kill criminals.

Former fishermen sue state for hiding Bikini atoll H-bomb fallout records: – A group of former fishermen Monday filed an unprecedented lawsuit seeking compensation from the government for failing to disclose, for decades, records of their exposure to radiation from U.S. hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific Ocean in 1954.

Putin calls for non-aligned international security system in face of global terror threat : “We must defeat this evil, and Russia is open to join forces with all countries and is ready to work on the creation of a modern, non-aligned system of international security.”

'Brexit' could trigger World War Three, warns David Cameron : David Cameron has pleaded for Britain to stay in the EU to help prevent the Continent being ripped apart by another conflict.

EU referendum: Boris Johnson most personal attack on David Cameron yet: In a personal attack on the Prime Minister, Mr Johnson said he had got no "real change" from Brussels which was still intent on building "a country called Europe".

Over 200 companies in Ireland identified as Panama Papers released: Anyone in the world will now be able to search through the details of around 200,000 companies, trusts and funds to see who has placed their wealth in tax havens.

Trudeau turns down Russian, U.S., Mexican offers to help fight Fort McMurray wildfires: Russia had offered heavy water bombers and specialized crew

Speaker annuls impeachment of Brazil's president: Dilma Rousseff's political fate in the balance as lower house's acting speaker says procedural flaws prompted his order.

Brazil Senate Still Moving Forward with Impeachment: The move was made despite a decision by the lower house's interim speaker to annul it earlier in the day.

Mexico's Vicente Fox calls Trump 'UGLY AMERICAN, GRINGO': Vicente Fox, Mexico's former president, has stepped up his attack on Republican Donald Trump, warning that his election will return "the ugly American" and turn Mexicans on "gringos."

US will never default on debt 'because you print the money' – Trump: In an attempt to clarify his stance regarding potential default on national debt payments, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that, in the US, "you never have to default because you print the money."

Black Alabama Inmates Strike Against Oppression and Slavery: The two leaders of a strike spanning five prisons in the southern U.S. state are in solitary confinement, making their movement all that much more heroic.

Is online free speech under attack?: Regulators in Washington are showing increasing interest in tightening rules on political speech on the web, arguing that the dissonant voices enabled by "new media" have become too influential

The Secret Behind the Yemen War By Daniel Lazare
	The war in Yemen exposed the secret connection between the U.S.-Saudi alliance and Al Qaeda. - Continue

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US Ambassador to Hungary Overthrow Assad, Let in Refugees, and Fight Russia...or Else! By Daniel McAdams
	It is propaganda to call what is happening in Syria a "civil war," - Continue

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Putin Plays Energy Chess with Netanyahu By F. William Engdahl
	If the Russian reports are accurate, it could portend a major new step in Putin energy geopolitics in the Middle East" - Continue

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Australian Government Boasts of Helping US Kill Its Own Citizens in Middle East By Mike Head
	This alignment behind the criminal activities of Washington goes far beyond killing Australians in Syria and Iraq. - Continue

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How Obama Made Assassination Formal US Policy By Kevin Gosztola
	I think all Americans should be outraged at the idea that when we’re killing large numbers of people in Muslim countries. - Continue

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Washington’s Terrorism as Usual By Philip Giraldi
	Governments have learned that if they shout “terrorism” often enough they will get a free pass on budgets and on approving legislation that restricts the freedom of the average citizen. -

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Saudi Arabia Faces Collapse By Vijay Prashad
	Unrest is on the cards in the Kingdom. - Continue

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Obama: TTIP Necessary To Protect Megabanks From Prosecution By Eric Zuesse
	The U.S. Ambassador to Italy has now let the cat out of the bag on this — probably unintentionally.” - Continue

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When They Killed JFK They Killed America By Paul Craig Roberts
	The evil that resides in Washington does not only kill foreign leaders who try to do the right thing, but also its own. - Continue

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Turkey Attacks IS in Syria; 55 Militants Killed: Report: Turkish artillery has fired at the Islamic State group across the border in Syria, killing 55 militants and destroying three rocket launchers and three vehicles, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Sunday.

Turkish special forces invade Syria carry out ground operation: Turkish special forces carried out a ground operation in Syria on late Saturday to eliminate Daesh rocket launching pads that have been targeting Turkey's southeastern Kilis border province for months.

13 Iranian RGuards killed in Syria: Thirteen military advisers with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have been killed in Syria in recent days and 21 others wounded, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

At Least 5 Killed as Extremists Shell Syria's Aleppo, Idlib: – Four people died and 10 others were injured as Islamist militants shelled the Syrian city of Aleppo, with another person killed in the province of Idlib, local media reported Sunday.

Unite or risk death, al-Qaeda chief tells Syrian rebels: In audio recording, Ayman al-Zawahiri rejects UN-led peace process, praises al-Nusra Front and renews criticism of ISIL.

Iraq: 18 IS militants killed in airstrike, bomb blast in Anbar: A total of 18 Islamic State (IS) militants, including four suicide bombers, were killed on Sunday in U.S.-led coalition airstrike and a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.

Multiple attacks in, around Baghdad kill at least 12 people: Separate attacks in and around the Iraqi capital on Sunday killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens, officials said.

ISIS executes 8 civilians on charges of “spying” in central Mosul: Report: “This evening, ISIS members executed eight civilians by firing squad in al-Ghazlani camp in central Mosul on charges of collaborating with the security forces, Peshmerga and Asayish in Kurdistan Region.”

More than 50 mass graves found in former Isis territories: UN envoy : Jan Kubis, the Special Representative for Iraq, said the most recent grave was discovered at a football ground in Ramadi on 19 April, containing 40 bodies.

U.S. tries to convince Iraqis it doesn’t support Daesh: Despite spending more than $10 million on public outreach in Iraq last year, the U.S. government appears to have made little headway in dispelling such rumors

Saudi policeman dies in shootout as ‘terror’ plot foiled: A Saudi policeman was killed in a shootout Sunday with suspects planning a “terrorist” attack, the Interior Ministry said, in the latest such incident this week in the kingdom’s west.

Egypt: Eight policemen shot dead in Helwan, two Islamist groups claim attack: Eight policemen were shot dead by masked gunmen in Helwan early on Sunday, according to a source from Cairo Security Department, in an attack that was later claimed by two separate Islamist groups.

Saudi airstrikes kill 7 in Yemen north: Saudi warplanes have carried out a fresh wave of air attacks on civilian areas in Yemen despite international warnings about deteriorating humanitarian crisis.

Houthi delegates walk out of Yemen peace talks in protest against Saudi-led airstrike: Houthi delegates walk out of Yemen peace talks in protest against Saudi-led airstrike

US sends troops to Yemen: The Pentagon has acknowledged for the first time it has deployed US troops to Yemen since the country’s collapse last year to bolster government and Arab coalition forces battling Al-Qaeda.

American Troops in Yemen Signals Deepening US Involvement in Mideast: A small team of U.S. troops was on the ground in Yemen and Navy ships with Marines aboard were offshore to support friendly forces against an al-Qaeda offshoot as the U.S. deepened its involvement in yet another Mideast civil war

North Korea 'will not use nuclear weapons' unless threatened: Kim Jong-un reportedly told the Workers' Party Congress in Pyongyang that he is willing to normalise ties with previously hostile countries.

Anti-austerity protests hit Greece before crucial vote: Thousands protest in Athens and Thessaloniki as parliament prepares to vote on controversial tax and pensions overhaul.

Protests erupt in Athens ahead of new austerity measures vote : Minor scuffles prompted by a group of anarchists have broken out in Athens, as thousands of people took to the streets to oppose a vote on new austerity measures that Greece’s creditors are demanding.

Hillary Clinton uses social media to launch aggressive ads against Trump: The day after Donald Trump wins in Indiana and becomes the presumptive Republican nominee, his likely Democratic opponent goes straight to Twitter and Facebook to attack his very being.

Pro-Clinton Super PAC Caught Spending $1 Million on Social Media Trolls: “The task force staff’s backgrounds are as diverse as the community they will be engaging with and include former reporters, bloggers, public affairs specialists

McCain says Trump should apologize POWs, "There's a body of American heroes who would like to see him retract that statement," said McCain, who was captured by North Vietnamese forces in 1967, during the Vietnam War.