Significant Earthquake Swarm Hits Iceland’s Barðarbunga
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) is reporting two major earthquake swarms that started up on the morning on August 16 and continues to roll into August 17. Right it seems that there are two separate earthquake swarms producing small earthquakes and has now eclipsed the May 2014 swarm in terms of number of earthquakes.
Yellowstone region has high earthquake probability
A new U.S. Geological Survey report indicates a slightly greater earthquake hazard in the Greater Yellowstone region of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho than previously thought. And the USGS map of seismic hazards shows that the region is as seismically hazardous as anywhere in the United States.
Obama Orders Pentagon To Halt Transfer Of Hellfire Missiles To Israel
U.S. President Barack Obama, whenever he can do an end-run around the Republican controlled Congress, loves to hamper and impede Israel every chance he gets. Because he “strongly disapproved” of how Israel defended themselves against the never-ending rocket rain from Hamas, he is striking back in the only way available to him. In doing so, he is sending a message, yet again, of how much he really doesn’t like anything about the sovereign nation of Israel. But he had no problem immediately writing a check to Gaza for $47 million in financial aid that you know will wind up in the hands of Hamas buying more rockets and building more tunnels.
Record Cold Summer in PA Causing Leaves to Change Colors in August: Global Warming Likely to be Blamed
We’ve been covering some of the impacts of global cooling global warming climate change The Big Lie. Here are some of the more recent…
Ukraine crisis: Russian aid convoy arrives at border
Lorries from a Russian convoy carrying aid to eastern Ukraine have reached a border post controlled by separatists. But they seem unlikely to cross into Ukraine immediately as the Red Cross said it had still not received security guarantees for the convoy to continue. Earlier Ukraine's military said that separatists had shot down a government fighter jet near the rebel-held city of Luhansk in the east of the country.
Iran: Earthquake hits area in northern town
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on Richter scale hit an area near the town of Damavand in Iran’s Northern province of Mazandaran on Sunday morning.
Gov. Nixon declares state of emergency, imposes curfew in Ferguson
Nixon said at a press conference that though many protesters were making themselves heard peacefully, the state would not allow a handful of looters to endanger the community. The curfew will run from midnight to 5 a.m.
Kenya to bar travelers from Ebola-hit countries
The Kenyan government over the weekend said it will bar passengers traveling from three West African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak, closing a debate in East Africa's economic powerhouse about whether the national airline was exposing the country to the deadly disease.
Ferguson Protests: One Person Shot, Seven Arrested in Overnight Clashes
One person was critically injured and seven were arrested as violence broke out after a midnight curfew was imposed on the St. Louis suburb rocked by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teen. Clashes erupted shortly after the curfew went into effect, with tear gas and the sound of gunshots hitting the streets of Ferguson, Missouri as dozens of protesters stayed out in the driving rain.
Liberia Expands Ebola Treatment in Capital
Liberian authorities expanded Ebola treatment centers in the capital Saturday to cope with increasing numbers of patients, while two more airlines announced they were halting flights to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone amid the deepening crisis.
In Iraq, captured Yazidi women fear the Islamic State will force them to wed
Hundreds of Yazidi women who were captured by Islamic extremists during their sweep through the town of Sinjar are being incarcerated at scattered locations across northern Iraq in what increasingly looks like a deliberate attempt to co-opt them into service as the wives of fighters.
U.S. airstrikes on ISIS part of operation to retake key Iraqi dam
U.S. warplanes on Saturday pounded a series of extremist militant targets in what officials say is part of an effort to retake a key piece of infrastructure in northern Iraq -- Mosul Dam. The airstrikes against fighters of the so-called Islamic State come amid growing concern that the dam is not being properly maintained and could rupture, a U.S. official familiar with the details told CNN.
Iran says 'little chance' of reaching nuclear deal with West by November
Iran’s foreign minister said he believed it was unlikely a final-status agreement would be reached with the West over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program within the time frame that has been allotted in the negotiations.
Hamas says Israel must accept Palestinian demands or face long war
Hamas rejected on Saturday as insufficient offers made in Cairo to Palestinian negotiators seeking to end Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, and raised the possibility of renewed fighting when the current truce expires.
Missouri governor declares curfew in riot-hit Ferguson
The governor of the US state of Missouri has declared a state of emergency in the St Louis suburb where a black teenager was shot dead by police last week. Jay Nixon also said a curfew would run from midnight local time (05:00 GMT) until 05:00 (10:00 GMT) in Ferguson.
Islamic State executed 700 people from Syrian tribe: monitoring group
The Islamic State militant group has executed 700 members of a tribe it has been battling in eastern Syria during the past two weeks, the majority of them civilians, a human rights monitoring group and activists said on Saturday.
Russia and China Are Planning Something Big -- and It Floats
China's growing military ambitions have pushed it to develop a built-for-purpose, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The country's growing energy demands are now following the same atomic and seaward path.
Why The Fed Can't, And Won't, Let The Stock Market Crash
When it comes to the stock market, while the biggest, and according to many only, beneficiary of the Fed's ZIRP/QE policies of the past 6 years has been the wealthiest 1%, the reality is that said top crust of US society no longer needs the S&P to continue its relentless, manipulated and centrally-planned levitation.