Holy Shiite! Syrian rebels trained by US defect to Al-Qaeda after receiving weapons from America to fight ISIS, Assad
The loss of a group that had been held up as an example of Western efforts to court moderate rebel factions is another humiliating blow for Obama. For the past six months the Hazm movement, and the SRF through them, had been receiving heavy weapons from the U.S.-led coalition, including Grad rockets and Tow anti-tank missiles.
‘Women and children dumped in a well’: ISIS massacres 322 Sunni tribesmen in west Iraq
“The number of people killed by Islamic State from Al-Bu Nimr tribe is 322. The bodies of 50 women and children have also been discovered dumped in a well," the country's Human Rights Ministry said on Sunday.
China unveils anti-drone laser weapon able to shoot down 'small aircraft' within 5 seconds
Boasting high speed, great precision and low noise, the system is aimed at destroying unmanned, small-scale drones flying under an altitude of 500 meters and at speeds below 50 meters per second, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
‘Point of no return’: Merkel warns UK could exit EU over immigration policy – report
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled she would rather see the UK leave the EU than compromise the free movement of immigrants, German magazine Der Spiegel reported.
Netanyahu Holds Secret Meeting with Abdullah over Temple Mount
The meeting was intended to try and calm inflamed tensions in Jerusalem, following the temporary decision to stop all visits to the Temple Mount last week. That decision was made following the assassination attempt against Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick on Wednesday, who championed the struggle for Jewish prayer rights at the holiest site in Judaism.
Trump: 'Never a greater enemy to Israel than Obama'
“Look, they don’t like him and they don’t like Israel … [Obama's] the worst thing that has ever happened to Israel. Now what’s going to happen is, the way it’s going, Iran will have a nuclear weapon. And it’s very close. As soon as that happens it’s a whole new ball game.” “Where’s the United States in that ball game?” asked Pirro. “I don’t think we have any idea what’s going on,” answered Trump, saying the country was poorly run.
Ebola threat to Americans is 'hyped' by desperate media, says David Axelrod
'The media and craven politicians are hyping the threat to keep interest' in Ebola, says David Axelrod, who was hired to advise Ed Miliband in April. According to UtahPolicy.com, Mr Axelrod said that the reporting of the threat from Ebola showed how the traditional media was trying to keep the public inflamed about issues.
HYDER FLARE MISSES EARTH
The C3-category flare was caused by a filament of magnetism, which rose up and erupted between 0400 and 0600 UT. Some of the material in the filament fell back to the sun, causing a flash of X-rays where it hit the stellar surface. That was the flare. The rest of the filament flew out into space, forming the core of a massive CME
Satellite photos reveal North Korea has built its own submarine capable of carrying ballistic missiles
The rogue state “is believed to have completed construction of the new submarine after importing a Soviet-era Golf-class diesel submarine and reverse-engineering it,” a government source said on condition of anonymity. The Yonhap news agency reports the submarine was based an old design which was decommissioned by Russia almost 25 years ago.
Earthquake: 3.4 quake strikes near Loma Linda, Calif.
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Monday morning two miles from Loma Linda, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:53 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 10.6 miles.
China develops anti-drone laser
China has successfully tested a homemade laser defense system specially targeting small-scale drones flying at low attitude. The machine is able to shoot down various small aircraft within a two-kilometer radius and can do so in five seconds after locating its target, said a statement released Sunday by the China Academy of Engineering Physics, one of the system's co-developers.
Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC
The unrestricted use of fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change, a UN-backed expert panel says. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in a stark report that most of the world's electricity can - and must - be produced from low-carbon sources by 2050. If not, the world faces "severe, pervasive and irreversible" damage.
Islamic State 'kills 322' from single Sunni tribe
Mass killings by Islamic State militants have seen 322 members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe killed in western Anbar province, Iraq's government says. The country's ministry of human rights said more than 50 bodies were found in a water well, whilst 65 members of the Al-Bu Nimr tribe have been kidnapped. The group's latest attack came on Sunday morning when militants shot and killed at least 50 of the tribe.
EU lodges new WTO protest against Russia
The EU lodged its fourth formal complaint against Russia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Friday in the latest round of the trade battle between the two blocs. Brussels' ire is focused this time on import duties slapped on paper products, refrigerators and palm oil, a market which it says is worth approximately €600 million a year.
Merkel: UK exit better than restricting free movement
German chancellor Angela Merkel would reportedly prefer the UK to leave the EU than have Downing Street limit the free movement of people. Unnamed sources in the German government told the German weekly Der Spiegel that UK plans to place a cap on unskilled EU migrants would be a step too far for the German Chancellor.
Jordan’s king says he’ll resist ‘unilateral’ Israeli policies in Jerusalem
ordan’s King Abdullah II denounced Israel’s “unilateral policies” in Jerusalem and called for a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in a speech delivered Sunday to Jordan’s parliament.
Abbas to present US peace framework to PLO
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will present to the Palestine Liberation Organization leadership on Sunday night an American framework for the resumption of peace talks with Israel, Israel Radio reported.
Landmark Jerusalem passport case gets day in US Supreme Court
The official birth country of Jerusalem-born Menachem Zivotofsky to be decided Monday. This Monday brings a second chapter in the United States Supreme Court’s ongoing arguments over the status of Jerusalem.It’s the second time the highest court in the US is considering the constitutionality of a 2002 law that directs the State Department to allow Israel as the country of birth in passports of American citizens born in Jerusalem.
Arab League warns of Jerusalem ‘red line’
CAIRO — The Arab League warned Sunday that Israel has reached a “red line” after fresh clashes in Jerusalem, urging international pressure to stop what it branded “violations” in the holy city.
Abbas says Glick shooter will go to heaven as martyr
In condolence letter to Hijazi family, PA head decries ‘vicious assassination’ by IDF ‘terrorists'; Netanyahu calls for international condemnation.
Far-right Israeli MP visits al-Aqsa compound, defying Netanyahu
JERUSALEM - A far-right politician who wants Jews to be allowed to pray at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa compound visited the site on Sunday, defying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's calls for restraint after clashes this week between Israeli police and Palestinians.
Jerusalem on edge in row over contested shrine
JERUSALEM — This combustible city at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been edging toward a new conflagration, with politicians on both sides stoking religious fervor over an ancient Jerusalem shrine sacred to Muslims and Jews.
Faith Schools Could Face Closure if They Don't Promote Gay Rights
British faith schools are to be forced to teach equality and respect for gay rights or face closure, in a move backed by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. The orders come following 40 snap inspections of faith schools, including Christian and Jewish schools, in the wake of the Trojan Horse plot in Birmingham in which radical Islamists were found to have infiltrated between four and eight schools to promote hard-line Salafist Islam.
The Lies Phony Climate Experts Tell
For decades now both the U.S. and Europe have suffered the arrogance and the lies of so-called “climate experts.” Mind you, there are some real ones and, when it comes to global warming and climate change, the interchangeable names for the lies, they are the ones labeled “deniers” and worse for telling the truth.
Why Obama Hates Netanyahu
While Obama's people anonymously taunt Netanyahu as a coward, it's their boss who acts like a coward, stabbing Israel in the back, slandering its leader anonymously through the media.Obama’s foreign policy was supposed to reboot America’s relationship with the rest of the world. Old allies would become people we occasionally talked to. Old enemies would become new allies. Goodbye Queen, hello Vladimir