UNESCO Responds to Sanhedrin Demand for End to Muslim Occupation of Temple Mount
“According to God’s command, the people of Israel conquered the territory of Judah and the Temple Mount from the Canaanites under the leadership of Joshua the son of Nun and later by King David. These areas were sanctified for the people of Israel and for the construction of the Temple as a place of prayer every man.” Facing a strong international backlash against the resolution after the cancelled vote, Bokova backpedalled, saying in a July statement, “To deny or conceal any of the Jewish, Christian or Muslim traditions undermines the integrity of the site.”
Christian Conservatives Who Own Guns Have Different Attitudes than Those Who Do Not
In contrast to a widespread assumption, the research showed that it is more common for conservative Christians to own a gun than to not own one. Overall, 58% of SAGE Cons – the Spiritually Active, Governance Engaged Conservatives tracked in the ACFI research – currently own one or more guns. Nationally, it is estimated that about one out of three US adults own a firearm. That means that Christian conservatives are nearly twice as likely to own a gun as are adults who are not Christian conservatives.
Guccifer 2.0 angry about his DNC hack being blamed on Russians – WSJ
A person claiming to be the hacker responsible for leaking confidential materials from the Democratic Party told the Wall Street Journal that he is not connected to Russia and is angry that Moscow is getting all the credit for his actions. The hacker said he or she has “more info” that may be leaked to the public.
Report: Israelis and Palestinians agree to meet in principle Moscow
The report, released by Russian news agency Interfax, says that the two sides have agreed to a meeting in principle; it is the second of its kind in just three days.
EPA caught running 'illegal' experiments on humans
“EPA has been sponsoring experiments on human subjects involving exposures to small particle air pollution that EPA has declared publicly and repeatedly to be toxic, lethal, and carcinogenic,” the organization said. “This creates a dilemma for EPA: Either it broke the law by sponsoring human experiments forbidden under law and medical ethics, or its repeated claims to Congress and the American people about the health threat of exposure to low levels of particulate matter were a lie.”
Men Without Work: Millions Missing From The Workforce
Why are so many men in their prime working years unemployed? The Obama administration would have us believe that unemployment is low in this country, but that is not true at all. In fact, one author quoted by NPR says that "it's kind of worse than it was in the depression in 1940.
Geophysicist says earthquake happened on newly discovered fault
According to a geophysicist, Saturday's earthquake in Pawnee, Oklahoma happened on a newly discovered fault zone. Oklahoma researchers use a map of fault zones to predict where the next earthquake could happen, but Saturday's quake was on a fault researchers said they didn't know about.
Three Consecutive Earthquakes Hit Off Russia’s Bering Island Read more: https://sputniknews.com/environment/20160908/1045073359/russia-bering-island-
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has occurred off Russia’s Bering Island, the US Geological Survey reports. Earthquake © AFP 2016/ Richter magnitude scale Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Strikes Off Philippines Coast - USGS MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has occurred off Russia’s Bering Island, followed by three more quakes of a lesser magnitude, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.
WW3 WARNING Planet closer to catastrophic World War III than at any time for SIXTY years...
THE world is closer to a catastrophic and bloody World War III than at any other point in the past 60 years, experts have warned. Russia and China, both of which are pumping vast amounts of money into their militaries, could soon rival the US in terms of power and prestige. All three nations want to remain a global superpower – if not the only one – and are preparing for war, it is claimed.
Russian SU-27 Jet Intercepts US Navy Spy Plane Over Black Sea
A Russian fighter jet carried out an intercept of US spy plane flying over the Black Sea, according to US Defense officials... A Russian fighter jet intercepted a US spy plane flying over the Black Sea, according to US Defense officials cited by the Reuters news agency. The officials said that there were multiple interactions between two aircraft and called the intercept by the Russian jet "unsafe and unprofessional."
Islamic State group: Turkey and US 'ready to invade capital'
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Mr Erdogan said US President Barack Obama floated the idea of joint action against the militants when they met at the G20 summit in China. He said Turkey would have "no problem" with such action.
Red river near Arctic nickel plant examined by inspectors
Russian environmental inspectors are trying to establish why a river near the Norilsk Nickel industrial complex in the Arctic has turned blood-red. Dramatic pictures of the discoloured Daldykan river have been posted widely on Russian media. The government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta says a leaking slurry pipeline carrying waste copper-nickel concentrate could be to blame.
Brexit: Donald Tusk tells Theresa May 'ball's in UK's court'
European Council president Donald Tusk told Theresa May "the ball is now in your court" as the pair discussed the next steps on Brexit. Meeting the prime minister at Downing Street, Mr Tusk said the other 27 member states were waiting to see when the UK would formally trigger its departure from the EU. It is "in everyone's interest" for this to start as soon as possible, he added.
Palestinian High Court suspends municipal elections
The Palestinian High Court of Justice ordered the suspension of the Palestinian municipal elections in the West Bank and Gaza until an undetermined date. The elections were supposed to take place in 416 locales on October 8. The High Court’s decision comes in response to a petition submitted by a Palestinian lawyer...because they will not be held in Jerusalem...
Report: Russia says Abbas, Netanyahu agree to meet in Moscow
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed in principle to meet in Moscow, Interfax news agency reported. It would be the first meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leader since the two last met officially in 2010.
Oklahoma mother, daughter arrested after alleged incestuous marriage
A mother and daughter from Oklahoma are accused of having an incestuous marriage. Patricia Spann, 43, and Misty Spann, 25, were married in March 2016 in Comanche County, court records show. Police say Patricia is Misty’s biological mother.
Brexit vote sparks new revolt by EU states
Former communist states are planning to exploit the fallout of Brexit with a “counter-revolution” designed to block migrant deals and assert the power of national governments over Brussels.
Shi'ite militia says sends 1,000 more fighters to Syria's Aleppo
An Iraqi Shi'ite militia fighting in Syria on the government's side has sent more than 1,000 extra fighters to southern parts of Aleppo over the past two days to reinforce its positions, the group's spokesman Hashim al-Moussawi said on Wednesday.
Tampons coming to men's rooms at Brown University
Brown University's student body president will be hand-delivering menstrual products to all nonresidential bathrooms on campus, including men’s rooms, with the help of 20 other students.
Jerusalem Temple Floor Restored With Sacred Tiles
A Jerusalem temple floor of tile fragments from the Temple Mount – called “the most sacred site in Judaism” – has been restored for the first time by archaeologists.
Coming Soon: Julian Assange Teases Juicy Release of Scandalous Clinton Emails
Still, this revelation may only be the tip of the iceberg. The WikiLeaks founder said that his organization is planning to release a number of new email batches in the coming weeks.
Report: Mahmoud Abbas was a KGB agent
Documents smuggled to London from Moscow by former KGB archivist and defector Vasili Mitrokhin list the Palestinian Authority President as being a KGB agent in Damascus in 1983; researcher: 'the documents are very reliable.'
Julian Assange Says Hillary Clinton Info Coming "Soon"
Appearing on Hannity on Tuesday evening, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said that his organization has "batches" of information on Hillary Clinton related to her campaign and would be releasing the documents "reasonably soon." Assange said that there could be "teasers" of the info debuting as early as next week or the week after.
Ryan: FBI Acting Like ‘Political Operators’ for Clinton
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) slammed the FBI on Tuesday for acting like “political operators” by releasing Hillary Clinton’s FBI report the Friday before Labor Day weekend. “It’s like the most buried time you could put out stories. I’m surprised. I mean, I can’t believe they would do what is such a patently political move. It makes them look like political operators versus law enforcement officers,”