A bizarre “bio warfare” storm has killed five people in Kuwait, just days after a similar storm hit Australia killing six and leaving thousands of others hospitalized. Five expatriate workers died from “severe asthma attacks” during the freak storms, as torrential rain hit Kuwait on Friday. According to local news, two Egyptians and a 35-year-old Indian…
Iceland’s anti-establishment Pirate Party have been invited to form government and have been handed a mandate to begin instituting some of their progressive policies. Icelandic President Guðni Jóhannesson made the announcement on Friday, over one month after the general election, after meeting with head Pirate Birgitta Jónsdóttir. “I met with the leaders of all parties and asked their opinion…
Gambians are dancing on the streets after they dropped their marbles and voted out the long-term autocratic president Yahya Jammeh in a shock election, making former UK-based security guard Adama Barrow the new president of Gambia. Read Full Article at RT.com
Donald Trump has vowed stop the U.S. from meddling in the Middle East and end American policing of other countries. Speaking at a “Thank You” tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump vowed that when he gets into office in January he would stop the US trying to overthrow other governments around the world. Rt.com reports: The president-elect…
President Nicolas Maduro has announced that Venezuelan Credicard payment system, as well as the Internet system of the entire country, have been affected by cyber attacks.
The realization of a permanent base on the moon, proposed by the European Space Agency (ESA), has begun to take shape as companies around the world show support.
Commenting on Turkish President Erdogan’s recent harsh rhetoric directed towards Syrian leader Bashar Assad and his explanation of the Turkish invasion into Syria, political observer for Turkish daily Aydınlık, Mehmet Ali Güller revealed to Sputnik Turkiye the real purposes the Turkish leader is pursuing in Syria.
A former Florida police officer says he was fired for “blowing the whistle” on his department’s “unconstitutional” practices of racial profiling that specifically targeted young black males. He has sued the city of Miami Gardens, seeking $75,000 in damages. Read Full Article at RT.com
The Russian Defense Ministry urged the United Nations to get down to work and provide real humanitarian aid to the residents of Aleppo instead of merely talking about it.
Turkish lawmakers ratified the agreement with Russia on the construction of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Friday.
‘Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, has officially become Thailand’s new king, succeeding his late father who ruled the Southeast Asian country for seven decades. The new monarch, who received the title “His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun,” assumed his new position on Thursday, nearly two months after the old monarch’s demise. The new king will…
Foreign intelligence services presumably of Ukrainian origin are planning cyberattacks to destabilize Russia’s financial system starting next Monday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
Norwegian police have filed charges against 51 people suspected of various kinds of abuse of children including babies. Even the future abuse of yet unborn children was discussed in the country’s largest ever pedophile ring. A total of 150 terabytes of data, including photos, videos and chat transcripts was seized in an operation codenamed “Dark Room,” which was…
In a year highlighted by vicious and poisonous US Presidential election, a series of underwhelming blockbuster films, and what appears at times to be a nonstop barrage of beloved celebrities dying, 2016 has felt to many like a twelve-month nightmare. And though the finish line is in sight, 2016 seems intent on bringing more bad…
More than a quarter of a million people in England will be homeless this Christmas as high rents, benefit cuts, and a worsening housing crisis create the perfect storm, a UK charity has warned. Read Full Article at RT.com
Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria does not target any country or individual, and is aimed only at terrorist groups, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. He had earlier stated that Turkey was in Syria to “end the rule of the cruel Assad.” Read Full Article at RT.com
A judicial committee has called for top Canadian judge Justice Robin Camp to be discharged, after a case in which he asked an alleged rape victim why she could not “keep her knees together.” Read Full Article at RT.com
Israel has begun a bombing campaign in Syria, carrying out multiple air strikes in the country under the guise of targeting Hezbollah. According to Arab news outlets, Israeli aircraft used Lebanese airspace in order to hit a weapons cache and a convoy of military vehicles belonging to Hezbollah and the Syrian army. Ibtimes.co.uk reports: The…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed that the New World Order will be dismantled and consigned to history and Russian-US relations will be restored when Donald Trump leads a new administration in the White House. “Now, that the election campaign in the United States is over and a new president is about to move into the White…
Francois Fillon looks likely to triumph over Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election runoff in May, with 66 percent of vote shown as going to the center-right candidate, the latest opinion poll by the Elabe Institute shows. Read Full Article at RT.com
Millions of protestors in India are rising up against a ruling class determined to take away their rights. There is anarchy in the streets as the Indian government continue to lean on mainstream media to suppress the scale of events and cover up the chaos caused by their draconian ban on cash. Millions of Indians – the…
Nearly half of Germans have indicated they want to follow Britain in holding a referendum on their EU membership. A survey found 42 percent of citizens want a similar vote that led to Brexit, while two thirds of the population believe the European Union ‘is heading in the wrong direction’. It will be seen as…
Leaders of the Syrian opposition are now holding negotiations with Russian representatives to end the fighting in Aleppo, the Financial Times has reported, citing four anonymous Syrian opposition figures. The US is allegedly not aware of the talks. Read Full Article at RT.com