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Hard News
Explosion kill 8 Afghan local police officers in Logar:
Deputy
provincial security chief Raees Khan Sadiq Abdul Rahimzai confirming
the report said the incident took place around 8am local time on
Thursday morning after the vehicle of Afghan local police officers
struck with a roadside bomb.
Afghan police officer killed in border clash with Pakistan:
Afghan
and Pakistani forces clashed overnight in a historically disputed
border region, leaving an Afghan police officer dead and others
wounded, officials said Thursday.
Pakistan: 6 killed, 20 injured in explosion in Dera Allah Yar:
The bomb was planted in a motorcycle, that was parked in the bazaar, sources said.
Syrian air strike on Turkish border kills five - activists:
A
Syrian air strike on a headquarters of a rebel brigade along the
Turkish border killed at least five people, including children, and
wounded dozens more on Tuesday, opposition activists said.
Turkish border police wounded in clashes on Turkey-Syrian border:
Five
Turkish border guards were wounded in a clash at the Syrian border
with an armed group that one Turkish official described as smugglers
but an opposition activist suggested may have included rebel fighters
of the Free Syrian Army.
Activists:: Dozens dead as Assad's forces storm Syrian coastal village:
State
forces and militias loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stormed
the coastal village of Baida on Thursday, killing at least 50 people
including women and children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said.
Activists: Syrian troops advance in regime's push to oust rebels from central city of Homs:
Troops loyal to President Bashar Assad regained control Thursday of the Wadi Sayeh district in the center of Homs.
Fractured Syrian rebels scramble for cash as private sponsors dwindle:
Financing
from networks of well-off individuals like him, once the lifeblood of
the Syrian rebellion, is starting to dry up as the conflict escalates,
increasing the rebels' dependence on state-sponsored support networks.
Syria's Opposition Hopes to Win the War by Selling Oil:
European
companies can now legally begin importing barrels of oil directly from
rebel groups, which have seized several oil fields in recent months,
mostly around the eastern area of Deir Ezzor. That would provide the
opposition with its first reliable source of income since the revolt
erupted in Feb. 2011
Syria's other war: intra-rebel skirmishes:
The
gash on Abu Ahmed's face has almost healed but the troubling memory of
Syrian rebels thrashing him with rifle butts evokes fear of another
looming war: an intra-rebel conflict.
Syrian guerillas are 'simple country folk with no clear ideology' - captive journalist:
The
Syrian opposition is made up of young men with little education,
brainwashed into fighting President Assad, journalist Anhar Kocheva
told RT. Kocheva spoke about her time as a hostage, describing a ragtag
group of men devoid of tangible ideals.
Erdogan: Assad using chemical weapons against rebels:
Turkey's
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Bashar Assad's
regime has been using chemical weapons against the rebels, adding that
he intended to discuss the issue with US President Barack Obama.
U.S. Sets Hurdles to Intervention in Syria:
Obama Seeks International Consensus on Assad's Alleged Chemical-Weapons Use, Lowering Prospect of Military Action
US and UK to wait on fresh evidence over Syria chemical weapons claims:
Western
intelligence agencies fear they can no longer prove for certain
whether the Syrian government was responsible for alleged chemical
weapon attacks, because initial samples and evidence trails have
degraded over time.
Rebel gains in southern Syria sharpen Jordan's dilemma:
The
growing power of Islamist fighters in southern Syria is causing alarm
in neighboring Jordan, which backs rebels battling President Bashar
al-Assad but fears those linked to al Qaeda.
10 killed in Iraq attacks:
Three
members of a government-backed paramilitary group were killed and 13
wounded in a car bomb explosion in Garma town near Fallujah city, some
50 km from Baghdad, reported Xinhua citing a police source requesting
anonymity.
Iraqi violence claims 700 lives in April:
April
was the deadliest month in Iraq in about five years, with more than
700 people killed and another 1,600 wounded, the U.N. mission in Iraq
said.
April deadliest month in Iraq in five years - UN: -
More
people were killed and wounded in violent attacks across Iraq in April
than in any month since June 2008, the United Nations mission in the
country said today.
'The civil war in Iraq has already begun':
Politician claims conflict has started and warns it will be 'worse than Syria'
Iraqi army losing hold on north to Sunni and Kurdish forces as troops desert:
Soldiers
are deserting a beleaguered Iraqi army as it struggles to keep its
hold on the northern half of Iraq in the face of escalating hostility
from Sunni Arabs and Kurds who dominate in the region.
Kenya convicts two Iranians of planning to attack Western, Israeli targets:
Last
year, when the two suspects were apprehended, officials said that they
may have been planning attacks on Israeli, U.S., British or Saudi
Arabian interests in Kenya.
At least 4 dead in Chad coup attempt: security sources:
At
least four people were killed in a gunfight in the Chadian capital in
what authorities said was a plot against President Idriss Deby's
government, security sources said on Thursday.
Libya's Benghazi police station blown up:
A
bomb destroyed a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi
early on Thursday but caused no casualties, a security source said, in
a second attack targeting the building.
Libya gunmen reject govt demand to end sieges:
Libyan
gunmen besieging two ministries have rejected government demands to
disband saying they are determined to stay put until authorities agree
to their demand and sack former regime officials, one of them said on
Thursday.
Somali Famine Claims 260,000 Lives:
Two
hundred and fifty-eight thousand people, half of them children, died
in the latest food crisis in Somalia, according to a UN report.
US troops deployed in Mali:
The
United States has deployed a small number of troops to Mali, but
insists they will only be used to provide support to the French-led
operation there and will not engage in combat.
In Somalia, western donors made famine more, not less likely: Op-Ed:
Despite early warnings, the Somalia famine was allowed to happen. Why? Because of politics, al-Shabaab and donor fears
Saudi Arabia DENIES it warned the United States about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2012:
According
to a highly placed source who spoke to MailOnline, the Saudis sent a
written warning about Tsarnaev to the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security in 2012. That was long before pressure-cooker blasts killed
three and injured hundreds.
Man angry over Boston bombings breaks jaw of 'f*cking Muslim' Iraq war veteran;
A
39-year-old Muslim cab driver who served in the Iraq war says that an
executive from an aviation company accused him of being a jihadist and
broke his jaw in what activists are calling a hate crime.
Guantánamo Bay force feeding inhuman and degrading, says UN:
Officials
call on US to either charge or release detainees amid fears for
welfare of at least 21 hunger strikers being forcibly fed
Cuba says US must shut Guantanamo;
CUBA'S
foreign minister has demanded that Washington shut its controversial
jail at Guantanamo Bay and return the long-held military base to
Havana.
Gitmo lawyer found dead in apparent suicide:
Hart
was assigned by the government to defend Mohammed Rahim al-Afghani,
who was detained by the CIA and allegedly subjected to torture methods
until his transfer to Guantanamo in March 2008. The government
maintained that al-Afghani was Osama bin Laden's translator and a top
al-Qaida official.
Ricin suspect's dust mask tests positive for toxin:
Federal
investigators found ricin on a dust mask discarded by the man
suspected of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and other
public officials, according to an FBI affidavit released by a federal
court judge on Tuesday.
Man opens fire with AR-15 rifle at Houston airport checkpoint before turning gun on himself:
The
man allegedly fired in the air at Houston's Bush Intercontinental
Airport, was fired at by an air marshall, who missed, and after
shooting himself was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced
dead.
Print Your Gun Parts at Home:
New technology challenges gun control laws.
Capriles contests Venezuela poll in court:
Opposition leader makes formal appeal to Supreme Court over election results as president brands him a "cry baby".
All aboard for the American Dream:
Desperate migrants ride the 'Train of Death' through Mexico to reach the U.S risking violent attack, rape and kidnap
Study reveals cannibalism in first US colony:
The
Smithsonian Institution reported on Wednesday that settlers at the US
state of Virginia's Jamestown colony resorted to cannibalism to survive
the harsh winter of 1609, dismembering and consuming a 14-year-old
English girl.
Disturbing signs of climate change in 2012: UN weather agency:
World Meteorological Organization's May 2 statement holds little good news
Police shut down Greek-only soup kitchen:
Attempt by ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party to hand out food to only Greeks in central Athens blocked amid scuffles.
Austerity measures in Greece undermining human rights, says UN independent expert:
"More
than 10 per cent of the population in Greece now lives in extreme
poverty, and unemployment amongst youth has reached an unprecedented
rate of 59.3 per cent," the UN independent expert on foreign debt and
human rights, Cephas Lumina, said
Bank of Ireland doubles tracker rate mortgages overnight affecting 13,500 UK customers:
Thousands
of homeowners are facing a huge increase in their mortgage repayments
after the Bank of Ireland doubled rates overnight.
South Carolina House passes nullification bill to make Obamacare a crime:
The
South Carolina state House on Wednesday passed a so-called
"nullification" bill that is declares President Barack Obama's health
care reform law to be "null and void," and criminalizes it's
implementation.
May Day mayhem in Seattle:
Police mace and fire flash bang grenades at protesters (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Homelessness on the rise in America:
Three
years ago President Barack Obama promised to end homelessness for
children and families within a decade. Since making that pledge, the
number of families facing homelessness has been rising.
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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