Egypt Army Kills 32 Hamas Militants, Arrests Others in Sinai:
An
Egyptian military source told the London-based Arabic-language
al-Hayat newspaper on Thursday morning that Egyptian army forces have
killed 32 members of Hamas and arrested several others over the past
few days in the Sinai Peninsula.
Officials on all sides deny report that Egypt killed 32 Hamas fighters in Sinai?
Israeli,
Egyptian and Palestinian sources on Thursday denied an Arabic
newspaper report that claimed the Egyptian army has killed some 200
gunmen in Sinai, including 32 Hamas members, and arrested 45 others
over the past several days.
Pro-Morsi alliance calls for million-man Cairo march on Friday:
Brotherhood-led
'Alliance to Support Legitimacy' calls for Friday million-man march in
Cairo to protest Egypt's new 'usurper' government, demand ousted
president's reinstatement
Sudden Improvements in Egypt Suggest a Campaign to Undermine Morsi:
As
the interim government struggles to unite a divided nation, the Muslim
Brotherhood and Mr. Morsi's supporters say the sudden turnaround
proves that their opponents conspired to make Mr. Morsi fail.
Egypt's Brotherhood vows to keep defying coup:
Supporters of ousted President Morsi say "popular will of the people shall triumph over force and oppression".
Raids Kill 16 in Iraq's Restive Western Province:
Insurgents
launched two days of bloody assaults on security force posts in Iraq's
restive Anbar province, killing at least 16 at the start of the holy
month of Ramadan, authorities said Thursday.
Two suicide bomb attacks kill five policemen in Iraq:
The
first bomber opened fire on a checkpoint as he approached the police
station, shooting two dead before entering the building and blowing
himself up, killing a further three.
Syrian army inflicted heavy losses on rebels:
The
army targeted rebels' positions in the towns of Ghanto, Rastan,
Zafarani, Kafr Laha in Homs, local reports said, adding that many of
the rebel militants were killed.
Syria's al-Nusra Front - ruthless, organised and taking control:
The
al-Nusra Front, defies the cliche of Islamist fighters around the
Middle East plotting to establish Islamic caliphates from impoverished
mountain hideaways. In north-eastern Syria, al-Nusra finds itself in
command of massive silos of wheat, factories, oil and gas fields,
fleets of looted government cars and a huge weapons arsenal.
Al Nusra torture room found in Rif Dimashq: Video report:
Several
areas around the shrine of Sayyida Zainab (PBUH) have come under
army's control following heavy clashes which left many terrorist dead
or injured.
Meeting al-Qaeda in Syria:
Al-Qaeda's Syrian branch has been cementing control of villages near Turkey's border and aims create an Islamic state.
Syrian Jihadists lose support as abuses mount:
"Out,
out, out, the [Islamic] State [of Iraq and Syria] must get out,"
protesters shouted at a rally in the northern town of Manbij this week,
referring to an Al-Qaeda front group.
Syrians protest against Islamist rule:
Residents of towns near Aleppo demonstrate against al-Qaeda linked group
Syrian rebels behind Aleppo sarin attack, not Assad forces - Russian inquiry to UN : Video report:
That's
according to a Russian team that conducted an on-site investigation
and believes the chemical trail leads straight to the rebels.
Lavrov: Syrian Opposition Undermining Geneva Talks:
Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the new president of the so-called
Syrian National Coalition (SNC) is hindering attempts to hold the
proposed Geneva talks, which aim to find a political solution to the
crisis in Syria.
US senator calls for military strikes on Syria:
The
influential chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl
Levin (D-Mich.) who has returned from a fact-finding trip to the Middle
East, also expressed support for arming the militant groups fighting
against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
UK parliament wins veto over any move to arm Syrian rebels:
Britain's
parliament backed a motion on Thursday, July 11 requiring Prime
Minister David Cameron to give it a veto over any future move to arm
Syrian rebels, in a symbolic vote the government said it would heed,
according to Reuters.
Exiled dissidents claim Iran building new nuclear site:
The
National Council of Resistance of Iran exposed Iran's uranium
enrichment facility at Natanz but analysts say it has a mixed track
record and a clear political agenda.
Photos suggest Saudis targeting Iran, Israel with ballistic missiles:
Daily
Telegraph says analysts who examined satellite images from
surface-to-surface missile base deep in Saudi desert spotted two launch
pads with markings pointing north-west towards Tel Aviv and north-east
towards Tehran
5-year-old Palestinian detained by IDF:
Child
suspected of throwing stones near Hebron detained by IDF, transferred
to Palestinian Police. Father claims to have been beaten by soldiers.
Watch B'Tselem's video
Two successive roadside bombings kill five in southern Afghanistan:
Officials
say a twin bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed five people,
three civilians whose car struck a roadside bomb and two police
officers who had rushed to the scene to help the victims when the
second bomb went off.
Pakistan quietly preparing for civil war in Afghanistan:
Recognising
the realities on the ground leading to fast changing events inside
Afghanistan, with no one having a clue to what might happen
subsequently after Nato withdraws next year, Pakistan is focusing on
how to 'secure' its own territory, as it does not rule out a 'civil
war' once again.
Three killed in mosque blast in Pakistan:
At
least three people were killed and 10 others injured when a bomb went
off outside a mosque in Pakistan's northwest Kohat district Thursday,
Urdu media reported.
Clive Stafford Smith On Hunger Strike Over Guantanamo Detainee Shaker Aamer:
Clive
Stafford Smith, a top human rights lawyer and activist has declared
himself on hunger strike in solidarity with Shaker Aamer, the last
British man held in Guantanamo
Reprieve: When will White House transfer cleared Gitmo prisoners?: -
If
you were disturbed yesterday by the video we released of Yasiin Bey
(aka Mos Def) being force-fed like a Guantánamo prisoner, please
consider: right now this is happening 90 times a day at Guantánamo Bay.
(If you haven't seen it yet, the video is here. You may find the
images distressing.)
Bradley Manning's Defense Rests:
Prosecutors,
who plan to call rebuttal witnesses on Monday when the trial resumes,
have argued that Manning knew al Qaeda would see the documents online.
Blowback from the White House's vindictive war on whistleblowers: Op-Ed:
Edward Snowden is explicit: seeing whistleblowers like me punitively treated only motivates citizens of conscience more
Wikileaks to begin fundraising for Snowden 'Flight of Liberty':
The
whistleblowing website said via Twitter that it was on the verge of
beginning what it called a "Flight of Liberty" campaign.
Obama gives himself control of all communication systems in America:
The
powers he provides to himself and the federal government under the
latest order are among the most far-reaching yet of any of his
executive decisions.
US allies Mexico, Chile and Brazil seek spying answers:
The
reports, based on leaks by fugitive Edward Snowden, said the US ran a
"data-collection base" in Brasilia. The O Globo newspaper said the US
facility in the Brazilian capital was part of a network of 16 such
bases maintained by the National Security Agency (NSA) around the world
to intercept transmissions from foreign satellites.
Pressure builds in Germany over Edward Snowden claims:
Angela Merkel under pressure to demand a freeze on transatlantic data-sharing
US must fix secret Fisa courts, says top judge who granted surveillance orders:
James Robertson breaks ranks and says he was shocked to hear of changes to allow broader authorisation of NSA programs
Tiny Utah-based ISP makes a name for itself by rebuffing government snoops:
Meet Xmission, the internet service provider embracing transparency as it shields customers from warrantless authorities
EU raids telecoms firms in Internet probe:
The
European Union said Thursday that its inspectors raided the offices of
several telecommunications companies this week to see if they had
abused their dominant position in the global market for Internet
traffic.
Boston bombing suspect pleads not guilty:
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev responds to 30 charges connected with the deadly bombings in April.
Tens of Thousands of California Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike:
The strikers are calling for an end to long-term solitary confinement and better prison conditions.
The Horrible Psychology of Solitary Confinement:
In
the largest prison protest in California's history, nearly 30,000
inmates have gone on hunger strike. Their main grievance: the state's
use of solitary confinement, in which prisoners are held for years or
decades with almost no social contact and the barest of sensory
stimuli.
Lawmaker demands the National Guard patrol the streets of Chicago to stop gun violence:
Davis,
a 76-year-old Democrat who represents Chicago in the Illinois House of
Representatives, said Tuesday that Gov. Pat Quinn should order both
the Illinois State Police and the Illinois National Guard to assist
with law enforcement efforts in her city aimed at curbing crime.
Global Corruption Report 2013:
World's
Biggest Countries For Bribes, According To Transparency International:
In the United States, roughly 1 in 14 people said they paid off
officials. Of those, 7 percent said they bribed the police, 11 percent
said they bribed educators and 15 percent said they bribed judges.
Americans also said they saw political parties as the most corrupt
public institution,.
Crisis-Struck Europeans Say They're Losing Faith in Governments:
Less
than 10 percent of people surveyed in the European countries hardest
hit by the region's debt crisis say that their leaders are doing a good
job at fighting corruption, a survey by the anticorruption group
Transparency International has found.
Eurozone House Price Decline Worsens In Q1:
Spain
registered the biggest decrease with prices falling 12.8 percent.
Portugal and the Netherlands followed with declines of 7.3 percent and
7.2 percent, respectively.
UK: Homelessness reaches five year high:
"Behind
these numbers are thousands of families up and down the country who
have lost the battle to stay in their homes. In these tough times more
and more people are struggling to pay their housing costs, but changes
to housing benefit mean the safety net that prevents families from
losing their homes if they become ill or lose their job is no longer
sufficient to catch them."
Greek unemployment rate scales new high in April:
Unemployment
rose to 26.9 percent from 26.8 percent in March, the highest reading
since statistics service ELSTAT began publishing jobless data in 2006.
It is more than twice the average rate in the euro zone, which hit 12.2
percent in May.
Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Rise to Two-Month High:
First-time
claims rose by 16,000 to 360,000 in the week ended July 6 from a
revised 344,000, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington.
