38 "militants" killed in security operations in Afghanistan: gov't:
Thirty-eight
Taliban militants have been killed in security operations across
Afghanistan within the last 24 hours, said the country's Interior
Ministry Tuesday morning.
Nineteen US soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan: Taliban:
A spokesman for the militant group said the attack was carried out on Monday in Khogyani District of the province.
17 villagers killed in Afghan roadside bombing:
Afghan police say a motorcycle pulling a trailer packed with people hit a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan, killing 17.
Afghan soldier 'kills Nato colleague' at Kandahar airport:
An
Afghan soldier has opened fire inside Kandahar international airport,
killing one Nato soldier and injuring two others, the Afghan army says.
Afghan Taleban 'abandon' Qatar office:
A
diplomat and Taleban official say the Afghan Taleban are closing their
Qatar office at least temporarily to protest demands they remove a
sign that identified the movement as the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan.
27 killed in a string of attacks in Iraq:
Four
people were killed and six injured when a car bomb struck a
policeman's house in the residential complex of Mishraq, near Mosul
city, some 400 km from Baghdad
Exclusive: Congress delaying U.S. aid to Syrian rebels - sources:
Congressional
committees are holding up a plan to send U.S. weapons to rebels
fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of fears that such
deliveries will not be decisive and the arms might end up in the hands
of Islamist militants, five U.S. national security sources said.
Car bomb in Beirut southern suburb wounds over 50:
A
car bomb ripped through Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of
Hezbollah, wounding over 50 people, security sources said Tuesday, the
first day of the holy month of Ramadan for some Shiites in Lebanon.
Massive Blast Hits Bir Al-Abed Region in Beirut's Southern Suburb: Raw Video -
A
massive explosion hit Bir Al-Abed region in the Southern Suburb of
Beirut on Tuesday, leaving 53 people wounded, most of them had light
injuries, and causing material damage at the place.
Hariri blames Israel for Beirut suburb bombing:
"[The
blast] requires the highest level of awareness and vigilance in the
face of dangers that surround the country and the entire region,
especially while facing attempts by the Israeli enemy to push [Lebanon]
to strife by organizing terrorist attacks, as happened today," Hariri
said in a statement.
Syrian Rebels Claim Responsibility for Beirut Blast:
The
Liwa'a 313 Brigade, a faction of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA), has
claimed responsibility for a bomb attack which rocked the Bir al-Abed
area of Beirut's Dahiyeh suburb, a stronghold of the Hezbollah
terrorist group.
Syrian government invites UN for chemical weapons inspection:
Syria's
government has invited the UN's chemical weapons inspector into the
country to arrange for an expert team to examine whether deadly
substances have been used during the civil war.
Gunmen kill top Yemeni army officer :
Gunmen
shot dead a high-ranking Yemeni army officer Monday in the country's
southeastern Hadramawt province as he was heading to work, a military
official told AFP.
Iranian authorities foil suspected suicide attack: agency:
Iranian
security forces on Tuesday killed a man suspected of wanting to carry
out a suicide bombing on a police headquarters in the city of Chabahar
in southeastern Iran, the semi-official Mehr news agency said.
Man behind Egypt coup studied at US Army War College: Report:
Egyptian
Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who engineered the
ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday, attended the war
college in Carlisle, Pa., in 2006, The Washington Times reported.
Egypt's army chief studied at War College in Carlisle:
"In
this little historical Pennsylvania town, the most important school in
the world operates under the radar," said retired Col. Stephen Gerras,
a professor of behavioral science at the Carlisle Barracks.
Video Shows Egyptian Army Sniper Firing On Demonstrators: Video -
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood rejects timetable:
The Muslim Brotherhood says the transition plan proposed by the interim president would take the country "back to zero".
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for national uprising:
The
Freedom and Justice Party "calls on the great Egyptian people to rise
up against those who want to steal their revolution with tanks and
armored vehicles, even over the dead bodies of the people," it said in a
statement.
Live Video Stream Of Pro-Morsi Protests - Video -
White House Won't Cut Aid to Egypt:
The
Obama administration has ruled out, at least for now, cutting off $1.5
billion in annual aid to Egypt despite a federal law that requires
halting such assistance to countries that have overthrown elected
governments with military coups.
Al Jazeera employees in Egypt quit over editorial line:
Some
in Egypt, and other Arab spring uprising countries, have criticised
Al-Jazeera's editorial line, saying it favours Islamists.
Al-Jazeera kicked out of Egypt news conference:
The station broadcast graphic images of those killed and wounded in the violence Monday outside a military facility.
CNN's Egypt coverage provokes angry protests in the US:
Over
the weekend in New York City, protesters gathered to show their
opposition to CNN's news coverage and disagree with the news outlet
calling the ousting of President Morsi's a coup.
The unreported war in the Congo killing millions with the aid of the United States:
So
how do you get away with arming a rebel force that attacks UN
peacekeepers, rapes women and recruits children? You need powerful
friends.
Russia-China joint naval exercise begins in Sea of Japan:
Russia and China started a large-scale joint naval exercise in the Sea of Japan on July 8, partly to send a message to Japan.
Leaked report shows Bin Laden's 'hidden life':
Government report obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera reveals results of investigation into AQ chief's life on the run.
Report says US Bin Laden raid 'an act of war':
Leaked report from Pakistan commission probing al-Qaeda chief's life on the run bemoans country's "policy bankruptcy".
10 things we learned from the Osama bin Laden report:
Osama
bin Laden hid from spy satellites under a cowboy hat, did not pay
property taxes and had a run-in with a traffic policeman
Top special operations officer directed shift of bin Laden records to CIA to keep files secret:
Records
about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout were ordered
purged from Pentagon computers and sent to the CIA - a place where they
could be more easily shielded from ever being made public.
Venezuela confirms receiving asylum request from NSA leaker Snowden:
Venezuela's president says that his country has received an asylum request from NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
Russian's tweet on Snowden asylum OK quickly deleted:
A
Russian lawmaker caused a diplomatic stir Tuesday by briefly tweeting
-- then deleting -- news that NSA leaker Edward Snowden had accepted
Venezuela's offer of asylum.
Obama administration set to make NSA leaker Snowden's trip tough:
Edward Snowden could be in for the longest and most arduous flight of his life if President Obama gets his way.
Edward Snowden case: Bolivia summons envoys over jet:
"We
are simply asking the government of Spain and the other governments to
clarify and explain where that version of Mr Snowden being on the
presidential plane came from," said Bolivian Communications Minister
Amanda Davila. "Who spread that fallacy, that lie?"
Snowden: US and Israel did create Stuxnet attack code:
NSA
whistleblower Edward Snowden has confirmed that the Stuxnet malware
used to attack Iranian nuclear facilities was created as part of a
joint operation between the Israelis and the NSA's Foreign Affairs
Directorate (FAD).
Irish court rejects warrant for Snowden:
Ireland's
High Court has refused a bid by the United States to obtain an arrest
warrant for the fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden in case he
lands on Irish soil.
New Snowden leak: Australia's place in US spying web:
Ex-NSA
contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden has disclosed his first
set of documents outlining Australia's role in NSA surveillance
programs, picking out four facilities in the country that contribute
heavily to US spying.
Montana the first state to pass spy law:
Montana
made history this spring after passing the first state law to prevent
the government from spying on anyone in the state by tracking personal
information stored in their electronic devices.
Judge Orders U.S. to Release Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File:
A
federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Friday ordered the government to
promptly start releasing thousands of pages of Secret Service documents
about the late activist and coder Aaron Swartz, following months of
roadblocks and delays.
Michael Hastings Crash Investigation Heats Up, Police and Fire Told Not to comment! Video -
Crash scene defies laws of physics as engine block found behind the car.
California prisoners call for hunger strike:
Inmates in jail in US state want reforms to end what they call torture of long periods in isolation.
American gulag:
California prisons sterilized female inmates without permission:
Prison
doctors in California sterilized nearly 150 female inmates during the
course of four years without ever obtaining proper approval from the
state, a new investigation reveals.
Kentucky ending private prisons:
The
state will not renew a contract with the private Marion Adjustment
Center when it expires on Sunday meaning that for the first time in
nearly 30 years Kentucky will soon be housing none of its inmates in
privately-run prisons.
The Redcoats Had NOTHING on Today's Local Police:
Dustin
Theoharis of Auburn, Washington was asleep in a basement bedroom when
he was shot 16 times by officers who had come to the home looking for
someone else.
Militarized police gone wild across America; :
Right
now, cops are exhibiting thuggish, out-of-control "mafia" behavior as
they run loose across America, terrorizing innocent citizens
IRS published online thousands of Social Security numbers:
The
IRS has already come under scrutiny for targeting conservative
political groups more frequently for audits and wasting millions of
dollars on luxury hotels, alcohol, parody videos and tickets to sports
games. The latest allegations against the IRS serve as further
embarrassment to an agency that has been under fire for months.
Ron Paul announces own media venture:
The
lying and conniving and collusion between those that give us our news
and information and the government, this is going to change," states
Paul in the promotional video.
Denver university in uproar over plans to honor George W. Bush:
The
honor has previously been given to former U.S. secretaries of state
Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright and former U.S. Army chief of
staff George Casey. The school is named after Albright's father.
Nearly 1 in 6 Americans Receives Food Stamps:
Food-stamp
use rose 2.8% in the U.S. in April from a year earlier, with more than
15% of the U.S. population receiving benefits
