Op-Ed Articles
NATO Trips on Own Lies with U-Turn on 'Russian Aggressor'
By Finian Cunningham
According to NATO, Russian leader Vladimir Putin is on a revanchist revamp of the Soviet Empire, casting a sinister spectre over the entire continent.
Charlie Hebdo: Paris Terror Can Be Traced Back to Algeria in 1954
By Robert Fisk
Algeria is the post-colonial wound that still bleeds in France.
Truly Massive Display of Hypocrisy by Western Leaders:
By Michael S. Rozeff
These are despicable people who are so low that they use the Paris attacks to jump on a moral white horse and act as if they are pure and defenders of their citizens. Hypocrites.
Noam Chomsky on Charlie Hebdo
We Are All - Fill in the Blank
By Noam Chomsky
Terrorism is not terrorism when a much more severe terrorist attack is carried out by those who are Righteous by virtue of their power.
An Orgy of Democratic Hypocrisy
"Free Speech" in the Aftermath of the Attack on Charlie Hebdo
By David North
Charlie Hebdo has facilitated the growth of a form of politicized anti-Muslim sentiment that bears a disturbing resemblance to the politicized anti-Semitism that emerged as a mass movement in France in the 1890s.
We Must Love as Passionately as They Hate
By Russell Brand
How can any spiritual scripture be used as justification for mass murder?
Here Lies My Brother
Video
A short film produced by DCI-Palestine, attempts to provide a glimpse beyond the headlines to see the impact prolonged military occupation has on Palestinian families.
Is This Country Crazy?
Inquiring Minds Elsewhere Want to Know
By Ann Jones
It's past time to wake up, America, and look around. There's another world out here.
The Police Threat Is Too High
By Paul Craig Roberts
More US citizens were murdered by the police than US soldiers were killed in the war On Iraq.
My Predictions for 2015
All Liberties In America Today Are Under Siege
By Ron Paul
If Americans were honest with themselves they would acknowledge that the Republic is no more. We now live in a police state.
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Hard News
Official: Islamic State group battle in Iraq kills 30 Kurds;
The battle for the town of Gwer demonstrates the Islamic State group's ability to still launch offensives in Iraq, despite a monthslong campaign of airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition. And while an alliance of Iraqi troops, Kurdish fighters and Sunni and Shiitte militiamen have made some gains, their advance remains tenuous at best.
Car bombs claim 16 lives in Syria's Aleppo:
At least 16 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by two car bombs targeting al-Nusra militant and Kurdish fighters in Syria's northwestern province of Aleppo, a UK-based Syria opposition group says.
Lebanon: Twin suicide bomb attacks kills 9 :
Cafe Omran, a popular hangout for the residents of Jabal Mohsen, was packed on Saturday night when a suicide bomber walked in and blew himself up at approximately 7:30pm. A second bomber was said to have detonated at the entrance.
Crowds attend funerals of seven people killed in Lebanon attack:
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Islamic State carried out Lebanon cafe attack - minister:
A double suicide attack that killed eight people at a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli was carried out by the Islamic State group, the interior minister said on Sunday, contradicting a claim of responsibility by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
13 people killed in clashes in eastern Libya:
Five soldiers and eight militants were killed on Saturday in clashes between the Libyan army and militant groups in eastern city of Darna, said a military officia
7 killed as suicide bomber targets Pakistan mosque:
A suicide bomber has struck a Shia mosque in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing seven people and wounding several others, police have said.
Video purports to show ex-Pakistani Taliban pledge to Islamic State:
An online video purports to show former militants of the Pakistani Taliban pledge allegiance to the Islamic State group and behead a man they identify as a soldier.
Afghanistan: 8 Taliban Killed in Nangarhar Drone Strike:
At least eight Taliban insurgents were killed and four others were wounded in a NATO drone strike in eastern Nangarhar on Sunday, local officials said.
Ukrainian serviceman killed, 8 others injured in Donbas:
At least one Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and eight others have been injured in the latest gun battles with pro-Russia forces in the country's eastern region of Donbas over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's military spokesman says.
Ceasefire violated 51 times by Ukraine in 24 hrs: Donetsk officials:
We have registered 51 shelling attacks, launched by the Ukrainian military over the past 24 hours, targeting the Kyivsky, Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk," said a ministry spokesman on Sunday.
Paris attacker seen in ISIL allegiance video:
Video emerges of Amedy Coulibaly, who seized hostages in kosher store, defending deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo.
Both brothers behind Paris attack had weapons training in Yemen - sources:
"They met (al Qaeda preacher) Anwar al-Awlaki and then they were trained for three days in the deserts of Marib on how to fire a gun. They returned to Oman and they left Oman on Aug. 15, 2011 to go back to France."
Pledging allegiance to ISIS: Paris hostage taker Coulibaly jihad video emerges:
A video of Amedy Coulibaly, who murdered a policewoman and killed four hostages in a Parisian kosher supermarket, has emerged online. He swears his allegiance to the Islamic State in the clip and attempts to justify the wave of terror attacks.
France: Terrorist sleeper cells activated:
French law enforcement officers have been told to erase their social media presence and to carry their weapons at all times because terror sleeper cells have been activated over the last 24 hours in the country, a French police source who attended a briefing Saturday told CNN Terror Analyst Samuel Laurent.
Over 40 world leaders, up to 1,000,000 rally in Paris against extremism; Video -
Hundreds of thousands are marching through Paris in solidarity with the 17 victims of the attack at Charlie Hebdo, and the atrocities that followed in three days of terror. Over 40 world leaders joined the "cry for freedom" rally.
SAS rushed in to guard our streets as Al Qaeda warns 'you're next':
The elite Special Forces have joined counter-terror police and 1,900 Army personnel in the biggest security operation since the 2012 London Olympics.
Al-Qaeda plotting massacre in Britain, say MI5:
Al-Qaeda is plotting mass attacks on civilians in Britain and other Western countries, the head of the UK secret service MI5 warned.
In Britain, Spy Chief Calls for More Power for Agency:
Britain's domestic intelligence chief has demanded greater authority for spies to help fight the threat of Islamist extremism, a sign that the attack on a satirical newspaper in Paris is likely to sharpen the security-versus-privacy debate in Western countries.
German newspaper attacked 'over cartoons':
Daily tabloid Hamburger Morgenpost targeted in arson attack after reprinting French magazine Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
Dianne Feinstein: Terrorist sleeper cells are in the U.S:
A key senator said Sunday she believes there are terrorist sleeper cells in the U.S. that could carry out attacks similar to the ones in France that left 17 people dead last week.
Venezuela's Maduro in Saudi for talks:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in OPEC's leading oil producer Saudi Arabia for talks Sunday, officials said, after he visited Iran to discuss the impact of plummeting crude prices.
Uruguay's Mujica Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is with Whopping Donations:
Uruguay's outgoing President Mujica is known world-wide for his generosity and humble lifestyle, but his revelation Friday that he donated US$550,000 over during his five years as president will still come as a shock to many who are unused to politicians practicising what they preach.
Haiti protesters clash with police in anti-Martelly march:
Protesters in Haiti have clashed with police in a demonstration calling for the resignation of President Michel Martelly over long-delayed elections.
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