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ISIS bombs kill 100 in northern Iraqi town; officials warn of more car bombings: Two huge bomb blasts - one at a teashop and the other at a mosque -- killed at least 100 people in the township of Sharaban in Iraq's northern Diyala province late Monday evening, Rudaw reporters on the scene said.
http://rudaw.net/english/
At least 48 killed in attacks in Iraqi capital, eastern town:
http://www.reuters.com/Gunmen detonated suicide vests inside a shopping complex in Baghdad on Monday and a car bomb exploded nearby in an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed at least 18 people and wounded 40 others.
Scores killed in attacks on Iraq casino and mall: At least 19 people were killed and 48 injured in an attack on the al-Jawhara shopping centre in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/
Security forces repel IS attack in western Iraq, clashes continue in Ramadi: -
http://news.xinhuanet.com/Iraqi security forces on Monday repelled Islamic State (IS) attacks on a town in the western province of Anbar, with fighting raging on in the provincial capital of Ramadi, a provincial security source said.
US to deploy 1,800 more troops to Iraq and Afghanistan: The 101st Airborne Division, based out of Fort Campbell, Ky., is sending about 1,300 soldiers from its 2nd Brigade Combat Team to Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
http://www.albawaba.com/news/
Syria monitor says children dead after Russian airstrike hits school: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike in the town of Anjara, about nine miles west of the city of Aleppo, also injured at least 20 people, all of them children and teachers.
http://www.theguardian.com/
Propaganda?:
France demands Russia end Syrian operations: Syria and Russia must stop military operations against civilians and in particular put an end to the "ordeal" taking place in the besieged city of Madaya just two weeks before Syrian peace talks are scheduled, France's foreign minister said on Monday.
http://english.alarabiya.net/
Reports that Russian spy chief was killed in Syria, contrary to Moscow's claims: Unconfirmed reports published Monday suggest that the head of Russia's secretive military intelligence service, who died last week, was injured in Syria and later died of his wounds in a Lebanese hospital.
http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/
Madaya Syria: Aid convoy reaches besieged town: The UN says it has received credible reports of people dying of starvation.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-
Syria: Fake Images of Starvation in Madaya Surfing the Web:
http://el-akhbar.com/en/Fake-A number of fake images released in the social media and by the Arab and western media are here.
Madaya: BBC caught recycling footage from Yarmouk: Since the story of the Madaya "starvation" broke, we have been presented with a ceaseless array of fake images many of which have been corrected or withdrawn by the offending mainstream media outlets but then relentlessly and brazenly recycled
https://thewallwillfall.
Yemen ISIS-linked militants kill senior officer in Aden: The militants on Monday said in an online statement that they killed Col. Ali Saleh al-Yafie and posted photographs purported to show the killing in Aden's Mansoura neighborhood.
http://english.alarabiya.net/
Yemenis kill 3 Saudis in fresh attack: The pro-Houthi Saba'net website said on Monday that the allied forces launched several rounds of artillery on the military positions in the al-Maosem district of the southern Saudi province of Jizan, killing at least three soldiers.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/
Hospital in Yemen hit by Saudi-led airstrike - report: An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a hospital in central Yemen on Monday, a state news agency reported. The alleged incident comes a day after Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a missile killed four people at one of its clinics in the country.
https://www.rt.com/news/
Video shows attack on Saudi intelligence compound in Qatif: The video, dated January 9, 2016, and published on Monday, showed masked men throwing firebombs at the building compound in Qatif, a predominantly Shia town in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/
Al-Qaeda vows revenge on Saudi Arabia over militants' executions: Al-Qaeda has pledged to take revenge against Saudi Arabia by saying the Gulf state will pay for executing dozens of the terrorist group's members, and promised to "deal" with the kingdom.
https://www.rt.com/news/
Iran FM: Now Time for Saudi Arabia to Make a Choice:
http://el-akhbar.com/en/Iran-"Saudi Arabia seems to fear that the removal of the smoke screen of the nuclear issue will expose the real global threat: its active sponsorship of violent extremism. The barbarism is clear"
Iran fills Arak nuclear reactor core with concrete: Under the terms of the deal, Iran agreed the heavy-water reactor would be reconfigured so it was not capable of yielding material for a nuclear weapon. It will bring Iran closer to the relief from economic sanctions negotiated in exchange for changes to its nuclear industry.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-
Bahrain, Oman raise domestic gasoline prices: Like other Gulf oil-exporting states, Bahrain has for many years subsidised goods and services such as food, fuel, electricity and water, keeping prices ultra-low in an effort to maintain social order.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/
US oil settles down $1.75, or 5.28%, at $31.41 a barrel: A brutal new year selloff in oil markets deepened on Monday, with prices plunging more than 6 percent to new 12-year lows as further ructions in the Chinese stock market threatened to knock crude into the $20s.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/
Who Stole 143 Tons of Gold From the Libyan People?: Clinton's Emails Have Disclosed the Real Reason for Gaddafi's Overthrow
https://awfulavalanche.
Mortar attack on Afghan school kills three, wounds eight | Reuters:
http://www.firstpost.com/A mortar bomb hit a secondary school in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Monday, killing at least three pupils and wounding eight, the education ministry said in a statement.
Afghan forces struggle as ranks thinned by 'ghost' soldiers: - Afghan forces are struggling to man the front lines against a resurgent Taliban, in part because of untold numbers of "ghost" troops who are paid salaries but only exist on paper.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/
To End North Korea's Nuclear Program, End the Korean War: North Korea sees its time running out to reach a deal with the Obama administration. "North Korea's latest nuclear test is a response to the growing and worrisome trend of hardline foreign policy of the United States in Northeast Asia,"
http://fpif.org/end-north-
Ukraine soldier killed in clashes in rebel east:
http://www.business-standard.One Ukrainian soldier was killed in clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the war-torn east, Kiev said today, a day after four others died in an uptick of violence.
U.S. Dropped 23,144 Bombs on Muslim-Majority Countries in 2015: Nobel Peace Prize-winner President Obama dropped a serious amount of ordnance last year.
http://www.alternet.org/news-
War is a racket:
Defense Industry Revenue Forecast Gushes Over Global Turmoil: The report alerts investors that "revenue growth" is "expected to take a positive turn" due to the terrorism and war in the Middle East and the tensions in Eastern Europe and the South China Sea.
https://theintercept.com/2016/
Shipping Said to Have Ceased... Is the Worldwide Economy Grinding to a Halt?: Commerce between Europe and North America has literally come to a halt. For the first time in known history, not one cargo ship is in-transit in the North Atlantic between Europe and North America. All of them (hundreds) are either anchored offshore or in-port. NOTHING is moving.
https://www.dollarvigilante.
The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat 'score': While officers raced to a recent 911 call about a man threatening his ex-girlfriend, a police operator in headquarters consulted software that scored the suspect's potential for violence the way a bank might run a credit report.
https://www.washingtonpost.
Homeland Security Targets Families Seeking Asylum: Why is DHS targeting families fleeing horrific violence in Central America, people who had no choice but to run?
http://www.progressive.org/
Atlanta police stop and put gun to head of rapper after he withdraws $200,000 from his bank: "I come out the bank, I see the police, I'm walking to my car, I see one of them point to my bag like 'him,'" explained the rapper. "They come bum-rushing me at the car, put me on the ground, putting guns to my head."
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/
You Won't Be Able To Tell Where Your Meat Comes From Now, Thanks To Congress: Beef and pork packages in the US will no longer be required to bear a label saying where the animal originally came from-meaning that consumers will have less information about the product they are buying.
http://motherboard.vice.com/
California Methane Leak One of the Worst Climate Disasters in the US : Video: Gov. Jerry Brown's State of Emergency addressing the methane leak comes late, given the damage incurred and because Gov. Brown understand the issues and is considered a leader on environmental issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
SCOTUS signals support for anti-union plaintiffs: The Supreme Court appeared ready Monday to bar public-sector unions from collecting "fair-share" fees from non-members, a move that could deal a political blow to Democrats by reducing union membership drastically and draining union coffers.
http://www.politico.com/story/
Report: FBI expands investigation of Clinton: "The agents are investigating the possible intersection of Clinton Foundation donations, the dispensation of State Department contracts and whether regular processes were followed,"
http://thehill.com/blogs/
Hillary Clinton Made More in 12 Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a Lifetime: According to public disclosures, by giving just 12 speeches to Wall Street banks, private equity firms, and other financial corporations, Clinton made $2,935,000 from 2013 to 2015:
https://theintercept.com/2016/ |
