Year: 2014

‘A Russian aid convoy consisting of nearly 300 white trailer trucks carrying 2,000 tons of supplies for besieged Ukrainians in the eastern province of Luhansk is being blocked by the regime in Kiev. The Guardian […]

‘The intensive militarization of America’s police forces is a serious menace about which a small number of people have been loudly warning for years, with little attention or traction. In a 2007 paper on “the […]

‘As the oil and gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) proliferates, a new study on the contents of the fluids involved in the process raises concerns about several ingredients. The scientists presenting the […]

The home of Sir Cliff Richard, who is thought to be in Portugal with his sister, has been the subject of a police search today, after the South Yorkshire police obtained a warrant in the […]

Two reporters were detained at the Ferguson protests, and police behaved as “soldiers” with the “enemy combatants,” journalists said. Outrage over the incident spilled into both the media and social networks. Wesley Lowery of the […]

The White House has instructed the Pentagon and the U.S. military to put on hold a transfer of Hellfire missiles that Israel had requested during its recent operation in the Gaza Strip, the Wall Street […]

It would appear that Edward Snowden is still far from finished with his National Security Agency revelations. In his latest revelation, Snowden tells WIRED magazine that the NSA has a secret, autonomous program called “Monstermind” […]

‘Ban in disgraceful show of US puppetry The high-profile attendance of United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Iran was something of the double-edged sword. Seated alongside Iranian leader Mahmoud […]

Reports coming in : Cliff Richard’s home searched by police Police are searching a Berkshire property belonging to Sir Cliff Richard in relation to an alleged historical sex offence. A number of items were removed […]

Pentagon officials today confirmed a plan to send massive amounts of new tanks and armored vehicles to the Norwegian countryside to be stashed inside of a series of caves in case the US wants to […]