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Ukraine suspends Russian gas purchases
Russian gas purchases have been suspended by Ukraine after a breakdown in talks aimed at keeping supplies running for three to six months. The Ukrainian state energy company, Naftogaz, said it would continue transporting Russian gas supplies to other European customers.

Around 1,200 escape from Yemen prison, including al Qaeda suspects
Around 1,200 prisoners, including al Qaeda suspects, escaped during clashes at a jail in central Yemen on Tuesday, officials said.

What Netanyahu Really Thinks About Military Action Against Iran
Israel's former ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, is on a crusade to discredit President Obama and derail a possible nuclear deal with Iran -- and his new memoir contains interesting information about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's real thoughts on how to stop the Iranians getting a nuclear weapon.

Small earthquake recorded in west Alabama
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.8 tremor was recorded Tuesday morning near Eutaw -- roughly 35 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa.

Second Earthquake Since May Rattles Lower Michigan
A shallow earthquake jolted lower Michigan Tuesday morning, marking the second time in two months the region -- which is fairly a stranger to earthquakes -- has felt a tremblor.

Greece Defaults on IMF Debt
Greece made last-minute overtures to its international creditors for financial aid on Tuesday, but it was not enough to save the country from becoming the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund.

Here’s Every 2016 GOP Candidate’s Response To The Same-Sex Marriage Ruling — And There’s A Divide
After the Supreme Court ruled bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio focused on religious freedom — while Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, and, most interestingly, Scott Walker focused more on keeping the fight alive.

Walmart refuses order for Confederate cake but bakes ISIS cake instead
Walmart has apologized after one of its stores baked a cake bearing the Islamic State flag for a Louisiana customer, whose request for a Confederate flag cake had been rejected. "Wal-Mart,'' Netzhammer says in the video, "you got some explaining to do.'

Pentagon urged to boot chaplains who oppose ‘gay’ marriage
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to redefine marriage in all 50 states, the Pentagon is now being urged to “cleanse itself” of chaplains who refuse to support same-sex marriage.

ISIS Threatens Mass Slaughter of Christians in Israel Before End of Ramadan
Islamic militants claiming to be representatives of terror group ISIS in Jerusalem have threatened to "cleanse" Israel of all Christians and "non-believers" unless they leave the country. The extremists are accusing Christians of encouraging Muslims to abandon their religion.

Convergence of Jupiter and Venus on 6.30.15: The Return of the Bethlehem Star!
There is a rare and special celestial occurrence that will be happening just after sunset on June 30, 2015. On June 30th, 2015, the same conjunction that happened when Yeshua was born, known as the “star of Bethlehem” will happen AGAIN in the night sky. The two planets, Venus and Jupiter will spend eight evenings within 2° of each other from June 27th through July 4th. This rare conjunction/pairing of Jupiter and Venus coming this close to each other so that they appear to be on top of one another has not happened like this since the birth of Yeshua.

Terrorists Assassinate Egypt’s Attorney General
Egypt’s Attorney General Hisham Barakat, 64, was assassinated Monday in a deadly car bombing in Cairo, the most senior official to die in a terrorist attack since the election of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. No one has taken responsibility for the attack thus far.

Huckabee: Maybe We Should Ask Chinese Hackers For Lois Lerner’s Emails
Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Mike Huckabee gave an interesting response to a question about cyber security. “We’ve seen just last week what happens when supposedly the Chinese have now hacked into the personell records of upwards of 20 million government employees. The one positive out of all that is that the only hope we have of maybe recovering Lois Lerner’s emails from the IRS is to get them from the Chinese,” Huckabee joked to a laughing crowd of sheriffs.

Islamic State beheads female civilians for first time in Syria: monitor
One of the women was beheaded along with her husband in Deir al-Zor city. In al-Mayadeen city to the south east, the group beheaded another woman and her husband. All of them were accused of sorcery, the monitor said.

Scientists propose an enhanced new model of the source of a mysterious barrier to fusion known as the 'density limit'
At issue is a problem known as the "density limit" that keeps donut-shaped fusion facilities called tokamaks from operating at peak efficiency. This limit occurs when the superhot, charged plasma gas that fuels fusion reactions reaches a certain density and spirals apart in a flash of light, shutting down the reaction. Overcoming the limit could facilitate the development of fusion as a safe, clean and abundant source of energy for generating electricity.

Hawaiian Natives and Astronomers Clash on 'Holy Mountain'
There is trouble in the tropical paradise of Hawaii, as a culture clash pits natives defending a mountain on whose summit their ancestors believed "gods" dwelled against astronomers hoping to build the world's best telescope. Mauna Kea stands a full 14,000 feet above the ocean and more than six miles above the sea floor, making it the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak.

EU approves Greek capital controls
the capital controls must be applied for the shortest possible period. "While the imposed restrictive measures appear necessary and proportionate at this time, the free movement of capital will, however, need to be reinstated as soon as possible in the interest of the Greek economy, the eurozone, and the European Union's single market as a whole."

Ramadan has become month of worldwide terror
President Reuven Rivlin together with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Tuesday condemned the spate of terror attacks against Israelis during the month of Ramadan.

2 minor earthquakes reported in Virginia in 2 days
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Two minor earthquakes have rattled parts of Virginia in the past two days.

Tuesday, Jun 30th 2015 7AM 59°F 10AM 67°F 5-Day Forecast Home Top Helium is LEAKING from massive earthquake fault in LA raising fears 'big one&
A huge fault in the Earth's crust near Los Angeles is leaking helium, researchers have found. They say the unexpected find sheds new light on the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone in the Los Angeles Basin. It reveals the fault is far deeper than previously thought, and a quake would be far more devastating. It follows a report from the U.S. Geological Survey has warned the risk of 'the big one' hitting California has increased dramatically.

Moderate intensity earthquake jolts Kashmir Valley
Srinagar: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kashmir valley in the early hours of Tuesday. The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Hindukush mountain range of Afghanistan."

Obama signs trade bills into law, says tough battle still ahead
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law legislation that gives him "fast-track" power to push ahead on a Pacific Rim trade deal that has been the subject of intense debate in Congress and across the nation. Flanked by some of the lawmakers who supported the bill through a six-week congressional battle, Obama acknowledged that his fight to secure the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership was far from over.

Turkey 'planning to invade Syria'
Turkey has sent shock waves through the Middle East by preparing plans to send troops into Syria for the first time... President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has authorised a change in the rules of engagement agreed by the Turkish parliament to allow the army to strike at Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), as well as the Assad regime, according to local newspapers.

Historic meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox head 'getting closer'
An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is "getting closer every day," a senior Orthodox prelate said in an interview published on 28 June. The unprecedented meeting would be a significant step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, which split in the Great Schism of 1054.

US gay marriage: Texas pushes back against ruling
Texas' top law officer has called the US Supreme Court decision legalising gay marriage in all 50 states a "lawless ruling" and vowed to support state workers who refuse to marry couples on religious grounds. The court ruled on Friday that marriage for all is a constitutional right. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said clerks could be fined if they refuse to issue marriage licences.

Data roaming charges to end in EU within two years
Data roaming charges are set to be abolished within the European Union by June 2017, it has been announced. Firms will be allowed to add surcharges to their domestic rates for a 14-month interim period from April 2016. The deal, which was reached on Tuesday, also sets out rules requiring telecom operators to treat most internet traffic equally.

Greece debt crisis: 'Last-minute talks after new offer'
Last-minute talks are taking place in Athens over whether to accept an offer by creditors allowing Greece to repay part of its debt, Greek media say. Greece is hours away from a deadline to repay a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - one it may miss. One of Greece's creditors made a last-minute proposal of reforms on Monday, reports say.

China ready to set out climate pledges, says Li
China is set to reveal how much it intends to cut its carbon emissions by beyond 2020, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said. Mr Li is on an official visit to France where a UN-led climate summit will be held later this year. After meeting officials in Brussels, he said the details would be announced by the end of the month, which is Tuesday.

Egypt prosecutor Hisham Barakat killed in Cairo attack
Egypt's public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, has been killed in a bomb attack on his car in Cairo, officials say. Mr Barakat died of his wounds in hospital after the bombing in the suburb of Heliopolis, a government spokesman told the BBC. ...Mr Barakat has sent thousands of Islamists for trial since the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.

New Ebola case marks disease's return to Liberia
The body of a dead Liberian man has tested positive for Ebola - the country's first reported case since it was declared free of the disease. Deputy health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said tests confirmed that the 17-year-old man, from a town near the main airport, had died of the disease. Officials are investigating how he contracted Ebola, Mr Nyenswah said.


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Oppose Gay Marriage, But Avoid Two Big Mistakes
And just like the U.S. legalization of abortion in 1973, this newest decision has occurred in a Sabbath rest year, a year of spiritual significance that was designed by God for restoration and renewal – for setting things right – not a year to invent new forms of social rebellion against the Almighty. For me, the timing of Friday’s decision seems eerily like a divine setup for some kind of God-ordained response this Fall.

US warns of Russia, China military threat amid growing chaos
America's new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as aggressive and threatening to US security interests, while warning of growing technological challenges and worsening global stability.

Iranian officials said Monday that the Islamic Republic’s Central Bank has successfully repatriated 13 tons of gold as part of a package of sanctions
Egypt's army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the restive province.

Iran Repatriates 13 Tons of Gold Under Sanctions Relief
Iranian officials said Monday that the Islamic Republic’s Central Bank has successfully repatriated 13 tons of gold as part of a package of sanctions relief provided to Iran by U.S. and Western powers.

ECB will not increase liquidity lifeline to Greek banks: source
The European Central Bank's governing council on Wednesday decided not to increase the liquidity lifeline to cash-strapped Greek banks, a Greek banking source said.

Op-Ed: The Vatican Wants the Temple Mount Taken From the Jews
The Vatican-PLO agreements have been signed to enable the eviction of the Jews from Jerusalem. This follows a memorandum signed by Palestinian and Vatican officials in 2000 which repeated the Vatican call for an international mandate to preserve “the proper identity and sacred character” of Jerusalem. It means a return to a time when half of Israel’s capital was under Islamic control, the Old City was closed to Jews, the synagogues were desecrated, and walls, barbed wire, and snipers divided the city by force.

Tsipras offers conditional okay to bailout, creditors skeptical
In the letter, seen by Reuters, Tsipras asked to keep a discount on value added tax for Greek islands, stretch out defense spending cuts and delay the phasing out of an income supplement to poorer pensioners.

Jewish, Arab, Iranian Believers Prove Peace is Possible
Although working mainly among Jews since its founding in 1809 by slave trade abolitionist William Wilberforce and others, CMJ has also consistently reached out to Arabs over the years and, in 2012, held their first At the Crossroads conference at their Jerusalem headquarters to enable Jew and Gentile to express their oneness in Christ and work together to spread the gospel on the basis of a prophecy from Isaiah (chapter 19) of a “highway” of peace and reconciliation from Egypt to Assyria (which includes much of the modern-day Arab world) via Israel.

Obama Promises That Events In Greece And Puerto Rico Will Not Cause A Global Financial Crisis
Obama says that we shouldn’t be alarmed by what is happening over in Greece. On Tuesday, he told reporters that this “is an issue primarily of concern to Europe” and that “I think the markets have properly factored in the risks involved“. And apparently Obama is not too concerned about the debt crisis in Puerto Rico either. In fact, the Obama administration has already completely ruled out any sort of federal bailout for the island.

ISIS Vows to Conquer Gaza, Israel & Palestinian Authority
ISIS not satisfied with the way Hamas terrorists have governed the Gaza region – has decided to seize control of the enclave itself. And the terrorist organization says it does not plan to stop there, either — the group apparently issued a video statement Tuesday warning of its intent to conquer the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority as well, according to the Reuters news agency.

ISIS Attacks Kill 64 Egyptian Soldiers in Sinai, 42 in El Arish
Approximately 64 Egyptian soldiers and police officers have been killed in a multi-prong attack at five checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula, according to international media sources.

Helium is leaking from San Francisco’s fault lines, and it could cause a huge earthquake
It sounds like something straight from a big-budget disaster movie, but a huge fault in the Earth’s crust is leaking helium – and it could cause a devastating Earthquake.

Iran nuclear talks: Deadline extended to 7 July
Iran and six world powers have extended into next week their talks on finding a comprehensive agreement of Tehran's nuclear programme. The deadline for reaching an agreement was 30 June, but all parties agreed to extend it by another week, to 7 July. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that a deal was now "within reach".

US-Cuba ties: Washington and Havana to announce embassies
The US and Cuba will on Wednesday announce the opening of embassies in each other's capitals, a major step in re-establishing diplomatic ties severed in 1961, a senior US official has said. Relations had been frozen since the early 1960s when the US broke links and imposed a trade embargo with the Communist island. But the US and Cuba agreed to normalise relations at the end of 2014.

China security law tightens control of cyber security
China's legislature has passed a wide-ranging and controversial national security law which tightens government control over many areas of life. The law broadly defines national security as covering everything from finance and cyber security to religion. State media said it would "protect people's fundamental interests".

Mozambique decriminalises gay and lesbian relationships
Mozambique has decriminalised homosexuality in its new penal code, making it one of a few African countries where same-sex relationships are legal. The revised code, in force from Wednesday, drops a colonial-era clause outlawing "vices against nature". There were no prosecutions under that clause but rights activists have said this change is a symbolic victory.

Foreign Ministry: United Church of Christ's decision to divest from Israel 'immoral'
The Foreign Ministry called the United Church of Christ's (UCC) decision to divest from companies operating beyond the Green Line "immoral" in a statement released Wednesday. "People of faith and religion should work to facilitate peace and not try to hurt the side [Israel] aspiring for peace," the Foreign Ministry stated.

Israel closes crossings with Egypt, Gaza, following ISIS Sinai terror attacks
Israel closed the Nizzana and Kerem Shalom border crossings Wednesday following militant attacks in Egypt's North Sinai that killed at least 30 in one of the biggest coordinated assaults yet in the insurgency-hit province. Islamic State's Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, claimed responsibility for the attacks against security forces in North Sinai, according to a statement on Twitter.

When gold is declared illegal...
As regular readers know, we recommend having some cash on hand in case of a monetary emergency. But a reader asks: In the same vein as your reader’s question as to what good cash is when it’s declared illegal, what good is gold when gold is declared illegal? First, precious metals aren’t illegal, so far. Second, making something illegal doesn’t necessarily make it unpopular.

Suicide truck bomb kills two, wounds 40 in Afghanistan: officials
A suicide truck bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed two civilians and wounded more than 40, officials said, in the latest attack since the Taliban began their annual offensive.


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Cash-strapped UN food agency reduces help to Syrian refugees
The United Nations' food agency is cutting back on assistance to thousands of Syrian refugees after an appeal for a ceasefire to enable Syrians feed themselves went unheeded, World Food Program Executive Director Ertharin Cousin said on Friday.

Boko Haram guns down 97 people praying in mosques in Nigeria
Boko Haram extremists gunned down nearly 100 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the holy month of Ramadan, a government official and a self-defense fighter said Thursday.

Ebola Returns to Liberia
Less than two months after Liberia was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization, the virus is back in the country. Over the weekend, a 17-year-old boy died in a small town outside the Liberian capital of Monrovia, The New York Times reports. His family had the burial team swab his body to test for the virus. The tests came back positive, as did a blood test taken by an Ebola response team on Tuesday. According to The Times, a clinic initially diagnosed the boy with malaria, which has similar symptoms to the early stages of Ebola.

Crater expands, ejection of more smoke and ashes reported Panic continues to grip Wahong village
On July 5, a team of Manipur University’s Earth Sciences Department led by Dr S Manichandra will visit the site. They will bring necessary equipment to study the matter.

Turkey 'planning to invade Syria'
Turkey has sent shock waves through the Middle East by preparing plans to send troops into Syria for the first time, turning the civil war into an international conflict on Europe’s borders.

All-Out War South of Israeli-Sinai Border
The northern Sinai Peninsula south of the border with Israel is engulfed in an all-out war. Egyptian F-16 warplanes attacked Islamic State (ISIS) and other jihadists’ positions for several hours Wednesday afternoon and killed more than 90 jihadists following massive ISIS attacks. Most of the 70 Egyptian casualties were soldiers and policemen, and the death toll is not final.

Congress Demands Obama Step Back From Iran Nuclear Deal
Leading members of Congress are pressing US President Barack Obama to abandon his attempts to force through a nuclear deal with Iran, after the deadline for talks was extended on Tuesday to July 7 in a last gasp week-long reprieve.

Analysis: Egypt is losing its war against ISIS in Sinai
Wednesday's terror attack was the largest ever carried out by the Sinai Province, Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate, since it began its fight against the government in Cairo some four years ago.

Eruption Update: Quake Swarms Hit Iceland, Japan Rumbles
Steam rises from a slope near the hot springs resort of Hakone, Kanagawa prefecture on June 30, 2015. Meanwhile, after a few months of volcanic quiet in the island nation, a new earthquake swarm has started off Iceland’s southwestern coast.

5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off Solomon Islands
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands early Thursday, US geologists said, but there were no initial reports of damage and no tsunami warnings were issued. The quake hit at a depth of 8.9 kilometres (5.6 miles), 92 kilometres from Kirakira and 334 kilometres from the capital Honiara.

Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina
A seventh person in North Carolina has been bitten by sharks in what is becoming an unprecedented wave of attacks on tourist beaches. The 68-year-old man was flown to hospital after being bitten on his hands and leg as he swam off the shore of Ocracoke Island.

US blocks attempts by Arab allies to fly heavy weapons directly to Kurds to fight Islamic State
The United States has blocked attempts by its Middle East allies to fly heavy weapons directly to the Kurds fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, The Telegraph has learnt. Some of America’s closest allies say President Barack Obama and other Western leaders, including David Cameron, are failing to show strategic leadership over the world’s gravest security crisis for decades.

World’s Jewish Population Approaching Pre-Holocaust Numbers
The world’s Jewish population has almost rebounded to pre-Holocaust numbers, according to a new report. The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) estimates there are currently 14.2 million Jewish people in the world today. That estimate approaches 16.2 million, the number of Jewish people in the world before World War II, when Nazis and their collaborators killed 6.1 million Jews.

Ebola crisis: Liberia's new outbreak spreads
Two more cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Liberia following the death of a teenager from the virus on Sunday, officials say. The country had been declared Ebola-free more than seven weeks ago. Both of the new cases were in Nedowein, the same village where the boy died, the ministry of information says.

Egypt: Sinai operations will last 'until IS removed'
Egypt has vowed to rid its Sinai Peninsula of militants after major clashes with Islamic State fighters there killed more than 100 people. Operations will not stop until the area is cleared of all "terrorist concentrations", the army said. Air strikes continued into the early hours of Thursday.

The Latest: Muslim Brotherhood calls for Egypt 'rebellion'
The Muslim Brotherhood says its leaders killed in a Cairo apartment were murdered in "in cold blood," calling for a rebellion against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who it calls a "butcher."



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Two rockets fired from Egypt's Sinai hit Israel: army
Two rockets fired from Egypt's violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula exploded inside Israeli territory on Friday without causing casualties, a military spokesman said.

Man arrested in connection with San Francisco killing had been deported several times, officials say
The man arrested in connection with the seemingly random killing of a woman who was out for a stroll with her father along the San Francisco waterfront is an illegal immigrant who previously had been deported five times, federal immigration officials say.

Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours of Nigeria slaughter
Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, locals said, killing nearly 200 people in 48 hours of violence President Muhammadu Buhari blasted as "inhuman and barbaric".

Greek banks prepare plan to raid deposits to avert collapse
Greek banks are preparing contingency plans for a possible “bail-in” of depositors amid fears the country is heading for financial collapse, bankers and businesspeople with knowledge of the measures said on Friday.

Obama to host head of Vietnam communist party
Vietnam s Communist Party will make a first-ever visit to the White House next week, meeting President Barack Obama...

Astronomers Predict Fireworks from Rare Stellar Encounter in 2018
Astronomers are expecting high-energy explosions when pulsar J2032 swings around its massive companion star in early 2018. The pulsar will plunge through a disk of gas and dust surrounding the star, triggering cosmic fireworks. Scientists are planning a global campaign to watch the event across the spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays.

6.1 magnitude earthquake in China's Xinjiang: USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck China s far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre was 164 kilometres (102 miles) northwest of the city of Hotan and 131 kilometres southeast of Shache, known as Yarkand in Uighur, the language of the local mainly Muslim minority.


Oregon imposes gag order on Christian bakers in gay wedding case
I don’t know if you’ve followed the case of Sweet Cakes by Melissa. This is the now-closed bakery in Oregon that has become a target of state officials because its Christian owners declined to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding. Not only has the business been forced to close, the state has fined the Kleins $135,000. But it gets worse. Much worse. Now that state has responded to a radio interview the Kleins gave by ordering them to no longer talk publicly about why their faith compels them to decline such business.

North Korean farmers face dry fields, drought
North Korean farmers work to pump underground water into parched fields. Instead of rice seedlings standing in flooded paddies, the baked earth is cracked. A big lake that used to supply surrounding farmland with water is almost completely dry. ...While the situation in this area visited by the AP looks grim, it is unclear how severe the drought is in the rest of the country.

Schools Implant IUDs in Girls as Young as 6th Grade Without Their Parents Knowing
Earlier this month, LifeNews.com reported on a high school in Seattle, Washington that is now implanting intrauterine devices (IUD), as well as other forms of birth control...without parental knowledge or permission. ...So, a young teen in Seattle can’t get a coke at her high school, but she can have a device implanted into her uterus, which can unknowingly kill her unborn child immediately after conception.

CDC Official Calls Obama Worst President, Amateur, Marxist After Influx of Illegal Alien Minors
Following the influx of illegal immigrant minors from Central America, an official at the federal agency charged with protecting public health describes Barack Obama as “the worst pres we have ever had,” an “amateur” and “Marxist,”... Tens of thousands of Central Americans came into the United States...and contagious diseases—many considered to be eradicated in the U.S.—became a tremendous concern.

MOD to release UK's top secret UFO 'X-Files' that 'could prove aliens exist'
...UFO researchers, backed by House of Lords peer, have been fighting for the release of 18 top secret Ministry of Defence (MoD) files about UFO sightings from more than 30 years ago. ...Lord Black of Brentwood, who asked the Government for an update through a Parliamentary question, was assured yesterday - the day before World UFO day - the files would be released by the MoD to the National Archives by March next year.

CO2 emissions threaten ocean crisis
Scientists have warned that marine life will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions are drastically cut. Writing in Science, experts say the oceans are heating, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic because of CO2. They warn that the 2C maximum temperature rise for climate change agreed by governments will not prevent dramatic impacts on ocean systems.

Israel to temporarily close southern Highway 12 amid Sinai tensions
During a security assessment Thursday night, Israel's defense establishment decided to temporarily close Highway 12 in the South...amid tensions in the nearby Sinai Peninsula. The IDF has increased vigilance in light of fighters linked to Islamic State having taken control of an Egyptian military armored vehicle and tank, creating concern that the Islamists in the volatile region might attempt to break into Israeli territory.

Police boost security in Old City and at checkpoints
Against a backdrop of lonewolf terrorist attacks...police said extra units will be on hand for Friday prayers in the capital. Prayers will proceed as planned as thousands of Palestinians are expected to convene at al-Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount for the third week of Ramadan, though with a greater police presence,” Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Thursday.

Nathan Collier: Montana man inspired by same-sex marriage ruling requests right to wed two wives
Nathan Collier said he was inspired by the recent Supreme Court decision that made marriage equal. He said he was particularly struck by the words of dissenting Chief Justice John Roberts who claimed giving gay couples the right to marry, might inspire polygamy.

China’s stocks hit critical low despite government lifelines
A series of lifelines from Beijing failed to stop the slide in the mainland's stock market on Thursday, with the key Shanghai Composite Index closing below the critical 4,000 mark for the first time in almost three months. Analysts warned that the nation's leadership would pay dearly if it failed to stabilise the market and prevent millions of small investors from losing their life savings.

Syria conflict: 'Massive rebel assault' to take Aleppo
Syrian rebels led by Islamist groups have begun a massive assault that aims to take full control of the northern city of Aleppo, monitors report. Rebels fired hundreds of rockets and missiles into government-held areas in a multi-district attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

No breakthrough at Iran nuclear talks, ministers push for deal soon
Tehran and world powers were still shy of a breakthrough at nuclear talks on Thursday as foreign ministers flew in to help push for a swift deal and resolve disputes over how sanctions could be lifted and how Iran's compliance would be monitored.

Greece 'No' voters in lead ahead of bailout referendum
Almost half of Greeks intend to vote 'No' in a weekend referendum on the terms of its bailout, but capital controls are boosting the 'Yes' camp, a poll showed Wednesday.


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Christian bakers fined $135,000 for refusing to make wedding cake for lesbians
The owners of a mom and pop bakery have just learned there is a significant price to pay for following their religious beliefs. Aaron and Melissa Klein, the owners of Sweet Cakes By Melissa, have been ordered to pay $135,000 in damages to a lesbian couple after they refused to bake them a wedding cake in 2013.

The Chinese government just took drastic steps to save the stock market
China is stepping in to try and save its flailing stock market. According to a Bloomberg report on Saturday, officials are suspending Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) – as many as 28 on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges – to deal with the tumble in stocks. Stopping new companies from going public in IPOs may reduce the flow of cash from existing stocks, Bloomberg notes.

SCOTUS Ignites New Level of Resistance
My sofa felt pretty comfortable. Ninety percent of the time, I’m on the road as chairman of the Conservative Campaign Committee. This was a rare occasion to be in town for the Volusia 9/12 Project monthly meeting. I saw the email reminder about the meeting earlier that day and thought it might be good to attend considering the two devastating outrageous rulings handed down by the Supreme Court (Obamacare and same sex marriage).

Supreme Court Ignores Our Constitution and Wears the Hats of Obama-type Fascists
Many American citizens have been openly questioning and wondering if the recent SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) decisions regarding and Same Sex Marriage are the beginnings of a governmental fascist takeover by self-appointed elitists.

Illegal alien celebrates 4th of July jailed for murdering American woman
At the same time that the news media pile on with negative stories about presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about illegal alien rapists, killers and robbers, a case in California tends to prove his point. The suspect arrested by police for the murder of a young woman who strolled the waterfront with her father has been finally identified as an illegal alien who had been deported at least five times by the Homeland Security Department’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement directorate, according to reports on Friday.

Mexican Illegal Alien Francisco Sanchez Proves Donald Trump Correct!
Donald Trump recently committed the unforgivable sin of telling the truth in a media environment where anything but Politically correct babble is routinely rejected as racist, sexist, and otherwise unsuitable for prime time, regardless of how factual.

Happy Independence Day
Every 4th of July, patriotic Americans celebrate the fundamental essence of what Thomas Jefferson penned in the Declaration of Independence (with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston); a commemoration of July 4th, 1776, upon which day the Thirteen Colonies set forth the explanation and justification for a parting of ways with Great Britain and the tyrannical rule of King George III: the legal separation occurred on July 2nd, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress approved a resolution of independence proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia.

The real low-down on Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Climate Change
Extremely curious at the media allegation that the “scientific Pantheist who advises Pope Francis” and has swayed “Laudato Si” (named so after St. Francis of Assisi’s canticle), “seems to believe in Gaia, but not in God,” I set out to read for myself the climate change encyclical in Italian.

Playing up to Palestinians is Playing with the Fire of God
As reported by The Jerusalem Post, Israel itself has been negotiating with the Vatican over the years but has been unable to reach an agreement on “Catholic life and activity in Israel.” There are other issues of concern to Israel such as Catholic rule over sites considered to be holy in Israel but these are separate from the stated reports of the Vatican’s agreement with the PA.

Poll: 70 percent of Americans believe news media is intentionally biased
Nearly three quarters of Americans believe the news media reports with an intentional bias, according to a new survey. The 2015 State of the First Amendment Survey, conducted by the First Amendment Center and USA Today, was released Friday. It shows that only 24 percent of American adults agree with the statement that "overall, the news media tries to report the news without bias," while 70 percent disagree.

Fears Grow of Assad Waging Last-Stand Deadly Chemical Attack
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has produced new chemical weapons that U.S. intelligence officials he might use in a last-ditch effort to save his own neck, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Islamic State (ISIS), Al Qaeda and rebel forces have taken over most of Syria.

Connecticut mom balks when son's kindergarten application gets personal
The application, sought information such as whether Cara Paiuk's delivery was by C-section or not, whether there were other complications and even if her newborn son had gone home with his parents without delay.

Putin tells Obama he wants dialogue based on equality and respect
Vladimir Putin called for dialogue based on equal treatment and mutual respect with the United States on Saturday in a congratulatory message to President Barack Obama marking U.S. Independence Day. Putin said U.S.-Russian relations remained important for solving global crises. The two countries have disagreements over the conflict in Ukraine, defense matters and democracy.

3RD OF JULY FIREWORKS
Sunspot AR2378 in the sun's southern hemisphere is increasingly active. On July 3rd at 12:51 UT it unleashed an impulsive M1.5-class solar flare. UV radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, causing a mild radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean. Mariners and ham radio operators might have noticed the disturbance at frequencies below ~10 MHz. The explosion did not produce an Earth-directed CME.

'It sounded like dynamite': 16 earthquakes in Greene County since November
The string of tremblors has made Greene County one of the newest epicenters of a national debate among scientists, government officials and other observers over what is behind the massive increase in seismological events across the U.S. in recent years.

4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Nicaragua's Pacific Coast
Managua: A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rattled cities along Nicaragua's Pacific coast late Friday, seismologists said, with no reports of injuries or damage.

Two rockets fired from Egypt's Sinai hit Israel: army
Two rockets fired from Egypt's violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula exploded inside Israeli territory on Friday without causing casualties, a military spokesman said.

Man arrested in connection with San Francisco killing had been deported several times, officials say
The man arrested in connection with the seemingly random killing of a woman who was out for a stroll with her father along the San Francisco waterfront is an illegal immigrant who previously had been deported five times, federal immigration officials say.

Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours of Nigeria slaughter
Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, locals said, killing nearly 200 people in 48 hours of violence President Muhammadu Buhari blasted as "inhuman and barbaric".

Greek banks prepare plan to raid deposits to avert collapse
Greek banks are preparing contingency plans for a possible “bail-in” of depositors amid fears the country is heading for financial collapse, bankers and businesspeople with knowledge of the measures said on Friday.

Obama to host head of Vietnam communist party
Vietnam s Communist Party will make a first-ever visit to the White House next week, meeting President Barack Obama...

Astronomers Predict Fireworks from Rare Stellar Encounter in 2018
Astronomers are expecting high-energy explosions when pulsar J2032 swings around its massive companion star in early 2018. The pulsar will plunge through a disk of gas and dust surrounding the star, triggering cosmic fireworks. Scientists are planning a global campaign to watch the event across the spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays.

6.1 magnitude earthquake in China's Xinjiang: USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck China s far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre was 164 kilometres (102 miles) northwest of the city of Hotan and 131 kilometres southeast of Shache, known as Yarkand in Uighur, the language of the local mainly Muslim minority.

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Greek crisis: ‘No’ vote set for victory as bailout offer rejected
Greek voters have overwhelmingly rejected international creditors’ tough bailout terms in a historic referendum, reigniting fears of a “Grexit” from the eurozone.

Suicide bomber kills five in Nigeria church: police, witness
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a church in the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum, killing five worshippers in the latest in a new series of attacks blamed on Boko Haram, a police officer and witness told AFP.

Powers warn Iran 'now is the time' for nuclear deal
Global powers upped the pressure on Iran late Sunday warning now was "the time" to strike an elusive deal curbing its nuclear ambitions, as the US said the fate of the talks hung in the balance.

Bible Codes Film Sheds Light on Current World Darkness
It is, however, worth noting that traditional Judaism has always known that God encrypted the Bible with everything that was, is and will be.

4TH of JULY GEOMAGNETIC STORM
During the late hours of July 4th, a solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field, sparking a moderately-strong (G2-class) geomagnetic storm. Fireworks were exploding across much of North America when the storm reach its peak. In Cape Cod, Massachusetts, auroras appeared alongside the pyrotechnics:

Tom DeLay: Justice Dept. Wants to Legalize 12 'Perversions'
Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay claims the Justice Department has drafted a memo that spells out a dozen "perversions," including bestiality and pedophilia, that it wants legalized.

IDF Appoints Special Team to Plan Iran Strike
A self-imposed deadline has come and gone without a nuclear deal, but Israel is not waiting around to see how the US and five other countries secure the world from the threat of Iran. Instead, Walla! reported, the Israel Defense Force has appointed a special team to plan for a potential strike at the Islamic Republic’s nuclear targets if needed.

Earthquake recorded in Oman as officials confirm tremor
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on Richter scale was recorded at the Sultan Qaboos University’s earthquake monitoring centre at around 4:45am. “Our centre recorded the earthquake. So far we have not received any report of damage due to the earthquake,” an official from the centre said.




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Air strikes kill nearly 100 in Yemen, cast shadow on truce talks
Nearly 100 people were killed on Monday in air strikes across Yemen, the Houthi-run state news agency reported, as a Saudi-led coalition stepped up attacks that are likely to weigh on efforts to broker a humanitarian truce.

Obama: U.S. to increase support for Syria opposition
President Barack Obama on Monday pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria's civil war and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recruit followers.

Germany, France press Greece to make fast, credible proposals
France and Germany told Greece on Monday to come up with serious proposals in order to restart financial aid talks, a day after Greeks voted overwhelmingly to reject more austerity.

Israel and Egypt: The next ISIS conquests?
Israel and Egypt, which share the Sinai border and cooperate on security and intelligence matters, were both caught off guard. The troops of Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi launched a bloody and successful counterattack, but that engagement was just the beginning of what appears to be a new theater of Caliphate conquest.

The US's response to Iran's cheating is a very bad omen
If it is reached in the coming days, a nuclear deal with Iran will be, at best, an unsatisfying and risky compromise. Iran's emergence as a threshold nuclear power, with the ability to produce a weapon quickly, will not be prevented; it will be postponed, by 10 to 15 years.

6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hit Tonga
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck today Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, no injuries or damage were reported. The source also said, that the epicenter was located at a depth of 10 meters, and 84 kilometers east-northeast of Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga.

Strange Animal Behavior Around the World Reminiscent of the Ten Plagues
All over the world, and especially in the US, unusual animal behaviors are causing some to ponder whether the world is witnessing a reprise of the Biblical Ten Plagues.

Three Systems Over the Western Pacific
As of Monday morning, EDT, Tropical Storm Chan-hom is located approximately 1,170 miles southeast of Kadena Air Base. Chan-hom is moving to the northwest at 9 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 65 mph with gusts to 80 mph.

Turkey 'planning to invade Syria'
Turkey has sent shock waves through the Middle East by preparing plans to send troops into Syria for the first time, turning the civil war into an international conflict on Europe’s borders.

Israel losing Democrats, ‘can’t claim bipartisan US support,’ top pollster warns
New survey by Frank Luntz shows almost half of Democratic ‘opinion elites’ think Israel is racist, barely half believe it wants peace, and three quarters feel it has too much influence on US policy.

Obama Trying to Make US Leftist Jews “Mainstream’
A recent meeting between National Security Council officials and the left-wing Breaking the Silence group barely made headlines but was a significant move in President Barack Obama’s agenda to justify his view that Israel is an “occupier.”

Hackers hacked: Malware firm's data leaked, ties with regimes exposed
.An Italian company that sells hacking tools to various governments was apparently itself the target of a hacker attack, resulting in its internal documents being leaked online and its deals with countries such as Sudan and Saudi Arabia exposed

Pope comes 'home' to South America to defend planet and the poor
Pope Francis flew into Ecuador on Sunday to start a "homecoming" tour of South America, where he will champion the rights of the poor and the planet. His visit to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay - three of the region's poorest and smallest countries - is Francis' first abroad since his landmark encyclical urging an end to man's degradation of the global environment.

Does CNN Think the Messiah is Coming?
For some strange reason, the network appears to think Muslim structures on Temple Mount may soon be gone. A slideshow on CNN's website depicts 25 buildings that are “on the verge of extinction” and beckons to readers: “Go see them now, before it’s too late: threatened by neglect, the elements, changing architectural trends or ruthless developers, these outstanding buildings are all fighting a hard battle for survival.” The first in the series of photos of doomed structures is none other than that of the Dome of the Rock.

Netanyahu Says Nuke Deal getting Worse by the Day
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Monday with Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Kotzias, and promised to support the flailing state of Greece as it deals with bankruptcy. "You are arriving here at a critical time for Greece and I appreciate your visit," Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting. "It expresses the true obligation between us."

UNESCO settles Jesus baptism site controversy, says Jordan
The announcement of the Al Maghtas site in Jordan – believed by many Christians to be where Jesus was baptized – as a UNESCO World Heritage Site was greeted enthusiastically in that country on Sunday, with Jordanian newspaper Al Rai declaring that the move "put an end to the Israeli claims" that the authentic location is beyond the Jordan River in Israeli territory.

Horrific moment ISIS child executioners brutally shoot dead 25 Syrian regime soldiers...
ISIS has released a significant new execution video from the historic city of Palmyra, in the Syrian desert. Child executioners are shown in the video being forced to brutally slaughter a group of more than 25 regime soldiers. The video shows the soldiers lined up on their knees on the stage of the Roman amphitheatre, which had formerly been used for an annual festival in the city.

Asia shares slide on Greek 'no' vote
Asian stock markets headed lower after Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected austerity demands from creditors in Sunday's referendum. The euro fell across the board after Greece rejected the conditions of a bailout package, increasing the odds of the country's exit from the eurozone.

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Jos blasts kill scores
Two bomb attacks on the central Nigerian city of Jos have left at least 44 people dead, the authorities say. A restaurant and a mosque were targeted on Sunday night. No-one has claimed responsibility but militant group Boko Haram has attacked Jos before...

Report: Jordan arrests Iranian backed terrorist who was planning attack
Jordanian security forces recently foiled a terror plot in the Kingdom and arrested a suspected terrorist from the Iranian supported Bayt al-Makdis group, Jordanian newspaper Al-Rai reported on Monday. The suspect intended to carry out a terrorist attack in Jordan and a large amount of explosives were uncovered following his arrest in northern Jordan, a source told Al-Rai.

US-led coalition unleashes wave of airstrikes on Raqqa
U.S.-led coalition aircraft unleashed a wave of airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria in what the coalition said Sunday was one of its most sustained aerial operations carried out in Syria to date.

Wildfires break out in Spain, Portugal; 1,350 evacuated
More than 1,350 residents were evacuated in Spain's northeastern region of Aragon as a wildfire spread through a pine forest amid a lingering heat wave, a local official said Sunday. Five villages were evacuated as flames devoured hills that are 375 kilometers (230 miles) northeast of Madrid, said Javier Lamban, the president of Aragon. The evacuees, who included residents of a retirement home, were transferred to nearby towns.

Greek crisis: ‘No’ vote set for victory as bailout offer reje



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Jimmy Carter Says Jesus Would Approve Of Gay Marriage
"I believe Jesus would. I don't have any verse in scripture. ... I believe Jesus would approve gay marriage, but that's just my own personal belief. I think Jesus would encourage any love affair if it was honest and sincere and was not damaging to anyone else, and I don't see that gay marriage damages anyone else," he said.

Pope presses environment message in bio-diverse Ecuador
Pope Francis pressed his case for a new economic and environmental world order Tuesday during his South American tour, saying the goods of the Earth are meant for everyone and must not be exploited by the wealthy few for short-term profit at the expense of the poor.

UPDATE 1-U.S. Mint sold out of silver coins due to strong demand
The U.S. Mint said on Tuesday it temporarily sold out of its popular 2015 American Eagle silver bullion coins due to a "significant" increase in demand, the latest sign plunging prices have spurred a resurgence of retail buying.

China stocks tumble as regulator warns of 'panic'
Chinese stocks dived on Wednesday after the securities regulator said the tumbling stock market in the world's second-biggest economy was in the grip of "panic sentiment" as investors ignored a battery of support measures from Beijing.

Greece gets until Sunday for proposals to stave off collapse
Frustrated and angered eurozone leaders gave Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a last-minute chance Tuesday to finally come up with a viable proposal on how to save his country from financial ruin.

Leading Israeli Rabbi Says the Arrival of the Messiah is Imminent
When asked about the timing of the Messiah’s arrival, Rabbi Kanievsky answered, “At the end of the Sabbatical year.” Several people have asked the Rabbi to verify this and he has given the same answer each time. This year is the Sabbatical year and it will be ending on the 29th day of Elul, which, by the Gregorian calendar falls on Saturday, September 12, 2015.

Boycott drive gains strength, raising alarm in Israel
JERUSALEM — Ten years ago, a small group of Palestinian activists had a novel idea: Inspired by the anti-apartheid movement, they called for a global boycott movement against Israel as a nonviolent method to promote the Palestinian struggle for independence.

Pope Francis to be Tried by Sanhedrin
A re-established and self declared Israeli Sanhedrin, the religious High Court composed of 71 sages, has declared that it is putting Pope Francis on trial unless he retracts his statement that the Jews have no right to the land of Israel or to Jerusalem. In February 2013, the Vatican officially recognized the “State of Palestine” but more significantly, the Vatican signed a treaty in June with “Palestine” in which the Holy See switched its diplomatic relations from the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the “State of Palestine." This treaty is the first legal document negotiated between the Holy See and the Palestinian state and as such, constitutes an official recognition.

Iran’s Rafsanjani Reiterates ‘Israel Will Be Wiped Off The Map’
Once again, a top Iranian leader is speaking out and vowing the Jewish State will be obliterated. However, in the meantime the West makes a lot of money by taking advantage of its existence, he says.

Scientists think a GMO version of one crop might be the key to feeding 3.5 billion people
in two new studies, both of which were published Monday, June 6 in the journal Nature Genomics, researchers identified a single gene that they can tweak to improve rice's quality without sacrificing the amount that farmers get from each crop. Up until now, attempting to grow higher quality rice using genetic hybrids and mutations was only possible so long as farmers sacrificed the amount of rice they ended up with.

Strong earthquake, 6.3 mag has occurred near Shikotan in Russia
A earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia (62 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.15 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 05:10:27 / July 7, 2015 @ 5:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

6.2 earthquake hits northern Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Japan's northern island of Hokkaido Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Saudi Arabia to invest record $10bn in Russia
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia in partnership with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has agreed to invest $10 billion into Russian projects. It is the largest foreign investment in Russia.

Syrian Kurds retake northern villages from Islamic State: monitor
Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by Islamic State north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by U.S.-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Tuesday. Intensified air strikes across northern Syria and clashes on the ground have killed at least 78 Islamic State fighters since Sunday night, the Britain-based Observatory said.

Chicago's Fourth of July rituals: fireworks, gun deaths
The boy was the youngest of 10 people killed and more than 50 injured in gun violence over the Independence Day weekend, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner and local media reports. Chicago, with 2.7 million people, is the most violent large city in the United States, with poverty, segregation, dozens of small street gangs...

Religious Services Minister: Reform Jews aren’t Jews
“Those of the Reform denomination living in the Diaspora are in the majority people who have erred,” he repeated. “We would like for them to return to the lap of Judaism and we will accept them gladly and with blessings."

FAST-GROWING SUNSPOT
During the past 48 hours, sunspot AR2381 has more than quadrupled in size. If the sunspot's development proceeds apace, it could soon pose a threat for strong M-class solar flares.

I Told You Things Are Getting Crazier
The world is upside down, inside out, sideways, crazy, nutso. Bad is good; up is down. Left is right; right is wrong. Evil is good; insanity is sanity. Abnormal is normal. Circles are squares. Hot is cold. Luke warm is red hot -- among Republicans, anyway. Common sense is uncommon. The world is otherworldly. Dissent is "hate." Diversity means conformity. The good guys are the bad guys; virtue is vice;

Good Luck Finding a Place to Hide as Global Markets Crumble
Investors tend to respond to impending doom by selling risky stuff and hiding out in safer assets -- namely, bonds in places such as Germany and the U.S. There’s a problem with that formula this time around: Traders aren’t so sure they can find anything that’s truly safe right now. So, instead of piling into sovereign debt of developed nations, traders are pulling their money out of those places...

Russian Bombers Fly Near U.S. on July 4th
As Americans were celebrating the Fourth of July holiday, four Russian long-range bomber aircraft flew close enough to the US shores that they were intercepted by military fighter jets. The first set of two bombers flew near Alaska and just 30 minutes later a separate set flew far off the west coast of California.

Russia claims to have developed secret 'superweapon' capable of switching off foreign satellites and enemy weapons
Russia has claimed to have built a revolutionary new weapon system that can render enemy satellites and weapons useless. Its Russian makers say it is a 'fundamentally new electronic warfare system' which can be mounted on ground-based as well as air- and sea-borne carriers. However, it has refused to reveal how the system works.

Australia Presbyterian Church 'may stop legal weddings'
Australia's Presbyterian Church says it could opt out of conducting legal wedding ceremonies if same-sex marriage became law. The church's New South Wales (NSW) arm asked its national branch to withdraw from the Marriage Act if the change goes ahead, a spokeswoman told the BBC. This would mean ceremonies it performs would not be legally recognised.

UN tribunal to begin South China Sea deliberation
A United Nations tribunal is to begin deliberations on whether it can hear a legal challenge over territorial claims in the South China Sea. In 2013, the Philippines asked the Permanent Court of Arbitration to declare invalid most of China's maritime claims in the disputed area. China claims almost the whole of the South China Sea angering several Asian neighbours.

WHO 'unfit for health emergencies'
The World Health Organization (WHO) lacks the "capacity and culture" to deal with global health emergencies, says the chair of a new independent report on Ebola. Dame Barbara Stocking says WHO failed in its handling of the deadly disease outbreak, which has killed more than 11,000 people, mostly in West Africa. But the ex-head of Oxfam says WHO is not solely to blame.

Hamas rebuilding Gaza tunnels and weapons arsenal, IDF commander says
Despite reports that Hamas is interested in maintaining the cease-fire with Israel, military officials remain convinced that the Islamist group is working to rebuild its system of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip. ...IDF Col. Nochi Mandel...said on Tuesday that Hamas is hard at work in rehabilitating its military capacity, which took a severe beating during the 50-day Operation Protective Edge.


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'Never threaten an Iranian': nuclear talks get feisty
A top-level meeting at the Iran nuclear talks this week was a stormy affair, Iranian media reported Wednesday, with the country's foreign minister warning: "Never threaten an Iranian."

40 QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIANS NOW WAVING RAINBOW FLAGS
For evangelicals who lament last Friday’s Supreme Court decision, it’s been a hard few days. We aren’t asking for emotional pity, nor do I suspect many people are eager to give us any. Our pain is not sacred. Making legal and theological decisions based on what makes people feel better is part of what got us into this mess in the first place. Nevertheless, it still hurts.

Greece seeks new EU loan deal in race to avert collapse
A race to save Greece from bankruptcy and keep it in the euro gathered pace on Wednesday when Athens formally applied for a three-year loan and European authorities launched an accelerated review of the request.

Iran ‘Shouts Hatred’ for Israel, Backs Palestinian Terror
VIENNA—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the entire country to “shout its hatred for the Zionists” and back Palestinian efforts to seize territory from Israel, according to comments made Wednesday in celebration of Quds Day, which marks the last Friday in Ramadan and has historically been used to tout Palestinian violence against the Jewish state.

Establishing an IDF Cyber Command
On June 15, 2015, the IDF Spokesperson announced that in light of the substantial challenges facing the IDF in the cyber realm, the Chief of Staff decided to establish a cyber command to lead the operational activities in this emerging field. The cyber command will be established within two years, in the first stage both within the Military Intelligence Directorate (DMI) and the C4I Telecommunications Directorate of the IDF.

Murdered by the Left: Time for a campaign against “sanctuary” cities
On Monday, illegal alien Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a 45-year-old repeat drug offender who had been deported five times, was charged with killing Kathryn Steinle, 32, at Pier 14 in the “sanctuary city” of San Francisco. The details surrounding this case are a testament to the multi-layered bankruptcy of progressive ideology.

The Media vs. Trump’s Patriotic Appeal
Donald Trump may be the most politically incorrect candidate on the Republican side. He openly mocks the news media and addresses the problem of illegal immigration. But even more importantly, he attacks the trade policies that benefit our enemies and adversaries. By doing so, he challenges what radio talk show host Jeffrey T. Kuhner calls the bipartisan “ruling establishment,” whose dominance “is based on the complicity of the mainstream media.”

Pope wraps Ecuador leg of South America trip after calling for new ecological, economic order
QUITO, Ecuador – Pope Francis wraps up the first leg of a three-nation South American pilgrimage Wednesday after issuing an impassioned call for a new economic and ecological world order where the goods of the Earth are shared by everyone, not just exploited by the rich.

Op-Ed: The Quakers Join the World's Longest Living Hatred
Last week we met again with the small group of Quakers that’s been holding anti-Israel placards in the town square once a week all year.

Suspected US drone kills Islamic State figure in Syria - monitor
A drone strike as part of a Us-led campaign against Islamic State militants killed a senior figure from the hardline group in its Syrian stronghold Raqqa city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Wednesday. The strike killed an Uzbek leader of the group involved in security as he sat in a car outside a downtown hotel...

Oklahoma: Ten Commandments are staying
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said the monument of the Ten Commandments will stay on Capitol property...

U.S, UK, China economies weakening further, OECD says
The U.S, UK and Chinese economies are showing fresh signs of weakening while activity in the euro zone as a whole is firming up, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Wednesday. The OECD's monthly leading indicator, a measure designed to flag turning points in the international economy, showed dips for the United States, the United Kingdom and other key economies such as China and Brazil in May.

China stock market freezing up as sell-off gathers pace
China's tumbling stock market showed signs of seizing up on Wednesday, as companies scrambled to escape the rout by having their shares suspended and indexes plunged after the securities regulator warned of "panic sentiment" gripping investors.

US Army Warns of Defeat With New Cutbacks
Under the cost-cutting plan, the Army will be down to 450,000 soldiers at the end of the 2017 budget year, even though in 2013 it argued in budgetary documents that going below 450,000 troops might mean it could not win a war, USA Today said.

As ISIS and Putin March, U.S. To Cut 40,000 More Army Troops By 2017
The U.S. Army plans to cut 40,000 troops over the next two years, affecting all its domestic and foreign posts, USA Today reported on Tuesday, citing a plan it said was due to be announced this week. For what it's worth, Putin put 40,000 Russian troops on full alert for military exercises in March.

CHANCE OF STORMS
NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on July 10th when a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field.

US Army 'to cut 40,000 troops by the end of 2017'
The US Army is to reduce the size of its force by 40,000 soldiers over the next two years, according to US media. The cost-cutting exercise will also see an additional 17,000 civilian employees cut from the army. The plan, which could be officially announced later this week, would see the US troop level drop to about 450,000 soldiers by the end of 2017.


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Massive El Niño growing in California, say models
There is growing evidence California could see an even stronger El Niño event this winter than the 1997 one that caused massive flooding across Northern California.

Hackers 'stole data of millions of US government workers'
Hackers that breached US government databases stole the personal information of at least 21.5 million people, officials said on Thursday. Those affected include government job applicants, federal contractors, and over a million of their partners, the Office of Personnel Management said. The figure is more than five times higher than the number of people that were feared to have been affected.

Comic-Con: Christian Activists Disrupted By "Beast Rises" A&E Promoters
A team promoting the upcoming horror series took to the streets Thursday alongside the religious protestors usually camped out across the street from the San Diego Convention Center. However, instead of saying "Jesus saves" and "Jesus Will Rise," posters and shirts for the series read "From Flames, Damien Will Rise" and "The Beast Rises."

N.Y. Times keeps Cruz off bestseller list
The New York Times informed HarperCollins this week that it will not include Ted Cruz's new biography on its forthcoming bestsellers list, despite the fact that the book has sold more copies in its first week than all but two of the Times' bestselling titles, the On Media blog has learned.

The Latest: Greece seeks 53.5B euros in new bailout package
Greece is seeking 53.5 billion euros ($59 billion) as part of a new bailout package, according to draft legislation submitted to parliament early Friday.

Kerry says prepared to 'call end' to Iran talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he was prepared to "call an end" to nuclear talks with Iran if "tough decisions" are not made.

Rev. Graham on Obama's Embrace of Gay Marriage: 'He Might Want Extra Lightning Rods Installed' on White House
Obama's enthusiasm for homosexual marriage, to the point that he lit up the White House with gay rainbow lights to celebrate, reveals his arrogant flaunting of "sinful behavior" in the face of God, said Rev. Franklin Graham, who added that Obama thus might want to consider having "some extra lightning rods installed on the roof of the White House."

Strange Animal Behavior Around the World Reminiscent of the Ten Plagues
All over the world, and especially in the US, unusual animal behaviors are causing some to ponder whether the world is witnessing a reprise of the Biblical Ten Plagues. On Sakhalin Island in the far eastern side of Russia, remains of an unidentified sea creature, twice the size of a human, washed ashore a few days ago. The marine animal has a furry tail and a long, bird-like beak, but does not resemble any known creature.

Israel says 2 of its citizens are being held in Gaza
. View gallery . . JERUSALEM — Two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Palestinian militant Hamas group, Israeli authorities said Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he held Hamas responsible for the men's well-being.

Support for a Young Earth? Scientists Baffled by Preserved Dinosaur Blood Cells
The discovery of well-preserved blood and proteins in a supposedly 75-million-year-old dinosaur fossil has stumped secular scientists and led one Christian apologist to herald the findings as evidence of a young Earth.

Linfa Batters Southeast China With Flooding and Wind
Tropical Storm Linfa made landfall in southeast China on Thursday as a severe tropical storm. Linfa will continue to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the region, including Hong Kong and Guangzhou into Friday.

After Gay Marriage Decision: Surprise Blood Moon Displays in Sky Only Over America
On June 30, 2015, a surprise blood moon appeared in the sky, that was only seen in the United States. According to the National Weather Service, large wildfires in Canada have been burning. Due to extremely high winds, smoke from these fires have traveled into the United States. This ironically occurred right after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to legalize homosexual marriage nationally.

10 Very Strange Things That Have Happened In Just The Past Few Weeks
Have you noticed that events have begun to accelerate? Over the past few weeks, things have officially started to get very weird. Chinese stocks are crashing, the Greek debt crisis is spiraling out of control, the New York Stock Exchange was down for about four hours on Wednesday thanks to a “technical glitch”, and global politicians have been acting very strangely. After several years of relative calm, could it be possible that the second half of 2015 will usher in a time of chaos and confusion on a worldwide scale?

Italians shoot powerful tornado near Venice from their car
A powerful tornado ripped through the Mira community in northeastern Italy, a couple of miles west of Venice, near the Adriatic Sea. Unaccustomed to the phenomenon, the Italians were shocked, disconcerted and alarmed by the event.

Judge orders Jeh Johnson, Homeland Security chief, others to court
A federal judge in Texas has threatened to hold Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and other top immigration enforcement officials in contempt of court for not fixing problems that led to work permits being mistakenly awarded under President Barack Obama’s executive immigration action after the judge had put the plan on hold. The Justice Department had said about 2,000 individuals had been sent three-year work authorizations after U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, temporarily blocked the immigration action on Feb. 16.

Activity at Sabancaya increases in Arequipa
The Geophysical Institute of Peru reports that in the period of July 1 to July 6, the volcano has registered an average of 13 events per day. And it has reached a peak of energy of 601 MJ as observed on July 2.

China to gamble on Greece to 'seize' European market: Russian experts
Cheng expressed optimism that the Greek debt crisis would be "appriopriately resolved" and that the Greek economy would recover with the hard work of all parties involved, noting that whatever happens will have an "important impact" on not just Greece and its people but the entire world.

CO-ROTATING INTERACTION REGION
NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on July 10th when a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field. CIRs are transition zones between fast- and slow-moving solar wind streams.

China and Russia may assist Greece through BRICS
China and Russia could use this week's BRICS summit and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conference to formulate a BRICS-based rescue plan to tackle the Greece debt crisis, writes Duowei News, a US-based Chinese political news outlet.

Obama administration revives plan once criticized as 'death panels'
Six years after end-of-life planning nearly derailed development of the Affordable Care Act amid charges of "death panels," the Obama administration has revived a proposal to reimburse physicians for talking with their Medicare patients about how patients want to be cared for as they near death.

End of US oversight role 'strengthens' Internet
The US government's stepping away from a key oversight role of the Internet will strengthen its governance and ease political pressures, the top Internet administrator said Wednesday. Fadi Chehade, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said the end of the US role is now set for mid-2016...to allow time for input from the Internet community and review by the US government and Congress.

U.S. Offers Billions in Arms to Ease Mideast’s Iran Anxiety
An agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program could create a bonanza for U.S. defense contractors...as the Obama administration...by cutting deals for more than $6 billion in military hardware. The details of a potential deal being negotiated between Iran and six world powers -- China, France, Germany, Russia, the U.K. and U.S. -- would determine what steps the U.S. takes to help its allies.

Greece debt crisis: Deadline day for new proposals
Greece has until the end of Thursday to present new proposals to secure a third bailout from creditors and prevent a possible exit from the eurozone. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the "next hours will be crucial". The new proposals will be studied by eurozone finance ministers on Saturday and a full EU summit on Sunday.

China stock market surges in volatile session
Mainland Chinese shares rebounded on Thursday after regulators took further steps to try to calm the stock market. The Shanghai Composite index reversed earlier losses to close up 5.76%, its biggest percentage gain since 2009. A move to ban big investors from selling stocks may have helped to support the market, analysts said.

Tehran’s anti-Israel Quds day falls on date of new Iran deadline
Regardless of whether the world powers and Iran sign a nuclear deal by the new Friday deadline, chants of “Death to Israel” are expected to reverberate throughout Iran that day as it happens to fall on the anti-Israel Quds day. Quds day – initiated in 1979 by the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Khomeini – is an annual event of fiery anti-Israel protests in Iran on the last Friday of Ramadan that attracts tens of thousands of people.


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Saudi joins Israel as target of Jerusalem Day protests
Tens of thousands marched in Tehran and Baghdad Friday in annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day demonstrations in support of Palestinians, with Saudi Arabia joining arch-foe Israel as a target for protesters.

More Offensive: Confederate Flag or Illegal Foreigners Flying Mexican Flag?
One of the most revolting and disgusting traits of liberals is their insatiable appetite for tearing down anything American in order to build up anti-American sentiment and people. The ongoing hysteria over the Confederate Flag is an excellent example.

Trump Threatens “North American Union” Scheme
As Rush Limbaugh notes, Donald Trump has indeed made illegal immigration into an issue of national debate. The liberal media and now, apparently, the chairman of the Republican Party, have objected to Trump’s comments about criminal aliens. In fact, what Trump has done is jeopardize a plan that goes way beyond mere amnesty for illegals, and which has been on the drawing board for more than a decade. Simply put, the plan is to submerge the sovereignty of the United States of America and politically integrate the U.S., Canada, and Mexico into a trilateral entity called the North American Union.

Toledo judge with extensive NAACP background tells lesbian couple, sorry, I’m a Christian so I can’t
Let’s just say this right off: Judge C. Allen McConnell of the Toledo Municipal Court is guilty of nothing. Not hypocrisy. Not bigotry. Not any sort of inconsistency. He’s on completely solid ground saying that he came up through the ranks as a champion of civil rights. He did. And he’s a civil rights champion to this day.

Israel is no longer a non-partisan issue
Political consultant Frank Luntz says a new survey of elite Democrats shows three-quarters believe Israel has too much influence on U.S. foreign policy, with half of them believing the Jewish state is racist.The survey shows Democratic opinion elites are now backing Arab Palestinian demands and turning away from Israel.

Trump Is Right About Illegals, Says Grieving Father
A fiery black opponent of so-called sanctuary cities whose teenaged son was murdered in cold blood by an illegal alien gangster from Mexico is cheering on Donald Trump for demanding that the U.S. government enforce existing immigration laws.“I felt happy for the first time,” Jamiel Shaw Sr. said in an interview with Fox News.“When that happened, I felt good. I felt hope. This is the hope that Obama thought he was gonna get. That was false hope.”

Communist Crucifix alibi morphs word ‘ideology’ into ‘dialogue’
The Vatican just hit a home run for the ever-changing Marxist lexicon: ideology is now dialogue.The morphing came about when the ‘Communist Crucifix’ presented as a gift from Bolivian President Evo Morales—was accepted—by Pope Francis.

Event for Donald Trump in Phoenix Will Draw Thousands
Donald J. Trump, the real estate mogul who has tied Republicans in knots in recent weeks with his comments on immigration, will roll into Phoenix on Saturday to address the issue again, just after the head of the Republican Party supposedly asked him to tone down his words on the issue.

Yemen crisis: Fighting breaks new UN ceasefire
A new UN-brokered humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen has been broken shortly after coming into force. Residents say the Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes in the capital Sanaa. Clashes have also been reported in the south-western city of Taiz.

Iran talks at impasse amid bickering, extended for 3rd time
The Iran nuclear talks shifted Friday to a blame game, as Iran's foreign minister accused the United States of shifting its demands and dismissed a warning that the U.S. was ready to quit the negotiations.

China evacuates over 865,000 as super typhoon nears
Super typhoon Chan-hom barrelled towards eastern China near commercial hub Shanghai on Saturday, prompting the evacuation of more than 865,000 people after earlier lashing Japan's Okinawa island chain and Taiwan.

US personnel chief resigns in wake of massive data breach
The head of the U.S. government's personnel office resigned abruptly on Friday, giving in to bipartisan calls for her to step down following a government data breach that is believed to be the biggest in U.S. history.

Why Greece Will Welch on a Deal
Let us assume that this Sunday, following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ last-minute compromise offer to European ministers, we see yet another eurozone deal with the Greek government.

Ten Years After the London Attacks, the British Still Don't Get it
London mourned the dead and the mutilated on the tenth anniversary of the massacre of 7 July 2005. Fifty-six victims at the hands of suicide bombers with birth certificates from Luton, Bradford, Manchester. A few days ago, at a beach on the Mediterranean, Jihad returned to kill thirty Englishmen. But ten years later, they still do not get it.

Strong Quake Rattles Solomon Islands; No Damage Reported
The 6.5-magnitude quake struck about 165 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital, Honiara, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a tsunami.

If The Confederate Flag Has To Come Down, Then So Does The LGBT Rainbow Flag
There is another flag that is as equally hated, if not more so, than the Confederate flag and flies in a whole lot more places, the LGBT Rainbow flag. Like the Confederate flag, it represents a vast minority of our population. Statistics show that less than 5% of people in America claim to be gay, lesbian or some mixture thereof.

If The Confederate Flag Has To Come Down, Then So Does The LGBT Rainbow Flag
There is another flag that is as equally hated, if not more so, than the Confederate flag and flies in a whole lot more places, the LGBT Rainbow flag. Like the Confederate flag, it represents a vast minority of our population. Statistics show that less than 5% of people in America claim to be gay, lesbian or some mixture thereof.

Obama Orders Cities And Towns To Racially Integrate
The Obama administration unveiled new rules Wednesday to rid the country of racially segregated neighborhoods by directing cities and towns to set goals for reducing segregation, and then regularly report their progress to the feds.

Communist crucifix for Pope Francis who lashes out at capitalism on Bolivia tour
Pope Francis has urged the people of Latin America to stand up to the world's capitalist system and change the world economic order by creating a “truly communitarian economy” based on distribution of goods among all.

Greek PM Tsipras seeks party backing after abrupt concessions
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to his party's lawmakers on Friday to back a tough reforms package after abruptly offering last-minute concessions to try to save the country from financial meltdown.

Iran Talks Extend 'Over Weekend' Amid Chants 'Death to Israel'
Millions of Iranians took part in the annual "Death to Israel Day" in Iran on Friday, ironically coinciding with the twice-extended deadline for a deal on the Islamic regime's nuclear program that apparently will be extended yet again.

For Churches That Won't Perform Same-Sex Weddings, Insurance Begins to Look Iffy
In the aftermath of Obergefell v. Hodges, pastors and church members are experiencing a wave of anxiety over what many of them deem the "nightmare scenario"

Jade Helm secrecy ratchets as media barred
The controversies and suspicions surrounding Jade Helm 15, a Special Operations training mission set to kick off in select residential communities in seven states in the coming days, have just ratcheted up a bit due to the military’s recent veiled announcement: No press allowed. Jade Helm...labels Texas and Utah and the southern portion of California as “hostile” ...

Isil militants 'kill four children' during destruction of historic Iraq church
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) reportedly killed four children this week when they destroyed an ancient Christian church in the Iraqi city of Mosul. A spokesman for the Mosul arm of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Saeed Mamuzini, told news website Rudaw on Thursday that the Mother of Aid church, part of the Caldean Catholic Church which stretches across Iraq and Syria, was thousands of years old.

Iran nuclear: Talks to resume past deadline
Talks on Iran's controversial nuclear programme are to resume in Vienna, despite missing another deadline. Britain, France, Russia, China, the US and Germany - the P5+1 - group were hoping a deal by 04:00 GMT to ensure a speedy review by the US Congress. However, US Secretary of State John Kerry said America and other major powers were not in a rush. Iran also expressed a similar position.

Greece debt crisis: Eurogroup says new plan 'thorough'
The Eurogroup has described new Greek proposals on securing a vital third bailout as "thorough". President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said a "major decision" could now be made at a eurozone finance meeting on Saturday. The proposals are aimed at staving off financial collapse and preventing a possible Greek exit from the eurozone.

Volcanic ash causes Indonesia airport closures
Five airports in Indonesia have been shut, including those in the tourist hotspot Bali, because of a volcanic eruption, transport officials say. Mount Raung in East Java has been spewing ash into the air for nearly a week, raising concerns it could interfere with aircraft safety. For a second day, many flights between Bali and Australia have been cancelled, stranding travellers.

India's Narendra Modi accepts Pakistan visit invite
Indian PM Narendra Modi has accepted an invitation from his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to attend a regional summit in Islamabad next year. This will be Mr Modi's first visit to Pakistan after he took power last year. A meeting between the two leaders on Friday came after increased border hostilities and India cancelled secretary-level talks last year.

Tunisia travel alert: Thousands of Britons to fly home
The first of thousands of British tourists are due to return home from Tunisia after a warning that another terror attack is "highly likely". Thirty Britons were killed in an attack in Sousse last month - and the Foreign Office is urging Britons to leave.

Israeli kids in Detroit locked up for refusing lunch with father
Three children of Israeli parents in Michigan have been living in a juvenile detention center for the past two weeks. What was their crime? They refused to have lunch with their father. ...The children, aged 9, 10 and 14 from the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, refused. Gorcyca held them in contempt of the court and ordered them to live at...a county juvenile detention center ...until they are 18.




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Vatican child sex abuse trial closes after six minutes
The Vatican's first child sex abuse trial opened yesterday and closed after six minutes when the defendant failed to turn up. Jozef Wesolowski, 66, the Holy See's former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, was supposed to appear before a tribunal within the walls of the Vatican to face charges of paying underage boys for sexual acts in the Caribbean country.

17 Dead in Boko Haram Attacks in Chad, Nigeria
A Boko Haram suicide bombing in a crowded market in Chad's capital killed 15 people on Saturday, just days after the militant group claimed a previous bombing in the city that left 38 people dead.

Car bombing at Italian Consulate in Egypt's capital kills 1
A car bomb ripped into the Italian Consulate in Cairo early Saturday, destroying a section of the historic building in a powerful blast that killed one Egyptian and marked the most significant attack yet on foreign interests as militants target the country's security forces.

Afghanistan says US strikes destroy its Islamic State branch
Afghanistan said Saturday that recent U.S. airstrikes it assisted destroyed the top leadership of a fledging Islamic State affiliate there, potentially striking a major blow to an insurgent group already targeted by local Taliban fighters.

Libyan parties reach peace deal without Tripoli government
Libyan political leaders reached a new version of a U.N.-brokered peace deal Saturday, putting pressure on the Tripoli leadership to sign on and build a unity government in hopes of ending the country's chaos.

Iran's leader calls for continued anti-US struggle
As negotiators at Iran nuclear talks labored to make headway, the country's supreme leader called Saturday for the struggle against the U.S. to continue, in comments suggesting that Tehran's distrust of Washington will persist no matter what the outcome of the talks.

'Difficult' Greece bailout talks halted as deadline looms
Divided eurozone ministers halted "very difficult" talks on a Greek bailout deal overnight Saturday, with just a day left before a final deadline for an agreement to stop Athens crashing out of the euro. Sceptical nations such as Germany demanded more commitments to a reform plan, while Finland reportedly decided not to accept any new rescue plan for debt-laden Greece.

Scientists warn the sun will 'go to sleep' in 2030 and could cause temperatures to plummet
The Earth could be headed for a 'mini ice age' researchers have warned. A new study claims to have cracked predicting solar cycles - and says that between 2020 and 2030 solar cycles will cancel each other out. This...will lead to a phenomenon known as the 'Maunder minimum'...known as a mini ice age when it hit between 1646 and 1715, even causing London's River Thames to freeze over.

Egypt explosion hits Italian consulate in Cairo
A large explosion has severely damaged the Italian consulate in Egypt's capital, Cairo. The health ministry says at least one person has died. Four people were also injured, medical sources said. The blast was caused by a car bomb, an official told the state-run news agency Mena. No group has yet said it carried out the attack.

US briefs Israel on final Iran nuclear negotiations
The American team negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program has briefed Israel on the state in the talks, a senior US administration official told The Jerusalem Post over the weekend. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, serving as US President Barack Obama's chief negotiator with Iran, spoke with Israel's National Security Advisor Yossi Cohen on Thursday.



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Baghdad car bombs and suicide attacks kill 35
Car bombs and suicide attacks targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed 35 people on Sunday, one of the heaviest recent tolls in the Iraqi capital, which has faced a wave of bombings by Islamic State militants.

Iran nuclear deal 'very close'
Iran and major powers will seek Monday to put the finishing touches to a historic nuclear deal, with both sides saying an accord ending a 13-year standoff lies tantalisingly within reach.

Trump: 'Corrupt' Mexican Officials Let Drug Kingpin Escape
"El Chapo" Guzman escaped the prison by riding a motorcycle through a mile-long tunnel that was connected to the shower area of Guzman's cell. Trump noted that the last time Guzman escaped he was free for 13 years."He has been selling drugs in the U.S. big-time – a major kingpin," he said in a statement sent to the media. "He is possibly in the U.S. and his drugs and drug dealers freely cross into the United States through our pathetic border," Trump said.

New Pluto photo shows hints of surface geology
Among the structures tentatively identified in this new image are what appear to be polygonal features, a complex band of terrain stretching east-northeast across the planet, approximately 1,000 miles long and a complex region where bright terrains meet the dark terrains of the whale," principal investigator Alan Stern said in a NASA web post. "After nine-and-a-half years in flight, Pluto is well worth the wait."

What 'Scandalous' Changes Could Be Coming To The Catholic Church?
Pope Francis welcomed the "animated discussions" the document engendered at the time, but warned against "hostile inflexibility, that is, wanting to close oneself within the written word, (the letter) and not allowing oneself to be surprised by God."

Shmitah and the Messiah: Could This Be the Year Before His Arrival?
According to the sources, the year after the Shemitah has a special significance relating to the Messiah. There is a possibility, perhaps even a probability, the Messiah will come the year after the Shemitah, though if he does not, it in no way negates or contradicts the Rabbi’s statements. This requires a bit of explanation.

Senate Democrat: Free speech protected only in church
The Constitution’s 1st Amendment protections for free speech apply only to “institutions of faith” and not individual Americans, according to Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). Baldwin, the nation’s first openly lesbian member of the U.S. Senate, offered that bit of liberal logic during a recent discussion with MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki about the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage.

Temple Institute Raising a Genuine Red Heifer
A prerequisite of the Third Temple, in order for a Red Heifer to be considered kosher for use, it must be raised from birth in Israel under specific conditions and in a controlled environment. To raise awareness and funds for the first ever project of its kind, The Temple Institute has launched a crowd funding campaign entitled "Raise a Red Heifer in Israel" on Indiegogo.

Iran Threatens White House Will Be “Destroyed in Under 10 Minutes” Should Strike Occur
An Iranian newspaper affiliated with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened that the White House would be “destroyed in under 10 minutes” should an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities occur, media watchdog MEMRI reported. The editorial in the Iranian daily Kayhan, warned that the US was “on its deathbed” and argued that a nuclear deal with the P5+1 was against the Koran.

Does the US Need a Nationwide Exorcism?
Can — or should — an exorcism be done for the United States, as was done in Mexico this past May? ...Such “exorcisms … have helped bring awareness that there is such a thing as sin influenced by Satan,” said Msgr. John Esseff, a priest for 62 years in the Diocese of Scranton, Pa., and an exorcist for more than 35 years.

Woman Outraged After Showdown With Census Worker
An East Dallas woman is outraged after she claims one U.S. Census worker showed up at her door for a housing survey and would not take “no” for an answer. Sonia Platz said the worker went as far as to camp out in her yard...a few days later, a different worker showed up at their home and would not leave according to Platz. “...That’s not following up. I felt like she a part of the mob,” said Platz.

Texans organize 'Operation Counter Jade Helm' to keep an eye on the federal troops
When the troops land in Texas for Operation Jade Helm next week, someone will be waiting for them. Hundreds of people have organized a "Counter Jade Helm" surveillance operation across the Southwestern states and in an effort to keep an eye on the contentious military drill that's sparked many suspicious of Uncle Sam's intentions.

World entering era of global food insecurity with malnutrition and obesity side by side
The world is entering an era of global food insecurity...leading to the “double burden” of both obesity and malnutrition...a leading food expert has warned. It will become increasingly common to see obese parents in some developing countries raising underweight and stunted children because high-calorie food is cheaper and more readily available than the nutritious food needed for healthy growth...

Mexico's Colima volcano triggers evacuations
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from villages around a volcano in western Mexico amid fears of a major eruption. Ash from the Colima volcano is falling on local communities, and authorities have sealed off a 12km (7.5 mile) area. The local airport has also been closed. Mexico's interior ministry said the volcano was showing signs similar to a major eruption in 1913.

China typhoon: Chan-hom hits coast of Zhejiang province
Powerful typhoon Chan-hom has made landfall along the coast of China's eastern Zhejiang province. Almost one million people have been evacuated from coastal areas in anticipation of a typhoon carrying wind speeds of 173km/h (107mph). Some 100mm of rain has fallen since Friday. Chan-hom is now heading north past the city of Shanghai.


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Greece Just Lost Control Of Its Banks, And Why Deposit Haircuts Are Imminent
One of the preconditions imposed on Greece for a deal is that it signs into law European rules that would put euro zone authorities at the ECB and in Brussels, rather than Athens, in charge of identifying and closing or breaking up sick banks.

IS audio tape raises doubt whether Af leader dead
Islamic State on Monday released an audio tape it said was of the movement's leader for Afghanistan, raising doubts over whether he was killed in a US drone strike on Friday.

Ukraine’s Poroshenko says ‘illegal groups’ must disarm after standoff
President Petro Poroshenko ordered Ukraine’s security services and police on Monday to disarm “illegal groups”, saying they threatened to further destabilise a country fighting separatists in its east. Poroshenko said a weekend standoff between members of a far-right group and police in the western town of Mukacheve, close to the border with Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, was simply a turf war over smuggling routes.

DEA warned Mexico of plots to free drug lord 'El Chapo' in March 2014, documents show
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) first warned Mexican authorities 16 months ago that plots to break drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman out of prison were afoot, documents revealed Monday.

Greece misses new payment to IMF despite bailout deal
Greece missed the second debt payment to the International Monetary Fund in two weeks, despite having reached agreement with official creditors on a new bailout program earlier in the day.

Iraq launches offensive to drive Islamic State from biggest province
Iraqi troops and Shi'ite Muslim militia forces attacked Islamic State fighters on several fronts on Monday in Anbar, the country's largest province, at the start of what is likely to be a long and fiercely contested offensive.

Oil prices fall as Iran nuclear deal seems imminent
Oil prices dipped early on Tuesday as the market awaited an announcement on a nuclear deal between Iran and six global powers that could see an easing of sanctions against Tehran and a gradual increase of its oil exports.


Earth heading for 'mini ice age' in just 15 years, scientists say
Earth is 15 years from a “mini ice age” that will cause bitterly cold winters during which rivers freeze over, scientists have predicted. Solar researchers at the University of Northumbria have created a new model of the sun’s activity which they claim produces “unprecedentedly accurate predictions”.

Russia Flies 'Straight Flag' to Combat 'Gay Fever'
President Putin's ruling party has unveiled a 'straight flag' to counteract the rainbow flag used worldwide as a symbol for gay pride. (video)

Pope Francis: Persecution of Christians Worldwide World War Three
“Today we are dismayed to see how in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world many of our brothers and sisters are persecuted, tortured and killed for their faith in Jesus,” “In this third world war, waged piecemeal, which we are now experiencing, a form of genocide is taking place, and it must end.”

Israeli defense minister says Iran nuclear deal will force Israel to defend itself, by itself
Israel's defense minister says the Western powers' pending nuclear deal with Iran will force the Jewish state to "defend itself, by itself."

America's day of reckoning just 60 days away?
Two months from now the biblical Shemitah year will have played out and only then will we know whether it has left any significant event in its wake. In the past, this seven-year cycle has brought collapsing stock markets, tumbling currencies and the shaking of nations and empires.

Confederate flag supporters rise up to defend embattled symbol
An eight-mile convoy of pickups, motorcycles and cars wound through a central Florida town on Sunday in a show of support for the Confederate flag, as a backlash against its banishment from public landmarks across the South picks up steam.

THE FARSIDE OF PLUTO
Of particular interest on the farside are four dark spots connected to a dark belt that circles Pluto's equatorial region. What continues to pique the interest of scientists is their similar size and even spacing. "It's weird that they're spaced so regularly," says New Horizons program scientist Curt Niebur at NASA

GEOMAGNETIC STORM
A mild G1-class geomagnetic storm is underway on July 13th. The reason: a high-speed stream of solar wind is buffeting Earth's magnetic field.

Greece debt crisis: Eurozone summit strikes deal
Eurozone leaders have agreed to offer Greece a third bailout, after marathon talks in Brussels. Amid one of the worst crises in the EU's history, the head of the European Commission said the risk of Greece leaving the eurozone had been averted. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that after a "tough battle", Greece had secured a "growth package" and debt restructuring.

Snow delights Australians amid cold snap
South-east Australia has shivered through some of its coldest weather in decades, thanks to an icy cold snap. Strong winds and snowfall hit Victoria, New South Wales (NSW), and even the "Sunshine state" Queensland saw snow. ...The low pressure system that caused the cold fronts is expected to last for much of the week ahead.

Underwater volcanoes discovered off Australia
A team of researchers has unexpectedly discovered four extinct underwater volcanoes off the coast of Sydney in Australia. The team from Australia's national science agency (CSIRO) made the discovery during a search for larval lobster breeding grounds. The cluster of volcanoes is believed to be around 50 million years old.

Rule of law in China, a country which locks up its lawyers
Dozens of Chinese lawyers have been detained or interrogated over recent days in what seems to be a co-ordinated roundup. The crackdown has targeted those who take on cases involving free speech, human rights and abuses of power, presenting many of them as motivated by greed and a reckless disregard for social order.

Afghanistan suicide bomb 'kills 33' near former CIA base
A suicide car bomb has killed at least 33 people, mostly women and children, near a military base in Afghanistan, officials say. The bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint near Camp Chapman, formerly used by the CIA, in eastern Khost province on Sunday. Camp Chapman was the site of one of the worst attacks on the agency in 2009 when a bomber killed seven officials.



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Greeks Can’t Tap Cash, Gold, Silver In Bank Safety Deposit Boxes
Many Greeks were also withdrawing their cash because they fear the country might be forced back onto the drachma. However a little known fact is that, Greeks who had prepared for bank runs by withdrawing cash and buying gold and silver bullion and then lodging that bullion and indeed cash into safety deposit boxes have also been caught up in the draconian capital controls. We have warned about this for many years and warned as recently as April this year that people should avoid using safety deposit boxes in banks.

Venezuela bars opposition leader from holding office
One of Venezuela's most prominent opposition leaders announced Tuesday that she had been barred from holding public office as a critical election looms.

The Latest: Greece needs 85 billion euros through 2018
The International Monetary Fund says Greece will need debt relief and 85 billion euros ($94 billion) in new financing through 2018 because its situation has deteriorated since it closed its banks June 29.

Israeli court sentences Palestinian rocket engineer to 21 years' jail
An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian engineer on Tuesday to 21 years in prison for helping Gaza's Hamas militant group develop and improve their weapons capabilities.

The Future of the LGBT Movement May Involve Transhumanism
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that the LGBT movement and transhumanism have a lot in common. Nearly all transhumanists support the LGBT cause. After all, a desire to be free to alter, express, and control one's sexual preference and identity sounds like a transhumanist concept.

Vatican Claims Jerusalem
What we have on our plates right now is Israel asking for a 5-7 year treaty and Obama pushing for a 7-year treaty. Is the answer that Jerusalem has already been established as an international city, sovereign from Israel and under another’s rule and authority?

Sun Tzu would be proud how Iran's strategic skills just bested Obama & friends
Historians will look back on the Iranian campaign against the United States and conclude that there have been few examples of a weaker power so decisively outmaneuvering, bluffing, deceiving and weakening its vastly more powerful opponent.

‘Peace for Our Time’ – Iran Nuclear Deal Announced on ‘Black Tuesday’
Iran and the P5+1 powers announced a final agreement shortly after noon (Israeli time) on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. It will take a year to understand if the deal actually stops helps Iran get its hands on a nuclear weapon.

Lavrov: Russia expects US to abandon Europe AMD plans after Iran deal
Moscow hopes the US will fulfill its promise not to develop a system of missile defense in Europe after a deal with Iran has been reached, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Vienna on Tuesday.

The Epidemic of Bible Illiteracy in Our Churches
Christians claim to believe the Bible is God's Word. We claim it's God's divinely inspired, inerrant message to us. Yet despite this, we aren't reading it. A recent LifeWay Research study found only 45 percent of those who regularly attend church read the Bible more than once a week.

An Urgent Warning to US President Obama, the EU, and the UN
For years the President of the US, the EU, and the UN have not ceased putting pressure on Israel to accept this false, evil, and ungodly plan. Now this immoral and ungodly pressure comes to its climax. For their own economic and political interests, they are prepared to sell-out Israel and to forsake the children of Israel, the people of G‑d. They warn the leaders of Israel to give-in to this evil plan or else "... Israel will be isolated among the nations of the world...

Wisconsin's Scott Walker enters Republican race, vowing to fight for America
Scott Walker...launched his 2016 Republican presidential campaign on Monday, vowing to fight with the same conservative conviction he used to battle unions as Wisconsin governor. ...His resume electrifies conservatives and is a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats unhappy with his anti-union, anti-government views. The president of the AFL-CIO union alliance, Richard Trumka, on Monday called Walker a "national disgrace."

Large Hadron Collider discovers new pentaquark particle
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark. It was first predicted to exist in the 1960s but, much like the Higgs boson particle before it, the pentaquark eluded science for decades until its detection at the LHC. The discovery, which amounts to a new form of matter, was made by the Hadron Collider's LHCb experiment.

US warns citizens ahead of President Obama's Kenya visit
The US has issued a travel warning for Kenya ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama, who is due to address a summit on global entrepreneurship. The summit, to be held in the capital, Nairobi, from 26-28 July, could provide "a target for terrorists", the US State Department said in a statement.

Netanyahu says Iran nuclear deal 'a bad mistake of historic proportions'
The Iran nuclear accord hammered out in Vienna between the world powers and Tehran is a “historic mistake” for the world, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. ...Netanyahu, who said that he would relate to the details of the accord a a latter time, said that it is the result of wanting to reach an agreement “at any price.”

Historic Iran nuclear deal reached
World powers have reached a final, comprehensive agreement with Iran that will govern its nuclear program for over a decade, diplomats said on Tuesday morning. The deal culminates a two-year diplomatic effort in which the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, led by the United States, have sought to end a twelve-year crisis over Iran's suspicious nuclear work.




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Experts baffled by freak downpour in Norway
“This just does not happen in Norway, we have a hard time believing that it’s true,” Geir Ottar Fagerli, a government meteorologist, told NRK. “It’s not that we doubt the observations, but it is absolutely amazing.” “These are figures ​​that you only normally see in the jungle,” he continued, estimating that the country’s unofficial record is probably somewhere between 80-90mm per hour.

The Future Costs Of Politically Correct Cultism
I rarely touch on the subject of political correctness as a focus in my writings, partially because the entire issue is so awash in pundits on either side that the scrambling clatter of voices tends to drown out the liberty movement perspective. Also, I don’t really see PC cultism as separate from the problems I am always battling against: collectivism and the erasure of the individual in the name of pleasing society. Political correctness is nothing more than a tool that collectivists and statists exploit in order to better achieve their endgame, which is conning the masses into believing that the group mind is real and that the individual mind is fiction.

Netanyahu set on seeking US allies against Iran deal
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, appears determined to push allies in the US Congress to block the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, despite warnings his strategy would fail and further damage relations with the Obama administration.

'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' found guilty by German court
A 94-year-old German man known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the murder of 300,000 people at the Nazi death camp, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials.

Rapper, Baby Killed In Chicago Gang Violence
Chicago rapper Capo, and an innocent baby miles away, were killed in Chicago gang violence over the weekend, the New York Daily News is reporting. The rapper was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on the city’s South Side. Minutes later, the baby was run over by the fleeing suspects’ vehicle.

Israel assassinated top Syrian general: leaked US files
Israel is responsible for the 2008 murder of a top security aide of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to secret US intelligence files.

Mayor Brags: Our White Population Plummets
The mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, in an address to the radical socialist organization National Council of La Raza, bragged that his city is no longer majority white and the city’s schools now have students who speak 62 different languages.

American evangelicals stand behind Israel
Those are among the findings of a study of American attitudes toward Israel and the Bible from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. As part of the study, researchers conducted two separate surveys of 1,000 Americans, along with a survey of 1,000 senior pastors of Protestant churches.

Hundresd Gather For Rally For Freedom Of Worship On The Temple Mount
Tuesday evening, Temple Mount Heritage Foundation founder and activist Rabbi Yehudah Glick led a demonstration at the Dung Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem protesting the recent closures of the Temple Mount to non-Muslims during the Ramadan holiday.

Why critics of the Iran deal should hope Obama is like Neville Chamberlain
“Don’t repeat the terrible mistake of 1938 when the enlightened democracies of Europe decided to sacrifice Czechoslovakia for a temporary solution. Do not try to placate the Arabs at our expense,” Sharon defiantly declared. “Israel will not be Czechoslovakia. ”with the ink still wet on the U.S.-backed deal with Iran, it’s hard to imagine a similar rapprochement for Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Guess What Each of the US Jewish Organizations Are Saying About the Iran Deal
Only one of the major Jewish organizations issued a statement of unqualified support for the nuclear agreement with Iran. Guess which.

Volunteer watchdog group dispatches to western states to monitor 'Jade Helm'
Pete Lanteri, a former Marine now living in Arizona, told FoxNews.com that volunteer members he's helped organize will be on the ground as part of a newly formed surveillance campaign called “Counter Jade Helm.” A product of mounting suspicions across western states over the exercise itself, the group has been set up to locate, track and observe U.S. soldiers – Green Berets, Air Force Special Ops, Navy SEALs -- training across the Southwest.

SHOCK VIDEO: Planned Parenthood sells dead baby body parts
The video is gruesome and appalling. It purportedly shows a Planned Parenthood executive sipping a glass of wine in a Los Angeles restaurant while casually explaining how they sell body parts from aborted babies.

Israel will survive nuclear deal
On the other hand, it's outrageous: An agreement of fatal importance to everyone living here has been signed above our heads, as if there is nothing between Tehran and Vienna apart from the ayatollah regime's good intentions. There is no Israel.

Obama: Netanyahu cannot stop Iran deal
Obama on Tuesday defended the agreement reached with Iran over its nuclear program, making it clear that the purpose of the deal was simply to prevent the Islamic Republic from attaining nuclear weapons – not to curb its global power.

IranDeal as seen online: New horizons or impending Apocalypse?
With #IranDeal one of the top trending topics on Twitter on Tuesday, opinions of both politicians and thousands of social network users split as of whether the hard-reached nuclear agreement is a victory of democracy or the beginning of the end.

(ALMOST NO) CHANCE OF FLARES
Solar activity is very low. No sunspots are actively flaring and, as a result, the sun's X-ray output has flatlined.

Obama lays out a sweeping criminal justice reform plan
President Barack Obama has called for sweeping reforms to the US criminal justice system including curbing the use of solitary confinement and voting rights for felons. He said lengthy mandatory minimum sentences should be reduced - or thrown out entirely. "Mass incarceration makes our entire country worse off, and we need to do something about it," he said.

Protests as Japan paves way for self-defence law change
A parliamentary committee in Japan has approved two major bills for debate, paving the way for an expanded role for the military. The move sparked protests from opposition lawmakers in parliament and activists outside the building. If the bills are passed, Japan would be able to fight overseas in a doctrine called collective self-defence.

Netanyahu's bid to lobby Congress to kill Iran deal will fail, Obama says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s anticipated efforts to lobby Congress to derail the Iranian nuclear agreement will fail... ...“Prime Minister Netanyahu would prefer, and many of the critics would prefer, that [Iran] doesn’t even have any nuclear capacity,” Obama told The New York Times. “But really, what that involves is eliminating the presence of knowledge inside of Iran.”

Weapons Inspections in Iran Shadowed by Past Mistakes in Iraq
The landmark agreement with Iran promises weapons inspectors broad access to the country’s nuclear program, but the Islamic Republic’s track record and the history of similar efforts in Iraq cast a shadow over the deal.

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Thousands urged to evacuate as Typhoon Nangka hits Japan
Powerful Typhoon Nangka was barrelling towards the Japanese mainland early Friday after killing at least two people on the island of Shikoku as authorities urged more than 350,000 residents to evacuate. Nangka, which overnight was packing gusts up to 185 kilometres (115 miles) per hour, made landfall near Cape Muroto on Shikoku, one of the country's main islands, around 11:00 pm (1400 GMT) Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Alaska shakes with force of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake after record spate of wildfires
The tremor, 75 miles north of Anchorage, shook buildings for 20 seconds It comes after a wave of wildfires, more than 200, across Alaska in May One resident said, 'thought a moose was head-butting my camper'

Oregon Earthquake Today 2015 Strikes Near Lakeview
USGS tells news that a 3.8. magnitude Oregon earthquake today struck just after 10:14 am PST. The quake was shallow. Reps tell news that quake started less than 1 mile below ground level. As a result the quake could be felt across the vicinity.

Strong Earthquake Hits Close to Barbados
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.4 quake was centered 81 miles (132 kilometers) northeast of the island's capital of Bridgetown at a shallow depth of about 3 miles (5 kilometers). It hit at 11:16 a.m. local time. (15:16 GMT).

U.S. pastor held in Iran wrongly overlooked in nuclear deal: wife
Saeed Abedini, 35, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was sentenced by an Iranian court in 2013 to eight years in prison for allegedly compromising Iran’s national security by setting up home-based Christian churches in his native country. His wife, Naghmeh Abedini of Boise, Idaho, said her husband has faced threats to his life from Islamic militants held in the same prison west of Tehran and that his physical and psychological health has deteriorated from a lack of medical care and from stays in solitary confinement.

Pope Francis now the United Nations Biggest Useful Idiot
The Vatican (Lord help us!) has become the main working branch of the Agenda 21-pushing United Nations. Gathering mayors from around the globe to combat human trafficking and climate change, the cardinals may as well trade in their scarlet birettas for blue helmets.

Shootings at Chattanooga military facilities leave 4 Marines, gunman dead
Shootings at a pair of military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., Thursday, left five people dead, including four Marines and the lone gunman, officials said. The shooter was later identified by the FBI as 24-year-old Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez. The Associated Press cited a U.S. official in saying there was no indication that the suspect was under investigation by the FBI or on the radar of federal law enforcement before the shooting.

Confederate Flag Wavers Greet President Obama in Oklahoma
President Obama was greeted by people waving Confederate flags as he arrived at his hotel in Oklahoma City Wednesday night.

Time to Call Obama and Kerry What They Are: Traitors
The last time a feeble leader of a fading nation came bearing “Peace in our time”, a pugnacious controversial right-winger retorted, “You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war.” That right-winger went on to lead the United Kingdom against Hitler. Obama had preserved the Iranian regime when it was faced with the Green Revolution. Now Iran is his last best Islamist hope for stopping America in the Middle East.

Vatican sees Iran deal in 'a positive light'
The Holy See lauded the nuclear deal struck between Iran and world powers on Tuesday, asserting that it views the agreement in "a positive light."

Military conflict between Russia and NATO may start in near future
Russia may face a dilemma: either to accept the physical destruction of 200,000 of its citizens living in Transdniestria, or solve the problem by making a corridor through the territory of Ukraine. This reaction may trigger a military conflict between Russia and NATO. The risk for a nuclear conflict is too high. The Americans understand it and deploy nuclear forces in Europe."

Planned Parenthood advocates horrified by baby-parts sale
one executive describes how Planned Parenthood sells the body parts of aborted unborn children and uses partial-birth abortions to harvest intact parts has even members of the left, those who traditionally support the abortion business, recoiling.

NATO plans biggest exercise since 2002 to counter Islamic State
NATO and its allies will hold their biggest military exercise in more than a decade from October, deploying 36,000 personnel across the Mediterranean to counter the threat of Islamic State on the alliance's southern flank. ...NATO commanders said on Wednesday the alliance would carry out some of its toughest training yet in a complex "artificial threat scenario" in which militants attack on land, from the air and at sea.

China Crash Is 'Way Bigger Than Subprime'
Hedge fund manager Paul Singer said that China’s debt-fueled stock market crash may have larger implications than the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis... China’s stock market has dropped from a June 12 peak wiping out almost $4 trillion in value in less than a month...Markets tumbled even as President Xi Jinping’s government ramped up efforts to stem the rout, including preventing share sales of companies.

Clashes break out as Greek lawmakers debate austerity bill
Rioters hurled petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas as an anti-austerity demonstration outside parliament turned violent Wednesday, while Greek lawmakers began debating contentious measures needed to start negotiations on a new bailout and avoid financial collapse. Groups of youths among the more than 12,000 protesters smashed storefronts and set at least one vehicle alight.

Iran nuclear deal: '99% of world agrees' says Obama
Critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran are at odds with "99% of the world and the majority of nuclear experts", US President Barack Obama has said. He challenged critics of Tuesday's deal to present a better alternative - seen as a veiled reference to his Republican opponents in Congress. The UN Security Council will vote next week on a resolution endorsing the agreement, Iran says.

UN in deal to fight global poverty
Rich and poor countries have agreed to overhaul global finance for international development and unlock money to end global poverty. The United Nations announced the deal on its website following three days of negotiations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The deal to finance new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be adopted by world leaders in September.

Israel Air Force strikes terrorist target in Gaza after rocket attack
The Israel Air Force struck terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, in response to a rocket that was fired on Israel a few hours earlier. The IDF Spokesperson's Office released a statement saying that the IDF viewed with severity the rocket attack on Israel and that it would not tolerate attempts to harm Israeli citizens.

Jewish man who fled the Nazis funds rescue mission for Mideast Christians
Lord Arthur Weidenfeld, a 95-year-old British publisher, philanthropist and newspaper columnist, has funded a project to rescue Christian refugees fleeing from Syria and Iraq as a way of repaying his debt to those who saved him from the Nazi regime... The nonagenarian has established the Weidenfeld Safe Havens Fund which aims to evacuate Christian refugees and offer 12-18 months of monetary support while the refugees establish themselves in their new homes.

Global Bankruptcy, Sustainable Development, and Propaganda
Ever so caring for the fate of humanity, Pope Francis’ duties have now extended from world climatologist, population control, and critic of free market economics, to expert on global bankruptcy. He said, “The goods of the Earth are meant for everyone, and however much someone may parade his property, it has a social mortgage.” The Catholic principle of “social mortgage” is the idea that the public has a “legitimate and necessary claim on private wealth and property.”

White Lives Don’t Matter
Obama and his syndicate are working overtime to begin a race war.Since Barack Hussein Obama and his criminal Syndicate took over the US White House in January 2009, black on white crime has escalated dramatically. With the exception of World Net Daily’s Colin Flaherty (“White Girl Bleed A Lot”) and some of us in the real media, few to none in the US “mainstream” and increasingly—if that’s even possible—leftist media have reported this growing, violent and markedly disturbing trend. Someone had to say it plainly…to the ObamaGov white lives don’t matter.


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Pro-Israel lobby backs group to fight Iranian nuclear deal
WASHINGTON — A powerful pro-Israel lobby is backing a new political group that on Friday launched a multimillion-dollar campaign to oppose the nuclear pact the United States recently made with Iran.

Shrinking U.S. Army increasingly stretched by global commitments: general
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army is far more heavily engaged around the world than projected when it began slashing force size several years ago, and its commitments will be hard to maintain in the long run as troop numbers shrink, General Ray Odierno said on Friday.

Indonesia closes down five airports after volcanoes erupt
The natural disruption has caused travel chaos for thousands of travelers in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, trying to head home to celebrate Eid with their families.Ash streaming from two volcanoes has forced Indonesian authorities to shut five airports, leaving thousands unable to travel home for the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The closures were prompted by eruptions at Mount Raung on the main Java island and Mount Gamalama in eastern Indonesia/

Magnitude 7.5 quake in South Pacific triggers tsunami threat
SYDNEY (AP) — A magnitude-7.5 earthquake has struck the Santa Cruz Islands in the South Pacific and a tsunami threat message has been issued for other parts of the Pacific closer to the epicenter.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no threat to Hawaii. It says hazardous waves are possible for coasts located within 300 kilometers (186.42 miles) of the Santa Cruz Islands, mainly the Solomon Islands as well as Vanuatu and Nauru.

Nuclear Extortion: Pioneered by North Korea, Perfected by Iran
With implications reaching far beyond the Middle East, the Iran nuclear deal opens the gates not to a safer world, but to proliferation on a scale likely to defy any peaceful efforts at containment. With the fatally flawed bargain announced Tuesday in Vienna, the U.S. and its negotiating partners have underscored, bigtime, the sorry lesson of the series of failed nuclear deals that helped sustain North Korea’s regime all the way to the bomb: In a game of nuclear chicken, the U.S. will flinch. In the post-Cold War era, nuclear blackmail works.

Franklin Graham: Iran Deal 'Death Sentence for Israel'
Franklin Graham, son of famed evangelist preacher Billy Graham, is calling for prayers for Congress as it debates a nuclear proliferation deal with Iran – and says he agrees with Donald Trump's belief any deal should have demanded the release of four Americans being held prisoner. Here's the Facebook post of the head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the global charity Samaritan's Purse:

Authorities: 20 vehicles destroyed in California wildfire
HESPERIA, Calif. — Authorities say a fast-moving wildfire that swept across a Southern California freeway has destroyed 20 vehicles and burned five homes while threatening dozens of other structures.Fanned by hot desert winds, the fire started along Interstate 15 — the main road to Las Vegas — and torched the vehicles as motorists fled on foot to safety. No serious injuries have been reported.

It saw Pluto: Here's where New Horizons goes next
The New Horizons spacecraft has wowed us back on Earth with its 3 billion-mile Pluto mission, but it's still got a lot of traveling to do.

Mysterious inscription from the time of King David offers glimpse into the past
The inscription was discovered at Khirbet Qeiyafa, in the valley of Elah southwest of Jerusalem. A ceramic jar around 3,000 years old that was broken into numerous shards was discovered in 2012.

BIG LIST of Muslim terror attacks in U.S. since 9/11
Deadly Islamic jihad on American soil still happening at alarming pace...

Planned Parenthood, Adolf Eichmann and the Banality of Evil
Deborah Nucatola, the Planned Parenthood doctor caught on video chatting about the harvesting and sale of infant body parts over a bulbous glass of wine, brings to mind Adolf Eichmann's manner as he was on trial in Jerusalem in 1963 for being a major henchman in Hitler's Holocaust.

Chinese scientists edit genes to produce artificial sperm capable of creating 'army of half-cloned mice'
Scientists in mainland China have successfully mass produced high-quality artificial sperm for the first time. The man-made sperm do not have tails and cannot swim, looking more like eggs than natural sperm, but they can fertilise an egg and pass on genetic information to potential offspring, according to a paper published in the journal Cell Stem Cell

Indonesia volcanic ash shuts more airports on Eid eve
Ash spewing from two volcanoes in Indonesia has shut three more airports, which means five are now closed as millions head home for the Eid holiday. The closures were sparked by eruptions at Mount Raung and Mount Gamalama. Raung, which has been rumbling for weeks, led to airport closures last week including at tourist hotspot Bali - that has since reopened.

Egypt navy ship 'hit by Sinai militants' missile'
Islamic State-affiliated militants in Sinai say they have carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian naval vessel in the Mediterranean Sea. The militants, who call themselves Sinai Province, posted pictures online of what looked like a missile followed by a large explosion on the ship. Egyptian officials said a coastguard vessel caught fire after a fire-fight with militants on the shore.

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Eid prayer blasts hit Damaturu
At least nine people have died in explosions at prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid in the Nigerian town of Damaturu, the army says. The two female suicide bombers included a 10-year-old girl, said Nigerian army spokesman Col Sani Usman. There were two blasts at a venue where volunteers were waiting to screen worshippers, he said.

Rare meeting between Hamas chief and Saudi King may signal warming relations
Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal and other top officials from the Palestinian militant group met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and senior Saudi leaders on Friday... "The delegation discussed Palestinian unity and the political situation in the region. This meeting will hopefully develop relations between Hamas and Saudi Arabia," the source told Reuters.


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Greek banks to reopen Monday but cash restrictions remain
Greek banks are reopening Monday after a forced 3-week closure but restrictions on cash withdrawals will remain. In a decree Saturday, the Greek government kept the daily cash withdrawal limit at 60 euros ($65) but added a weekly limit. For example, a depositor who doesn't withdraw cash on Monday can withdraw 120 euros ($130) on Tuesday, and so on, up to 420 euros ($455) a week.

Saudi Arabia arrests 431 with alleged ISIS ties
Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people who are part of a "network of cluster cells linked to the terrorist ISIS organization," according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

Five soldiers killed in Egypt terror attack
At least five soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an attack by militants at a military checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, a media report said.

Shoppers return to Kenyan mall 2 years after attack
Hundreds of shoppers Saturday thronged through the re-opened Westgate Shopping Mall in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi nearly two years after an extremist attack there left at least 67 people dead. Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero cut a ribbon during the ceremony which came after two years of repairs from the damage caused by security forces battling four gunmen from Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group in September 2013.

Indonesia closes down five airports after volcanoes erupt
Ash streaming from two volcanoes has forced Indonesian authorities to shut five airports, leaving thousands unable to travel home for the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The closures were prompted by eruptions at Mount Raung on the main Java island and Mount Gamalama in eastern Indonesia, CNN reported.

Pension Shocker: Plans Face $2 Trillion Shortfall, Moody's Says
After 2008, Moody’s stopped relying on the investment return assumptions of cities and states opting instead to use its own models. Unsurprisingly, this led the ratings agency to adopt a much less favorable view of state and local government finances and as WSJ reported, rather than admit that their return assumptions are indeed unrealistic, local governments have opted to drop Moody’s instead

Obama collecting personal data for a secret race database
A key part of President Obama’s legacy will be the fed’s unprecedented collection of sensitive data on Americans by race. The government is prying into our most personal information at the most local levels, all for the purpose of “racial and economic justice.” Unbeknown to most Americans, Obama’s racial bean counters are furiously mining data on their health, home loans, credit cards, places of work, neighborhoods, even how their kids are disciplined in school — all to document “inequalities” between minorities and whites.

Sanhedrin Warns Pope Francis: Godly Judgment May Prove “Very Risky”
“It has happened in the past that people have ignored the Sanhedrin, which is a mistake, because the Sanhedrin is vital to the proper functioning of the world. Only when the Jewish nation will heed the Sanhedrin of the Torah, will the Torah be one.

Five Children Among 94 Crucified, Flogged And Caged By ISIS For ‘Eating During Ramadan’
Syrian Islamic State (IS) supporters have publicly crucified, flogged and caged nearly 100 people accused of breaking the daytime fast observed during the Muslim holy month. UK-based monitor the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR) yesterday said it had documented 94 such punishment cases for eating in Ramadan, including five children and two old men.

Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town
A car bomb has killed 120 people and injured at least 130 at a busy market in an Iraqi town, officials have said. The attack happened in the predominantly Shia town of Khan Bani Saad, north of the capital Baghdad. Children were among those dead in the explosion, which came as people celebrated the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Khamenei: Deal or no deal, Iran won't stop opposing US, supporting people of Palestine
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...in a fiery address vowed enduring opposition to the United States and its Middle East policies, saying Washington sought Iran's 'surrender'. In a speech...punctuated by chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel", Khamenei said...Iran would not allow the disruption of its revolutionary principles or defensive abilities.


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Gaza bombings target cars of Hamas officials; no fatalities
At least four bombings rocked Gaza City early Sunday, targeting cars belonging to officials from Islamic factions, including the territory's Hamas rulers. There were no fatalities from the blasts.

France’s Hollande Proposes Creation of Euro-Zone Government
French President Francois Hollande said that the 19 countries using the euro need their own government complete with a budget and parliament to cooperate better and overcome the Greek crisis.

Remote Part Of I-10 Collapses Amid Heavy Rains In California
An elevated section of Interstate 10 collapsed Sunday amid heavy rains in a remote desert area of California, cutting off traffic between the state and Arizona and leaving a driver injured.

Magnitude 7 quake near Solomon Islands
A magnitude 7 earthquake has struck off the coast of Solomon Islands, but experts say the threat of a Pacific tsunami has passed. The US Geological Survey said the shallow tremor was centred about 78 kilometres northwest of Lata in Solomon Islands.

Russia's Putin orders formation of new military reserve force
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine. The new reserve force has been discussed for several years and was first ordered by Putin in 2012 shortly after his re-election as President. The latest decree was published late on Friday.

ISIS set up stronghold in the heart of Europe as terrorists secretly buy land near an isolated village
Islamic State have established a stronghold in mainland Europe, a Sunday Mirror investigation reveals. Terrorists are secretly buying land in an isolated village, surrounded by deep woodland. Security services think the area in Bosnia is used for ISIS training camps and could be a base for devastating terror attacks on the West.

Chattanooga attack: Gunman Abdulazeez 'sent war text'
The night before a gunman killed five US service personnel in Tennessee, he sent a text message linking to a religious verse about "declaring war", reports say. Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez also spoke out against conflicts in the Middle East, according to the Reuters agency. Police have said his motives are still being investigated.

Gaza explosions target officials' cars
A series of explosions on Sunday targeted cars belonging to officials in Gaza, including those from the ruling Hamas militant group. Four blasts hit vehicles in Gaza City just after 06:00 (03:00 GMT). Two people suffered minor injuries. News agencies said the five cars belonged to members of Hamas and the rival Islamic Jihad militant group.

UK ends partial arms ban on Israel over Gaza fighting
Britain has lifted...a partial arms embargo on arms sales to Israel that was imposed...because of fears... weapons and equipment might be used against Palestinian civilians. ...Now that Sajid Javid, a strongly pro-Israel Conservative minister, is in charge...he announced...that, having completed their review, they were now satisfied that licenses for material including components for military radar and tanks met the UK’s export criteria.


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AIPAC Mulling ‘Nuclear Option’ in Lobbying Against Iran Deal
AIPAC officials have been debating using their doomsday weapon, namely to campaign to unseat congressional Democrats who will vote in favor of the Iran deal.

Netanyahu is betting against Obama in Congress battle against Iran deal
The prime minister is not worried that further confrontation will cause the US president to be less generous in his compensation package to Israel. He is willing to bet the battle in Congress against the Iranian deal is worth the risk.

White House plan would keep guns from millions on Social Security
The Obama administration wants to keep people collecting Social Security benefits from owning guns if it is determined they are unable to manage their own affairs, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Typhoon Nangka Recap: 29 Inches of Rain Reported
More than 2 feet of rain were reported in parts of Kôchi, Wakayama, Nara and Mie prefectures in the central part of the country. Many rivers went out of their banks as a result. Heavy rains came well in advance of landfall as well, bringing up to 10 inches of rain to northern parts of the Greater Tokyo area.

"Super Historic" July Rainfall in California Thanks to Former Hurricane Dolores; More Rain Monday
Part of Interstate 10 was washed out by flooding Sunday in the deserts of California.

CORONAL MASS EJECTION, INCOMING?
A magnetic filament snaking across the sun's southern hemisphere exploded on July 19th (0700 UT), hurling part of itself into space. Soon thereafter, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded a bright coronal mass ejection (CME) flying away from the sun.

Christian Universities: Will They Obey God or Man?
Christian universities must together embrace and facilitate homosexual sin, or lose, at once, both tax-exempt status and access to all students who choose to fund their education via federal loans and grants (which is most of them). This presents quite a conundrum. It’s also a test. Christian universities must either obey God, disobey man and suffer unsavory temporal consequences, or obey man, sell their souls for mammon and suffer a-little-more-than-unsavory eternal consequence.

Red Heifers in Israel prompt 3rd Temple Speculation
The altar and sacred vessels have been reconstructed. The architectural plans are being drawn up. Now a group is taking another step toward fulfilling the biblical prophecy of a restored Temple by raising a group of red heifers in the land of Israel.

Deadly blast hits Suruc in southern Turkey
An explosion has killed at least 10 people at a cultural centre in the southern Turkish town of Suruc near the Syrian border, local media say. They say at least 20 were wounded in the blast in the garden of the Amara Cultural Centre close to the Syrian town of Kobane. About 300 delegates from youth associations were reportedly staying at the centre.

Greek debt crisis: Banks reopen amid tax rise
Greek banks are reopening after being closed for three weeks because of the deadlock over the country's debt, as the government initiates repayment of its loans to the ECB and IMF. Athens reached a cash-for-reforms deal aimed at avoiding a debt default and an exit from the eurozone. But many restrictions remain and Greeks also face price rises with an increase in Value Added Tax (VAT).

Afghan troops 'killed by US friendly fire' in Logar
At least eight Afghan soldiers have been killed in a US air strike on an army checkpoint in Logar province south of Kabul, Afghan officials say. They say two US helicopters attacked the checkpoint in broad daylight on Monday. Several troops were injured. The army commander in the area told the BBC that the checkpoint was clearly flying an Afghan flag.

Libya violence: Italian construction workers kidnapped
Four Italian construction workers have been kidnapped in Libya, the Italian foreign ministry has said. They were abducted near a compound owned by Italian oil and gas group Eni in the western Mellitah area, the ministry said. Italy closed its embassy in Libya in February, calling on Italians to leave because of the dangers to foreigners.

Europe to back Iran nuclear deal in signal to US Congress
The European Union will approve the Iran nuclear deal with world powers on Monday, a first step towards lifting Europe's economic sanctions against Tehran that the bloc hopes will send a signal that the US Congress will follow. EU foreign ministers were meeting in Brussels on Monday to discuss the deal reached last week. The UN Security Council was also likely to vote to support it in a resolution later in the day.

IOUs for RIPs: Greece's cash crisis hurts funeral industry
Greek funeral homes are struggling to cope with banking restrictions that limit customers to taking out only 60 euros ($65) a day in cash. Even a modest funeral service in Greece costs more than 15 times that, in a country that traditionally carries out funerals shortly after death and pays for them almost entirely in cash.

In an IS training camp, children told: Behead the doll
The children had all been shown videos of beheadings and told by their trainers with the Islamic State group that they would perform one someday. First, they had to practice technique. The more than 120 boys were each given a doll and a sword and told, cut off its head.


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Heavy storms in California signify return of El Nino
On Tuesday, construction crews began fixing the highway bridge washed out by heavy weekend rains in California. Scientists say such rare summer storms are a preview of a potentially record-breaking wet winter in the west. NASA climate scientist Josh Willis says the storms are fueled by the phenomenon called El Nino.

China's Record Dumping Of US Treasuries Leaves Goldman Speechless
We then put China's change in FX reserves alongside the total Treasury holdings of China and its "anonymous" offshore Treasury dealer Euroclear (aka "Belgium") as released by TIC, and found that the dramatic relationship which we first discovered back in May, has persisted - namely virtually the entire delta in Chinese FX reserves come via China's US Treasury holdings. As in they are being aggressively sold, to the tune of $107 billion in Treasury sales so far in 2015.

Obama’s secret database forces ‘racist’ smear on innocent citizens
A government obsessed with imaginary racism is the soul-killing legacy Barack Obama is leaving Americans. Obama has come up with an ongoing plan in which the 330 million American population will be corralled into a cattle pasture from which there doesn’t seem to be any escape.

UN Security Council Enshrines Disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal into International Law
The United Nations Security Council approved unanimously a resolution endorsing the final Iran nuclear deal agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The resolution, which will go into formal effect 90 days after its passage on July 20th, incorporates the JCPOA as an attachment.

The President is ‘The Other’
here’s some bad news: the ‘fundamental transformation of America’ is in full swing and as they used to say in show biz, “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” That’s because the last 18 months of this corrupt narcissist’s rule will make the first six-and-a-half years look like a high school civics lesson in good governance.

Terrorist mollycoddled but no flags lowered to half-staff
Why do major television networks continue to get away with mollycoddling murdering radical terrorists in the very wake of their evil carnage? Within four days of the attack that claimed the lives of four US Marines and a Navy sailors slaughtered in the Chattanooga shooting spree, ABC is portraying poor Mohammod Abdulazeez—not as a radical Islamic terrorist—but as a “disturbed, suicidal young man using drugs, preparing for bankruptcy and facing an appearance in criminal court”.

The President Of France Wants Eurozone Members To Transfer Their Sovereignty To A United States Of Europe
The President of France has come up with a very creative way of solving the European debt crisis. On Sunday, a piece authored by French President Francois Hollande suggested that the ultimate solution to the problems currently plaguing Europe would be for every member of the eurozone to transfer all of their sovereignty to a newly created federal government. In other words, it would essentially be a “United States of Europe”.

Bipartisan Anger in Congress over Obama's UN Move
Republican lawmakers – but some influential Democrats as well – were angry Monday about the Obama administration's decision to have the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote on the Iran nuclear deal before Congress has had a chance to accept or reject it.

Zarif: Israel Was Never So Isolated
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said during a speech to his country's parliament on Tuesday that Tehran's nuclear deal with the P5+1 powers was a great defeat for Israel. "Never before was the Zionist regime so isolated, even among her own allies," he said.

Earthquake centered in northern Oklahoma rattles state
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered in northern Oklahoma has shaken the state, with reports of it being felt hundreds of miles away. The U.S. Geological Survey reported Monday's quake happened at about 3:20 p.m.,

Magnitude 4.1 earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area
Authorities say a magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area in California, but no injuries or property damage was immediately reported.

China deal threatens only American military base in Africa
Attempts by China to increase its strategic involvement in East Africa have raised serious concerns about the future of one of America’s key intelligence-gathering posts on Islamic State and al-Qaeda. Since the September 11 attacks in 2001, the US military’s Camp Lemonnier, which is located in the East African state of Djibouti, has become the centre for US terrorism operations in the region...

Turkey tightens Syria border after Suruc blast as suspect identified
Turkish authorities have promised to step up security along the Syrian border after a deadly bomb attack which ripped through the southern town of Suruc on Monday. The pledge came as officials said they had identified a suspect behind the blast that hit a volunteer centre, killing at least 32 people.

The $100 million question: are we alone in the cosmos?
Scientists are about to embark on the biggest search yet for alien life...with $100 million from a Russian billionaire and the backing of physicist Stephen Hawking. Whether we are alone in the universe has engaged minds down the ages, and the recent discovery that there may be tens of billions of habitable planets in our galaxy alone has added urgency to finding an answer.

Speculators smash gold as dollar squeeze tightens
Powerful speculators have launched an unprecedented attack on the world gold market, driving prices to a five-year low as...the US Federal Reserve prepares to tighten monetary policy. Spot prices slumped by more than 4pc to $1,086 an ounce in overnight trading after anonymous funds sold 57 tonnes of gold...choosing the moment of minimum market liquidity in what appears to have been a synchronized strike intended to smash confidence.

Egypt: 'Dozens detained secretly' by security forces
Dozens of people in Egypt have apparently disappeared after being detained secretly by security forces, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned. The US-based group said in some cases state officials either denied holding individuals or refused to reveal their fates. It called on the authorities to immediately disclose their whereabouts and hold those responsible to account.

IS bans private internet access in Syria bastion: activists
The Islamic State group is banning private internet access in its Syrian bastion Raqa, forcing residents and even its own fighters to use internet cafes where they can be monitored, activists say.

14 Afghan soldiers killed in US air strike, say officials
A US air strike killed at least 14 Afghan soldiers on Monday at an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested province south of Kabul, officials said, the latest “friendly fire” incident involving foreign coalition forces.

Kurds make gains against ISIS in Syria’s Hasakah
A Syrian Kurdish militia said on Monday it was in near full control of the northeastern city of Hasakah, expanding its sway at the expense of the Damascus government in the wake of an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attack in the area.

U.N. Council backs Iran nuclear deal but Tehran hardliners object
The U.N. Security Council on Monday backed Iran's nuclear agreement with world powers but the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards attacked the resolution, underlining powerful opposition to the deal.

Japan demands China halt oil exploration in part of East China Sea
Japan called on China on Tuesday to halt construction of oil-and-gas exploration platforms in the East China Sea close to waters claimed by both nations, concerned that Chinese drills could tap reservoirs that extend into Japanese territory.

North Korea says not interested in Iran-like nuclear talks with U.S.
North Korea is not interested in an Iran-like dialogue with the United States to give up its nuclear capabilities, the isolated country's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.


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More black babies aborted than born in New York City
Black lives matter? Apparently not in New York City. A “Pregnancy Outcomes” report from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reveals in 2013, more black babies were aborted than born in the city. A chart on page 7 shows 24,108 “non-Hispanic black” babies were born while 29,007 faced “induced terminations” — or abortions.

Why is Pope Francis so obsessed with the devil?
His tweets and homilies about the devil, Satan, the Accuser, the Evil One, the Father of Lies, the Ancient Serpent, the Tempter, the Seducer, the Great Dragon, the Enemy and just plain "demon" are now legion. For Francis, the devil is not a myth, but a real person. Many modern people may greet the Pope's insistence on the devil with a dismissive, cultural affectation, indifference, or at the most indulgent curiosity.

More rain expected for flood-hit Pakistan
More rain is forecast in north Pakistan after flash floods inundated several villages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. At least three people have died, Pakistani media reported, and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

After EU labeling of West Bank goods, paper proposes banking steps on Israel
The European Union agreed this week to push ahead with labeling Israeli goods made in settlements in the West Bank, a move that has alarmed the Israeli government; but now there are proposals to go much further, including targeting Israeli banks. ...EU is in breach of its own laws and must move much more firmly to distinguish its dealings with Israel from Israel's activities in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

North Korea may be preparing to launch a new, long-range rocket
North Korea is preparing to launch a new, long-range rocket, possibly in October, having completed an upgrade at its main satellite launch base, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday.


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Gunman opens fire at Louisiana theater, kills two, injures seven
A lone gunman opened fire inside a crowded movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, killing two people and injuring seven others before taking his own life, police said.

Rebels, Qaeda launch assault on Syria's Daraa
Rebels including Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate launched a fresh offensive on the major southern city of Daraa, saying their aim was to "purify" the area.

Laws passed, Greece to open bailout talks as recession pushes goals further
Greece's creditors prepared on Thursday for the start of bailout talks in Athens, after lawmakers adopted a second package of reform measures before dawn despite a left wing rebellion that may bring early elections.

EU rejects report: No plans to boycott Israeli banks
The European Union is not planning to impose sanctions on Israeli banks, a senior EU official said Wednesday, hours after an EU think tank released a report recommending such a course of action. "We have no intention of imposing restrictions on Israeli banks that do business in the settlements. This entire issue is complete nonsense. This issue has never been considered," the diplomat said.

White House in 'final stages' of plan to close Guantánamo Bay prison
The White House announced on Wednesday that it is finalising a plan to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. A White House spokesman said it was in America's national security interest to close the facility which was opened by the Bush administration after the September 11 attacks to house detainees swept up in the war on terror.

Iran Vows to Buy Weapons Anytime, Anywhere
A senior Iranian official...said that the Islamic Republic will continue to import and export arms freely across the globe without restriction... Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, said that he insisted during the negotiations that Iran be able to purchase and ship military hardware at any time and from any place, according to the comments made on state-controlled television.

Obama Admin Plans More Executive Action on Immigration
The Obama administration is moving forward with plans to expand a waiver program that will allow additional illegal aliens to remain in the country... the proposed rule stated. “Such aliens include family-sponsored immigrants, employment-based immigrants, certain special immigrants, and Diversity Visa program selectees, together with their derivative spouses and children.”

Russian Bombers Flew Within 40 Miles of N. California Coast
Two Russian nuclear bombers flew within 40 miles of the California coast and one of the pilots relayed a veiled threat during the Fourth of July aerial incident, defense officials said. “Good morning American pilots, we are here to greet you on your Fourth of July Independence Day,” a Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber crew member stated over the emergency aircraft channel.

Syria conflict: 'Unprecedented' assault on Zabadani
The UN envoy for Syria says Syrian government air strikes have caused "unprecedented levels of destruction" and death in the town of Zabadani. Large numbers of barrel bombs have reportedly been dropped on the area in the Qalamoun mountains north-west of Damascus, close to the Lebanese border.

Iran executions see 'unprecedented spike' - Amnesty
There has been an "unprecedented spike" in the number of executions in Iran, Amnesty International has warned. The rights group said it believed 694 people were killed between 1 January and 15 July, almost three times the figure acknowledged by the authorities. It said credible reports suggested Iran executed at least 743 people in 2014.

Donald Trump to visit US-Mexico border
US presidential candidate Donald Trump is to visit the border with Mexico after making illegal immigration the centrepiece of his campaign. Mr Trump will travel to Laredo, Texas, on Thursday to meet border control agents and local police officers... In June, he sparked controversy after calling undocumented Mexican immigrants "rapists" and "criminals".

Greece crisis: MPs pass crucial bailout reforms
Greece has taken a crucial step towards a bailout after its parliament passed a second set of reforms. The passage of the measures means that negotiations on an €86bn European Union bailout can begin. The reforms include changes to Greek banking and an overhaul of the judiciary system.

Astronauts dock at the International Space Station
Astronauts from Russia, the US and Japan have successfully docked at the International Space Station. Less than six hours after take-off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome, Kjell Lindgren from the US, Kimiya Yui of Japan and Russian Oleg Kononenko safely arrived at the orbital outpost. ...Manned flights to the ISS are currently only possible with Russia's ageing Soviet space technology.

Obama and Erdogan agree to stop 'foreign fighters' crossing into Syria
US President Barack Obama and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed...to work together to "stem the flow of foreign fighters and secure Turkey's border with Syria," the White House said in a statement. It said the two leaders also discussed deepening their cooperation in the fight against Islamic State, which has grabbed swaths of Syrian and Iraqi territory and declared a caliphate.


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Turkey stages first air strikes on Islamic State in Syria
Turkish warplanes pounded Islamic State targets in Syria for the first time on Friday, with President Tayyip Erdogan promising more decisive action against both the jihadists and Kurdish militants.

Iran hits out at Kerry's 'empty threats'
Iran hit out Friday against US Secretary of State John Kerry, accusing him of threatening military action against Tehran if it fails to respect a historic nuclear deal sealed on July 14.

Special Ops General: ISIS Leader Preparing for Own Demise
The leader of ISIS appears to be preparing for his own demise by looking for an heir to the terror throne, the chief of U.S. special operations said today.

The Religious Origins of the Sanctuary Movement
Thanks to Donald Trump, the major media are being forced to cover the illegal immigration movement, such as the proliferation of “sanctuary cities” across the U.S. that attract criminal aliens, give them legal protection, and let them back out on the streets to commit more crimes. But the really taboo topic is how these sanctuary cities grew out of a movement started by the Catholic Church and other churches.

Immigration Failure: Illegal Aliens Kill Nearly 3,000 in Texas Since 2008
September 11, 2001 will live in infamy as the date that 3,000 innocent Americans were murdered by Islamic terrorists, supposedly in the name of Allah. Americans were justifiably outraged that 3,000 of us had been murdered on US soil by Islamic demons.

Obama Renews His Amnesty Tyranny
President Obama and other administration officials continue to push their thumb-in-the-eye approach to legal and illegal immigration with a series of unilateral moves that once again reveal their contempt for the American public and the rule of law—when they’re not busy engaging in outright extortion.

UN Silent as Iranian Regime Plans Arms Purchases and Sales Anytime, Anywhere
The ink is barely dry on the disastrous Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”), and the Iranian regime is already showing how its word is worth nothing. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, who was heavily involved in the JCPOA negotiations, was quoted as declaring that Iran would “buy weapons from wherever possible” and “provide weapons to whomever and whenever it considers appropriate.”

IDF Looks to Bible to Prepare for Future Threats
While the Locker Commission calls for sweeping cuts to the budget, as well as to personnel, the Gideon Plan has its own recommendations for reducing waste and improving efficiency. The plan is named for the Biblical hero Gideon, who reduced his army of thousands to a mere 300 men to fight against the Midianites.

Obama: Lifting of sanctions will increase Iran's ability to finance terrorists
In a special interview with the BBC Friday, President of the United States Barack Obama admitted that the lifting of sanctions on Iran will increase the Islamic Republic's ability to finance terrorist organizations.

Bill Gates to roll out remote control microchip-based sterilization of women
When Bill Gates, along with Paul Allen, began a little tech venture called "Microsoft" in a garage in 1975, he couldn't possibly have imagined that the company would grow into the largest personal computer company and most widely used PC operating system on the planet. In recent months Gates has taken his vision a step further, with the development of computer chip technology that will essentially serve as one element of his quest for population control and reduction.

Moscow Could Be Prepping for Space War With Aggressive New Satellites
On Christmas Day in 2013, a rocket blasted off from the Russian Federal Space Agency’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 500 miles north of Moscow. ...Rodnik sats...don’t have engines and can’t move under their own power. So it came as a shock...when the Rokot’s fourth satellite, designated Kosmos-2491, moved, propelling itself into a slightly different orbit.

ISIS Boy In New Video: "Give Me My Weapon"
ISIS’s official media wing in Iraq’s Dijla province released a new video Wednesday that boasts the terror group’s boy fighters and ups the ante of a bellicose propaganda campaign championing child soldiers. The video, called “The Cubs of Dijla” in a reference to the young boys being indoctrinated and groomed to fight, shows children as the clip’s primary speakers.

Obama admits US gun laws are his 'biggest frustration'
President Barack Obama has admitted that his failure to pass "common sense gun safety laws" in the US is the greatest frustration of his presidency. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Obama said it was "distressing" not to have made progress on the issue "even in the face of repeated mass killings". He vowed to keep trying, but the BBC's North America editor Jon Sopel said the president did not sound very confident.

Obama urges UK to stay in European Union
The UK must stay in the European Union to continue to have influence on the world stage, US President Barack Obama has told the BBC. He said the UK's EU membership "gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union". Speaking to the BBC's North America editor Jon Sopel, he said the EU "made the world safer and more prosperous".

Turkey bombs Islamic State targets in Syria
Turkish planes have for the first time carried out air strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria. Police also launched raids against IS and Kurdish militants across the country, arresting 297 people, the Prime Minister's office said. On Thursday, Turkish forces exchanged fire with IS fighters near the Syrian border. One Turkish soldier was killed.

Australia's role in the search for life in space
Australia is playing a key role in the world's biggest search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. An Australian radio telescope in operation for more than 50 years will be one of the primary instruments used in a new $100m (A$137m; £64m) search for life elsewhere in space.

Bowe Bergdahl found during California pot raid, released by officials
Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was released in a prisoner exchange in Afghanistan for five Taliban detainees, wound up in the middle of a pot raid earlier this week in northern California.

Egypt military says roadside bomb kills 4 troops in Sinai
A roadside bombing in Egypt's restive northern Sinai killed at least four troops on Thursday, military and security officials said, in an attack that was claimed by an Islamic State affiliate. The bomb went off when an armored military vehicle was combing an area around the border village of el-Mahdiya, close to the town of Rafah, which borders Gaza Strip, according to the Egyptian military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Samir.

Executions In Iran Have Surged This Year, Report Finds
ran executed 694 people in the first half of 2015, an "unprecedented spike" in the nation's use of the death penalty, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

Tentative deal reached to increase U.S. access to Turkish air bases
The U.S. and Turkey have reached a "tentative handshake deal" to increase U.S. and coalition access to Turkish air bases, including the base at Incirlik, according to an administration official.

Death of woman in Texas jail consistent with suicide: prosecutor
Evidence from an autopsy on Sandra Bland, the black woman found hanging dead in a Texas jail days after a traffic stop, supports the medical examiner's initial ruling of suicide, a county prosecutor told reporters on Thursday

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Olive oil prices surge due to drought and disease in Spain and Italy
Salads have rarely been so expensively dressed after a combination of drought and disease pushed the price of olive oil up 10% so far this year, amid warnings from suppliers that harvests are the worst they have seen.

Donald Trump has consistently been outpolling all announced Republican presidential candidates despite a barrage of lies in the media about the busine
The GOP powerbrokers are beyond upset, they are apoplectic. Last month, their favored candidate, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, announced for President, but he was immediately overshadowed by Donald Trump, who officially entered the race the next day.

The 10 Biggest Media Lies About Donald Trump
Donald Trump has consistently been outpolling all announced Republican presidential candidates despite a barrage of lies in the media about the business mogul. Here's a look at some of the more prominent untruths the media have reported about Trump:

Et Tu, Schu?
“Schumer is not a Shomer” were the words emblazoned on dozens of placards that were held by some of the 12,000 people who flooded Times Square last week to protest the “Death to America/Death to Israel” deal that Barack Obama and his cronies made on July 14th with––to this day, to this hour––a palpably belligerent, anti-Western, anti-Semitic Iran.

Obama Stopped Being a Christian American Upon Election to POTUS
January 20, 2009 was the date; the infamous date when the destroyer of the country called the United States of America began his crusade to kill off the hopes and dreams of as many citizens as possible, and as many symbols and patriotic sayings as he possibly could annihilate. If some took actual lives with his deadly thrusts, the happier he was and the more he enjoyed being the “Messiah” of doom.

Stephen Hawking: Intelligent Aliens Could Destroy Humanity, But Let's Search Anyway
physicist Stephen Hawking helped launch a major new effort to search for signs of intelligent alien life in the cosmos, even though he thinks it's likely that such creatures would try to destroy humanity.

How the U.S. is training China’s military – while inching toward conflict
This increased interoperability allowed Chinese forces to learn counter-piracy tactics, techniques and procedures, especially those relating to how to support ships that are deployed far from land, for long periods of time.

5.0 earthquake rattles Southcentral Alaska
A 5.0 earthquake rattled Southcentral at about 11:57 a.m. Saturday. The epicenter of the quake was located about 66 miles west of Willow in the Mat-Su, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Mike Yencha, operator of Deshka Wilderness Lodge in Willow, said the earthquake shook his building but wasn’t strong enough to knock anything out of its place.

Obama Takes Actions to Increase Immigration
The Obama administration is charging ahead with actions to promote more immigration into the United States, including veto threats, executive actions, and changes to the citizenship oath.

4.3 earthquake rattles Southern California
The shallow quake was felt strongly in Fontana, with a population of over 150,000 people, and felt more weakly in Riverside and Long Beach, according to the U.S. Geological Survey automated shake maps.

NASA spacecraft shows Pluto wrapped in haze, ice flows
Analysis shows distinct layers of haze in Pluto’s nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane atmosphere. The haze extends at least 100 miles (161 km) off the surface.

Next IMF boss likely to come from outside Europe: deputy head
IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton told the BBC World Service the tradition by which a European heads the fund while an American leads the World Bank was coming under pressure and the next appointment would be "strictly merit-based".

3 killed as 5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Islamabad
At least three people, including two women, died when a 5.5-magnitude quake hit Pakistan's capital Islamabad, as also parts of the country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday morning, Met office said.

U.S. troops to train regular Ukrainian military troops: State Department
U.S. troops will begin training regular Ukrainian military forces later this year in an expansion of their current mission, which so far has been limited to instructing Interior Ministry national guard units... "This training is part of our long-running defense cooperation with Ukraine and is taking place at the invitation of the Ukraine government....State Department Mark Toner said.

Firefighters gain control of Beit Shemesh blaze
Authorities said Israel's largest fire since the devastating Carmel blaze in 2010 was finally in control Friday evening near Beit Shemesh... Authorities said that strong winds had fueled the forest fire, causing its path to change unpredictably from time to time, and that 13 aircraft aided in the effort to contain the flames. Over 370 acres of land were burned, according to authorities.

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Gold's Two Stories: Paper Markets Collapse... While The Retail Public Buys At A Record Pace
The paper market is telling one story. But the actual physical bullion market is telling quite another. The U.S. Mint has sold over 100,000 ounces of American Eagle gold coins so far in July. That’s the highest monthly demand volume registered since April 2013.

Oklahoma Takes A Hard Look At What Police Seize — And How It's Spent
In Oklahoma, some people in charge of enforcing the law seem to be skirting it. State audits have found people in district attorney offices have used seized money and property to live rent-free and pay off student loans.

A Supreme Blunder: The Bad, The Good, The Ugly
On June 26, 2015 everything changed… It was on that day that five unelected Justices, redefined what marriage is. Last week I attended the Alliance Defending Freedom Pastors Conference in California, where I was blessed to have heard some of the sharpest Christian lawyers give us the new lay of the “legal land.”

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits near Tonga: USGS
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the South Pacific Island nation of Tonga on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Strong quake hits off Indonesia, but no tsunami warning
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.0 quake that hit Sunday afternoon was centred 93 kilometres (58 miles) south of the East Java province town of Krajan Tambakrejo, at a depth of 59 kilometres (37 miles).

Group To Unveil Satan Statue In Detroit During ‘Largest Public Satanic Ceremony In History’
A group is planning to unveil an 8-foot-tall bronze statue featuring a goat-headed Satan in Detroit during a gathering that’s being billed as the “largest public satanic ceremony in history.” ...Saturday’s private event will be open only to people with tickets...“The Unveiling” ...prepare for “a night of chaos, noise, and debauchery… Come dance with the Devil and experience history in the making.”

Europe braces itself for a revolutionary Leftist backlash after Greece
A pre-revolutionary fervour is sweeping Europe. “The atmosphere is a little similar to the time after 1968 in Europe. I can feel, maybe not a revolutionary mood, but something like widespread impatience”. These were the words of European council president Donald Tusk, 48 hours after Greece’s paymasters imposed the most punishing bail-out measures ever forced on a debtor nation in the eurozone’s 15-year history.

Military exercise Black Dart to tackle nightmare drone scenario
...Black Dart, a two-week test of tactics and technologies to combat hostile drones that begins Monday on the Point Mugu range at Naval Base Ventura County in California. The military categorizes Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) by size and capability, from Group 5 drones that weigh more than 1,320 pounds and can fly above 18,000 feet like the Reaper, down to Group 1, mini- and micro-drones less than 20 pounds that fly lower than 1,200 feet.

Al-Aqsa mosque: Israeli police enter Jerusalem holy site
Palestinian youths have clashed with Israeli police who entered the al-Aqsa mosque complex in East Jerusalem. The Palestinians are said to have barricaded themselves inside the mosque and thrown stones at police, who moved in to stop them. Israeli media said the Palestinians had intended to disrupt visits by observant Jews to the Western Wall.

Turkey car bomb kills two soldiers as PKK truce breaks down
A car bomb attack on a military convoy in south-eastern Turkey has killed two soldiers and injured four others, Turkish officials say. The explosion late on Saturday happened in the town of Lice in Diyarbakir, the province governor's office said. The attack came after Turkey bombed Kurdish separatist camps in northern Iraq - the first such strikes since a peace process began in 2012.

Fresh attack in north Cameroon town of Maroua 'kills 19'
A suicide attack in the northern Cameroon town of Maroua is reported to have left at least 19 people dead, including the bomber. Many others are thought to have been injured in the blast near a popular bar late on Saturday. It comes three days after a double suicide blast in Maroua that killed at least 13 people.

Khamenei continues anti-US propaganda, publishes picture of Obama with gun to head
In his latest rhetorical dismissal of Washington, Iran's Supreme Leader tweeted a warning against any military action against Iran by what he called the "aggressive and criminal US." Appearing on Ayatollah Khamenei's official Twitter account...features a quote..."we welcome no war, nor do we initiate any war, but if any war happens the who will emerge loser will be the aggressive and criminal US."

Iran launches charm offensive among wary Gulf Arabs
Iran's foreign minister began a charm offensive in the Gulf on Sunday to defend a nuclear deal seen by some Arab states as heralding greater Iranian support for armed groups... Most Gulf Arab states are worried that Iran's July 14 accord with world powers will hasten detente between Tehran and Washington, emboldening Tehran to increase backing for Middle Eastern allies at odds with Gulf Arab countries.

When a morally bankrupt UN blesses a Hamas-linked group
Hamas just gained a foothold at the United Nations — and about the only consolation is that the vote was surprisingly close. That’s unusual for the world body, where the Third World majority and many of its Western allies normally march in lockstep, especially when it comes to opposing Israel.


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Forget Trump And Bernie: Here’s Why Clinton Or Bush Will Be The Next President
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are rising in the polls and seemingly pose a threat to the political establishment. Come the 2016 primaries, however, Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton will likely be at the top of the pack. The oligarchy that has controlled American politics for generations is still firmly in control despite the illusion of change. In no way do Trump or Sanders threaten this control despite the corporate media’s fascination with them and polls that appear to show them gaining favor among potential voters.

US, Turkey plan for 'safe zone' free of IS in northern Syria
Turkey and the United States have agreed on the outlines of a plan to rout the Islamic State group from a strip of Syrian territory along the Turkish border — a plan that opens the possibility of a safe haven for tens of thousands of displaced Syrians but one that also sets up a potential conflict with U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces in the area.

21 killed in gun battle at wedding in northern Afghanistan
A gun battle between supporters of two rival warlords killed 21 people at a wedding party in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, police said Monday.

Ice Cream Shop Serves Abortion-Inspired Flavor For Planned Parenthood Fundraiser
A pro-abortion ice cream shop in Oregon whipped up a special flavor for its recent Planned Parenthood fundraiser. What’s the Scoop? in Portland is evidently unfazed by the recent sting videos showing Planned Parenthood administrators apparently profiting off the sale of aborted fetal organs.

Boy Scouts of America end total ban on gay adults
The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons.

Chinese stocks destroy $39.8B in U.S. wealth
The Chinese stock implosion is starting to get serious. It's costing U.S. investors real money. The 144 China-based stocks with primary listings on major U.S. exchanges have erased nearly $40 billion in paper wealth since the Shanghai Composite index peaked on June 12. It's an enormous destruction of wealth that in effects wipes out the market value of a company the size of cruise ship operator Carnival.

North Korea would 'leave no Americans alive' in another war, Kim Jong-un says
North Korea would "leave no Americans alive" should the two countries again meet on the battlefield, the hermit country's leader, Kim Jong-un, threatened on Monday.

Hakone volcano erupts on small scale
Ōwaku Valley, a part of Mount Hakone with high volcanic activity, has been showing more signs of an impending eruption recently.

EU Commission says Greek bailout talks have started
The European Commission said on Monday that talks between Greece and its creditor institutions on a third bailout had begun in Athens after a delay of a few days.

Chile volcano has rare eruptions; more expected
The Cabulco volcano in southern Chile has erupted twice in the last 24 hours after being dormant for decades. And there may be more action on the way.

Volcanic ash forces airport closures in Colombia
Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted in an ash cloud on Sunday, prompting authorities to temporarily close two airports in the area.

Home > Technology Eruptions of Ash at 5 Volcanoes Shroud Skies in Indonesia
Eruptions of ash at five volcanoes shrouded the skies over parts of the Indonesian archipelago Wednesday, forcing three airports to close.

Architectural Plans for Third Temple Have Begun
The Temple Institute has released a modern three-dimensional architectural rendition of the future Third Holy Temple, utilizing the latest building material and techniques. The vivid, three-minute video walks viewers through the main sanctuary, showcasing decades of research and tens of innovative Halakhic (Jewish law) solutions to various perplexing issues that were resolved to create fully functional, ready-to-use plans. While staying true to the Halakhic requirements and dimensions, the project also adds some clear modern twists.

‘Jewish Holy Temples Never Existed’ Says Israeli Arab MK
On the anniversary of the destruction of the two Jewish Holy Temples in Jerusalem, Tisha B’Av, an Israeli Arab lawmaker insisted in a radio interview that neither ever existed.

Freedom of Speech? 2nd Jew Arrested for Calling Mohammed a Pig
Jerusalem district police arrested a Jewish youth on Monday for his "crime" recorded on video the day before, when he said while leaving the Temple Mount that "Mohammed is a pig," in reference to the founder of Islam.

Magnitude 6.9 Strikes off Alaska Coast
A strong 6.9 magnitude quake hit off the coast of western Alaska...

Yehuda Glick Vows: We Won't be Scared off the Temple Mount
Veteran Temple Mount activist calls on 'all Jews, all non-Muslims' to defy Islamist violence by visiting holiest site in Judaism.

European shares slide taking cues from Asia
European stocks and major commodity prices fell hard on Monday as concerns over China dominated financial markets in the wake of the biggest drop in Shanghai shares in eight years.

Chinese shares tumble 8.5 percent in biggest one-day drop since 2007
Chinese shares tumbled more than 8 percent on Monday as an unprecedented government rescue plan to prop up valuations abruptly ran out of steam, throwing the viability of Beijing's efforts to stave off a deeper crash into doubt.

GROWING CHANCE OF FLARES
Solar activity is low, but the quiet could soon be interrupted by an M-class solar flare. Fast-growing sunspot AR2390 has an unstable 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for moderately strong explosions. Any such flare on July 27th will likely be geoeffective because the sunspot is directly facing Earth.

IDF calls up thousands of reservists in massive three-day drill
The IDF General Staff launched a large-scale three-day drill on Monday, testing the military's ability to rapidly transition itself from routine activities to an emergency war footing. In the course of the drill, hundreds of thousands of IDF reservists will receive mock telephone messages asking them to confirm that the call-up system works, and thousands of reservists will be physically called up to bases at short notice.

Al-Shabab suicide truck bomb hits main Somali hotel, kills 9
A suicide bomber rammed a truck rigged with explosives into the blast walls around one of Mogadishu's most secure hotels, severely damaging the building and killing nine people including a Kenyan diplomat and a Chinese embassy guard, Somalian and Chinese officials said.

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Scientists worry about arms race in artificial intelligence
Scientists and tech experts — including professor Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak — warned Tuesday of a global arms race with weapons using artificial intelligence.

Pollard to be freed; US analyst spied for Israel
Jonathan Pollard, the former Navy intelligence analyst whose conviction of spying for Israel stoked fierce international passions, has been granted parole and will be released from prison in November after nearly 30 years.

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattles south-central Alaska
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled a wide area of south-central Alaska, including Anchorage, on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tremor struck about 40 miles south of Mount Redoubt, an active volcano near Cook Inlet, and 140 miles southwest of Anchorage, the state's largest city, and was felt 150 miles from its epicenter, the USGS said.

Mexico sentences 5 men to 697 years for killings of 11 women
Mexican prosecutors announced Tuesday that they had won "historic" convictions and sentences of 697 years in prison against five men for killing 11 women near the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Did White House influence 'Daily Show' coverage?
As Jon Stewart begins his final run on the "Daily Show," a pair of scandals threaten to besmirch his reputation with his left-leaning fans. A report by Politico suggests the influential Comedy Central comic may have been influenced by the White House on a number of occasions, possibly shaping what issues he discussed and what viewpoint he adopted on his popular satirical news show.

Rev. Graham: USA 'Now Exporting The Acceptance of Immorality Via Our President'
n reference to President Barack Obama's trip to Kenya where, during a press conference he expressed support for gay rights and equated legal restrictions on homosexuality to Jim Crow laws and slavery, Reverend Franklin Graham said the United States was "now exporting the acceptance of immorality" through Obama.

US Zionist group backs Huckabee on Holocaust-Iran deal analogy
The Zionist Organization of America stood by Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who said President Barack Obama will march Israelis “to the door of the oven” as part of the Iran nuclear deal.

CHANCE OF STORMS
NOAA forecasters estimate a 55% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on July 29th when a solar wind stream is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field.

Will God or the Messiah Build the Third Holy Temple?
Efforts are underway to make the Third Jewish Temple a reality. From preparing vessels to be used in ritualistic service to raising red heifers, controversy arises when questioning who can exactly prepare for and construct the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

'Extreme fear' is back for the stock market
Extreme fear is back in the stock market, according to CNNMoney's Fear & Greed Index. Just how bad is it? The index has a 100 point scale -- with 0 indicating nightmare level fear and 100 signaling "buy everything in sight" greed. On Monday, the Fear & Greed Index fell to 7.

Buildings damaged, one missing in Indonesian earthquake
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern Indonesian province of Papua on Tuesday, US seismologists said, causing panicked people to run out of their homes.

Magnitude 4.5 and 4.0 earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma
Two moderate earthquakes have been recorded in central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.5 magnitude quake at 1:12 p.m. Monday and a 4.0 magnitude quake at 12:49 p.m. Both were about 3 miles northeast of Crescent, or about 35 miles north of Oklahoma City.

Iran Deal Worth More than All U.S. Aid to Israel Since 1948
The Iran deal will provide Iran with a cash windfall as sanctions are eased and assets are unfrozen. The total amount is estimated to be as high as $150 billion. If so, the Iran deal would give more cash to Iran than the $124.3 billion U.S. has given in total aid to Israel since 1948. The exact amount that Iran would gain through the unfreezing of its foreign assets is a matter of some dispute.

EU satellite gears up for data flood
Europe's Sentinel-2a satellite is on course to go into full operation in early or mid-October. The spacecraft, which takes visible and infrared pictures of the Earth, was launched in June and is now undergoing a period of commissioning. The observer is the second dedicated mission to fly in the European Union's Copernicus programme.

IS conflict: Nato discusses Turkey-Syria border crisis
Nato is holding an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss Turkey's military campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants. Turkey was until recently a reluctant partner in the US coalition against IS, but over the past few days it has bombed IS and Kurdish positions. Turkey is also backing plans for a buffer zone on the border with Syria.

Netanyahu after settler clashes with police: 'We oppose demolition of Beit El homes'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to work to authorize 24 illegal housing units in Beit El, after Border Police violently evacuated scores of activists who were camping out in the half-completed structures early Tuesday morning. “Our stance with regard to the Beit El homes is clear. We oppose their demolition and are working through legal means to prevent this,” Netanyahu said.


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Alan Greenspan: This is 'extremely dangerous'
While markets hone in on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy hints, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan sees a bigger economic irritant—government spending. On Wednesday, Greenspan decried a rise in entitlement costs, which he contended have pressured the U.S. economy.

Equality Obama-style: profiteering of neighborhoods, fetal organs
Every aspect of the Obama administration’s policy of creating equality in America has established the opposite goal. Better characterization of the policy would be that of ‘re-creating,’ as true equality was built into the founding documents at this nation’s outset. There is a dissembling penchant of this president to makeover the world according to his invalid, biased perspective.

Terror Arrest in Lackawanna (New York)
Arafat Nagi was arraigned Wednesday morning on charges that he attempted to support a designated terrorist organization. “Nagi attempted to join this terrorist organization, and specifically pledged allegiance to it and it’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” said US Attorney Bill Hochul.

Canadian Islam Converts Plotted to Kill Jewish Children
A Canadian courtroom was the scene for another revelation about the twisted mindset that animates Islamists. Amanda Korody, found guilty for her part in orchestrating a terrorist bomb plot, wanted to infiltrate a synagogue where she could kill “small Jews” so these children would be spared eternal ****ation in hell.

Can Trump Win?
The GOP base is finally coming out of its economic superiority stupor and focusing on the only issue that has broad appeal to Americans: Law and order. Whether looking out at America’s collapsing boundaries of global influence or within at the pending domestic suicide of our cultural, judicial and economic hegemony, chaos is brewing in a cauldron of lawlessness.

Meteorologists eye rare early season tropical cyclone in Pacific
A tropical depression over the Solomon Islands is being watched closely by meteorologists and climate experts alike in case the deep low pressure system forms into a second rare early season cyclone for the region. This month, Cyclone Raquel became the first July cyclone in Australia's eastern region since the satellite era began in the early 1970s.

Planned Parenthood Begs Media: Stop Covering Our Scandal
Planned Parenthood is in real trouble. Three shocking videos released over recent days -- with more on the way, apparently -- have shown officials at the abortion giant haggling over the price of aborted baby organs. It's ghastly, gruesome stuff, replete with one representative describing how she alters her late term abortion procedures to "crush" the baby in specific areas as to preserve sought-after and lucrative body parts.

Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 Hits South Central Alaska; Tremors Felt Miles Away
There were no reported injuries as a result of the seismic event. The earthquake, which struck about 40 miles south of Mount Redoubt at 6:30 p.m. Alaska time, originated 70 miles deep, the agent further said. Michael West, a seismologist at the Alaska Earthquake Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, said, “It’s deep — that’s important. That means the shaking was not as strong, but spread widely.”

Laughing Over Dead Babies?
The Center for Medical Progress has now issued a third recording of Planned Parenthood officials explaining their grotesque trafficking in baby body parts. It is even more devastating than the first two.

Thync review: Where we just say yes to a drug-like, brain-zapping wearable
Meet Thync, a wearable that zaps your brain to change your mood – like a drug that replaces chemicals with technology.

U.S. State Dept. Bars Christians from Testifying about Persecution
During the height of one of the most brutal months of Muslim persecution of Christians, the U.S. State Department exposed its double standards against persecuted Christian minorities.

Messianic Predictions Upon Jonathan Pollard’s Release from Prison
“You are a cosmic key to the redemption of the Jewish people. Your release is synonymous with the release of the Shechinah [the Divine presence] from galut [exile]. Your release is tied up with the Moshiach Ben David’s [Messiah son of David’s] return to the Land. Your release is bound to the redemption of the land and people of Israel.” Jewish and Christian believers agree that the judges and lawyers involved in the case 30 years ago could not have anticipated the confluence of events.

Nicaragua Alert to the Phenomenon of Earthquake Swarm
The authorities and the people of Nicaragua remain on alert today after an earthquake swarm, located among the fault lines of Tiscapa, Zogiab and Escuela in this capital. The coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Council, Rosario Murillo, urged Nicaraguans to remain calm and follow all the information about the phenomenon.

Nationwide Boycott Called As Boy Scouts Of America Adopt The LGBT Agenda
In 2015, the BSA has been hijacked by the LGBT Mafia, and as such, we call for an immediate nationwide boycott and rejection of the Boy Scouts of America. Where is the voice of the Christian Church in this nation to rise up and condemn this? I’ll tell you why, because the useless, silent, end times Laodicean Christian Church is too busy “asking for blessings” instead of standing on the Bible.

Outrage In Nevada As LGBT Rainbow Flag Replaces American Flag Over Reno City Hall
Sunday in Reno, Nevada, the infamous gay-pride rainbow flag replaced the American flag over City Hall. The outrage was immediate.

U.S. State Depratment Bars Christinas From Testifying About Persecution
During the height of one of the most brutal months of Muslim persecution of Christians, the U.S. State Department exposed its double standards against persecuted Christian minorities.

Illegal Aliens Outnumber Unemployed Americans
the Pew Research Center says that the number of illegal aliens in the country currently outnumber unemployed Americans. The number of illegal immigrants in the United States totaled 11.3 million in 2014, outnumbering the 9.6 million Americans who were unemployed in the same year, according to data from Pew Research Center and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Top Sunni Muslim cleric al-Qaradawi does about-face, opposes suicide bombings
In a post on his web site, al-Qaradawi wrote that the use of suicide bombers was only permissible to those living under Israeli occupation.

US Willing to be as 'Flexible' With North Korea as With Iran
US envoy says Obama administration hopes Pyongyang will take note of Iran nuclear agreement and return to negotiating table.

Taliban’s Supreme Leader Dead
Omar has been in hiding since 2001, when a U.S.-led coalition woke up after 9/11 and waged war on the terrorist organization, and it is possible that the report of his death comes two years after the fact.

Fed expected to push ahead with rate hike plan
The U.S. central bank is scheduled to issue its latest policy statement at 2 p.m. EDT following a two-day meeting, spelling out how policymakers feel the economy has progressed since they last met in June.

Ukraine struggles to control maverick battalions
"I would like Ukraine to lead the crusades," said Korchynsky, whose battalion's name is Saint Mary. "Our mission is not only to kick out the occupiers, but also revenge. Moscow must burn."

USGS says 5.9-magnitude earthquake shakes region along Colombia-Panama border
A strong earthquake shook a sparsely populated region along the border between Colombia and Panama on Tuesday evening. There were no early reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Service said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, while Colombia's seismological institute put it at 6.1.

Crescent quake makes, breaks history
"We had a lot of stuff fall from shelves and off the walls,” Frontier Country Historical Museum volunteer Vickey Howard said of the 4.5-magnitude quake, among the largest recorded in the state.

6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Alaska; no major damage reported
The quake's epicenter was about 150 miles from Anchorage to the west of Cook Inlet, near the Chigmit Mountains. The area is southwest of Redoubt Volcano. It was recorded some 70 miles below the earth's surface.

Mind-Blowing Temperature Fraud At NOAA
The measured US temperature data from USHCN shows that the US is on a long-term cooling trend. But the reported temperatures from NOAA show a strong warming trend. They accomplish this through a spectacular hockey stick of data tampering, which corrupts the US temperature trend by almost two degrees.

China Pushes to Rewrite Rules of Global Internet
As social media helped topple regimes in the Middle East and northern Africa, a senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army publicly warned that an Internet dominated by the U.S. threatened to overthrow China’s Communist Party. Ye Zheng...said the Internet represented a new form of global control, and the U.S. was a “shadow” present during some of those popular uprisings. Beijing had better pay attention.

Gaza: 'Israeli war crimes' followed soldier's capture - Amnesty
Amnesty International says there is "strong evidence" Israel committed war crimes in Gaza following the capture of a soldier by Hamas in last year's war. Its report says at least 135 civilians were killed in a bombardment of Rafah after Lt Hadar Goldin was seized on 1 August. He was later declared dead. Amnesty said Israel employed a "'gloves-off' policy with devastating consequences for civilians".

Report: Israeli Air Force strikes target in Syria, killing at least 2 people
Arab media reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Air Force struck a target in Syria, killing at least two people. According to a report on the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen news portal, an Israeli air force jet struck a car in the countryside of Quneitra in the Syrian Golan Heights, killing three people.

Israel's High Court orders demolition of homes in West Bank settlement
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the state to raze two apartment buildings in the West Bank settlement of Beit El... Settlers and security forces held a tense standoff late Tuesday night in Beit El, as they waited for the High Court ruling which effectively sealed the fate of the disputed apartment buildings known as "the House of Draynof."


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Zionist Chief: Obama Has 'Shocking Sympathy to Radical Islam'
President Barack Obama has "a painful, unpleasant, shocking sympathy to radical Islam," Morton Klein, president of Zionist Organization of America and former economist for Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, tells Newsmax TV.

Al-Qaida kills 6 captured Yemeni rebels north of Aden
Al-Qaida fighters have publicly shot to death six Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, in a town north of Aden, Yemeni security officials and witnesses said Thursday. The witnesses, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said al-Qaida made the captured Houthi fighters, who were in their early 20s, kneel and kiss their hands before shooting them Wednesday afternoon in Dar Saad.

Greece's Tsipras prevails over rebels at party meeting
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has defeated a bid by dissenters in his left-wing Syriza party to push for an end to bailout talks and an exit from the euro currency.

Sex trafficking: Lifelong struggle of exploited children
In the US, poverty, deprivation and exploitation draw thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld that offers few ways out. It is a world few Americans are aware of. But tens of thousands of American children are thought to be sexually exploited every year.

India 'to overtake China's population by 2022' - UN
A new UN study of global population trends predicts that India will overtake China to become the world's most populous nation by 2022. The report also says that Nigeria will replace the US as the world's third most populous country by around 2050.

Religious assailant attacks Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, wounding six
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stabbed and wounded six participants, two of them seriously, in the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, with police saying the suspect was jailed for a similar attack 10 years ago.

Afghan Taliban name a new leader, but peace talks delayed
The Taliban have chosen late supreme leader Mullah Omar's longtime deputy to replace him, two militant commanders said on Thursday, as Pakistan announced that peace talks between the insurgents and the Afghan government had been postponed.

70,000 Liberian births unrecorded in Ebola crisis: UNICEF
More than 70,000 Liberian babies were born without being registered as the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaged the impoverished west African nation, leaving them without healthcare and vulnerable to trafficking, UNICEF said Friday.

BREAKING: New Undercover Video Reveals Planned Parenthood Willing to Sell Organs From Delivered Babies
Planned Parenthood Vice President of the Rocky Mountains and Medical Director Dr. Savita Ginde discussing how babies that are "delivered before procedure," aka born alive, are used to harvest "intact" organs.

The Persecution Of Christians Is Intensifying As Anti-Christian Hatred Sweeps The Entire World
There is very little that the entire world seems to agree upon, but there is one very frightening trend that is now taking hold literally all over the globe. A passionate hatred of Christianity is sweeping across the planet, and very few global leaders have been willing to step forward and speak out against this rising persecution of Christians.

A whole new world: Astonishing drought unveils lost Wild West town that has been submerged under Nevada's Lake Mead since 1935
It has been submerged in water for more than 80 years. But now, following this summer's record drought, Lake Mead has almost completely dried up, revealing entire towns that disappeared decades ago. And tourists are flooding in.

Federal judge threatens to hold IRS chief in contempt
A federal judge threatened to hold IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in contempt Wednesday after the IRS failed to produce, as ordered, newly recovered emails of former IRS official Lois Lerner. “If there is further noncompliance, I will haul into court the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to show cause why that person should not be personally held in contempt of court. I can't make that any clearer,”

Growing unrest: volcanoes rumble and are shaken by earthquakes from Mexico to the Philippines
– Mexico’s National Disaster Prevention Centre said in its daily report that the volcano registered a total of 80 low intensity exhalations and six explosions yesterday, releasing plumes of smoke between 1.5 and two kilometers high.

Iraqi MP: 'Iraq should establish ties with Israel, we share interests'
Asked about who created the Islamic State, al-Alusi rebuffed wide-spread conspiracy theories linking the extremist groups to non-Arab, non-Islamic actors. "It is our creation, not a Western or European or Crusader or Jewish or Israeli creation. It is a creation of the Arabs and Muslims, because we have failed to protect our society and have allowed these extremist views –to exist."

Earthquake Hits Israel, No Injuries, Damage Reported
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake occurred early Thursday in Israel. The quake was centered on an area near the Dead Sea, and several people reported feeling its effects in southern Israel. Residents of the north also said they felt vibrations, and investigators are checking whether there were indeed two quakes around the same time.

CISA: the dirty deal between Google and the NSA that no one is talking about
One of the things that civil liberties activists like to lament about is that the general public seems to care more about Google and Facebook using their personal data to target advertising than the government using it to target drone strikes. The reality is that both types of abuse are dangerous, and they work hand in hand.

Alien swarm? 10 UFO-like objects filmed flying over Japan
A video shot in Japan’s port city of Osaka has been making the rounds online, displaying a swarm of white spherical objects of unknown origin flying across the sky. The low-quality footage has triggered speculation over extra-terrestrial life and UFOs.

Out of Shadows: New tech allows face recognition in utter darkness
German researchers have developed a new technology that can identify a person in poor lighting or even in absolute darkness thus potentially solving one of the main issues of the modern face recognition systems. ...Saquib Sarfraz and Rainer Stiefelhagen...created a system that analyzes mid- or far-infrared images and matches them with the ordinary photos thus allowing the people’s faces to be recognized.

Sex trafficking: Lifelong struggle of exploited children
In the US, poverty, deprivation and exploitation draws thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld that offers few ways out. It is a world few Americans are aware of. But tens of thousands of American children are thought to be sexually exploited every year. It's believed that every night hundreds are sold for sex.

Russia warns US as NGO blacklisted as 'undesirable'
Russia has said it will not tolerate "interference" by foreign organisations after it put a US pro-democracy foundation on a blacklist. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), funded by the US Congress, is the first organisation to be labelled "undesirable" under a new Russian law. Russia's Foreign Ministry warned that "we will never tolerate mentoring and open interference in our affairs by foreign structures".

Iraqi MP: 'Iraq should establish ties with Israel, we share interests'
...Iraqi MP and leader of the Ummah Party, Mithal al-Alusi, called on Iraq to establish ties with Israel and expressed hope to see an Iraqi embassy in Israel at some point in the near future. ...[he] referred to diplomatic relations with Israel as "our [Iraqi] interest," and added that he does not want Baghdad's interests to be solely to "Abu Mazen," the name by which Mahmoud Abbas is commonly referred to in the Arab World.

Foreign Ministry calls Sunni Arab states 'Israel's allies'
The Director General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold, called the Middle East’s Sunni Arab nations “Israel’s allies.” ...“What we have is a regime on a roll that is trying to conquer the Middle East,” Gold said of Iran, “and it’s not Israel talking, that is our Sunni Arab neighbors — and you know what? I’ll use another expression – that is our Sunni Arab allies talking.”

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