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Insanity: Perception of gay life as a threat still too widespread in America
The Islamophobic and anti-Muslim sentiments expressed only hours after the unparalleled homophobic violence in Orlando early Sunday demonstrate how — despite their differences — the three have deep roots in America.

Judicial Watch Demands DOJ Inspector General Probe Into "Scandalous" Lynch-Clinton Meeting
The political scandal of the day was the news that on Monday evening (coincidentally just before the Benghazi report was released), Bill Clinton and US Attorney General Loretta Lynch just happened to meet on the tarmac at a Phoenix airport - totally unplanned of course. Clinton saw the attorney general and wanted to say hello, so Clinton boarded Lynch's plane to talk for a bit. Sure, just a quick chat about the weather, his putting stroke, anything except oh, say, an update on what was about to be released on Benghazi, and especially not an update on the ongoing FBI investigation into Hillary.

The Militarization Of The US Goes Beyond Police Departments"
A new report by a taxpayer watchdog group reveals that the growing militarization in the United States goes beyond police departments by showing how nonmilitary federal agencies are arming themselves like military units.

Puerto Rico imposes moratorium on nearly $2B worth of debt
Puerto Rico's governor signed an executive order on Thursday to implement a debt moratorium on more than $1 billion worth of general obligation bonds as the government braced for the largest default in the island's history.

Iraqi, U.S. aircraft bomb convoy of Islamic State fighters fleeing Fallujah with their families
A mixture of U.S. coalition and Iraqi aircraft have targeted two large masses of Islamic State vehicles as they escaped from the outskirts of Fallujah, destroying more than 150 vehicles and killing militants, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.

WATCH: Trump Brings Man Up On Stage Who Was Forced To Train His Foreign Replacement
Near the beginning of his town hall event in New Hampshire on Thursday, Donald Trump brought up a man, named Mike, who said he trained his replacement when the factory closed down and moved to Mexico.

Venezuela accuses US of 'interventionist obsession'
Venezuela's government on Thursday rejected what it called the United States' "interventionist obsession" after US President Barack Obama backed steps for a referendum on removing his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro from power.

Brexit Chaos Could Be Gateway to Messianic Era, Says End of Days Rabbi
One widely proposed opinion is that Brexit is a perfect expression of God’s Divine justice. The Jewish concept of middah kneged middah (measure for measure) is a theological understanding of the way God dispenses perfect justice. In this case, the European Union has been attempting to dismantle Israel by supporting Israel’s enemies. According to the principle of middah kneged middah, the Godly punishment is that the EU itself is now beginning to unravel. Others have suggested that, as redemption nears, God is fulfilling the words of Genesis 12:3, settling scores with nations that have mistreated the Jewish people.

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused of comparing Israel to ISIS
Embattled British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, already fighting to survive a revolt from his MPs, walked into a fresh firestorm Thursday when he appeared to compare the Israeli government to ISIS.

Japan's top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country's Muslims
Japan's Supreme Court has upheld the government's blanket surveillance of the country's Muslim community. The court struck down the second appeal by Japanese Muslim plaintiffs against what they perceive as an unconstitutional invasion of their privacy and freedom of religion.

EU Army on way? EU cannot rely on NATO and needs new defence policy says Brussels chief
According to a new foreign policy document from the Brussels-based institution to be handed to EU leaders next week, a "credible European defence" is also essential to preserve good relations with the US. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini's Global Strategy document states that "as Europeans we must take greater responsibility for our security".

Istanbul airport attackers 'Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz'
The three men who carried out Tuesday's deadly attack on Istanbul airport were of Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationality, Turkish media and officials say. Turkey believes IS was behind the suicide gun and bomb attack that left 43 people dead and more than 230 hurt. Police carried out raids on Tuesday, detaining at least 13 suspects in Istanbul and more in the city of Izmir.

Taliban attack on Afghanistan police cadets near Kabul kills dozens
Taliban bombers have attacked an Afghan police convoy outside the capital Kabul, killing at least 30 people and wounding 50 others, officials say. Two bombs hit a convoy of buses carrying graduates from a ceremony on the city's western outskirts. Paghman District Governor Musa Khan told the BBC that all but two of the dead were police cadets.

Violent clashes erupt in Nablus, Hamas calls on parties to unite against Israel
Two Palestinian Authority security officers were killed Wednesday night in the West Bank city of Nablus after violent commotions broke out between security forces and armed civilians. The mayhem began after a gunmen wanted by the Palestinian security forces stormed the house of a local security officer and started shooting the people who were there, wounding the officer's wife.


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In memoirs, ex Pope Benedict says Vatican 'gay lobby' tried to wield power: report
Former Pope Benedict says in his memoirs that no-one pressured him to resign but alleges that a "gay lobby" in the Vatican had tried to influence decisions, a leading Italian newspaper reported on Friday.

Concealed Carrier Shuts Down Active Shooter at SC Nightclub
A concealed carrier is being credited with preventing further violence at a South Carolina nightclub. Spartanburg County deputies say 32-year-old Jody Ray Thompson got into an argument outside Playoffz nightclub in Lyman early Sunday morning. He then opened fire into the nearby crowd, wounding three people.

Justice Department clarifies Lynch remarks about Clinton email probe: ‘The AG is the ultimate decider’
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday that she will take a step back from the decision whether to charge anyone in the Hillary Clinton private email server probe. But a Justice Department spokeswoman quickly clarified her remarks, telling Yahoo News that top political appointees will remain involved in the investigation and that the attorney general will be “the ultimate decider.”

As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. And, sometimes, demonic possession.
The Vatican does not track global or countrywide exorcism, but in my experience and according to the priests I meet, demand is rising. The United States is home to about 50 “stable” exorcists — those who have been designated by bishops to combat demonic activity on a semi-regular basis — up from just 12 a decade ago, according to the Rev. Vincent Lampert, an Indianapolis-based priest-exorcist who is active in the International Association of Exorcists.

ISIS claims responsiblity after attackers seize hostages in attack on Bangladesh restaurant
Up to nine attackers shouting "Allahu Akbar" stormed a popular restaurant in Dacca, Bangladesh Friday, taking hostages and setting off bombs in a siege claimed by ISIS

FBI Source to Fox News: Agents Are 'Livid' About Clinton-Lynch Meeting
FBI agents are "livid" about Attorney General Loretta Lynch's meeting with Bill Clinton, Fox News chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reported today on Outnumbered.

Istanbul Attack Shows the Dangerous New Face of the Islamic State
On Tuesday, three men arrived in a taxi and walked into Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport wielding assault rifles and suicide bombs. They indiscriminately shot their way past a security checkpoint and then set off their bombs, killing 44. The tactic was a familiar one, practiced in Paris and Brussels, but the nationalities of the perpetrators were not: Russian, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz.

Muslim, Christian, Jewish Leaders Plan Interfaith Worship Center in Jerusalem
Muslim, Christian, and Jewish leaders are planning to open an interfaith place of worship in Jerusalem for one week in September, The Media Line reported. From Sept. 5-11, a Jerusalem structure currently known as the Alpert Youth Music Center will become “AMEN,” a place of worship for the three Abrahamic faiths sharing “a passion for Jerusalem in which they will co-exist temporarily under the wings of the Almighty.”

Earthquake Breakthrough? Leading Solar News Company Challenges The World’s Experts
After observing a correlation between significant magnetic events on the sun and earthquakes, the apparent correlation was modeled by The Ohio State University Statistical Consulting Service, and published by New Concepts in Global Tectonics in September 2015. Since the end of the study, the model appears to be working even better than before the publication. We would like to challenge YOU to learn how the sun triggers earthquakes...

DHS whistleblower: Why Obama is 'so adamant to protect Islam'
“This time they didn’t just modify the information in the records; they completely eliminated them out of the system, erased them forever,” Haney explained. “And then they investigated me for putting that information into the system when that was exactly the job that I was supposed to be doing.”

TRUMPED! Hillary Outspending The Donald 12 To 1 Yet Falls Behind In Rasmussen Poll
The tables have turned in this week’s White House Watch. After trailing Hillary Clinton by five points for the prior two weeks, Donald Trump has now taken a four-point lead.

END OF EU? Uprising continues as top Hungary minister says 'we want OUT of European Union'
THE Hungarian Prime Minister's right hand man has said he does not want to remain in the European Union (EU) as it fails to protect European values.

Huma Abedin Says Clinton’s Private Email Was a Source of Frustration
In addition to the technical glitches that Abedin mentions, hackers have claimed that they were able to gain access to Clinton’s server and her email account.Clinton also reportedly believed that her account was being hacked, but never reported it, even though it contained classified information.

White House Silent on Terrorist Murder of 13-Year-Old American Girl
The young teen was stabbed to death by an Arab terrorist while sleeping in her bed at home in Kiryat Arba at 8:44 am Thursday morning. The killer, a resident of the nearby Arab village of Bani Naim, had climbed the security fence surrounding the community and which was located next to Ariel’s home. He entered her room through the open window, and stabbed the young girl dozens of times in her upper body.

House of Representatives reignites gun-control debate with planned vote
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, under mounting pressure to advance gun-control legislation, will vote next week on a measure to keep guns out of the hands of people on government terrorism watch lists. Republican and gun lobby sources said the legislation, due to be introduced as part of a terrorism package, was likely to be a National Rifle Association-backed bill...

Syrian warplane crashes near Damascus, rebels seize pilot
A Syrian warplane crashed northeast of Damascus on Friday and its pilot was captured by rebels in the area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Syrian state media said the crash was caused by a technical fault and a search was under way for the pilot, who had ejected. Insurgents said the plane had been shot down, but did not say what weaponry was used.

Oil falls as oversupply concerns return to center stage
Oil prices eased on Friday as focus returned to oversupply as production from Nigeria and Canada revived and OPEC production reaching a record high in June. Despite Friday's losses, oil prices were on track for the first weekly gain in three weeks after a bullish run this week on strong buying following Britain's vote in favor of leaving the European Union.

'TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE': State Department seeks 27-month delay for Clinton Foundation email release
The State Department has sought to delay the court-ordered release of emails between four of Hillary Clinton's top aides and officials at the Clinton Foundation and a closely associated public relations firm. The motion, filed in federal court by the Justice Department late Wednesday, seeks to put off the release of the emails by 27 months. It was first reported on by The Daily Caller.

Iran accuses West of exploiting Sunni-Shi'ite rift, raps Israel
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani accused Western powers of trying to exploit differences between the world's Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims to divert attention from the Israel-Palestinian conflict, state television reported on Friday. Rouhani's comments came as tens of thousands of Iranians joined anti-Israel rallies...They chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" and burned the Israeli flag.

Migrants Bring Multi-Drug Resistant TB to Wisconsin
Two refugees and a foreign student on a visa brought multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2009 and 2011, according to a 2014 article in an epidemiology publication... The introduction of MDR TB to the United States represents a serious public health threat, since its successful treatment is uncertain and very expensive.

In memoirs, ex Pope Benedict says Vatican 'gay lobby' tried to wield power: report
Former Pope Benedict says in his memoirs that no-one pressured him to resign but alleges that a "gay lobby" in the Vatican had tried to influence decisions, a leading Italian newspaper reported on Friday.

'Quartet' draft report: Israeli settlements eroding viability of 2 state solution
Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians seek for a future state, the Middle East peace "Quartet" recommended... The draft report by the Quartet countries sponsoring the stalled Middle East peace process...said the Israeli policy "is steadily eroding the viability of the two state solution."

Turkish police detain 11 more suspects over airport attack: media
Turkish police detained 11 foreigners suspected of being members of an Islamic State cell in Istanbul linked to the suicide bombers who staged the attack this week at Istanbul's main airport, broadcaster Haberturk said on its website on Friday.

Neo-Nazi group names Miss Hitler 2016
British white supremacist group says contest designed to ‘challenge preconceptions’ against it, empower female supporters


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U.S. attorney general to accept FBI findings in Clinton email probe
Loretta Lynch, seeking to tamp down a firestorm over meeting with former President Bill Clinton, said on Friday she will accept the recommendations of career prosecutors and the FBI director on whether to charge Hillary Clinton for mishandling emails.

These Countries Nexit To Czech Out As Europeans Are Swedone With The EU
Polls in the Czech Republic, Denmark and Sweden also show support for EU departure. The Scandinavian countries have been Britain’s closest allies on policy issues in the European Parliament, and they anticipate a tough road ahead. “Well, if they can leave, maybe we should also have referendums, and maybe we should also leave,” Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom told BBC in a recent interview.

Pentagon’s Transgender Policy Defies Common Sense
On Thursday, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the U.S. military is dropping its policy of treating male and female troops according to their biology—to be replaced by a policy based on a radical new gender ideology. This change was not precipitated by military needs but by political correctness. After all, the military is not stretched so thin that it must make special accommodations to help attract the estimated 0.6 percent of Americans who self-identify as transgender in order to effectively fight and win our wars.

Judge blocks Mississippi anti-LGBT 'religious freedom' law
A US judge has blocked a Mississippi law protecting religious objections to same-sex marriage a day before it was set to take effect. It favoured some religious beliefs over others and would mean unequal treatment for gay people, the judge said. The measure was intended to protect people who objected on religious grounds to gay marriage, extramarital sex and changing gender.

Israel and Palestinians: Powers warn of 'perpetual conflict'
A group of key world powers has warned of "perpetual occupation and conflict" between Israelis and Palestinians. In a long-awaited report, the so-called Quartet said ongoing violence, Israeli settlement-building and Palestinian splits were undermining peace hopes. Israel insisted it was a "myth" that settlements were an obstacle.

Bangladesh siege: Twenty killed at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka
Twenty people, most said to be foreigners, were killed during an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a cafe in Bangladesh, the army says. Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Dhaka late on Friday before troops entered almost 12 hours later. Six of the attackers were also killed and one was arrested, a government spokesman said. The attack was claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS).

MERKEL'S WORST NIGHTMARE: Germany calls for Referendum as 'people want to be free of EU
BELEAGUERED Angela Merkel is facing calls for a referendum to free German people of "EU slavery" in the wake of Britain's sensational decision to cut ties with Brussels. "The time is ripe for a new Europe, a Europe of fatherlands, where we peacefully trade with each other, maintain partnerships and respect the will of the national sovereignties.

IAF strikes four Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket fire into Sderot
The IAF struck four targets in the Gaza strip early Saturday, following a Friday night incident in which a rocket launched from the strip landed in a public building in Sderot. The destroyed targets served as terror infrastructure for Hamas in northern and central Gaza. "The IDF will continue to act strongly against any terror force which targets Israel and its citizens...

Clinton Scheduled to Talk to FBI on Saturday
The meeting would likely mark the final phase of the FBI’s investigation into Clinton’s private email server. The FBI has already spoken with several of Clinton’s closest aides, including her former chief of staff Cheryl Mills and IT staffer Bryan Pagliano. The Daily Caller reported that the meeting could take place at Clinton’s home in Washington, D.C., and was scheduled over a holiday weekend in order to avoid conflicts with Clinton’s presidential campaign schedule:

No meeting of minds: Jerusalem and Moscow remain miles apart
THE VISIT of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara to Moscow in early June...was the premier’s fourth trip to the Kremlin in less than a year. ...The military coordination is good...But on the overarching diplomatic- strategic level, for which the leaders, not the military operatives, are responsible, Netanyahu and Putin are light years apart.

Widow Of Benghazi Hero To Clinton: ‘She Has No Right Telling Me It’s Time To Move On’
Dorothy Woods told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Thursday night, “I think that nobody in government can tell me how I feel, what I should feel about it. She has no right, nor does anyone in government have the right to tell me it’s time to move on. They’re not in my shoes.”

Fraying Europe: The call of the future
“The British have given the world’s political, financial and business establishment a massive kick in the teeth,” accused The New York Times’ Roger Cohen, while asserting that “the world has entered a period of grave volatility.” Such lamentations are, of course, debatable. As the British majority sees it, the irrationality at play was not in the air, but down on the ground, and it was not theirs, but their European adversaries’

Senior US official to 'Post': Quartet report meant to be 'constructive'
The purpose of a new report published by the Middle East Quartet on Friday is to urge "affirmative steps" toward peace from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict— not to assign blame for the stalemate, a senior Obama administration official told The Jerusalem Post upon the report's release.

Here's who is going to get crushed by the coming 'tsunami' in the debt market
It's going to get ugly in the bond market soon, and there are a few companies that have more reason to worry than others. Matthew Mish, a credit strategist at UBS, has been worried about the bond market for some time now.


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Suicide Attack Carried Out Near Us Diplomatic Site In Saudi
A suicide bomber carried out an attack early Monday near a U.S. diplomatic site in the Red Sea city of Jiddah, according to state-linked Saudi news sites.

Vladimir Putin to send Russia’s largest warship to Syria to destroy ISIS once and for all
VLADIMIR Putin is to send Russia’s largest battleship to Syria in a bid to crush ISIS once and for all. The Russian president is to dispatch the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier plus 30 jet fighters and attack helicopters to the war-torn country in an attempt to destroy the terror group for good.

New Zealand's Biggest Cocaine Bust Came in Glittery Horse Head
New Zealand's largest cocaine haul ever was uncovered in an unusual place: inside an 881-pound diamante-encrusted horse.

Suicide Bomber Blows Himself Up In Front Of US Consulate In Saudi Arabia
After last night's massive suicide bombing in Baghdad which killed over 100, and which ISIS took responsibility for, we doubt the Islamic State will be just as quick to take credit for tonight's latest terrorist attempt, this time in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, where a suspected suicide bomber was killed in front of the US consulate.

Israel seeks to raise profile in Africa with Netanyahu trip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make his first trip as premier to sub-Saharan Africa, seeking new trade partners and marking the 40th anniversary of a hostage rescue in which his brother died.

ANOTHER DIMENSION Jaw-dropping photos taken above CERN’s Large Hadron Collider lead to wild new conspiracy theories and ‘prove portals are opening’
THESE incredible photos taken above CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have provoked dramatic conspiracy theories and stoked fears that “new portals” are being opened. The images were apparently taken on June 24, the same day CERN scientists began a new Awake experiment to change the way it smashes particles together.

Senator Admits The FBI Is "About To Ask Putin For His Copies Of Hillary's Emails"
It is well known that the FBI still does not have roughly 30,000 emails that Hillary Clinton deleted from her private server due to Clinton categorizing them as personal and not work related. We have also reported that Russia may be in possession of those emails, and according to Judge Andrew Napolitano, there is a debate going on in the Kremlin about whether or not to release them.

Eighteen injured in Mecca stampede: Saudi media
Eighteen pilgrims have been injured in a stampede near Islam's holiest site, Saudi media reported on Saturday, as the kingdom continues to review safety after a deadly crush during last year's hajj.

Nearly 95 killed in overnight Baghdad bombings claimed by Islamic State
Nearly 95 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said Sunday.

China to hold drills in South China Sea ahead of court ruling
China will hold military drills around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the maritime safety administration said on Sunday, ahead of a decision by an international court in a dispute between China and the Philippines. China routinely carries out exercises in the South China Sea, where its territorial claims overlap in parts with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

US Has Another Close Call With Russian Ship in the Mediterranean
A Russian ship again made a close approach to a U.S. Navy ship in the Mediterranean Sea in an encounter that American officials are labeling "unprofessional." On Thursday, the Russian frigate Yaroslav Mudryy came within 150 yards of the guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto -- two weeks after the same Russian ship came within 315 yards of the American destroyer USS Gravely.

Myanmar mob burns down mosque
A mob has burned down a mosque in northern Myanmar in the second attack of its kind in just over a week. Police are reported to be guarding the village of Hpakant in Kachin state, after failing to stop Buddhist villagers setting the mosque ablaze. Last week, a group of men destroyed a mosque in central Myanmar in a dispute over its construction.

Netanyahu: Israel employing anti-terror measures not used in the past
Israel is using “strong measures” against terrorism that it has not used in the past, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said... Among these measures...are the cordoning off the Hebron region; denial of work permits for residents of Bani Na'im...a massive deployment of IDF forces in the region...investigating [terrorists] family members ...and “arresting them in accordance with the level of their involvement.”

Iranian military official: We have 100,000 missiles in Lebanon ready to hit Israel
Speaking on the occasion of al-Quds Day...Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard said Friday that Lebanon has 100,000 missiles ready to annihilate Israel. ...Hossein Salami, said: "The opportunity to destroy Israel is now better than ever, because tens of thousands of long-range missiles all over the Islamic world are ready to hit Israel immediately upon receiving the order."

Hamas On Campus
With ISIS and other Islamic terror groups blowing up innocents in cities all over the world, one would think there would be more concern about groups that support terrorists and are active on American college campuses.

3 days of heavy rain in China leave 50 dead, 12 missing
Three days of heavy rain in southern China have left 50 people dead and another 12 missing and destroyed thousands of homes, authorities said Sunday, as areas along the Yangtze River braced for more floods.

Those who could cite Quran were spared: Gulshan attack victim’s family
Those who could recite a verse from the Quran were spared, others were tortured, said a rescued hostage of the Gulshan restaurant attack where at least two lawmen were killed. “The others were tortured by the gunmen,” said Rezaul Karim, father of Hasnat Karim who was held hostage inside Holey Artisan Bakery in the diplomatic zone for over 10 hours.

London protests: Will Brexit actually happen?
Last month, Britain voted to leave the European Union, an unexpected but clear verdict, with 52 percent of the electorate who chose to express their opinion opting to chart that course. Yet on Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters poured through the streets of London, demanding just the opposite, a clear illustration of the fact that the will of the people, as expressed in the referendum, has yet to be implemented.

China to hold drills in South China Sea ahead of court ruling
China will hold military drills around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the maritime safety administration said on Sunday, ahead of a decision by an international court in a dispute between China and the Philippines.

Israeli minister says Facebook a 'monster', hindering security
Israel's Minister of Internal Security on Saturday accused Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, of not doing enough to prevent incitement against Israel and said the social network was "sabotaging" Israeli police work.


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US oil reserves surpass those of Saudi Arabia and Russia
The US holds more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia and Russia, the first time it has surpassed those held by the world’s biggest exporting nations, according to a new study.

Security Ordered Tightened as Death Toll in Baghdad Hits 157
As the death toll from the weekend truck bombing in Baghdad climbed to 157, Iraq's embattled prime minister ordered new security measures, including abandoning the use of bomb-detection wands that U.S. experts pronounced worthless years ago.

Bombing near 1 of Islam's holiest sites in Saudi kills 4
A suicide bombing outside one of Islam's holiest sites killed four Saudi security forces on Monday, and similar attacks outside a Shiite mosque and a U.S. Consulate in two other Saudi cities raised fears of a coordinated assault aimed at destabilizing the Western-allied kingdom.

MIT's Swarm chip architecture boosts multi-core CPUs
Developed by Prof. Daniel Sanchez and team, Swarm is a 64-core chip that includes specialized circuitry for both executing and prioritizing tasks in a simple and efficient manner, taking the onus off software developers.

Construction complete on the world's largest radio telescope in China
The concept for the vast telescope was first proposed in 1994, but the logistical nightmare of finding an appropriate site for the enormous dish prevented the Chinese government from giving a final go-ahead on the ambitious project until relatively recently, in 2007.

Iraq: Baghdad suicide bomb attack dead rises to 165
The number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 165, interior ministry officials say. The government has declared three days of mourning after the huge blast, which injured 225 others. A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families were shopping for the holiday marking the end of Ramadan.

Flooding kills more than 180 people in central and southern China
More than 180 people have been killed in flooding along the Yangtze River in China following torrential rain, officials say. Between 10cm and 50cm of rain has fallen in seven provinces, and storms stretching 1,600km (1,000 miles) are sweeping across central and southern China. At least 45 people are missing and 33 million are affected, officials say.

IDF strikes 2 Syrian military targets following cross-border stray fire
The IDF struck two Syrian Assad regime military targets on Sunday, it announced on Monday, in response to stray Syrian fire that hit an area adjacent to the northern security border fence. Although the Syrian fire did not endanger local residents or security forces, the IDF is "determined to respond to any unusual incident," it said in a statement.

'YOU'RE FINISHED JUNCKER' Livid Angela Merkel set to 'deal with' gloating Brussels chief
Mrs Merkel is said to be particularly perturbed by the unpopular Commission president using the Brexit result to "gloat" and push for further EU integration. Crowing interviews he has given trying to marginalise and provoke Britain have proved the final straw, and she has now decided to sack him within the next year.

ABC: Even Hillary Clinton’s Own Supporters Don’t Trust Her
ABC’s Cecilia Vega reported Sunday that the Hillary Clinton campaign was “certainly in damage control mode” in the aftermath of her FBI interview over the criminal investigation into her private email server, adding that trust was an issue even with her own supporters.

US Declassified Report Listing Individuals in 9/11 Probe
File 17, first disclosed by 28pages.org, an advocacy website, names people the hijackers were in contact with in the United States before the attacks. Some were Saudi diplomats, raising questions about whether Saudi officials knew about the plot.

Jordan determined to sign a nuclear cooperation deal with the US
In a press conference on Sunday, Jordan's Minister of Energy Khaled Toukan stated Jordan is seeking a nuclear cooperation agreement with the US in order to obtain American nuclear technologies.

Israel approves 800 settler homes in & outside E. Jerusalem after teen killing
A massive construction of homes in East Jerusalem and the surrounding area has been approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The new construction is being seen as a form of retaliation for attacks by Palestinians.

Report: Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile
The Saudi Arabian air force intercepted a ballistic missile over the city of Khamees Mushait in the kingdom's southwest, Saudi-owned Arabiya TV reported on Sunday.

When Gutsy Israeli Commandos Terrorized the Terrorists
July 4, 1976, was a special day for America, Israel and international terrorism. In America, it was the bicentennial, the two hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. For Israel, it was a day of redemption, after its commandos had rescued 102 hostages from pro-Palestinian hijackers at Entebbe airport, Uganda.

Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal probably consists of approximately 110-130 nuclear warheads, although it could have more. Islamabad is producing fissile material, adding to related production facilities, and deploying additional nuclear weapons and new types of delivery vehicles.



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Floods in China kill almost 130, wipe out crops
- Severe flooding across central and southern China over the past week has killed almost 130 people, damaged more than 1.9 million hectares of crops and led to direct economic losses of more than 38 billion yuan ($5.70 billion), state media said on Tuesday.

MAGNETIC CANYON ON THE SUN
A canyon-shaped hole has opened up in the sun's atmosphere, and it is spewing solar wind into space. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is monitoring the structure, which stretches more than 700,000 km from end to end:

Magnitude 5 quake detected in southeastern S. Korea: meteorological agency
SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's meteorological agency said Tuesday it has detected a magnitude 5 earthquake in the water only 52 kilometers off the coast of the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan.

A real ‘Zombie Apocalypse’: How the sun (or terrorists) could cripple America for a decade
We are not ready for either the hand of God or the hand of man when it comes to protecting our sensitive electrical power grid. A bad solar flare or an electro-magnetic pulse attack by America’s enemies would result in the death of most of our citizens within five years. The scariest part of this scenario is that we already came within a week of this nightmare happening in 2012.

Palestinian Authority said to sever ties with the Quartet
The London-based pan-Arab newspaper Al Hayat reported that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to stop working with the Quartet — the United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations — following a series of disappointments in Ramallah in the group’s work.

WikiLeaks rolls out archive of over 1,200 ‘Clinton Iraq War’ emails
The now-infamous whistleblowing website has published an archive of what is said to be over 1,200 of Hillary Clinton's private emails pertaining to the Iraq War. Julian Assange previously said that the release would be “enough to indict her.”

All Israelis Will Have to Join Biometric Database From Next Year, Minister Says
“From now on anyone obtaining a document from the Interior Ministry, whether an ID card or a passport, will receive a biometric one. We’ve decided on having this database and we’ll soon decide what will be included in it,” “Israel is joining many other countries around the world which have concluded that their citizens should have smart and secure documentation.

Jews, Muslims and Christians to build a joint house of worship in Jerusalem
In an attempt to turn away from polarization and politics, a group of Jews, Muslims, and Christians will be setting up a joint house of worship in Jerusalem. The prayer hall will be open to the public between September 5th to the 11th..... it is about as plausible as a snowball’s chance in the desert.

State Department under fire for Clinton-related records delays
Just five months before the presidential election, the State Department is under fire in courtrooms over its delays in turning over government files related to Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.

Shops set to spy on us by tracking our smartphones
Scanners are to be placed outside stores from Pret a Manger to Aldi to track people through their smartphones’ wifi signals. One thousand of the sensors will be used to measure the numbers passing or entering, known as footfall. The idea is that the information could help revive dying high streets threatened by the rise of internet shopping.

Suicide bombings shake Saudi Arabia, four dead at holy site
Three suicide bombings have struck across Saudi Arabia in a single day, including a shocking attack at Islam's second holiest site, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, where four security guards were killed. Monday's attacks on Islam's spiritual home came as Muslims prepare for the feast this week marking the end of the holy fasting month Ramadan.

“To deal with dogs, we should use a stick”—Chinese cheer military drills in the disputed South China Sea
China will conduct military drills in the contested South China Sea this week, ratcheting up tensions ahead of a tribunal ruling expected to challenge its claims to most of the strategically important sea. China’s territorial claims overlap in parts with those of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan in an area that holds vast energy and marine resources and through which more than $5 trillion in trade passes every year.

By Jove: NASA Says Juno Craft Is Orbiting Jupiter
After a nearly five-year journey, NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft achieved orbit around Jupiter on Monday night. Juno navigated a tricky maneuver — including slowing by around 1,212 mph — to insert itself into orbit in what NASA calls "the king of our solar system."

Bank of England eases special capital requirements for banks
The Bank of England has eased special capital requirements for banks saying that the outlook for UK financial stability is "challenging", following the vote to leave the European Union. The move potentially frees up £150bn for lending, the bank's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) said. That could help if uncertainty caused by leave vote causes the economy to slow down and banks to be cautious.

'More descendants of Jews who fled Nazis seeking German citizenship after Brexit'
A rising number of descendants of Jews who settled in the United Kingdom after fleeing Nazi persecution have sought German citizenship in the wake of the contentious British referendum vote to leave the European Union... The German Embassy in London has reportedly seen an uptick in the amount of requests for details on citizenship from descendants of refugees living in the UK, including people whose Jewish families escaped the Nazis.

100,000 Missiles Aimed at Israel, Says Iran During Day of Violent Anti-Israel Riots
During a day of violent anti-Israel sentiment and demonstrations in Iran, Salami claimed, “Hezbollah has 100,000 missiles that are ready to hit Israel to liberate the occupied Palestinian territories if the Zionist regime repeats its past mistakes,” reported Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.

PA said to boycott Quartet following its report on Mideast peace
The Palestinian Authority decided to halt its cooperation with the Quartet on the Middle East following the report the international institution issued on Friday regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict... According to the report, the decision to cut relations with the Quartet was made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas who alleges that the international committee is siding with Israel.

Earthquake rattles the Bootheel
CARUTHERSVILLE, MO (KFVS) - A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Bootheel around 11:51 p.m. on July 4. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, that quake was centered about 3 miles southwest of Caruthersville. It was felt as far away as Nashville, Tenn.

Chinese paper says should prepare for South China Sea armed clash
China should prepare itself for military confrontation in the South China Sea, an influential Chinese paper said on Tuesday, a week ahead of a decision by an international court on a dispute there between China and the Philippines.

With 2 acquittals and a mistrial, a 4th officer stands trial
Proceedings are scheduled to begin for the fourth Baltimore police officer slated to stand trial on charges stemming from the death of a 25-year-old prisoner whose neck was broken in the back of a police transport wagon.


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China is trying to discredit the international court that will rule on the South China Sea dispute
Senior Chinese diplomats have ramped up efforts to discredit the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ahead of a decision next week that is expected to go against China.

The US and Russia may have just sealed Al Qaeda's fate in Syria
Al Qaeda has thrived in Syria thanks to the continued political survival of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Washington's failure to adequately support the revolution's more moderate opposition groups, Syria expert Charles Lister wrote Wednesday.

NATO-Russia Council to meet in possible move to ease tensions
NATO envoys will hold a further formal meeting with Russia on July 13, days after the alliance's summit in Warsaw, in a sign Washington and Moscow want to defuse tensions in Europe.

U.S. sanctions North Korean leader over rights abuses
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first time, citing "notorious abuses of human rights," in a move that diplomats say will incense the nuclear-armed country.

Shoppers Throw Cans, Use Baseball Bats in Melee at Upstate NY Wal-Mart
Four people were arrested after a 30-person brawl erupted at a New York Wal-Mart, allegedly over an insult about a woman's dress, authorities said.

Soviet-style youth squads are making a comeback in eastern Ukraine
In the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, the breakaway region of eastern Ukraine, training for war starts young. Teenage girls wearing Russian military uniforms spend Saturday afternoons taking apart and putting together Kalashnikovs. The average Russian soldier needs more than 10 seconds to break one down; 15-year-old Katerina, who declined to give her last name, takes just 9 seconds. With a blindfold on.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman vows to fight religious extremists with 'iron hand' after Medina mosque attack
The king of Saudi Arabia has warned his country would strike with an "iron hand" against people who preyed on youth vulnerable to religious extremism, a day after suicide bombers struck three cities in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks.

Massive Alaska Landslide Registers as 2.9 Magnitude Earthquake
More than 100 million tons of rock collapsed from a 4,000-foot high mountainside in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska Dispatch News reported, and the debris spread out over six miles. For reference, small SUVs average around two tons, so the slide is the equivalent of more than 50 million SUVs crashing down the hill.

What FBI’s Comey could not say – but Rashi did
FBI Director James Comey admitted, Hillary Clinton was “careless” and guilty of “mishandling her email servers.” But she was not guilty enough to be prosecuted. God hates sneaks. Don’t we all? But that’s who is leading us here in America today– people who are sneaky but just clever enough not to get nabbed. Those are the worst kind.

CBS Asks Why What Clinton Did Was Not a Crime
CBS News’ Maurice DuBois asked Face the Nation host John Dickerson and chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford Tuesday why Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email during her time as secretary of state was not a crime.

Priest ‘bewildered’ at Pope’s advice that pastors stay out of people’s moral lives
A prominent Washington D.C.-area monsignor was compelled to react to Pope Francis’ impromptu remarks made last month in which he warned that Catholic priests should not be “putting our noses into the moral life of other people.” “Permit me to state my utter bewilderment at such a notion. As a priest, and especially as a confessor and spiritual director, this is my duty!” Msgr. Charles Pope wrote....

The Prophetic Destruction of Iran
This is the most overlooked prophecy of the Hebrew Bible, the importance of which is generally underestimated. The king of the south refers to the Islamic Republic of Iran with its Muslim allied nations of the Middle East and northern Africa...

Rabbinical Congress for Peace Wants Netanyahu to Suspend Everybody’s Basic Rights
Relying on the Shulkhan Arukh, Orakh Haim 329, as well as on international law, the rabbis declared that the sanctity of life takes precedence over all else, to the extent that one is not only permitted but is obligated to desecrate Shabbat to pick up arms to repel the enemy.

Super typhoon Nepartak takes aim at Taiwan
Taiwan is bracing for the region's first super typhoon of 2016, which is expected to grow in speed and power before it hits the island around Thursday evening local time. In just 48 hours, Nepartak has rapidly strengthened from a tropical storm with wind speeds of 110 kilometers per hour (70 miles per hour) to a roaring super typhoon with winds hitting 240 kph (150 mph) -- and it could surge even higher.

Hallel Ariel’s Murder “Directly Related” to Muslim Sovereignty on Temple Mount, Says Mother
“By coming here, by living here, we are showing that we will win,” the grieving mother told visitors. “I am married to a kohen (priest). I am the daughter of a kohen. The way we continue, is to show that if we go up to the Temple Mount and work hard to build the Temple, our own houses will not be destroyed,” said Hallel’s mother.

Meet The Man James Comey Indicted Over A 21-Word Email
In April, 2003, investment banker Frank Quattrone was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice by then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York James Comey for one email sent to employees. Quattrone voiced his discontent with Comey’s recent announcement regarding Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s personal email server. Comey is now the director of the FBI.

Hedonistic Europe will fall - Israel will not!
The identity shaped by the Judeo-Christian civilization is not threatened by external factors. The Western malaise is totally indigenous.

Trump Suggests Hillary Clinton Bribed Attorney General Over Email Scandal
"I'll tell you that we have a rigged system folks," Trump said during a campaign rally in Raleigh, NC. Trump accused Clinton of bribing Attorney General Loretta Lynch with the reported promise of staying on during her administration.

Earthquake Struck North Jersey Monday, U.S. Geological Survey Says
A small earthquake hit parts of North Jersey early Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The 1.1-magnitude earthquake was centered around Kinnelon in Morris County, the USGS reported. It was reported at 12:06 a.m.

Three Eyewitnesses Allege Hillary Called Aide A ‘F**king Jew *******’
Celebrity biographer Jerry Oppenheimer reported that the night Bill unexpectedly lost his 1974 Arkansas congressional seat bid, Hillary shrieked at his campaign manager, “you ...king Jew *******.” The left-leaning Guardian then did its own reporting on the allegation. Paul Fray, the campaign manager, plus his wife and another campaign worker confirmed the incident in considerable detail to the British publication.

Venezuelan women push past border controls for food
About 500 Venezuelan women in search of food have broken through border controls separating the western state of Tachira from neighbouring Colombia. The women said their families were going hungry because of severe food shortages in Venezuela. Hours later, they crossed back into Venezuela carrying basic goods and singing the Venezuelan anthem.

China flooding: Wuhan on red alert for further rain
The Chinese city of Wuhan is on red alert for more heavy rainfall, after torrential downpours overnight left parts of the city submerged. Transport links and water and power supplies in the city of 10 million are severely affected, and some residents are trapped in their homes. Flooding has killed more than 180 people and caused chaos across China.

US accuses Israel of ‘systematically' seizing Palestinian land
The United States on Tuesday issued an unusually harsh statement against settlement activity in which it accused Israel of “systematically seizing Palestinian land” in the West Bank. US State Department spokesman John Kirby further charged that such seizures plus “settlement expansions and legalization of outposts is fundamentally undermining the prospects for a two-state solution.”

Iraq sees worst bombing since invasion with 250 deaths
The death toll from Sunday's suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 250, the Iraqi government says, making it the deadliest such attack since the 2003 US-led invasion.

Trump: FBI decision on Clinton proves 'our system is totally rigged'
Donald Trump on Tuesday night repeatedly hammered his message that there is a "rigged system" at work, pointing specifically to the FBI decision to not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of email while serving as secretary of state.

Swedish Politician Says It's "Worse" When Swedish Men Rape Women Compared To When Immigrants Do
In most sane circles, the act of rape is reprehensible and it makes absolutely no difference who perpetrated the act. However, in what will inevitably make blood shoot out of one's eyes to read, a politician in Sweden actually makes a distinction on the severity of the act depending on who committed it.

Yahoo Finance Editor-In-Chief Is Sad: "We're Suffering The Consequences Of Too Much Democracy"
Following James Traub's mind-numbingly-elitist rebuttal of the democratic rights of "we, the people" in favor of allowing "they, the elite" to ensure the average joe doesn't run with scissors, "It's time for the elites to rise up against the ignorant masses."

Uh-Uh-Uh… Obama Turns Into Stuttering Mess Again While Talking About Trump in North Carolina (VIDEO)
Obama: So, if if if, you voting for the other team, it’s not because of the economy. It’s not because of the economy… I mean even, even, even, even, even the, uh, even the, uh, the, the Republicans on the other side don’t really know what the guy’s talking about

Now it’s up to voters to decide if Clinton’s email use matters
The mixed FBI judgment on Hillary Clinton’s email practices – that she’d shown extreme carelessness in her handling of classified information but not enough to merit criminal charges – left Democratic Party loyalists in a familiar place: relieved, exasperated and yet hopeful, with fingers crossed, that once again the Clintons had won.

Islamic State tightens grip on women held as sex slaves
The posting in Arabic is chilling. A girl for sale: "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon." The advertisement, along with others for kittens, tactical gear and weapons, appeared on an encrypted Telegram app and was shared with The Associated Press by an activist with Iraq's persecuted Yazidi community, which is trying to free an estimated 3,000 women and girls still held as sex slaves by IS extremists.



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Two police officers shot at protest in Dallas: local TV
Two police officers were shot in Texas on Thursday during a protest against police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, KDFW TV in Dallas reported. The condition of the officers was not known, the station said. Broadcaster KABC reported that shots were fired during demonstrations at Belo Garden Park in Dallas. Footage showed a heavy police presence with officers taking cover behind vehicles on the street.

The world's biggest buyers of gold are getting ready to load up
Central banks are set to pile into gold like they haven't throughout this year as they look for yield, according to Capital Economics.

N. Korea says US sanctions on leader 'a declaration of war'
North Korea said Friday that the new US sanctions targeting its leader Kim Jong-Un amounted to a "declaration of a war" and vowed to take strong retaliatory measures. The move by the United States constituted "the worst hostility" against the North, Pyongyang's foreign ministry said in a statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

Christian Persecution on Rise in Pakistan as Believers Fear Muslim Mobs Torching Homes
Police in Pakistan are doing little to protect the minority Christian community from the harassment they face from the Muslim majority, including threats to convert to Islam or abandon their homes, according to an Asian Human Rights Commission report.

Photo of Obama in Muslim garb shows deep ties to faith, O'Reilly says
Newly unearthed photos of President Obama in Muslim garb underscore his deep ties to the faith -- and possibly help explain his reluctance to call out radical Islam, Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly said Wednesday.

Europe's Bank Crisis Arrives In Germany: €29 Billion Bremen Landesbank On The Verge Of Failure
When most recently reporting on the latest European banking crisis, yesterday we observed a surprising development involving Deutsche Bank, namely the bank's decision to quietly liquidate some of its shipping loans. As Reuters reported, "Deutsche Bank is looking to sell at least $1 billion of shipping loans to lighten its exposure to the sector whose lenders face closer scrutiny from the European Central Bank.

FBI didn’t record Clinton interview, did not administer sworn oath
Hillary Clinton did not swear an oath to tell the truth before meeting with the FBI for three and a half hours last weekend, and the interview was not recorded, FBI Director James Comey told House lawmakers on Thursday.


3.5 magnitude earthquake rattles parts of northern Oklahoma
a 3.5 magnitude temblor was recorded at about 12:21 p.m. Tuesday in Garfield County, about 16 miles west of Perry. The USGS says the earthquake was recorded at a depth of three miles.

FBI Announces ‘No Charges’ For Hillary — Edward Snowden Immediately Does This
Break classification rules for the public’s benefit, and you could be exiled. Do it for personal benefit, and you could be President. Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 1, 2016

ISIS 'kill lists' target US synagogues
The targets are individuals, specifically people with memberships in synagogues of churches, according to the report. The list was first discovered by intelligence analyst group SITE, after having been released online by the "United Cyber Caliphate", ISIS's computer hacking arm.

Assassination attempt on Netanyahu thwarted
According to a report in the Kuwaiti-based Al Jarida newspaper, Kenyan security forces foiled an attack targeting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's convoy during his visit to Kenya earlier this week. A senior security official told the paper that Kenyan police altered the convoy's route just before its departure from the Nairobi airport.

POLAR MAGNETIC STORMS TODAY?
NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of G1-class geomagnetic storms on July 7th when a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field.

Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii, U.S. Navy Protecting ‘Critical Information’
Moscow has dispatched a specialized spy ship off the coast of Hawaii with the likely mission to monitor the U.S. Navy led Rim of the Pacific 2016 exercise, USNI News has learned. A Russian Navy Bal’zam-class, “auxiliary general intelligence ship recently arrived in international waters off Hawaii where exercise Rim of the Pacific is taking place,” U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Lt. Clint Ramsden told USNI News this week.

Could a Physics Experiment in Geneva Destroy the Universe? One Physicist Says ‘Yes’
Sergio Bertolucci, Director for Research and Scientific Computing at CERN, briefed reporters in 2009 about some of the possible implications of AWAKE. He speculated that the experiment could possibly open portals into the “unknown”. Physicists at CERN admitted that the appearance of such black holes was indeed possible, but “they present no conceivable danger”.

Viral hepatitis 'kills as many as Aids or TB'
Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches Aids or tuberculosis, research in the Lancet suggests. The report estimates that hepatitis infections and their complications led to 1.45m deaths in 2013 - despite the existence of vaccines and treatments. World Health Organization data shows there were 1.2m Aids-related deaths in 2014, while TB led to 1.5m deaths.

ISIS Killing Spree Turns Inward as Six Officials Beheaded, Seven Deserters Boiled Alive
On Monday, seven ISIS militants were bound tightly by the hands and feet before being thrown into a giant cauldron of boiling water. According to MailOnline, the terrorists had fled an Iraqi battlefield in the heat of the conflict which took place in Sharqat in the Salahuddin province.

Israel, US Sync Missile Defense Systems for First Time Ever
The Israeli Missile Defense Organization and the US Missile Defense Agency have successfully completed a test which aims to “sync” the two militaries’ missile defense systems, enabling a cooperative response in future conflicts, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.

Algeria earthquake: Moderate tremor felt in Algiers and suburbs
A mild earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 has struck northern Algeria, with shaking felt in the capital Algiers and other cities, residents say. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Moderate earthquake hits New Britain Region of Papua New Guinea
A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, occurred near the New Britain Region of Papua New Guinea at 12.16pm today, said the Malaysian Meteorological Department.


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Republicans slam grinning Obama for politicizing Dallas police massacre as he laughs his way through NATO summit
President Barack Obama cheerfully yukked it up with British Prime Minister David Cameron during the NATO summit in Poland while Americans remained in shock after the murders of five police officers overnight Dr. Ben Carson carped at him for defaulting to gun control arguments.

Iranian commander: Missiles ready for the ‘annihilation’ of Israel
The deputy commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said the country has over 100,000 missiles in Lebanon alone readied for the “annihilation” of Israel. Speaking before Friday prayers on Iran’s state-run IRIB TV, Hossein Salami also said that Iran has “tens of thousands” of additional missiles that are ready to wipe the “accursed black dot” of Israel off the map, according to a translation from the Farsi by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

Electorate Tremors: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us
Whether they are fans of Donald Trump, supporters of Brexit or Marine Le Pen voters in France, "angry voters" have one thing in common: They've been left in the dust by globalization.

Churches in China Forced to Surrender Tithes and Offerings to Government
Some churches in China are being forced to hand over their tithes and offerings to government authorities as China continues cracking down on Christianity. According to Chinaaid.org., the government in China’s province of Zheijiang has enacted a new law which forces churches to surrender all their tithes and offerings to authorities.

Brexit could lead to 'second golden age’ as China opens up for trade deal with UK
BRITAIN is more likely to strike a trade agreement with China thanks to the nation’s vote for Brexit – officials from both sides have claimed.

Tony Blair thought he was the MESSIAH and often wore MAKE-UP, ex-PM's former friend claims
You can never be sure where the public performance ends and the man begins – he was playing Christ on the cross. He added: "He's morphed into a figure that's not quite of this world. "He said all prime ministers go mad in the end but none have gone quite as strange as Tony Blair."

GERMANS DEMAND EU REFERENDUM: Merkel told to not be 'arrogant' and hold Brussels vote
ANGELA Merkel is facing a nightmare scenario after a leading German MP said Berlin needs to hold an EU Referendum.

Financial Crisis in This EU Country May be Bigger Problem Than Brexit
"Italy is on the cusp of tearing Europe apart but the economic and political crisis brewing in the nation is largely going unnoticed," the article read.

‘Now it’s war. Watch out Obama & BlackLivesMatter punks’ – ex-Congressman Joe Walsh
As the US find itself in the grip of heightened racial tensions, former Illinois Republican Congressman Joe Walsh took to Twitter to tell President Obama the chaos unfolding in Dallas is “now a war.”

PSA: The State Department Just Rebooted Their Probe Into Clinton's Emails
the State Department announced that they will reboot their internal probe into the former first lady’s email usage. The probe was suspended upon the announcement of the FBI’s investigation into the matter to avoid interference (via Associated Press):

UK troops to take on Nato duties in Poland and Estonia
Hundreds of UK troops are to be sent to Poland and Estonia as part of the Nato response to concerns over Russia. A 500-strong battalion will be deployed to Estonia and 150 troops will go to Poland to "reassure" these countries, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said.

Is America heading toward a clash of civilizations?
The San Bernardino and Orlando massacres are not isolated incidents; they are the beginning of a new, bloody era in America. In recent years, the Muslim “occupation by immigration” of Europe has crossed the Atlantic and introduced itself to the US. If successful, it will transform America from a democracy into a fundamentalist tyranny whose law is the Sharia, and the First Amendment will become a distant memory.

Morning Earthquake Rattles Southern California, Felt in Multiple Counties and Mexico
The quake hit about 85 miles outside of Palm Springs and about 9 miles from El Centro. The quake was felt in Mexico and residents as far away as Alpine in San Diego County and Rancho Cucamonga in San Bernardino County reported feeling the temblor.

Tremors felt in Perth as 5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Goldfields
Geoscience Australia recorded a magnitude 5.6 earthquake south-east of Norseman at 5.40pm. Tremors were felt in Perth and Esperance, but no reports of damage so far. Norseman Hotel worker Angie Hogan fled outside the 1930s pub when the “bar moved”. “The earth moved,” she said. “The whole bar just moved. I had to run outside.

CDC monitoring 320 U.S. pregnant women with Zika
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it is monitoring 320 U.S. pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika virus infection, up from 287 women a week earlier. However, the number of babies born in the United States with birth defects linked to Zika..., or lost pregnancies...remained unchanged from last week's report at 7 and 5, respectively...

Google reveals plans to put ‘eyes in machines’ as digital surveillance fears reach boiling point
Google is planning to put “eyes in machines” and boost computers’ ability to automatically recognise people, places or objects. The tech giant has just revealed plans to purchase a French firm called Moodstocks which builds software capable of working out what’s happening in a photo – a trick called image recognition.

Iraq violence: Dozens killed in Shia shrine suicide attack
Suicide bombers and gunmen have killed at least 35 people and injured some 50 others in an attack at a Shia shrine in the Iraqi town of Balad, officials say. At least one bomber blew himself up outside the mausoleum of Sayid Mohammed bin Ali al-Hadi, which was then stormed by gunmen, reports say. Another bomber is said to have blown himself up among fleeing worshippers.

Two dead as Typhoon Nepartak strikes Taiwan
Typhoon Nepartak hit Taiwan's east coast on Friday, leaving two dead and 66 injured, as well as forcing evacuations and disrupting services. More than 15,000 people had to leave their homes as hundreds of flights were cancelled and offices and schools shut. The typhoon packed winds of up to 198km/hour (123mph) and made landfall just before 0600 local time in eastern Taitung.

US and South Korea agree THAAD missile defence deployment
The US and South Korea have agreed to deploy a controversial missile defence system, in the wake of intensifying threats from North Korea. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be deployed solely to counter the threat from Pyongyang, a statement said. It is unclear exactly where it will be sited and who will have final control.

Five officers fatally shot during police protest in downtown Dallas
Five officers have been killed and at least six more injured in a hail of gunfire during a demonstration organized to protest this week’s police-involved shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, Dallas police confirm. Police Chief David Brown said perhaps up to six snipers ambushed law enforcement, striking 10 officers and a civilian.

Deutsche Bank is coming unglued
Deutsche Bank – “the most important net contributor to systemic risks,” as the IMF put it last week after a lag of several years – is having a rough time. Shares dropped 4.2% on Wednesday to close at a new three-decade low of €11.63, down 48% since July 31 last year, lower even than the low during the doom-and-gloom days of the euro debt crisis and the Global Financial Crisis.

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Nine more killed in Philippine 'war on drugs'
Nine people were killed overnight in the Philippines, authorities said Saturday, as police and suspected anti-drug vigilantes pushed ahead with President Rodrigo Duterte's controversial war on crime. Duterte won the May 9 election by a landslide, largely on a pledge to kill tens of thousands of drug dealers and other criminals, and has urged the police, civilians and even insurgents to help in the killings.

Entire US Cyber Network Is Already Compromised, Clinton Emails Are The Least Of Our Worries
Hillary Clinton's emails and server misconduct are the least of our worries. The fact that her server was receiving files that passed through or originated on the State Department servers is enough to know she exposed her private system to hackers. The US system is/was/has been compromised, for years, since before Hillary tapped in her new network. Michael McCaul, a Texas Congressman and Chairman of The House Committee On Homeland Security called Clinton "careless" and said she "potentially did harm" to national security.

British government rejects petition calling for second EU referendum
The British government has rejected an online petition signed by 4.1 million people calling for a new referendum on whether to leave the European Union. Britons voted by 52 to 48 percent, or 17.4 million votes to 16.1 million, to leave the EU in a June 23 referendum, a result which most politicians have said should be respected but which some who voted "remain" are struggling to accept.

The Clinton Contamination
IT says a lot about our relationship with Hillary Clinton that she seems well on her way to becoming Madam President because she’s not getting indicted. If she were still at the State Department, she could be getting fired for being, as the F.B.I. director told Congress, “extremely careless” with top-secret information. Instead, she’s on a glide path to a big promotion.

The Left Wants to Ban Old People from Voting
Since the U.K. voted to leave the EU, there has been a torrent of angry progressives demanding old people not be allowed to vote. As it turned out, a majority of Britons over 50 voted to leave the EU, while a majority of Britons under 50 voted to stay.

IDF accelerates development of ‘Obstacle’ defense system against Hamas tunnels
Two years after Operation Protective Edge...Israeli security forces have decided to step up plans to develop a new defense system called the Obstacle, which aims to address the threat of underground tunnels dug by Hamas forces coming from Gaza into Israel. ...As Hamas tunnels pose a serious threat to Israel’s security, the Obstacle was granted significant funding to come up with a realistic solution.

Republicans slam grinning Obama for politicizing Dallas police massacre as he laughs his way through NATO summit
President Barack Obama's Republican adversaries piled on the criticism on Friday after he turned the overnight Dallas police massacre into a political platform – and then grinned from ear to ear as he reconnected with world leaders at a NATO summit in Poland. Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, both on their way out of office soon, seemed in a particularly light-hearted mood despite the day's grim and dominant subject matter.

Russia expels US diplomats in tit-for-tat row
Russia has expelled two US diplomats from Moscow, days after the White House said it had ordered two Russian embassy staff to leave Washington. On Friday, the US State Department said their move came after a Russian policeman attacked a US diplomat near the US embassy in Moscow. That US diplomat has now been expelled from Moscow, along with one other embassy worker.

Behind the lines: Islamic State shifts strategy
The latest wave of bombings by Islamic State confirm a pattern long observed. As it continues to lose ground...the organization turns back to an intensified focus on international terrorism. ...Islamic State is proving its tenacity in a series of terrorist attacks of unprecedented range and ferocity, away from the beleaguered front lines of its territorial holdings.

Message to Arab states: 'Netanyahu supports 2 states, but hampered by right-wing'
A source close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Saudi Arabian newspaper Saturday that the premier supports a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians but has been hampered by right-wing elements within the government. ...an unidentified associate...added that the premier would need...the Zionist Union, to join the current governing coalition in order to resolve the conflict...and come to an agreement.

Ten states sue Obama administration over transgender bathroom policy
Ten states lodged a new legal challenge on Friday against the Obama administration’s requirement that public schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Nebraska, comes after 11 other states sued to block the same policy in May.

EU President Says ‘Other Planets’ Are Worried About Brexit
“You need to know that those who observe us from afar are worried,” Juncker said in June during a debate regarding Brexit In Brussels. “I have have seen, listened and heard many leaders of other planets and they are very worried because they wonder about the course the EU will follow.” “So we have to reassure both the Europeans and those who observe us from afar,” he said.

'Muslims will burn in Hell': people cheer as hate preachers are arrested in Bristol
Police moved in to arrest the four men in the Broadmead shopping district in Bristol after they reportedly shouted "All Muslims will burn in hell" and "You need to obey God". According to witnesses, the men also told passersby "Allah does not exist" and called people "disgusting" for being gay, divorced or "living in sin". The police were called after the men, who are believed to be from the US-based Christian group Cross Encounters Ministries, drew an angry crowd in Bristol city centre.

State Dept. Struggles to Answer Questions on Reports of Iran Obtaining Illicit Nuclear Technology
State Department spokesman John Kirby had trouble responding to questions from reporters on Friday about reports from German intelligence that Iran has been attempting to obtain illicit nuclear materials inside Germany. Iran’s actions are in defiance of the nuclear deal that it signed along with the United States and five other world powers last summer, according to Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.

Crooked Hillary Email Server Scandal Reveals Administration Wide Corruption And Complicity
America has fallen, and is run by a corrupt, rigged system staffed with pay-for-play career political criminals. It was a conspiracy at the highest levels that allowed Hillary Clinton to not be charged, allowed to walk away with no consequences, and be rewarded with the use of Air Force One at a campaign rally.

Potential cancer break-through treatment halted after 2 trial patients die
Trials of an experimental therapy to treat Leukemia have been halted by US authorities after two patients died last week. The treatment developed by Juno Therapeutics looks to reprogram cells to find and eliminate cancer.

Spain: Hail caused total losses in apple and pear in Aragon
According to Francisco Ponce, a member of the Regional Executive of UAGA, some farmers have already reported the loss of their entire apple and pear crops,

Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts parts of Mindanao
Philippines—A magnitude-5.2 earthquake struck several parts of Mindanao early Saturday, state seismologists said. The moderately strong quake which hit around 7:16 a.m. was located 9 kilometers northwest of Talacogon town, in Agusan del Sur and had a a depth of 61 kilometers, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Earthquake of 4.2 magnitude rattles north central Oklahoma
Earthquakes rattled parts of central Oklahoma on Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude-4.2 quake hit near Fairview in north central Oklahoma around 4:30 p.m. Earlier, a 3.4 magnitude temblor rattled an area southeast of Blanchard in the south central part of the state.

Inside the plot to ‘save’ the GOP from Trump
A few months ago, conservatives desperate for a white knight to ride into the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and rescue the party from presumptive nominee Donald Trump turned to House Speaker Paul Ryan. Help us, Paul, they cried. You’re our only hope. Ryan turned them down flat. But a scenario is shaping up that may force Ryan to play the white knight after all.

Breakdown Of US Citizens Killed By Cops In 2016
In the U.S. a total of 509 citizens have been killed this year alone by police. The body count for the previous year stands at a grand total of 990 people shot dead, according to the Washington Post. As the below infographic from Statista shows, most of those killed by police are male and white. 123 of those shot were Black Americans.

Hillary Clinton Blames Whites, Cops for Deaths of Young Black Men
Hillary Clinton used a CNN interview on Friday to completely embrace the Democrats’ claim that white people and cops must change to help reduce the number of African-Americans killed in tense exchanges with cops.

Missouri Cop 'Fighting For His Life' After Being Shot During Traffic Stop, Official Says
A police officer is "fighting for his life" after he was shot during a traffic stop this morning in Ballwin, Missouri, according to the city's police chief. The incident, which was caught on police dashcam, happened around 11 a.m. local time when an officer pulled over a vehicle for speeding, Ballwin Police Chief Kevin Scott said at a news conference this afternoon.

Gonorrhoea and syphilis on the rise in the UK amid 'sexual health crisis', experts warn
Experts have warned the UK is edging towards a “sexual health crisis” following cuts to STI testing services, as cases of syphilis and gonorrhoea have soared.

It’s not guns. It’s not race. It’s not laws. It’s evil.
For many decades we have had essentially the same gun laws. We have had more or less the same racial issues. We have had “income inequality” since income has been a thing. Some will insist these things have gotten worse, but they haven’t. What’s gotten worse is the manifestation of human nature.

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Sheriff Clarke: “Obama's Set This Whole Country on Fire With His Race Politics”
On Sunday "Morning Futures" today, Milwaukee County Sheriff said everyone - including President Obama - is ignoring the “elephant in the room” when it comes to police-involved shootings of black males. “What leads to so many interactions of young black males and police in urban centers? It's crime,” Sheriff Clarke said. “That might be an ugly truth, but it’s still the truth.”

‘President’ Hillary Clinton: Definition of a Nightmare
I see criminal politicians in America destroying a moral country that treated Jews far better than any other country in history. Furthermore, short of a nation of gentiles following the “7 Laws of Noah” (ideally), no nation in history has ever created a system of government so humane to her citizens. The impending American elections are a portrait of insanity. When was the last time the nominated presidential candidate was the subject of a criminal investigation involving the FBI?

'First Philistine cemetery' may upend knowledge of ancient people after 30 years' dig
"After decades of studying what Philistines left behind, we have finally come face to face with the people themselves," Daniel M. Master, professor of archaeology at Wheaton College and one of the leaders of the excavation, told AP. "With this discovery we are close to unlocking the secrets of their origins," he added.

Joe Walsh: ‘Watch Out Obama — Real America Is Coming For You’
Joe Walsh said Barack Obama and Black Lives Matter are to blame for the shooting at a protest in Dallas Thursday night.....the one-term Illinois congressman declared “war” on the president after five police officers were killed and at least six others injured by snipers who were at elevated positions.

Ivy League Professor: ‘The Fraternal Order Of Police Is A TERRORIST Organization’
A Cornell University professor charged that the Fraternal Order of Police is “a terrorist organization” at a Black Lives Matter protest in Ithaca, New York on Friday. The professor is Russell Rickford.

12,000 Year Old Grave Unearthed in Northern Israel
The ancient Galilee tomb was discovered adorned with tortoise shells, gazelle horns, and a leopard’s pelvis, leading archaeologists to believe the corpse may have belonged to a shaman. (video)

ENORMOUS CORONAL HOLE
Earth is inside a high-speed stream of solar wind flowing from an enormous hole in the sun's atmosphere. NOAA forecasters say there is a 40%-45% chance of G1-class geomagnetic storms on July 10-11 as Earth dips in and out of gaseous structures in the emerging stream.

Who's to Blame for US Police Killings of Black Men? College Students Say Israel
A pro-Palestinian student group at NYU is blaming Israel for the recent killings of black men by police in America that has sparked a national outrage. “For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.” Psalms 109:2

Paul Nehlen at Paul Ryan’s Mansion: ‘Tear Down Your Wall’ If You Won’t Build One for the Country
JANESVILLE, WI— Wisconsin businessman Paul Nehlen held a press conference on Saturday in front of Paul Ryan’s border wall surrounding his Janesville mansion. Nehlen demanded that Ryan either build a wall to protect the American people or tear down his own wall that protects Ryan and his family.

Bin Laden's son threatens revenge for father's assassination: monitor
The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online. Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the global militant group's fight against the United States and its allies in the 21-minute speech entitled "We Are All Osama," according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

US police shootings: Protests spread with dozens of arrests
Protests continue to spread across US cities against the killing of black men by police, following recent deaths in Minnesota and Louisiana. Roads were blocked and missiles thrown in Minnesota, while armed New Black Panther Party members confronted police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dozens of arrests have been made but the rallies were mostly peaceful.

In first since 2007: Egypt foreign minister to meet Netanyahu in Israel
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's visit to Israel Sunday is an indication of the positive changes taking place in the Israeli-Egyptian relationship, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said... Netanyahu...said it was “important” for a number of reasons, including in light of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's recent call to move forward on the peace process both with the Palestinians and with the Arab States.

Disrupting peace to promote anarchy
Anymore, it’s hard to distinguish who is giving the marching orders for disruptive behavior in what has been basically an orderly society. Between the divisive pressure being applied by malcontents as well as rift-oriented national government representatives, the outcome is equally intolerable. Yet it’s the very word intolerant that is bandied about by those factions while they advance the atmosphere of intolerance that fuels the evil actions of individuals like the Dallas shooter.

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Civil Unrest Explodes In Berlin - Over 3500 People Riot Against Police
The protest is against police operations and involved mostly young people who have risen up against the police operations in the Riga street area. Protesters wore black hoods carrying banners with slogans like “Riga defend 94” and “Housing solidarity against state terror.”

Israel Puts Palestinians on Defensive Over 'Martyrs' Fund'
The family of a Palestinian high school dropout who killed a 13-year-old Jewish settler girl in her sleep last month before being shot dead is now eligible for $350 a month from a Palestinian fund for "martyrs."

Muslim leader hosts rabbis, welcomes 3rd Temple
A prominent Turkish Muslim leader hosted a gathering of Israeli rabbis to call for an end of anti-Jewish sentiment in the Islamic world, saying he looks forward to the rebuilding of the Third Temple in Jerusalem.

Theresa May set to be Britain's PM as contender drops out
Theresa May is the only candidate left to become Britain's next prime minister, after the other contender, Andrea Leadsom, quit the race on Monday. It was not immediately clear whether the development meant the May would automatically become the nation's next leader.

Obama Admin Brushes Off Intel Iran Is Buying Nuke, Missile Materials
The Obama administration is brushing aside new German intelligence reports indicating that Iran has accelerated its efforts to procure key nuclear materials, despite promises to end this behavior as part of last summer’s nuclear accord, according to comments by a U.S. official provided to the Free Beacon.

Giuliani: Black kids killed by black kids in 99% of cases
Black children have a 99 percent chance of killing one whereas white cops pose a 1 percent risk, said former NYC Mayor Giuliani in a TV interview. He added that the slogan “Black Lives Matter” is “inherently racist and anti-American.”

LGBT agenda advances, drives wedge in UN system
The independent expert will be the first official focus point for promoting special new LGBT rights at the United Nations. His reports and statements will not be binding and only suggestions for states. Up until recently such a post was thought impossible.

Baylor University Group Helps Unearth Ancient Mosaics, Coins, in Israeli Synagogue Ruins
Ancient mosaics depicting Noah’s ark and the parting of the Red Sea have been discovered by university scholars and students excavating a synagogue in Israel that dates to the fifth century. They also have uncovered coins spanning 2,300 years, says Nathan Elkins, Ph.D., an assistant professor of art history in Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences, Waco, Texas.

North Korea threatens 'physical response' against US deployment
North Korea's military said on Monday it will make a "physical response" to moves by the United States and South Korea to deploy the advanced THAAD missile defense system on the Korean peninsula.

14 West Bank settler outposts to be legalized, 20 already approved'
In the last four years Israel has advanced plans to legalize 14 West Bank outposts and has approved 20 such fledgling hilltop communities, Peace Now said in a new report it issued on Monday. It did so, after the Higher Planning Council for Judea and Samaria on July 6, advanced plan to legalize Horesh Yaron.

American officials believe Netanyahu will sign MoU with Obama
Officials in Washington believe that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will consent to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Obama administration on arrangement for the aid package to Israel for the next decade, starting in 2018.

'Israel is operating in the Sinai - with Egypt's blessing'
Former Egyptian and Israeli officials confirm claims by senior IDF official that Egypt, Israel closer than ever, working to crush ISIS.

EU's Juncker to decide post for British commissioner by end July
EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker has accepted in principle the nomination of Julian King as the new British member of his European Commission and will determine this month what portfolio to offer him, the Commission said on Monday. Outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron nominated King, the British ambassador to France, to fill the vacant seat on the Commission left by Jonathan Hill, who resigned after Britons voted last month to leave the European Union.

Christian Zionist Lobby Calls on GOP to Strengthen Platform Language on Jerusalem
Ahead of the upcoming Republican Party convention in Cleveland later this month, the lobbying affiliate of Pastor John Hagee’s influential Christians United for Israel (CUFI) non-profit is calling on the GOP to reiterate its historically strong support for Israel by declaring Jerusalem as the “undivided and eternal” capital of the Jewish state.

Sanhedrin Declares Jubilee and the Third Arrival of the Jews in Israel
After a full year of deliberation, the Nascent Sanhedrin has announced that this year is the first year in the counting of the 50-year Jubilee cycle. This not only reinstates a Biblical commandment, but it has implications for Israel’s status as a Biblically mandated nation, returning the land to the Jews and ensuring each Jew an inheritance in the land.... this was a groundbreaking decision that will have tremendous consequences in the future.

Arizona now has largest measles outbreak in U.S.
Health officials in Arizona attribute the largest current measles outbreak in the United States in part to the refusal of some workers at a federal immigration detention center to get vaccinated. Authorities have confirmed 22 measles cases in Arizona since late May. All stem from the Eloy Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility managed by the private Corrections Corp. of America.

5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts West Sumatra
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted West Sumatra on Sunday at 4:31 pm local time, and was felt strongly in Pesaman area. "The epicenter of the tremor which did not have potential to cause tsunami, was located 0.21 degree northern latitude and 100.08 degree eastern longitude, and at a depth of 10 km," Head of the Padang Panjang Meteorology...

Series of earthquakes shakes parts of Oklahoma
A series of earthquakes has shaken parts of Oklahoma. No damage or injuries were immediately reported.

Berlin riot: 123 police injured in anti-gentrification protest
Police in Berlin say 123 officers were injured in clashes with leftist protesters over the redevelopment of a district in the east of the city. About 3,500 protesters marched through Friedrichshain on Saturday. Some were masked and threw missiles, police said. The protest was the most violent in the past five years, they said.

South Sudan: Clashes erupt in Juba hours after UN plea
Renewed fighting has broken out in South Sudan between forces loyal to the president and vice-president. A reporter in the capital, Juba, told the BBC gunfire and large explosions could be heard all over the city; he said heavy artillery was being used. More than 200 people are reported to have died in clashes since Friday.

Report: Israel has conducted drone strikes against terrorists in Sinai
Israel has conducted numerous drone strikes against terrorists in Egyptian territory in recent years, Bloomberg quoted a former senior Israeli official as saying on Monday. The report came amid improved ties between the countries which saw Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Germany expects UK to launch formal EU exit talks after new PM chosen-Merkel
Germany expects Britain to trigger article 50 of the European Union’s Lisbon treaty to begin the formal process of leaving the bloc once it has picked a new prime minister, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.

Deutsche Bank's Chief Economist Calls For €150 Billion Bailout Of European Banks
David Folkerts-Landau, the chief economist of Deutsche Bank, has called for a multi-billion dollar bailout for European banks. Speaking to Germany's Welt am Sonntag, the economist said European institutions should get fresh capital for a recapitalization following a similar bailout in the US.

"The World Is Walking From Crisis To Crisis" - Why BofA Sees $1,500 Gold And $30 Silver
With both stocks and US Treasury prices at all time highs the market is sensing that something has to give, and that something may just be more QE, which likely explains the move higher in gold to coincide with both risk and risk-haven assets.

Powerful twin earthquake strikes Ecuador’s coast
Two powerful quakes measuring 5.9 and 6.4 struck the coast of Ecuador ten minutes apart, USGS reported. They appear to be aftershocks of the deadly April disaster, which claimed hundreds of lives in the country.

EXCLUSIVE–New Black Panther Leader: Blacks Need to Migrate to Five Southern States, Form ‘Country Within a Country’
Babu Omowale, the so-called national minister of defense for the People’s New Black Panther Party, says his group and allied organizations have their sights set on establishing “our own government in a nation within a nation.”

Paul Ryan Plummets to 43 Percent in New Primary Poll
A poll of likely Republican voters shows House Speaker Paul Ryan well below 50 percent in his race to maintain his seat in Wisconsin’s first Congressional district.


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Russian Armageddon Convoy Practices for World War III
The largest country in the world by area, Russia has plenty of room to hide things. Naturally, that includes nuclear missiles. Unlike American missiles, which are stationed in concrete silos, Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are deployed on large truck-like vehicles designed to prowl the country's road networks before unleashing Armageddon.

An Ordained African-American Minister Asks "What If Whites Strike Back?"
It would serve race mongers well to consider that even a docile old dog will bite you if you mistreat it often enough and long enough. Tangential to same is the reality of the “laws of unintended consequences.”

Obama Mentions Himself 45 Times During Memorial Speech For Dallas Officers
President Obama referred to himself 45 times over the course of the speech he delivered Tuesday at the memorial service for the five police officers killed in Dallas last week.

Majority Of Americans Disagree With FBI’s Decision Not To Charge Clinton
A Monday poll found that a majority of Americans disapprove of the FBI’s decision not to charge Hillary Clinton for her mismanagement of highly sensitive emails while acting as secretary of state.

Assad Cuts the Last Road to Aleppo and Moves in for the Kill
Moving in for the kill, the Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian backers have taken control of the last supply route into rebel-held Aleppo in a combined air and ground campaign that has left well over 100 dead.

The Palestinians And Jordan Declare Religious War Against The Jews — It Is Dangerous
The Unesco World Heritage Committee is about to do what even in the annals of the UN is unprecedented. It is going to vote on a Palestinian-Jordanian resolution bluntly stating that the Old City of Jerusalem and Temple mount have no historic ties to the Jews, and calling for a return to the old ‘’historic status quo’’ in the holy site.

ISIS Boasts Of Its Bloody Ramadan
From Orlando to Bangladesh, the group is claiming that 5,200 people were killed or wounded from 'military operations' in one month


Far-left riot in Berlin ends in injuries and arrests
Left-wing extremists and police have clashed in Berlin after months of tension. Some 1,800 officers were on duty to patrol demonstrators upset with the constant police presence outside a popular left-wing meeting point.

2nd U.S. case of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic
Both patients had E. coli with a gene called mcr-1, which makes bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin, the scientists explained.

IS conflict: US to send 560 more troops to Iraq
The US is to send 560 more military personnel to Iraq to help in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS), Defence Secretary Ash Carter has said. It will bring to about 4,650 the number of US personnel in Iraq, most of them serving in training and advisory roles. The extra troops, including engineers and logistics experts, would help local forces planning to retake the IS stronghold of Mosul, Mr Carter said.

Kimberly-Clark: Venezuela seizes and re-opens US-owned factory
The government of Venezuela has said it has seized a factory owned by the US firm Kimberly-Clark. The firm had said it was halting operations in Venezuela as it was unable to obtain raw materials. But the labour minister said on Monday that the factory closure was illegal and it had re-opened "in the hands of the workers".

Amnesty International SHOCKED Assad’s Opponents Just As Mean As He Is
The human rights watchdog group detailed numerous reports of “abductions, torture and summary killings” and was shocked to find may of the groups use the “the same methods of torture that are routinely used by the Syrian government.”

South China Sea: Tribunal backs case against China brought by Philippines
An international tribunal has ruled against Chinese claims to rights in the South China Sea, backing a case brought by the Philippines. The Permanent Court of Arbitration said there was no evidence that China had historically exercised exclusive control over the waters or resources. China called the ruling "ill-founded" and says it will not be bound by it.

Zimbabwe pastor Evan Mawarire 'charged with inciting violence'
A Zimbabwean pastor leading a campaign against the government's handling of the economy has reportedly been charged with inciting public violence. His own #ThisFlag Twitter campaign feed and the state-run Herald paper tweeted that Evan Mawarire was also being charged with disturbing peace. Activists organised a "stay-at-home" protest last Wednesday and planned similar shutdowns this week.

Sanhedrin Declares Jubilee and the Third Arrival of the Jews in Israel
“The Jubilee is a national mitzvah (commandment) that requires an independent Jewish nation to be in the Land of Israel. The Sanhedrin has ruled that we are now clearly in the prophesied third inheritance of the land, the first being by Joshua, the second after the Babylonian exile.”

Netanyahu, Tony Blair Meet in Jerusalem to Discuss Peace in the Middle East
“You’ve been a great help for all of us trying to move forward in the cause of peace and security in the Middle East and I’m very grateful to you for that,” Netanyahu told Blair.

Trump: I Am the Law and Order Candidate, Clinton Is a Liar, Incompetent
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump called himself the “law and order candidate” and ripped Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as deceitful and incompetent during remarks in Virginia on Monday....she’s either a liar or grossly incompetent,” Trump said. “One or the other. Very simple. Personally, it’s probably both.”

Bachmann: Whistleblower was my source
Haney shared some startling news with Bachmann. He revealed the administration’s stealth policy to protect Islamic leaders with supremacist beliefs and ties to violent jihadists, allowing them to freely travel between the U.S. and the Middle East. He said the Obama White House was opening its doors to members of Muslim Brotherhood front groups and even letting them help craft U.S. national security policy.

Black militia co-founder: Dallas shooter 'shall be celebrated'
The co-founder of a black militia whose events the Dallas police shooter had attended wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post that killer Micah Johnson “shall be celebrated one day,” The Dallas Morning News reported.

'Europe is extremely sick', says Deutsche Bank chief economist
“Europe is extremely sick and must start dealing with its problems extremely quickly, or else there may be an accident. I’m no doomsday prophet, I am a realist,” he said in an interview to Welt am Sonntag.

Petition for White House to declare Black Lives Matter a terrorist group has 100,000+ signatures
Black Lives Matter has come under fire from over 100,000 people who have signed on to have the anti-police brutality group classified as a terrorist organization in a White House petition. However, the signatories may learn that petitions don’t matter.

Over half of Europeans link terrorism to refugee influx – PEW survey
Nearly 60 percent of Europeans believe the threat of terrorism increases as more refugees arrive in their countries, a PEW survey has found. Half of respondents also see them as an economic “burden” because “they take our jobs and social benefits.”

Hague: China's claims to S. China Sea unfounded
Judges of the Hague tribunal ruled against China on Thursday, in what is globally seen as a victory for the Phillipines, who's fishing industry has been suffering ever since China territorially claimed much of the South China Sea 4 years ago. China has already rebuffed the court:

Increase of Seismic Activity in the Caribbean Reported
The University of the West Indies has reported an increase in seismic activity in the eastern part of the Caribbean Sea, after three earthquakes were registered on several islands in the region in the last 48 hours.

Comey, Lynch to Appear Before Congress Over Clinton Emails
Two Obama administration officials at the center of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state are set to testify before Congress over the next week. James Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch are sure to be met with fury from Republicans when they respectively appear before the House Oversight Committee and the House Judiciary Committee. GOP lawmakers have reacted with a mix of disbelief and outrage...

Theresa May to become British prime minister in fast-track political transition
The topsy-turvy politics of Britain’s endlessly unpredictable summer took another stunning twist on Monday, with the selection by default of a prime minister who had advocated staying in the European Union but will now come under immediate pressure to fulfill her promise to lead the nation’s exit.

Michigan gunman who killed 2 bailiffs faced multiple felony charges
wo court bailiffs were killed and a deputy sheriff shot Monday inside a southwestern Michigan courthouse when an inmate broke loose and got his hands on an officer's gun, officials said.

US, Israel Jewish leaders demand right to pray in Jerusalem
The president of America’s Union for Reform Judaism blasted the Israeli government Monday for delaying a plan to give liberal Jews a special space to pray at a Jerusalem holy site, and vowed to escalate his movement’s struggle with public demonstrations and legal action.

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Islamic State confirms key commander Omar Shishani dead
A news agency linked to so-called Islamic State has confirmed the death of key leader Omar Shishani, who the US said it killed in March. The Amaq news agency said Shishani was killed in combat in the town of Shirqat, south of Mosul in Iraq.

60 Different Genders? Leftist LGBTTQQ-Proposal Ridiculed By AfD Politician In German Parliament
Germany's AfD politician Steffen Königer ridiculed the Greens in the Brandenburg Parliament for their proposal of a "Campaign for Acceptance of Gender and Sexual diversity, Self-Determination and against Homo and Transphobia in Brandenburg" as well as "Giving equal rights and societal equality for LGBTTQQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Trans, Two-spirit, ****** Questioning) people in Brandenburg" by quoting 60 of the Genders considered by Leftists to be actual identities... straight from Facebook's Gender option list.

Confessions of a captured ISIS fighter
He had a ringside seat for the entire, bloody rise of ISIS, and by his own count killed dozens of innocent men, women and children. Now facing likely execution, Thahir Sahab Jamel disavows the black-clad Islamist army, but his Kurdish jailers say they’ve heard it all before.

Transgender woman arrested in voyeurism incident at Idaho Target
An Idaho man who told police he identifies as a woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly taking photos of a woman in a Target fitting room, officials said. Sean Patrick Smith, 43, was allegedly dressed in women’s clothing when he entered the fitting room in the women’s section of the store in Ammon on Monday, East Idaho News reported. Smith, also known as Shauna Patricia Smith, then began taking pictures of a woman in the changing stall next to him, police said.

3.0 quake hits St Thomas
The Earthquake Unit at the University of The West Indies, Mona Campus has reported that a 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck approximately 12km north of Hagley Gap, St Thomas early Wednesday morning. The unit said in a release that the earthquake, which had a depth was 5.3km, was felt about 5:00am. This is the fourth reported earthquake in the Caribbean since Saturday.

Ebony Magazine Editor: Hate Crimes Can’t Be Committed Against White People, Cops
On Wednesday, Ebony Magazine’s Jamilah Lemieux criticized the use of the phrase “hate crime” in association with the five white Dallas police officers who were killed...When we use a phrase like ‘hate crime,’ we’re typically referring to crimes against people of color, people of various religious groups, LGBT people,..

Transgender Person Arrested For Taking Pictures Of Woman In Target Dressing Room
Idaho police arrested a man — who identifies as a transgender woman — on one count of felony voyeurism Tuesday after he took pictures of a woman while she was changing clothes in a Target dressing room, the Post Register reported.

New dwarf planet discovered beyond Neptune
A new dwarf planet has been identified on the fringes of our solar system. Designated 2015 RR245, the object's size hasn't been confirmed just yet, but its discoverers estimate it to have a diameter of 700 km (435 miles) and one of the largest known orbits of a dwarf planet, circling the Sun once every 700 years.

Strong 6.3 magnitude quake hits New Zealand's Kermadec Islands
A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's Kermadec Islands in the South Pacific late Wednesday, the US Geological Service that monitors quakes worldwide said. There were no reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

Sea lice infestation at Florida beaches: Warning of sunbather's eruption rash
Warnings of a sea lice infestation have been posted along some of Florida's beaches and ocean lovers should be aware of an itchy rash that often comes along with sea lice in the water. An infestation of sea lice usually means there's a rash called sunbather's eruption in tow.

GEOMAGNETIC UNREST
For the 3rd day in a row, Earth is moving through a fast-moving stream of solar wind. Earth could be inside this broad stream of solar wind for as much as two more days. Dark winter skies in Antarctica favor continued visibility of southern lights...

Top adviser to Pope JPII warns of a cabal undermining Church with backing from within
Msgr. Schooyans is warning of..an organized group in the Church that operates with “backing from some of the highest authorities in the Church.” The Synod on the Family revealed, ..the determination of, “a group of pastors and theologians” that “do not hesitate to undermine the Church's doctrinal cohesion.” This group “functions in the manner of a powerful, international, well-heeled, organized and disciplined party.”

Sanders endorses Clinton, reversing everything he’s said about ‘Wall Street candidate’
Bernie Sanders gave up his presidential campaign and endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton... a direct contradiction with what he has spent the past six months saying.

US funds aided 2015 campaign to oust Netanyahu, Senate probe finds
The US government supported a group that tried to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year to the tune of nearly $350,000, or NIS 1.3 million, a Senate inquiry published Tuesday found, though it cleared the State Department of any wrongdoing.

Trump Wants Justice Ginsburg to Resign for Attacking Him
I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly,” Republican presumptive nominee Donald Times told the NY Times following a Monday interview with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...I think it’s a disgrace to the court and I think she should apologize to the court,” Trump told the Times. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.”

BOMBSHELL: Obama Never Once Met With His Defense Intelligence Chief
Obama twice appointed former Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn to key national security jobs in his administration, including as deputy director of national intelligence and later as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, yet he never once met with Flynn face to face. The general,..told The Daily Caller News Foundation he was never called in for a face-to-face meeting with Obama to offer his assessment of ISIS

Biblical Tales of David and Philistines Corroborated
The biblical tales of Saul, David and the Philistines seem to be corroborated as a result of the recent uncovering of the treasures in the eight superimposed city levels of ancient Beth-Shan by the University of Pennsylvania’s archaeological expedition.

Republicans’ platform excludes ‘2-state’ language
The Republican Party’s Platform Committee unanimously agreed to language on Israel that omits references to a two-state solution — a change that came with little resistance from AIPAC. Other language on Israel “reject(s) the false notion that Israel is an occupier” and describes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and “indivisible,” both changes from the 2012 platform.

Israel's UN delegation hoping for Security Council seat
After Israel's ambassador was appointed to head a UN committee and an Israeli professor was re-elected to another, Israel's mission to the organization has set its eyes on a Security Council seat in two years.

France closes missions in Ankara, Istanbul on security concerns
France has closed its embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara and its consulate general in Istanbul until further notice due to security concerns, the embassy said in a statement on Wednesday.

New Black Panther Party says to carry arms in Cleveland if legal
The New Black Panther Party, a "black power" movement, will carry firearms for self-defense during rallies in Cleveland ahead of next week's Republican convention, if allowed under Ohio law, the group's chairman said. The plan by the group this weekend comes as police in Cleveland brace for an influx of groups that plan demonstrations before and during the presidential nominating convention.

State Dept. Funded Netanyahu Overthrow, Destroyed Evidence
the Obama administration had funded the OneVoice Movement, a leftwing group that waged a smear campaign to oust Netanyahu during the 2015 elections. ... a State Department senior official admitted to the committee that he deleted several emails with information about the campaign, or as the report put it, “The State Department was unable to produce all documents responsive to the Subcommittee’s requests due to its failure to retain complete email records...

May to take over as British PM today
Theresa May will take over the job of British prime minister from David Cameron on Wednesday and form a government with the monumental tasks of extricating Britain from the European Union and uniting a fractured nation. May, who has been interior minister for six years and is seen...as a safe pair of hands to steer the country through the disruptive Brexit process, will become Britain's second woman prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher.

22 schoolgirls 'suffered mass demonic possession' and foamed at mouth after playing game of 'Charlie Charlie'
This is the chilling moment 22 schoolgirls - aged between 12 and 15 - 'suffered mass demonic possession' after playing a game of 'Charlie Charlie'. The children were screaming, writhing and hallucinating - and some were even foaming at the mouth. One victim claimed she could see a 'man dressed in black' while possessed - and locals are praying against witchcraft...

Iranian military boats veer dangerously close to US warship
Boats from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S. military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday... “What concerns me is our people don’t always have a lot of time to deal with those interactions,” said Gen. Joe Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, as he stood on the bridge of the amphibious ship later in the day. “It’s measured in minutes to really have the opportunity to make the right decision.”

Turkey to develop ties with Syria - PM Yildirim
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said his country will aim to develop relations with Syria. Mr Yildirim said Turkey needed to boost diplomatic relations in the region. His televised speech appears to suggest a sharp U-turn by the government. Diplomatic ties between Turkey and Syria were severed after the Syrian conflict began in 2011.

Syria conflict: Russian jets 'bomb refugee camp on Jordan border'
At least eight people were killed when jets believed to be Russian bombed a Syrian refugee camp on the border with Jordan on Tuesday, activists say. Dozens more were injured when tents at Hammad, a remote desert area, were struck around noon (09:00 GMT). Most of the casualties were reportedly families of members of a rebel group known as the Eastern Lions, which is fighting so-called Islamic State (IS).

Venezuela army deployed to control food production and distribution
Venezuela's military has taken control of five ports in an effort to guarantee supplies of food and medicine. In a decree, President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the army to monitor food processing plants, and co-ordinate the production and distribution of items. Venezuela is going through a deep economic crisis despite having the world's largest oil reserves.

South China Sea: China 'has right to set up air defence zone'
A senior Chinese official has said China has the right to set up an air defence zone over territory it claims in the South China Sea. The statement from Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin comes a day after an international tribunal said there was no legal basis for China's claims. China has overlapping claims with other countries to reefs and islands across almost all of the South China Sea.

Hundreds forcibly disappeared in Egypt crackdown, says Amnesty
Egypt's security services have forcibly made hundreds of people disappear and tortured them in the past year to try to tackle dissent, a rights group says. Students, political activists and protesters - some as young as 14 - have vanished without a trace, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Many are alleged to have been held for months and often kept blindfolded and handcuffed for the entire period.

Terrorism fears soar in Germany amid recent Islamist attacks, migrant crisis
Germans have become far more fearful in the last year, with a possible terrorist attack, political extremism and the social effects of Europe's migrant crisis topping their list of worries, a survey showed on Tuesday. Just over a year before a federal election in Europe's biggest economy, the annual study by insurer R+V showed a 10 percentage point increase in its annual "fear index" of Germans to 49 percent.

Islamization Of France: Stabbing Policemen, "Slut-Shaming" & New Death Threats
Islamization is gaining ground in the Muslim community of France. For a long time, this trend remained restricted to the cultural sphere and created strong controversies between Islamists and secular intellectuals (such as the ban on face-covering veils in schools and public places). But the debate stopped being a debate. Sometimes Islamic intolerance takes on the appearance of a civil war. The violence, which was mostly concentrated in the suburbs prior to the January 2015 terrorist attack on the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, is spreading now to the heart of French cities. Murders, assaults, death threats and "slut-shaming" happens almost every day here and there.



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CONFIRMED: Trump/Pence 2016
The Indy Star confirmed that Gov. Mike Pence is going to be Donald Trump’s running mate. As a result, the Indiana governor has nixed his plans to run for re-election.

Explosions heard in Brussels as huge fire rips through Belgian capital
AN EXPLOSION has rocked the Saint-Gilles area of the Belgian capital Brussels. Firemen tackled a huge fire in Brussels after one or two explosions – possible as many as three – were reportedly heard in the area. The fire is less than two miles from the European Parliament and three miles from the European Commission offices.

Jewish Prayer Proves We Live in Times of Prophecy
The meaning of the prayer’s phrase “May all wickedness perish” (V’lamalshinim) is clear: As the world grows increasingly closer to welcoming the Messiah and the Third Temple, the evil in the world will eclipse ever so swiftly.

Gestapo America
Comey wants to render null and void the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution and completely destroy your privacy rights.

Trump: The Republican platform is most pro-Israel of all time
No two-state solution, no Palestine: The new platform of the Republican Party is set to be adopted next week at the party’s national convention.

Theresa May spent eve of PM appointment dining with Chief Rabbi
This unexpected series of events catapulted May into one of the most important political positions in Europe in an extraordinarily short period of time. Yet, Prime Minister May still found the time to dine with UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and his family, on the night before she was installed in the office. 'Without its Jews, Britain would not be Britain'.

More evidence that male and female brains are wired differently
UCLA researchers found that men and women had opposite responses in the right front of the insular cortex, a part of the brain integral to the experience of emotions, blood pressure control and self-awareness. "This is such a critical brain area and we hadn't expected to find such strong differences between men and women's brains,"

Chinese thief of US military secrets given four years' jail
A Chinese businessman who admitted taking part in the hacking of US defence secrets has been given nearly four years’ jail.

New Zealand: Strong 6.3 magnitude quake hits Kermadec Islands
The quake was reported at 00:11:13 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter) and it occurred at a depth of 12.41 km (8 miles). The remote islands have seen three quakes this past month.

New Russian Bomber to Be Able to Launch Nuclear Attacks From Outer Space
The Russian Strategic Missile Forces Academy is developing a hypersonic strategic bomber capable of striking with nuclear warheads from outer space, Lt. Col. Aleksei Solodovnikov told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. A trial model of Russia's nuclear-capable outer space strategic bomber will be developed by 2020, according to its developer.

Privacy row over FBI iris scan 'trial'
The FBI has collected nearly 430,000 iris scans over the past three years, an investigation by technology website The Verge, has revealed. What started as a pilot in 2013 has grown into a database "without any public debate or oversight", said the American Civil Liberties Union. It amounted to "runaway surveillance", director of technology Nicole Ozer tweeted.

Zika threat is serious – and getting bigger
Top health officials warned Wednesday that the Zika virus threatens much of the Western Hemisphere, with Florida, Puerto Rico and Brazil in the crosshairs. At a Senate hearing convened by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, three senior U.S. government experts urged Congress to pass a $1.1 billion Zika-prevention bill that has been stalled by partisan politics.

Race Relations Are at Lowest Point in Obama Presidency, Poll Finds
Sixty-nine percent of Americans say race relations are generally bad, one of the highest levels of discord since the 1992 riots in Los Angeles during the Rodney King case, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The poll, conducted from Friday, the day after the killing of five Dallas police officers, until Tuesday, found that six in 10 Americans say race relations were growing worse, up from 38 percent a year ago.

Assad: No talks with Russia about leaving power
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said Russia has never talked to him about leaving power. "They never said a single word regarding this," Mr Assad told NBC News, referring to conversations with President Vladimir Putin and officials. He said "only the Syrian people" would decide "when to come and when to go".

Trump: 'Is President Obama trying to destroy Israel with all his bad moves?'
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took a stab at US President Barack Obama's stance on Israel late Wednesday, taking to Twitter to ask: "Is President Obama trying to destroy Israel with all his bad moves?" "Think about it and let me know!" the billionaire real-estate mogul continued.

Islamic State confirms key commander Omar Shishani dead
A news agency linked to so-called Islamic State has confirmed the death of key leader Omar Shishani, who the US said it killed in March. The Amaq news agency said Shishani was killed in combat in the town of Shirqat, south of Mosul in Iraq.


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Iran conducts 4th missile test since signing nuke deal
Two days before the anniversary of the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, the Islamic Republic attempted to launch a new type of ballistic missile using North Korean technology, multiple intelligence officials tell Fox News.

Cases of drug-resistant gonorrhea skyrocket
Antibiotic-resistant cases of the sexually transmitted illness gonorrhea have more than quadrupled in the United States.

Georgia man put to death for 1982 murder of friend
A man convicted of beating a friend to death with a stick during a drunken fight over a woman 34 years ago was executed in Georgia on Friday, a state official said.

French Government Forced To Admit It "Suppressed News Of Gruesome Torture" At Bataclan Massacre
A French government committee has heard testimony, suppressed by the French government at the time and not published online until this week, that the killers in the Bataclan appear to have tortured their victims on the second floor of the club.

Erdogan Lands in Istanbul as Leaders Claim Coup Foiled
Turkey’s leaders said they have largely quelled an attempted military coup, after army officers claimed to have seized power in the country. Clashes persisted in major cities as tanks blockaded roads, soldiers fought with police and warplanes bombed the parliament in Ankara.

FBI issues ‘credible threat’ warning to South Florida law enforcement
The FBI issued a “credible threat” warning to law enforcement agencies throughout South Florida on Friday. In a brief, one-paragraph statement, FBI Special Agent Michael Leverock said his agency offered a “safety bulletin” regarding the threat to police departments. No further information was available.

Incredibly Epic Statue of Ancient Chinese Warrior God Unveiled
China just unveiled what might be the most epic statue of all time. The 157-foot sculpture of the ancient Chinese warrior-god Guan Yu stands on a 33-foot pedestal designed to look like a warship, holding a long halberd weapon known as the "Green Dragon Crescent Blade," according to CCTV News China.

State Department Farms Out Counter-ISIS Messaging Abroad
Richard A. Stengel, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, testified to Congress that the Obama administration believes other countries can better deal with terrorist information operations than the United States. He asserted that U.S. government propaganda is helping recruit terrorists.

Reports: Long-sealed 28-page portion of 9/11 report to be released, as soon as Friday
The classified portion of the report purportedly addresses potential ties by the Saudi Arabian government to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

May dismantles Department of Energy and Climate Change
British Prime Minister Theresa May, appointed Wednesday, dismantled the British Department of Energy and Climate Change....

A FORMER high-ranking US politician has sparked outrage in the wake of the Nice terror attack after calling for all Muslims to be "tested" to
He said: "Western civilisation is in a war. We should frankly test every person here who is of a Muslim background, and if they believe in Sharia, they should be deported. "Sharia is incompatible with Western civilisation.

Turkey issues unexpected olive branch to heal rift with Syria
“It is our greatest and irrevocable goal: developing good relations with Syria and Iraq, and all our neighbours that surround the Mediterranean and the Black Sea,” prime minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday.

Jews Taking Over the Temple Mount with Photoshop
We don’t have the means to take over the Temple Mount by force, at least not those of us without the necessary government connections, but we do have an imagination, and since yesterday we’ve been conquering the Temple Mount in increasing numbers, and you’ve been helping.

Paris-based PM: 'France should learn to live with terrorism'
In a somewhat shocking statement, another France official, a prime minister in Paris, also suggested that perhaps it’s time for the country to just “live with terrorism,” and learn to integrate defensive maneuvers into daily life.

France’s terror log: 230+ killed in attacks since 2015, more than previous century of terrorism
...far more people have been killed by terrorists in France under president Hollande in the last two years than in the previous 100.

France vows to retaliate for Nice attack, extends state of emergency
Scores of people have been killed and dozens more injured after a truck plowed through a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, in what has been called “the worst attack” in the city’s history. A truck driver has been killed by police.

Congressman Says Fed Lab Closure For Data Manipulation Is ‘A Little Bit Suspicious’
If it was just some tweaking of the equipment, then something’s wrong. They didn’t close the facility over a piece of equipment being mis-calibrated,” Westerman told TheDCNF. To date, no federal official has publicly explained why the two analysts manipulated the data over such a long period of time.

House Freedom Caucus Members Introduce Resolution To Impeach IRS Commissioner
Republicans have been pushing for Koskinen’s impeachment, alleging he misled Congress and violated a subpoena related to the IRS targeting conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. “He deliberately kept Congress and the American people in the dark, making materially false statements under oath,” Fleming said in a statement. “Koskinen needs to be held accountable and in this case that means impeachment. We can no longer wait.”

Yen set for biggest weekly drop since February '99 as China data boosts risk
The yen hit a three-week low against the dollar on Friday and was set for its biggest weekly fall in 17 years after data pointed to stabilization in the Chinese economy, bolstering global risk sentiment. The dollar rose to 106.32 yen JPY=, its strongest level since June 24 in Asian trade, before giving up some of its gains in Europe to trade at 105.80.

Oklahoma Regulators Probing Oil, Gas Near Site Of New Earthquakes
Oklahoma’s oil-and-gas regulators are investigating a recent cluster of earthquakes recorded near Blanchard...including three of magnitude 3.0 or higher. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced Wednesday it is investigating all oil and gas activity near Blanchard. The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded at least eight tremors in the area since last week.

Israel to EU: Voting to recognize Temple Mount as solely Muslim site akin to ignoring Jesus
Israel warned the European Union on Thursday night that supporting a UNESCO resolution which views the Temple Mount as a solely Muslim site is akin to ignoring Europe’s Christian roots. “If the Europeans have a hand in a UNESCO decision that rejects or does not deal with the Jewish people’s relationship to the Temple Mount and Jerusalem, are they not rejecting their own identity?” asked Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nachshon.

Former Chief of Defense Intelligence Agency: Some ISIS computers were 80% pornography
U.S. officers found a lot of porn on the laptops taken from the Islamic State group — "up to 80%" of the overall material on the computers was pornography, according to former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn.

At Least 77 Dead in Nice After Grenade-Filled Truck Plows Into Crowd, Officials Say
At least 77 people have died in the French city of Nice after an attacker plowed a truck, which was "loaded with" grenades and other arms, into a large crowd during Bastille Day celebrations Thursday night, officials said. The incident left an "apocalyptic" scene, according to eyewitnesses, on the famed Promenade des Anglais, put the city on lockdown and drew swift condemnation from world leaders.

Homeland Security Prepares For Violence At Republican Convention
Following yesterday's stark warning by the militant "black power" organization, the New Black Panther Party, which warned it would arrive in Cleveland packing firearms for self-defense ahead of the republican convention, we were curious how long it would take the various US authorities to admit that the upcoming Republican and Democratic conventions will be ground zero for the next round in escalating US violence. The answer, it turned out, was just about 24 hours. E

Welcome To Illinois (Where Every 5 Minutes Someone Moves Out)
Out-migration is a serious problem for Illinois, and policymakers should focus on curtailing it by fostering a better climate for job creation and economic growth. The more Illinoisans leave, the fewer there are left to shoulder the burden of Illinois’ tremendous debts. The sheer number of residents leaving Illinois matters – but it’s also critical to understand the demographic breakdown of those out-migrating Illinoisans.



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Did Erdogan STAGE the coup?
A US-based Turkish cleric accused of plotting a coup to overthrow the Ankara government has claimed President Recep Erdogan staged the rebellion himself to justify a major clampdown on opposition forces.

Venezuela's oil production just sank to a 13-year low, and things are going to get worse
Venezuela’s oil production plunged to a 13-year low in June as the economic crisis continues to eat into the nation’s only source of export revenue.

On Nice attack, Trump gets it, Clinton doesn’t
Hillary Clinton wants us to be smarter, talk to our allies, and maybe hold a summit. Her typically wonky response reflects little understanding of what average Americans feel when they see bodies, strollers, and a stuffed animal strewn along a beach promenade.

Apocalypse Soon? The Battle for Dabiq
But if these weren’t enough, another reason why a major—and potentially a decisive--battle with ISIS may be fought in the enclave is because it contains the village of Dabiq. The importance of Dabiq is not because of its tactical or strategic military significance—it has none—but because of the religious significance ISIS has chosen to give the place.

Will we be the last generation to die?
Within your lifetime, if you are under 30, molecular biologists may be promising not just longevity, but immortality. So we will be the last to die: Generation Death.

US Navy ordered to protect whales by lowering sonar levels
The US Navy’s sonar levels may harm whales and other marine mammals in the world’s oceans, so they must be scaled back, a San Francisco federal appeals court has ruled.

U.S. Warships Surround Disputed Chinese Waters, Prepared For War: “WWIII At Stake”
Territorial disputes are a delicate thing… and potentially deadly as well. That’s why the U.S. is backing up its positions with an ever-increasing presence of warships in the South China Sea. China is very touchy about these territories, and unwilling to give up what they perceive as their waters, even as a UN tribunal just denied their claims and strengthened the U.S. hand.

ISIS claims responsibility for Nice attack
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the truck attack on the French city of Nice on Saturday as French police arrested three people there in connection with the carnage that claimed the lives of at least 84 people. "The person who carried out the operation in Nice, France, to run down people was one of the soldiers of Islamic State," the news agency Amaq, which supports Islamic State, said via its Telegram account.

Turkish forces fight to crush coup remnants after Erdogan returns
Forces loyal to the Turkish government fought on Saturday to crush the remnants of a military coup attempt which crumbled after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan's call to take to the streets and dozens of rebels abandoned their tanks. ...Erdogan..."They will pay a heavy price for this," he said. "This uprising is a gift from God to us because this will be a reason to cleanse our army."

Franklin Graham says people should boycott Target
Franklin Graham renewed his call for a boycott of Target following reports that a transgender woman in Idaho was arrested for taking pictures of an 18

Russia’s next-gen stealth bomber will supposedly be able to fly anywhere on Earth in just two hours
Russia is developing a next-gen stealth bomber, capable of exiting Earth’s atmosphere, flying anywhere anywhere on the planet within two hours, and hypothetically even launching a nuclear strike from space.


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123,000 Venezuelans cross border shopping for scarce food
More than 100,000 Venezuelans, some of whom drove through the night in caravans, crossed into Colombia over the weekend to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home.

Israeli police foil bomb attack in Jerusalem
A Palestinian man carrying pipe bombs and a knife was arrested Sunday near a light-rail train station in central Jerusalem, according to police in Israel. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the man, a resident of Beit Ula near Hebron in the West Bank, was standing at a train stop when he aroused the suspicions of security guards, who searched his bag and found several pipe bombs inside. Police streamed to the area, closed off streets in downtown Jerusalem and shut down the light rail, the Israel National News reported.

Morocco seeks to rejoin African Union after 32 years
Morocco has formally announced its wish to rejoin the African Union, 32 years after leaving the organisation. In a message to the AU summit in Rwanda, the Moroccan King Mohammed VI said the time had come for his country to retake its place within its institutional family. Morocco left the AU in 1984, after the organisation recognised the independence of Western Sahara.

Baton Rouge Killer Was Racist Member Of "Nation Of Islam", Railed Against 'Crackers' On YouTube
A Youtube account operated by Gavin Eugene Long and discovered by The Daily Caller reveals key insight into what might have motivated the 29-year-old black man who killed three Baton Rouge police officers Sunday morning.

UC Berkeley student is confirmed dead in Nice terror attack
C Berkeley student missing in Nice since Thursday’s terror attack has been confirmed dead, according to university officials. Nicolas Leslie, 20, was on a study abroad program and had gone to the city’s promenade to watch the Bastille Day celebration when a truck raced through the packed crowd, killing 84 and injuring more than 200.

Britain eyes new trade deals for Brexit in early 2019
The minister charged with securing new trade deals for Britain outside the EU said Sunday he was aiming for a Brexit date of January 1, 2019, as London made overtures towards Australia and Canada.

4.4-magnitude quake jolts Lahore, surrounding areas
An earthquake jolted Lahore and surrounding areas in Punjab province on Sunday evening, with no loss of life or property reported. According to details, the earthquake was measured at 4.4 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was detected at 37 kilometers south-west of Lahore, 10 kilometers under the ground.

To Fight a Virus, Get a Virus: Military Bets on Mutant Pathogen
The brothers are studying bits of genetic material called therapeutic interfering particles, or TIPs, that while known for decades have just recently shown potential to snuff disease outbreaks. While their potential for side effects still must be understood, and effectiveness in humans remains unstudied, the Weinbergers have received funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency....

3 officers killed; 3 injured in Baton Rouge
One suspect is dead, and two others may be at large in the Baton Rouge shooting, the East Baton Rouge sheriff's office said. -- Six law enforcement officers were shot -- three are dead and three others are injured, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola told CNN.

Turkey Warns America: Hand Over Exiled Cleric OR ELSE
Turkey’s president and its prime minister issued thinly-veiled threats to the U.S. on Saturday if it does not extradite an Islamic cleric living in the mountains of Pennsylvania. “Any country that protects Fethullah Gulen will be an enemy to Turkey,”

Turkey detains 6,000 over coup attempt as Erdoğan vows to 'clean state of virus'
Turkey has accelerated its crackdown following Friday’s coup attempt, detaining 6,000 people, as the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, vowed to purge the state of supporters of a US-based Islamist scholar and dissident whom his government blames for the failed putsch.

Medium-intensity earthquake hits Gujarat, no loss of life
New Delhi: A medium intensity earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale hit Gujarat on Sunday. ...

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake shakes Tokyo
An earthquake has rattled Tokyo and large areas of eastern Japan, but there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties. At 1:24 pm (2.24pm AEST), the earthquake hit Ibaraki, northeast of the capital, with its epicentre at a relatively shallow depth of 40 kilometres, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Earthquake hits off coast of Florida
A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Daytona Beach on Saturday. There are no reports of any impact on the coast. No damage was reported. According to the U.S. geological survey, the epicenter was about 105 miles east off Florida’ east coast. The quake happened around 4 p.m. In June, another 3.7-magnitude earthquake hit off the the coast of St. Augustine.

Europe's eyes on Merkel to rebuild EU after Brexit vote
As usual, Merkel, the continent's most powerful and experienced leader, is biding her time and letting underlings air their differences without tipping her hand before she departs for her three-week summer break this week.

Trump's Evangelical VP Pick Mike Pence Attributes Israel Support to "My Christian Faith"
For the pro-Israel community, Pence is viewed as a strong advocate for the Jewish state who can bolster Trump’s sometimes shaky relationship with Jewish leaders.

France says question marks over Turkey's role in fight ISIS
France's foreign minister said on Sunday that questions needed to be asked on whether Turkey was a viable partner in the fight against Islamic State in Syria. "There are questions that are being asked and we will ask them. It (Turkey) is partly viable, but there are suspicions as well. Let's be honest about this," Jean-Marc Ayrault told France 3 television.

Britain’s Jews Embrace Appointment of Pro-Israel PM Theresa May
British-Jewish and pro-Israel groups are congratulating Home Secretary Theresa May for winning the leadership of the Conservative Party and replacing outgoing United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron, who resigned following the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) in the Brexit referendum last month.

One Year Later: Obama Glorifies “Unmitigated Success” of Iranian Nuclear Deal
Obama on Thursday praised the controversial deal, claiming its outcomes prove the agreement an “unmitigated success”. The accord “succeeded in rolling back Iran’s nuclear program,” explained President Obama. “All of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon remain closed...

Priestly Blessing Takes Place on Temple Mount, Under Muslims’ Watchful Eyes
Amihai Ariel, the father of Hallel Ariel, a 13-year-old Israeli girl who was brutally murdered on June 30, held a memorial ceremony for her on Tuesday on the Temple Mount. In an unmitigated act of bravery, he defied the Muslim religious authority and performed a powerful Temple ritual, right under their watchful eyes. Even more incredible was that the blessing was said outright in front of the Islamic Waqf.

UNESCO Plans to Declare Temple Mount Holy to ‘Muslims Only’
Israel on Thursday was outraged to learn that the U.N.’s heritage body was planning to adopt a resolution declaring the Temple Mount sacred to “Muslims only.”

Senior rabbi condemns IDF for accommodating LGBT 'perverts'
Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, a central educational figure in the religious sector, called LGBT persons "perverts" at a conference on Monday and condemned the IDF for having permitted them to insert their worldview in the military system. The revelation of his remarks comes at the end of the week following the cancellation of the Be'er Sheva Pride parade and the uncovering of homophobic remarks from the incoming chief rabbi of the IDF.

White House Cuts Economic Growth Forecasts
The White House cut its forecasts for economic growth and interest rates, resulting in slight reductions in projected deficits over the coming decade. The new estimates were published Friday in the White House budget office’s “Mid-Session Review,” which updates the economic and fiscal projections made in the president’s February budget presentation to Congress.

Globalist Obama: Terrorists, Racist Cops Are ‘Chronic Impulses’ to Be Defeated by Global Elites
Globalist elite cooperation can defeat the “chronic violence” that is caused by real jihadism in France and supposed racism in police forces, President Barack Obama told a roomful of foreign ambassadors July 15. ...For Obama, everyone –jihadis and cops, Catholics and capitalists, atheists and Australians — must subordinate their political, religious and legal affiliations to the greater authority of a single globalist power.

Venezuela reopens Colombian border to allow shoppers to cross
Venezuela has opened its border with Colombia for the second time this month to allow people to cross over to shop for basic foods and medicines. Last week 35,000 crossed over for the first time since the border was closed a year ago by President Nicolas Maduro to fight cross-border crime. Officials said at least that many had entered Colombia on Saturday.

Israel claims partial victory as UNESCO delays vote to erase Jewish ties to Temple Mount
The failed Turkish coup over the weekend delayed until October a UNESCO vote on Jerusalem that ignores Jewish ties to the Temple Mount. The 21-members of the World Heritage Committee had been scheduled to vote on the matter in the coming days as it wrapped up its 40th session in Istanbul which had been scheduled to run from July 10 to July 20.

Methodists elect 1st openly gay bishop in defiance of ban
The Western district of the Methodist church has elected an openly gay bishop despite the denomination's ban on same-sex relationships.

14 shot outside party in Central California
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Attackers have wounded 14 people, two critically, in a shooting after a party in California's Central Valley. It happened shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday in Bakersfield.

Turkey's last hope dies
Friday night’s failed coup was Turkey’s last hope to stop the Islamization of its government and the degradation of its society. Reflexively, Western leaders rushed to condemn a coup attempt they refused to understand. Their reward will be a toxic Islamist regime at the gates of Europe.

"This Is Going To Get Very Ugly" - Former Top CIA Officer Says "Obama Has Lost Control Of The Middle East"
With Thursday's tragic mass killing by a resclusive, truck-driving Tunisian maniac in Nice having been violently drowned out by the frentic late Friday news of a failed (and perhaps staged) coup in Turkey, the news cycle has once again shifted its attention away from a far greater threat to the global economy than whether Erdogan can concentrate even more power in his grasp. Namely, both lone-wolf and organized terrorism in Europe (and elsewhere). And according to at least one CIA field commander, Gary Bernsten, it is all Obama's fault.

Turkey authorities impose lockdown at Incirlik air base: US consulate
Turkish authorities on Saturday imposed a security lockdown at the Incirlik air base in the southern province of Adana used by US and other coalition forces in the fight against jihadists in Syria, the US consulate said.

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Axe-Wielding Afgan Refugee Shot Dead After Slashing 14 People On German Train Screaming "Allahu Akbar"
14 people have been injured after an Afghan teenager armed with an axe and a knife attacked people on board a train traveling between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt, German police confirmed that between 10 and 15 people were injured in the attack. Meanwhile local media reports suggested that up to 21 people could have been hurt.

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles in latest series of tests
North Korea has launched three powerful ballistic missiles from its east coast. The weapons are thought to be Scud missiles, in defiance of UN sanctions banning the communist state from nuclear testing.

Hackers are already targeting the GOP convention
The Republican National Convention has had to fend off a wave of cyberattacks even before the opening gavel sounded, according to the official charged with securing the network.

Prosecutors of Baltimore officers accused in Gray’s death face pressure for disbarment
Legal analysts ripped Baltimore prosecutors Monday over their handling of the Freddie Gray case, saying the prosecution should drop all charges against the three remaining police officers or risk more embarrassment in the courtroom. What’s more, John Banzhaf, an activist law professor at George Washington University, said he would file a complaint Tuesday with the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission calling for the disbarment of the lead prosecutors in the trials of the six police officers accused of wrongdoing in the 2015 arrest and death of the 25-year-old black man.

Murdochs decide to oust Fox News chief Ailes: report
Rupert Murdoch, executive co-chairman of 21st Century Fox Inc , and his sons James and Lachlan agree that Fox News Channel boss Roger Ailes should leave the company but they have not settled on the timing, New York magazine reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources.

Germany train axe attack: Afghan teenage refugee shouting 'Allahu Akbar' goes on bloody rampage hacking passengers
An axe-man who stormed a passenger train and hacked at terrified passengers while shouting "Allahu Akbar" has been identified as a 17-year-old Afghan who entered Germany as a lone refugee.

Obama: Police Can 'Make the Job of Being a Cop a Lot Safer' by Admitting Their Failures
America's police will be safer when they admit they have a problem, Pres. Obama declared on Sunday at a bilateral event with the prime minister of Spain in Madrid on Sunday. Fielding a question about the violence against police in Dallas, Texas last week, which left five officers dead, Obama said police officers will be safer once they acknowledge their failures:

This Listing Of Islamic Terror Attacks For Just 2016 Will Leave You In Stunned Disbelief
During this time period, there were 1268 Islamic attacks in 50 countries, in which 11664 people were killed and 14087 injured.

Soros Bankrolls Black Lives Matter
RUSH: The largest benefactor of Black Lives Matter is George Soros. Well, he's a very extreme, angry and mean-spirited liberal who is doing his best to destroy capitalism wherever it is in the world.

Investigators Fool U.S. Nuke Agency Into Providing Material for ‘Dirty Bomb’
Undercover inspectors working for the U.S. Government Accountability Office were able to fool the United States’ top nuclear regulator into granting it licenses to acquire material necessary to build a “dirty bomb,” or crude nuclear device, according to a new oversight report.

EU official: Turkey prepared arrest lists before failed coup
The EU commissioner dealing with Turkey’s long-stalled bid for membership of the bloc said it appeared that the Turkish government had already prepared before the coup a list of people to be rounded up. “I mean, (that) the lists are available already after the event indicates that this was prepared and at a certain moment should be used,”

Trump vows to end ban on churches endorsing candidates
‘We’re going to let evangelicals, we’re going to let Christians and Jews and people of religion talk without being afraid to talk,’ says presumptive Republican nominee

Iran receives the missile part of S-300 defence system from Russia
Russia has delivered the missile part of S-300 surface-to-air defence system to Iran, Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, moving to finish the delivery of all divisions of the system to Tehran by the end of this year.

Netanyahu with Trump's new VP
While Pence was not a major figure in the Republican primaries, Israeli audiences may recognize him from his December 2014 visit to Israel. While here, he and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke about the dangers facing the Jewish State.

Turkey widens purges to police after coup bid, Europe warns on rule of law
Turkey suspended thousands of police officers on Monday, widening a purge of the armed forces and judiciary after a failed military coup, and raising concern among European allies that it was abandoning the rule of law.

Will We See Progress on the Third Temple Next Month?
Since the month of July, 2016 began, Israel appears to be experiencing new energy around the Temple Mount.

Abbas urges African Union to back French peace push on Mideast conflict
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged members of the continental African Union to back a French-led initiative to hold an international summit on relaunching negotiations on the decades-long Middle East conflict. According to Palestinian news agency Ma'an, Abbas told the 54-member state body during its 27th-annual summit in Kigali, Rwanada that its international and regional influence makes it an important player in promoting peace.

Clinton, Congress, Charter Schools And An Alleged Islamist Cult. What Could Go Wrong?
the “Gülen Movement,” also known as “Hizmet,” Turkish for service. It’s a shadowy web that also happens to run America’s largest charter school network, with some 130 schools in about 30 states, and according to Hizmet, 1,000 schools in 150 countries. This movement and their founder, a 74-year old Turkish citizen named Fethullah Gülen, are reportedly worth $25 billion, and count over 8 million followers.




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BREAKING: Panic as 'explosion' rocks Turkish capital of Ankara
A MASSIVE 'explosion' has rocked the Turkish capital of Ankara, just days after the army attempted to carry out a coup.

200 French Jews to Land in Israel in Wake of Terror Attack
More than 200 French Jews will land in Israel on Wednesday morning to make the Jewish state their new home. Theirs is the largest expected group from that country to make aliyah over the summer.

Trump adviser: Turkey crisis may unleash Islamist wrath
'The U.S. is perceived as weak. We've got to change that perception'. “This could be an excuse that this government could use to control political life completely and then move the country toward becoming an Islamic regime,”

Satanist Invocation Interrupted With Lord’s Prayer During Florida City Council Meeting
A Satanic invocation was interrupted with a recitation of the Lord’s Prayer on Thursday night during a city hall meeting in Pensacola, Florida.

Atlanta mayor shuts down Israel boycotters
Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed was presented with a list of demands by a group associated with the "Black Lives Matter" (BLM) campaign, which included a demand to end joint training exercises with the Israeli police, he was none too impressed.

Netanyahu Directs Powerful Message of ‘5 Steps for Peace’ to Abbas
In this stirring delivery, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlines for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas his plans of “five steps for peace”.

Spring tides trigger tremors deep on California’s San Andreas fault
Now, scientists have shown that these tremors are triggered by the rhythmic pulsing of the tides: not just the twice-daily tides that occur as the moon revolves around Earth, but also the twice-monthly spring tides that occur when the sun and moon align and pull strongly on the planet.

5.5-magnitude quake hits Chile:USGS
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake struck around 70 kilometers west south west of Chile's capital Santiago.

5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Japan
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted eastern Japan on Tuesday, the weather agency said. The 12.57 pm quake registered 4 on the Japanese seismic scale which peaks at 7 in Chiba prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The H-Bombs in Turkey
Among the many questions still unanswered following Friday’s coup attempt in Turkey is one that has national-security implications for the United States and for the rest of the world: How secure are the American hydrogen bombs stored at a Turkish airbase?

Christian Students in China Reportedly Barred From College Unless They Stop Going to Church
Government authorities in China’s central Guizhou province are reportedly cracking down on young Christians, warning they will be barred from attending college and entering the military if they don’t stop going to church. “This notice was sent to all of the schools in Huaqiu,” Mou, head of Huaqiu Church...“They (public security) intend to cleanse us and ask us to join the Three-Self Church.”

Obama administration asks Supreme Court to rehear immigration case
In a last-ditch effort to revive a White House plan to protect up to 4 million immigrants from deportation, the Obama administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear a case on which the eight-member court was split 4-4 last month. The June 23 high court decision left in place a lower court ruling that blocked the plan, which has never been in effect.

'Living hip' grown in lab genetically engineered to stop arthritis
Arthritis sufferers have been offered new hope after scientists grew a ‘living hip’ in the lab which not only replaces worn cartilage but stops painful joints returning. Researchers in the US have used stem cells to grow cartilage in the exact shape of a hip joint while also genetically engineering the tissue to release anti-inflammatory molecules to fend off the return of arthritis.

Venezuela’s inflation is set to top 1,600% next year
While most advanced economies struggle to lift inflation, none would want Venezuela‘s situation: Consumer-price inflation is forecast to hit 480% this year and top 1,640% in 2017, according to the International Monetary Fund. A shortage of medical supplies means infants and other sick patients are dying of treatable illnesses. Soldiers guard empty grocery store shelves. Inflation is so bad, the government has had to order bolivars by the planeload.

Turkey coup attempt: Erdogan signals death penalty return
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is ready to reinstate the death penalty "if the people demand it", following the recent coup attempt. He was addressing supporters outside his Istanbul residence who were chanting for capital punishment to be restored. EU officials have warned that Turkey's bid to join the bloc would be finished if Ankara restored the death penalty.

Netanyahu at Lebanon War memorial: Israel's enemies will be met with 'an iron fist'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that despite the relative calm on the northern border since the Second Lebanon War a decade ago, Israel is ready for "any scenario." Speaking at a memorial to honor Israel's fallen soldiers in the 2006 war, Netanyahu stressed that the Jewish state will respond with force if the quiet is shattered.

US denies secret document that would allow 2027 Iranian nuclear breakout
The United States denied...a reported secret appendage to the nuclear deal...that would allow Tehran to yield an atomic bomb by the year 2027. "There is no secret document or secret deal," US State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said...in light of ...allegedly obtained...undisclosed document...that lowers the time...to develop a nuclear bomb to six months after the restrictions of the agreement are lifted.

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Global Warming Expedition Stopped In Its Tracks By Arctic Sea Ice
A group of adventurers, sailors, pilots and climate scientists that recently started a journey around the North Pole in an effort to show the lack of ice, has been blocked from further travels by ice.

"My Own People Hate Me!" - Black Brooklyn Cop Slams "False Narrative Of Black Lives Matter"
I have come to realize something that is still hard for me to understand to this day. The following may be a shock to some coming from an African American, but the mere fact that it may be shocking to some is prima facie evidence of the sad state of affairs that we are in as Humans.

Iraq's 'Black Devils' strike fear in the ISIS terrorists they hunt
Within the Kurdish people’s rugged army is an elite unit that specializes in rooting out ISIS sleeper cells and responds first when the black-clad jihadist army strikes in northern Iraq’s no-man’s land. They are called the “Black Devils” by the terrorists they hunt, and they embrace the name.

Federal Debt Tops $19,400,000,000,000
The federal debt moved above $19,400,000,000,000 for the first time as of the close of business on Tuesday, according to the data released today by the U.S. Treasury.

Rev. Graham: America 'Is Beginning to Implode, We're On The Precipice of Anarchy'
Evangelist Franklin Graham held a prayer rally in Cleveland before the start of the Republican National Convention during which he said the nation is in trouble, the nation has ejected God from the public square, "and our country is beginning to implode," that we are "on the precipice of anarchy.

Philly Lawyer Suing Saudis Over 9/11 Says 28 Pages ‘Huge Boost’
Philadelphia lawyer Stephen A. Cozen is suing Saudi Arabia for its alleged complicity in the September 11th terrorist attacks, citing the release of 28 previously classified pages of the 9/11 commission report.

Obama and UN Join Forces to Assault Parental Rights Worldwide
Under the guise of fighting “violence against children,” the Obama administration has joined forces with socalist foreign regimes and various United Nations agencies in a “global partnership” to wage war on parental rights. The controversial worldwide initiative, which aims to criminalize spanking and smacking as disciplinary tools, among other things, is part of the UN's Agenda 2030, also known as the “Sustainable Development Goals.”

4yrs in jail, damages: Finnish man sentenced after defending against home invasion
A homeowner in Finland has been sentenced to four years in jail and a hefty fine after fighting off three intruders who attempted to rob his house. The thieves, meanwhile, got lesser prison terms and are to be paid damages by their victim.

Turkey blocks access to WikiLeaks after release of 300k govt emails over post-coup purges
Turkey has taken action to block access to the WikiLeaks website after a cache of around 300,000 government emails was released following last weekend’s attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reuters reports.

MIT scientists find weird quantum effects, even over hundreds of miles
In the world of quantum, infinitesimally small particles, weird and often logic-defying behaviors abound. Perhaps the strangest of these is the idea of superposition, in which objects can exist simultaneously in two or more seemingly counterintuitive states. For example, according to the laws of quantum mechanics, electrons may spin both clockwise and counter-clockwise, or be both at rest and excited, at the same time.

Did Turkey help Gaza terrorists fire rockets at Israel?
Wikileaks website reveals emails in which sources close to Turkish president instruct on how to best conceal rockets from Israeli jets. A series of internal Turkish government emails released by the Wikileaks site include what appear to be instructions to Palestinian terrorists on how to conceal their rockets from Israeli airstrikes.

What's the One Way to Prepare for Messiah? You'll Be Surprised
Rabbi Berger then asked Rabbi Kanievsky if it is true that this year is especially auspicious for the coming of the Messiah. Rabbi Kanievsky answered without hesitation. “Of course, the year, 5776, in Hebrew letters (תשע”ו‎) spells ‘salvation’ (תשוע).” “It is generally accepted that Rabbi Kanievsky is on a high spiritual level approaching prophecy, what Jewish scholars call ruach hakodesh (holy spirit). He has been speaking about Messiah this year in a way he has never done before.”

Record number of EU terror attacks recorded in 2015
EU law enforcement agency Europol said there were 211 attacks in 2015, the highest since records began in 2006.

Mayor Won’t Attend Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade for Religious Reasons
Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem, said on Wednesday that he will not attend Thursday’s LGBT Pride Parade in the city, explaining that the event offends religious sentiments, the Jerusalem Post reported. “I stand by their right to march, but we must remember that there are people who are offended from the existence of the parade,” Barkat told Army Radio.

May to meet Merkel: UK to relinquish scheduled EU presidency
The UK is to relinquish its upcoming six-month presidency of the European Council as it prepares to leave the EU. The announcement from No 10 came as Theresa May prepares to meet her German counterpart Angela Merkel for the first time since becoming prime minister.

Earth's Tides Can Trigger Earthquakes Along the San Andreas Fault
The same tides that affect ocean waves can trigger earthquakes along California's San Andreas Fault, and scientists unexpectedly find that these quakes are more likely to happen as tides are strengthening, not when they are at their strongest.

Moderate 5.1 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City Tuesday morning, according to a preliminary report by Mexico's seismological agency, but it was not immediately clear if there were any injuries or damage.

Earthquake shakes near Anza
The temblor comes after almost a month of relative quiet in the area. A magnitude 5.2 earthquake that was centered in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park shook Southern Californians awake June 10. There were also several smaller quakes that rattled the Big Bear and Brawley areas later in June.

4.2-magnitude earthquake strikes near Hollister
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck on the San Andreas Fault Tuesday afternoon.

Tokyo jolted by third earthquake in four days
Tokyo was struck by a third quake in four days on Wednesday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The 5.0 magnitude jolt struck Tokyo and areas of eastern Japan at 7:25 am, the US Geological Survey said.

New Poll: Clinton Loses Lead Ahead Of GOP Convention Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/19/new-poll-clinton-loses-lead-ahead-of-gop-convention
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost her three point lead against Republican challenger Donald Trump in a new NBC weekly tracking poll published Tuesday.

Germany must expect attacks, possibly from 'lone wolves', says minister
Germany faces attacks by Islamist "lone wolves" similar to that carried out by a 17-year old refugee who attacked train passengers with an ax on Monday night, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday. "Like several EU countries, like the whole EU, Germany is also in the target area of international terrorism. Therefore, I have said for a long time, the situation is serious," de Maiziere told reporters.

Exclusive: Trump could seek new law to purge government of Obama appointees
If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers... Christie...said the campaign was drawing up a list of federal government employees to fire if Trump defeats...Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election.

Knesset passes legislation allowing for expulsion of MKs
The Knesset passed a law late Tuesday night allowing a two-thirds majority to expel a sitting member of parliament who was found to be inciting to racism or supporting an armed struggle against the State of Israel. The controversial legislation passed the second and third readings in a 62-47 vote after a tumultuous meeting that lasted into the night.

Storage device writes information atom-by-atom
The quest for storage devices that pack more information into a smaller space has reached a new limit, with memory that writes information atom-by-atom. Dutch scientists developed rewritable memory that stores information in the positions of individual chlorine atoms on a copper surface. The information storage density is two to three orders of magnitude beyond current hard disk or flash technology.

Netanyahu: Hezbollah will face 'iron fist' if it attacks
Israel's prime minister says the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah will face an "iron fist" if it attacks Israel again. Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel's monthlong 2006 summer war with Hezbollah was justified to protect Israel from a radical Islamic threat on its doorstep. He spoke at a ceremony on Tuesday marking 10 years since the war with the Iran-backed group.

Kansas police officer shot and killed responding to shooting report
A Kansas City, Kan. police officer was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon while responding to a reported drive-by shooting. Officials said Capt. Robert David Melton, 46, was pronounced dead at University of Kansas Hospital at 2:55 p.m. local time.

Fox News Nearing Decision on Roger Ailes, Departure Likely: Sources
Fox News Channel is nearing a decision on CEO Roger Ailes' future at the network, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday evening, amid allegations of sexual harassment by a former anchor at the network.

Mali attack: Gunmen kill 17 soldiers at military base
At least 17 soldiers have been killed and 30 wounded in an attack on a military base in Mali, officials say. Heavily armed men overran the base, in the central town of Nampala, and set parts of it on fire.

Police chief: Missouri officer shot in the neck is paralyzed
A suburban St. Louis police officer shot in the neck during a traffic stop is paralyzed from the neck down due to "catastrophic damage to his spinal cord," Ballwin Police Chief Kevin Scott said Monday.

"I Will Slaughter You With An Axe" - Terrorist Behind German Train Attack Leaves Chilling Suicide Video
Just days after a deranged, troubled Tunisian slammed a truck into hundreds of people in Nice, France killing 84 and injuring hundreds, another attempted terrorist incident took place in Wurzburg, Germany when a 17-year-old Aghan refugee, who arrived in Germany last summer as an unaccompanied minor, attacked train passengers with an axe injuring several, before he was killed by police. It has been now confirmed that the teenager, whose name is allegedly Muhammad Riyad, shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he charged at his victims with an axe, "a first clue" of his possible connection with radical Islam, officials said.

Who Really Won The Oil Price War?
The rise in oil prices over the past six months has come as a blessing for the battered U.S. shale producers. Oil prices have risen more than 50 percent since January, giving a glimmer of hope to the U.S. oil industry that the worst of the oil crisis might finally be behind them. Moreover, it forced the shale producers to adapt by reducing production costs and increasing efficiency.

Erdogan Unleashes Unprecedented Crackdown: Fires All University Deans; Suspends 21,000 Private School Teachers
Over the weekend, after the initial reports of the purge unleashed by Erdogan against Turkey's public, we previewed the upcoming, far more dangerous counter-coup as follows: "it was the next step that is the critical one: the one where Erdogan - having cracked down on his immediate military and legal opponents - took his crusade against everyone else, including the press and the educational system."


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Wanted: 'Adventurous woman' to give birth to Neanderthal man - Harvard professor seeks mother for cloned cave baby
Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School believes he can reconstruct Neanderthal DNA and resurrect the species which became extinct 33,000 years ago. His scheme is reminiscent of Jurassic Park but, while in the film dinosaurs were created in a laboratory, Professor Church’s ambitious plan requires a human volunteer.

Goodlatte, Chaffetz Request Perjury Investigation of Hillary Clinton
“The evidence collected by the FBI during its investigation of Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal email system appears to directly contradict several aspects of her sworn testimony. In light of those contradictions, the Department should investigate and determine whether to prosecute Secretary Clinton for violating statutes that prohibit perjury and false statements to Congress...

Japan Orders Hundreds Of Missiles, Helicopters, As China Flexes Muscles
The U.S. approved Japan’s request to buy hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles Tuesday, a sale that could be worth as much as $821 million. The U.S. Navy announced earlier this week that four more Bell V-22 Osprey helicopters will be delivered to Japan in the next four years. Japan is eligible to purchase up to 246 SM-2 Block IIIB Standard missiles from U.S. defense manufacturer Raytheon. The missiles “will be used for anti-air warfare at sea,”

Italy will DESTROY EU: Warning as Italian referendum to spark euro economic APOCALYPSE
ITALY is on the brink of financial and political meltdown as the leader of the Eurozone’s third-largest economy tinkers on the edge of career suicide, plunging the already beleaguered European Union into fresh chaos.

Bosses fired woman for refusing to remove her veil - and court backs them
The woman, who converted to Islam and started wearing a full face-covering headscarf in the law offices where she worked, had sued bosses over her sacking.

Mike Pence: 'I'm a Christian, a Conservative, and a Republican, in That Order'
Pence, he told delegates at the convention, is "a man of solid character who sees public service as a calling, not a career." "This man is a Reagan conservative through and through, pro-growth, pro-life, pro-strong defense," said Ryan of the father of three.

Erdogan to world leaders: Mind your own business
"The world is not just the EU," Erdogan retorted, "the death penalty exists in countries like the US, in Russia, and in China." The Turkish President didn't withhold his ire from his French and Egyptian critics either. To the French Foreign Minister, who has harshly denounced the "purge", the President offered advice that he should "deal with the French's own problems and stay out of our business."

Report: Trump raises new questions about commitment to NATO allies
Trump was quoted as saying he would force allies to shoulder defense costs that the United States has borne for decades, cancel longstanding treaties he views as unfavorable, and redefine what it means to be a partner of the United States.

Rate of new HIV infections increased in 74 countries over past decade
A major new analysis reveals that although deaths from HIV/AIDS have been steadily declining from a peak in 2005, 2.5 million people worldwide became newly infected with HIV in 2015, a number that hasn't changed substantially in the past 10 years.

Short, sharp earthquake jolts Central California
A short earthquake rattled Central California, but there are no reports of injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 4.2 magnitude quake struck Tuesday afternoon and was centered 9 miles southeast of Ridgemark.

U.S.-backed Syrian force gives Islamic State 48 hours to leave Manbij
A U.S.-backed force fighting to drive Islamic State out of Manbij said on Thursday it was giving the jihadist group 48 hours to pull out of the surrounded northern Syrian city. A statement from the Manbij Military Council said the Islamic State militants would be allowed to leave the city with light weapons, without a fight.

Turkish academics ‘very scared’ as government imposes travel ban
Israeli and Western researchers involved with Turkey’s academia told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that Turkish academics are living in fear, since the government implemented a travel ban in the aftermath of the recent coup attempt. Academics were banned from traveling abroad on Wednesday in what a Turkish official said was a temporary measure to prevent the risk of alleged coup plotters in universities from fleeing.

'Palestinians, Sudan working to restrain Israeli breakthrough in Africa'
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki announced on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority and Sudan are coordinating to “restrain Israeli movements” in the African continent. “President Mahmoud Abbas and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir discussed developing a strategy for the African continent and coordinating to restrain Israeli attempts to make a breakthrough in Africa,” the Palestinian foreign minister...

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Chinese scientists to pioneer first human CRISPR trial
A team led by Lu You, an oncologist at Sichuan University’s West China Hospital in Chengdu, plans to start testing such cells in people with lung cancer next month. The clinical trial received ethical approval from the hospital's review board on 6 July. “It’s an exciting step forward,” says Carl June, a clinical researcher in immunotherapy at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

James Dobson endorses Trump
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Family Talk radio and an adviser to previous presidents, has announced his endorsement of Donald Trump for the office of president in 2016.

Drought 'shuts down Amazon carbon sink'
A recent drought shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink by killing trees and slowing trees' growth rates, a study has shown. The term carbon sink refers to the ability of a natural zone to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. In the first basin-wide study of the impacts of the 2010 drought, data showed trees' mortality rate went up while growth rates declined.

Brexit plunges UK economy to worst level since 2009, data suggests
Britain's decision to leave the EU has led to a "dramatic deterioration" in economic activity, not seen since the aftermath of the financial crisis. Data from IHS Markit's Purchasing Manager's Index, or PMI, shows a fall to 47.7 in July, the lowest level since April in 2009. A reading below 50 indicates contraction. Both manufacturing and service sectors saw a decline in output and orders.

British lawmaker accuses Israel of causing rise in jihadism
A British lawmaker who said Israel would eventually disappear accused the Jewish state of being a major cause in the rise of jihadism worldwide. Following the statement Thursday by Jenny Tonge, a House of Lords member from the Liberal Democrat party, the Board of Deputies of British Jews called on the party’s head to fire her.

Erdogan vows Turkish military shake-up as emergency rule takes hold
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Thursday to restructure the military and give it "fresh blood" as emergency rule took hold across the NATO member country after last week's attempted coup. Erdogan's comments...came as Turkey sought to assure its citizens and the outside world that the government was not turning its back on democracy and returning to the harsh repression of past regimes.

Israel, Palestinian Authority in African diplomatic battle
Israel is continuing to make inroads into Africa, as Chad – which has suddenly found itself on the front lines in the battle against Islamic extremists – is expected to be the next majority-Muslim African state to reestablish ties with Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Guinea and Israel announced the reestablishment of ties on Wednesday, and...Netanyahu...said that another African country would soon follow suit.

Former Imam in Eastern Uganda Loses Home, Family, Work after Turning to Christ
A 53-year-old man in eastern Uganda sits alone in a small shanty after losing his family, house and business because he left Islam for Christianity.

Study: Super-eruptions offer a year's warning before they blow
If planetary doom is to arrive by supervolcano, Earthlings will have about a year to consider their options. According to new research, super-eruptions offer a warning approximately one year before they blow up.

US Navy's newest $12.9bn supercarrier doesn't work
The most expensive warship ever built has been delayed from hitting the front line because it is reportedly not ready for battle. The $12.9 billion USS Gerald R. Ford Navy supercarrier - the first of three in its class with a total cost of $43 billion - could potentially struggle with planes landing and taking off, moving military weapons and being able to successfully defend itself, a memo obtained by Bloomberg News reads. The memo allegedly states 'poor or unknown reliability issues' were identified in a letter dated June 28.

Thousands march in Jerusalem Gay Pride under police guard
Thousands of revellers attended Jerusalem's Gay Pride parade under heavy police protection on Thursday, a year after an ultra-Orthodox Jew killed a teenager at the march. Marchers carried rainbow flags emblazoned with the Star of David and a group banged drums as they walked. Many laid flowers under a picture of Shira Banki, 16, who was killed at the march in July last year.

Girl, 13, Surrendered to Police After Shooting Elderly Couple Who Suspected Her of Shoplifting: Cops
A 13-year-old from Missouri surrendered to police Wednesday morning after an elderly couple in their 70s were shot and critically wounded at a beauty supply store following a suspected shoplifting.

Are Leftists Planning A Coup On 'President' Trump? "Voters Must Stop Him Before Military Has To"
How far will they go to destroy this country? Liberals and globalists are already plotting several moves ahead. If Donald Trump beats Hillary, they are already contemplating a Plan B. In a op-ed, L.A. Times. writer James Kirchick dangles the ambiguous but ominous threat, “If Trump wins, a coup isn’t impossible here in the U.S.”

BDS Pressure Sees Spanish City Lose Tel Aviv Flights
A Spanish city that symbolically backed a motion to boycott the state of Israel lost out on a direct flight route to Tel Aviv because of its position, local media reported on Thursday.

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake reported in Humboldt County
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck just miles from Eureka Thursday, causing alarm in the most densely populated part of Humboldt County. The quake, which struck at 4:09 p.m. hit a little more than 10 miles inland from Humboldt Bay, and was felt in nearby Eureka and Arcata, both within 15 miles of the epicenter.

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Ten years after last Lebanon war, Israel warns next one will be far worse
When Israeli army commanders describe how the next war against Hezbollah could unfold, they often search for words not used in military manuals. The future conflict, they warn, will be “ferocious” and “terrible.” For both sides, the Israelis fear.

All You Need To Know About Germany's "Most Stringent" Gun Ownership Laws
An 18-year-old German-Iranian believed to have acted alone killed nine people in a shooting spree with a pistol at a busy shopping center in Munich on Friday evening. This is just the latest in a spree of 'mass shootings' which have prompted increasingly zealous calls for 'gun control' from President Obama and his supporters. With 2 dead and 16 wounded in Chicago (which is among America's most-gun-controlled cities), we thought some facts about acquiring and owning a gun in Germany (which has the "most stringent" rules around gun control in Europe) might be useful in the forthcoming debate about how this 'mass shooting' epidemic will be solved if we all just hand our guns over.

ISIS claims Afghanistan explosion that kills dozens
ISIS is claiming responsibility for a joint suicide bombing Saturday that killed dozens of people during a peaceful demonstration by a minority group in Kabul, Afghanistan. "I saw tens of people laying down in blood around me and hundreds of people running away from the scene," said Fatima Faizi, an Afghan freelance journalist.

China completes world's largest amphibious aircraft: Xinhua
China has completed production of the world's largest amphibious aircraft after seven years of work, which it plans to use to perform marine rescue missions and fight forest fires, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Floods kill at least 154 across China, leave scores missing
Torrential rains that have swept through China have killed at least 154 people and left 124 missing, officials said Saturday, with most of the casualties reported from a northern province where villagers complained about lack of warning before a deadly flash flood.

Turkey's Erdogan shuts schools, charities in first state of emergency decree
President Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on Turkey on Saturday, ordering the closure of thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions in his first decree since imposing a state of emergency after the failed military coup.

STRONGEST FLARE OF 2016
Pulses of radiation from the two flares ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, causing a blackout of shortwave radio transmissions over the Pacific side of Earth. The explosions likely hurled CMEs into space. However, we won't know for sure until coronagraph images from SOHO become available later in the day.

Tidal force shakes deep region of San Andreas Fault
The number of minor earthquakes did not increase significantly at the strongest point of the fortnightly cycle, but it elevated greatly when the fortnightly tide was waxing or strengthening.

Light earthquake shakes Canterbury
A light earthquake rattled Canterbury shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. The 3.1 magnitude quake struck 10km east of Christchurch, Geonet reported, and was "likely felt" by those in the area.

Exclusive: ‘Trump Will Stay 100% True to Israel’
In an exclusive email interview with JewishPress.com, New York-based attorney Mark E. Langfan maintained Thursday evening that Trump will “stay 100% true to Israel even though 85% of the Jews will insanely vote for Hillary who will push Israel to national suicide.”

‘Trump supporters rising up, disgusted with elites, no trust in media’
The story of Trump’s rise in popularity in the US is that grassroots Republicans and conservatives are turning their backs on the old Beltway shibboleths, like ‘American exceptionalism’, explains Ron Paul Institute executive director Daniel McAdams.

Wikileaks Releases Nearly 20,000 Hacked DNC Emails
Wikileaks has released nearly 20,000 emails it says are from the accounts of Democratic National Committee officials. The release could cloud the upcoming Democratic party convention, which kicks off next week in Philadelphia. It is unclear how Wikileaks obtained the records, but the release comes weeks after a hacker (or hackers) going by the name Guccifer 2.0 began releasing records obtained through the DNC’s computer systems.

Strong Earthquake M5.7 Near Vostok, Russia
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has been recorded near Vostok, Russia on 22 July 2016 20:00:21. The earthquake epicenter was located at precisely 197km SW of Vostok, Russia and at a depth of approximately 407.35 km.

4.3M earthquake hits south of Kona; NO tsunami expected
The Kona coast of Hawaii Island got a jolt Friday night. A 4.3-magnitude earthquake was recorded at 9:16 p.m. It occurred 3.3 miles northwest of Captain Cook, 6.5 miles south-southwest of Holualoa at a depth of 11.4 km (7.1 miles).

Earthquake Alert: King Salmon, Alaska Hit By M5.7 Earthquake
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has been recorded near King Salmon, Alaska on 23 July 2016 04:59:01. The earthquake epicenter was located at precisely 20km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska and at a depth of approximately 191.51 km. A provisional tsunami alert have been issued for the region following this earthquake.

Suicide bombers at Kabul demonstration kill at least 29
Suicide bombers hit a large demonstration by members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 29 people and wounding 142, officials said. Graphic television footage from the site of the blasts showed many dead bodies lying on the bloodied road, close to where thousands of Hazara had been demonstrating over the route of a planned multimillion dollar power line.


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One dead, 12 injured in blast near Nuremberg, Germany
An explosion killed at least one person and injured 12 others near the German city of Nuremberg on Sunday and authorities said it was believed to be intentional. A police spokesman said the person killed in the blast, a man with a backpack, was likely carrying an explosive device and acted alone.

(Video) Satanist opens city council meeting, and, well, just watch
David Suhor from the Satanic Temple delivered a unique invocation after several minutes of protester disruption at a Pensacola City Council meeting on July 14.

Obama's "Deeply Disappointed" Half-Brother Will Vote Trump Because "He Speaks From The Heart"
"Mr. Trump is providing something new and something fresh," explains Malik Obama - President Obama's half brother - while wearing his resplendent red 'Make America Great Again' cap. Describing his “deep disappointment” in his brother Barack’s administration, The NY Post reports, has led him to recently switch allegiance to "the party of Lincoln."

On their convention's eve, Democrats bedeviled anew by email
On the heels of a tumultuous Republican convention, Hillary Clinton arrives in Philadelphia eager to show off a forward-looking Democratic Party united behind her steady leadership. To do that, she must overcome lingering bitterness among supporters of defeated rival Bernie Sanders and clean up a resurgent political mess of the party's own making.

Angela Merkel to face new backlash over open door immigration policy after new German attack by Syrian refugee
German media have been reporting that the motive for the attack in the city south of Stuttgart was unclear. The attack comes just days after a young Afghan swung an axe at passengers on a train in Bavaria. The 17-year-old, who a witness said shouted 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Great) during the attack, severely wounded four Hong Kong residents on the train late on Monday, then injured a local woman after fleeing, before police shot him dead.

California wildfires: Hundreds flee homes near Los Angeles
Fast-moving wildfires have forced hundreds of people to leave their homes in mountains north of Los Angeles, California, the authorities say. The fires had covered an area of 20,000 acres by Saturday evening, sending a pall of smoke across parts of Los Angeles County. About 300 people have been evacuated near the city of Santa Clarita.

Saudi delegation to Israel: Ending Palestinian conflict critical for ties with Arab states
Israel can only normalize relations with its Arab neighbors if it resolves the conflict with the Palestinians, a visiting delegation from Saudi Arabia told parliamentarians on Friday. “Without any advancements in the diplomatic process with the Palestinians there won’t be any advancements with Saudi Arabia or other Arab nations,” MK Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Union) said as she relayed their message to the press.

The Flashpoint No One Is Talking About: The Black Sea
The recent decision of the international tribunal regarding China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea, and the certainty of continued confrontation in the region, which I wrote about last week, brings to mind another strategic body of water in which tensions are high and great potential exists for military conflict, but to which very few are paying attention – the Black Sea.

Kerry: Air conditioners as big a threat as ISIS
Secretary of State John Kerry said in Vienna on Friday that air conditioners and refrigerators are as big of a threat to life as the threat of terrorism posed by groups like the Islamic State.



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Leaked DNC Documents Show Plans To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments
“The disclosed DNC emails sure look like the potential Clinton Administration has intertwined the appointments to federal government boards and commissions with the political and fund raising operations of the Democratic Party,” Boehm told The Daily Caller. “That is unethical, if not illegal.”

Lawsuit: Macy's worker fired over Catholic faith
“After my employer learned that I was a practicing Catholic, with religious concerns about this policy, I was terminated because of my religion,” he wrote.

6.5 magnitude earthquake hits north of Aus, near PNG
An Earthquake has struck in the Bismarck Sea north of Umboi Island just after 6am this morning. The 6.5 magnitude quake was quite shallow, with Geosciences Australia listing its depth as 0km. The quake could potentially cause a Tsunami, but BOM is reporting that it would not threaten Australia.

Mainstream now means teaching LGBT to second-graders.
The San Francisco Chronicle called the event “a landmark move that puts the ongoing LGBT civil rights fight into the mainstream of public education.”

Magnitude 6.2 Quake Strikes Chile
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck Chile's north-central region but authorities say no injuries or damage were reported and discounted the possibility of a tsunami. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 41 miles (66 kilometers) west-northwest of Diego de Almagro, Chile and struck Monday at 1:26 p.m. local time.

Tim LaHaye, ‘Left Behind’ Author, Dies at 90
Tim LaHaye, the prolific author behind the “Left Behind” series, has died at the age of 90. The writer and Evangelical Christian minister died in his San Diego, California home on Monday, days after suffering a stroke.

2nd earthquake in 3 days rattles area of western NC
The quake on Saturday night happened just two days after 1.9 magnitude earthquake struck Thursday at Plumtree, N.C. in Avery County — about 60 miles west of the Saturday quake. The Saturday night quake was right along US 421 and was closest to Millers Creek, N.C. — which was 3 miles from the center.

'Like a freight train': California wildfire guts 18 homes
The fire that has destroyed at least 18 homes in northern Los Angeles County gained ferocious new power two days after it broke out, sending so much smoke in the air that planes making drops on it had to be grounded for part of the afternoon. "For this time of year, it's the most extreme fire behavior I've seen in my 32-year career," County fire Chief Daryl Osby said.

Tsunami fears for Australia as 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes southern ocean
AUSTRALIA has been rocked by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake sparking fears for a massive tsunami.

Clinton VP tapped pro-terror Muslim leader for immigration seat
In 2007, then-Governor Kaine appointed Esam Omeish, a Libyan-born physician and then-president of the Muslim American Society, to Virginia’s Immigration Commission. This came despite Omeish’s history of ties and expressions of support for radical Islam and Jihadist terrorism.

MacLean: Democratic Disarray in Wake of Email Leak Couldn’t Come at Worse Time
The DNC email leak showed what Sanders complained about for months during the primary: clear favoritism for Clinton and outright disparagement and even conspiring against the insurgent Bernie Sanders campaign by party officials.

Burned body found at California ‘Sand Fire’ site as raging flames consume 20k acres
A charred corpse has been found in an area of Santa Clarita, California, under threat from wildfires that have consumed over 20,000 acres. Firefighters are struggling to contain the fire that has raged since Friday.

Butt out of South Sea dispute, China tells ‘shameful’ Japan
"Japan is not a party to the South China Sea issue, and considering its shameful history, it has no rights whatsoever to accuse China on the matter," the foreign ministry spokesman, Lu Kang, said in Beijing on Sunday.

Putin to Arab League Summit: ‘Status Quo on Palestine Unacceptable’
“We also intend to continue to provide all possible assistance in resolving the Palestinian problem acting through both the bilateral channels and within various multilateral formats,” Putin said, adding, “We believe the existing status quo is unacceptable and favor creating the conditions for the speedy re-launching of the negotiation process that will be aimed at creating an independent, viable and integral Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem peacefully coexisting with its neighbors.”

Blacks are now Democrats' happy house slaves, says author
Black Americans may have gained their freedom 151 years ago, but today they live under a different type of slavery, according to the founder of Americans for Israel. It’s a slavery arising from dependence on one political party for handouts.

After playing anti-Semitism card against Trump, Wasserman Schultz sunk by aides’ anti-Bernie emails
Just last week Debbie Wasserman Schultz was playing the anti-Semitism card against Donald Trump. But in a startling turnaround, on the eve of her own party’s convention, it’s the South Florida congresswoman who is out as chair of the Democratic National Committee — over a Jewish-related controversy of her own.

French PM: France will 'never deny' Jewish rights to Jerusalem
France will never deny the "existing, true" Jewish historical rights to Jerusalem, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls pledged. Valls made the statement in a letter penned to Shmuel Rabinovitch, the Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel.

U.S. praises confidence-building measures with Chinese military
The U.S. and Chinese militaries have reduced the risk of encounters between them having "unintended consequences", a top U.S. official said on Monday, while China reiterated it would not accept interference in the South China Sea. There have been a series of incidents in recent years...where the United States has accused Chinese military ships and aircraft of coming dangerously close to U.S. forces.

Syrian refugee in Germany arrested after killing woman in machete attack
A 21-year-old Syrian refugee was arrested on Sunday after killing a pregnant woman with a machete in Germany, the fourth violent assault on civilians in western Europe in 10 days... The incident, however, may add to public unease surrounding Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door refugee policy that has seen over a million migrants enter Germany over the past year...

Florida nightclub shooting: Two dead and 16 injured in Fort Myers
Two people have been killed and up to 16 more injured in a shooting at a nightclub in the Florida city of Fort Myers, police say. The attack happened around 00:30 (04:30 GMT) on Monday at Club Blu, which was reportedly hosting a party for teenagers. Three people have been arrested.

Iraq: Car bomb near Khalis 'kills at least 17'
At least 17 people have been killed by a car bomb in the central Iraqi town of Khalis, officials say. The explosion, about 49 miles (80km) north-east of the capital, Baghdad, was "very strong" a provincial official told a private TV station. Hospital sources said the death toll was expected to rise, Reuters reports.

Saudi Arabia Official Makes Rare Trip to Jerusalem, Meets Israeli FM
Former Saudi General Dr. Anwar Eshki visited Israel last week, alongside a delegation of academics and businessmen, all of whom came with the intended goal to encourage further discussion of the Saudi-led 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.

'Turkish Airlines fires personnel after failed coup'
Turkey's state-run Turkish Airlines fired more than 100 employees, including management and cabin crew, as part of a purge at state institutions to root out supporters of an abortive coup, Turkish media reported on Monday. The dismissals at the national carrier occurred late on Sunday after it was determined the employees were linked to a religious movement President Tayyip Erdogan has said attempted to overthrow the government...

Palestinians call for UNSC action over new Israeli building plans in east Jerusalem
The Palestinian Authority has called on the United Nations Security Council to act against Israeli settlement building...in its Gilo neighborhood... “This is yet another opportunity for the international community to show its real commitment for the two-state solution and to take all needed action in order to have Israel fully cease settlement construction in the occupied state of Palestine,” PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said.

Iran destroys 100,000 satellite dishes in crackdown
Iran destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers on Sunday as part of a widespread crackdown against the illegal devices that authorities say are morally damaging, a news website reported.



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At least 12 killed in twin suicide bombings near Mogadishu airport
Suicide bombers from militant group Al Shabaab detonated two vehicles laden with explosives Tuesday near the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 12 people, the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) said in a statement.

Islamic State says militant ‘soldiers’ carried out Normandy church attack
Two attackers backing the Islamic State — including one on a watch list — stormed a village church in northern France during Mass on Tuesday, taking hostages and slitting the throat of an 85-year-old priest before police commandos shot and killed the assailants, authorities said.

Hamas 'summer camp' trains young Gazans for war
As if from nowhere, a dozen young people surge out of a tunnel, Kalashnikov assault rifles in hand, to launch a surprise assault on a military post. This is the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian enclave that has seen three wars with Israel since 2008, but this time the attack is not real.

Sen. Lindsey Graham: ‘No time to nickel and dime Israel’
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) sounded irate in a brief phone interview Monday afternoon with Right Turn. His subcommittee, with strong bipartisan support, has already passed legislation to hike military aid to Israel from $3.1 billion to $3.4 billion for 2017.

Migration is 'poison' for Europe, says Hungary PM
Budapest (AFP) - Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday described the arrival of asylum seekers in Europe as "a poison", saying his country did not want or need "a single migrant." "Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work, or the population to sustain itself, or for the country to have a future," he told a joint press conference in Budapest with Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern.

Orban says Trump's migration, foreign policy plans 'vital' for Hungary
BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday said the migration and foreign policy plans of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump were "vital" for Hungary, whereas those of rival Democrat Hillary Clinton were "deadly."

Anne Graham Lotz Spearheads Plan for Worldwide Revival
Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, is inviting people from all nations and languages to join together in the reading of God's word to stir a worldwide revival. The global reading event, called 888:God Speaking, will take place the first eight days of August, which is the eighth month of the year.

Psychiatrist goes demon hunting with exorcists
The psychiatrist was on the phone with a priest discussing a patient when suddenly another voice appeared out of nowhere, threatened the clergyman and nastily warned, “Leave her alone, she’s ours.” Dr. Richard Gallagher recognized the voice. It was the one that had come out of the patient when he had examined her. But she was hundreds of miles away, nowhere near the two men on the phone.

Even Pro-Choicers Find Democratic Abortion Platform Radical
nearly 80 percent of Americans support “substantial restrictions” that would limit abortion to the first trimester. More than 60 percent of self-identified “pro-choice” respondents “would limit it to, at most, the first three months of pregnancy,” according to a release. Voters are also wary of taxpayer funding of abortion. More than 60 percent of Americans, including 44 percent of Democrats, oppose government payments to abortion clinics.

Lawmaker’s Slur That Jews are ‘Termites’ Reminds Jewish Voter of Hitler’s ‘Vermin’
A vicious anti-Semitic slur flung by a Democratic member of Congress on Monday against Israeli Jews living in Judea and Samaria hit one Jewish voter square in the face with the ice-cold memory of another time, when similar words were spoken. With just one word, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia proved to anyone who bothered to pay attention that the Democratic Party is no longer the traditional safe haven of the American Jew.

Europe has lost the Islamic war
Yes, France is heading toward the “inevitable confrontation”. 84 adults and children have just been tortured to death in Nice by a truck whose driver told a guard he was bringing ice creams to celebrants of the French holiday of egalitarian values. Nobody is really fighting this war. Europe just wants to be left in peace. After eight years of Barack Hussein Obama and Europe’s retreat from the war on terror, the West appears to be the weaker horse and the Islamists the stronger one.

ISIS claims responsibility for beheading of French priest
Terror group says terrorists who decapitated priest near Rouen today are soldiers for Islamic State. In the aftermath of the attack on a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a town near Rouen in Normandy today, the ISIS terror organization has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the terrorists involved were "soldiers of ISIS".

Red Lake Urmia
On April 23, (left image) the water was green; by July 18, it was the color of wine. The shoreline is encrusted with salt deposits and appears white. Note that the ring of salt is especially noticeable in July, when water levels were lower.

Chile quake damages highway, historic buildings
A strong earthquake has jolted northern Chile, damaging buildings and roads near the epicentre. Chile's seismology centre initially said it was a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, while the US Geological Survey recorded it at 6.2.

Massive 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocks southern Australia as experts issue tsunami warning
The quake had been reported as “potentially tsunamigenic” but they no longer believe there is tsunami risk.

Racist DNC Email Flagrantly Makes Fun Of Black Woman’s Name
An email with Scott Comer, the finance chief of staff and LGBT finance director for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Zachary Allen with the firm TIPAH Consulting, makes fun of LaQueenia Gibson’s name. Gibson is an executive assistant for the company Haddad Brands.

Earthquake strikes South Pacific - Tsunami fears as quake hits coast of Vanuatu
AN earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale has struck off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, prompting fears of a tsunami.

Oil falls towards $44, lowest since May, on glut worries
Oil on Tuesday hit its lowest since May, falling towards $44 a barrel, pressured by concerns that a long-awaited rebalancing of the market would be delayed due to excess supply. Brent crude is still up more than 60 percent from a 12-year low near $27 in January, but the rally has petered out on signs that the supply glut will persist and as economic jitters raised concern about the strength of oil demand.

US Air Force reveals plan for 'Space Mission Force' to protect America using satellites
They could be a combination of Top Guns and Thunderbirds - protecting the Earth using swarms of smart satellites. To be called Space Mission Force, the U.S. Air Force Space Command has revealed its plans for a new type of soldier. The group will utilise existing satellites and weapons to 'operate as warfighters' in orbit.

Tim Kaine promises bill to legalize illegal immigrants in ‘first 100 days’
A new Clinton administration would pursue a bill to legalize illegal immigrants in “the first 100 days” of her tenure, vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine told Spanish-language network Telemundo... Mr. Kaine also predicted that House Republicans, who stopped President Obama’s last bid for legalization...will reverse themselves next year...

China releases footage of mid-air ballistic missiles destroying target miles above the Earth
China has released footage of its first interception test of a mid-air ballistic missile, destroying a target miles above Earth. Video shows the land-based rocket blast off into the sky in a blinding white light, before hurtling towards what looks like a small white dot above the planet's atmosphere. Upon impact, the missile explodes into a huge fireball.

Mogadishu attack: Ten killed in airport blasts
At least 10 people have been killed in two car bomb attacks near an entrance to the airport in Mogadishu, Somali police and eyewitnesses have said. Thick smoke could be seen rising from the area, where there is also a base for African Union (AU) peacekeepers.

Palestinians seeking to sue Britain over 1917 Balfour Declaration
The Palestinians have called on the Arab League to help them prepare a legal file against the British government for issuing the Balfour Declaration almost 100 years ago. Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki spoke of the impact of that 1917 document — the first to formally recognize the Jewish right to a homeland...

France church siege: Hostage-takers kill priest before being shot dead
Two attackers killed a priest with a blade and seriously wounded another hostage in a church in northern France on Tuesday before being shot dead by French police. There were no immediate details on the identity or motives of the two assailants but the investigation was handed to the anti-terrorist unit of the Paris prosecutor's office.

Priebus on DNC leak: 'The Russians didn't write the emails'
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus wants to be clear who he blames for the massive leak of Democratic National Committee email correspondence that showed favoritism of Hillary Clinton at the expense of Bernie Sanders.

Bangladesh police kill nine suspected militants in raid
Police in Bangladesh have killed nine suspected Islamist militants after a gun battle in Dhaka, officials said. Police were searching the residential area of Kallyanpur when they were attacked by handmade bombs.

ISIS Burned Alive A 2-Year-Old Girl And Her Family For Leaving Town
News out of northern Iraq brings a report that ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) has executed a 2-year-old girl and her family by burning them alive. Although ISIS atrocities no longer hold much of a shock value (due to desensitization after seeing and hearing about so many), there seems to be something especially tragic about the death of a young person or a child.

Knife Attack In Japan Leaves 19 Dead, Local Media Report
Nineteen people were killed and 25 wounded after an attack by a knife-wielding man at a facility for the disabled in central Japan early on Tuesday, a government official said, in Japan’s worst mass killing in decades.


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Bernie Sanders Leaves the Democratic Party
The nomination was barely sealed up at the Democratic National Convention before Bernie Sanders, who had campaigned against Hillary Clinton for the party’s nod, went back to being an Independent.

All Remaining Charges Dropped Against Officers in Freddie Gray’s Death
State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby defended the prosecution of six officers charged in the Freddie Gray case and says she still blames police for the young black man’s death. The father of Freddie Gray, Richard Shipley, says the family stands by Mosby who led the case in his son’s death. Shipley said in a news conference he “is proud to have her represent us.”

Insanity In Japan
The Japanese economy has been the poster child for economic malaise and bad fortune for so long that even the most radical policy responses no longer garner much attention. In fact, recent policy actions intended to weaken the Yen have resulted in significant appreciation of the yen against the currencies of Japan’s major trade partners, further crippling economic activity. The frustration of an appreciating currency coupled with deflation and zero economic growth has produced signs that what Japan has in store for the world falls squarely in to the category of “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” Assuming new fiscal and monetary policies will be similar to those enacted in the past is a big risk that should be contemplated by investors.

Egypt carried out a major strike against ISIS
The Egyptian army said Wednesday it killed 25 members of a militia affiliated with Islamic State in the northern Sinai, Sky News Arabia reported.

For first time during Syria war, Israel opens border for humanitarian aid
One of the first goals is to provide urgently needed medical supplies in order to construct a field hospital so that Syrians can be treated there without have to leave the country.

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Ormoc City
A Magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Ormoc City around 7:56 p.m., on Wednesday, July 27.

Magnitude 5.4 quake strikes 20 km off east Japan coast - USGS
The quake, with an epicentre 47 kms below sea-level, struck off the coast of Ibaragi prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. There were no immediate reports of damage, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued no tsunami warning after the quake.

Trump edges Clinton in latest Reuters poll
Donald Trump edges out Hillary Clinton by 2 points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday, the first time since May the GOP presidential nominee has led the presumptive Democratic pick.

Why Poland has mixed feelings about the Pope’s visit
When Pope Francis arrives in Poland tomorrow for a five day trip centered around World Youth Day, he may receive a different kind of welcome than what greeted John Paul II nearly four decades ago, observers say.

Global rate of new HIV infections hasn't fallen in a decade
Deaths from HIV/AIDS have declined steadily around the world over the past decade — but the rate of new infections has stayed much the same, an analysis in The Lancet HIV1 shows.

Palestinian Authority Activists Campaign at the DNC
Pro-Palestinian Authority activists are out in full regalia at the Democratic National Convention, led — of course — by liberal American Jews sporting bold bright black and yellow logos on white tee shirts that proclaim “I support PALESTINIAN Human Rights” as if to assert that no other human rights exist.

Bavaria premier says Islamist terrorism has arrived in Germany
Islamist terrorism has arrived in Germany and politicians must address the public's concerns about security and immigration, Bavaria state premier Horst Seehofer said on Tuesday. "Each attack, each act of terrorism, is one too many. Islamist terrorism has arrived in Germany," Seehofer told a news conference.

French church attackers forced priest to kneel before killing him
The two attackers in a French church on Tuesday forced an elderly priest to kneel before killing him and also filmed the murder, a nun who escaped the scene said on French radio.

‘Not medicine, but poison’: Hungarian PM says his country does not need ‘a single migrant’
“Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work, or the population to sustain itself, or for the country to have a future,” he said, stressing, that, on the contrary, “every single migrant poses a public security and terror risk.” “This is why there is no need for a common European migration policy,” he said, insisting that the right to decide migration issues should be reserved exclusively for national governments.

Assange promises to leak ‘a lot more’ materials on US presidential elections
WikiLeaks possesses “a lot more” documents to surprise American voters ahead of the upcoming presidential elections - and will not hesitate to make them public.

Netanyahu: PA attempt to sue Britain will fail
Netanyahu says the PA's intentions to sue Britain over the Balfour Declaration shows it is not interested in peace.

Israel's new F-35 'Adir' takes to the skies
The new fighter jets, AS-1 class, herald a new age for the Israel Air Force.

“Hillary belongs in jail!” – Haitians at DNC
Haitians at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia are trying to bring attention to Haiti, where Bill and Hillary Clinton are accused of defrauding the country of billions in earthquake relief money and destabilizing the nation’s economy and state institutions.

Earthquake of Aisen, Chile: Mag. 6.3 quake recorded – 26 July 2016
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has been recorded near of Aisen, Chile on 26 July 2016 20:25:12. The earthquake epicenter was located at precisely Off the coast of Aisen, Chile and at a depth of approximately 10 km. No tsunami alert have been issued following this earthquake.

Dead Sea Returning to Life in Undeniable Realization of Biblical Prophecy
The proof is undeniable. Siegel produced a video in which fish are clearly seen swimming on the shores of the Dead Sea, and she films herself swimming in a large pool surrounded by green plants. “This is a big deal, and no one is really talking about it.”

Obama expanding refugee program for Central Americans
The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally. White House Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Amy Pope said Tuesday that the administration will expand...refugee processing for families coming from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala...

Sanders Supporters Burn Israeli Flag at Democratic Convention, Chant “Intifada”
In the video clips that are being uploaded to YouTube and Twitter, viewers can see a woman, who covered her face with a black bandanna in a method similar to that of Hamas militants, set an Israeli flag on fire while people around her chant “Long live the intifada!” and “Death to the US”.

ISIS warn London 'next to be attacked'...
London is on the next list of target cities for twisted jihadis, it has been claimed. Images threatening attacks in London and other major world capitals have been posted on messaging app Telegram... One picture chillingly shows New York’s Statue of Liberty engulfed in flames but with the caption “Washington soon” - referring to the US capital 225 miles away.

DNC Staffers Annoyed At Having To Commemorate The Holocaust Photo of Peter Hasson Peter Hasson
Internal DNC emails released by WikiLeaks reveal Democratic party staffers seemingly annoyed at having to commemorate the Holocaust.

IRS Launches Investigation Of Clinton Foundation
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen referred congressional charges of corrupt Clinton Foundation “pay-to-play” activities to his tax agency’s exempt operations office for investigation, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

Syria: Deadly IS blast rocks Kurdish city of Qamishli
Forty-four people have been killed in a massive bombing in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in north-east Syria, Syrian state TV reports. The blast was caused by a truck bomb which struck near a Kurdish security headquarters, according to a UK-based monitoring group. So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the attack, in Hassakeh province, near the border with Turkey.

Two members of Muslim Wakf arrested for attacking tourist on Temple Mount
Two male members of the Jordanian Wakf Muslim religious trust were arrested by police Wednesday morning after both men assaulted a tourist visiting the Temple Mount in an apparently unprovoked attack. At approximately 11:30 a.m...the suspects approached the unidentified victim. “One of them then punched him in the face, and the other suspect continued to push him around,” said Rosenfeld.



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Why Palestinians are on the verge of civil war
The two-state solution, a long-held US-backed plan for a rosy Mideast future, is threatened by Mr. Yesterday — someone hopelessly clinging to the past.

DNC Interim Head: Don’t Let ‘White Boys’ Win
The new interim head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has a colorful history, which includes demanding former President George H.W. Bush confess to an extramarital affair and a belief that “white boys” shouldn’t be allowed to win.

China says to hold drills with Russia in South China Sea
China and Russia will hold "routine" naval exercises in the South China Sea in September, China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday, adding that the drills were aimed at strengthening their cooperation and were not aimed at any other country.

‘No on TPP': Hecklers & other distractions during Obama’s DNC speech
Obama’s speech on Wednesday highlighted the need for party unity and long term commitment to changing the political system. However, his speech was upstaged by TPP protesters and other noisy audience members.

CHINESE ROCKET BURNS UP OVER NORTH AMERICA
The body of China's experimental Long March 7 rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday night, July 27th, creating a bright fireball over the western USA. The glowing trail was spotted in Utah, Nevada and much of California.

North Korea says US has crossed 'red line,' warns of showdown over upcoming war games
North Korea's top diplomat for U.S. affairs told The Associated Press Thursday that Washington "crossed the red line" and effectively declared war by putting leader Kim Jong Un on its list of sanctioned individuals, and said a vicious showdown could erupt if the U.S. and South Korea hold annual war games as planned next month.

Sanders supporters look to Green Party's Jill Stein to take up the cause
While Bernie Sanders supporters turned out in droves to the Democratic convention, many are chanting another name in the streets of Philadelphia as the senator steps back into the party fold: Jill Stein.

Magnitude 5.4 earthquake shakes Tokyo, no damage or casualties reported
An earthquake shook Tokyo late on Wednesday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The 5.4 magnitude jolt was felt in Tokyo and areas of eastern Japan at 11.47 am, the US Geological Survey said. The quake comes a week after the capital's high-rise buildings were shaken by a 5.0 quake.

Merkel Faces Critics After Attacks Leave Germans Stunned
Angela Merkel is breaking off her vacation to defend herself against renewed criticism of her refugee policies following a rash of violent attacks in Germany.

A Few Thoughts About Day 3 of Hate America 2016 in Philly
The Democrats, the party of secular atheists who think it is okay to crack open the skulls of children and suck out their brains while tearing them limb from limb, spent far more time during prime time television coverage talking about God and faith than the Republicans did last week.

Florida investigates four mysterious Zika infections
Health officials in Florida are investigating four cases of Zika that do not appear to be related to travel. So far cases outside of Latin America and the Caribbean, where the virus is prevalent, have been spread by travel to that region or sexual transmission. The four Florida cases have raised the possibility that mosquitoes in the US have begun to carry the virus.

Turkey coup attempt: More than 130 media outlets shut
The Turkish authorities have announced the closure of 131 media organisations, as a crackdown continues following the failed coup on 15 July. Three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 23 radio stations, 45 papers, 15 magazines and 29 publishers will be shut. One of them, Zaman, once one of Turkey's biggest newspapers, was put under state control in March. Arrest warrants have been issued for 47 staff.

Report: Hamas digging 10 kilometers of tunnels per month toward Israel
Hamas is digging 10 kilometers (six miles) of tunnel each month toward Israel, a senior security official told Channel 2 on Wednesday. Construction continues despite several tunnel collapses in recent months. A senior diplomatic source went on to say that Israel has no perfect solution to the tunnel problem, and neither does any other country.


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Why Reuters Is Tweaking Its Presidential Poll
A 13-point lead for Hillary Clinton on July 14 has vanished in two weeks with Donald Trump now leading in the polls by 1 point. This is clearly unacceptable to the establishment and so Reuters/Ipsos is taking matters into its own hands... and 'tweaking' its polling methodology.

PLAYING GOD? Tens of millions spent on huge project to change the WEATHER
China are ploughing more than £22million into shooting salt-and-mineral-filled bullets into the sky in a bid to make it rain. But Beijing is not alone in its pursuit to play God with the weather, with at least 52 countries, including the US, using weather modification techniques which allows authorities to clear the skies or make it rain.

3 Walmart employees charged with manslaughter in death of shoplifter
Three Walmart workers in Florida have been charged with manslaughter in the February death of a shoplifter, police said Friday. They are accused of suffocating Kenneth Wisham, 64, after he tried to steal $380 worth of DVDs in a shopping cart from the Walmart on North Road 98 in Lakeland Feb. 7, Fox 13 Tampa reported.

Despite Objections, Pentagon Takes Step Toward Buying New Nuclear Weapons
The U.S. Air Force took a first step toward buying controversial new nuclear weapons Friday, asking defense companies to submit bids to design and build cruise missiles and ICBMs. The move comes amid the highest tension with Russia since the end of the Cold War and flies in the face of senators who have called on the Obama administration to cancel plans to build the new cruise missile, called the Long-Range Standoff Weapon, or LRSO.

Colorado hail storm delivers tennis ball-size ice
The city of Colorado Springs witnessed a downpour of aggressive hail that persisted for hours, damaging cars and homes and forcing locals to join forces to remove heaping mounds of ice.

DNC CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
Defendant: DNC SERVICES CORPORATION, d/b/a DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE and DEBORAH “DEBBIE” WASSERMANSCHULTZ Case Number: 16-cv-61511-WJZ Filed: June 28, 2016 Court: Southern District of Florida County: Broward County, Florida Judge: William J. Zloch Nature of Suit: Class Action Cause of Action: Fraud and Consumer Jury Demanded: Yes

Sticks and stones - How WikiLeaks could help precipitate the fall of the Saudi empire
Whistleblower group WikiLeaks has released a flurry of official documents lifting the lid on Saudi Arabia’s covert diplomatic apparatus. Not just another scandal, these revelations could bring Saudi Arabia to its knees.

NASA’s new DNA sequencer on the ISS could be used on aliens
In the Dragon capsule that docked with the station several days ago, there was one particularly interesting device — a DNA sequencer. It’s called the MinION, and it’s tiny at just 120 grams. The MinION operates a bit differently than DNA sequencers on Earth... NASA wants to be prepared for any kind of sample, even an alien one.

Even God backs Hillary: Morgan Freeman narrates biographical movie for Clinton campaign
As the mellifluous, baritone voice of Morgan Freeman echoed around the arena, people on Twitter were delighted that "God" was officially endorsing Hillary Clinton.

Northern California wildfire continues to grow
The wildfire in Northern California has grown to scorch nearly 30,000 acres, destroy 51 structures and killed one person, fire officials said Thursday. The Soberanes Fire north of Big Sur has burned 29,877 acres and remains just 15 percent contained...

33 earthquakes in 30 days – the town that won’t stop trembling
THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN town of Norseman has a serious case of the shakes – with a staggering 50 earthquakes hitting the area in the last two months. The gold-mining town – located about 720km east of Perth – has had over 30 quakes this month, with 18 alone on 8 and 9 July.

Dems Shout ‘Black Lives Matter’ During Moment Of Silence For Slain Cops
Shouts of “Black Lives Matter” rang out at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night, during a moment of silence held in honor of slain police officers.

‘What A Disaster’: Boos, Catcalls Mar Hillary Clinton’s Coronation Speech
Hillary Clinton officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president amid a series of boos and catcalls Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention.

Attempt at U.S.-Russia cooperation in Syria suffers major setbacks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's attempt to elicit Russian military cooperation in the fight against Islamic State in Syria suffered two potentially crippling blows on Thursday. First, the Syrian army said it had cut off all supply routes into the eastern part of the city of Aleppo - Syria's most important opposition stronghold - and President Bashar al-Assad's government asked residents to leave the city.

Homeownership Rate in the U.S. Drops to Lowest Since 1965
The U.S. homeownership rate fell to the lowest in more than 50 years as rising prices put buying out of reach for many renters. The share of Americans who own their homes was 62.9 percent in the second quarter, the lowest since 1965, according to a Census Bureau report Thursday. It was the second straight quarterly decrease, down from 63.5 percent in the previous three months.

Rio readies for worst as terror threat hangs over Olympics
A half-million foreign tourists, dozens of heads of state and the attention of the world's media. If there were ever a headache for anti-terror forces, it's the Olympics. In the aftermath of deadly attacks by the Islamic State group in France and elsewhere, Brazil, which has almost no experience combatting terrorism, is beefing up security for the games that start in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5.

Full List of Hillary’s Planned Tax Hikes
Hillary Clinton has made clear she intends to dramatically raise taxes on the American people if elected. She has proposed an income tax increase, a business tax increase, a death tax increase, a capital gains tax increase, a tax on stock trading, an "Exit Tax" and more (see below). Her planned net tax increase on the American people is at least $1 trillion over ten years, based on her campaign’s own figures.

Egypt convicts former auditor of spreading 'false news'
Egypt's former top auditor, who was sacked after alleging government corruption, has been given a prison sentence for spreading "false news". Hisham Geneina was fired in March by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi after estimating corruption had cost Egypt $67.6bn (£51.3bn) over four years. He was sentenced to a year in jail and fined $2,200 but told he could avoid prison if he paid an additional $1,100...

Indonesia executes four convicted drug offenders
Indonesia executed four convicted drug offenders by firing squad early Friday, the country's deputy attorney general said. Noor Rachmad told reporters outside the Nusakambangan prison in central Java that authorities have not decided when 10 other prisoners will be executed.

Everything You Need To Know About the New Nusra Front
Its leader announced a split from al-Qaeda and a new name, Jabhat Fateh Al Sham. The Nusra Front announced its split from al-Qaeda on July 28, with the group renaming itself Jabhat Fatah al-Sham. The move is being seen as a shrewd attempt to hide their militant ideology and protect themselves from a growing international campaign against militant fighters in Syria.

Hillary's America: New D'Souza Film Exposes Dems' Connection to the KKK
Dinesh D'Souza has done it again. Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party has already become the highest-grossing documentary of 2016, and hit number 10 among political documentaries overall.

Democrats Hacked Again: FBI Probing "Cyber Intrusion" At Fundraising Group
Those pesky Russian hackers are working overtime. According to Reuters, the FBI is probing a "cyber intrusion" at yet another Democratic organization, this time the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) which may or may not be related to an earlier hack at the Democratic National Committee. The previously unreported incident at the DCCC, which raises money for Democrats running for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, is said to have been intended to gather information about Democratic donors.

Study: Secondhand Marijuana Smoke Worse Than Cigarettes
Secondhand marijuana smoke may damage your blood vessels even more than cigarette smoke. That’s according to a new study from the American Heart Association.

Miami blood donations halted over Zika fears
US regulators Thursday called for a halt to blood donations in the Miami area as investigators probe four potential non-travel associated cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which can cause birth defects.

Merkel admits EU is being RAVAGED BY TERROR but says Germany should welcome MORE refugees
The German leader, who cut short her summer holiday to speak after a string of Islamist attacks rocked the country, said the entire continent was being “ravaged” by terrorism. She described recent attacks in Ansbach, Wurzburg and Munich as “horrifying and depressing” but insisted Germany would not turn its back on people fleeing the Middle East.


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Seven Years Later, Recovery Remains the Weakest of the Post-World War II Era
Even seven years after the recession ended, the current stretch of economic gains has yielded less growth than much shorter business cycles. In terms of average annual growth, the pace of this expansion has been by far the weakest of any since 1949. (And for which we have quarterly data.) The economy has grown at a 2.1% annual rate since the U.S. recovery began in mid-2009, according to gross-domestic-product data the Commerce Department released Friday.

Russia Expert Stephen Cohen: Trump Wants To Stop The New Cold War, But The American Media Just Doesn't Understand
Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at NYU and Princeton, spoke with CNN's 'Smerconish' Saturday morning about Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the 'New Cold War.' Cohen says the media at large is doing a huge disservice to the American people by ignoring the substance of Trump's arguments about NATO and Russia, and buying the Clinton campaign's simplistic smear that Trump is a Russian "Manchurian candidate."

Venezuela seeks to annul vote to reinstate lawmakers
Venezuela's attorney general made a request to nullify the National Assembly's decision to reinstate three lawmakers accused of voting fraud. The opposition-controlled National Assembly swore in three suspended lawmakers from the southern state Amazonas Thursday, which the attorney general's office said "has generated an absolutely unconstitutional and unlawful situation that cannot be recognized or supported by agencies and entities of public administration."

Zika Cases Spike in Puerto Rico as Virus Spreads 'Silently and Rapidly'
The Zika virus is rapidly spreading though Puerto Rico, leading to more than 5,500 infections, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today.

Turkey Surrounds, Blocks Access To NATO's Incirlik Airbase Amid Speculation Of Second Coup
While it is common knowledge by now that the failed and/or staged Turkish coup two weekends ago was nothing more than an excuse for Erdogan to concentrate even more power and eradicate all political and independent opposition, a story that has gotten less attention is the sudden, and acute deterioration in US-Turkish relations.

Russia’s secret super submarine fleet could be unstoppable in World War III scenario
Vladimir Putin is assembling a secret fleet of super submarines which could topple NATO and plunge the world into war. A report by naval experts warns that Russia already has a small but sophisticated army of subs which are capable of launching missile strikes across the globe.

Nasrallah: Israeli-Saudi relations worst development in Arab sphere
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke harshly against...relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia...calling it "the current worst development in the Arab sphere." ...He said the Arab world is experiencing its worst moments in history, while Saudi Arabia is "creating contact, normalizing relations, acknowledging the existence of Israel - and then cooperating with it."

Hamas exploiting current calm to prepare for next war
In the next conflict in Gaza, Hamas will aim to pound IDF staging areas and communities near the Strip. ...Hamas is currently trying to find ways of overwhelming Israeli air defenses in the next war, and one way it believes it can do this is by dramatically increasing the short-range rocket and mortar fire, and striking southern areas in a more targeted, precise manner.

South African NGO brings together Palestinian factions for unity talks
An initiative geared towards creating Palestinian unity is taking place in South Africa this week. A conflict resolution non-governmental organization, In Transition Initiative, is hosting Palestinians from across the political spectrum to “hammer out their differences and forge a common political vision for the future,” in partnership with the Institute for Palestine in South Africa, according to the Cape Times.

FBI: Woman robbed Wyoming bank to return to prison
A woman who was recently released from prison in Oregon robbed a bank in Wyoming only to throw the cash up in the air outside the building and sit down to wait for police, authorities said Friday. Investigators say 59-year-old Linda Patricia Thompson told them she wanted to go back to prison. Thompson said she had suffered facial fractures after strangers beat her at a Cheyenne park last weekend.

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Assad to Netanyahu: Help Me Control the Region and I Guarantee You a Calm Golan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received a message from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in which Assad vowed to keep the Golan as a demilitarized zone, and the rest of Syria committed to a cease-fire with Israel, if Netanyahu commits to not engaging Israel in an effort to topple Assad.

Turkey culls nearly 1,400 from army, overhauls top military council
Turkey dismissed nearly 1,400 members of its armed forces and stacked the top military council with government ministers on Sunday, moves designed by President Tayyip Erdogan to put him in full control of the military after a failed coup. The new wave of expulsion...were announced...just hours after Erdogan said...he planned to shut down existing military academies and put the armed forces under the command of the Defence Ministry.

TURKEY'S BACKLASH: Christians pay price as extreme Islam surges after attempted coup
Amid the cacophony of police sirens, low-flying helicopters and rifle fire, there was another sound during the attempt to overthrow president Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The wailing of Turkey’s imams. ...Some bravely stood in front of tanks as they defended the...president...For others the night presented different opportunities as hardline Muslim Sunnis, whipped up to a frenzy, targeted Turkey’s Christian community.

Meningitis outbreaks among gay men have experts puzzled
As cases of meningitis, a rare and potentially fatal disease, popped up in cities nationwide over the past several years, public health officials noticed a trend: many of those infected were gay men. There’s no known medical reason why meningitis, which is transmitted through saliva, would spread more among gay and bisexual men.

Where a Suitcase Full of Cash Won’t Buy You Lunch
...Sweetgreen restaurants stopped accepting cash in January, barely anyone noticed, according to the company’s owners...Restaurants like Sweetgreen are pushing credit and debit cards and mobile apps for payments. ...For Major Food Group, which owns restaurants throughout New York, going cashless is simply a business decision...“It is the way of the future,” Mr. Zalaznick said. “We are just embracing it.”

An After School Satan Club could be coming to your kid’s elementary school
...leaders of the Satanic Temple have gathered...watching a...video, in which children dance around a maypole...ambient chanting gives way to a...demonic voice-over. The group chuckles with approval. They’re here plotting to bring their wisdom to the nation’s...elementary school children. They point out that Christian...groups already have...after-school religious programming in public schools, and they appear determined to give...students a choice: Jesus or Satan.

Nasa to launch probe to investigate 'Armageddon' asteroid
Nasa is planning to launch a probe to collect rock samples from an asteroid it fears could one day hit Earth. The asteroid, named Bennu, can be seen from Earth as it crosses the planet's orbit every six years. Bennu, which is around 500m in diameter at its equator and travels around the sun at 63,000 mph, will pass between Earth and the moon in 2135.

OLYMPICS 'DIRTY BOMB' FEARS UN atomic agency helping guard Rio Olympics from ISIS terror attack
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has loaned hi-tech radiation monitors – including personal detectors and portable scanners – for use on the ground throughout the Games. Brazil’s anti-terror chief has already admitted there is a ‘credible threat’ ISIS will target Rio next month and said ‘numerous measures’ are being taken to prevent any attack.

Pope Francis says farewell to Poland with huge mass
Hundreds of thousands of people have been attending a huge mass celebrated by Pope Francis on the last day of his five-day trip to Poland. ...Pope Francis urged pilgrims to "believe in a new humanity" that rejected hatred and refused to use borders as barriers. God "demands of us real courage, the courage to be more powerful than evil, by loving everyone, even our enemies", he said.

Member of Saudi delegation: Israeli society wants peace
Abd al-Mujid al-Hakim, a member of the Saudi Arabian delegation...believes Israeli society wants peace. “In Arab societies, the picture of Israeli society is that it embraces a culture of death, wants to spill blood, and does not believe in peace. That...is not correct.” He continued, “The Israeli society that I encountered embraces a culture of peace, has accomplishments it wants to (protect), wants coexistence, and wants peace.”


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Satanic Group Wants to Set up Clubs in Schools
The organization said it is also setting up clubs in Florida, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Missouri and Maryland.

U.S. Border Protection Agcy. Advertises SAFE ZONES for Illegal Aliens
Just about any illegal alien can avoid arrest by following these simple rules, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advertises in a post on its website’s homepage.

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In Spanish there is an old saying that goes something like this: “Tell me what you brag about, and I'll tell you what you lack." In today’s Venezuela, the folksy saying seems confirmed. While the socialist government officials often rant about “equality,” “austerity” and “anti-imperialism,” the expensive watches Chavistas flaunt, along with their travels, tell a whole different story about what their priorities are after hours.

Gary Johnson Repeats Liberal 'Discrimination' Line on Religious Freedom
When asked about religious freedom, Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson repeated the liberal talking points about the dangers of "discrimination." In doing so, he might have sacrificed his chance to earn the support of social conservatives who distrust Donald Trump.

Democrats Warn: Your Gun Is a Public Health Threat
By converting gun violence from a law and order issue to a health crisis, Hillary Clinton and her accomplices hope to achieve two goals: Move the public’s focus away from crime prevention, a task at which Democrats are notoriously inept, and convince us that it’s all about scientific progress rather than increasing the power of the federal government.

French PM: It Is Urgent to Reconstruct French Islam, Expel the Threats from Within
“It is for these very specifically French conditions, in addition to our old Christian roots, the long Jewish presence, the important role of Freemasons, and because our country was the inventor of secularism, that France has become the target of the Islamic State,”

Pope: Islam Should Not Be Identified With Violence
“I think it is not right to identity Islam with violence,” he told reporters, addressing media aboard a plane taking him back to Rome following a five-day trip to Poland. “This is not right and this is not true.”

46 Dead as Egyptian Air Force Strikes ISIS in Northern Sinai
The Egyptian Air Force attacked a Da’esh terrorist installation in northern Sinai on Sunday, where Egyptian intelligence reported a large number of ISIS operatives were gathered.

Senior source: Turkey summons German diplomat over ban on Erdogan speech at Cologne rally
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the charge d'affaires at the German Embassy on Monday after German authorities prevented Turkey's president from addressing by video link a pro-democracy rally in Cologne, a senior source in Ankara said.

Nasrallah calls out Saudi Arabia for normalizing ties with Israel
'Saudi Arabia is establishing a relationship and is set to recognize Israel,' the Hezbollah secretary general said in a broadcast; he warned Saudi Arabia from turning from its Arab allies, calling them to 'be a partner in the effort to find a regional solution.'

Europe under threat: soldiers patrol the beaches in France
Due to credible ISIS threats, beachgoers in France are not allowed to bring large beach bags with them to the beach; armed soldiers on patrol are now a common sight; does this point to a new European norm?



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Iran Bent on Destabilizing the Middle East
The Middle East assumption that religious differences will lead to fragmentation and a stalemate between Sunni and Shiite is a fiction since both sides have a common enemy and a common goal: Removing the U.S. and Israel from the Middle East.

Palestinian Goads Little Boy Into Throwing Stones, Urges Israelis: ‘Shoot Him and Kill Him!’
In a video clip posted on social media this week, a Palestinian man is seen encouraging a small child, possibly three-years-old, to throw stones at armed Israeli border policemen, and yells at the Israelis to shoot the boy.

North Korea Carries Out Another Missile Launch After Saying U.S. 'Declared War'
North Korea launched another missile into the sea Wednesday, the latest weapons test amid ratcheted-up tension between the isolated country and the United States.

US Nuclear Airbase in Turkey at Risk
On Sunday, July 31, thousands of Turks mobbed the gates of the NATO airbase at Incirlik, threatening to seize the facility from the U.S. for allegedly supporting a failed military coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Tropical Storm Earl Strengthens in the Caribbean; Hurricane Warnings Issued
Tropical Storm Earl formed in the Caribbean Sea late Tuesday morning, the first Atlantic basin named storm since late June. Earl will track toward Belize and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, where strong winds and heavy rainfall will be threats late Wednesday into Thursday. Current indications are that the chance of a direct impact on the U.S. from Earl is low.

Family: British-Iranian woman held in Iran appears in court
A British-Iranian woman held in Iran for months over accusations she planned the "soft toppling" of the government while visiting relatives with her young daughter has appeared in court for the first time, her family said Tuesday.

Email fallout: 3 Democratic National Committee resignations
The chief executive of the Democratic National Committee and two other top officials have resigned in the wake of an email hack that embarrassed the party on the eve of its presidential nominating convention.

France's New Catholics
French Catholicism has gone through a deep transformation. As a reaction to the radical secularization that began in the 60s, and not any less, the strengthening of Islam in France, a new generation arose of believers and activists characterized by religious engagement and not hesitating to speak out about political issues, as well. Many of them feel today more Catholic than the Pope.

Pope orders study of women's role in early Church, cheering equality campaigners
Pope Francis has set up a commission to study the role of women deacons in early Christianity, the Vatican said on Tuesday, raising hopes among equality campaigners that women could one day have a far greater say in the Roman Catholic Church.

3 of 4 NYT bestsellers are anti-Clinton books
For the first time, three of the top four New York Times nonfiction best sellers are anti-Clinton books. Two new books jumped to the front of the all-important hardcover nonfiction list just this week: Armageddon, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, and Hillary's America, by Dinesh D'Souza.

Turkey's Erdogan blasts EU for not adhering to migrant deal
Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the European Union Tuesday of not upholding its side of an EU-Turkey agreement on migration, saying that promised funds and visa-free travel for Turks in the EU had not been delivered. The agreement was instrumental in stemming the flow of people heading from Turkey to the nearby Greek islands.

Millennials key to biometric banking
The new biometric banking applications specifically target millennials, with many in this generation quick to adopt the new technology. Ease of transaction, increased security, and greater user experience are the top tier features that attract customers to biometric banking.

Satanists Plan To Infiltrate Elementary Schools Across The Country With New Satan Club
The Satantic Temple of Utah plans to unveil a new after school program Monday designed for the nation’s elementary-age children, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The group plans to petition schools so its curriculum can be part of official clubs as early as this fall. The Satanists are targeting Utah, New York, Massachusetts, Arizona, Minnesota, Louisiana and Florida to include the curriculum.

4.2-magnitude earthquake shakes southcentral Alaska
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded by the Alaska Earthquake Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks just before 4:30 p.m. Monday. The earthquake, recorded at 4:24 p.m. about 19 miles north of Hatcher Pass, was felt throughout Anchorage, Eagle River, Wasilla and Palmer, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesian coast
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The underwater earthquake occurred at 06:40 local time (23:40 GMT), nine kilometers (5.5 miles) off the coast of the southern Sumbawa island, the USGS said on Sunday.

Venezuelan Government: You Are To Leave Your Jobs For 60 Days To Work In the Fields
The decree says that the government must do what is "necessary to achieve strategic levels of self-sufficiency," and states that workers can be forcefully moved from their jobs to work in farm fields or elsewhere in the agricultural sector for periods of 60 days.

King David’s Descendents Making Case to Reclaim Ownership of Temple Mount
In another manifestation of Biblical precepts interacting with modern life, a private foundation representing the descendants of King David recently launched a lawsuit presenting a legal claim to ownership of the Temple Mount.

Typhoon Nida shuts Hong Kong, more than 150 flights canceled
Typhoon Nida swept through Hong Kong on Tuesday, shutting down most of the financial hub and disrupting hundreds of flights with gale-force winds, while low-lying areas were put on flood alert. Hong Kong's first major typhoon this year brought gusts of more than 100 km per hour (62 mph) and prompted authorities to issue an amber warning, signifying heavy rain, at 5.20 a.m. Hong Kong time.

Japan defense review expresses 'deep concern' at Chinese coercion
Japan's annual defense review on Tuesday expressed "deep concern" over what it sees as China's coercion, as a more assertive Beijing flouts international rules when dealing with other nations. Japan's Defence White Paper comes amid heightened tension in Asia less than a month after an arbitration court in the Hague invalidated China's sweeping claims in the disputed South China Sea, in a case brought by the Philippines.

Turkish government has taken over military factories, shipyards, PM says
Turkey has taken over factories and shipyards that had been under control of the military general staff as part of a wide-ranging shake-up of the armed forces... Yildirim, who was speaking to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament, also said the restructuring of Turkey's armed forces would not weaken the military, but put its focus on activities essential for national security.

Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down
A Syrian rescue service operating in rebel-held territory said on Tuesday a helicopter dropped containers of toxic gas overnight on a town close to where a Russian military helicopter was shot down hours earlier. A spokesman for Syria Civil Defence told Reuters that 33 people, mostly women and children, were affected by the gas in Saraqeb.

Foreign Appetite For U.S. Securities Has Taken a Drubbing
...When the Federal Reserve hiked benchmark rates in December, the initial jump in the short-end of the nominal U.S. yield curve raised expectations that foreign buyers would snap up the country's assets... In fact, net foreign flows to the U.S. have been decidedly weak this year, thanks to an exodus by foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds, who've been dumping U.S. securities in order to raise cash to put to work at home.

Russia anthrax outbreak affects dozens in north Siberia
Ninety people are undergoing hospital checks in remote northern Russia because of an anthrax outbreak that killed a boy on Monday. Eight people are confirmed as infected with anthrax, a rare but deadly bacterial disease. It is believed to have spread from reindeer. More than 2,300 reindeer have died in the outbreak, in the Yamalo-Nenets region of Siberia. Reindeer-herding families have been moved out.

Migrant crisis: Germany warns Turkey against 'blackmailing EU'
Europe must not let itself be blackmailed by Turkey in talks about visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the EU, German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said. Visa-free access to the EU is seen as a reward for Turkey's role in halting an influx of migrants into Europe. But the move has been delayed because of a row over anti-terror legislation following Turkey's failed coup.

US launches air strikes on IS in Libya
The United States has carried out air strikes on positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Libya, following a request by the UN-backed government there, the Pentagon says. The strikes targeted positions in the port city of Sirte, an IS stronghold. Libyan PM Fayez Sarraj, in a televised address, said the strikes caused "heavy losses".

Business leaders fear for Israel's economic future
In a letter to the prime minister, heads of Israeli business organizations say companies and well-educated people are leaving the country. ...business leaders, have written to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asking him to set annual growth targets for the Israeli economy and to redefine the conduct of economic and social policy.

Why Did Russia Send ‘The Terminator’ on a Humanitarian Mission in Syria?
While we don’t yet know which rebel group shot down a Russian military helicopter in Syria today, killing all five on board, photographic and video evidence of the wreckage reveals that what Russia is presenting as a pacific tool of humanitarian aid was in fact an assault craft rigged with rocket pods.

Donald Trump is getting slammed by billionaires with way more money than him
Over the last week, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has campaigned with three billionaires: Michael Bloomberg last Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention, Mark Cuban on Saturday during a campaign event, and Warren Buffett on Monday.

'She's the devil': Trump just launched his fiercest attack yet on Hillary Clinton
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's increasingly hostile rhetoric toward Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reached a new high on Monday when he called Clinton "the devil" during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Black Lives Matter Coalition Makes Demands as Campaign Heats Up
More than 60 organizations associated with the Black Lives Matter movement have released a series of demands on Monday, including for reparations.

EU officials fear plans for gas pipeline linking Turkey and Russia will strengthen Moscow
Declarations by Russia and Turkey last week reviving plans for the TurkStream natural gas pipeline linking the two have worried EU diplomats who see it strengthening Moscow's hand - but analysts say the project is more rhetoric than reality.

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Ransom? US sent Iran $400 million in cash as prisoners freed, report says
The Obama administration secretly airlifted $400 million in foreign currencies to Iran in January, transporting the cash on an unmarked cargo plane, says a new report from The Wall Street Journal.

Pope Francis: A Fool Or Liar For Islam?
Is the Pope really that dense? Is he incapable of distinguishing between violence committed in the name of a religion, and violence committed in contradiction of a religion?

Senior Democratic National Committee officials resign: DNC
One of the more remarkable incarnations of the prophesied ingathering of the exiles is the discovery of Jewish roots in African tribes. The King of Togo, a country in West Africa, plans to strengthen that Messianic vision by bringing hundreds of African kings to the Western Wall in Jerusalem this Sukkot (Festival of Booths) to sing out their love of the God of Israel.

Hundreds of African Kings, Many Claiming Jewish Ancestry, Will Gather to Praise God at Kotel
One of the more remarkable incarnations of the prophesied in-gathering of the exiles is the discovery of Jewish roots in African tribes. The King of Togo, a country in West Africa, plans to strengthen that Messianic vision by bringing hundreds of African kings to the Western Wall in Jerusalem this Sukkot (Festival of Booths) to sing out their love of the God of Israel.

‘Terrible & unnatural’: Pope Francis slams gender choice being taught to kids
Reflecting on the idea of gender identity freedom that is being promulgated across the globe, the 79-year-old pontiff termed such approach an “annihilation of man as an image of God.”

Survey Finds Israelis Have Few Delusions about Peace, IDF Brass
some 77% of Israeli Jews do not believe peace is a possibility. Incidentally, the Arab group is more optimistic, with 27% strongly believing in a coming peace, 19% moderately.

GEOMAGNETIC STORM
As expected, a CME embedded in a high-speed solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field during the late hours of Aug. 2nd. The resulting G1-class geomagnetic storm sparked bright green auroras over Antarctica.

Netanyahu: I'm shaken to the core of my being
PM comments on video showing Palestinian father urging soldiers to shoot his son, calling the world's attention to culture of death. Encouraging someone to murder a child - let alone your own child - is probably the most inhumane thing a person can do.

Paul Ryan, Wasserman Schultz to test anti-establishment mood
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz are about to test voters' anti-establishment mood, first hand. Fifteen states from Florida to Arizona still have House primaries in an election year that's seen both parties' supporters seethe against Washington.

Netanyahu Establishes Ties With New British PM Theresa May
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first phone conversation with his British counterpart Prime Minister Theresa May since she took office last month. According to Netanyahu’s office, the two leaders discussed ways to maintain and increase cooperation in a variety of fields, including regional issues and the threat of global terrorism.

Israeli Security Firm Wants to Help Trump Build Mexico Wall
Israeli security firm Magal Security Systems is putting itself in the running to become the firm hired to build GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s famous border wall between America and Mexico – providing Trump wins the election. The wall has become a signature feature of the business magnate’s campaign platform.

Turkish police raid science council, many detained, in post-coup purge: NTV
Turkish police raided the offices of the national science research council on Wednesday...widening an investigation into followers of the U.S.-based cleric suspected of masterminding last month's coup attempt. Many people were detained in the raid on the offices of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak) in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, NTV said, without giving details.

Syria Aleppo siege: Fighting rages as Russian jets strike
ntense fighting has continued around the Syrian city of Aleppo, where a rebel offensive is trying to break a government siege of rebel-held areas. Over the weekend, the rebels tried to reconnect an encircled area in the east with insurgent territory in the west. They set off a huge tunnel bomb underneath army positions in the strategic Ramouseh district.

Irish archbishop moves priests after gay culture claims at Catholic seminary
Dublin's archbishop has said he will stop sending trainee priests to the Republic of Ireland's main Catholic college after allegations emerged of a gay culture at the seminary. St Patrick's College in Maynooth is not the right place for men to study to become priests, Diarmuid Martin said. He is "unhappy about an atmosphere that was growing" in the seminary.

North Korea fires ballistic missile into Japanese waters
North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile which landed in Japanese waters, South Korea and Japan say. The missile was launched off the North's east coast early on Wednesday and travelled about 1,000km (620 miles), one of the North's longest launches to date. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said it was a "grave threat" to his country.

Fringe Washington gubernatorial candidate decries power of Jews
A fringe candidate for governor of Washington state calls Israel “an illegitimate terror state” and the Holocaust a “Holohoax.” The centerpiece of the campaign of David Blomstrom...is to inform the public about what he calls “Jewarchy,” defined...as “the inordinate power possessed by Jews...Examples include Zionists...the Jews many believe control the global economy...”

US police chiefs visit Israel to learn counter-terrorism techniques
Citing Israel’s preeminence in counter-terrorism operations, US police chiefs are visiting the country as part of an ADL delegation to learn advanced training techniques from Israel Police. Among the delegation are chiefs of the Orlando, Florida and San Bernadino, California, police departments, who recently witnessed unprecedented terrorist attacks in their cities.


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Martyred Priest's Last Words to Jihadists: 'Be Gone, Satan!'...
Just before having his throat slit by two Islamic terrorists in northern France last week, Father Jacques Hamel told one of his assailants, “Be gone, Satan!”, according to the priest’s bishop.

Gay Syrian refugee found beheaded in Istanbul amid concerns Turkey does not protect EU asylum seekers
A gay Syrian refugee found beheaded in Istanbul had previously been kidnapped and raped, his friends said.

Rev. Graham: Biden Conducts Gay Marriage--'There Will Be A Price To Pay For Our Nation'
Commenting on Vice President Joe Biden conducting a gay marriage ceremony for two male White House staffers in the residence of the vice president in Washington, D.C., Christian evangelist Franklin Graham said God's word makes clear that "homosexuality is wrong," and that America now has a reputation for celebrating sin "and there will be a price to pay."

In Flood-Ravaged Ellicott City, Millions of Gallons of Sewage Flowing Into Patapsco River
The Baltimore Sun reports that the National Guard airlifted equipment into the city on Wednesday to make the necessary repairs to the line and put a stop to the estimated 5 million gallons that have flowed into the Sucker Branch tributary of the Patapsco River.

More Than 2 Dozen Large Wildfires Burn in Western States
27 large wildfires are burning in the West. Hot, dry temperatures often combined with winds have made firefighting conditions difficult, destroying homes and forcing evacuations. Here's a look at some of the fires burning Wednesday:

School Year Begins for Third Temple Priests
The Temple Institute has brought the Third Temple one step closer by establishing a school for Jewish priests (kohanim) to learn how to perform the Temple Service. A group of students, certified as being from the priestly caste, stands ready to learn all of the details of this complicated task, which may become relevant sooner than anyone thinks.

Obama Admin Hid Details of Multi-Million Dollar Cash Payout to Iran From Congress
The Obama administration took steps to withhold from lawmakers the details of a $400 million cash payout to Iran and continues to rebuke inquiries from Congress for information about how another $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds was awarded to the Islamic Republic...

Israel: Hamas Dominates World Vision Christian Charity, Usurping Cash, Provisions, Permits
“World Vision stands by Mohammad who is a widely respected and well-regarded humanitarian, field manager and trusted colleague of over a decade. It should be interesting to see the charity’s response to the charges submitted against El Halabi..describing him as Hamas activist who has been using his high position in the charity organization to systematically divert millions of dollars to the military arm of Hamas,

DOOMED COMET
"This is one of the brightest Kreutz sungrazers we've seen over the past 21 yrs," says Karl Battams of the Naval Research Lab in Washington DC. "Awesome! "

41 US service members, 1 pregnant woman, have contracted Zika overseas
At least 41 American service members, including one pregnant woman, have been diagnosed with the Zika virus while on active duty overseas, a Pentagon spokesperson told Fox News Wednesday. The Pentagon said that seven family members of those servicemen and women also have contracted the virus, which usually leads to mild symptoms, but can cause severe birth defects in children and has been linked to paralysis.

Facebook deletes Israel from list of Olympics participants
The omission was reportedly first noticed in the evening hours last night, with the OCI Facebook page receiving messages from users complaining that Israel is conspicuously absent from the list of participating countries. The list showed only the flag of the OCI.

Sinabung volcano (Sumatra, Indonesia): series of 3 explosions this morning
A series of 3 explosions occurred this morning at 06:09, 06:19 and 06:58 local time, generating ash plumes that rose 1200, 1500 and 2000 m above the volcano's summit, respectively.

Brava volcano (Cape Verde): increased seismic activity, eruption warning
Out of fear of a possible new eruption, authorities evacuated 300 people from Cova Da Joana town on Brava island. According to news reports, the National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics recorded increased seismic activity including volcanic tremor that sparked fears an eruption could be imminent.

4.5-magnitude earthquake hits Susanville area
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (KCRA) —A 4.5-magnitude earthquake hit the Susanville area Wednesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit at 9:55 p.m. about 19 miles southeast of Janesville, Calif. The quake was initially reported as 4.7 magnitude.

Large Quake Occurs in Bárðarbunga Volcano
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 hit the northern end of Bárðarbunga between 4 and 5 am yesterday morning. The volcano, which lies under the massive Vatnajökull glacier, caused the 2014-2015 Holuhraun eruption in the northeastern highlands of Iceland.

Bill Clinton Got Millions From World’s Biggest Sharia Law Education Firm
Bill Clinton collected $5.6 million in fees from GEMS Education, a Dubai-based company that teaches Sharia Law through its network of more than 100 schools in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation. The company’s finances strictly adhere to “Sharia Finance,” which includes giving “zakat,” a religious tax of which one-eighth of the proceeds is dedicated to funding Islamic jihad.

Princeton Study Exposes Weird New Ways Sites Are Spying on You
The classic advice for protecting yourself from internet tracking doesn't work very well against the newest breed of sophisticated snoopers who are spying on you using everything from your iPhone's battery status level to the kinds of fonts installed on your browser, Princeton researchers say in a massive new analysis of 1 million web sites, the largest of its kind.

Woman in her 60s knifed to death and five injured in possible terror attack in central London
Witnesses described victims “screaming and covered in blood” following the rampage in which the woman – believed to be a Spanish speaker enjoying a hen do – was brutally knifed around 10.30pm last night. Other terrified onlookers described the crazed knifeman chasing pedestrians and “lunging for anyone he could see” as police confirmed mental health was a likely factor.

'Anti-Semitism in UK highest since period following 2009 Gaza conflict'
Anti-Semitism across the UK rose by 11 percent in the first half of 2016 in comparison with the same period of 2015, according to a report published Thursday by the Community Security Trust (CST). The organization recorded 557 anti-Semitic incidents in the first six months of this year, in contrast with 500 last year.

An Angry White House Snaps Over Secret Iran "Hostage" Payment: "Why Is That Relevant"
Having been exposed for giving $1.7 billion of US taxpayer money to Iran - coincidental (we are told to believe) with the release of 4 Americans and the signing of the US-Iran nuclear accord - The White House is coming out swinging.

President Obama shortens sentences for 214 federal inmates
President Barack Obama on Wednesday cut short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what the White House called the largest batch of commutations on a single day in more than a century.

3 Indonesian volcanoes erupting at once, disrupting some flights
Euptions at three volcanoes in Indonesia have darkened skies in parts of the archipelago and disrupted some flights. Mount Rinjani on Lombok Island near Bali, the Sinabung volcano on Sumatra Island and Mount Gamalama in the Moluccas chain of islands have all erupted in the past couple of days.

Crowd Cheers Clinton's Call To 'Raise Taxes On The Middle Class'
Presumably a slip of the tongue, Clinton’s comment came amid broader Marxist-themed demagoguery about forcing “the wealthy” to “pay their fair share” of taxes.

Japan warns China over 'territorial aggression'
China risks triggering unintended conflict with Asian rivals through its aggressive stance in maritime disputes, Japan said Tuesday in a security assessment, as a Beijing minister urged preparations for a "people's war at sea".



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Iran Takes Another American Hostage After Taking Millions In Payoff Money
Wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies were flown into Iran on an unmarked cargo plane, according to these officials. The U.S. procured the money from the central banks of the Netherlands and Switzerland, they said.

US agency lifts ban on funding human–animal hybrids
The new rules shorten the developmental window during which human cells can be introduced into non-human primate embryos, disallowing it before development of the central nervous system. This is intended to limit the number of human cells that would make up the chimaera’s brain. They also prohibit breeding animals with human cells, so as to prevent a human-like embryo from growing in a non-human womb, or the birth of an animal that is more humanized than its parents.

Turkey Issues Formal Warrant for U.S.-Based Muslim Cleric Gülen
An Istanbul court issued the warrant for “ordering the 15 July coup attempt” that left 270 dead, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. Gülen, who resides in Pennsylvania and has lived in the U.S. since 1999, strongly denies any involvement in or prior knowledge of the coup. Erdoğan, who used to be allied with Gülen, now views the preacher as a major political threat and has led an effort to purge the country of anything he views as connected to the Gülenist movement.

World Vision Collusion with Hamas Throws Harsh Light on Its Israeli Partner NGOs
Clearly, despite their hectic claims to the contrary, WV saw its mission in Gaza, Judea and Samaria as going much farther than feeding the children of the Holy Land, as its Australian CEO claimed Thursday.

Terminally Ill Man Set to Undergo World’s First Head Transplant Says Doc Announcing Plans Soon
In Russia, 30-year-old Valery Spiridonov will be flying to the United States to meet the doctor who plans to perform the world’s first head transplant on him. During the operation, Italian surgeon, Dr. Sergio Canavero, intends to completely remove Spiridonov’s head and reattached it to a healthy body.

FBI Didn't Inform Many Americans They Were On Secret ISIS Kill List
More than 15,000 Americans are on the Islamic State’s hit list, a frightening fact which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has known for some time, yet somehow neglected to notify many of the relevant people to the potential dangers they might be facing.

Israeli Start-Up Hacks ISIS Chats and Finds Newest Target Kill Lists
An emerging Israeli startup firm in the cyber-security sector managed to infiltrate an encrypted Islamic State group and to retrieve the terror organization’s latest list of international attack targets.

Is Pope Francis Promoting A One World Religion And New World Order?
Pope Francis told hundreds of thousands of young people gathered for World Youth Day in Poland that they need to "believe in a new humanity" and that they should refuse "to see borders as barriers". Unfortunately, it has become exceedingly clear that his agenda includes moving humanity toward a one world religion and a new world order.

3 Subtle Distinctions Between Demons and Fallen Angels
The idea that demons are fallen angels is simply a long-held tradition. The Bible actually gives three subtle distinctions between demons and fallen angels, and I want to explore each one here.

UN Backs Secret Obama Takeover of Police
“The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has provided oversight and recommendations for improvement of police services in a number of cities with consent decrees. This is one of the most effective ways to reduce discrimination in law enforcement and it needs to be beefed up and increased to cover as many of the 18,000-plus local law enforcement jurisdictions.”

US health insurer warns 3.7m after cyber-attack
US health insurer Banner Health has written to 3.7 million customers and healthcare providers to warn that their data may have been stolen, after a cyber-attack. The breach could have targeted data on patients, physicians and health plans. An investigation revealed that attackers may have also accessed payment-card data at Banner Health food and drink outlets.

Egypt 'kills head of Islamic State's Sinai branch'
The Egyptian military says it has killed the head of the Sinai branch of so-called Islamic State (IS), along with dozens of its fighters. It said Abu Duaa al-Ansari was killed in a series of air strikes on fighters of the Sinai Province - or Ansar Beit al-Maqdis - group. The air strikes targeted jihadist strongholds near the town of El-Arish.

Turkey scolds Austria in EU membership dispute
Turkey has angrily rejected Austrian suggestions that its membership talks with the EU should be ended. Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said the negotiations were "no more than fiction" and "Europe needs a new path". Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik said his comments were "disturbing" and "similar to far-right rhetoric".

Obama challenges Israel to rethink opposition to Iran deal
One year on since world powers signed a landmark nuclear agreement with Iran, the deal is working– and Israel knows it, US President Barack Obama said on Thursday. Pushing back against criticism of a legal settlement the US reached with Iran in January...Obama said the real story was that improved relations with Iran were proving fruitful, and that opponents of the deal should own up to it.

In Rare Interview, Jailed Jihadist Warns ISIS Plans "Loads Of Concurrent Attacks In England, Germany, & France"
It has been a dreadful 12 months for Europe, where last November, Islamic radical refugees unleashed a terrorist first in Paris in a dramatic suicide bombing and mass execution, and proceeded from there to Belgium and ultimately Germany in a trail of terror that gets worse by the week, if not day. And it's about to get worse, because a jailed former Islamic State jihadist, German-born Harry Sarfo, has revealed that the terrorist group is actively seeking volunteers in Germany and the UK to carry out “loads of attacks at the same time in England, Germany and France.”

Anti-Semitic incidents rise in Britain: What can be done?
While anti-Muslim sentiment has garnered many headlines in Europe and the United States in recent months, a recent release shows that the number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Britain rose by 11 percent in 2016, continuing a trend of increased reports since 2013.

'Satan Club' Requests Hit Schools
After-school religious clubs appear to be the next venture of a national group that sought to install a statue of Satan outside two state capitols to protest Christian monuments on public grounds.

Israel accuses Gaza manager of World Vision of funding Hamas
Israel’s internal security agency said Thursday it has arrested a senior employee of the international aid group World Vision in the Gaza Strip, accusing him of siphoning millions of dollars of the charity’s funds and transferring them to the Islamic militant group Hamas.

Dr. Tim Ball: How The World Was Deceived About Global Warming & Climate Change
Current weather is normal; that is, it is well within the range of all previous weather and climate variations. There are no dramatic increases in temperature, precipitation, hurricanes, tornadoes, or any other severe weather. The climate is changing just as it always has and always will and the rate of change is perfectly normal. Of course, that is not what the government, environmentalists, or the media promote and as a result most of the public believe. The misconception is deliberate and central to the exploitation of global warming and climate change as the vehicle for a political agenda.

Arrested ISIS Sympathizer Claims Fellow Militants Are In Mexico
Erick Jamal Hendricks of Charlotte, N.C., was arrested Thursday in Ohio for providing material support to ISIS. A Department of Justice press release stated that Hendricks tried to recruit and train people in the United States to commit terrorist acts. “Hendricks allegedly told another person that his goal was to create a sleeper cell to be trained and housed at a secure compound that would conduct attacks in the United States. He mentioned that potential targets included military members whose information had been released by ISIL and the woman who organized the Draw Prophet Mohammad contest,” the DOJ press release said.


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Iran executes nuclear scientist who had ‘defected’ to US
An Iranian nuclear scientist who had defected to the US was executed in Iran, according to reports in the local press on Saturday. Shahram Amiri was a nuclear researcher at Malek Ashtar University of Technology and worked for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization. He is said to have had in-depth knowledge of Iran’s rogue nuclear program.

Netanyahu rejects Obama’s assertion that Israel now supports Iran accord
Israel on Friday firmly rejected US President Barack Obama’s claim that its officials now support last year’s nuclear deal with Iran. Far from accepting Obama’s assertion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s stance had not changed, while the Israeli Defense Ministry compared the accord to the Munich Agreement signed by the European powers with Nazi Germany in 1938.

Syria rebels 'break government siege' of Aleppo
Rebel factions in Syria say they have broken a weeks-long government siege of Aleppo, amid scenes of rejoicing in the crucial northern city.

World Vision Charity, Long Accused of Anti-Israel Bias, Caught Up in Hamas Funding Controversy
World Vision said Thursday it was “shocked” to hear allegations that a senior staff member in Gaza diverted millions of donors’ aid dollars to Hamas for terrorist activity. The international Christian charity finds itself under an uncomfortable spotlight after facing accusations of anti-Israel bias for years.

China conducts 'combat patrols' over contested islands
China's air force sent bombers and fighter jets on "combat patrols" near contested islands in the South China Sea, in a move a senior colonel said was part of an effort to normalize such drills and respond to security threats. The exercises come at a time of heightened tension in the disputed waters after an arbitration court in The Hague ruled last month that China did not have historic rights to the South China Sea.

Brave man who stood up to Munich shooter now facing prosecution for 'INSULTING killer'
A MAN who famously stood up to the Munich shooter after he killed nine people is facing being charged by a prosecutor for insulting the killer. Thomas Salbey, 57, saw the shooting happening from his balcony in the Bavarian capital on July 22. In an attempt to stop 18 year old Ali Sonboly from further slaughtering people, he swore at the shooter as he was standing in a car park below.

Swedish church to use drones to drop thousands of Bibles in ISIS-controlled Iraq
A major evangelical free church in Sweden is preparing to use drones to drop thousands of Bibles into areas of Iraq controlled by Islamic State. The Livets Ord (Word of Life) church in Uppsala in the north of Sweden has said it will use drones flying at high altitude to release thousands of small, electronic Bibles into Iraq.

Rocks tell story of China's great flood
Geologists have found evidence for an ancient megaflood which they say is a good match for the mythical deluge at the dawn of China's first dynasty. The legend of Emperor Yu states that he tamed the flooded Yellow River by dredging and redirecting its channels, thereby laying the foundations for the Xia dynasty and Chinese civilisation. Previously, no scientific evidence had been found for a corresponding flood.

US jobs growth beats forecasts in July
The US economy added a stronger-than-expected 255,000 jobs in July, fuelling speculation that interest rates could rise before the end of the year. The figure was below June's upwardly revised figure of 292,000 jobs, but was far higher than analysts' forecasts of between 175,000 and 180,000. The US unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9%.

Australia senator Malcolm Roberts calls climate change a UN conspiracy
One of Australia's new senators has said climate change is a global conspiracy created by bankers seeking to establish a worldwide government. Malcolm Roberts won a Queensland Senate seat as member of the anti-immigration One Nation party in recent elections. He says the United Nations is using climate change to lay the foundations for an unelected global government.

Chinese fleet sails near Japanese Senkaku islands
Japan says China has sailed a fleet of more than 230 vessels - most of them fishing boats - close to Japanese-controlled waters in the East China Sea. Tokyo says the fleet included six coastguard ships, three of which appeared to be armed. Japan has summoned Chinese diplomats to protest.

Lead Attorney In Anti-Clinton DNC Fraud Case Mysteriously Found Dead
Call it conspiracy theory, coincidence or just bad luck, but any time someone is in a position to bring down Hillary Clinton they wind up dead. In fact, as we noted previously, there’s a long history of Clinton-related body counts, with scores of people dying under mysterious circumstances. While Vince Foster remains the most infamous, the body count is starting to build ominously this election cycle - from the mysterious "crushing his own throat" death of a UN official to the latest death of an attorney who served the DNC with a fraud suit.

Russia may be preparing a 'long-term, game-changing move' with Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to again be embracing his old friend Russian President Vladimir Putin as he continues to consolidate power after last month's failed military uprising. Efforts to reset the Turkish-Russian relationship after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane over eight months ago have been underway since before July's attempted coup. Erdogan reportedly wrote a letter to Putin in late June with the apology Moscow had been demanding since November.

The Philippine Government Claims That After Killing 400 Drug Dealers, Half-a-Million Turned Themselves In
Recently elected Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s aggressive war on drugs has killed more than 400 people in the past month. And on Friday morning, furious after visiting a town where suspected drug dealers shot a police chief in the chest, Duterte told reporters that he had given police orders to shoot to kill when they come across anyone they believe to be involved in drug trade.

Politics Democrats fear 'October surprise' as White House ponders hack response
As Hillary Clinton supporters fret about a WikiLeaks “October surprise,” dozens of defense and security experts from both parties are urging the Obama administration to take tough action if it concludes that Russia orchestrated a series of cyberattacks on the Democratic Party.

Puerto Rico Reports Elderly Victim Infected With Zika Dies
Health officials announced Friday that an elderly person infected with Zika has died in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory battles what federal authorities call a silent epidemic.

Palestinian president's party brags of killing "11,000 Israelis" ahead of elections
The political party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas bragged about its killing of Israelis on Tuesday, in a bid to whip up support from voters ahead of October’s local and municipal elections throughout the Palestinian territories.


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Iran Is Ready To Attack Israel
The tension between Israel and Iran appears to be heightening. Hossein Salami, deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), recently said: “Hezbollah has 100,000 missiles that are ready to hit Israel to liberate the occupied Palestinian territories if the Zionist regime repeats its past mistakes.”

Islamic State militants claim capture of U.S. weapons in Afghanistan
Militants linked to Islamic State have released photos that purport to show weapons and equipment that belonged to American soldiers and were captured by the group in eastern Afghanistan.

Mexico landslides kill at least 38
At least 38 people have been killed by landslides in the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz after Tropical Storm Earl hit eastern Mexico, according to the official Twitter account of National Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Puente.

Cotton: 'Reckless' Hillary Had Emails on Executed Iran Scientist
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday that Hillary Clinton's emails on her private server referencing the nuclear scientist who was recently executed in Iran for treason show she is "reckless," "careless" and "not suited" to be president.

Kaine: Being picked for VP feels like being 'kidnapped'
The vice presidential nominee spoke at a coordinated campaign field office for Clinton and local Democrats in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Friday, according to Politico. Asked by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) what it was like to be Clinton's running mate, he responded: "It feels like I got kidnapped."

Two earthquakes reported, including one in Southeast Missouri
A small earthquake hit Southeast Missouri on Saturday afternoon, and another small one struck Saturday night near the Missouri-Tennessee-Kentucky border.

Company Builds Profile on Every American Adult
It’s a company you probably didn’t even know existed, but it probably knows more about you than some of your closest friends. IDI, or Interactive Data Intelligence, has only been in business for one year but already, it’s built a profile on every American adult: their addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, the kind of car they drive, voter registrations, hunting permits and criminal and civil citation history.

Turkey's Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt
Hundreds of thousands of Turks are expected at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday summoned by President Tayyip Erdogan to denounce a failed coup, a show of strength staged in the face of Western criticism of widespread purges and detentions. The "Democracy and Martyrs' Rally"...caps three weeks of nightly demonstrations by Erdogan's supporters, many wrapped in the red Turkish flag, in squares around the country.

‘We’ve had ENOUGH Merkel’ Rest of Europe gangs up on Germany over crippling EU austerity
Major EU nations including France, Italy and Spain are clubbing together to form a new alliance with the aim of wrestling back economic power from the German leader. Mediterranean economies have been devastated by an EU-wide policy of austerity enforced from Berlin, which has led to massive youth unemployment and soaring poverty.

Tropical Storm Earl: Landslides kill six in Mexico
Six people died in eastern Mexico when their homes were buried under landslides caused by heavy rain in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Earl. The dead included a married couple and their one-year-old son, officials said. It happened on Saturday in Veracruz state, and there are warnings that rivers may flood in the neighbouring state of Puebla.

Macedonia storm: At least 15 die overnight in freak deluge
At least 15 people have died overnight as storms caused Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, to flood. Their bodies were found before 8:30 local time (06:30 GMT)on Sunday, an official said. Six people are still missing. Some of the victims drowned in their cars. Parts of the city's ring road have been swept away in the floods, dragging cars into nearby fields.

China launches first mobile telecoms satellite from Beijing
China has launched its first mobile telecommunications satellite. The Tiantong-01 satellite will establish a mobile network serving China, the Middle East, Africa and other areas, the state run Xinhua news agency reported. It was sent into space after midnight local time in Beijing (16:00 GMT) on Sunday.

Third tunnel this month collapses on Gazan terror operatives
Khaled Mithqal al-Hour, a member of Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzeldin Qassam Brigades, died in a tunnel collapse on Saturday evening, according to a statement on Hamas’s official website. “The martyr Hour met his Lord and departed from our world following a collapse of a resistance tunnel,” the statement said.

A movement of staunch conservatives and doomsday-watchers to the inland north-west is quietly gaining steam
Asked by an out-of-stater where the nearest shooting range is, Patrick Leavitt, an affable gunsmith at Riverman Gun Works in Coeur d’Alene, says: “This is Idaho—you can shoot pretty much anywhere away from buildings.” That is one reason why the sparsely populated state is attracting a growing number of “political refugees”

Machete attack against Belgian police is likely terrorism, officials say
A machete attack that injured two female police officers in the Belgian city of Charleroi Saturday appears to be an act of terrorism, officials said. The assailant, who reportedly shouted "Allahu Akhbar," the Arabic phrase meaning "God is great", was shot by a third officer and later died of his inuries.

24 hospitalized in drug overdose at Ohio music festival
Twenty-four people attending a music festival in Ohio were hospitalized Saturday from drug overdoses, according to the Richland County Sheriff's office. No one lost consciousness and everyone seems to be OK, Sheriff's Capt. Donald Zehner said Saturday afternoon.



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In Bloody Attack, Pakistan’s Lawyers Targeted for Greater Impact
The suicide bombing in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta on Monday that killed 70 people may have targeted the legal community in order to multiply the impact of the attack, according to some lawyers and analysts.

Japan Orders Military To 'State Of Alert' As North Korea Accuses US Of Seeking 'Preemptive Nuclear Strike'
Just days after North Korea has accused Washington of planning a preemptive nuclear strike - following the US announcement that it would deploy its B-1 bomber in the Pacific for the first time in a decade - Japan's increasingly militarist tone just ratcheted up to '11' as defense ministry officials have ordered its military to be ready at any time to shoot down any North Korean missiles that threaten to strike Japan, putting its forces on a state of alert for at least three months.

Is Something Wrong With Hillary: Bizarre Behavior, Seizure Allegations Raise Doubts About Her Health
As the presidential campaign enters its final stages, probing questions have emerged about the health condition of Hillary Clinton. Hillary' bizarre, erratic behavior on the campaign trail (culminating with last week's perplexing "short-circuit" comment) has left many wondering whether she is seriously ill. Hillary has at multiple times had convulsions that appear to be seizures on camera, including a series of seemingly inexplicable coughing fits.

Turkey's Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt
President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally of more than one million people on Sunday that July's failed coup would be a milestone in building a stronger Turkey, defying Western criticism of mass purges and vowing to destroy those behind the putsch.

U.S. calls for release of four Chinese human rights activists
The United States called on China on Monday to release four human rights lawyers and activists who were convicted of subversion last week. Attorneys Zhou Shifeng and Gou Hongguo and activists Hu Shigen and Zhai Yanmin were given sentences ranging from three to 7-1/2 years in prison by a court in China's northeastern city of Tianjin.

Study: Obama issued $743B in regs
Since President Obama took office in 2009, the federal government has issued 600 major regulations totaling $743 billion, according to a new study from the conservative American Action Forum.

Southern Ukraine suffers from earthquake and strong weather storms
Unprecedented natural disaster hits southern Ukraine. An earthquake occurred in the coastal city of Mariupol, with magnitude reaching 6,0. Despite epicentre being fixed in south-eastern region, the shocks were sensed in Crimea, as well as in Zaporizzhya, Berdyansk, and Dnipro, all of them in central and southern parts of Ukraine.

Antigua rattled by earthquake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 rocked Antigua on Monday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

What will the 2056 Olympics look like?
The world of genetics has been upended in the last couple of years by the discovery of CRISPR-Cas9, which, to grossly oversimplify, allows the precise editing of DNA in a living subject. Initially, the focus of most research seems to be chopping out and replacing the bits of DNA responsible for hereditary diseases. But it doesn't take much imagination to see how an individual or a national sports program might want to use this kind of technology once it's better understood.

State Dept. Spox Bursts Out Laughing After Calling Press Briefing an ‘Exercise in Transparency’
State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Thursday burst out laughing right after calling the daily departmental press briefing an “exercise in transparency and democracy.” “I thought it was an exercise in spin and obfuscation,” the reporter added.

Vigilante groups are emerging in Europe
This is naturally leading to that afraid and angry people are finding together and sticking together, forming vigilante groups. In Germany there are now hundreds of vigilante groups, reports DR. Some of them are also preparing for actual civil war and are 'prepping' for it, including martial arts training, shooting practice, and growing their own food. I have lived in Germany for 15 years - but I have never before experienced such a pronounced fear of the future. This is not a doomsday cult. They are well-adjusted Germans with families and jobs.

Turkey legalizes pedophilia
The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled to annul a provision that punishes all sexual acts against children under the age of 15 as “sexual abuse,” stirring outrage from academics and women’s rights activists who warn that the decision will lead to cases of child abuse going unpunished, reports the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet Daily News.

After failed coup, Russia and Turkey aim to thaw icy ties
Erdogan heads to Russia for first meeting with Putin since fallout over downed jet put relations in the deep freeze. Putin was one of the first foreign leaders to phone Erdogan offering support and, unsurprisingly, sharing none of the scruples of EU leaders about the ensuing crackdown.

Stalin ordered Wallenberg’s ‘liquidation,’ KGB boss’s diary reveals
Document provides first confirmation that Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during Holocaust was executed in Soviet prison.

Moscow's 'New Friendships' Change Political Order in the Middle East
Moscow has engaged in a closer partnership with Iran, Turkey and Israel, three key nations with which Russia seeks to prevent the spillover of Islamist chaos onto its territory...

Joe Biden performs his first marriage - between two men
Vice President Joe Biden has performed his first wedding ceremony – presiding over the “marriage” of two men.

Irish High Court judge rules: ‘Unborn’ is ‘clearly a child’ with ‘significant’ rights
An Irish High Court judge has ruled that unborn children have all the rights of “born” children under the Irish constitution and law. “The ruling is vitally important at a time when the status of unborn babies in Ireland is once again under grave threat from pro-abortion organizations and the media,” Patrick Buckley of the Dublin office of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children said.

World Vision: a Christian charity on an anti-Israel mission
World Vision is a Christian charity on an anti-Israel mission. This can clearly be seen in its fraudulently biased website description of Israel and what they call the 'West Bank', properly known as Judea & Samaria.

Europe's armies are dysfunctional
So while late German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, was promising to make Germany a “leader of peace and disarmament”, the American media reported that German soldiers could not even shoot in Afghanistan. “An unarmed Europe will face the world alone”, wrote Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times.

'Preparation for Temple no longer a dream'
In the run up to the 2,849th annual commemoration of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem (Tisha B'Av), the Temple Institute has released a video proposing the rebuilding of the third Temple.

MINOR STORM WARNING
NOAA forecasters estimate a 55% chance of minor G1-class geomagnetic storms on Aug. 8th when a high-speed stream of solar wind is expected to contact Earth's magnetic field.

The Latest Big Education Fad, Social-Emotional Learning, Is As Bad As It Sounds
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) longs to plumb the psyches of our children (as its own reports reveal)and it enjoys the eager complicity of state education establishments. As reported by Education Week, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) recently announced that eight states will “work collaboratively to create and implement plans to encourage social-emotional learning in their schools.”

Delta flights grounded after systems outage
US airline giant Delta has suspended departing flights worldwide after suffering a major system outage. "Customers should check the status of their flight before heading to the airport while the issue is being addressed," the company tweeted. It said it was working to resolve the problem as soon as possible. Inbound flights en route are not affected.

Turkey coup: Erdogan backs return of death penalty at vast Istanbul rally
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a vast rally in Istanbul that he would approve the return of the death penalty if it was backed by parliament and the public. He was speaking to a crowd of at least a million who had gathered in Turkey's biggest city. The rally followed last month's failed military coup.

Pakistan hospital bomb attack kills dozens in Quetta
A bomb blast has killed 53 people at a hospital in the city of Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say. Dozens of people were injured in the attack, which happened at the entrance to the emergency department where the body of a prominent lawyer shot dead earlier on Monday was being brought. The casualties included lawyers and journalists accompanying the body of Bilal Anwar Kasi.

Supreme Court rules against major state initiative to deter Gaza flotillas
The state cannot confiscate the Estelle, the Swedish Ship used in a 2012 flotilla aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade of Gaza, the Supreme Court ruled on Sunday. At the same time, the three justices – Supreme Court President Miriam Naor, Hanan Melcer and Salim Joubran – left some opening for future state efforts to try reinstating its confiscation policy.


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Can we predict who will turn to crime? 'Minority Report' computers may soon mark out children as 'likely criminals'
Is it possible to predict whether someone will commit a crime some time in the future? It sounds like an idea from the 2002 science-fiction movie Minority Report (pictured). But that's what researcher Richard Berk, from the University of Pennsylvania, is hoping to find out

Julian Assange Suggests Seth Rich – Who Was MURDERED in DC – Was Wikileaks DNC Source!
On July 8, 2016, 27 year-old Democratic staffer Seth Conrad Rich was murdered in Washington DC. The killer or killers took nothing from their victim, leaving behind his wallet, watch and phone. Shortly after the killing, Redditors and social media users were pursuing a “lead” saying that Rich was en route to the FBI the morning of his murder, apparently intending to speak to special agents about an “ongoing court case” possibly involving the Clinton family.

China Food Inflation Looms As Ag Output Set To Plunge Most In 50 Years Amid Historic 'La Nina'
The biggest (unspoken of) bubble in the world, just got bubblier. Following the lowest 10Y China government bond auction yield since records began in 2004, a surge of foreign inflows (seeking yield) combined with domestic flight-to-safety from the increasingly default-ridden corporate bond sector has sent China's government bond yields to 2009 lows.

Photos suggest China built reinforced hangars on disputed islands: CSIS
Satellite photographs taken in late July show China appears to have built reinforced aircraft hangars on its holdings in disputed South China Sea islands, a Washington-based research group said.

'We should nationalise German banks' Warning Deutsche Bank teetering on edge of CRISIS
TOP economist has warned that Germany's biggest bank is teetering on the edge of crisis and they only way to protect it against future shocks is to nationalize it.

World's largest aircraft greets the public ahead of first flight tests
The world's largest aircraft made its first public outing this week. On August 6 at 4:00 am BST, Hybrid Air Vehicles' helium-buoyant Airlander 10 airship, which was originally developed for the US Army as the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV), was guided out of its hangar, Airship Shed 1, at RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK, ahead of a short series of ground tests in anticipation of its first flight in Britain.

Black Holes Could Be ‘Back Doors’ Of The Universe: Did Scientists Find Entrance To Wormholes?
The elusive entrance to theorized wormholes may have been found deep in the center of black holes, a new study suggests. And, instead of black holes being the gravitational endpoint of anything that gets trapped within their pull, the massive space magnets just might be conduits or “back doors” to other places within our own universe.

NASA Fears 'Armageddon' Asteroid Could Hit Earth: 'Bennu' is Larger Than Empire State Building, Travels 63,000 MPH
A giant asteroid could crash into the Earth in the next century and wipe out the human race. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is taking the threat very seriously that it will soon launch a probe to prevent the future catastrophe from taking place. "Bennu" was discovered in 1999 and has been crossing the orbit of the Earth every six years. However, the giant asteroid has been drawing closer throughout the years and is estimated to pulverize the Earth in 2135.

Demons just 'innocent fun' in new TV project
It comes at a time when the real-life practice of exorcism is as popular as ever. But pastors are warning the demonic realm is real – and dangerous.

Putin meets Erdogan for 1st time since downing of Russian jet
Turkish president Recep Tayip Ergodan is meeting with “his friend” Vladimir Putin in hopes of turning a fresh page in the two countries’ relations. It is their first meeting since Turkey downed a Russian bomber over Syria last November.

WikiLeaks’ Assange: Hillary Tries To Link Trump To Putin To Hide Her ‘Many Connections’ To Russia
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claimed that Hillary Clinton is working so hard to tie Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin to hide her “many connections” to Russia.

Grassley Demands Answers On Fugitives Living In Public Housing
Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to know why fugitives are living in federally-funded housing, which the Iowa Republican points out is a violation of the law. More than 1,300 felony fugitives were found living in public housing in one HUD region in 2012, but local authorities refused to kick them out...Those residents were wanted for crimes ranging from felony theft to rape and murder.

Earthquake Hits Ecuador's Capital of Quito
An earthquake struck the capital of Ecuador at 11:23 p.m., local time. Although only a 4.6 magnitude earthquake, reports are that it felt very strong and power was lost in several areas of Quito.

One in Eight U.S. Adults Say They Smoke Marijuana
Thirteen percent of U.S. adults tell Gallup they currently smoke marijuana, nearly double the percentage who reported smoking marijuana only three years ago. Although use of the drug is still prohibited by federal law, the number of states that have legalized recreational marijuana use has grown from two...to four today...Five states will vote on whether to legalize marijuana this November.

Mexico searches for victims of deadly Storm Earl
Emergency workers in Mexico are searching for survivors after landslides killed dozens in the wake of Tropical Storm Earl. The worst-affected state was Puebla in central Mexico, where at least 28 people were killed after torrential rains set off mudslides. Puebla Governor Rafael Moreno Valle said dogs had been brought in to search for those missing.

Japan says ties with China 'deteriorating' over disputed islands
Japan's foreign minister has warned that ties with China are "significantly deteriorating", after Chinese vessels repeatedly entered disputed waters in the East China Sea. Fumio Kishida said he had called China's ambassador to protest against the "incursions". On Friday, about 230 Chinese fishing boats and coast guard vessels sailed near islands claimed by both countries.

ISIS reportedly calls for attacks on Miss Universe pageant
Terrorists from the Islamic State group have allegedly called for attacks at the upcoming Miss Universe competition set for January 2017 in the Philippines. A string of threats recently posted to the messaging app Telegram have called for local jihadi proponents of the extremist group known as ISIS to carry out attacks at the beauty pageant, Fox News reported Monday.

Shin Bet: UN worker used his position to aid Hamas military projects
A United Nations worker in Gaza has been arrested for using his position to aid Hamas military activities, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Tuesday. The suspect was named as 38-year-old Wahid Abdullah Burash of Jabalia in Gaza, an employee of the United Nations Development Program.

Obama says he’s being ‘forced out’ of White House
If President Obama had his way, he’d probably never leave the White House. During an interview with the Golf Channel, Obama confessed it’s only because he’s being “forced out” that he’ll leave the executive mansion in January.

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High risk of modern slavery in nearly 60 percent of countries, global index finds
Almost 60 percent of countries are at high risk of using slave labor in their supply chains, according to a new global index launched on Thursday, which also ranked North Korea as having the worst record of slave labor in the world.

Local Baltimore officials, Justice Department promise sweeping overhaul of city police
Baltimore’s top law enforcement and political leaders on Wednesday vowed a sweeping overhaul of the city Police Department after a searing rebuke of the agency’s practices, which the Justice Department said regularly discriminated against black residents in poor communities.

Internet porn addicts behave like drug abusers as enjoyment turns into compulsion
A growing body of research shows that online pornography is warping men’s brains, diminishing their sex drives and producing addictive behaviors commonly found among drug abusers, as porn producers experiment with technologies to make the viewing experience more compelling.

Israeli athletes in Rio endure ‘shocking’ hostility, taunting by Muslim nations
The 2016 Olympic Games have been billed as an opportunity to put politics aside in the spirit of international camaraderie, but that’s not necessarily how it’s working out for Israeli athletes. Animosity toward the 47-athlete delegation has already triggered a reprimand from the International Olympic Committee and alarm from Jewish groups like the Anti-Defamation League, which issued a statement this week decrying anti-Israel “hostility” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases.

Clinton Body Count or Left-Wing Conspiracy? Three With Ties to DNC Mysteriously Die
Since the Democratic National Committee emails were leaked a few weeks ago, three people associated with the DNC have all been found dead under what could be questionable circumstances. Some — including Bernie Sanders supporters — suspect the Clintons were behind the deaths...

House Task Force Confirms: ISIS Threat Was Altered in Intelligence Reports For Political Purposes
Last year.... a bombshell report featuring dozens of intelligence community whistleblowers alleging the Obama administration and top tier levels of the military were "cooking the books" on ISIS in order to paint a rosier picture for the American public and to downplay the real threat the terror army posed.

4.0 magnitude earthquake recorded near Luther on Wednesday morning
The temblor struck just north-northeast of Luther at 6:04 a.m. and was felt as far east as Claremore, according to the USGS.

New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created ‘Piltdown man’
Our re-evaluation of the Piltdown fossils using the latest scientific methods (DNA analyses, high-precision measurements, spectroscopy and virtual anthropology) shows that it is highly likely that a single orang-utan specimen and at least two human specimens were used to create the fake fossils.

Emails by Clinton Aides Show State Department-Foundation Links
Newly released emails from a top aide to Hillary Clinton show evidence of contacts between Clinton’s State Department and donors to her family foundation and political campaigns.

Putin and May plan to meet "in near future"
"The Prime Minister noted the importance of the relationship between the UK and Russia, and expressed the hope that, despite differences on certain issues, they could communicate in an open and honest way about the issues that mattered most to them",

Obama, Clinton and the power of mendacity
According to the FBI, Clinton’s private server was less secure than a Gmail account. Over the weekend, the Iranian regime unexpectedly announced it executed its former nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri. As reports of Amiri’s demise make clear, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton may very well be partially to blame for his death.

WikiLeaks offers reward for info leading to killer of Jewish DNC staffer
The offer from the clearinghouse for hacked and leaked documents was made Tuesday on Twitter after one-time Trump adviser alleged Hillary Clinton was responsible for Seth Rich’s death.

U.S. says 300 Islamic State fighters killed in Afghan operation
Afghan forces, backed by the United States, have killed an estimated 300 Islamic State fighters in an operation mounted two weeks ago, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said on Wednesday, calling it a severe blow to the group.

USGS reports 5.1 earthquake strikes in Lake County
The U.S Geological Survey reported a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck 11 miles northeast of Upper Lake in Lake County Tuesday evening. The U.S Geological Survey reported the quake struck at 7:57 p.m. and its epicenter is believed to be about 50 miles from Healdsburg in Sonoma County, and 85 miles from Sacramento. Two small aftershocks of 2.7 and 3.0 could be felt about 30 minutes after the initial quake.

Scientist Predicts ‘Little Ice Age,’ Gets Icy Reception From Colleagues
Professor Valentina Zharkova at Northumbria University is being attacked by climate change proponents for publishing research suggesting there could be a 35-year period of low solar activity that could usher in an “ice age.”

Saudi Arabia intercepts two missiles fired from Yemen, Al Arabiya says
Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles fired at the kingdom by Yemen's armed Houthi movement on Wednesday, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported. The attack follows renewed air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition on the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Thirteen civilians were killed when bombs a snack food factory.

EU making 'serious mistakes' over failed Turkish coup: Turkish minister
The European Union is making serious mistakes in its response to Turkey's failed coup and is losing support for EU membership from Turks as a result... In an interview with the state-run Anadolu agency, Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey's rapprochement with Russia was not meant as a message to the West. However, he said if the West "loses" Turkey it will be because of its own mistakes, not Ankara's good ties with Russia, China or the Islamic world.

Police look to crackdown on terror activity, lawlessness in volatile east Jerusalem
Police announced a...restructuring initiative to heighten security ...featuring five new stations in flashpoint neighborhoods, 1,200 additional officers, and nearly 200 extra CCTV cameras. Citing the relative lawlessness of the east compared to the west, Jerusalem Police Chief Yoram Halevy said the move is intended to “strengthen and deepen the rule of law throughout Jerusalem, and in the villages of east Jerusalem.”


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Military attaches, diplomats flee Turkey's post-coup inquiry
Two Turkish military attaches in Greece fled to Italy, others were caught overseas and some diplomats were on the run after being recalled as part of an inquiry into last month's failed military coup, Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday.

The real al Aqsa Mosque is not in Jerusalem
Early Islamic sources state that the "al Aqsa Mosque" (literal meaning: 'the farther mosque'), mentioned only once in the Koran, was one of two mosques located near Ji'irrana, a village located between Mecca and Taaf in the Arabian Peninsula (now Saudi Arabia.) One of the mosques was called "al-Masjid al-Adna," meaning the "closer mosque" and the other " al-Masjid al-Aqsa", the "farther mosque." When the Koran refers to the al Aqsa mosque while telling the myth of the Prophet Muhammad's night time journey from the "holy mosque" of Mecca to al Aqsa, that is, the "farther mosque," it is referring to the mosque in Ji'irrana.

Moscow Calming Israeli, American Fears of Russia-Turkey-Iran Coalition
...even if it were true, and Russia, Turkey and Iran were to forge a strategic alliance, TASS continues its calming message, it would be for the best, because “these three countries can play a positive role, for instance, in overcoming the Syrian crisis.”

UN Special Envoy Calls for Immediate Halt of Aid Money to Gaza
United Nations Special Envoy Laurie Cardoza-Moore has called on all international humanitarian organizations to immediately halt all aid money to Gaza until it can be proven that the money isn’t being squandered by Hamas.

'Devastating bombshells' in new Hillary emails
Another batch of previously undisclosed emails involving Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state has been released, and they reveal multiple orders from the private Clinton Foundation to Hillary Clinton’s aides at the State Department. Meanwhile, CNN reported the FBI asked the Justice Department to open a case into the Clinton Foundation earlier this year, but the department’s public integrity unit declined. One year prior to the request, the Justice Department had decided not to open a case into the foundation, claiming it lacked sufficient evidence.

Erdogan ultimatum: ‘US has to choose between Turkey & Gulen’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued an ultimatum to the US, saying it must choose between Turkey and the US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara believes was behind the failed July 15 coup attempt.

Russia to hold naval drills near Syria from mid-August
Russia plans to start naval exercises in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 15, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, citing the Russian defense ministry. Russian warships The Serpukhov and The Zelyony Dol, which are equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, will take part in the exercises, the defense ministry said.

Social Conservatives Speak Out Against Book That Suggests Morality of Pedophilia Is ‘Unclear’
Over the weekend, conservative author and traditional family advocate Ryan T. Anderson expressed his outrage on Twitter over an academic book titled “Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis.” The book, published in May, was written by Stephen Kershnar, who chairs the philosophy department at State University of New York at Fredonia.

U.S. to allow more marijuana research: sources
The U.S. government will...allow more research into marijuana but has rejected requests to relax the classification of the substance as a dangerous, highly addictive drug with no medical use... The decision is the Drug Enforcement Administration's response to a 2011 petition by two former state governors who had urged federal agencies to re-classify marijuana as a drug with accepted medical uses...

You May Be Broke and Not Know It
There are really two ways to be poor. Some people just don’t earn much money. Almost 15 percent of Americans, or 47 million people, live below the poverty line1, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Then there are the people loaded up with debt. Even people with good jobs can owe so much on credit cards, student loans, or mortgages that, on paper, they’re worth less than zero.

Wildfires in southern France threaten Marseille
Wildfires in southern France are threatening the city of Marseille, burning homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents. More than 1,500 firefighters are tackling the blazes which sprang up in scrubland north of the city. Deputy Mayor Julien Ruas said firebreaks had been created to protect northern neighbourhoods.

What do 'hangars' on disputed islands in the South China Sea tell us?
Satellite images appear to show China has built aircraft hangars on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The images, from late July, were released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and appear to confirm that Chinese military fighter jets could, at some point, be based on Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief Reefs.

Australia blocks Chinese firm from stake in electricity grid
Australia's government has preliminarily blocked Chinese and Hong Kong bidders from taking a controlling stake in the country's largest electricity network, citing worries over national security. In a statement to the media, the Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison has said the foreign investment proposals from Chinese and Hong Kong bidders "were contrary to the national interest."

Britain’s Labour Party drops security firm with Israel ties on eve of conference
The Labour Party in Britain was left without security arrangements for its annual conference next month following its boycott of a longtime contractor with ties to Israel. ...Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who in 2009 called Hezbollah and Hamas his “friends,” has called for sanctions against the Jewish state for what he regarded as its violations of international law.

Special envoy to the UN calls for immediate halt of aid money to Gaza
All international humanitarian organizations need to immediately halt all aid money to Gaza until it can be proven that the money isn’t being squandered by Hamas, a leading Christian-Zionist said Wednesday. “The enemy of the people of Gaza is Hamas, not Israel. Hamas...rules...with an iron fist. For decades...Hamas has robbed its people of aid money,” said Special Envoy to the United Nations Laurie Cardoza-Moore.

Terrorists Posing As Aid Workers? Israel Says U.N. Staffer Colluded With Hamas
When Israeli authorities last week accused a senior staffer for a leading Christian relief group of diverting charity funds to Hamas, they signaled he would not be the last – and now a U.N. agency employee has been indicted for allegedly supporting the Palestinian terror group.


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PHOTOS: Hillary Clinton’s protective wall around Chappaqua estate
Hillary Clinton doesn’t miss an opportunity to ridicule Donald Trump’s illegal immigration solution of a wall on the southern border — but that’s exactly what she’s deployed to keep undesirables away from her.

Amid tensions, Russia deploys advanced surface-to-air missile system to Crimea
Russia has deployed an advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile battery to the Crimean Peninsula amid escalating tensions there, according to Russian news reports. The missile system, once operational, would be able to target aircraft deep into Ukrainian airspace.

Hezbollah News: Is Putin Jewish?
A Lebanese news service made the shocking claim this week: the Russian President Vladmir Putin‘s increasingly close ties with Israel are because he is Jewish.

Washington considers sanctioning Moscow over DNC email leak - report
The breach of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, already compared to the Watergate scandal, is far from reaching its peak, as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has dropped a broad hint he has much more material to potentially publish.

Soros gave Clinton step-by-step instructions on how to tackle Albania unrest – WikiLeaks email
An email leaked by WikiLeaks reveals that when Hillary Clinton was US secretary of state in 2011, billionaire George Soros instructed her on how to handle unrest in Albania, stressing it “needs urgent attention at senior levels of the US government.” “Dear Hillary,” begins the email dated January 24, 2011 from the founder of Open Society Foundations, Soros. “A serious situation has arisen in Albania which needs urgent attention at senior levels of the US government.

Our first day with HoloLens: A tiny window into a magical future
...a world that was increasingly eyeing virtual reality as our future stopped in its tracks to rethink the almost-forgotten parallel world of augmented reality.

ISIS TERRORIST Tells Feds He Has Jihadist Brothers in Mexico
Earlier this year a top ranking Homeland Security official acknowledged that Mexican drug cartels were helping ISIS sneak across the southern border to scope out targets for terrorist attacks. ISIS operative Shaykh Mahmood Omar Khabir has reportedly been training militants near the US border near Ciudad Juarez for the past year.

Thailand blasts target Phuket and Hua Hin tourist spots
A series of blasts across Thailand has targeted tourist towns, killing four people and injuring dozens. Four bombs exploded in the resort town of Hua Hin, while several blasts hit the island of Phuket, a top tourist destination, all within a 24-hour period on Thursday and Friday. No group has said it carried out the attacks, but suspicion is likely to fall on separatist insurgents.

Nigeria to start emergency polio campaign
Nigeria has announced an emergency mass polio vaccination campaign in the north-east after two new cases emerged. They were the first incidences of the highly infectious disease in Africa for two years. The government said polio paralysed two children in Borno state, a part of Nigeria where Boko Haram militants have hindered health campaigns.

US: Israeli seizure of abandoned Palestinian property ‘unprecedented’
The United States slammed Israeli plans to seize abandoned Palestinian property, so that it could relocate 40 settler families who live in the West Bank outpost of Amona. “This would represent an unprecedented and troubling step,” said Elizabeth Trudeau is the US State Department’s director of its office for press relations.

Israel-diaspora enterprise to spend $66m. on college campuses globally
...Diaspora Jewry officially started its first project Thursday with a series of grants to three international college-campus organizations. ...“The Jewish people really are a mosaic and there are so many different pieces that are separated,” Mosaic United CEO Amy Holtz told The Jerusalem Post, explaining the choice of name. “We're hoping to bring the beautiful mosaic of the Jewish people from Israel and the Diaspora together.”

Nearly 100 people shot in Chicago in less than a week
Nearly 100 people have been shot in Chicago in less than a week, pushing the number of shooting victims so far this year to more than 2,500 — about 800 more than this time last year, according to data kept by the Tribune.

Furious China sees U.S. missile defense plan for South Korea as direct threat
U.S. military officials are trying to pacify a furious China in the wake of Washington’s plan to deploy a battery of advanced missile defense systems in South Korea, insisting to angry military leaders in Beijing that the weapons would be solely targeting ballistic missile threats from North Korea and not undercut China’s own military deterrent.

Venezuela Is Drowning In Its Own Oil
Venezuela’s President Maduro wants to raise oil prices to $70 – and fast. His plan, announced on Venezuelan television this week, is to somehow stabilize oil prices despite weak demand and near record production from Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Iran over the past several months.

Erdogan Threatens To Abandon US Dollar In Trade With Russia
The unexpectedly sharp antagonism between Turkey and the west accelerated today, and one day after NATO preemptively reminded Turkey that it is still a NATO alliance member and advising Ankara that "Turkey’s NATO membership is not in question", Turkey had some more choice words for its military allies. Cited by Reuters, Turkey foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Turkish's NTV television on Thursday that the country "may seek other options outside NATO for defense industry cooperation, although its first option is always cooperation with its NATO allies." Translation: if Russia (and/or China) gives us a better "defensive" offer, we just may take it.

Satanic Black Mass Still Scheduled at Public Venue
Amid growing protest Satanists plan to stage a second Black Mass at the public Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City on August 15, 2016. The public sacrilege against God and the Catholic Mass will include the desecration of a statue of the Virgin Mary whose Assumption into Heaven is celebrated that day

Obamacare On "Verge Of Collapse" As Premiums Set To Soar Again In 2017
f Obamacare enrollments continue their current trend and insurers continue to hike premiums at alarming rates then Republicans may not have to worry about "repealing and replacing Obamacare" as it might just work itself out "naturally". The 4th open enrollment period for Obamacare begins on November 1, 2016 and industry experts are warning that another year of tepid demand from "young and healthy" Americans could force more insurers out of the exchanges effectively marking the end of Obamacare as we know it. According to a story published by The Hill, 11 million people bought health insurance through the exchanges for 2016 which was drastically below the Congressional Budget Office's initial projection of 21 million.


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At least two dead, one missing in Louisiana flooding, more rain expected
At least two people are dead and one person remains missing as heavy rains in Louisiana and Mississippi continue to cause flash flooding.

Gotcha! Juncker’s secret plans to dictate to EU nations revealed
AN EU Commission stealth plan to dictate to member Governments how they should run their countries has been unearthed by Express.co.uk. Juncker’s plans are being presented as a charter on social rights – but what they actually do is dictate wage structures and employment conditions Europe-wide.

Women rip off their burqas as Syrian residents of Manbij celebrate rescue from Isil
Women ripped off their black burqas and defiantly smoked cigarettes, while the men cut their beards as they gave the peace sign. After two years living under the Islamic State, the last-remaining residents of the northern Syrian city of Manbij could not quite believe it when the US-backed forces arrived to rescue them.

Democrats hacked again with private contact details of party’s members of House of Representatives posted online
Nancy Pelosi, the leader of Democrats in the House of Representatives, appears to have been one of the main targets. In his blog, Guccifer wrote: “As you see the U.S. presidential elections are becoming a farce, a big political performance where the voters are far from playing the leading role. Everything is being settled behind the scenes as it was with Bernie Sanders.”

What is Malia Obama smoking? President's daughter suspected of cannabis use at festival
Miss Obama, who set to attend Harvard next year, was at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago, Illinois where a video captured her appearing to inhale.

Final Collapse' of Secular Syria Could Foster the Rise of a Terrorist State
The overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad will lead to Islamic terrorists seizing power in Syria and a "final collapse" of the country, which is out of line with the West's interests, Gunter Mayer, head of the Center for Arab Studies at the University of Mainz, told the German news network NDR.

Sue Obama administration, to block Internet grab, group urges
“Without robust safeguards, Internet governance could fall under the sway of governments hostile to the freedoms protected by the First Amendment,” the letter says. “Ominously, governments will gain a formal voting role in ICANN for the first time when the new bylaws are implemented.”

Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway
Multiple FBI investigations are underway involving potential corruption charges against the Clinton Foundation, according to a former senior law enforcement official. Prosecutorial support will come from various U.S. Attorneys Offices — a major departure from other centralized FBI investigations.

Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained
“I hope everyone has buckled their seatbelts because the outer solar system just got a lot weirder.” That’s what Michele Bannister, an astronomer at Queens University, Belfast tweeted on Monday..... it swings around the sun backwards unlike most of the other objects in the solar system.

Major 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off Vanuatu: USGS
A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck about 535 kilometres south-east of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering a local tsunami warning. There were no initial reports of casualties or damage.

Ex-Marine Punished for Bible Verses on Desk Loses Appeals Case
A United States appeals court has ruled against a former Marine who was court-martialed and discharged in part for refusing to remove cutouts of a biblical phrase from her work station. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington ruled Wednesday, 4-1, to uphold the bad conduct discharge of Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling, deciding that there was no "substantial burden" placed on her religious freedom rights...

China is developing a hypersonic jet: Planned space plane could drastically cut the cost of space travel
China is developing a hypersonic aircraft to take pilots, and perhaps even passengers, to the edge of space. A state aerospace firm has reportedly begun research on an aircraft capable of taking off from a runway and carrying a crew into low Earth orbit. The design is purported to be a more efficient successor to Nasa’s Space Shuttle, which was launched on a rocket but landed on a runway.

The odd couple: Putin and Erdogan
Russian czars and Ottoman sultans were mostly enemies, and this time-honored history’s latest pair, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was no exception – until this week. In a diplomatic about-face fraught with Machiavellian geopolitics, the two enigmatic leaders sealed a 10-month crisis with a deal that affects not only their embattled countries but also the war-torn Middle East and a very perplexed West.

Louisiana governor declares state of emergency over flooding
Heavy downpours pounded parts of the central U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday, forcing the rescue of dozens of people stranded in homes by waist-high water and leaving one man dead who became trapped by floodwaters.

Iran's Foreign Minister Boosts Ties During Ankara Visit
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Iran agreed Friday to boost trade relations and pledged greater cooperation on resolving the Syria crisis despite their differences on the issue. At a joint news conference, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his country's support to Turkey over last month's failed coup attempt by military officers that left more than 270 people dead.

Family fears British girl who went to Syria is dead
Relatives of one of three British schoolgirls who left the country last year apparently to join ISIS in Syria, fear she is dead, a family attorney said Thursday.

Syria rebels 'cut off IS escape route' through Manbij
Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have liberated the north Syrian town of Manbij from so-called Islamic State, cutting off its route to Europe. The coalition of militias fought 73 days to drive out IS and say they freed 2,000 civilians being used as human shields on the final day.

China's Thirst For Oil Spells Troubling News For Beijing
The U.S., once the poster child of foreign oil dependence, has largely changed its energy future due to its shale oil and gas boom. Though the U.S. energy resurgence created the ongoing oil supply glut with more than two years of downward prices, it has helped stem the unprecedented transfer of U.S. wealth to foreign nations, notably Saudi Arabia and OPEC.


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74 Percent of World's Population Live in Religious Freedom Violating Country, New Report Finds
Religious freedom violation around the world is growing, with nearly 1 in 4 countries having laws directly attacking this freedom, according to a new State Department report.

Evangelical Lutherans to US: End Israel aid if settlements stay
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approved a resolution calling on the US government to end all aid to Israel if Israel does not stop building settlements and “enable an independent Palestinian state.”

Apparent Boko Haram Video Claims Some Schoolgirls Killed In Nigerian Airstrikes
Boko Haram, the Nigeria-based militant group, has purportedly released a new video claiming that some of the Chibok schoolgirls were killed during Nigerian military airstrikes. The extremist group abducted the girls in April 2014, and most are still missing. The case spurred an international outcry and prompted the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign.

The Latest: California wildfire forces 4,000 from homes
The Latest on wildfires burning in California (all times local): 8:30 p.m. About 4,000 people have fled their homes as a growing wildfire in Northern California burns into a town and destroys at least 10 homes.

Libyans fighting Islamic State in Sirte report advances along coast
Libyan forces fighting to oust Islamic State from their former North African stronghold of Sirte said they had made advances on Sunday in a coastal neighborhood after staging attacks by land, sea and air.

Sudan floods kill 100, destroy villages: officials
Thousands of houses have been destroyed and several villages submerged after flooding triggered by torrential rainfall killed 100 people across Sudan, officials and an AFP photographer said on Sunday.

‘Black Lives Matter’ Rioters Target Whites For Beat Downs
Video footage shows violent mobs of ‘Black Lives Matter’ rioters targeting white people for brutal beat downs during last night’s unrest in Milwaukee. The clip shows angry rioters chanting “black power!” before asking “is they white?” as cars slowly drive past. “Yeah they white!” states someone else, prompting the mob to run towards the vehicle.

MK Ghattas calls for Israel boycott at far-left Montreal conference
Joint List MK Basel Ghattas called on the world to boycott and sanction Israel, repeatedly comparing the Jewish State to apartheid South Africa, in a recording obtained by The Jerusalem Post. Ghattas made the statements last week at the World Social Forum in Montreal, which is meant to be a far-left alternative to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos.

The coming age of the chimera
This would be the dawning of the creepy age of the chimera — a creature part human, part animal. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is preparing to drop its ban on federal funding for medical research that combines animal embryos with human stem cells.

German far-right party wants to expel migrants to islands as Merkel tells companies to hire refugees
The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party known for its anti-immigrant stance has proposed deporting illegal immigrants and rejected asylum seekers to islands outside Europe. It comes as the German chancellor is trying to make businesses hire more refugees.

2012 Pentagon report warned Obama was creating ISIS
Donald Trump’s declaration this week at a campaign rally that President Obama and Hillary Clinton “founded” ISIS drew outrage from establishment media, and the Republican nominee now insists he was being sarcastic, but a Defense Intelligence Agency document declassified last year shows the Obama administration was warned in 2012 that if it continued its policies, a radical Islamic regime could form in Eastern Syria.

Knife and Fire Attack on Swiss Train Injures Seven
A 27-year-old man attacked passengers on a train as it was pulling into the station in Salez, Switzerland on Saturday afternoon, injuring seven, including a six-year-old child. Some of the injured are reported to be in serious condition.

Israeli-Saudi Ties Warming; Hizballah and Iran Livid
The Israeli society that I encountered embraces a culture of peace, has accomplishments it wants to (protect), wants coexistence, and wants peace. Those words weren’t spoken by an enthused congressman after a trip to Israel. They were spoken to BBC Arabic by Abd al-Mujid al-Hakim, director of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Policy in Jedda, Saudi Arabia...

Germany’s Migrant Rape Crisis Spirals Out of Control
Sexual violence in Germany has reached epidemic proportions since Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed into the country more than one million mostly male migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

An earthquake has been recorded in the Coral Sea off the Queensland city of Gladstone earlier today.
The earthquake measured a magnitude of 4.4 and was recorded about 90km northeast of Bundaberg in the Coral Sea at about 1.30am.

Violence Erupts in Milwaukee After Police Fatally Shoot Man
Violence erupted in Milwaukee Saturday night after a police officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man, whom police say was armed. Protesters filled the streets in the neighborhood where the shooting happened, and were met by riot gear-wearing police.

Earthquake: 3.9 quake strikes near Mammoth Lakes
A shallow magnitude 3.9 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon 14 miles from Mammoth Lakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:24 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.1 miles.

(Humor) What To Wear When Attempting To Take Over The World
"mwuahahaha..."

Anti-Semitism At The 2016 Olympics Is Completely Out Of Control
Throughout the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Israeli athletes have encountered stark anti-Semitism.

Imam, associate fatally shot after leaving NYC mosque
The leader of a New York City mosque and an associate were fatally shot in a brazen daylight attack as they left afternoon prayers Saturday. Police said 55-year-old Imam Maulama Akonjee and his 64-year-old associate, Thara Uddin, were shot in the back of the head as they left the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque in the Ozone Park section of Queens shortly before 2 p.m.

Obama's Operation Choke Point Is "Unbridled Abuse Of Executive Power, Completely Outside The Rule Of Law"
In an earlier article I touched on the withering attack on the 2nd Amendment that has subsided to a “dull throb” for the moment. A large portion of that is “Operation Choke Point,” the regulatory “assault” instituted by the Federal Government to force the banking industry to deny services to industries, not on the basis of illegality, but incorrectness as judged by the administration.



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Activists for black lives release plans to "Shut Down Graceland"
It's been the summer of protests, and now another one is planned. The Coalition of Concerned Citizens, including Black Lives Matter protesters and others groups announced their plan to "Shut Down Graceland." Protest leaders say the mass demonstration is planned for 6:00 PM Monday. They said they specifically chose Graceland because it is Elvis week and they know it will raise awareness.

Aetna, one of the country's largest health insurers, is ditching 70% of its Obamacare business
Aetna, one of the country's five largest health insurers, announced on Monday evening that it will be pulling out of nearly 70% of the counties in which it offers Obamacare coverage.

15 Guantanamo detainees sent to UAE in major transfer
Fifteen prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were sent to the United Arab Emirates in the single largest release of detainees during the Obama administration, the Pentagon announced Monday.

Obamacare Sticker Shock: Average 2017 Premium Surges 24%
The reference, of course, was to the state by state surge in proposed 2017 Obamacare premiums, contrasted with what the government contends is a modest 1.0% inflation rate. Now, courtesy of a new study by independent analyst Charles Gaba - who has crunched the numbers for insurers participating in the ACA exchanges in all 50 states - we can also calculate what the average Obamacare premium increase across the entire US will be: using proposed and approved rate increase requests, the average Obamacare premium is expected to surge by a whopping 24% this year.

George Soros -- The Hillary Democrats' Billionaire Puppetmaster?
Influence: A massive hack of socialist billionaire George Soros' Open Society Foundations suggests that his various nonprofit organizations are little more than fronts for his many political activities. His growing closeness to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should be a warning to all.

Lake Powell: Going, Going, Gone?
The 16-year drought on the Colorado River has drained Lake Mead and Lake Powell to their combined lowest level in history. But that's nothing compared to what could happen, according to a new study from the State of Colorado.

GOP Lawmakers Lay Out Perjury Case Against Clinton
The Republican chairmen of the House Oversight and House Judiciary Committees laid out the case for perjury charges against Hillary Clinton in a letter sent to the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

Hard Times in Venezuela Breed Malaria as Desperate Flock to Mines
It is a society turned upside down, a place where educated people abandon once-comfortable jobs in the city for dangerous, backbreaking work in muddy pits, desperate to make ends meet. And it comes with a steep price: Malaria, long driven to the fringes of the country, is festering in the mines and back with a vengeance.

Father of Orlando Killer Comes to Rally For Clinton
One of the stranger moments in the presidential campaign occurred Tuesday evening in Kissimmee, Florida, when Hillary Clinton spoke sadly about the victims of the Orlando shooting while Seddique Mateen, the father of the killer, stood in the audience, cheering her on. “I was invited by the Democratic Party; I’m a member.”

Artificial black hole creates its own version of Hawking radiation
Result could be closest thing yet to an observation of the bizarre phenomenon. Jeff Steinhauer, an experimental physicist at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, has created an artificial black hole that seems to emit such ‘Hawking radiation’ on its own, from quantum fluctuations that emerge from its experimental set-up.

Giants, Demons, and the Land: The Paranormal Geography of Israel
The Hebrew word Siddim can also be read Shedim (demons). Siegel suggests the saltiness of the Dead Sea can be likened to a salt circle used to ward off or contain demons.

Austria's far-Right presidential hopeful urges burqa ban
The far-Right candidate tipped to win Austria’s presidential poll has promised to ban burqas and take his country out of the European Union if Turkey is ever allowed to join.

Full list of Soros NGOs manipulating elections in all EU member states
European Elections 2014 Project.

Quake kills 4, injures 30 in Peru
Peruvian authorities say a magnitude 5.4 earthquake has killed four people and injured 30 in a remote Andean part of the country.

Magnitude 5.6 quake hits off northern Japan
A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan Monday off the coast of F u c h sima prefecture, though there were no immediate reports of damages.

"A House for All Believers" to Open in Jerusalem
A new interfaith and spiritual gathering of Christians, Jews and Muslims will take place in Jerusalem this September. “We will study, argue – yes, this is also allowed – and pray – together and alone. We will see if it is possible, despite all the corporeal difficulties and earthly obstacles, to create a new reality,” said Mekudeshet Artistic Director Itay Mautner.

Clashes Erupt on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount as Thousands Gather to Mourn Destroyed Temples
Clashes broke out at the Temple Mount compound on Sunday morning as Muslim rioted against Jews touring the area in commemoration of Tisha B’av, the Hebrew date on which both temples were destroyed, according to Jewish tradition. Earlier, thousands of Jewish mourners gathered throughout the night at the adjacent Western Wall plaza to cite lamentations.

Severed body parts in trash bags and iceboxes dropped near Mexican govt buildings
Three dismembered bodies placed in trash bags were discovered in front of Mexican government buildings in the southwestern state of Guerrero, while iceboxes with severed heads were placed nearby. The disturbing find has been linked to infamous gang wars.

The women waiting, and weaving, for the Third Temple
A group of religious activists is diligently laying the groundwork for a renewed sanctuary. ‘Step by step, patiently, we are preparing,’ one says. There is, however, a growing number of Israelis for whom the dream of establishing a third temple in the place of Al-Aqsa is far from outlandish or absurd: It is a life’s mission. And they are slowly but surely moving from the fringes of the religious right into the country’s corridors of power.

Taking the First Step to Ending our Unhealthy Dependence
Obama said,[The] Israeli military and security community … acknowledges [the Iranian nuclear deal] has been a game changer. The country that was most opposed to the deal. Sorry, but no. A fact-checker would have to give this at least 3 or 4 Pinocchios.

Hamas debunks its own lies of 'Gaza in ruins'
Gearing up for elections, Hamas has published a video which belies their story of a ruined Gaza, hanging on to its fingernails to to "Israeli oppressors." Under the campaign banner "Gaza is Beautiful," Hamas shows off a lush and luxurious side of Gaza, complete with palm-lined streets and shopping centers.

Jordan's King Abdullah vows to fight Israeli 'extremism' at Temple Mount
The king accused Israel of attempting to "violate the sanctity and compromise al-Aksa Mosque," and added that, "Our responsibility towards the Muslim holy places in Jerusalem is our top priority in the international arena, and we use all means necessary to defend al-Aksa Mosque."

Destruction of both Temples supported by archaeological findings
For nearly two thousand years, Jews have mourned the destruction of the Temples. They have traditionally relied on the account of the First Temple's destruction as told in the Bible and the external accounts for the destruction of the Second Temple—but over the past decade, archaeological findings supporting the Jewish canon have been adding evidence.

Riots Continue in Milwaukee For Second Night
What started off as a march on Sunday eventually became a crowd of people blocking the intersection. There were numerous reports of gunshots. Bricks and other projectiles were also thrown by the crowd towards police officers.

Confidential Soros Document Calls Obama Admin ‘Make Or Break’ Moment For ‘Transformative Change
“We are living in a ‘make or break’ moment for building open society in America. There is no need to wax eloquent about why. The factors were not all in play even just a year ago,” Ann Beeson and Bill Vanderberg wrote in a document titled “Special Funding to Seize This Transformative Moment.”

Soros Groups Get Hacked, Hundreds Of Documents Leaked
Hundreds of internal documents from groups run by prominent billionaire liberal donor George Soros were leaked online Saturday after hackers infiltrated the groups. The 2,576 files were released by DCLeaks, a website which claims to be “launched by the American hacktivists who respect and appreciate freedom of speech, human rights and government of the people.”

5.1 earthquake strikes Halmahera, Indonesia
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Halmahera in Indonesia, the largest island in Maluku at 10.36 pm today.

Mild quake jolts Quezon province
A MAGNITUDE 4.0 earthquake shook the province of Quezon on Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Earthquake shakes buildings in Tokyo, no danger of tsunami
The centre of the 5.6-magnitude earthquake was located under the sea on Japan's northeast coast, not far from the site of a magnitude 9 quake in 2011 that touched off a massive tsunami and left nearly 20,000 dead.

US nukes at Turkey base at risk of seizure: report
Dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at a Turkish air base near Syria are at risk of being captured by "terrorists or other hostile forces," a Washington think tank claimed Monday.


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Britain's 'most hated man' Anjem Choudary convicted of supporting terrorists
Anjem Choudary, labeled as Britain's "most hated man," has been convicted of supporting terrorism. The 49-year-old Muslim cleric was found guilty by a jury of inviting support for a banned organization after swearing an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL.

Obama Wants A Third Term And This Is How He Could Make It Happen
Yes, we are all well aware the Constitution limits the Presidency to two consecutive four-year terms of office. Then again, if you weigh the track record of the Obama administration, the Constitution is nothing more than a challenge that he bypasses and circumvents with every given opportunity. Small wonder that he may very well do the same thing with the upcoming presidential elections. Already a sham, the presidential elections are actually a vehicle he can use to grab that “Third Term” for himself.

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano erupts 4 times in under 24 hours
Mexico's National Center for Disaster Prevention said the Popocatépetl volcano has erupted multiple times, spewing ash and burning rocks into the air. The disaster prevention center, or CENAPRED, Monday afternoon said Popocatépetl erupted four times in the previous 24 hours, had 73 volcanic plumes and had two volcano tectonic earthquakes -- measuring in magnitudes 1.2 and 1.6, respectively.

Navajo Nation sues EPA over metal sludge from Colorado mine spill
The Navajo Nation sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, one year after 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater spilled into three states from an abandoned Colorado gold mine. In a court filing, the Navajo tribe alleged the EPA and other parties "recklessly" burrowed into the Gold King Mine in 2015, releasing waste into water upstream from the tribe's land.

Palestinians: 1 dead, dozens injured in clash with Israelis
A Palestinian teen died Tuesday during clashes with Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Hebron, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ministry identified the deceased as refugee camp resident Mohammed Abu Hashhash, 17.

Self-Segregation? LGBTQQIAA Students In Atlanta To Get Their Own Private School
In Atlanta, LGBTQQIAA students are getting their own little "safe space" in a new school called Pride School Atlanta. As noted by the Daily Caller, the school is run by Executive Director, Christian Zsilavetz who used to be a "heterosexual cisgender woman" but is now a "queer-identified transman" with a wife and 2 kids, 1 of which is "gender fluid." A lot of parents have historically tended to rely on educational resumes in selecting teachers for their children but we guess this is useful information as well.

Cops: College Student Caught Chewing on Victim's Face
Deputies say they arrived at the scene of a fatal stabbing Monday in Florida to find a 19-year-old college student "grunting and growling" and biting off pieces of one of the victims' faces, the Miami New Times reports.

US Group Says Nukes At Incirlik Air Base At Risk of Seizure by Turkey Government
A Washington DC think tank has warned in a new report that American nuclear weapons stored at the Incirlik air base in southeastern Turkey are at risk of being seized by the Ankara government.

Russia uses Iran as base to bomb Syrian militants for first time
Russia used Iran as a base from which to launch air strikes against Syrian militants for the first time on Tuesday, widening its air campaign in Syria and deepening its involvement in the Middle East.

Hack-proof? China launches world’s 1st quantum communications satellite
The world’s first quantum communications satellite has been launched into orbit aboard a Long March-2D rocket. The main task of the Chinese satellite is to potentially secure communications in an age of cyberattacks and global electronic surveillance.

Refugees would support dictatorship in Germany, share values with AfD & Pegida – poll
Many refugees welcome a strong leader governing Germany through force, when necessary, while their values might be closer to those of the anti-migrant far-right groups than many would believe, a local poll claims.

House Republicans Say Hillary Lied, Make Case for Perjury Charge
House Republicans are continuing to push for legal action to be taken against Hillary Clinton, laying out a four-point case for the Department of Justice to charge her with perjury.

Leaked Soros Memo: Refugee Crisis ‘New Normal,’ Gives ‘New Opportunities’ For Global Influence
left-wing financier George Soros’s Open Society Foundations argues that Europe’s refugee crisis should be accepted as a “new normal,” and that the refugee crisis means “new opportunities” for Soros’ organization to influence immigration policies on a global scale.

3.5-magnitude earthquake started on San Andreas Fault
An earthquake shook the Coachella Valley just after 2 p.m. Monday, registering a 3.5 on the Richter scale, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was 10 kilometers northeast of Cabazon, along the San Andreas Fault.

U.S. lobbies China again on missile defense system
A decision by the United States and South Korea to deploy an advanced anti-missile defense system is aimed at defending against North Korea's missile threat and does not threaten China, a senior U.S. officer said in Beijing on Tuesday. The United States has repeatedly tried to rebuff anger from China about Seoul's move to host a Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) unit with the U.S. military.

Hacked Soros e-mails reveal plans to fight Israel's 'racist' policies
Hacked emails show that the Open Society Foundations, led by George Soros, has as an objective “challenging Israel’s racist and anti-democratic policies” in international forums, in part by questioning Israel’s reputation as a democracy. The documents are available on a website, reportedly backed by Russia, that uses anti-Semitic stereotypes to attack Soros.

Guantanamo Bay: US in largest detainee transfer under Obama
The US says it has sent 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates - the largest single transfer during President Barack Obama's administration. The Pentagon says the transfer of 12 Yemeni nationals and three Afghans brings the total number of prisoners down to 61 at the US facility in Cuba. The released inmates had been held without charge, some for over 14 years.

Turkey coup inquiry: Police raid companies and target CEOs
Turkish police have raided 44 companies and are seeking the arrest of 120 company executives, as part of the investigation into last month's failed coup, state media report. The companies in Istanbul targeted by prosecutors are suspected of channelling funds to the movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Israel, Pakistan, UAE join US Air Force exercise
Israel, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates began joint military exercises on Monday as part of the US Air Force’s elite Red Flag drill at Nellis Air Force Base in the Nevada desert. Countries without diplomatic relations are rarely seen in joint military exercises, but few nations would be likely to allow such concerns cause them to miss an opportunity to work with the US Air Force.

Russia deploys bombers to Iranian air base
Russian bombers based in Iran on Tuesday struck militant targets inside Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said, after Moscow deployed Russian aircraft to an Iranian air force base to widen its campaign in Syria. The ministry said the strikes, by Tupolev-22M3 long-range bombers and Sukhoi-34 fighter bombers, were launched from Iran's Hamadan air base.


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Clinton Foundation hired cyber firm after suspected hacking: sources
Bill and Hillary Clinton's charitable foundation hired the security firm FireEye to examine its data systems after seeing indications they might have been hacked, according to two sources familiar with the matter. So far, no message or document hacked from the New York-based Clinton Foundation has surfaced in public, the sources said.

The number of women in jail is reportedly skyrocketing, but no one knows why
Amid a fierce national debate on mass incarceration in the US, a new report has found that one population has been severely overlooked: women.

Dazzling blue lakes are forming in Antarctica — and they’ve got scientists worried
In a new study, scientists who study the largest ice mass on Earth — East Antarctica — have found that it is showing a surprising feature reminiscent of the fastest melting one: Greenland.

Iran to charge detained U.S. man with threatening country’s national security
Iran is preparing to indict a detained U.S. man, accusing him of acting against the country’s national security interests, a source familiar with the case has told The Foreign Desk. Gholamreza Shahini, 46, known to his friends as Robin, has come under the government's radar for allegedly participating in the Green Revolution of 2009 against the government and collaborating on a TV interview with the US’ State Department-backed Voice of America, according to the indictment set to be unveiled at a Revolutionary Court.

Not Shocking: George Soros Funds Progressive War on Israel
he recent hack of George Soros’ “charitable” giving revealed nothing new. The man who told journalist Steve Kroft in a televised interview that roaming the streets of Budapest with his faux godfather to confiscate the property of his fellow Jews for the Nazis was the most exhilarating time of his life has long had a problem with both his Jewish roots and the creation of a Jewish state.

Physicists announce the “possible discovery” of a fifth force of nature
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have announced the ‘possible discovery’ of a previously unknown subatomic particle that, if confirmed, could unlock the secrets of dark matter. The discovery would represent a fifth force of nature in the form of a mysterious new particle. Theoretical physicists at UCI now believe the particle, initially theorized by a team of Hungarian researchers last year....

5.0-Magnitude Quake Hits East Nusa Tenggara’
Jakarta. A 5.0-magnitude earthquake shook the district of South Central Timor in East Nusa Tenggara on Wednesday afternoon (17/08), according to reports.

Calif. wildfire forces 82,000 to evacuate
A new wildfire spread Tuesday at a staggering pace in every direction through drought-parched canyons east of Los Angeles, growing to 14 square miles in a matter of hours and forcing the evacuation of more than 82,000 people from mountain communities.

Secret Service Whistleblower: Hillary Has Major Neurological Problems
Hillary has a very serious neurological degeneration which could be Parkinson’s disease; – Around half a million dollars has been spent to specially adapt three SUVs in which Hillary travels to provide lowered floors and disabled access to prevent Hillary from tripping.

Russian Military Forces Staging Near Ukraine
The Pentagon has identified eight staging areas in Russia where large numbers of military forces appear to be preparing for incursions into Ukraine, according to U.S. defense officials. As many as 40,000 Russian troops, including tanks, armored vehicles, and air force units, are now arrayed along Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia.

Winds of Change: Russia, US, Turkey Will 'Join Forces' to Resolve Syrian Crisis
"Washington has long since changed its stance on Assad," she said. Policymakers in the US "reached an agreement with Moscow on plans with regard to establishing a government of national unity that Assad will be a part of several months ago."

African-American Churches Blast Black Lives Matter's Anti-Israel Stance
A group of predominantly African-American churches in America’s south has strongly condemned the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement’s anti-Israel political platform and reaffirmed its strong support for the Jewish State.

Mexico president says he's willing to meet with Trump
Yes, I would meet with him," Pena Nieto said, referring to Trump in a pre-taped television interview broadcast on Tuesday night.

Hacking group claims to have NSA cyber-weapons
The 'Shadow Brokers' claim to have stolen surveillance tools used by cyber group linked to the US National Security Agency, which are 'better than Stuxnet,' the malicious computer worm attributed to the US and Israel that sabotaged Iran's nuclear program.

North Korea says it has resumed plutonium production
North Korea said it has resumed plutonium production by reprocessing spent fuel rods and that it has no plans to stop nuclear tests as long as perceived US threats remain, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.

I heard my opponent say, 'Allahu Akbar'
Olympic medalist Uri Sasson describes his experience fighting his Egyptian opponent. "He looked at us as if he wanted to murder us."

Russian bombers fly from Iran to bomb Syrian militants for 2nd day
Russian SU-34 bombers based at Iran's Hamadan air base on Wednesday carried out strikes on Islamic State targets inside Syria for a second day, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia's defense ministry as saying.

State Department sought land deal with Nigerian firm tied to Clinton Foundation
Shortly after Hillary Clinton left the Obama administration, the State Department quietly took steps to purchase real estate in Nigeria from a firm whose parent company is owned by a major donor to the Clinton Foundation, records obtained by Fox News show.

FBI delivers documents on Clinton email probe to U.S. Congress
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday it had turned over to the U.S. Congress a number of documents related to its probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. The FBI said it had provided "relevant materials" to congressional committees looking into the matter. The Clinton campaign criticized the delivery of the documents.

U.S. alarm: 'Unprecedented demonic outpouring'
'I believe God is done with our once-great country'

North Korea says it has resumed plutonium production: Kyodo
North Korea says it has resumed plutonium production by reprocessing spent fuel rods and has no plans to stop nuclear tests as long as perceived U.S. threats remain, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. North Korea's Atomic Energy Institute, which has jurisdiction over its main Yongbyon nuclear facilities, also told Kyodo it had been producing highly enriched uranium necessary for nuclear arms and power "as scheduled".

King David’s Descendants Are Ready to Rebuild Davidic Kingdom in Jerusalem
It might come as a shock to many to learn that hundreds of descendants of King David are alive today, with verifiable family trees dating back 90 generations, and that the royal Davidic dynasty could potentially be established today in Israel. The research is facilitated by the fact that a number of European monarchs throughout history have gone to great lengths to prove family ties to the Davidic Dynasty, and a solid ancestry has been established.

Radio Station Announces Arrival of Messiah in Jerusalem
On Saturday night, a broadcast radio station from Jerusalem interrupted its regular programming for a special newsflash: the Messiah had arrived. The announcement took place from the Western Wall of Jerusalem, where thousands were gathered to mark the ending of the somber day of Tisha B’Av, a holiday of mourning which commemorates the destruction of both Jewish Temples.

US-backed forces give hundreds of ISIS fighters safe passage
Several hundred vehicles containing 100 to 200 Islamic State fighters were given safe passage by US-based forces, out of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, after surrendering their weapons, according to defense officials. US Army Col. Carver, a spokesman for the US-led coalition fighters, told Pentagon reporters the decision to let Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) convoys leave the city was made by commanders of the Syrian Democratic Force.

Global central banks dump U.S. debt at record pace
In the first six months of this year, foreign central banks sold a net $192 billion of U.S. Treasury bonds, more than double the pace in the same period last year, when they sold $83 billion. China, Japan, France, Brazil and Colombia led the pack of countries dumping U.S. debt.

California wildfire: 80,000 evacuated east of Los Angeles
A rapidly moving wildfire has forced the evacuation of some 82,000 people in San Bernardino County, just east of Los Angeles, officials say. The blaze broke out on Tuesday in a mountain pass and has already engulfed about 15,000 acres (6,070 ha) of land. Tens of thousands of homes are at risk from the so-called Bluecut fire. A state of emergency has been declared.

DC National Cathedral still being repaired after 2011 earthquake
Believe it or not, there are some major landmarks in the Nation's capital that are still recovering from the magnitude 5.8 Earthquake that surprised our region back in 2011. Including the National Cathedral that experienced extensive damage. The building is structurally sound but significant work is still needed to ensure the damage doesn't get worse.

Migrant crisis: Greek islands see rising numbers in camps
Save the Children says the number of migrants arriving in the Greek islands has nearly doubled in recent weeks, putting pressure on overcrowded camps. So far in August 1,367 arrivals have been reported in Greece compared with 1,721 in the entire month of May. The charity says the increase is partly down to insecurity since the failed coup in Turkey last month.

Turkey coup: Release for 38,000 prisoners jailed before coup
Turkey is to release conditionally 38,000 prisoners jailed before last month's failed coup, while its jails are crowded with new detainees. Some 23,000 people have been detained or arrested since the July coup, although the government has not said its move is to free up space for them. The justice minister said those who had served half their sentence, rather than two-thirds, would be eligible.

All Clinton Emails The FBI Recovered Will Be Made Public Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/16/all-clinton-emails-the-fbi-recovered-will-be-ma
All the emails then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent or received that the FBI uncovered will be released by the Department of State, a conservative non-profit government watchdog group announced Tuesday.

Earthquake: 3.2 quake strikes near Ridgemark, Calif.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 10 miles from Hollister, Calif., 17 miles from Salinas, Calif., and 18 miles from Soledad, Calif. In the last 10 days, there have been three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

‘Gush Etzion settlement bloc to grow to half-a-million people’
A half-a-million people will live in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc within the next decade, Construction and Housing Minister Yoav Galant estimated as he visited the region on Tuesday. He made the statement during a conversation he had with Efrat Local Council head Oded Revivi, whose settlement of over 8,000 people is in the midst of building 1,100 new homes.


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CRISPR's hopeful monsters: gene-editing storms evo-devo labs
“CRISPR is a revolution all across biology, but for evo-devo it’s transformative,” says Arnaud Martin, an evolutionary developmental biologist at George Washington University in Washington DC. “We can do things we were not able to do before.”

Hebrew Nation Radio: Lutheran Church’s Rejection of Israel Brought Louisiana Flooding Catastrophe
After historic flooding devastated Louisiana this week, a Hebrew Roots radio station suggested that the statewide disaster could be understood as divine retribution for anti-Israel resolutions passed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in New Orleans last weekend. “I think you can connect the dots,” wrote a news editor for Hebrew Nation Radio in an article about the flooding. “There is a measure for measure principle here.”

Leaked Board Documents: Soros Organization Tried To Buy Supreme Court Ruling On Illegal Immigration
Hungarian-born billionaire George Soros’ stated vehicle for progressive social change, orchestrated a well-funded attempt to secure a desired outcome in a U.S. Supreme Court case on illegal immigration enforcement, according to a newly discovered memo between the organization’s top U.S. officials and board members.

Ukraine President warns of conflict escalation, possible 'martial law'
Poroshenko does not rule out a "full-scale Russian invasion" Ukraine's president has said the likelihood of an escalation of the conflict with Russia and Russia-back separatists in eastern Ukraine "remains significant" and said he cannot rule out "a full-scale Russian invasion."

Limbaugh: Feds thrust lesbians into farming for disturbing reason
A new federal plan encouraging lesbians to become farmers has a hidden, strategic purpose, according to radio host Rush Limbaugh, who is blasting it as “the latest Democrat scam.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture is holding a series of summits to push the role of lesbian farmers as a part of its “Rural Pride” campaign, as reported by the Washington Free Beacon.

Fake human sacrifice filmed at Cern, with pranking scientists suspected
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has launched an investigation into a video filmed at night on its Geneva campus depicting a mock ritual human sacrifice. The ceremony appears to have been staged in front of a statue of the Hindu deity Shiva that is on permanent display at the complex, home of the Large Hadron Collider.

Synagogue ruins discovered in Israel CONFIRM Jesus story in New Testament is true
He said: "This is the first synagogue discovered in the rural part of the Galilee and it confirms historical information we have about the New Testament, which says that Jesus preached at synagogues in Galilean villages.”

Russian-Iranian Cooperation in Syria is a 'Slap in the Face to US and NATO'
Cooperation between Moscow and Tehran has been a "direct slap in the face" to the United States, the North Atlantic Alliance, as well as other countries and forces that are trying to destabilize Iran and Syria, political activist and journalist Navid Nasr told Radio Sputnik.

‘Arrogant, insensitive, wrong’: US VP Biden causes uproar with remark on Japan’s constitution
Joe Biden made a remark slamming Donald Trump, but ended up in deep water with Japan instead, saying that the US “wrote Japan’s constitution.” His comment was slammed as “arrogant”, “wrong”, and “insensitive” in Japan and beyond. “Does he not understand we wrote Japan’s constitution to say they couldn’t be a nuclear power?” he added.

Homes burn, thousands flee as out-of-control brush fire chars more than 25,600 acres in Cajon Pass
An explosive brush fire that ripped through canyons and flatlands in the Cajon Pass in less than a day continued to ravage hillsides and reduce homes to ash and rubble Wednesday, leaving even veteran firefighters bewildered. More than 80,000 people in the county’s rural communities have been forced to flee. An unknown number of homes were destroyed.

4-year-old Arkansas girl found abused told police her name was 'idiot'
A 4-year-old Arkansas girl who was taken into protective custody after being zip-tied to her bed as punishment by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend thought her name was “idiot,” police said.

Central Oklahoma hit by 4.3-magnitude earthquake
LUTHER, Okla. – A 4.3 magnitude earthquake has struck central Oklahoma in the same area that's been rattled by quakes over the past week. The U.S. Geological Survey says Wednesday's quake was centered near Luther, about 28 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.

4.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Chaman, surrounding areas
A moderate magnitude of 4.7 earthquake rocked Chaman, Pishin and adjoining areas on early Thursday morning. According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the epicenter of the earthquake was located 51 km west of Pashin at the depth of 35 kilometre,a private news channel reporetd.

Earthquake Rattles Australia Tourist Towns
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has rocked tourist towns along more than 1,000 kilometres of Australia's northeastern coastline.

US ready to 'hand over' the internet's naming system
The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet’s naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet's governance. The Domain Naming System, DNS, is one of the internet’s most important components. It pairs the easy-to-remember web addresses - like bbc.com - with their relevant servers.

Turkey car bombs: Police station attacks kill six and injure 219
Two big car bombs have hit police stations in separate cities in Turkey, killing six people and wounding at least 219 others. The first attack targeted a police station in the eastern city of Van, killing one police officer and two civilians. Some 73 people were hurt. Hours later, a police station in Elazig was hit, killing at least three police officers and wounding 146 people.

India to tap Israeli radar tech to thwart terrorism in volatile Kashmir area
India is reportedly preparing to install Israeli radar technology in the jungles of the volatile Kashmir Valley region as part of operations to prevent terrorists from infiltrating from Pakistan. Representatives from India's Border Security Force are due to visit Israel later in August as part of the acquisition of the detection system...

Merkel says refugees didn't bring Islamist terrorism to Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday refugees had not brought terrorism to Germany, adding that Islam belonged in the country as long as it was practiced in a way that respected the constitution. More than a million people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere arrived in Germany last year.

In Leaked Doc, Germany Accuses Erdogan Of Supporting And Financing Terrorist Groups
While it will come as no surprise to readers of this site, which last year first revealed that Turkey was a key financial backer of the Islamic State, exchanging ISIS oil for cold, hard (USD) cash, it now appears that the Germans have finally caught up, after a leaked internal government document accused the Turkish government of supporting terrorist organizations such as Hamas, public broadcaster ARD reported yesterday. The leaked report, which just a year ago would have been called, what else - a tinfoil conspiracy theory - states the German government’s belief that Ankara has been deliberately financing Islamist and terror organizations with the direct consent of President Recep Erdogan.


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Earthquake rattles three Caribbean islands
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled three Caribbean islands on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the quake, which occurred at 3:21 am (Trinidad time) occurred near the French island of Guadeloupe, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda.

Did This Climate Alarmist Just Admit His Own Position Is Propaganda?
In attempting to explain how science works to ignorant climate change skeptics, a climate alarmist unwittingly revealed his own ignorance of basic philosophy. He took a story about people being unwilling to see the truth through propaganda and argued that it proves his point that we should all believe the propaganda.

The Real Captain America: Bioengineering the Super Soldiers of Tomorrow
Current science has illuminated several key areas to increase physical performance through gene doping. These include, endurance, strength, pain tolerance, improved energy levels and enhanced vascularity. Each of these areas have benefit to the warfighter.

Fire near Santa Barbara scorches 500 acres
A new wildfire has ignited near Santa Barbara scorching more than 500 acres and causing evacuations in just a few hours, authorities said Thursday.

Just the FBI's Notes on Hillary Clinton's Investigation Require Top Security
Her claims that she didn't jeopardize national security are running out of air.

Zika virus could have Alzheimer's-like effect in adults
Zika can “wreak havoc” on the brains of adults and cause major, lasting damage, according to a new study. The research could overthrow the assumption that the virus is only of major worry to pregnant women.

UN admits involvment in introducing cholera to Haiti
Following inadequate sewage treatment at UN base, cholera was introduced into Haiti's biggest river in 2010 resulting in the sickening of 800,000 people; UN cites diplomatic immunity in protection from legal action.

Alleged NSA data dump contain hacking tools rarely seen
A stolen cache of files that may belong to the National Security Agency contains genuine hacking tools that not only work, but show a level of sophistication rarely seen, according to security researchers. That includes malware that can infect a device’s firmware and persist, even if the operating system is reinstalled.

Obama's Lie Revealed as State Department Admits $400 Million to Iran Was Prisoner Ransom
The U.S. State Department on Thursday confirmed that the $400 million payment to Iran was contingent on the release of several American prisoners in Iran last January. The confirmation by the State Department comes following a report by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday that gave new details on the U.S.-Iran money exchange.

‘Radically rewritten’ bacterial genome unveiled
The scientists replaced 7 of its 64 genetic codons — sequences that code for amino acids — with others that produce the same components...it is a major step in the push to engineer organisms with new properties,... They say the work also serves as a prototype for the Human Genome Project—Write, in which scientists aim to synthesize a human genome.

Hebrew Nation Radio: Lutheran Church’s Rejection of Israel Brought Louisiana Flooding Catastrophe
After historic flooding devastated Louisiana this week, a Hebrew Roots radio station suggested that the statewide disaster could be understood as divine retribution for anti-Israel resolutions passed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in New Orleans last weekend. “I think you can connect the dots,” wrote a news editor for Hebrew Nation Radio in an article about the flooding. “There is a measure for measure principle here.”

Huge Hack Exposes Soros’s War on Israel
The leaks shed new light on the intensity of Soros’s animus against the Jewish state. One of the Open Society Foundations’ aims was to “challeng Israel’s racist and anti-democratic policies” and subvert its image as a democracy in the international arena.

5.8-Magnitude Quake Rocks Australia
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Australia’s central and north Queensland on Thursday, officials said. Geoscience Australia said the earthquake struck off the coast of Bowen about 2.30 p.m.(local time), ABC Australia news reported.

Massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake rocks British islands
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake is described as "very strong" by seismologists. The quake struck the South Georgia island region at a depth of about 10 kilometres, according to the USGS. The islands host a British Antarctic research station – around 1,500 miles east of the Falklands.

Japan eyes fighter drone, seeks record defense budget amid China assertiveness
Japan aims to develop a prototype drone fighter jet in two decades with private sector help in a technology strategy that focuses on weapons communications and lasers... The plan will be announced this month...as tension rises in the East China Sea and North Korea steps up its missile threat, government officials with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Illegal Migrants from Terror-Linked Countries Surging at Southern Border
U.S. officials are trying to establish closer cooperation with various Latin American nations to combat an increase in the number of illegal migrants from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East attempting to sneak into the United States. Between October 2015 and May 2016, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency...detained 5,350 African and Asian migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Reuters.

THREAT OF WAR Fears of all-out conflict in Ukraine as sabre-rattling Vladimir Putin places 40,000 troops and armoured vehicles along the border
AS many as 40,000 Russian troops are massing on the country’s border with Ukraine – prompting fears of a new military invasion. The Pentagon has identified eight staging areas dotted along the border, suggesting Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is preparing for new incursions.

Satellite images used to predict poverty
Researchers have combined satellite imagery with AI to predict areas of poverty across the world. There's little reliable data on local incomes in developing countries, which hampers efforts to tackle the problem. A team from Stanford University were able to train a computer system to identify impoverished areas from satellite and survey data in five African countries.

UN admits role in Haiti's deadly cholera outbreak
The UN has finally acknowledged it played a role in an outbreak of cholera in Haiti in 2010 that has since killed about 10,000 people in the country. Scientific studies have shown that Nepalese UN troops were the source of the disease - but the UN repeatedly denied responsibility until now. ...But the UN still says it is protected by diplomatic immunity from claims for compensation from victims' families.

Terror deaths in Western Europe at highest level since 2004
The start of 2016 saw the highest number of terrorism deaths in Western Europe since 2004, BBC research has revealed. The first seven months of the year saw 143 deaths, which is also the second worst start to the year since 1980. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 left 191 people dead.

Islamic State takes responsibility for Moscow police attack
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a traffic police post outside Moscow on Wednesday in which both attackers were killed, calling it revenge for Russia's aerial bombing campaign in Syria. The militant group made the claim via the Amaq news agency...and released a video in which the purported attackers said they wanted to take revenge for Russia killing Muslims in the Middle East.

Zika infection may affect adult brain cells
Concerns over the Zika virus have focused on pregnant women due to mounting evidence that it causes brain abnormalities in developing fetuses. However, new research in mice from scientists at The Rockefeller University and La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology suggests that certain adult brain cells may be vulnerable to infection as well. Among these are populations of cells that serve to replace lost or damaged neurons throughout adulthood, and are also thought to be critical to learning and memory.

China says navy carries out drills in Sea of Japan
China's navy has carried out drills in the Sea of Japan, the Chinese military's official newspaper said on Friday, describing the exercises as routine and done in accordance with international law and practice.

Turkish media all in on anti-Americanism, says killer Scott Peterson involved in coup
As Turkey presses the Obama administration to hand over a Pennsylvania-based cleric, claiming he spearheaded last month’s coup attempt, the Muslim nation's media is pointing an accusatory finger at a respected American academic -- and in a bizarre twist, an infamous San Quentin death-row inmate convicted of killing his wife.

Dr. Drew ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Hillary Clinton’s Health After Viewing Records (Audio)
Dr. Drew Pinsky is “gravely concerned” about Hillary Clinton’s health — as well as what he believes is her highly antiquated health care. After evaluating her medical records with friend Dr. Robert Huizenga — yes, the guy from “The Biggest Loser” — Pinsky called the Democratic presidential candidate’s treatment “1950-level care.”

PA: There's no proof of Jewish existence in Jerusalem
Adnan al-Husayni, the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs in the Palestinian Authority (PA) government, on Thursday accused Jewish organizations of preparing plans to demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and to establish an "imaginary" Holy Temple in its place.

Turkey's Erdogan links coup suspects, PKK to bomb attacks
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused followers of a U.S.-based Islamic cleric he blames for last month's coup attempt of being complicit in attacks by Kurdish militants in Turkey's southeast which killed 10 people.

'Firenadoes' rage in California as blaze menaces 82,000
Weary firefighters Thursday battled a raging inferno that was threatening the homes of more than 82,000 people in southern California and sent flaming "firenadoes" tearing across the brush.

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Whole families are fleeing this tiny country and entering the U.S. in massive numbers
Salvadorans are fleeing to the United States in massive numbers, and now they’re bringing the whole family along. Though the number of unaccompanied Salvadoran minors crossing the border has not returned to the surge numbers seen in 2014, the number of Salvadoran family units apprehended on the southern border has increased by a whopping 96% over the past year.

Losing Louisiana: Shocking Images Of Life After A 1000-Year Flood
Floods ravaged the state of Louisiana, leaving at least 11 people dead and 30,000 more forced to flee rising waters after days of catastrophic rainstorms. Bloomberg's Brendan Smialowski captured these images of the aftermath.

Socialism: The World's Greatest Generator Of Poverty
If you’re looking for a short introduction to socialism that rewards rereading, Thomas DiLorenzo’s The Problem With Socialism is it. Perhaps your son or daughter has returned from college talking about collective control of the means of production and sporting Bernie Sanders t-shirts. Perhaps you’re a political novice looking for informed guidance.

Reports: Iran forms 'Liberation Army' to deploy abroad
Iran has reportedly formed what it calls the "Liberation Army" whose units will be deployed in Arab countries, according to a news website. Currently, Iran is involved in multiple conflicts where Shia and Sunni Muslims are locked in a power struggle, notably Syria and Yemen.

With violence surging, Chicago police arrest 100, targeting gang factions
Chicago police arrested more than 100 people on mostly felony drug and weapons charges, the latest in a series of raids since May as the city continues to struggle with a surge in violence. The operation was about six weeks in the making, police said. Officers from the Police Department's Bureau of Organized Crime made arrests from about 5 a.m. Thursday through Friday morning, targeting 15 gang factions selling narcotics and having illegal guns.

Southern California Blue Cut wildfire destroys nearly 100 homes
The Blue Cut fire ravaging Southern California's Cajon Pass has destroyed nearly 100 homes and more than 200 other buildings, officials said. The blaze ignited Tuesday off Interstate 15 near San Bernardino, west of Los Angeles. By Friday evening the fire had grown to 37,020 acres, or 57 square miles. The flames are now more than 40 percent contained...

Deadly elite Foreign Legion force could be about to be UNLEASHED on ISIS
FRENCH Foreign Legion killing machines could be deployed to in the fight against terror in the Middle East in a bid to finally crush Islamic State.

‘They are questioning OUR LAWS' French presidential hopeful in fierce attack on Islam
FRENCH presidential candidate Bruno Le Maire has claimed that he is the man to restore order and give terrified French people “clarity and strength”.

Clinton team lashes out at those raising health questions
Many questions have been raised about Hillary Clinton’s health over the years. At one point she admitted suffering a “serious concussion,” and recently videos show anomalous behavior. There also have been reports of double vision, blood clots, fainting and falls. Dr. Jane Orient of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons bluntly has asked, “Is Hillary Clinton medically unfit to serve?”

Clinton must give written testimony in e-mail case: US judge
A federal judge has ruled that Democrat Hillary Clinton must respond in writing in a lawsuit over her use of a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. In a two-page ruling issued on Friday, Judge Emmet Sullivan declined to order Clinton to testify in person in a case brought by the conservative group Judicial Watch.

6.0-magnitude earthquake jolts Japan's northeast coast, no tsunami warning
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted the northeast coast of Japan at 18:01 local time on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

What was that flash of light in San Diego sky?
A bright flash that lit up parts of the San Diego sky Thursday night continues to remain a mystery. The streak of light lasted a few seconds before it disappeared, but the flash was captured on a dashcam. National Weather Service officials told 10News they were unsure of what the light flash was.

Syrian war: US scrambles jets to Hassakeh
American fighter planes have been scrambled to the Syrian city of Hassakeh to protect US special forces on the ground from Syrian government aerial attacks, the US military says. The Pentagon said the Syrian planes were leaving as its jets arrived. People in the north-eastern Syrian city say government warplanes have hit Kurdish districts there for the past two days.

Jewish man stabbed on street in French city of Strasbourg
An Orthodox Jewish man has been stabbed on a street in the French city of Strasbourg by an attacker reportedly shouting an Islamic slogan. Police arrested the suspected attacker who was heard shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great"), according to French newspaper JDD (in French). A police source said the victim was in distinctive Jewish dress. His life is not believed to be in danger.

Afghan Taliban capture key district of Khanabad in Kunduz
Taliban militants have captured a key district in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz, officials say. The fighters attacked from several directions and government troops were forced to retreat to Kunduz city, which briefly fell to the Taliban last year. A lack of ammunition and reinforcements contributed to the fall of Khanabad district, the local authorities said.

Past bloodshed and fighting put aside to restore Christianity's holiest sites
Monks of the different denominations that share the Church of the Nativity and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher put aside friction to allow restoration at two of Christianity’s holiest sites... It was not that long ago that monks...came to blows with broom sticks over who had the right to clean a certain stone on the floor of the ancient church in Bethlehem where, according to Christian tradition, Jesus was born.

More than half of Clinton Foundation’s major donors would be barred under new rule
More than half of the Clinton Foundation’s major donors would be prevented from contributing to the charity under the self-imposed ban on corporate and foreign donors the foundation said this week it would adopt if Hillary Clinton won the White House, according to a new Washington Post analysis of foundation donations.

The Bizarre Media Blackout Of Hacked George Soros Documents
Scandal: Leaked documents released a few days ago provide juicy insider details of how a fabulously rich businessman has been using his money to influence elections in Europe, underwrite an extremist group, target U.S. citizens who disagreed with him, dictate foreign policy, and try to sway a Supreme Court ruling, among other things. Pretty compelling stuff, right?

Shocking Government Report Finds $6.5 Trillion In Taxpayer Funds "Unaccounted For"
Reuters follows up on this disturbing issue, and reveals that the Army’s finances are so jumbled it had to make trillions of dollars of improper accounting adjustments to create an illusion that its books are balanced. The Defense Department’s Inspector General, in a June report, said the Army made $2.8 trillion in wrongful adjustments to accounting entries in one quarter alone in 2015, and $6.5 trillion for the year. Yet the Army lacked receipts and invoices to support those numbers or simply made them up.

Russian cruise missiles target Syria
Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo on Friday, a further sign of Moscow's broadening military effort in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Iran.

Syrian regime jets hit Kurdish positions, even after US warning
Syrian regime jets pounded US-backed Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria for a second day, even after the US-led coalition scrambled jets to protect its military advisers working on the ground. In another escalation of Syria's bloody conflict, warplanes from President Bashar al-Assad's regime were bombarding the city of Hasakeh -- targeting Kurdish forces that for months have worked closely with coalition military advisers helping local fighters combat the Islamic State group.

Outpouring of extreme hate videos on YouTube
Followers of Britain’s most prolific radical preacher are spreading hatred and Islamist doctrines freely across the internet despite his conviction.

Clinton Avoids Deposition But Must Still Answer E-Mail Questions
Hillary Clinton won a U.S. court order denying a conservative watchdog group’s bid to force her to submit to questioning under oath about her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state, but she’ll need to answer at least some of those queries in writing.



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‘Unprecedented’: Deadly parasite kills thousands of fish, prompts Yellowstone river closure
Nearly 200 miles of a popular Yellowstone river is closed to the public, as thousands of fish have gone belly up in an “unprecedented” way. Officials in Montana suspect the cause is a human-spread parasitic disease. Officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) say the 183-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River would not reopen until fish stop dying. As of Friday morning, up to 4,000 fish have been counted, but a real number is believed to be in the tens of thousands.

"Massacre of Unprecedented Cruelty and Barbarism" in Turkey Leaves 30 Wedding Guests Dead
Wedding festivities turned into horrific scenes of horror and bloodshed in southern Turkey on Saturday night, where a terror bombing attack on an outdoor wedding celebration left 50 dead and 94 injured. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the Islamic State (ISIS) was the “likely perpetrator”

3rd strong earthquake shakes northern Japan, no tsunami alerts issued
Today’s earthquake was the third strong quake in as many days near Mikayo, Japan in the Iwate prefecture. It was followed by two magnitude 5.3 aftershocks.

Baby steps: Japan’s armed forces
Until a year ago, when the government of Shinzo Abe passed controversial legislation reinterpreting Japan’s constitutional ban on its armed forces taking part in foreign conflicts, even its UN peacekeepers were forbidden to fight to protect themselves. Now, the Self-Defence Forces may take part in “collective self-defence” with allies. The first tentative steps begin this week: the SDF will carry out exercises for rescuing UN staff under attack, and jointly defending peacekeepers’ barracks that come under fire.

"It's Not Some Barbarous Relic" - Trump Adviser Urges Return To Gold Standard
With this in mind, Fortune reached out to Dr. Judy Shelton, one of two economists recently named to Donald Trump’s economic advisory team, and the only woman to hold that title. Shelton is a senior fellow and co-director of the Atlas Sound Money Project, whose mission is to promote the principles of sound money and raise awareness of what they see as the inherent problems of our current monetary system. Dr. Shelton first rose to prominence when she predicted the economic collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, two years before it transpired.

Why Is China Building A New City In Georgia?
It was a patch of modern urban China transplanted upon the Georgian countryside. Rolling, verdant hills abruptly gave way to the tight phalanx of identical ten story apartment blocks that sat on a perfectly aligned street grid, with a sturdy gate surrounding the perimeter. The exteriors of the buildings were decorated with heavily pronounced occidental facades — faux maroon bricks, ornately framed windows, and dozens of little rectangular balconies. It was the same scene I’ve looked upon thousands of times while wandering through the hinterlands of China’s cities, which wasn’t at all a coincidence: this new city in Georgia is 100% Chinese.

Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks: FAS
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the German government plans to tell citizens to stockpile food and water in case of an attack or catastrophe, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper reported on Sunday. Germany is currently on high alert after two Islamist attacks and a shooting rampage by a mentally unstable teenager last month. Berlin announced measures earlier this month to spend considerably more on its police and security forces and to create a special unit to counter cyber crime and terrorism.

Hate preacher Abu Qatada urges Muslims to flee UK... after his eight-year fight to STAY
NOTORIOUS hate preacher Abu Qatada has urged Muslims to flee the UK for the Islamic world "as soon as possible". Posting messages in Arabic to his 58,000 Twitter followers, he wrote: "Muslims living in the West will lose. Sedition and spread of bloodshed will devour them.

'ISIS child suicide bomber' kills 50 at Turkey wedding by detonating explosive belt amongst guests dancing in street
A suspected Islamic State child suicide bomber massacred at least 50 wedding guests dancing in a Turkey street. President Tayyip Erdogan blamed the murders on Islamic State and said the killer, who wore an explosive belt, was between the ages of 12 and 14.

Palestinian rocket strikes Israel, drawing Israeli reprisal
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel on Sunday, prompting the Israeli military to respond with airstrikes and tank fire on targets inside Gaza. No injuries were reported on either side.

American journalism is collapsing before our eyes
Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, and Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president. But something else happening before our eyes is almost as important: the complete collapse of American journalism as we know it. The frenzy to bury Trump is not limited to the Clinton campaign and the Obama White House. They are working hand-in-hand with what was considered the cream of the nation’s news organizations.

Philippine president threatens to leave ‘stupid’ UN
The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, has threatened that the country could leave the UN, after the organization urged the Philippines to stop executing and killing people linked to drug business and threatened that “state actors” could be punished.

Kurdish wedding massacre blamed on IS
So-called Islamic State is likely to have carried out a deadly bomb attack on a wedding in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. The death toll in the attack in the southern city of Gaziantep has now risen to 50, the local governor's office said, with almost 100 wounded. A suspected suicide bomber targeted guests at a Kurdish wedding as they danced in the street.

Gaza rocket explodes in southern Israel's Sderot; none injured
A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip exploded in the southern Israeli community of Sderot on Sunday afternoon. Police confirmed that the site of the projectile's remains had been located in the city. 'Red Alert' rocket sirens were activated prior to the projectile's strike as residents in the area reported hearing an explosion.

More critics of Kremlin find speaking out can be deadly
Mysterious deaths and close calls have some opposition figures worried that political killings are resurgent in Russian foreign policy.

Iran releases images of new missile defence system
Iran released images of its first domestically built long-range missile defence system on Sunday, a project started when the country was under international sanctions. Images on multiple state news agencies showed President Hassan Rouhani and Minister of Defence Hossein Dehghan standing in front of the new Bavar 373 missile defence system.

Officials: 30 killed, 94 hurt in wedding attack in Turkey
A bomb attack targeting an outdoor wedding party in southeastern Turkey killed at least 30 people and wounded 94 others, authorities said Sunday. Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the "barbaric" attack in the city of Gaziantep, near the border with Syria, on Saturday appeared to be a suicide bombing. Other officials said it could have been the carried out by either Kurdish militants or Islamic State group extremists.

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State: Nearly 15,000 New Clinton Emails Found in FBI Probe
The FBI has uncovered nearly 15,000 previously undisclosed emailed documents sent directly to or from Hillary Clinton, the State Department said Monday. The shocking admission to almost 50 percent more than the 30,000 work-related documents Clinton's lawyers turned over to the State Department in 2014 was tweeted out by conservative watchdog Judicial Watch....

Archaeologists unearth mysterious pyramid in Kazakhstan which pre-dates Giza’s
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have stumbled upon what they believe are the ruins of an ancient pyramid in Kazakhstan which would considerably pre-date some of Egypt’s iconic pyramids.

Volcano blows after multiple earthquakes sparking fear of monster deadly eruption
The increased seismic activity this weekend could mean it is bubbling up for a devastating "big one" eruption - the likes of which have not been seen since 2000 when 41,000 people had to evacuate.

‘White Lives Matter’ Protesters Rally at NAACP Building in Texas
“We came out here to protest against the NAACP and their failure in speaking out against the atrocities that organizations like Black Lives Matter and other pro-black organizations have caused the attack and killing of white police officers, the burning down of cities and things of that nature,”

Aborted Babies Reportedly Cut Open while Still Alive
In a grisly description of the experiments, the Journal says: “The thorax [chest] was opened and the heart was observed directly. When the heart was beating, the fetus was returned to the chamber and the experiment was resumed.” One of the babies survived for 11 hours under these brutal conditions.

Earthquake Hits Sumba almost Every Day
The quakes that hit Sumba have been in a range of 2 to 5 magnitude. There have been no records of damage, but the series of quakes have sent people into the constant panic.

Rudy Giuliani says Hillary Clinton has a secret illness. His supposed proof? Online videos.
“It is extremely important to note that Hillary Clinton has taken a lot of time off the campaign trail,” Pierson said. “It is something that needs to be addressed.”

As Predicted, Obamacare Is Absolutely Killing The Middle Clas
The critics of Obamacare have been proven right. The Obama administration promised that health insurance premiums would go down. Instead, they have absolutely skyrocketed.

Rudy Giuliani says Hillary Clinton has a secret illness. His supposed proof? Online videos.
“It is extremely important to note that Hillary Clinton has taken a lot of time off the campaign trail,” Pierson said. “It is something that needs to be addressed.”

Southern Command Warns Sunni Extremists Infiltrating From South
Sunni extremists are infiltrating the United States with the help of alien smugglers in South America and are crossing U.S. borders with ease, according to a U.S. South Command intelligence report. The Command’s J-2 intelligence directorate reported recently in internal channels that “special interest aliens” are working with a known alien smuggling network in Latin America to reach the United States. The smuggling network was not identified.

Reinforce border fence with pigs’ heads to better repel refugees, Hungarian MEP proposes
While makeshift scarecrows placed on border fences might keep refugees from entering Hungary, severed pigs’ heads would be an even better deterrent, a Hungarian MEP has said sparking a barrage of criticism and drawing bitter comments online.

He aborted over 48,000 babies. Then he pulled a baby’s beating heart out with his forceps.
As I pull out the mess, thinking it will be bone fragments I lay it on the cloth, I look, and I see a human heart, contracting and expanding and beating, beating, beating. I thought I would go mad.

In France, 'the jihadists have won'
With Christianity dead in France, there is no national political will to address the increasing attacks by radical Islam, says a professor at the University of Paris, which has brought the country to its knees.

Hundreds of flights cancelled as typhoon hits Tokyo
Typhoon Mindulle made landfall at about 12:30pm local time (04:30 GMT) in Tateyama city, some 80km (50 miles) southeast of the capital. The storm packed gusts of up to 180 km/h (112 mph), and was headed north at a speed of 20 km/h, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Officials have warned of landslides and flooding.

Egyptian FM sparks uproar by saying Israel not guilty of 'terrorism'
Sameh Shoukry says Israel's actions against Palestinians cannot be characterized as terror.

Poll: Israeli Jews fear Palestinians, reject plan for PA state
Few Israeli Jews and Palestinian Authority Arabs support the basic outline of a final status agreement along the lines of the offer made by then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak to Yasser Arafat in the summer of 2000, a new joint poll reveals.

Ventotene summit to chart roadmap for EU's response to Brexit vote
The leaders of the eurozone’s three largest countries will meet on a small southern Italian island on Monday for further talks on the way forward for the European Union following Britain’s shock vote to leave. The meeting aims “to show the unity of Europe’s three biggest countries, but not to create a specific club”...

Earthquake: 3.8 quake strikes near Mammoth Lakes
A shallow magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon four miles from Mammoth Lakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:47 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.2 mile. In the last 10 days, there have been five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

Teenagers struck by depression ‘epidemic’
The number of middle-class teenage girls suffering from anxiety or depression has surged in the past decade with more than a third now experiencing symptoms of “psychological distress”. A government study into the mental wellbeing of 30,000 teenagers, seen by The Times, found that girls were more than twice as likely as boys to suffer symptoms of mental ill health.

German minister wants facial recognition systems at airports, train stations
Germany's Interior Minister wants to introduce facial recognition software at train stations and airports to help identify terror suspects following two Islamist attacks in the country last month. Speaking to the Bild am Sonntag newspaper, Thomas de Maiziere said internet software was able to determine whether persons shown in photographs were celebrities or politicians.

Chileans protest against Pinochet-era private pension scheme
Hundreds of thousands of people across Chile have taken part in protests against the country's controversial privatised pension plan. The scheme was launched in 1981, during the military government of General Augusto Pinochet. Protesters say some 10 million people who joined have now been left with very low retirement incomes - less than minimum wage in many cases.

IDF turns up the heat in response to rocket fired at Sderot
The IDF late Sunday night launched a wide series of air strikes against Hamas targets in an apparent turning up of the heat for a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip Sunday afternoon, which had exploded in the southern Israeli community of Sderot between two homes near the local train station. Earlier Sunday, the IDF took a limited counterstrike, hitting only two Hamas targets in the northern Gaza Strip...

Egyptian FM sparks uproar by saying Israel not guilty of 'terrorism'
Months after visiting Israel in what many perceived as a sign of warming ties between Cairo and Jerusalem, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made headlines...when he told a group of students that Israel's actions in regard to the Palestinians do not constitute terrorism. Despite the 1979 peace treaty...Israel is not often spoken of as an ally by political figures in Egypt publicly or in the media.


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Something "Unexpected" Happened When Seattle Raised The Minimum Wage
Seemingly no amount of empirical evidence can convince progressives that raising minimum wages to artificially elevated levels is a bad idea. Somehow the basic idea that raising the cost of a good ultimately results in lower consumption of that good just doesn't compute.

US Service Member Killed by IED in Afghanistan
A U.S. service member has died from wounds sustained today in an operation near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province in Afghanistan, the Pentagon confirmed. The service member was conducting "train, advise, assist" activities with Afghan counterparts when the patrol "triggered an improvised explosive device," or IED, according to a news release from U.S. Forces Afghanistan.

'Failed State' Venezuela Now Bleeding Cash
Bad news for distressed asset investors. Venezuela’s cash position is deteriorating and that makes for a lack of clarity on the left wing government’s ability to pay its debts. This is particularly worrisome for PDVSA investors, a favorite holding among foreign investors playing — and praying — for Venezuelan regime change.

Earthquake strikes central Italy
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck central Italy, south of the city of Perugia, the US Geological Survey says, with the shock also felt in Rome.

Putin offers Middle East peace talks
President Putin is pushing to host peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in the latest sign of his ambition for Russia to replace the United States as chief power broker in the Middle East.

PA Senior: Israel Refusing Meeting Ahead of Possible Cairo Summit
According to the official, the Cairo meeting is intended to prepare for the international peace conference which is being planned in Paris by the end of the year, possibly with representatives from both France and the US. Apparently, various sources have advised Netanyahu to send an envoy to meet with a PA representative to prepare the Cairo meeting, but Netanyahu refused.

3 Justice Department Field Offices Wanted to Investigate The Clinton Foundation.
One of the greatest sins of the Obama administration has been the absolute destruction of the Department of Justice. Once the agency tasked with keeping American government honest, the DOJ has now become a designated political hit squad led by the White House.

The Salvation Army and the LGBT Community
The Salvation Army embraces employees of many different faiths and orientations. Our hiring practices are open to all, and we adhere to all relevant employment laws, providing domestic partner benefits accordingly.

UPI/CVoter poll: Donald Trump sticks to script, comes to within 1% of Hillary Clinton's lead
The UPI/CVoter daily presidential tracking poll released Monday shows Donald Trump closing in on Hillary Clinton's lead -- which now stands at 0.7 percent -- possibly a reflection of the Republican sticking largely to the issues last week.

Tropical Storm Gaston to turn into hurricane by Wednesday
Tropical Storm Gaston, which formed Monday and is making its way through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is expected to turn into a hurricane by Wednesday. The storm system is not yet expected to be a threat to land. Tropical Storm Gaston -- with maximum winds of 50 mph -- is moving west-northwest at a speed of 18 mph. The storm was about 550 miles west from the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands as of early Tuesday.

Nigerian army: Self-declared Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau 'fatally wounded'
The Nigerian Army said an airstrike carried out last week "fatally wounded" self-proclaimed Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau.

Iran Expanding Terror Network in Latin America
Iran is solidifying its foothold in Latin America, sparking concerns among U.S. officials that the Islamic Republic will enlist these regional allies in its push to launch terror attacks on U.S. soil, according to conversations with congressional sources.

EXCLUSIVE: Condi Rice Also Has No Recollection Of Hillary’s Email Convo With Colin Powell
Former Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice has no recollection of a conversation at a 2009 dinner party where Hillary Clinton reportedly claims that Gen. Colin Powell advised her to use a personal email account. Rice’s inability to recall the conversation makes her the second person to publicly undercut Clinton’s claim.

No Scientific Evidence That People Are Born Gay or Transgender, Johns Hopkins Researchers Say
Distinguished scholars at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland released a new 143-page report on Monday that argues that there is not enough definitive scientific evidence available to suggest that gay, lesbian and transgender individuals are born with a certain sexual orientation or gender identity.

German right-wing leader backs citizens' right to arm themselves
The leader of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has spoken out in favor of people arming themselves with guns and self-defence devices following a series of violent attacks last month.

ISIS Executes Six Accused Spies by Boiling Men in Tar
The barbaric Islamic group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, recently executed six men accused of being spies by boiling them in tar, reports state. Iraqi News reported the information from a source residing in Nineveh, who stated that the men had been sentenced to death in a Sharia court for their alleged crimes.

Judge orders State Department to review 14,900 Clinton emails
The judge also scheduled a Sept. 23 hearing on when to release the emails, a deadline that raises the possibility some will become public before the Nov. 8 presidential election between Democrat Clinton and her Republican rival, Donald Trump.

Huma Abedin, Hillary’s Bribe Broker
The trove of newly released emails obtained by watchdog group Judicial Watch through the courts appear to show that Abedin served as a gatekeeper auctioning access to the would-be president in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation. When individuals wanted to meet with Hillary, Abedin would say no, and introduce them to the foundation. After the so-called donation was received access to Clinton would be approved.

Germany may reintroduce conscription if defense of NATO borders needed – reports
The German government may revive nationwide conscription in times of crisis, such as situations in which the country needs to “defend NATO’s external borders,” according to local media citing a controversial paper drafted by the Interior Ministry.

Biblical Tent of Meeting May Have Been an Astonishing Six-Story Dome, Engineer Reveals
The Biblical Tabernacle, or Tent of Meeting, may have been not a modest rectangular tent as scholars have believed for centuries, but an enormous circular structure six stories tall, proposes a Wisconsin engineer who has spent years studying the intricacies of the Biblical texts describing the desert structure.

National Insitutes of Health Wants Funds for Human-Animal Hybrids
The NIH, under the leadership of professing Christian Dr. Francis Collins, is proposing lifting a ban on taxpayer funding of experiments that splice human stem cells with animal embryos, creating human-animal chimeras. Proponents, of course, downplay any ethical concerns related to creating new life forms using human genetic material — for either the humans or the animals involved.

No Scientific Evidence That People Are Born Gay or Transgender, Johns Hopkins Researchers Say
Distinguished scholars at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland released a new 143-page report on Monday that argues that there is not enough definitive scientific evidence available to suggest that gay, lesbian and transgender individuals are born with a certain sexual orientation or gender identity.

5.3 magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka
Duty officer at Bangladesh Meteorological Department told the Dhaka Tribune that the earthquake originated 409km east of their office. According to the US Geological survey, the epicentre of the earthquake was located 40km North-East of Mawlaik, Myanmar.

North Korea lays new landmines near border truce village: report
North Korea has laid landmines in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas...as tension rose on the divided peninsula after the start of annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises. North Korea, which conducted its fourth nuclear test in January and a string of rocket tests since then, regards the joint exercises as akin to war and has threatened to launch a military strike in retaliation.

The US Air Force reveals radical plan to 'bomb the sky' to improve radio reception
A fleet of tiny satellites could one day be used to detonate plasma bombs in Earth’s upper atmosphere to improve the range of radio communications. The US Air Force has granted contracts to three research teams to develop the technology needed to do this, with hopes that CubeSats could carry massive amounts of ionized gas to the ionosphere to create radio-reflecting plasma.

China takes control of North Sea oil drilling
China has become the largest crude oil operator in the North Sea despite boasting that it uses deep-water oilrigs as strategic weapons. The scale of Chinese growth in the region meant that Britain handed about £2 billion in tax breaks to one state-run oil company last year, analysis by The Times has shown.

Texas judge blocks Obama's transgender bathroom directive
A Texas judge has blocked an order by the US government that schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. The temporary injunction signed by Judge Reed O'Connor follows a challenge to President Barack Obama's directive by 13 states and applies nationwide. The injunction was passed the day before many students go back to school.

Turkey shells both IS and Kurdish positions in Syria
Turkey has bombarded so-called Islamic State (IS) targets across the border in northern Syria ahead of an expected ground attack on an IS-held town. Some 1,500 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have also gathered in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, poised for an offensive to drive IS out of Jarablus. Turkey has also shelled Syrian Kurdish forces nearby, apparently to deter them from taking Jarablus themselves.

Philippines war on drugs: '1,900 killed' amid crackdown
The head of the Philippines police has said more than 1,900 people have been killed during a crackdown on illegal drugs in the past seven weeks. Ronald dela Rosa was speaking at a senate hearing into the sharp rise in deaths since Rodrigo Duterte became president. He said police operations had killed about 750 people, but the other deaths were still being investigated.

Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria air strike 'kills commanders'
Nigeria's army says it has killed several commanders of the Islamist group Boko Haram in an air strike and seriously wounded its disputed leader. An army spokesman told the BBC's Hausa service that Abubakar Shekau's shoulder was badly injured in the strike on Friday in north-eastern Borno state. There has been no independent confirmation of the strike.

The comeback of Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
It is clear that Iran’s former firebrand-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president from 2005-2013, is attempting a political comeback. ...An Iran poll survey suggests that the former president now trails incumbent Hassan Rouhani by just eight percentage points in a head-to-head match-up, compared with 27 points in May 2015.

Thailand bomb attacks the work of 'at least' 20 people: police
Thai police on Monday said at least 20 people were involved in carrying out a wave of deadly bombings in the country's south earlier this month.

Fed Admits Another $4 Trillion In QE Will Be Needed To Offset An "Economic Shock"
In a Fed Staff working paper released over the weekend titled "Gauging the Ability of the FOMC to Respond to Future Recessions" and penned by deputy director of the division of research and statistics at the Fed, the author concludes that "simulations of the FRB/US model of a severe recession suggest that large-scale asset purchases and forward guidance about the future path of the federal funds rate should be able to provide enough additional accommodation to fully compensate for a more limited [ability] to cut short-term interest rates in most, but probably not all, circumstances."

Clinton’s pathetic ‘Colin Powell made me do it’ defense
The influence that Colin Powell has over Hillary Clinton is something to behold. His word is her command. When he tells her to break the law and endanger the nation’s secrets, she doesn’t hesitate. She salutes smartly and does as she is told.

Moscow and Tehran: Russia done launching Syrian airstrikes from Iran
For now, Russia is done using an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes against targets in Syria, Russia's defense ministry and Iran's official state news agency reported Monday.

Elizabeth Smart: Pornography made my living hell worse
Elizabeth Ann Smart, who was kidnapped in 2002 from her home at age 14 and raped daily by her captor for nine months when authorities finally rescued her in 2003, is speaking out know about her horrifying experience and how pornography spurred her captor to rape her even more frequently and compelled him to force Smart to engage in the hardcore practices displayed in the pornography.

Iraq stops would-be child bomber for ISIS
Dramatic video has emerged of Iraqi police stripping an explosive belt from a child suspected in a suicide bombing attempt for ISIS. The footage appears to show security personnel restrain a visibly upset boy while they carefully cut the belt from the youth's torso in Kirkuk. Once the belt has been removed, the boy is scooped up and taken away.

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Obamacare Website No Longer Addresses 'You Can Keep Your Doctor'
"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor" was President Barack Obama's signature catchphrase he used to sell the Affordable Care Act to the American people. Now Obamacare's flagship website, healthcare.gov, no longer even addresses the issue.

Navy Destroyer 'Harassed' by Iranian Speedboats, US Official Says
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Nitze was “harassed” by four Iranian Revolutionary Guard small craft on Tuesday, some of them coming as close as 300 yards to the ship as it was in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, a Department of Defense official said today.

Scientists Proven Wrong? Great Barrier Reef Found Relatively Unaffected By Global Warming
Great Barrier Reef tourist operators found less than 5 percent of the natural wonder has died off from “bleaching,” despite claims from scientists that most of the reef had been killed off by the effects of global warming. “Scientists had written off that entire northern section as a complete white-out,’’

Franklin Graham Tells Maine: Vote the Bible
The Rev. Franklin Graham — son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham — jetted to Maine this week to urge residents of The Pine Tree State to go to the polls in November and "vote for Biblical values."

Former Secretary of Defense explains why we now have greatest threat of nuclear war ever
Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, how safe is America, or the world, from nuclear catastrophe? Not very. That's the gloomy message from former Secretary of Defense William Perry, who has spent the past quarter-century focused on reducing the risk of nuclear disaster.

US Army Training Slide Identifying Hillary Clinton As National Threat Surfaces
The U.S. Army recently became aware that a unit in Missouri had been using a training slide that identifies Hillary Clinton as a threat to the nation’s security. (video)

Zika Images Show 'Worst Brain Infections That Doctors Will Ever See'
"The images show the worst brain infections that doctors will ever see," says Dr. Deborah Levine, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, who contributed to the study. "Zika is such a severe infection [in fetuses]. Most doctors will have never seen brains like this before."

Confirmed earthquake hits southern Colorado
The United States geological survey initially reported a 4.5 magnitude earthquake around 26 miles west-southwest of Trinidad, close to the border of Colorado and New Mexico.

China’s Covert Weapons Procurement Revealed in Florida Case
China’s government covertly tried to obtain advanced U.S. fighter jet engines and a Reaper drone in a high-technology spying operation uncovered by federal authorities in Florida. A Chinese-born woman, Wenxia Man, was sentenced to 50 months in prison on Friday following her conviction for conspiracy to export restricted American defense articles...

French national screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ stabs British woman to death in Australia
The assault took place on Wednesday at a backpackers’ hostel near Townsville in northern Queensland. A 21-year-old British woman died at the scene, while a 30-year-old British man was taken to hospital in critical condition, state police reported.

Brewing tropical storm may threaten Bahamas, Florida as a hurricane
A budding tropical disturbance has the potential to strengthen significantly and reach Florida with strong winds, coastal flooding and torrential rainfall during Sunday and Monday.

BREAKING: Leaked e-mails show George Soros paid $650K to influence bishops during Pope’s US visit
billionaire globalist George Soros - one of Hilary Clinton's top donors - paid $650,000 to influence Pope Francis’ September 2015 visit to the USA with a view to "shift[ing] national paradigms and priorities in the run-up to the 2016 presidential campaign." “Buy-in of individual bishops to more publicly voice support of economic and racial justice messages...".

Putin, Netanyahu, Talk Peace Process on Phone
“The leaders exchanged opinions on Middle East settlement issues and topical aspects of the general situation in the region. They agreed to continue active Russian-Israeli contacts at different levels,” the report said.

Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move From Above
...a small Cessna airplane equipped with a sophisticated array of cameras was circling Baltimore...The plane’s wide-angle cameras captured an area of roughly 30 square miles and... transmitted real-time images to analysts on the ground... Since the beginning of the year, the Baltimore Police Department had been using the plane to investigate all sorts of crimes...and the public had no idea it was there.

Syria Jarablus: Turkish tanks roll into northern Syria
A dozen Turkish tanks and other vehicles have rolled across the Syrian border after heavy shelling of an area held by so-called Islamic State (IS). Military sources told Turkish media 70 targets in the Jarablus area had been destroyed by artillery and rocket strikes, and 12 by air strikes. Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are accompanying the Turkish advance.

Myanmar hit by 6.8 magnitude earthquake
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, and was felt as far away as Thailand, Bangladesh and India, reports say. The quake struck 25km (15.5 miles) west of Chauk, at a depth of 84km, the US Geological Survey said.

Obama Admin Won’t Tell Congress How It Paid Iran $1.3 Billion in Taxpayer Funds
The Obama administration is withholding from Congress details about how $1.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds was delivered to Iran... The Departments of State, Treasury, and Justice have all rebuffed a congressional probe into the...$1.3 billion payment to Iran which is part of an additional $400 million cash payout that occurred just prior to the release of several U.S. hostages...

The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm
“ShadowBrokers” announced an auction for what it claimed were “cyber weapons” made by the NSA. Based on never-before-published documents provided by the whistleblower Edward Snowden, The Intercept can confirm that the arsenal contains authentic NSA software, part of a powerful constellation of tools used to covertly infect computers worldwide.

Commentary: Evidence points to another Snowden at the NSA
if Russia had stolen the hacking tools, it would be senseless to publicize the theft, let alone put them up for sale. A more logical explanation could also be insider theft. If that’s the case, it’s one more reason to question the usefulness of an agency that secretly collects private information on millions of Americans but can’t keep its most valuable data from being stolen, or as it appears in this case, being used against us.

Zika virus: Florida announces five new cases
Florida's governor has announced five new cases of Zika, including one in the Tampa Bay area, 265 miles (425 km) north of Miami. Four other cases of the virus, which is often spread by mosquitoes, were found in Wynwood in Miami, where officials have sprayed pesticides. The Tampa case involves a woman in Pinellas County without a travel history, suggesting local transmission.

North Korea submarine fires ballistic missile
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its east coast, say the US and South Korea. The KN-11 missile was launched from waters near Sinpo and flew about 500km (300 miles) before falling into the Sea of Japan, a US official said. Japan's PM said it fell inside Japan's Air Defence Identification Zone, calling it a "reckless act".

Russian 'documentary' claims Jews behind Titanic, Chernobyl and 9/11
A documentary recently aired on a Russian television station with a potential reach of 100 million viewers laid blame for some of history's greatest calamities at the feet of the Jews. According to The Jewish Chronicle, the short film, which aired on Russia's REN TV, claimed that Jews were behind the sinking of the Titanic, the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl and the September 11 terror attacks.

Turkey, US-led coalition launch large-scale border offensive against ISIS
Turkish special forces, tanks and jets backed by planes from the US-led coalition launched their first coordinated offensive into Syria on Wednesday to try to drive Islamic State from the border and prevent further gains by Kurdish militia fighters. Turkish tank units and Syrian rebels backed by the NATO member crossed into northern Syria to push Islamic State out of the border town of Jarablus, military sources said.

ABC News: Hillary Lied About Donor Access During 2009 Confirmation Hearing
The evidence that shows close ties between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department proves Hillary Clinton lied during her confirmation hearing in 2009, according to ABC News.

Celtic fans raise over £136,000 for 'Palestine' after Israel match debacle
Celtic fans have so far raised over £136,000 in two days for Palestinian charities after the club received a disciplinary charge from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Last week, fans of Scotland’s Celtic soccer team staged a protest, organized by Green Brigade fans, against Israel when their team faced off with Hapoel Beersheba in the Champions League.

Dozens Killed, Widespread Damage After Strong Quake in Central Italy
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy early Wednesday, with reports of fatalities and significant damage surfacing quickly in its aftermath.

Emails: Top Hillary Aide Was Researching Drug That Treats Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s
Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton’s top foreign policy adviser, extensively researched the drug Provigil while working for her at the State Department in 2011.


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Kayla Mueller in Captivity: Courage, Selflessness as She Defended Christian Faith to ISIS Executioner 'Jihadi John'
American hostage Kayla Mueller was tortured, verbally abused, forced into slave labor for ISIS commanders in Syria and raped by the group's top leader, but her fellow hostages say she never surrendered hope, she selflessly put the welfare of fellow captives above her own and she even stood up to executioner "Jihadi John" to declare her Christian faith.

CNN Cancels Dr. Drew's Show One Week After He Voiced "Grave Concern" For Hillary's Health
One week ago, board-certified medicine specialist, TV personality and CNN employee Dr. Drew Pinsky broke the mold of conformity, when he said that he is "gravely concerned" about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s health, pointing out that treatment she is receiving could be the result of her bizarre behaviors.

Why rich donors keep giving to losing candidates
Wealthy donors spent nearly $400 million during the primary elections supporting candidates who dropped out. You’d think maybe they’d grow weary of wasting money on politics. Wealthy donors spent nearly $400 million during the primary elections supporting candidates who dropped out. You’d think maybe they’d grow weary of wasting money on politics. You’d be wrong. “Maybe they’re fed up, but I doubt it,” Anthony Scaramucci, founder of Skybridge Capital and a Donald Trump adviser, tells Yahoo Finance in the video above. “At the end of the day there’s seduction and some level of intoxication with the process.”

FBI Admits Clinton Used Software Designed To "Prevent Recovery" And "Hide Traces Of" Deleted Emails
South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy appeared on Fox News today and disclosed new details about the Clinton email scandal that seem to indicate intent to destroy evidence. Per the clip below, Gowdy reveals that Clinton used "BleachBit" to erase the "personal" emails from her private server.

U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots at Iranian vessel
A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots toward an Iranian fast-attack craft that approached two U.S. ships, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday, in the most serious of a number of incidents in the Gulf area this week.

Atlantic 5-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently upgraded Hurricane Gaston, located about 1200 miles east of the Leeward Island.

Biden Reveals US Going Out of Its Way to Extradite Erdogan’s Archenemy
Biden hinted that Obama may be prepared to throw Gulen under the bus. “I can understand Mr. President how some of your countrymen would feel that the world didn’t respond rapidly enough to the existential crisis your country is facing,” the VP said at a joint press conference in Ankara Wednesday.

Turkey Prepared to Stay in Anti-Daesh Fight As Long As Needed - Biden
Ankara is ready to remain in the anti-Daesh fight as long as it is required, US Vice President Joe Biden told reporters in Sweden on Thursday following his visit to Turkey.

Clinton Foundation scandal 'bigger than Watergate
Giuliani: 'Nixon did a lot of bad things, but it wasn't raking in millions and millions of dollars through phony charity' New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is forecasting it will end up being one of the biggest political scandals in America. the Clintons have been getting and turning the State Department into a pay-for-play operation.”

Mideast Christian woman on ISIS: God’s plan is ‘working perfectly’
“Don’t pray for the persecution to be stopped,” she said, according to the Christian Post website. “But pray for the Christians there, for their boldness, their encouragement, for their faith and that they can all be witnesses for God’s work and for God.” She spoke at the MeadowBrook Baptist Church in Gadsden, Alabama, at the behest of a group of six pastors and ministry leaders.

Assange: Wikileaks Will ‘Absolutely’ Release ‘Significant’ Hillary Documents Before Election
Julian Assange, the co-founder and editor of Wikileaks, says that his organization will “absolutely” be releasing thousands of “significant” documents regarding Hillary Clinton before the Nov. 8 election.

More Turkish tanks enter Syria in push against Islamic State, Kurdish militia
At least nine more Turkish tanks entered northern Syria on Thursday as part of an operation aimed at driving Islamic State out of the border area around Jarablus and stopping Kurdish militia fighters from seizing territory, Reuters witnesses said. A senior Turkish official said there were now more than 20 Turkish tanks inside Syria and that additional tanks and construction machinery would be sent in as required.

Tornadoes slam central Indiana, demolishing homes
Several tornadoes plowed through central Indiana on Wednesday, demolishing numerous homes...in the town of Kokomo and cutting off power to thousands of Indianapolis-area residents, but no serious injuries were reported. ...Tornado warnings were issued in 27 counties, but no one was known to have been killed or badly hurt...

Syria, Kurds condemn Turkish incursion
Syria condemned Wednesday's Turkish incursion into an Islamic State group-held border area as a "flagrant violation"...Kurdish authorities said the action amounted to a "declaration of war". The foreign ministry in Damascus said it "condemns the crossing...by Turkish tanks and armoured vehicles towards the Jarabulus area with air cover from the US-led coalition and considers it a flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty".

Pew: Americans giving up on God, miracles
Half of Americans who have left their church no longer believe in God, leading a surge of nearly one quarter of the nation who have no affiliation with any religion... Pew Research Center said Wednesday that 49 percent of what they term "nones" left their church and religion because they "don't believe." Another 20 percent said they don't like organized religion. Other reasons included "common sense" and a lack of belief in miracles.

Netanyahu calls Putin to discuss diplomatic process
Just two days after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Moscow wanted to host talks between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Netanyahu spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin... The Kremlin...saying...that the two leaders “exchanged opinions on issues surrounding the settlement in the Middle East and current aspects of the general situation in the region.”

Italy earthquake death toll rises to 247
The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose sharply to almost 250 people early on Thursday after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors... The provisional toll jumped to 247 from the 159 dead listed on Wednesday night, national and regional officials said as a wave of aftershocks rattled a cluster of mountain communities 140 km (85 miles) east of Rome.

Iranian ex commander: New militia formed to destroy Israel in 23 years
The eradication of Israel in "23 years" is the main objective of a recently-created Iranian military unit formed to fight in Arab countries in the region, one of Iran's former most senior military commanders has said. Retired Iranian Revolutionary Guards general Mohammad Ali Al Falaki made the comments last week while speaking of Tehran's so-called 'Shi'ite Liberation Army' that conducts extraterritorial military operations...

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‘Do You Prefer Ma’am or Sir?’: New DOJ Video Shows Cops How to Treat Transgender People
The Justice Department’s Community Relations Service released a new video this week explaining to the law enforcement community the proper way to handle encounters with transgender people. Amid an uptick in reports of discrimination by police toward the transgender community, the CRS has released a 12-minute training video discouraging officers from stereotyping people and telling them to “keep their questions relevant” to the situation at hand.

VIDEO=> KKK Grand Dragon Endorses Hillary Clinton
For some reason this didn’t make it into her racism speech yesterday in Reno. Ku Klux Klan leader Will Quigg endorses Hillary Clinton for president.

Iran has a mysterious new mega-tank
In March, Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan — Iran's defense minister — claimed that a new, unseen Iranian tank called the Karrar "is one of the most advanced tanks in the world."

Rise in synthetic pot emergencies
After a spike in emergency calls for the synthetic drugs K2, Austin police are working to figure out where the supply is coming from and how they can get the dealers out of Austin.

US: Clinton Calendars Won't Be Released Until After Election
Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, the government told The Associated Press it won't finish the job before Election Day.

Levin: No One Has Done More Damage to This Nation Than Barack Obama
On his show Wednesday, nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin slammed Obama and his administration for the Iranian nuclear deal saying, no one has done more damage to this nation than Barack Obama.

Judge orders search of new Clinton emails for release by September 13
A U.S. judge ordered the State Department on Thursday to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Hillary Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, among the thousands of additional emails uncovered by federal investigators.

A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots toward an Iranian fast-attack craft that approached two U.S. ships, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday, in the
A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots toward an Iranian fast-attack craft that approached two U.S. ships, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday, in the most serious of a number of incidents in the Gulf area this week.

‘Not Germany’s waiting room’: Austrian defense chief lashes out at Merkel’s refugee policy
The German chancellor’s “we can do it” approach to refugee crisis is “irresponsible” as it lures more migrants to Europe instead of capping their number, Austria’s defense minister said, calling on European leaders to promptly convene a “summit on deportation.”

SOLAR SECTOR BOUNDARY CROSSING
On Aug. 28th, Earth will cross a fold in the heliospheric current sheet. This "solar sector boundary crossing" could disturb our planet's magnetic field and spark auroras at high latitudes. NOAA forecasters estimate a 25% chance of G1-class geomagnetic storms.

Hillary Clinton Withheld Or Deleted Benghazi Related Documents
Among the 14,900 federal documents Hillary Clinton is said to have failed to turn over to the State Department in 2014 are some related to the Benghazi attacks,

Strong Aftershocks Rattle Devastated Italian Earthquake Zone
Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors from Italy's earthquake. The first funerals were scheduled for some of the 267 dead.

News publishers could charge search engines for story extracts
European news publishers will be given the right to levy fees on internet platforms such as Google if search engines show snippets of their stories, under radical copyright reforms being finalised by the European Commission. The proposals...are aimed at diluting the power of big online operators, whose market share in areas such as search leads to unbalanced commercial negotiations between the search engine and content creators...

CIA training artificial intelligence to spy on Earth from SPACE using ‘computer vision’
A CIA-linked firm has joined forces with Amazon in a bid to use “computer vision” to snoop on the Earth in unprecedented detail. CosmiQ Works, a firm closely associated with the US intelligence agency, is working with the online retail giant and the satellite mapping firm DigitalGlobe to train algorithms to work out what’s happening on the surface of our planet.

Turkey PKK conflict: Cizre bomb kills 11 policemen
A car bomb has hit police headquarters in Cizre, south-east Turkey, killing 11 policemen and injuring 78. The huge explosion at 07:00 (04:00 GMT) targeted a checkpoint, and left the nearby riot police HQ in ruins. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim blamed the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, and vowed to give the "vile attackers the answer they deserve".

UN, EU help Palestinians build ICC suit against Israel
The United Nations and the European Union have actively helped the Palestinian Authority build its global advocacy campaign against the Jewish state; including it’s filing of "war crimes” complaints” about Israel before the International Criminal Court. Over the last year the UN and the EU were participants in the creation of a $2.1 million empowerment plan for Palestinian women.


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Urgent measures needed to counter growing N. Korean SLBM threat
North Korea’s latest firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) indicates that Pyongyang’s military threat is growing further. The international community must work together to speed up efforts to halt the country’s provocations.

Venezuela sends opposition leader back to jail, expels Ecuadoran lawmakers
Venezuela sent an opposition leader who was under house arrest back to jail Saturday and expelled a delegation of Ecuadoran lawmakers, amid rising political tension over a campaign to recall leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

Report: Twitter Suspends DCLeaks Account After Huge George Soros Leak Breaking News at Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/DCLeaks-Twitter-s
Twitter has suspended the account of DCLeaks after the site released documents on the liberal billionaire George Soros, including those showing that he worked to block immigration reform and documenting illegals.

Report: Google Censors ‘Hillary Clinton Health Problems’ Search Results
Google users attempting to search for information regarding presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s health are fed search suggestions that have nothing to do with the issue, many on Twitter pointed out Saturday.

Obama's judges leave liberal imprint on U.S. law
When President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, the federal appeals court based in Virginia was known as one of the most conservative benches in the country. Two Obama terms later, Democratic appointees hold a 10-5 majority on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel of which issued a groundbreaking ruling this April backing transgender rights.

Vatican says it has high hopes of better ties with China
The Vatican is hopeful it can improve ties with China after decades of tension...adding that warmer relations would benefit the whole world. Beijing severed links with the Vatican in 1951 shortly after the Communist Party took power and launched a crackdown on organized religion, with China's new rulers setting up their own church and appointing bishops without the pope's backing.

Syrian war: US and Russia 'achieve clarity on path forward'
US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov "have achieved clarity on the path forward" in Syria, but have "narrow issues" to resolve. The two held talks in Geneva to try to find a way of reviving a cessation of hostilities that faltered months ago. Mr Kerry said they were close, but would not rush into an agreement.

Czechs and Hungarians call for EU army amid security worries
The leaders of the Czech Republic and Hungary say a "joint European army" is needed to bolster security in the EU. They were speaking ahead of talks in Warsaw with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They dislike her welcome for Muslim migrants from outside the EU. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said "we must give priority to security, so let's start setting up a joint European army".

Don’t Bee-lieve the Latest Bee-pocalypse Scare
The study is deeply flawed, at every stage – making its analysis and conclusions meaningless. For example, bee data were collected by amateur volunteers, few of whom were likely able to distinguish among some 250 species of UK wild bees. This patchy, inconsistent approach means the database that formed the very foundation for the entire study was neither systematic nor reliable, nor scientific.



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Iran deploys long-range missiles to Fordo nuclear site
Tehran has deployed a recently delivered Russian-made long-range missile system to central Iran to protect its Fordo nuclear facility, state television said Sunday. Protecting nuclear facilities is paramount "in all circumstances" General Farzad Esmaili, the commander of Iran's air defences, told the IRIB channel.

New Smuggler Tunnel Detected, Under US-Mexican Border
A new 31.5-meter (102-foot) smuggler tunnel has been discovered snaking under the U.S.-Mexican border, according to a statement issued Sunday by Mexican federal police, and quoted by Associated Press. The unfinished illegal conduit was discovered by a team of Mexican police working together with the U.S. Border Patrol in Nogales, Arizona.

“Mysticore” is the new norm: Inside the trend that’s casting its spell over the culture
Not just witches are enjoying a cultural renaissance, though. All manner of magic is in the air, as the New Age movement’s lighter granola-and-Zen fare has given way to the practice of a more modern mysticism, where conversations about conjuring, personal shamans and powerful potions can be intense as they are ubiquitous.

Ayatollah: Mahdi coming back in spaceship!
The comments came from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, who operates his own website to promote his views. He was respoinding to a question about the “arrival of the Mahdi – the Hidden Imam who is the equivalent of the Messiah in Shiite Islam,” MEMRI reported.

Merkel rejects Muslim migrant ban, urges fair distribution
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday slammed those countries in Europe who say they won't take in Muslim refugees, a position that several eastern European governments have taken in response to the influx of migrants from the Islamic world.

Church of England parishes consider first step to break away over sexuality
A group of parishes is preparing what could be the first step towards a formal split in the Church of England over issues such as homosexuality, with the creation of a new “shadow synod” vowing to uphold traditional teaching.

An Internet Giveaway to the U.N.
When the Obama administration announced its plan to give up U.S. protection of the internet, it promised the United Nations would never take control. But because of the administration’s naiveté or arrogance, U.N. control is the likely result if the U.S. gives up internet stewardship as planned at midnight on Sept. 30.

King of Morocco Mohammed VI: Anyone Who Believes Jihadists Will Find Virgins in Heaven is Insane
Muslim jihadists who kill in the name of Allah are heretics who are destined to dwell in hell for eternity, said the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, on August 20.

War and Peace in Putin’s Middle East
Netanyahu, for his part, has been talking about a “regional peace initiative.” The advantages for Israel would including deflecting the French initiative—not seen by Jerusalem as likely to yield positive results—as well as a possible last-ditch initiative by the Obama administration, though it seems improbable. For Putin, the appeal of hosting such a conference in Moscow would lie in further underlining his prestige, power, and indispensability at the expense of the U.S.

America’s Fate at the End of Days
...since Rabbi Kessin believes that spiritual tasks of Esav are being completed by the United States today, he sees the destiny of the United States at the End of Days as a positive one. But it doesn’t end there. Rabbi Kessin further asserts that Donald Trump has a critical role to play in purifying the US. “What I believe is that the one who is going to switch from [Esav persecuting the Jews] to [Esav serving the Jews] is Donald Trump,” Rabbi Kessin claims.

Obama Refused to Help Bring Down Ahmadinejad in 2009
Obama actively refrained from assisting the demonstrators. He ignored advisers who told him to support the opposition in Iran, even ordering the CIA to sever ties with opposition leader.

'IDF preparing for scenario in which hundreds of terrorists from Sinai attack'
This week Col. Yehuda HaCohen will be wrapping up his service as commander of the Sagi Brigade. ...The Division, named after Mount Sagi, was established in 2007 after Israel saw an increase in infiltration and smuggling from the Sinai. For the past two years the division has seen a new threat coming from the Sinai...

Europe migrant crisis: Germany expects 'up to 300,000' this year
Germany expects up to 300,000 migrants to arrive in the country this year, the head of its Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said. Frank-Juergen Weise told the Bild am Sonntag paper that his office would struggle if more people came. But he said he was confident the number of new arrivals would remain within the estimate.

Philippines: IS-linked Maute group inmates freed in 'raid'
Eight Islamic militants linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) have been freed from jail in the Philippines in an apparently "staged raid". Police said at least 20 fighters from the Maute group had turned up at the Lanao del Sur jail in the southern city of Marawi, but no shots had been fired. A military source told the BBC they believed the men had been allowed to escape.

Turkish air strikes kill at least 35 civilians in Syria
Turkey's army and its allies thrust deeper into Syria on Sunday, seizing territory controlled by Kurdish-aligned forces on the fifth day of a cross-border campaign that a monitoring group said had killed at least 35 villagers. Turkish warplanes roared into northern Syria at daybreak and its artillery pounded...sites held by Kurdish YPG militia...

Top Iranian admiral: US lacks the power to confront Iran militarily
The United States does not have the capability to engage Iran in a war on land, air or sea, a top Iranian Navy commander charged Saturday night boasting of his nation's military prowess. "The US doesn’t enjoy the power to confront Iran militarily," Iranian media quoted Revolutionary Guards Navy Admiral Ali Fadavi as stating.

Addict risks all in deadly Philippine drug war
Pedicab driver Reyjin dives into a neighbour's house for a quick meth fix, fearful of taking a bullet to the head in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs but unable to quit. More than 2,000 people have died violent deaths since Duterte took office two months ago and immediately implemented his scorched-earth plans to eradicate drugs in society, ordering police to shoot dead traffickers and urging ordinary citizens to kill addicts.


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Baltimore Residents Beg Police To Protect Their Neighborhoods Photo of Amber Randall Amber Randall
As Justice Department civil rights lawyers held a meeting to talk about overhauling the Baltimore police department, another group of Baltimore residents gathered to beg the police to fix the crime in their neighborhoods.

'Longest living human' says he is ready for death at 145
Mbah Gotho, from Sragen in central Java, was born on December 31, 1870, according to the date of birth on his identity card. Now officials at the local record office say they have finally been able to confirm that remarkable date as genuine.

Largest Quakes to Hit Katla Volcano in Decades
Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.6 and 4.5 hit Katla volcano in Mýrdalsjökull glacier last night, followed by a series of aftershocks. These are the largest quakes to hit Katla since 1977, when a 5.1 earthquake was measured there. Two earthquake swarms occurred in the Katla caldera last night.

Magnitude-4.5 earthquake hits remote Northern California
A light earthquake has shaken a remote section of Northern California. The quake was felt 100 miles away in Eureka, but there are no reports of damages or injuries. The magnitude-4.5 quake struck at 2:20 p.m. Sunday about 60 miles west of Redding near the small towns of Hayfork and Mad River.

Juno skims Jupiter's pole in first orbital flyby
NASA's Juno orbiter has made its first and nearest orbital flyby of Jupiter, snapping the closest close-up ever of giant planet's north pole. The unmanned probe made its 130,000 mph (208,000 km/h) approach at 6:44 am PDT (13:44 GMT) on Saturday, passing within 2,600 mi (4,200 km) of Jupiter's cloud tops in the first and closest of 36 flybys it will make during its mission.

ISIS Terrorists Infiltrating Canada, Suspected of Plotting Attacks
The Canadian government is warning its citizens that it knows of at least 180 people who have traveled abroad to join terror groups and is tracking another 60 “extremist travelers who had returned to Canada,” according to a new government report that provides further evidence of the Islamic State’s migration to North America.

Women lining up for free sterilization in Venezuela as economic crisis deepens
“People are so hopeless they would rather render themselves incapable of having children than risk bringing the children into the world. That is a working definition of hell on earth,” pointed out TheRebel.media’s Ezra Levant in a report “Now popular in Venezuela? Sterilization day.”

COSMIC RAYS INTENSIFY
Spaceweather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus have been using helium balloons to monitor cosmic rays in the stratosphere over California. Their latest data show an increase of almost 13% since 2015. They can seed clouds, trigger lightning, and penetrate commercial airplanes. Furthermore, there are studies linking cosmic rays with cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in the general population.

Clinton Foundation donors given special treatment while Hillary was DoS head, emails show
Newly released emails reveal more ties between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, showing that major donors received special perks – including lunch with the Chinese president.

The Latest: Gaston strengthens, warning for North Carolina
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Gaston winds increased to 120 mph (195 kph). The storm was located about 575 miles (930 kilometers) east southeast of Bermuda. Gaston is stationary and some weakening expected during the next 48 hours.

Canadian teachers instructed on how to combat 'Islamophobia'
A new teacher’s guide produced by the Canadian Human Rights Commission was launched last week in Canada, instructing Canadian teachers to actively combat views and comments it views as “Islamophobic.”

Myanmar Earthquake Rattles Temples of Bagan
Just hours after the devastating earthquake that hit central Italy this past Wednesday another powerful, unrelated, quake devastated central Myanmar, causing at least four deaths and damaging nearly 200 Buddhist pagodas and temples dating back to the 10th century.


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Human Rights Watch: Palestinians Abuse Media, Activists
Palestinian authorities are silencing dissent by cracking down on free speech and abusing local journalists and activists critical of their policies, a leading international human rights group said Tuesday.

Powerful Russian Weapons'? Washington Post Fears Putin’s 'October Surprise'
In yet another instance of what has become an all-too-common attempt to blame a Russian boogeyman for political failings in the United States, the Washington Post has published a dire op-ed warning of an ‘October surprise’ from the Kremlin.

ISIS Anthrax Arrests Could Signal America’s Worst Nightmare Is Coming True
Two Islamic State operatives were arrested in Kenya after trying to launch an anthrax attack, raising fears the terrorist group is increasingly close to acquiring the deadly biological weapon.

FBI Is Releasing Hillary Clinton Email Report, Notes From Her Interrogation
The FBI will release its report on the Hillary Clinton email investigation as early as Wednesday, CNN is reporting. Along with the 30 page investigative report, the FBI will also release a 12-page copy of notes taken during Clinton’s July 2 interview with FBI investigators and Justice Department attorneys.

US general: ISIS forces defied orders to fight to the death
A top US general said Tuesday that ISIS fighters defied their leader's orders to fight to the death in a recent battle, instead retreating to the north. Gen. Joseph Votel, the commander of US forces in the Middle East, said that the refusal to follow orders occurred during the battle for the recently liberated town of Manbij, Syria.

John Kerry: You Media People Should Stop Reporting on Terrorism So People Don't Know What's Going On
Speaking from Bangladesh Tuesday morning, Secretary of State John Kerry suggested members of the media stop covering (Islamic) terrorism so people won't "know what's going on." Kerry attempted to preempt his statement by implying media coverage creates copy cats and promotes more terrorism.

Surprise: FBI Recovers Another 30 Benghazi Emails Hillary Clinton Deleted
State finds 30 Benghazi-related "deleted" Clinton emails, wants 30 days to turn them over. Court demurs and suggests they move quicker.

Report: Netanyahu Warns Visiting US Delegation Against Lame-Duck Moves by Obama on Israel-Palestinian Track
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed a message of warning to US President Barack Obama not to make any moves on the Israeli-Palestinian front during his lame-duck period between November and January, the Hebrew news site Walla reported on Monday.

Scientists in Iceland are on alert after two earthquakes shake ‘Katla,’ one of the island’s largest volcanoes
Iceland’s Meteorological Office says two earthquakes early Monday rocked the caldera of Katla, one of the country’s largest volcanoes. Gunnar Gudmundsson, a geophysicist, said authorities are monitoring the situation at the volcano in southern Iceland and described it as “a little bit unusual.”

Is CNN Altering Trump's Tweets?
On Sunday, CNN decided to remove a specific word from one of Trump's posts regarding Hillary Clinton. The word "Crooked" in "Crooked Hillary Clinton" was completely omitted from a tweet displayed on screen and read on air by anchor Jim Sciutto. Trump had originally written: “I think that both candidates, Crooked Hillary and myself, should release detailed medical records.

World not prepared for biological attacks, new technology threats: Ban Ki-moon Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53842303
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has sounded an alarm that the world is not prepared to face the threats from biological attacks while the Interpol and experts warned about the dangers of terrorists using 21st century technologies to wreak unprecedented levels of mass destruction.

U.S. Army Fears Major War Likely Within Five Years -- But Lacks The Money To Prepare
What’s focusing the minds of U.S. Army leaders right now is the fear that they will be in a major war within five years. They know they’ll be fighting terrorists and insurgents for the foreseeable future, but what really preoccupies them is the likely return of large-scale conventional conflict — maybe with Russia in Eastern Europe, or Iran in the Middle East, or North Korea in Northeast Asia. Maybe in all three places.

Unlike the NFL’s Colin Kaepernick, Frederick Douglass Loved ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
National Football League player Colin Kaepernick created a stir on Friday when he refused to stand for the national anthem at the start of a preseason game. Douglass...encouraged black Americans to sign up and fight for the Union under the American flag during the Civil War, played a crucial role in recruitment efforts, and convinced many former slaves to serve in the military and embrace the United States as the vessel—not the thwarter of freedom.

Tropical storm warning issued for North Carolina
A tropical storm warning was issued for parts of North Carolina as Tropical Depression 8 moves near the East Coast. The warning was issued Monday for portions of North Carolina's Outer Banks, meaning tropical storm-force winds will be possible on Tuesday. Tropical Depression 8 is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm....

North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un 'brutally executes two top ministers in public'
UNHINGED North Korean despot Kim Jong-un has brutally executed two officials for disobeying his orders as part of a high-level purge, sources say. They are the latest in a string of slaughters carried out at the bequest of the 32-year-old tyrant and the victims are said to be agriculture minister Hwang Min and Ri Yong Jin, a senior official at the education ministry.

George Soros' quiet overhaul of the U.S. justice system
Progressives have zeroed in on electing prosecutors as an avenue for criminal justice reform, and the billionaire financier is providing the cash to make it happen. The billionaire financier has channeled more than $3 million into seven local district attorney campaigns in six states over the past year — a sum that exceeds the total spent on the 2016 presidential campaign by all but a handful of rival super-donors.

The Weimar Triangle: Is There Any Chance to Bring the Tripartite Back to Life? Read more: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160830/1044769825/weimar-tr
It is now 25 years since a trilateral cooperation group between Germany, France and Poland was created, and now the three founders have vowed to reinvigorate the format. Sputnik Polska talks to Polish politician Tadeusz Iwiński about the possibilities of reviving of the full-fledged alliance within the European Union.

FBI detects breaches against two state voter systems
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has found breaches in Illinois and Arizona's voter registration databases and is urging states to increase computer security ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election, according to a U.S. official familiar with the probe. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Monday that investigators were also seeking evidence of whether other states may have been targeted.

Los Latinos de California Gritan: Vote for Donald Trump!
Americans of diverse Hispanic descent are supporting Donald Trump. Undocumented Latino supporters for Donald Trump are coming out of the shadows. On August 28th in Anaheim California, they were definitely not hiding. Like other Californians, they are fed up with an entrenched, corrupted political class which has turned the Golden State into a sanctuary state for illegal aliens.

ISIS Suicide Bomber Tries to Kill Priest With Axe, Blow Up Hundreds of Christians at Indonesian Church
A teenage Islamic State terror group supporter attacked a Roman Catholic priest with an axe at a church in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra in Indonesia, but failed to set off explosives that could have killed hundreds of worshipers during Sunday mass. ..."Police are interrogating the perpetrator... and will search his house for any bomb-making materials."

France, joining German Econmy Min, urges halt to trade talks with U.S.
Current transatlantic trade talks should be halted and a new set started, France's trade minister said on Tuesday, adding his voice to calls from within Germany for an end to the negotiations. Matthias Fekl said he would request a halt to negotiations with the United States over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on behalf of France at next month's meeting of European Union trade ministers...

Leaked Soros Document Calls For Regulating Internet To Favor ‘Open Society’ Supporters
...George Soros’s Open Society Justice Initiative calls for international regulation of private actors’ decisions on “what information is taken off the Internet and what may remain.” Those regulations...should favor “those most supportive of open society.” ...“The Open Society Justice Initiative uses law to protect and empower people around the world, supporting the values and work of the Open Society Foundations.”

Zika virus: Singapore confirms 41 locally transmitted cases
Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of the Zika virus which were locally transmitted. Most of those infected were foreign construction workers, and all lived or worked within the same region of the country, said the health ministry. None were known to have travelled to Zika-affected areas recently. Thirty-four people have fully recovered but seven are still in hospital.

Syria war: US warns over Turkish-Kurdish violence
The US says fighting between Turkey, pro-Turkish rebels and Kurdish-aligned forces in northern Syria is "unacceptable" and must stop. Clashes in places where so-called Islamic State (IS) was not present were a "source of deep concern", the US envoy to the anti-IS coalition tweeted. Turkish forces have attacked what they say are Kurdish "terrorists" since crossing the border last week.

Chinese embassy blast: Car bomb attack in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
A car driven by a suicide bomber has exploded after ramming the gates of the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, officials say. The suicide bomber died and three embassy employees, all Kyrgyz nationals, were injured, Deputy PM Zhenish Razakov said. China's foreign ministry condemned the bombing as an "extreme and violent attack".

Thousands of migrants rescued off Libya
About 6,500 migrants have been rescued off Libya, the Italian coastguard says, in one of the biggest operations of its kind to date. Some 40 co-ordinated rescue missions took place about 20km (12 miles) off the Libyan town of Sabratha, it added. Video footage shows migrants, said to be from Eritrea and Somalia, cheering and some swimming to rescue vessels, while others carried babies aboard.

UN Security Council to convene 'Arria-formula' meeting on Israeli settlement building
The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on October 14 to address Israeli settlement building. News of the upcoming meeting emerged after UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov appeared in front of the Security Council on Monday and slammed Israel for continuing to build settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

Greek 'Thought Police' Prosecute Bishop For (Accurately) Calling 'Refugees', "Illegal Migrants"
Greece is presently in the "coalmine" of an endless economic and immigration crisis. This month, for the first time, there was a request to activate an anti-racist law, passed in September 2014, against a Greek citizen who also has institutional status. The government asked the district attorney to prosecute the Bishop of Chios Island, Markos Vasilakis, because he dared to say, during a sermon, that the thousands of people who recently arrived from Turkey on the island of Chios are illegal migrants, and not Syrian refugees.

IS buried thousands in 72 mass graves, AP finds
Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die. On the other side of the mountain, another survivor peered through binoculars as the handcuffed men of neighboring villages were shot and then buried by a waiting bulldozer. For six days he watched as the extremists filled one grave after another with his friends and relatives.

Pope Francis chats in person with Facebook CEO Zuckerberg
Pope Francis has met with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Zuckerberg's wife, Priscilla Chan, at the Vatican. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke says one topic of discussion at Monday's meeting was "how to use communication technologies to alleviate poverty, encourage a culture of encounter, and make a message of hope arrive, especially to those most in need."


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