A Hostage Drama in Istanbul: Radicals Killed by Police
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, RT.COM. Turkish security forces cut short a standoff with a far-left group that captured prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, when they launched a storm on an Istanbul court....
Yemen, Where the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Also Your Enemy
Houthi dominance is hardly dangerous, but Riyadh’s ambitions may destabilize the peninsula By Graham E. Fuller, former Vice Chairman, CIA National Intelligence Council Yemen, like Afghanistan, has a long...
When will the War in Donbas Flare Up Again?
By yurasumy, 25 March 2015 Yurasumy is a Ukrainian blogger. His life as a political activist began as a self-described “Bandera follower.” Eventually Yuri from the city of Sumy...
American People Should Hold War Lobby Accountable for Libya Debacle
They enthusiastically, even gaily, blew up another country, only to blame the rescue personnel for not showing up fast enough. By Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, the Cato Institute, via...
A ‘Conspiracy Of Silence’ – HSBC, the Guardian and the defrauded British public
From Media Lens The corporate media have swiftly moved on from Peter Oborne’s resignation as chief political commentator at the Telegraph and his revelations that the paper had committed...
BREAKING: Car Rams NSA, One Dead, One Injured
By RT.com An SUV truck drove into the gates of the National Security Agency headquarters on Monday morning. One of the two alleged attackers was shot dead at the...
Operation Dragoon Ride: The US Rides Again
by Jonathan Barrett at Zero Hour As operation Dragoon Ride crosses Eastern Europe already the Russians are tracking them on their provocative jaunt. Not surprising really, but it seems...
Soros: EU Should Give $50 Billion To Ukraine To “Confront Russian Threat”
From Stop NATO KYIV: American billionaire and philanthropist George Soros believes that the EU ignores the financial condition of Ukraine. He urged Brussels to allocate additional funding to Kyiv....
Czechs Divided Over NATO Show of Force
by NTV, Russia A loud debate is going on in Prague’s downtown. The political opponents are kept at a distance, separated by a police cordon on Wenceslas Square. A...
Thou shalt not yawn or stare!
Or be deemed a terrorist By Jana Winter and Cora Currier, The Intercept Fidgeting, whistling, sweaty palms. Add one point each. Arrogance, a cold penetrating stare, and rigid posture,...
Avakov: We should have blown up separatists at the outset
Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov told Ukrainian television Thursday that Kiev had made a mistake when it didn’t blow up the regional administration centers in Donetsk and...
“The Saudis have gotten themselves caught in a big swamp”
This war has raged for years and may last for decades “Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on...
The war on Yemen signals US is going for broke on a global scale
Obviously, for some probably crazy reason (maybe numerology, which is allegedly popular with the IMF’s Christine Lagarde), the “war party” have decided now is the time for the final...
Is Yats Packing Too?
“After Kolomoiskiy’s “resignation” there is a theoretical possibility to push through Yatsenyuk’s one. He steals big time, and is generally not a good person” While Ukrainian coal miners threaten...
The Moor Has Done His Duty
by Anatoly Karlin, The Russian Reaction Blog Russian Opposition Journalist Andrey Babitsky Discovers Western Freedom of Speech Andrey Babitsky was the quintessential Russian democratic journalist. A correspondent for the...
Ukraine receives first batch of US Humvees
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday took delivery of ten US armoured vehicles, two days after American lawmakers voted to urge President Barack Obama to provide...
“Cynical Banderas”, War-Deprived Right Sector and the Langley Partisans
As much as some would deem it a fatal political disability, Petro Poroshenko’s empathy skills are undeniable. Shedding an honest tear for an SBU agent killed by Kolomoisky’s thugs,...
ColonelCassad: Kolomoisky’s Over
Crimean blogger ColonelCassad claims 1. Kolomoisky’s standoff with Kiev is largely over and Kiev has marginally strengthened its slipping grip over the country. The attack on the Dnepropetrovsk fiefdom...
Bloomberg View: Obama Snubs Nato Chief as Crisis Rages
By Josh Rogin, Bloomberg View President Barack Obama has yet to meet with the new head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and won’t see Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this...
Kolomoisky Taped Threatening “Naftogaz”
Lenta.ru reports that Ukrainian journalist Sergei Leshchenko has posted on his Facebook page an audio recording in which a man sounding like Igor Kolomoisky, allegedly threatened the head of...
