N. Korea declares political & military victory over US while UN targets its human rights record

posted in: Far East, News

© Damir Sagolj / Reuters North Korea has declared a political and military victory over the US as it accused Washington of trying to deflect attention from its Pyongyang failures by peddling “non-existent” human rights abuses at the UN. The … Read More

Poll: Russia Wields Most Influence in Middle East; Netanyahu Least Popular Leader

posted in: Middle East, News

The survey was conducted by the Pew Research Center in five Middle Eastern states, including Israel. Almost two-thirds of respondents to a recent public opinion poll in five Middle Eastern states said Russia, Turkey and the United States increased their … Read More

Russia positions itself as Middle East broker

posted in: News, Russia

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi – REUTERS CAIRO – 11 December 2017: In light of U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, observers believe that Trump has … Read More

California wildfires have destroyed 1,000 structures … and counting

(CNN) One week after the Thomas Fire exploded from a brush fire to a raging inferno, thousands of firefighters made some headway Monday in their struggle to contain it. The blaze is larger than all of New York City and about … Read More

Bomber Strikes Near Times Square, Disrupting City but Killing None

A would-be suicide attacker detonated a pipe bomb strapped to his body in the heart of Manhattan’s busiest subway corridor on Monday, sending thousands of terrified commuters fleeing the smoke-choked passageways, and bringing the heart of Midtown to a standstill … Read More

Germany’s Merkel presses for quick move toward new coalition

posted in: Germany, News

BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed Monday for quick movement toward a new governing alliance with the main center-left party, saying that only such a coalition will bring the “stable government” needed at a challenging time for Europe. Merkel stressed … Read More

Because of Trump, people are burning Israeli flags and attacking Jews

posted in: European Union, News

At least a dozen people were charged for incidents related to anti-Semitism after hundreds gathered in Germany’s capital on Sunday and burned Israeli flags to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel. People who stir … Read More

EU could ‘scrap refugee quota scheme’

European council president Donald Tusk to tell EU summit that mandatory quotas have been ‘divisive and ineffective’  Syrian migrants wear life-jackets before boarding a dinghy to cross the Aegean Sea to the Greek island of Lesbos from the Ayvacik coast … Read More

Former Facebook exec feels ‘tremendous guilt’ for what he helped make

posted in: News, United States

Chamath Palihapitiya. Brian Ach/Getty Images for TechCrunch Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive, said during a November interview at Stanford that social networks were “destroying how society works.” Other early Facebook executives have criticized the company in recent weeks as well. … Read More

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