October 13, 2016 | Astute News

Pakistani ‘Spy’ Pigeon with Message for Indian PM has Wings Clipped

October 13, 2016

A suspected “spy” pigeon that reportedly flew from Pakistan to India has had its wings clipped by security forces to prevent the bird from returning to Pakistan. The grey pigeon was “arrested” on Octo…

Hillary Clinton’s Axis of Evil

October 13, 2016

Opinion

Let’s cut to the chase; Hillary Clinton is ready to go to war against Russia in Syria – with inbuilt, potentially terrifying, thermonuclear consequences. Anticipating an outcome of the US presidential…

Iranian Warships Deployed Off Yemen Coast After US bombs Houthi Targets

October 13, 2016

Middle East

Iran has deployed a fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden, the republic's naval commander has confirmed. The deployment follows US cruise missile strikes on Yemeni positions thought to be under Houthi…

Confessions Of a Former Journalist in the Corrupt Media Establishment

October 13, 2016

Media

How to buy friends and shill for enemies I doubt anyone needs to be reminded that the media is rotten to the core; even the most reluctant and closed-minded people are accepting this as a given now. B…

Global Tensions Between East And West Reach Boiling Point

October 13, 2016

Opinion

Whilst sitting in a street cafe enjoying a Cappuccino watching busy people doing busy things it is hard to imagine that another war on the scale of 1939-45 could ever happen again, especially in Europ…

War of the Worlds: Masks are Ripped Away in Syria

October 13, 2016

Opinion

In recent weeks, the battle for Aleppo has exposed the true heart of contemporary global politics with vivid clarity. The US Air Force’s duplicitous Sept. 17 attack on Syrian army positions near Deir…

Troops from Sixteen Different Countries Currently Involved in Iraq

October 13, 2016

Middle East

Forces from up to 16 countries are present on the ground in Iraq, according to a new survey by The New Arab. Some are actively engaged in counter-insurgency operations while others are serving in an a…

Seymour Hersh Says Hillary Approved Sending Libya’s Sarin to Syrian Rebels

October 13, 2016

Politics

The great investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, in two previous articles in the London Review of Books («Whose Sarin?» and «The Red Line and the Rat Line») has reported that the Obama Administration…