Day: December 30, 2016

Syria Should Avoid Replicating Russia’s Federal-Autonomy Model

December 30, 2016 Opinion

A curious story emerged at the Washington-based Al Monitor media site at the end of October alleging that Russia secretly sent a handful of high-level envoys to Syria in a failed bid to convince Damas…

Israel First or America First

December 30, 2016 Opinion

Donald Trump has a new best friend. “President-elect Trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support of Israel,” gushed Bibi Netanyahu, after he berated John Kerry in a fashion th…

US Expels 35 Russian Diplomats, Closes 2 Compounds

December 30, 2016 Diplomacy

Thirty-five Russian diplomats have been expelled from the US, according to a statement from State Department. President Obama described those expelled as “intelligence operatives,” also announcing the…

John Kerry Unveils His Plan For A Palestinian State Based Upon 1967 Borders With East Jerusalem As The Capital

December 30, 2016 Middle East

Barack Obama stabbed Israel in the back on Friday, and now John Kerry has slapped Israel in the face just five days later. In a shameful speech that lasted for 71 dreadful minutes, U.S. Secretary of …

Over 170 Jewish Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

December 30, 2016 Middle East

More than 170 Jewish settlers on Wednesday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, trying to perform religious Talmudic rituals there, the mosque director, Sheikh Omar Qiswani, s…

India Sends 4,000 Troops to Reopen Highway Blocked by Protesters

December 30, 2016 Asia

India’s central government sent 4,000 paramilitary personnel to the northwestern state of Manipur to reopen a highway connecting the state to its northern neighbor, Nagaland, and stop the violent prot…

MSM: The Drip, Drip, Drip, of the Total Lie Designed to Flood Us All With Fake News

December 30, 2016 Opinion

If anything good came out of the US presidential elections it is that a discussion is now being opened about whose news counts the most, e.g., which is less fake and which can be trusted more. Both si…

If You Use Facebook Messenger, Here’s how You’re Being Recorded Even When You’re Not Using Your Phone

December 30, 2016 Technology

There are many ups and downs about improvements in technology. We have, undoubtedly, become more enamoured with its ability to make our lives easier, and more informed in ways we never thought possibl…