Protesters Greet Vietnamese President at White House
Protesters rally against human right abuses in Vietnam during President Truong Tan Sang’s visit to the White House, in Washington, D.C., July 25, 2013. While President Barack Obama welcomed Vietnam’s...
View ArticleSyria’s Jihadi Migration Emerges as Top Terror Threat in Europe, Beyond
by Sebastian Rotella | ProPublica (Creative Commons) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (Photo Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Rachid Wahbi came to Syria from a Spanish slum, rushing toward...
View ArticleEgyptians Rally in Huge Numbers
Anti-Morsi protesters chant slogans during a mass protest to support the army in Tahrir square in Cairo, July 26, 2013. Violent clashes have broken out in Cairo and Alexandria, where tens of thousands...
View ArticleUS to Transfer Two Guantanamo Detainees to Algeria
A U.S. Marine guard tower overlooks the Northeast gate leading into Cuba territory at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base. The United States intends to transfer two detainees held at its controversial...
View ArticleHalliburton to Plead Guilty to Destroying Evidence in Connection With Gulf...
This US Coast Guard image released on April 22, 2010 shows fire boat response crews as they battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, 21 Apr 2010. (AFP Image) U.S. company...
View ArticleWho Are We at War With? That’s Classified
by Cora Currier | ProPublica (Creative Commons) In a major national security speech this spring, President Obama said again and again that the U.S. is at war with “Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their...
View ArticleIran Grants Syria $3.6B Credit Facility to Buy Oil Products
This July 31, 2013, screen grab from the official Instagram account of the Syrian Presidency purports to show Bashar Assad visiting with soldiers in Baba Armr, Homs province, Syria, in 2012. Syrian...
View ArticleJailed Vietnam Blogger Ends Hunger Strike After 5 Weeks
Blogger Dieu Cay. A Vietnamese dissident jailed for criticizing the country’s rulers has ended a hunger strike after five weeks when judicial authorities agreed to accept his complaint about poor...
View ArticleNigeria Says 35 Killed in Clashes with Boko Haram
Newspapers are displayed at a vendor’s stand along a road in Obalende district in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, July 30, 2013. The Nigerian military says 35 people, most of them militants, have...
View ArticleHow Much More Bullshit “Terrorist” Rhetoric Do We Have to Endure?
President Barack Obama speaks to U.S. troops and their families at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 7, 2013. Obama: Al-Qaida Core ‘On Its Way to Defeat’ President Barack Obama says...
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