In an October 22 press release, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced another victory in its Global War on Terrorism, renamed the Overseas Contingency Operation to continue its jihad on Muslims, abroad and at home.
President’s Obama’s much-ballyhooed campaign promise of “change” has received yet another setback. This time it’s respect to the U.S. embargo against Cuba, which has been in existence for some 50 years. Obama, who wowed and wooed the crowds during his presidential campaign with promises of “change,” has decided to continue the embargo.
Zbigniew Brzezinski spoke at a RAND Corporation forum on Afghanistan in a Senate caucus room on Thursday. His first statement was that "Withdrawal from Afghanistan in the near future is a No-No." He offered no reasons why and suggested that his other statements would be more controversial.
Imagine a charismatic and power-hungry politician supported by a clique of financiers and industrialist, being elected President of the world’s greatest democracy, on a pseudo populist platform, promising to restore the country to prosperity and greatness, a universal health plan for every citizen and, more importantly, promising millions of jobs thanks to billions of dollars going to the world’s richest men on Wall Street and the city of London.
Russia has failed to protect journalists, activists, prison inmates and others at odds with authorities from a wide range of abuses, including torture and murder, a new report by the UN Human Rights Committee says.
The European Union has agreed a conditional deal on the amount it will contribute to developing countries to fight global warming, ahead of a key United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in December.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has wrapped up a three-day visit to Pakistan in which she suggested that Pakistani officials had not done enough to hunt for al-Qaeda members.
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region have given a positive reaction to the latest figures on the US economy, which posted its first quarter of growth in more than a year.
Barack Obama, the US president, has signed into law a $680bn defence budget for the next fiscal year, which includes $170bn in funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, is in Jerusalem for another attempt to persuade Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace negotiations.
Chinese authorities have created a website with photos of dozens of rescued kidnap victims, mostly infants, in an attempt to track down their families.
Iran has handed over its response to a draft deal brokered by the UN's nuclear watchdog under which the country would ship abroad most of its low-enriched uranium.
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