Senate Republicans delayed a vote on Thursday that would have increased the already harsh economic sanctions on Iran’s oil sector, arguing...
The former Secretary of Defense to the George W. Bush and Obama administrations Robert Gates said in an interview on CBS aired this morning that...
As far as bubbles go, they don’t get more obvious than Australia, according to one economist and noted bear. Albert Edwards, economist with...
An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is being inserted into the latest defense authorization bill, BuzzFeed...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Friday it believes China spent up to $180 billion on its military buildup last year, a far...
MOSCOW — An unusually candid reference to nuclear war by Russia’s prime minister prompted a sell-off in the nation’s stock market this...
LONDON – British officials have given their word: “We won’t read your emails.” But experts say that its proposed new surveillance program, unveiled last week as part of the government’s annual legislative program, will gather so much data that spooks won’t have to read your messages to guess what you’re up to. via Big Brother? [...]
Israel’s long known open secret is its formidable nuclear arsenal. Less is known about its chemical and biological weapons (CBW) capability. More on that below. In 1986, Dimona nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu revealed documents showing what many long suspected. Israel had been secretly developing, producing and stockpiling nuclear weapons for years. Experts called his information [...]
An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is being inserted into the latest defense authorization bill, BuzzFeed has learned. The amendment would “strike the current ban on domestic dissemination” of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon, according to the summary of the law at the House [...]
Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research Group in New York, told The Sunday Telegraph that Facebook’s shares were implausibly priced for “perfection” as he cautioned clients against buying shares in the company.His bearish recommendation came less than 24 hours after Facebook’s stuttering debut, marred in part by technical difficulties, which saw its shares end [...]
A Canadian Muslim gay activist launched her controversial new book on liberal Islam in Muslim-majority Malaysia Saturday despite a government minister’s attempts to shut down the event.Irshad Manji launched “Allah, Liberty and Love” at a hastily arranged event in the capital Kuala Lumpur after two other venues pulled out of hosting her, according to local [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Friday it believes China spent up to $180 billion on its military buildup last year, a far higher figure than acknowledged by Beijing, and it accused “Chinese actors” of being the world’s biggest perpetrators of economic espionage. The Pentagon, in its annual report to Congress on China’s military, [...]
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Four years ago, Afghan and U.S. officials touted Nangarhar as a model for Afghanistan’s other 33 provinces, bolstered by successes against the Taliban and the near-total eradication of opium poppies. via Taliban, poppies returning to once-secure Afghan province – Middle East – Stripes. Tags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan, east, Middle East
WASHINGTON — China is pressing a long-range modernization of its military, part of a strategy aimed at maximizing its leverage over Taiwan, extending its influence farther abroad, but avoiding conflict around its borders or with the United States, the Pentagon said on Friday in an annual report to Congress. via Pentagon Study Says China Military [...]
MOSCOW — An unusually candid reference to nuclear war by Russia’s prime minister prompted a sell-off in the nation’s stock market this week, underscoring how nervous traders here have become about worsening relations with the West, a street protest movement in Moscow and an overall slump in emerging markets. via A Whisper of Nuclear War [...]
LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) – Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports have slipped by 170,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far in May, according to shipping data tracked by Reuters, although Iraq remains hopeful of sustaining shipments at April’s record rate. Exports from the Basra oil terminal, Khor al-Amaya and two new Gulf outlets [...]
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bahrain’s capital city of Manama today, condemning King Hamad al-Khalifa for agreeing to enter a formal union with the Saudi royal family. The deal has the island’s Shi’ite majority up in arms, interpreting the plan as a thinly veiled attempt by the Saudis to sideline [...]
Latest data from Taiwanese Bureau of Energy show that the island nation’s crude oil import from Iran surged to the highest monthly level in at least 15 months in March, and was 50 percent higher than the volume registered for the corresponding period a year earlier. According to the data released by the bureau under [...]
The representative of the leader of the Bahraini Shias says Saudi Arabia and the US are trying to gain access to the military bases in Bahrain to apply pressure on Iran. In an exclusive interview with IRNA on Friday, Sheikh Abdullah al-Dabbaq condemned the proposed plan for the merger of Bahrain with Saudi Arabia, arguing [...]
Sat May 19, 2012 9:48AM GMTA report says Wahhabi circles in Saudi Arabia had paid around USD 500,000 for the assassination of an Iranian Sunni cleric in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan earlier this year.Two of the individuals recently arrested on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of Molavi Jangi Zehi have confessed [...]
TEHRAN — Iranian oil production, the backbone of the Islamic republic’s economy, fell by 12 percent in the first three months of the year and is likely to fall even more, industry experts say, as sanctions make it increasingly hard for the country to find markets for its crude. via Iran Oil Production Drop Seen [...]
Senate Republicans delayed a vote on Thursday that would have increased the already harsh economic sanctions on Iran’s oil sector, arguing for the inclusion of tougher language that threatens military attack. “I feel I’ve been jerked around,” Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor after the Republicans blocked the vote. via GOP Blocks [...]
A bill in the House of Representatives has just been passed which inches the United States dangerously close to war with Iran just days ahead of a second round of diplomatic talks with Iran about its nuclear program. The vote, passed 401-11, effectively calls for a military attack on Iran when it obtains a “nuclear [...]
“I think they have made the decision to attack, it is going to happen.” That was the word from an unnamed top Israeli official, familiar with the ongoing conversation, in comments to Reuters. The debate within Israel over the attack, which reached a fevered pace just weeks ago, has come to a virtual halt, and [...]
(Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned on Thursday that military action against sovereign states could lead to a regional nuclear war, starkly voicing Moscow’s opposition to Western intervention ahead of a G8 summit at which Syria and Iran will be discussed. via Russia says action on Syria, Iran may go nuclear | Reuters. [...]
The head of the UN observer mission to Syria stresses Iran’s status as a key player in the Middle East, appealing for Tehran’s help and support for the successful implementation of the six-point Syria peace plan. Robert Mood said Thursday that Iran’s viewpoint on the peaceful settlement of the Syrian issue was in harmony with [...]
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