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“The Capital of American Jihad”: Fearmongering and Islamophobic Pseudo-journalism in America By Adam Johnson, July 25 2015

Politico (7/23/15) finds the “capital of American jihad” based on two examples–or maybe one.

Roughly 10 hours after another white, apparently racist Christian senselessly opened fire in a public place in the American South, Politico (7/23/15) …

The Iran Deal Reality By Margaret Kimberley, July 25 2015

The U.S. deal with Iran – based on assumptions about an Iranian nuclear weapons program that American intelligence agencies have twice concluded does not exist – allows the U.S. to concentrate on provoking Russia and China while continuing to threaten

Italian comedian-turned-political activist Beppe Grillo By Deirdre Fulton, July 25 2015

Beppe Grillo is the populist leader of Italy’s second-largest political party, the Five Star Movement. (Photo: Liwax/flickr/cc)

Longtime critic of the Eurozone’s destructive commitment to austerity, Italian comedian-turned-political activist Beppe Grillo has launched what one news outlet called a

Turkey Joins US War in Syria By World Socialist Web Site, July 25 2015

By our Turkish correspondent:

Over the past two days, Turkey’s government has executed a sharp shift in its foreign policy, aligning itself more closely with Washington’s military strategy in the region and effectively becoming an active part of the US-led

Obama Begins East Africa Tour with Economic and Military Talks in Nairobi By Thomas Gaist, July 25 2015

Barack Obama landed in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi on Friday for discussions with President Uhuru Kenyatta, as part of a four-day tour of East Africa that will also see the US president travel to the African Union headquarters in Addis

Imperialism: Bankers, Drug Wars and Genocide. Mexico’s Descent into Inferno By Prof. James Petras, July 25 2015
Mexico’s Descent in the Inferno
America’s Killer Cops: Whitewashing Sandra Bland’s Murder By Stephen Lendman, July 25 2015

Every 28 hours on average, a Black man, woman or child is murdered  by killer cops in America. Sandra Black is one of their victims – a high-profile one, unlike countless nameless, faceless, unreported victims of US police brutality, at

UN Resolution: Israel the World’s Only Violator of Economic and Social Rights By Mark Tapson, July 25 2015

The UN’s 54-nation Economic and Social Council adopted a resolution on Monday that names the world’s only – only – violator of economic and social rights in the world, UN Watch reports. Which country did a majority of 42

“Turning Back Boats” and The Human Rights of Refugees to Australia By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 25 2015

Much writing has been spent on the wonders of how the supposedly progressive side of politics has bedded down all too intimately with the conservative, Right side of the aisle. The conservatives – or let us call them reactionary Tories

Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis By Stephen Lendman, July 25 2015

Officially called a “Free Associated State or Commonwealth,” Puerto Rico has been exploited as a US colony since 1898. Its elected governor is powerless – little more than a potted plant ruled by Congress with America’s president its head of

China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion By Eric Draitser, July 25 2015

China has recently taken an important step in more tightly regulating foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) inside the country. Despite condemnation from so called human rights groups in the West, China’s move should be understood as a critical decision to assert

“Nearly 80 Percent of the Food Produced In the US Contains Some Kind of Genetically Modified Product” By Washington's Blog, July 25 2015

It’s Hard to Find Non-GMO Food

We knew that a lot of American crops were genetically modified. For example, we noted last year:

The Drive to Replace Russian Gas Supplies to EU Intensifies By Steven MacMillan, July 25 2015

The US is intensifying its efforts to replace Russia as one of the EU’s largest energy suppliers, hoping to provide gas from the US itself to Europe, in addition to exploring regional players as possible suppliers. As Sputnik reported in

Iran’s Neoliberal Outlook: Why President Rouhani’s “Economic Package” is Empty By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, July 25 2015

Tired of the oppressive financial hardship, wrought largely by the imperialist economic war against Iran, the Iranian people elected Hassan Rouhani president (June 2013) as he promised economic revival. He premised his pledge of economic recovery mainly on his alleged

Turkey Carries Out Airstrikes on Kurdish Militants in Northern Iraq By Sputnik, July 25 2015

Turkey attacked the positions of the Kurdistan Workers Party members in Iraq with airstrikes. 

The Turkish Air Force carried out airstrikes on positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in northern Iraq, the Turkish government said in a statement on Saturday.

Towards a Totalitarian State in Rwanda: A War Crimes Indictment Would Prevent President Kagame to Usurp an Unconstitutional Third Term By Eugene Ndahayo, July 25 2015

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Greece – Rescue without Debt By Peter Koenig, July 25 2015

To the great dismay of much of the world, the Greek Parliament approved today – 23 July 2015 – the second or the third (depending who is counting) troika “bail out” of € 86 billion. This would increase the Greek

Substitution of “Napalm Bomb” Footage: BBC Upholds Complaint By Robert Stuart, July 25 2015
The BBC’s ‘Saving Syria’s Children’ “documentary” represents the fruit of a collaboration between BBC personnel and UK state security services
Lying PBS Propaganda Claims ‘More than 100 People’ Died from Disneyland Measles Outbreak… Actual Number Was ZERO By J. D. Heyes, July 24 2015

The truth is out there and is plain enough for anyone with an open mind to see: The mainstream media and the “progressive Left” are vaccine advocates, and will do whatever they can, including lying and forcing their views on …

Side-By-Side Coverage of Cuba and Iran Highlights Shift in US Media Villain-Making By John C. O’Day, July 24 2015

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif conclude the nuclear agreement on July 14, 2015.

This was a particularly busy week for the United States news media, with headlines featuring the announcement of a …

The Shoot-Down of Flight MH17: New York Times Enforces Ukraine ‘Group Think’ By Robert Parry, July 24 2015

It’s good that Arthur Conan Doyle didn’t substitute The New York Times’ editorial board for Sherlock Holmes in his stories because, if he had, none of the mysteries would have gotten solved or the wrong men would have gone to

“Lone Wolf Shooting” in the American Homeland: Chattanooga’s Made-for-TV Terror Psychodrama By Patrick Henningsen and Jay Dyer, July 24 2015

Not a week goes past it seems, without a ‘Lone Wolf’ shooting event takes place in America. This latest seemingly random shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee has taken the phenomenon to a whole new level…

In our latest installment of theatre

Israeli Military Admits to Supporting Al Qaeda and ISIS in Syria By Washington's Blog, July 24 2015

The alternative press has noted for months that Israel is supporting jihadis in Syria.  But Israel has consistently denied these allegations … until now.

The Times of Israel reported 3 weeks ago:

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Monday that Israel

They Say Paraguay is in Africa: Mosaic of Horror By Andre Vltchek, July 24 2015

I have always liked this country of red earth, mighty rivers and rough cobblestone streets. I have liked its bougainvillea, its long silent nights, and its endless open spaces.

But almost everything that could went wrong for the Paraguayan people,

The Imperial Designs on Iran By Pepe Escobar, July 24 2015

So what is the Obama administration really up to in Iran? What sort of strategic calculations have led to what for the moment looks like a tactical geopolitical shift?

President Obama certainly concluded that the 36-year-long Wall of Mistrust against …

Greece’s Syriza Makes Military Deal with Israel that Only US Has Made By Ben Norton, July 24 2015

Image: Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon speaks with Greek counterpart Panos Kammenos at Israel’s Defense Ministry. (Photo: Ariel Hermoni/Israeli Defense Ministry)

Greece’s ruling ostensibly left-wing Syriza party signed a “status of forces” accord with Israel on July 19. The Jerusalem

Senegal Land Grab on the Verge of Implosion By Grain, July 24 2015

A new report by Italian researchers shows that the controversial Senhuile project in Senegal is on the verge of collapse. The project, initiated by Italian and Senegalese investors four years ago to produce biofuels, has provoked fierce resistance from affected

Israeli Military Admits to Supporting Syrian Jihadis By Washington's Blog, July 24 2015

The alternative press has noted for months that Israel is supporting jihadis in Syria.  But Israel has consistently denied these allegations … until now.

The Times of Israel reported 3 weeks ago:

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Monday that Israel

Is Obama Keen on Relations with Barons of Kenya or with the People? By Horace G. Campbell, July 24 2015

While there is real joy that Obama is visiting Kenya, this moment should provide another platform for progressives to push for the demilitarization of the relations with Africa. This calls for the dismantling of the US Africa Command, the withdrawal

Yemen: The World’s Newest Humanitarian Catastrophe, and How Britain Helped to Create It By David Wearing, July 24 2015

Britain has actively contributed to the creation a humanitarian disaster in Yemen, and potentially helped turn the Middle East’s poorest state into the new Syria. Not hyperbole or rhetoric, just a bald statement of fact. I’ll leave it to others

China’s Record Dumping Of US Treasuries Leaves Goldman Speechless By Zero Hedge, July 24 2015

On Friday, alongside China’s announcement that it had bought over 600 tons of gold in “one month”, the PBOC released another very important data point: its total foreign exchange reserves, which declined by $17.3 billion to $3,694 billion.

We …

Iran’s Longstanding US-Inflicted Nightmare By Stephen Lendman, July 24 2015

It began in August 1953 – replacing democratically elected Mohammad Mossadeq (Iran’s most popular politician at the time) with a generation of brutal US-installed Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi dictatorship.  

A 2013 declassified CIA document (marking the coup’s 60th anniversary) publicly …

US and NATO Engage in Unprecedented Military Exercises in Europe By Niles Williamson, July 24 2015

The United States and its European and NATO allies are currently engaged in or preparing to undertake the largest military exercises ever to take place in the host countries involved. These operations include the deployment of American and NATO soldiers

US Defense Secretary Visits Iraq as Pentagon Prepares New Offensive in Anbar By Thomas Gaist, July 24 2015

US military forces in Iraq will take on a more direct combat role once US-backed national and local forces have reconquered territory now controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday

The Eurozone’s German Problem By Philippe Legrain, July 24 2015

LONDON – The eurozone has a German problem. Germany’s beggar-thy-neighbor policies and the broader crisis response that the country has led have proved disastrous. Seven years after the start of the crisis, the eurozone economy is faring worse than Europe

EU Visa-Slams Ukrainians After February 2014 Ukrainian Coup By Eric Zuesse, July 24 2015

Although the coup in Ukraine in February 2014 was allegedly done in order to get Ukraine into the European Union (because the overthrown President Viktor Yanukovych had just before declined the EU’s offer for Ukraine to join the EU),

Israeli Bank Shares Fall After EU Sanctions Threats By Middle East Monitor, July 24 2015

Israeli bank shares fell by nearly 2.5 per cent on Wednesday after the European Council on Foreign Relations argued that the EU must go beyond labelling products from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Haaretz has reported.

In a …

The Best Reason to NOT Execute James Holmes: He May Have Been a Victim of Both Medical and Legal Malpractice By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, July 24 2015

Q: If Bartenders can be Held Liable for Violent acts Committed by their Customers, Shouldn’t the Suppliers/Prescribers of Intoxicating Psychiatric Drugs be Considered Accomplices to Crimes Committed by Their Customers/Patients?

The mass murder trial of confessed “Batman Shooter” James Holmes …

When Will the Rogue Resign? Blatter and FIFA By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 24 2015

“Excited to be at FIFA meeting Sepp Blatter to secure the #NorthKorea2026 World Cup.” – Simon Brodkin[1]

Even he admitted it. Having ridden roughshod over those who questioned his authority to be at the helm of the world’s most

Phony Claims About Syria Retaining Chemical Weapons By Stephen Lendman, July 24 2015

Since Obama began waging proxy war on Syria in March 2011, numerous false charges about Assad using chemical weapons followed – discredited by verifiable facts on the ground.

Clear evidence of imported takfiri terrorists using banned toxic agents was systematically …

Washington State University (WSU) Researchers Find Glyphosate-Free Breast Milk for Monsanto By Sustainable Pulse, July 24 2015

Dr. Michelle (Shelley) McGuire has led a team of researchers from Washington State University (WSU), including Monsanto, in a study that has allegedly found US mothers’ breast milk to be glyphosate-free.

Without releasing full details of the method or the …

US-Backed Racist to Run in Myanmar’s Elections By Tony Cartalucci, July 24 2015

Meet Ko Ko Gyi. He is a US-funded agitator working hard to reinstate Western hegemony in Myanmar (still referred to by its British imperial nomenclature “Burma” by the Western press) since at least the late 1980’s. Now, he seeks to

George Clooney Paid by Lockheed Martin to Oppose War Profiteering by Africans Disloyal to the U.S. Agenda By David Swanson, July 23 2015

George Clooney is being paid by the world’s top two war profiteers, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing, to oppose war profiteering by Africans disloyal to the U.S. government’s agenda.

Way back yonder before World War II, war profiteering was widely frowned on …

Iran Is Not The Threat By Miko Peled, July 23 2015

Benjamin Netanyahu’s name is in the headlines again, this time along with the news of the Iran deal. He rejects the agreement, he called it a disastrous historic mistake and he did not miss the opportunity to say that Israel

Israel Exploits Syrian Chaos to Plan Looting of Golan Oil By Paul Fallon, July 23 2015

According to Geoff Rochwarger, CEO of Afek, energy independence is the new Zionism.

The Afek oil and gas exploration company has almost completed its second drilling test in the Golan Heights, a part of Syria which Israel has

“It’s Raining Missiles. A Nightmare that Refuses to End!” – Testimony from the War in Yemen By Helene Aecherli, July 23 2015
Life has become a bleak vision for us, something we fantasise about. And that is how it’s like to be in a war. We can listen to our hearts beating heavily as the bombardment begins,
American Zionist Campaign against White House in Panic Bid to Kill UN Security Council Deal with Iran By Anthony Bellchambers, July 23 2015

Democracy appears to be in potential danger as a US Zionist cabal spends upwards of $20 million to pressure Congress to kill deal with Iran forged by permanent UN Security Council members – Britain, France, U.S., Russia and China plus

Ukrainian News Service Says Standard of Living Is Plummeting By Eric Zuesse, July 23 2015

The plunging economy of Ukraine has evidently become so bad that Ukrainians now can even feel safe to call publicly for stopping the war against the separatist Donbass region of the country, and for reallocationg those military expenditures so that

Syria Government Forces Regain Control over ISIS Held Territories By South Front, July 23 2015

SouthFront is a public project on issues of international politics working through a number of media platforms with special emphasis on social networks. We focus on producing video and text materials about the ongoing crises around the world: Ukraine, war

Finding Aliens: SETI, Talking Lions and Wittgenstein By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 23 2015

“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

US philosopher Thomas Nagel’s 1974 piece, “What is it like to be a bat?” still maintains a strong relevance in current discussions about mind.[1]  It remains the weapon

US Targets Venezuela Using Border Dispute as Pretext By Eric Draitser, July 23 2015

Draitser argues that Venezuela and Guyana’s despute over the Essequibo region is a new front in the destabilization of Venezuela

The ongoing border dispute between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its eastern neighbor Guyana is no simple disagreement over

UK Announces “Anti-extremism” Plan Sanctioning Domestic Repression and War By Chris Marsden, July 23 2015

Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron chose Ninestiles School in Birmingham to outline a five-year plan to address “extremism” earlier this week.

The legislation he intends to implement will target Muslims and encourage anti-Muslim sentiment. More broadly, measures to be enacted …

Anti-Climax in Greece: Epitaph for a Failed State By Stephen Lendman, July 23 2015

The latest Greek tragedy chapter came around 4:00AM Athens time Thursday. Prime Minister Tsipras-led SYRIZA coalition governance unconditionally capitulated to Troika demands for the second time in a week – with no chance to benefit Greece’s economy or provide desperately

Anti-Iran Deal Groups Backed by $145 Million By Eli Clifton, July 23 2015

high-profile list of U.S. non-proliferation, nuclear policy, Iran, and national security experts welcomed last week’s announcement of a deal between the P5+1 and Iran to curb Tehran’s nuclear program. Opponents of the deal, meanwhile, will make a last-ditch effort

Japanese Government Ramps Up Tensions with China By Peter Symonds, July 23 2015

The Japanese government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has deliberately heightened tensions with Beijing by insisting that the Defence Ministry’s annual white paper, released on Tuesday, include more strident criticisms of China, particularly its activities in the South China and

Unaccountable Killer Cops in America By Stephen Lendman, July 23 2015

US streets in minority communities are battlegrounds. The good news is more police killings make headlines though nowhere near as many warranted. Justifiable public anger is noticeably more visible.

The bad news is cops in America kill innocent (mostly Black) …

Imprisonment for Stone-Throwing: Only in Israel By Stephen Lendman, July 23 2015

Israel  equates stone-throwing with terrorism. It calls premeditated naked aggression against 1.8 million near-defenseless Gazans self-defense. 

Last November, Israeli cabinet ministers approved up to 20 years imprisonment for Palestinians accused of stone-throwing – if authorities claim it was with intent …

Israel’s Endless Misery for Gaza is Backfiring By Jonathan Cook, July 23 2015

For those trying to read developments between Israel and Gaza over the past weeks, the picture has been unusually puzzling.

A month ago European diplomats and Palestinian officials in the West Bank suggested that Israel and Hamas were taking “baby …

“Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines”: The U.S. Aids and Abets War Crimes in the Philippines By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 23 2015

After Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush declared the Philippines a second front in the war on terror (“Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines”). The Philippine government used this as an opportunity to escalate its war against Muslim separatists and other individuals

The Chinese Model of Human Rights By Henri Feron, July 23 2015

Western countries often criticize the Chinese government for its weak record on civil and political rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of thought or freedom of religion. In response, the Chinese government points at its achievements in economic and

Iran nuclear-free, but U.S. sends A-bombs to Italy By Manlio Dinucci, July 23 2015

“Today is a historic day and it is a great honor for us to announce that we have reached an accord on the Iranian nuclear solution, to make our world safer.” Federica Mogherini, European Union high representative for foreign and

Shoot-Down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: U.S. Intelligence Officials Demand Release of Intel Report By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, July 23 2015

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President

FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)

SUBJECT: Releasing an Intelligence Report on Shoot-Down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

It has been a year since the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine, resulting in

Media Manipulation and “Discrepancies”: BBC Admits Switching Pictures and Video Footage By Robert Stuart, July 23 2015

Response from Complaints Director, BBC Editorial Complaints Unit to my email of 1 June 2015.

From: Colin Tregear
Sent: 01 June 2015 11:47:20
To: Robert Stuart

 

Dear Mr Stuart

Thank you for your email.

I hope I can

Maidan 2.0 in Kiev? By Stephen Lendman, July 23 2015

Ordinary Ukrainians have every reason to oppose fascist governance far worse than what they rejected earlier – a Nazi-infested monster responsible for mass unemployment, growing poverty, hyperinflation, social injustice, horrific deprivation, police state repression, and endless war on its own

At Wall Street Journal, Government-Enforced Monopolies = ‘Free Market’ By Dean Baker, July 23 2015

The pharmaceutical business is all about the benjamins, as the Wall Street Journal‘s illustration seems to acknowledge. (photo: Getty Images)

Those folks at the Wall Street Journal are really turning reality on its head. Today it ran a …

Multinational Vultures Cluster Round Greece: Airports, Ports, Tourist Resorts, Energy Assets and Utilities By Global Research News, July 22 2015

by Political Concern

The sentence of privatisation, which Britain has found inefficient and expensive in most cases, has been passed on Greece.

On July 12, the summit of eurozone leaders dictated terms to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who accepted

Two Lessons From Syriza’s Two (Biggest) Mistakes By John Halle, July 22 2015

That Syriza has made mistakes isn’t in dispute: they themselves have admitted to two main ones.

1) They failed to recognize, despite early warnings from party members such as Costas Lapavistas, that the EU was negotiating in bad faith.  …

Israel’s Endless Misery for Gaza Is No Policy At All By Jonathan Cook, July 22 2015

For those trying to read developments between Israel and Gaza over the past weeks, the picture has been unusually puzzling. 

A month ago European diplomats and Palestinian officials in the West Bank suggested that Israel and Hamas were taking “baby …

A Fury Rising as Greek Parliament Votes to Accept Eurozone Agreement By Dimitri Lascaras, July 22 2015

Reporting from Athens, Dimitri Lascaras says there is deep anger against the humiliating deal forced on Greece by Eurozone leaders, but the whole agreement might fall apart as the IMF says the debt load is unmanageable 

Bio

Dimitri Lascaris is …

Canada’s Bloody Political Consensus on Israel and Palestine By David Bush, July 22 2015

A year ago this month, Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge, their third major assault on the Gaza strip since 2008. The response from Canada’s political parties was a swift and unflinching support for Israel. The 51-day war, or rather display

US Firms Claim Compensation for Nationalized Property in Cuba By Alexander Mosesov, July 22 2015

While US companies are seeking compensation for the nationalization of their property, Cubans are ready to demand compensation for the years under the trade embargo.

Following the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana, US companies began seeking compensation …
On The ‘Ethics’ Of Complicity in Torture By J. B. Gerald, July 22 2015

On November 12, 2014 the American Psychological Association commissioned a study of the organization’s relationship with its own ethics guidelines, the national security establishment’s interrogation practices, and torture. Now released, the report by David H. Hoffman (& others) of Sidley

Threatened Demolition of Palestinian Village a Practice Run for Full-Scale Ethnic Cleansing By Anthony Bellchambers, July 22 2015

Khirbet Susiya has become a symbol of how Israel deprives Palestinians of their land and resources in the West Bank, damaging prospects that they will ever have a viable independent state.   The majority of the West Bank, known as Area

As Texas Officials Release Violent Arrest Video, Death of Sandra Bland Being “Treated Like a Murder Investigation” By Evan Blake, July 22 2015

Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said Monday that the death of Sandra Bland was being “treated like a murder investigation,” amid a string of revelations casting doubt on police claims that Bland’s death was a suicide. Bland, an outspoken

Kids Count Report: 22 Percent of US Children Live in Poverty By Tom Hall, July 22 2015

Twenty-two percent of all children in the United States live below the federal poverty line, significantly higher than during the height of the 2008-2009 economic crisis, according to a report issued Thursday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The latest …

Chattanooga Shooter Linked To CIA, FBI Asset Anwar Al-Awlaki By Kit Daniels, July 22 2015

Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, the gunman who killed four Marines and a Navy sailor last week in Chattanooga, Tenn., was heavily influenced by Anwar al-Awlaki, a CIA and FBI asset who had dined at the Pentagon not long after 9/11.

Abdulazeez …

Yes, Queen Elizabeth Saluted the Nazis, But there’s A LOT More to the Story By Cassius Methyl, July 22 2015

Over the weekend, a video was leaked that shows Queen Elizabeth and her family proudly displaying the Nazi salute. The video shows  “…Queen Elizabeth II performing a Nazi salute as a child with her mother, sister and uncle at

GMO Labeling: Five Things to Know About the “DARK Act” (Deny Americans the Right to Know) By Anna Roth, July 22 2015

Update: After we published this article, several House Democrats filed amendments, potentially disabling several key parts of the bill. What you see below refers to the bill’s original language. 

There are two names for H.R. 1599, the …

More Israeli War Crimes: Sole Electricity Plant in Gaza Shuts Down As Fuel Runs Out By Middle East Monitor, July 22 2015

The Palestinian energy authority in Gaza announced on Monday evening that the only power plant in the Strip had shut down after running out of fuel, Anadolu agency reported.

In a statement, the authority said: “We announce that we have …

J-Bay Open Surf in South Africa: Shark “Attack”, Mick Fanning and Surfing with the Animals By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 22 2015

It happened at the J-Bay Open surf event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, featuring Australian surfer Mick Fanning and a shark that found itself grabbing the champion surfer’s leg rope. “It just kept coming at my board and I was