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US and Israel behind conflicts in Africa - political analyst
A political analyst says the “dirty hands” of the United States and Israeli regime are behind the ongoing conflicts in South Sudan and the entire African continent, Press TV reports.
In an interview with Press TV on Monday, Stephen Lendman, a US-based author and radio host, described the deadly in violence in South Sudan as “deplorable,” stressing that “the dirty hands of Washington and...
Hundreds of immigrants rescued by Italy Navy
The Italian Navy has rescued nearly 440 illegal immigrants, over the past two days in the south of Sicily.
On January 12, a boat carrying about 200 men, women, and children was identified and rescued, while a boat carrying another 236 passengers was rescued the day before.
A statement by the Navy said the passengers of both boats, mostly from Africa, were taken to a port near Syracuse in Sicily.
This...
Tablet and Smartphone In-App Purchases are a Rip-off
In recent years a new trend has started to show-up in the gaming community which is affecting everyone… in-app purchases!
Games, mostly the ones on mobile platforms such as Android, iOS and Windows Phone these days come disguised as “free” while in fact they are nightmare-impossible to finish without any real money investment in the game.
The problem is that this type of games have started...
Tens of thousands of Germans sign petition to stop teaching LGBT in schools
Over 80,000 people in southern Germany have signed an online petition against a plan to teach children about LGBT lifestyles in school – an initiative put forward to promote tolerance towards sexual minorities.
A new education plan, which should come into force in 2015, has sparked a bitter dispute in the state of Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of the country.
Thousands of parents and teachers...
White House Says Record Low Temperatures Caused by Global Warming
John “Planetary Regime” Holdren insults our intelligence with more quack science.
The White House has released a YouTube video in which Obama science czar John P. Holdren dubiously claims that the recent ‘polar vortex’ which has caused record low temperatures across many areas of the United States is caused by global warming.
Holdren may be familiar to some of our readers as the author of...
Top Russian cleric seeks referendum on banning male homosexuality
Opponents of non-traditional sexual orientations during a rally of the Heterosexual Alliance for LGBT Rights in the Field of Mars dedicated to the International Day Against Homophobia.
Vsevolod Chaplin maintains that gay relations between men pose a threat to the whole of society, but left it for the people to decide on the possible punishment for such actions.
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s...
Anti-immigrant sentiments rise in UK
Anti-immigrant sentiments are on the rise in Britain with more than three-quarters of the people saying that the number of new immigrant arrivals in the country should be limited, a new survey has found.
A survey by the British Social Attitudes showed that almost 77 percent of Britons supported a reduction in the number of the immigrants to their country. Out of the 77 percent, 56 percent wanted the...
White House refuses to answer to ‘We the People’ petitions
The Obama administration has touted the White House website’s ‘We the People’ section as a powerful platform for the American public to petition their government. According to a new report, however, those solicitations are all too rarely acknowledged.
“When I ran for this office, I pledged to make government more open and accountable to its citizens,” United States President Barack Obama...
Bulgaria ex-FM slams UK immigration 'mass hysteria'
Bulgaria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov
Bulgaria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov has censured the current “mass hysteria” concerning the immigration debate in the UK.
Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on Friday, Mladenov said the warnings issued by some British media outlets about an influx of eastern European migrants to the UK...
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Fed His Uncle to Starving Dogs - Reports
Reports out of North Korea state the country’s dictator, Kim Jong-un, fed his disgraced uncle to starving dogs. Jang Song-taek was supposedly stripped naked, along with his aides, put in a cage, and then 120 starving dogs were set on them. In December, we learned that Jang, who was said to be included in Jong-un’s inner circle of advisors, was executed, or so we were told by North Korea’s KCNA...
Romanian Ambassador mocks British lawmakers and newspapers
Romania’s Ambassador to the UK Ion Jinga
Romanian Ambassador to the UK Ion Jinga has mocked British newspapers and lawmakers waiting for an influx of Romanian immigrants to arrive in the country after transitional controls were lifted.
Jinga said the MPs and reporters waiting for the arrival of Romanian immigrants at the London Luton Airport on January 1 “discovered that only two Romanians”...
Homeless people used in Japan nuclear plant clean-up
An inquiry has revealed that contractors at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima recruit homeless people for clean-up operations.
The investigation found that the contractors use homeless people to work in the dangerous decontamination project with salaries below the minimum wage of about USD 6.50 per hour.
“We are an easy target for recruiters,” said 57-year-old homeless man Shizuya...
15 Quotes About The Duck Dynasty Controversy That Every American Should See
What is being done to Phil Robertson shows just how far America has fallen. The thought police are waging an all-out campaign to take down one of the biggest names in the United States, and if they are successful none of us will ever be safe again. We are becoming a nation that is governed by bullying, intimidation and unwritten speech codes, and if you happen to say the “wrong thing” you could...
Americans outraged with Obama's Hawaii game of golf
While U.S. President Barack Obama is playing golf in Hawaii, where he went with his family for traditional Christmas holidays, America is fighting the raging natural disaster that flooded the south of the country and froze the north, The Telegraph wrote.
The publication wrote that a powerful tornado left several thousands of people in the south without electricity on Saturday, Dec. 21. At least two...
Gay Group Calls For Re-Education of Phil Robertson
For the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), suspending Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty over his comments regarding homosexuality isn’t enough – now they are calling for Robertson to be re-educated.
GLAAD was instrumental in forcing A&E’s hand in the decision to discriminate against Robertson for expressing his First Amendment right. GLAAD met with A&E representatives...