United States Vice President Joe Biden said during a tour of Asia on Tuesday that the US is “deeply concerned” about recent efforts by China to re-draw airspace surrounding a series of islands between Taiwan and Japan. The airspace in that area has traditionally been controlled by Japan, but claimed by the Chinese as well. Late last month China proclaimed a portion of that area in the East China... 

Ukraine’s Cabinet has survived a vote of no confidence initiated by opposition MPs in the Verkhovna Rada. The decision was announced as thousands of opposition supporters rallied outside the parliament building. Only 186 MPs voted for the motion, well short of the simple majority of 226 needed for it to pass. Ahead of the vote, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov gave a speech in parliament,... 

The global intelligence company Stratfor (Get tomorrow’s intelligence, not yesterday’s news.) recently published a series of 2014 predictive articles for its most exclusive clients which, in essence, warned that the United States would, by the end of next year, “cease to exist in all but name only” due to three looming threats: 1.) A potential false flag attack by America’s oligarchy... 

The traitors cower in fear at the sight, as thousands upon thousands of Greeks are in the center of Athens as we speak tonight, shouting: HELLAS SHALL BE VICTORIOUS! Reuters Journalist Puppet, Harry Papachristou Reports: “But the poor turnout of just a few hundred sympathisers showed Golden Dawn is still struggling to recover from the action of the authorities.” Supporters of Greece’s far-right... 

The decision by the Central Bank of China to no longer accumulate foreign exchange reserves in dollar has infuriated the United States, an analyst says. Finian Cunningham made the remark in a Sunday column for Press TV amid escalation of tensions between US and China over Beijing’s enforcement of an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). “The escalation of military tensions between Washington... 

An Egyptian committee tasked with drafting a new constitution has approved an article that forbids the formation of religious parties. Forty-eight members of the 50-member panel present on Saturday voted on the 247 articles of the new charter and approved more than half of the articles, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported. Voting on the remaining articles will resume on Sunday afternoon.... 

Chinese fighter jets were scrambled and followed US and Japanese planes that had entered the newly-proclaimed Chinese air defense zone in the disputed area of the East China Sea, Xinhua reports. Two US surveillance aircraft and 10 Japanese F-15 jets were ‘tailed’ by Chinese pilots on Friday. China ordered an urgent dispatch of its Su-30 and J-10 fighter jets to an area in the East China Sea after... 

Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament by a wide margin following a heated debate on the government’s rice subsidy program and flood management budget. Shinawatra comfortably survived the three-day debate in the lower house of parliament on Thursday, with 297 lawmakers voting in her favor and 134 against, amid ongoing protests against her... 

German Ambassador Peter Witting The UN human rights committee unanimously passed a ‘right to privacy’ resolution sponsored by Germany and Brazil that protects the right to privacy against illegal surveillance, following revelations about NSA spying. The resolution states that surveillance and data interception by governments and companies “may violate or abuse human rights.” This... 

Key American allies in East Asia, Japan and South Korea, have followed US lead by sending military aircraft to fly through disputed airspace, which China unilaterally included last week in its air defense zone. Tokyo and Seoul sent its aircraft into the disputed areas following a similar flight on Monday by two unarmed American B-52 bombers. Neither country informed the Chinese of their plans beforehand,... 

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning headed to the South China Sea on Tuesday. The United States and China embark upon a new military-power showdown in the Pacific with Beijing sending its sole aircraft carrier to the South China Sea after American bombers defied a Chinese no-fly zone in the region. The Chinese warship Liaoning, which left its home port of Qingdao on Tuesday, was accompanied by two... 

Pope Francis has taken aim at capitalism as “a new tyranny” and is urging world leaders to step up their efforts against poverty and inequality, saying “thou shall not kill” the economy. Francis calls on rich people to share their wealth. The existing financial system that fuels the unequal distribution of wealth and violence must be changed, the Pope warned. “How can... 

The newly signed amendments to the law on healthcare introduce a ban on the abortion advertising, and make the illegal practicing of folk medicine a misdemeanor. The law was signed by President Vladimir Putin and published on the official website on Monday. Russia’s Federal Law on Advertising now includes the ban on advertising abortions and several restrictions concerning the advertising of traditional... 

US Secretary of State Kerry assured Israel will be safer over the next six months due to the agreement reached in Geneva concerning Iran’s nuclear program and uranium enrichment plan. Though “Israel is threatened by what has been going on in Iran”, the deal brokered on Saturday will keep the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program under supervision and control, said John Kerry. “But I believe... 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed the international deal over Iran’s nuclear program, branding it a “historic mistake.” He accused the P5+1 of allowing Tehran a step further “towards obtaining the world’s most dangerous weapon.” Netanyahu condemned the deal at a cabinet meeting on Sunday and said the world has become a more dangerous place. “What was achieved...