Chinese sailors march pass the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov berthed at a naval base in Qingdao, northeastern China on April 23, 2012 President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will cement its military alliance with China, including an increase in joint exercises in the Asia-Pacific. The move follows a US pledge to step up its naval presence in Asia in a bid to extend its influence. “Recently... 

A flag reading "Fight and Comeback" with the logo of the Argentine oil company YPF is seen at the front of the presidential palace Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires, April 12, 2012. The Argentinean government has seized the country’s biggest oil company, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF), ousting the Spanish controlling shareholder, Repsol. In the first shareholder meeting since the takeover,... 

Stage slide show during Madoona show in Tel Aviv Madonna seems to have crossed the line and may now face a court battle with France’s top far right-wing politician, Marine Le Pen. She claims the singer depicted her as a Nazi, placing a swastika on her forehead during a stage slide show. The face of Marine Le Pen, the head of France’s Front National, appeared on a large screen with a swastika symbol... 

French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici pictured on May 21, 2012at a press conference in Berlin, Germany French Finance Minister has warned that Greece’s exit from the eurozone will be on the agenda if Greek authorities do not respect the bailout deal after parliamentary elections in mid-June. “The question would be raised without a doubt…. if the Greeks themselves do not respect their... 

Obama’s Chief Economist Austan Goolsbee, Attends Bilderberg Meeting Times have never been more exciting as the Bilderberg Group has now been exposed worldwide on the 58th anniversary of their ultra secret meetings. The alternative media, along with the help of some very brave mainline press agencies such as the Drudge Report, the London Guardian, German sources, and others — the cat is now... 

Germany is supplying the Israeli Navy with submarines that are fully capable of being fitted to carry cruise missiles with nuclear-warheads, Spiegel reports. Thus, if Israel does indeed have any such missiles, it could deploy them immediately. ­The extensive military deal suggests that German shipyards are to supply Israel with six Dolphin-class diesel-electric submarines, four of which have already... 

China and US diplomatic relations have been strained over the past months. The official was the personal secretary of a vice minister in the State Security Ministry, China’s main intelligence agency, according to Hong Kong’s New Way magazine. “What is unbelievable is that the person involved in this spy case is a secretary to a vice minister who is handling China’s top secrets, which... 

An image taken from the Egyptian state TV shows ex-dictator Hosni Mubarak lying on a stretcher inside a cage in a courtroom during his verdict hearing in Cairo on June 2, 2012. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gets life behind bars for murders committed during the country’s historic revolution in February 2011. In a final verdict hearing in a Cairo court on Saturday, the ex-dictator as well... 

The US is set to reposition its Navy fleet with the majority of its warships to be assigned to the Asia-Pacific by 2020. But this military strategy has nothing to do with US-Chinese rivalry in the region, the defense secretary assures. ­The US would reposition its Navy so that 60 per cent of its warships would be assigned to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, compared to about 50 per cent now, US Defense... 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the West for ‘sparking a crisis’ over Iran’s nuclear energy program, while turning a blind eye to Israel’s atomic activities. “We raise this issue [on] almost all international platforms. We urge them to take the necessary safety measures. But those who have nuclear facilities, who see nuclear... 

A Ministry of Foreign Affairs report circulating in the Kremlin today states that United States President Obama has undertaken a campaign to “crush” the nation of Poland after its government this past week officially banned the planting of Monsanto’s MON810, a genetically-modified (GM) variety of maize (corn) that produces its own built-in Bt insecticide in every kernel and is held to be responsible... 

Grace Bedell thought it could clinch the election when she suggested to Abraham Lincoln that he grow a beard. Now a century and a half later, Americans are asking their president to consider an updated proposal: Mr. Obama, please don’t kill us. Unlike the correspondence from 1860 that was signed off by a single person — an 11-year-old girl from upstate New York — over 1,000 Americans have already... 

Indonesian officials display the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from the crashed Russian passenger plane Sukhoi Superjet 100, during a press conference at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on May 31, 2012. Indonesian villagers have found the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane that Moscow claims was downed in southwestern Indonesia earlier... 

Without any mainstream media coverage at all, the House of Representatives passed the United States – Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 (USIESC). The USIESC, written by Eric Cantor , claims there is a need to provide Israel with unlimited military and financial aid as a result of the disturbances caused by the Arab Spring. Israel will have an essentially unlimited amount of funds... 

The European Parliament has opposed the controversial ACTA treaty, after three of its influential committees said the trade agreement should be rejected. The Legal Affairs Committee (JURI), the Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) all voted against implementing the agreement, which caused mass protests in several...