Prosecutors in the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have called for death by hanging, saying the former leader is personally responsible for every protester death during the country’s recent revolution. ­ “The prosecution demands the maximum penalty against Mubarak, and the rest of the accused, which is death by hanging,” said Mustafa Khater, one of a five-member... 

The ADS (Active Denial System) is an American non lethal weapon. Non-lethal weapons leave no immediately visible marks on their victims, but can cause startling psychological and physical destruction. And a leak of the latest Pentagon projects shows that fears of such dystopian damage are already coming true. ­In a 1908 New York Times letter to the editor, revolutionary scientist Nikola Telsa wrote,... 

Iran's first domestically-built destroyer, Jamaran, launched in the waters of the Persian Gulf in February, 2010 Iran’s Deputy Navy Commander Captain Mansour Maqsoudlou has announced the country’s plan to design and manufacture aircraft carriers. The initial designs for building the carriers have been approved and the process of research, design and manufacture will start soon, Captain... 

Energy experts believe the new US sanctions on Iran could lead to a major hike in crude oil prices. South Korea has announced that it will buy around 10 percent of its needed crude from Iran in 2012, which will be slightly higher than last year. Seoul’s demand for more Iranian oil follows the approval of a new act by the US Senate for imposing tougher sanctions on Iran’s financial and energy... 

A large corruption scandal involving President Nicolas Sarkozy has been gathering pace in France. According to Liberation newspaper, which refers to the investigative materials, Mr. Sarkozy, when serving as the Budget Minister, was involved in establishing a mechanism to pay so-called “kickbacks” when selling submarines to Pakistan during the 1990s, RBC TV reports. The French newspaper... 

USS Kitty Hawk -- a 1,000 feet supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board The US military is preparing a massive military campaign against Iran, sending thousands of American troops, warships and weaponry to Israel. An unnamed source said the military deployment of US anti-missile ships and accompanying support personnel will occur in January and later this spring, Global Research reported. Commander... 

Iranian navy fires a Mehrab missile during the "Velayat-90" naval wargames in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on January 1, 2012 Iran has warned the United States it will take action if its fleet returns to the Persian Gulf. Meanwhile, France is pushing European countries to follow the US in freezing Iranian central bank assets and imposing an embargo on oil exports. ­Iran’s army... 

The collapse of the Soviet Union and its daunting military machine spelled the beginning of a process of decay for Russia’s armed forces. Now, major reforms are underway to put the military back on track. ­Russia has revealed details of ambitious plans to spend over US $600 billion on upgrading its army over the next 10 years. And there’s a new man in charge as well – Russia’s... 

On this first Infowars Nightly News show of 2012, Alex talks about the imploding economy with Catherine Austin Fitts, the former managing director and member of the board of directors of the Wall Street investment bank Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., and Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first Bush Administration. Alex... 

One of the first promises made by President Obama when he first came to power back in 2008 was to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre. Four years later it is still operational. ­The former chief prosecutor of the Gitmo military commissions, Colonel Morris Davis, who was thrilled when Obama took office, told RT of his huge disappointment in the US president. “Candidate Obama... 

Gokturk satellite system Israel’s politicians and military have a new headache to worry about. High resolution photos of the country’s territory, which are currently unavailable to the public, may soon turn up in the hands of any of its many enemies. Until now, only the Americans had the technology capable of taking satellite images greater than two meters per pixel resolution, and American law... 

Russia and China will be a headache for US President Barack Obama if he decides on a military confrontation with Iran. A political analyst says Russia and China consider a US military action on Iran as an attack on their own borders and a threat to their own national security. “The US is assuming that Russia or China will not respond militarily, but they’ve been wrong before,” Shamus Cooke... 

The promise to scrap his predecessor’s hardliner war-on-terror policies, which helped Barack Obama win presidential election, is apparently off the table. The political reality is that the current administration is doing quite the opposite thing. Long before he became US president or the winner of a Noble Peace Prize, Barack Obama was a constitutional law professor. During his election campaign... 

On Wednesday, December 28, North Korea holds the funeral service for its leader Kim Jong-il, who died on December 17. The first stage of the funeral will be held in Kymsusan memorial complex in Pyongyang – the official residence of Kim Jong-Il’s father, Kim Il Sung. According to North Korean media, Kim Jong-Il died from a heart attack as he was traveling by train across the country. His... 

An Iranian navy vessel launches a missile during the Velayat 90 drills at the sea of Oman, on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. A senior Iranian lawmaker says the country will not allow any oil to reach the “war engines of Iran’s enemies” through the Strait of Hormuz if its oil is subjected to sanctions. “Iran will never allow the Strait [of Hormuz] to be used against it and for the benefit of its...