A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrians carrying an injured man after a powerful car bomb exploded near the headquarters of Syria’s ruling Baath party in the center of Damascus. A Lebanese news website says it has obtained a documentary movie revealing a plot hatched by French and Turkish spy agencies to assassinate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanese... 

Arizona may become the second state, after Utah, to recognize gold and silver as legal tender authorized for payments of debts and taxes. The Arizona Senate voted Thursday to approve SB 1439 which allows businesses and the state government to accept payments in gold or silver. The Legal Tender bill specifies that legal tender in Arizona consists of all of the following: 1. Legal Tender authorized... 

A senior commander for al-Qaeda’s north African wing has been killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali. Mokhtar Belmokhtar allegedly masterminded the raid on the gas plant in southern Algeria that left 37 hostages dead. Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed during an assault on an Islamist rebel base on Saturday, Chad’s military have reported. “The Chadian forces in Mali completely destroyed the main... 

Bulgarians protesting on March 3, 2013. Tens of thousands of Bulgarians have staged rallies across the country to protest against poverty and corruption as well as to demand legislative amendments. On Sunday, huge crowds gathered in the country’s major cities, including the capital Sofia, and carried slogans that read “Anarchy against organized crime and the monopolies!”, “The mobsters... 

Moscow Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Fitr with morning prayers. The Mayor of Moscow says there are no plans to build a new mosque in the city, and says the ‘excessive’ number of economic migrants was a ‘harmful thing’. “It has turned out that the praying Muslims are not at all Russian citizens and they are not Moscow residents. They are labor migrants. There are only 10 percent of Moscow... 

Israeli children dress up as the burning Twin Towers complete with impaled exploding airplanes to celebrate the Jewish holiday known as Purim. For more than eleven years, Israel has been wildly celebrating the success of its 9/11 operation against the United States of America. The latest example: Israeli children recently dressed up as the burning Twin Towers, complete with impaled exploding airplanes,... 

There is growing evidence that points to the serious health threat of toxic bisphenol A (BPA) running rampant in the U.S. and abroad. This chemical is extremely prevalent in the environment, and researchers note that 90% of the U.S. population is ‘contaminated’ with the chemical and don’t even know it. To add to the mounting evidence of BPA’s damaging effects, two studies have concluded that... 

Thousands have protested in Moscow to demand a ban on foreign adoptions following the death of Maksim Kuzmin, 3, who died shortly after being adopted by a US family in Texas. Pro-Kremlin activists demanded his brother Kirill be returned to Russia. According to several estimates by the Russian Mothers public movement, the ‘Protect the Children’ protest gathered 12,000 to 20,000 people.... 

US Senator Lindsey Graham A bipartisan group of US senators are pushing for a legislation to force the government to prop up any military action that the Israeli regime adopts against Iran in “self-defense.” The non-binding measure, introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), is actually aimed at pushing President Barack Obama to intensify sanctions against Iran and... 

Two giant swaths of radiation, known as the Van Allen Belts, surrounding Earth were discovered in 1958. Scientists assumed that there were only two radiation rings around the Earth, but a recently-launched NASA probe has detected a new “temporary” belt. As radiation rings pose serious hazards, the finding have implications for future manned flights. The third belt of radioactive energy particles... 

Argentinean lawmakers have approved an agreement with Iran to probe the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. According to the agreement, approved by Argentina’s Congress on Thursday, an independent “truth commission” would be established to investigate the attack. “I am no one’s puppet. The country is no one’s puppet. We assume our political commitment... 

California Democrat senator and dedicated gun-grabber Dianne Feinstein went on the Piers Morgan Show earlier this week and blamed the “gun culture,” the NRA and Wayne LaPierre for mass shootings like Sandy Hook. After shamelessly exploiting dead children and grieving parents to push her anti-Second Amendment agenda, Feinstein attacked LaPierre, who said last weekend: I’ve been amazed at how... 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is furious at his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for describing Zionism “a crime against humanity.” “I strongly condemn the comparison that the Turkish prime minister drew between Zionism and fascism,” Netanyahu said on Thursday, adding, “I had thought that such dark and libelous comments... 

The death of a 3-year-old Russian boy adopted by a US couple in Texas has been ruled an accident by American coroners amid an ongoing investigation into the matter by Russia. US investigators have not ruled out charges over the incident. The medical examiner of Ector County, Texas, concluded that the January 21 death of Max Shatto, born Maksim Kuzmin, was not intentional, Sheriff Mark Donaldson and... 

For the first time ever, scientists have been able to measure the precise spin rate of a ‘supermassive black hole’. The findings will provide some clue as to how some of the most mysterious objects in our universe began to form. The black hole is located in the NGC 1365 galaxy, located 56 billion light years away from us, and two million times the mass of the Sun. By its very nature, a...