US President Barack Obama may become the biggest obstacle to NASA’s Mars colonization plans in the next 15 years, Texan congressman, chairman of the House Science Committee Lamar Smith, told the Daily Caller website, Pravda.Ru reports. “Every year, the Obama administration proposes funding cuts to the programs that will eventually take American astronauts to Mars – the Space Launch... 

An enormous sinkhole suddenly opened up on a road in Sicily, Italy, swallowing a parked car. The driver miraculously escaped harm, having left the vehicle seconds before it sank underground. The eight-meter-wide hole opened up on a road in the town of Valverde, Catania province on Wednesday. It was most probably caused by days of heavy rains drenching the island. Luckily the female driver had enough... 

Leftist activists are calling for the removal of a Thomas Jefferson statue because they claim it’s “racist” and “sexist.” Feminists and #BlackLivesMatter protestors had previously defaced the statue at the University of Missouri using post-it notes with the phrases “Racist,” “Rapist,” and “Slave Owner.” Now they’re lashing out at students who hosted a “Stand With Jefferson”... 

The problem of alcoholism is gathering pace by leaps and bounds in the United States. Spokespeople for the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle said that many Americans have developed a greater fondness for alcohol during the recent years. Heavy drinking among Americans increased 17.2 percent between 2005 and 2012. Binge drinking increased 8.9 percent nationally during the same time... 

On October 21, NATO’s Trident Juncture large-scale military exercises have entered their active phase. In turn, Russia is holding large-scale combat shooting drills in the south of the country. There are 36,000 troops taking part in the NATO drills in the Mediterranean region. The active phase of the NATO drills will take place from October 21 till November 6. More than 30 member countries of... 

Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah said on Wednesday his nation is considering direct military intervention in Syria to help jihadi mercenaries overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad. “If a military intervention will protect the Syrian people from the brutality of the regime, we will do it,” Attiyah said. “If Qatar carries out its threat to militarily intervene in Syria, then we... 

UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson addresses the Security Council during a debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, on October 22, 2015. The United Nations deputy chief has blamed the Israeli regime for the escalation of violence across the occupied Palestinian territories. UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said on Thursday... 

Saudi Arabia may go bankrupt within the next five years if the government maintains its current spending habits, the International Monetary Fund said in a report Wednesday. Saudi authorities are already planning spending cuts as the world’s biggest oil exporter seeks to cut its budget deficit created by the drop in crude prices. Saudi officials have repeatedly said that the kingdom’s economy... 

An MTV News video wishes violent car accidents on parents who dress their kids up in “offensive” Halloween costumes, another insight into how the cult of political correctness is increasingly driven by radical ideology. The clip features a number of Halloween costumes that the MTV presenters deem to be politically incorrect, including a Native American outfit, a Geisha Girl, an Arabian Sultan... 

After a delay, cybersecurity legislation dreaded by privacy advocates and relentlessly pursued by national security officials, known as CISA, will get a vote on the Senate floor “in a couple of days,” a top sponsoring senator anticipates. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, also known as CISA, is as polarizing as it is close to a vote. It finally hit the Senate floor for debate... 

On October 21, the parliament of Slovenia approved the use of army units for border protection to limit the influx of migrants from the Middle East. According to Interfax, the Slovenian government announced that the number of refugees had exceeded at the capacity of the state to accept them. As many as 19,400 refugees have entered the 2-million-strong Slovenia since Saturday. The number of refugees... 

The truth about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks would not only destabilize the American political system but it would also take down the US as a global empire, an American scholar says. Dr. Kevin Barrett, a founding member of the Scientific Panel for the Investigation of 9/11, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday, while commenting on the ongoing feud between Republican presidential... 

When the global economy is doing well, the amount of stuff that is imported and exported around the world goes up, and when the global economy is in recession, the amount of stuff that is imported and exported around the world goes down. It is just basic economics. Governments around the world have become very adept at manipulating other measures of economic activity such as GDP, but the trade numbers... 

I think it is irresponsible if a government just opens the border totally and says, regardless of how many come: ‘We will accept them.’ That is irresponsible, said Luzi Stamm, of the Swiss People’s Party, following its parliamentary victory. In Switzerland, the anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party (SVP) won a third of seats in parliamentary elections on Sunday, capitalizing on the... 

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that the Federation Security Council (FSC) has authorized a “third tier” financial “Armageddon strike” against the West’s entire financial structure in response to the Obama regime led NATO launching today of its biggest single military exercise in more than 13 years involving some 36,000 troops in the Mediterranean Sea and simulating a war...