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Obama asks US Congress for $65 billion in war funds
US President Barack Obama has asked Congress for more than $65 billion in war funds for the next fiscal year.
US President Barack Obama has asked Congress for more than $65 billion in war funds for the next fiscal year.
The president sent lawmakers a series of budget amendments on Thursday requesting $58.6 billion to fund the war in Afghanistan and $7.3 billion for global “security programs” run...
US, EU committing genocide in east Ukraine - political analyst
The United States and European Union are causing an international scandal by committing genocide in east Ukraine, a political analyst tells Press TV.
“[US Secretary of State] Mr. John Kerry and Victoria Nuland at the State Department and President [Barack] Obama, who seems to be just funking the issue, and also the EU apparatus like [British Foreign Minister] William Hague, they all should be ashamed...
US blames Russia while Kiev unleashes tanks on civilians
Washington has voiced support for the bloody crackdown on anti-coup activists in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, blaming Russia for inciting the violence there. In the meantime OSCE condemned the use of force by Kiev.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has condemned the actions of Ukrainian military in using force against pro-federalization activists and civilians in...
US Government Promoting Islam in Czech & other European countries
The Czech government has approved a new project funded by the US State Department, which is trying to promote Islam to Czech public school children and convert them across the country and other European countries, such as France and Spain.
The project which is called Muslims in the Eyes of Czech Schoolchildren is being financed with American taxes from a grant the US Embassy in Prague gave them.
According...
US set to free convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard
The United States is set to free convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to save the so-called peace talks between Palestinian Authority (PA) and Tel Aviv, reports in the Israeli news media say.
With the talks on the brink of collapse, US officials have offered to release Pollard, 59, as a carrot to Israel to break the deadlock over a scheduled release of Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli...
US military on standby for Winter Olympics in Russia
The USS Mount Whitney supports maritime security operations with the Georgian coast guard in the Black Sea.
The US military will have warships and aircraft available for evacuating American officials and athletes from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in case of an attack.
If necessary, the evacuation of Americans from the Olympics would be coordinated by the US State Department, the Pentagon said...
US pressures UN to withdraw Iran invite to Syria talks
The United States is exerting pressure on the United Nations to withdraw its invitation of Iran to take part in this week international peace conference on the Syrian crisis.
A senior US State Department official claimed on Monday that Tehran has “never endorsed the Geneva I communiqué” and “we expect the invitation will be rescinded.”
Washington has urged the UN to withdraw Iran’s...
US arrest of Taliban leader 'enrages' Afghan president Karzai
US forces detained Taliban commander Latif Mehsud, the US State Department said Friday, an announcement that has reportedly infuriated Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who hoped to use Mehsud as interlocutor for peace talks.
During a military operation in the Logar province in eastern Afghanistan, US troops seized Mehsud, identified as a senior commander in the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, a group that...
US biological activities worry Russia
US Navy Reservists and active duty personnel don their M-45 Nuclear/Biological/and Chemical Warfare gas masks during an Individual Augmentee Training Course at the McCrady Training Center in South Carolina.
Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed deep concern about biological warfare activities of the United States near the Russian borders.
The Department of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign...
Kerry condemns Assad for threatening peace talks as CIA ‘prepares’ to arm rebels
The use of chemical weapons by Damascus and Hezbollah involvement in Syria risks derailing a political settlement to the conflict, John Kerry warned. His comments follow reports the CIA is preparing to funnel arms to rebel forces via Jordan and Turkey.
The US State Department issued a statement on Saturday condemning the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad for its lack of commitment to a negotiated...
Golden Dawn Becomes Greece's Second Largest Party
A new zougla.gr poll reveals that the secret can no longer be contained. For a while now, Golden Dawn has stated that previous polls purposely underestimated the real support of the nationalist movement, but as we’ve seen time and time again: we do not tell lies! In a new poll published by zougla.gr, Golden Dawn has surpassed the US State Department endorsed Marxists of world usury, SYRIZA. New...
US threatens Pakistan with sanctions over gas pipeline deal with Iran
This file photo shows technicians welding the Iranian end of the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline to its Pakistani section during the inauguration ceremony of the final construction phase of the project, Monday, March 11, 2013.
The US State Department has threatened Islamabad with sanctions if the country goes through with a joint multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline project with Iran.
“We have serious...
Russia shocked at another adoped child's death in US
Russian politicians and media are outraged by the death of a three-year-old adopted Russian boy and US silence on the matter. The boy was reportedly brutally beaten in Texas by his adoptive mother, who allegedly also gave him psychotropic medication.
Maksim Kuzmin was adopted at the beginning of November 2012. Just two-and-a-half months later he was found dead, on January 21, 2013.
Russia has reacted...
Obama readies more Iran sanctions
Only days after President Obama won reelection, the US rolled out a new round of sanctions against Iran and accused it of attempting to shoot down an American drone in international airspace.
The US State Department and Treasury announced on Thursday that the sanctions are aimed at senior Iranian officials and several related entities. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said they are...
US Move To Make Internet “Weapon Of War” Sparks Global Fears
A chilling Federal Security Service (FSB) report on the recently completed gathering of global internet professionals attending the Russian Internet Governance Forum (RIGF) held in Moscow on 14 May states that the consensus of these world experts is that not only will the United States not agree to sign the International Code of Conduct for Information Security, but fears have increased that the Americans...