US to send 200 forces to Jordan’s border with Syria: Hagel
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the United Stated is dispatching 200 troops to Jordan for military operations along the Syrian border.
Read More →Three killed in Boston Marathon blasts, multiple injuries reported
RT Three people are dead following a pair of explosions in Boston, Massachusetts where thousands of runners are participating in the annual Boston Marathon. Local media report that over 100 people have been injured as well. Preliminary reports suggest two explosions occurred near the finish line of the 26.2-mile event shortly before 3 pm local [...]
Read More →Pyongyang warns foreigners to evacuate S. Korea
RT Pyongyang has issued a warning urging foreign nationals to evacuate South Korea, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The statement was followed by threats from North Korea of “thermonuclear” war on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea has warned all foreign nationals to prepare to evacuate the South in the event of conflict. “We [...]
Read More →New radioactive water leak reported at Fukushima plant
The Yomiuri Shimbun | Japan News A second discovery of leakage at an underground storage pool at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant shows the challenges in storing an increasing amount of water contaminated with radioactive substances. TEPCO announced Saturday night that radioactive substances had been detected in the soil [...]
Read More →N. Korea says it has final approval for nuclear attack on US
RT North Korean army says it has final approval for nuclear attack on the US, the official KCNA news agency says. This comes shortly after the Pentagon said the US military prepares to deploy an advanced missile-defense system to Guam. “The merciless operation of (our) revolutionary armed forces in this regard has been finally examined [...]
Read More →North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities
North Korea vowed Tuesday to restart a nuclear reactor that can make one bomb’s worth of plutonium a year, escalating tensions already raised by near daily warlike threats against the United States and South Korea.
Read More →North Korea: ‘State of War’ Against S. Korea
By Alex Johnston | The Epoch Times North Korea late on Friday said it will enter a “state of war” with South Korea, illustrating the escalating tensions between and its southern neighbor and the United States in recent weeks, according to state-run media. “From this time on, the North-South relations will be entering the state [...]
Read More →Turkey embroiled in yet another illegal weapons shipment
Yemen Post The Ministry of Defense published a statement on Sunday in which it stipulates Amran local authorities (northern governorate) intercepted a shipment of illegal weapons all bearing the made-in Turkey seal concealed inside a bus. According to preliminary reports the cargo, 1729 Turkish made guns, is believed to have reached Yemen through one of [...]
Read More →Cyprus and Troika agree to 20% tax on deposits over 100,000 euros at Bank of Cyprus
RT Cyprus and the Troika have agreed to a 20 per cent tax on deposits over 100,000 euros at the Bank of Cyprus and 4 per cent on deposits held at other banks. A senior Cypriot official told Reuters that a plan to tap nationalized pension funds would not be a part of a plan [...]
Read More →Cypriot parliament votes against deposit levy
RT The Cypriot parliament has voted against a revised bank deposit levy. The tax was meant to shave 9.9% off any deposits over €100,000 and has since caused uproar in the country. Thirty six deputies voted against the proposal to tax bank deposits in the 56-member chamber, while 19 abstained. One deputy was not present [...]
Read More →Assad warplanes strike Lebanon border for first time in Syrian crisis – reports
RT Syrian planes have bombed a Lebanese border town in eastern Bekaa Valley, the first such attack during the country’s ongoing crisis, according to a Lebanese army source. “Syrian planes bombed the border between Lebanon and Syria but I cannot yet say if they hit Lebanese territory or only Syrian territory,” Lebanese news website Naharnet quoted a [...]
Read More →BREAKING: EU Raids Private Savings Accounts to Pay for Cyprus Bailout
By Activist Post ATMs are being drained in Cyprus today after European Union chiefs raid private savings accounts to help pay for the country’s $13 billion bailout. Of course, it’s Sunday and banks are closed preventing a panicked bank run. Those EU banksters really know how to pull off a heist. Reuters reports: The euro [...]
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