“On August 19, 2021, six Israeli Air Force tactical fighters launched 24 guided missiles from Lebanese airspace at targets in the Syrian Arab Republic,” Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of Russia’s Reconciliation Center for Syria, said in a statement on Friday. The Israeli strikes originated from around Beirut, Lebanon’s …
Read More »US airlifts Americans from 200m beyond Kabul airport perimeter, after US general allegedly ‘embarrassed’ by British rescue ops
Major General Christopher Donahue has asked the commander of the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment of the British Army to stop their operations beyond the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), because they were “embarrassing the United States military in the absence of similar US military operations,” …
Read More »‘When will they learn’: Beijing taunts Washington, claiming Afghanistan is another example that military intervention doesn’t work
On Friday, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying delivered another damning appraisal of US interventionist policy, stating that Washington has a terrible track record of trying to shape other countries in accordance with its own ideals. Hua stated, citing American Professor Jeffrey Sachs, that all US military interventions in developing …
Read More »DC bomb suspect charged, will go through competency hearing after saying he’s off medication
Roseberry, 51, has been charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to use an explosive device. Outside of the Library of Congress on Thursday, Roseberry warned Capitol Police he was armed with a bomb that could wipe out more than two city blocks. In a …
Read More »‘Thoughts and prayers’: Politico laments the lack of partying in DC after Obama hammered for birthday bash
Former President Barack Obama drew howls of indignation for his 60th birthday party, which saw hundreds of guests, including celebrities like Beyonce and Tom Hanks, cram into a massive marquee on the former president’s $12 million property in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, earlier this month. Outside elite circles, ordinary Americans were …
Read More »InfoWars host Owen Shroyer charged over Capitol riot
Shroyer was charged on Thursday with knowingly entering a restricted building, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. The charges are no more severe than those faced by most of the 500 or so rioters who entered the Capitol that day to protest the certification of Joe …
Read More »New Jeopardy host steps down over now-surfaced old jokes about women and Jews
‘Jeopardy’ is a mainstay of American television, and Alex Trebek was the beloved host of the game show for 37 seasons until his death from cancer last year. After a revolving cast of guest hosts filled his role, producer Mike Richards was selected to take over full-time presenting duties, Sony …
Read More »‘America is back’? Back in the mire, maybe. What a laughable, hollow slogan Biden’s soundbite has proved to be…
When Joe Biden came into office in January, the liberal mainstream media sought to quite literally sweep all of America’s problems under the carpet. “America is back!” the new president triumphantly declared, and that slogan was trumpeted everywhere. It was easy to assume that the ‘nightmare’ of the past few …
Read More »Biden orders new sanctions against Russian-German pipeline as Merkel meets Putin in Moscow
In a letter to Congress sent on Friday, Biden argued that “certain Russian energy pipeline projects” would expand Moscow’s influence over EU energy resources and weaken “Ukraine and Eastern flank NATO and EU countries,” thereby threatening “the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.” To that end, …
Read More »‘Taliban called and informed me I should continue my job,’ mayor of Afghanistan’s capital tells RT
Scarcely had the Taliban retaken the capital city of Kabul when Mayor Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy received a phone call informing him he should continue his job, the politician told RT in an interview on Friday. Observing that things were rapidly “coming back to normal” – except for transit in and …
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