“Saadi Muammar Gaddafi has been freed from prison,” a justice ministry source told AFP. “The chief prosecutor asked, several months ago, for the execution of the decision relating to Saadi Gaddafi as soon as all the required conditions had been satisfied.” Gaddafi, 48, was cleared of charges of “murder, deception, …
Read More »America’s catastrophic miscalculation: 20 years of disaster in Afghanistan, by the numbers (PHOTOS)
The last three US military transport departed the Hamid Karzai Airport late on Monday, just ahead of the August 31 deadline set for full withdrawal. For years, Washington and media outlets described the conflict in Afghanistan as a stalemate that had provided enough security to kindle social progress, security and …
Read More »Court to hear parole request from neo-Nazi mass murderer Anders Breivik 10 years after deadly attacks
Prosecutor Hulda Karlsdottir told Reuters on Friday that Breivik’s request for parole would be heard in court at an unspecified date in the near future. She said the “central question for the court during the hearing will be whether there is an imminent danger” of Breivik committing further serious offences. …
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo offered up to €15MN a season by Man City for two years as Juventus eye exchange for Gabriel Jesus – report
Ronaldo’s agent, Jorge Mendes, is said to be in Turin for discussions with his star client after a period in which the representative has been widely reported to have been offering the Portugal captain to top clubs. Mendes is ready to meet Juventus despite not having a summit scheduled with them, …
Read More »1st man sentenced in Michigan governor kidnapping plot, gets six years after guilty plea
Ty Garbin was the one of the six arrested and charged with the kidnapping plot in October of last year to plead guilty. He will be acting as a witness against his alleged co-conspirators. Garbin apologized for his part in the plot and alleged that the other five men trained …
Read More »On this day, 25 years ago, Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda declared war on America – but nobody listened
As the world watches the humanitarian crisis unfolding in and around Kabul International Airport, where thousands of American soldiers, airmen, sailors, and Marines struggle to facilitate the evacuation of tens of thousands of US citizens and designated Afghan citizens out of Afghanistan, the question that comes to mind first and …
Read More »Ivory Coast declares Ebola outbreak after 1st case in 25 years reported in de-facto capital Abidjan, prompting ‘immense concern’
A patient who had recently travelled from Guinea tested positive for Ebola, Côte d’Ivoire’s ministry of health confirmed on Saturday, the WHO reported. The patient was hospitalized with fever after arriving in Abidjan, the country’s de-facto capital and its biggest city, earlier this week. “It is of immense concern that …
Read More »After 20 years & billions of dollars, the American defeat in Afghanistan is worse than the Soviet failure…how has this happened?
In December 1979, Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan to support the unpopular government of the ruling People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). They soon found themselves bogged down in a bloody war against the mujahideen guerillas. Nine years later, the Soviets decided that there had been enough bloodshed and, in May …
Read More »Twenty years on, families of 9/11 victims demand Washington finally declassifies documents – could they shed light on CIA’s role?
Family members of 9/11 victims have warned Joe Biden to stay away from the upcoming 20th anniversary memorial events, unless officials are willing to declassify documents that the relatives believe will prove the Saudi Arabian government was involved in the attacks. “There is simply no reason – unmerited claims of …
Read More »60 years after use of Agent Orange in Vietnam, US still fails to recognize all its victims even among own troops, veteran tells RT
In August 1961, exactly 60 years ago, the US started its massive herbicidal warfare program during the Vietnam war. Tens of thousands of square kilometers of the Vietnamese territory were defoliated with some 20 million gallons of so-called “rainbow herbicides,” which included the infamous Agent Orange. The operation did not …
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