Current Affairs

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‘US a police state, Obama consciously allows torture’ – CIA veteran John Kiriakou

Decorated CIA officer sentenced to jail after he blew the whistle on the use of torture says given the chance he’d do it again. Includes video

Zionists call the shots in the Anglican Church

Zionists call the shots in the Anglican Church

Rowan Williams has just stepped down as Archbishop of Canterbury and not before time. However, as Stuart Littlewood explains, his successor may be no better

Russian parliament backs ban on “gay propaganda”

“We live in Russia, not Sodom and Gomorrah,” United Russia deputy Dmitry Sablin said before Russia’s parliament backed the draft with a 388-1 vote

Government ‘powerless to protect teachers from sack over gay marriage’

Teachers could be dismissed legally from their jobs if they take what they consider to be a stand on grounds of conscience over the issue

Royal treatment: Bahraini princess & princes accused of torturing activists

Royal treatment: Bahraini princess & princes accused of torturing activists

Doctors allegedly tortured by members of Bahrain’s pro-western royal family after they treated protesters injured in anti-government demonstrations

North Korea threatens to raise the nuclear stakes

North Korea threatens to raise the nuclear stakes

“We do not hide that the various satellites and long-range rockets we will continue to launch, as well as the high-level nuclear test … are aimed at our arch-enemy the United States,” North Korea’s National Defense Commission said on Thursday

Slaughter at Algeria gas plant ‘was led by a Canadian…’

Slaughter at Algeria gas plant ‘was led by a Canadian…’

Is the next phase of the phoney “War on Terror” being set up to play out in North Africa? Is the one eyed Mokhtar Belmokhtar the next bin Laden?

China’s Forces Are Getting Combat Ready As The Island Dispute With Japan Grows

China’s Forces Are Getting Combat Ready As The Island Dispute With Japan Grows

Tensions soar as Japan announces it will fire ‘tracers’ at Chinese aircraft that penetrate disputed islands airspace

‘Kindergarten terrorist’: 5-year-old girl suspended over bubble-gun ‘threat’

“Terrorist threat” removed from Pennsylvania kindergarten. Seriously.

Man who doesn’t ‘believe’ in guns rescued from armed robbery by two good Samaritans with guns

Says ‘I don’t believe in guns, but…’

‘Aaron’s Law’ Proposed on Reddit in Honor of Aaron Swartz

Talk about cynicism and moral bankrupcy: instead of demanding a proper investigation into Aaron Swartz’s death US lawmakers are calling for new laws to honour him

Visionary internet activist Aaron Swartz found dead; was this brilliant internet revolutionary ‘taken out?’

Mike Adams on the suspicious death of Aaron Swartz and the implications for those who wont swallow the authorities lies

Huge Parisian Protests Against Gay Marriage Plans

Huge Parisian Protests Against Gay Marriage Plans

Hundreds of thousands marched through Paris Sunday to protest against government plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption

French air strikes in Mali enter third day

Air strikes continue as troops from Mali’s neighbours prepare to join hundreds of French soldiers in the battle to push back Islamist extremists holding Mali’s north

Defence chiefs prepare new plans to defend Falkland Islands

As tensions mount over the Falkland Islands Britain’s military planners look at their options

Fiscal cliff looms over Obama

The deadlock has spooked markets, left Americans wondering whether they will pay thousands more in taxes next year, and alarmed the Pentagon, which fears the looming defense cuts could undermine the military

N. Korea develops missiles capable of reaching US – Seoul

N. Korea develops missiles capable of reaching US – Seoul

South Korean officials claim North Korea has developed a missile with a range of over 10,000km capable of carrying a nuclear warhead

South Africa’s African National Congress endorses Israel boycott, handing BDS movement a victory

Mounting global awareness over the nature of the Zionist regime and what it is doing to Palestinians

Is this “Deceased” Emilie Parker With Obama?

Is this “Deceased” Emilie Parker With Obama?

Hidden in plain sight? The little girl pictured with Obama here looks remarkably similar to one of the victims of the Connecticut shooting

Pennsylvania shooting leaves four dead while NRA rejects gun control

Conveniently for gun-control advocates, the shootings took place just as the National Rifle Association was holding a press conference in which it rejected calls for tighter firearms legislation