‘The Obama administration and its “Task Force on 21st Century Policing” are under fire after unveiling an unconstitutional plot to impose federal “standards” on state and local police forces, which critics say is in effect […]
‘Turkish authorities have blocked access to Twitter, Youtube and Facebook over the publication of photos published on the three social media platforms, showing a prosecutor who was taken hostage by militants in Istanbul last week. […]
‘Nuclear waste dumps can be imposed on local communities without their support under a new law rushed through in the final hours of parliament. Under the latest rules, the long search for a place to […]
‘President Obama, whose party was trounced in last year’s midterm election due in part to poor turnout among Democrats, endorsed the idea of mandatory voting Wednesday. “It would be transformative if everybody voted,” Mr. Obama […]
‘Bahraini security forces have attacked pro-democracy protesters during a funeral ceremony for one of the victims of the regime’s crackdown in the Persian Gulf kingdom. On Friday, the regime forces launched another heavy-handed crackdown on […]
‘Taken aback by the fulsome praise the recently deceased King Abdullah has garnered from world leaders, RT has decided to assess whether his record stands up to scrutiny. The majority of eulogies went beyond the […]
‘The obituaries of mainstream U.S. media and “western” politicians on the Saudi King Abdullah are laughingly sycophantic: A master politician, he gained a reputation as a reformer without changing his country’s power structure and maintained […]