UN Rights Committee Worried about Canada’s Anti-terror Bill
Points out “Excessive use of force by law enforcement officers during mass arrests in the context of protests at federal and provincial levels…”
Tag: World News
Moscow Could Be Prepping for Space War With Aggressive New Satellites
Daily Beast | The Kremlin says its nimble new satellites are just for communications. But they look—and act—an awful lot like prototype weapons.
China may scrap one-child policy to curb demographic time bomb
London Independent | The country is dealing with an ageing population and a dwindling labour force.
MI5 covered up claims MP had ‘a penchant for small boys’ to avoid embarrassing the Thatcher government
London Independent | Papers contain ‘striking example’ of how crimes against children were treated much less seriously in the 1980s than they would be now.
Russian Bombers Flew Within 40 Miles of N. California Coast
Bill Gertz | Tu-95 Bear bombers intercepted off Mendocino on day Putin calls Obama.
Russian Navy Permanently Deploys 10 Ships in Mediterranean
Sputnik | Up to 10 warships and support vessels are permanently deployed in the Mediterranean Sea.
No more gory beheading videos: Why ISIS has banned execution videos
CS Monitor | ISIS’s alleged leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, banned the dissemination of the group’s infamous execution videos in a report issued to ISIS media offices in Syria and Iraq.
Guantanamo Bay: Closure plan in ‘final stages’
122 men left out of peak population of 684.
Pentagon chief tells Saudi Arabia: Iran threat is shared concern
Sunni Muslim kingdom is engaged in a contest for power with Shi’ite Iran.
“Global Warming” Expedition Foiled by Record Ice
Kit Daniels | Arctic ice the worst it’s been in 20 years, according to Coast Guard.
“Global Warming” Expedition Foiled by Record Ice
Arctic ice the worst it’s been in 20 years, according to Coast Guard.
“Global Warming” Expedition Foiled by Record Ice
Arctic ice the worst it’s been in 20 years, according to Coast Guard.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: Britain treats me worse than a war criminal
Attacked the “gruelling bail conditions” imposed by British courts.
Report: Escaped Drug Lord “El Chapo” Helped by Mexican Government
Mexican governors met with El Chapo off-the-record.
Police shot dead, protesters detained after suicide bombing roils Turkish
Turkish police detained 11 people as anti-government protests follow a deadly attack on Kurdish town blamed on ISIL.