„This summit comes at a crucial time for the alliance, as the tectonic plates of Euro-Atlantic security have shifted both in the East and the South,“ the alliance said in a statement, referring to Russia‘s actions in Ukraine and the threat presented by the Islamic State.

(20.Mai) They had to hold tough and arduous negotiations with some delegations, especially with the Russian delegation, which insisted on adding several amendments to the resolution so as to weaken it. However, negotiators from the GCC states embarked on diplomatic maneuvers in a calm and composed but serious way so as to convince the Russians not to use their veto power and reject the resolution.

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 10 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to Saudi Arabia for $1.9 billion, the first step in a major multibillion-dollar modernization of the Saudi navy‘s eastern fleet.

Zu der Tat bekannte sich laut Reuters die Terrormiliz Islamischer Staat.

(21.Februar 2015)
Last night, the Rolling Stones played a special surprise show at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, with a one-time only set featuring the original Sticky Fingers album in its entirety with additional Stones hits.

The nice thing about hating both of America‘s stupid political parties is you get to make fun of everyone.

Because an expiration of Section 215 would prompt a reversion to pre-9/11 authorities, the NSA‘s bulk collection of U.S. call records would immediately shut down, according to the administration and congressional staffers knowledgeable about the program.

The fate of the government‘s bulk collection of Americans‘ phone records is unclear following an FBI warning, House-Senate disagreements and more than 10 hours of criticisms by a GOP presidential candidate.

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky dominated the Senate floor from 1:18 p.m. to 11:49 p.m. Wednesday to decry the National Security Agency‘s mass collection of phone data without warrants.

Two weeks ago, Electronic Intifada reported public comments by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon in which he cited Hiroshima and Nagasaki as role models in responding to Iran. Ya’alon suggested that Israel might have to nuke Iran in order to prevent a long war: “at the end, we might take certain steps.” Last week Ali Gharib picked up the EI report at Lobelog and linked to the video of Ya’alon, speaking in English on May 5 to the Israel Law Center (and posted by that rightwing group, which supplied a transcript).

The Islamic State’s capture of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, handed the Baghdad government its most significant setback in a year and exposed the limitations of Iraq’s army and the U.S.-led air strikes against the group.