The Israeli regime is engaging in a direct war with Syria by carrying out several attacks against the Arab country, says an analyst. “We found out through our sources that the Syrians took out one of Israel’s stealth submarines that they caught close to shore where a helicopter-launched a homing torpedo,” Jim W. Dean said.…

Afghan police say at least 11 people have lost their lives in an air raid conducted by US-led forces in the troubled eastern Ghazni Province. Local officials said the fatalities were all Taliban members who came under attack somewhere near the Andar district. Authorities added that the group was gearing up to carry out an…

Thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets in a show of support for traditional family values and against same-sex marriage and homosexual rights. On Saturday, people took to the streets in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, to attend the march organized for the day of “Family Strength and Respect for Parents.” The demonstrators marched from…

A group of Ukrainian forces has defected to the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk. The event comes after the People’s Republic of Donetsk announced it is not after holding talks with Kiev’s interim government. Donetsk Republic’s Prime Minister Aleksandr Boroday vowed on Saturday that there would be no negotiations until the complete withdrawal of Kiev’s…

A majority of people in the United States are losing faith in the federal government, according to a new poll conducted by Fox News. The survey showed on Thursday that six in ten respondents said they do not trust the US government, down from 62 percent in June 2013. Only 37 percent of voters answered…

Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has blamed bureaucrats from the European Union for the crisis in Ukraine, likening it to the lead-up to the World War I. In an interview with German paper Bild on Friday, the 95-year-old Social Democratic politician said that the situation in the country recalls the eve of the WWI. «I…

Around 1,200 indigenous women and girls have been murdered or are missing in Canada since the 1950s, says the country’s federal police. On Friday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) released a long-awaited report, which included data gathered by policing agencies across Canada. According to the report, aboriginal females account for 16 percent of female…

Russia has strongly slammed a recent United Nations (UN) report on the current situation in eastern Ukraine, calling it “politically motivated.” The condemnation by the Russian Foreign Ministry came in a statement following the release of the UN report earlier on Friday. The UN report warned of an alarming deterioration of human rights in eastern…

A German university has approved a proposal to give US surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden an honorary doctorate. Members of the philosophy faculty of Germany’s Rostock University voted on Wednesday to grant Snowden the title in recognition of the “outstanding academic achievement” he made by exposing surveillance practices in the digital age. The faculty’s scholars voted…