Four people shot, one critically injured at New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration

Published: 10 February, 2013, 09:58

Edited: 10 February, 2013, 13:27

Four people have been shot during Mardi Gras celebrations in the US city of New Orleans, according to police. One male is critically injured and undergoing…

Obama to give Congress classified docs on targeted killings of Americans

Published: 07 February, 2013, 07:54

Amid growing public controversy over the Obama administration’s targeted killings of Americans, the White House has ordered the Justice Department to provide two congressional committees with classified documents justifying the policy.…

Citadel: Survivalists build city-fortress with mandatory weapon ownership

Published: 07 February, 2013, 01:30

Ever wished you could travel back in time? Idaho might soon provide a glimpse into the past: a group of survivalists are planning to build a giant medieval-style fortress in which residents would carry their own weapons and defend against…

Man trampled as hundreds of desperate Greeks scuffle for food (PHOTOS)

Published: 06 February, 2013, 23:57

A fruit and vegetable handout in Greece led to one man being trampled on Wednesday, calling attention to the desperate conditions in the crisis-hit country. Some 55 tons of produce was given away by farmers who were protesting high production costs.

The person was injured when he was…

UK planning broad online domestic spying regime

Published: 06 February, 2013, 08:03

Edited: 06 February, 2013, 22:26

UK officials plan to monitor Britons' online activities by placing surveillance devices on the country's telecom networks, a Parliamentary report says. The program would keep tabs on which websites were…

1,200 deaths, a damning report into NHS 'failings at every level' and 290 calls for reform - but still NO ONE has been fired for Stafford Hospital scandal

• Robert Francis has 290 recommendations to change NHS culture
• Damning 1,700 page report looks at failings and how healthcare must change
  
  
• QC says NHS is too focused on business, cash and targets, not patients
• Stafford staff…

Chinese frigate targets Japanese guard ship near disputed islands

Published: 05 February, 2013, 19:41

A Chinese frigate has locked weapon-targeting radar on a Japanese guard vessel in the area of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, said Japan’s Defense Ministry. The islands are the subject of a territorial row between Beijing and Tokyo.…

54 countries helped CIA to kidnap, detain and torture - Report

Published: 05 February, 2013, 17:29

At least 54 countries including Syria, Iran, Sweden, Iceland, and UK offered CIA “covert support” to detain, transport, interrogate and torture suspects in the years following the 9/11 attacks, according to a new report.

The…

BREAKING: SHOTS FIRED AT ISLAM CRITIC LARS HEDEGAARD

Breaking: Police are evacuating the area, they will detonate something, now.

Police have the following description of person of the offender: Male, approximately, 30 years old, thick, dark hair. The offender was wearing a red postman-like jacket.

Danish television reports that all politicians in the parliament are talking of the situation. Normal work is…

List of mass wildlife/livestock deaths from late 2010-present

Police spies stole the identities of 80 dead babies: Birth certificates were used for fake identities

• Details were taken so officers could infiltrate protest groups
  
  
• They modeled the process on the film, The Day of the Jackal
• Scotland Yard says practice no longer employed but launches investigation

By …

Iran rolls out bold design for homemade fighter jets

Published: 02 February, 2013, 16:22

Iran has presented its first domestically designed defense fighter-bomber jet with limited stealth capabilities. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that the plane was designed for defense purposes, and will not be used for aggression.…

Brian De Palma to RT: Iraq's even worse than Vietnam

Published: 02 February, 2013, 05:40

Edited: 02 February, 2013, 13:07

Film director Brian de Palma has become an expert in voicing people’s frustration with the shortcomings of the US government. RT caught up with the celebrated Hollywood filmmaker and screenwriter to ask…

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

Published: 01 February, 2013, 10:14

Ten years ago, the idea of the US government spying on its citizens, intercepting their emails or killing them with drones was unthinkable. But now it’s business as usual, says John Kiriakou, a former CIA agent and torture…

Suicide bomber behind US Embassy attack in Turkey – Ankara governor

Published: 01 February, 2013, 15:31

A suicide bomber has attacked the US Embassy in Ankara, the city’s governor said. There are conflicting reports that a suicide bomber carried out the attack. At least one security guard working at the embassy were killed in the blast.…

With no way to process it, US will bury 70,000 tons of nuclear waste

Published: 01 February, 2013, 08:05

With two decades to go before it can reprocess spent nuclear fuel, the US will have to bury nearly 70,000 tons of it, a research lab reports. It comes after Congress and the Obama administration defunded a planned nuclear waste repository in 2011.…

Ron Paul calls US involvement in Mali 'undeclared war'

Published: 29 January, 2013, 22:58

Ron Paul said US assistance to the French intervention in Mali is a sign that the Obama administration is creeping into another war – especially since questions about the extent of US involvement remain largely unanswered.

The recently…

Confirmed: Assange will run for Australian Senate in 2013

Published: 30 January, 2013, 14:31

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in 2013, it has been confirmed on Wednesday. It is not yet clear how he will escape from London’s Ecuadorean embassy.…

Israel fighter jets enter Lebanese airspace, hit targets on Syria border - reports

Published: 30 January, 2013, 16:19

Israeli air force jets attacked a target on the Syria-Lebanon border on Wednesday night, an unidentified diplomatic source told Reuters. The attack came amid reports of a sizable deployment of Israeli planes in…