Photo Credit: (AP) JERUSALEM – A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck Israel on Tuesday as tensions are mounting in the region weeks ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit. Militants claiming affiliation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement took responsibility for the attack, saying they fired the rocket to avenge the death of a Palestinian in Israeli custody. The… Read more →
http://www.euronews.com/ Fatah’s armed branch has vowed to take revenge for the Palestinian man who died in Israeli custody on Saturday. The call comes amid continued clashes since the weekend. Israeli soldiers were out in force this morning as Arafat Jaradat’s funeral took place in Se’eer. Arrested last week, Palestinians believe he was tortured in jail, though the autopsy proved inconclusive.
Photo Credit: Reuters/Joe Penney (Reuters) – French and Malian troops fought Islamists on the streets of Gao and a car bomb exploded in Kidal on Thursday, as fighting showed little sign of abating weeks before France plans to start withdrawing some forces. Reuters reporters in Gao in the country’s desert north said French and Malian forces fired at the mayor’s office with… Read more →
Photo discovered on RT A new North Korean propaganda video has emerged, depicting US President Barack Obama and American soldiers through a background of flames. The footage states Pyongyang carried out its latest nuclear test to spite the US, which warned against it. A new North Korean propaganda video has emerged, depicting US President Barack Obama and American soldiers through… Read more →
Photo Credit: Reuters/Lee Jae-Won (Reuters) - North Korea threatened South Korea with “final destruction” during a debate at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday, saying it could take further steps after a nuclear test last week. “As the saying goes, a new-born puppy knows no fear of a tiger. South Korea’s erratic behavior would only herald its final destruction,” North… Read more →
A group linked to the Chinese military has stolen massive amounts of data from over 100 different targets, most of which are based in the U.S., a security firm said in a report released Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reports Internet security company Mandiant says in the report it traced 141 major hacking attempts to a People’s Liberation Army building… Read more →
Syrian rebels and the opposition have accused the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah of attacking Syrian villages. The Syrian National Council (SNC) said Hezbollah fighters attacked three villages near the Lebanese border in support of the Syrian government. Hezbollah said three Lebanese Shia were killed in the clashes. Hezbollah has consistently denied it has sent its members to fight for the… Read more →
North Korea has reportedly told its primary ally China that it could stage one, possibly two more nuclear tests this year. The report follows a massive, 100,000-strong rally in Pyongyang to celebrate a recent nuclear test. The tests, which could be accompanied by another rocket launch, are intended to push the United States into nuclear talks with Pyongyang. “It’s all… Read more →
Photo: REUTERS Foreign Ministry says Pyongyang’s defiance of UN resolutions raises “grave concerns” about proliferation of nuclear and ballistic technologies; calls on int’l community to deliver message that such activities won’t be tolerated. Israel said on Tuesday that the international community must make clear to North Korea after its latest nuclear test that such activities cannot be tolerated. In a… Read more →
Experts say North Korea’s successful detonation of a miniaturized nuclear device is concerning because it indicates the country may be getting closer to the ability to put a nuclear device on a missile. North Korea drew worldwide condemnation Tuesday after it announced it had successfully conducted its third nuclear test, in direct defiance to U.N. Security Council orders to shut… Read more →
