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Russian Red Jihad

The recent wave of Islamic terrorism and radicalism in the Middle East, from the Arab Spring to the recent September 11, 2012 Benghazi...

Christian Gomez October 2, 2012

Russia Bans GMO Corn Over Cancer Fears as Pressure Builds on Monsanto

Alex Newman October 1, 2012

Following an explosive French study suggesting a link between Monsanto’s controversial genetically engineered corn and cancer, Russian authorities have temporarily suspended all imports...

Google Brazil Chief Arrested Over Political YouTube Video

Alex Newman September 30, 2012

After Google’s unit in Brazil refused to take down a YouTube video attacking a candidate in local elections, federal police took the search-engine...

France Set to Ban Words “Mother” and “Father” in Run-up to Same-sex “Marriage”

Dave Bohon September 29, 2012

France is positioned to ban the words “mother” and “father” from legal documents under the country's plan to legalize homosexual “marriage” and give...

Bristol, England, Adopts Alternative Currency

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 28, 2012

Bristol, England, has adopted the Bristol Pound, an alternative to the pound sterling, to encourage patronage at local businesses. The BBC reports that...

At CFR, Mexican President Calderón Promotes Agenda 21 and Disarmament

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 28, 2012

In an address to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Mexican President Felipe Calderón recommends government-enforced redistribution of wealth as the key to...

Netanyahu Warns of “Medieval Forces of Radical Islam”

Jack Kenny September 28, 2012

Describing the conflicts in the Middle East as "the clash between modernity and medievalism," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against "the medieval...

Julian Assange Criticizes Pres. Obama in Video Address to UN

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 27, 2012

WikiLeaks editor and founder Julian Assange criticized President Barack Obama during a nearly 20-minute address delivered via video to the United Nations meeting...

UN Chief Calls for End to Syria War; Obama Vows More Aid for Rebels

Alex Newman September 26, 2012

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to arms shipments to both sides in Syria’s brutal war between Western-backed rebels and...

Islamists Murder Nigerian Christians

James Heiser September 25, 2012

More than nine months after Boko Haram, an Islamist terror organization in Nigeria, demanded that Christians immediately vacate the northern states of that...

Egyptian President: U.S. Not Our Ally

James Heiser September 24, 2012

After nearly two years of support from the Obama administration for the “Arab Spring” movement that Islamists used to gain power, the new...

EU in Final Phase of Destroying Democracy, Czech President Warns

Alex Newman September 24, 2012

As European Union bosses now openly push for the complete elimination of national sovereignty in favor of a so-called “federation” with its own...

Spain’s Catalonia Region Demands Independence

Bob Adelmann September 21, 2012

Every September 11 the people of Catalonia, an independent region in northeast Spain, celebrate their “national day” — Diada — by taking the day off...