Amid the coronavirus outbreak, gun sales across the country have been skyrocketing, with firearm shops everywhere from San Diego, where one shop owner said he was seeing sales “ten times higher” than normal, to New Jersey, where sales across the state have more than tripled, reporting major upticks in the purchasing of both guns and ammunition. Gun shops have been allowed to remain open during the lockdowns, apparently deemed […]
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The body of the 32-year-old Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli soldiers for throwing rocks at cars in the occupied West Bank last night is being withheld from his family by the Israeli authorities. The Israelis confirmed that soldiers had shot Sufian Al-Khawaja in the head as he drove through Ni’lin with his injured cousin, who the army claimed got away and was being pursued. According […]
With a bump of his elbow, Blue & White Party leader Benny Gantz received a mandate from Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to try and form a new ruling government coalition, after a prior attempt by Gantz back in September failed. As Netanyahu struggles desperately to stay in power at least long enough to avoid being prosecuted for corruption charges, the PM, who is presently leading an […]
An investigation by Israeli newspaper Haaretz has revealed that Israeli soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian vehicle whose driver was simply making a U-turn, in what military officials described at the time as an attempted ‘car-ramming’ attack. According to the paper, on 20 February, the Israeli army spokesperson reported that soldiers had shot at a Palestinian vehicle that accelerated toward them in Beitin village, “in what […]
A NASA employee was charged Wednesday with murdering his neighbor, a Maryland National Guardsman, with whom he’d fought for years over loud music, dog poop, and guests, according to police and family members. Michael Hetle, 52, faces several charges, including second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, in the slaying of his 24-year-old neighbor Javon Prather, Fairfax County police […]
A path out of the political wilderness has opened for Jeff Sessions. On Tuesday night, he came one step closer to reclaiming his old job—U.S. senator for Alabama—with a top-two finish in the state’s Republican Senate primary. With no candidate hitting 50 percent of the vote, Sessions and former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville will duke it out in a head-to-head runoff election scheduled for […]
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Greek border police have shot dead a Syrian migrant attempting to reach Europe as clashes grow following Turkey’s announcement that the border was “open.” The Greek border is being besieged by thousands of migrants convinced they can reach EU welfare havens following Ankara’s decision to stand down. Following clashes that saw migrants pelt police with rocks and other […]
Two Syrian pilots parachuted to safety after their plane was shot down by Turkish forces, as conflict escalated in Syria’s Idlib province. The fiery demise of the aircraft was captured on video. Footage filmed on Sunday shows the Syrian plane spinning around, its tail on fire, as two white parachutes blossom out in the clear blue expanse of the sky. The video was shot near Khan […]
A new video has emerged appearing to show Turkish military shot down Syrian government Su-24 attack aircraft over northwest Idlib, on March 1. The terrifying video shows flames engulfing the Syrian Su-24 aircraft after then hit by a missile. The jet was carrying two pilots, who reportedly ejected with parachutes. Turkey’s Defense Ministry said it had hit the two SU-24 aircraft, as well as Syrian air […]
The dangerous situation and open state of war between Turkey and Syria, and increasingly by extension with Russia backing its ally Damascus, has continued to escalate dramatically in the last 24 hours. Hours after Syrian national forces brought down yet another Turkish drone operating over Idlib province, and following last Thursday’s major air attack which killed 33 Turkish troops, two Syrian Air Force jets have been […]
A People’s Republic of China (PRC) navy destroyer 161 shot a weapons-grade laser at a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft in a recent move that U.S. Pacific Fleet dubbed “unsafe and unprofessional” in a statement Thursday. The incident took place on Feb. 17 in the Philippine Sea about 380 miles west of Guam while the P-8A Poseidon crew was “operating in international airspace in […]
To loosely quote Stalin, “No Patient Zero, No Problem.” For weeks, the outside world has speculated about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea. And the entire time, North Korea has persisted in insisting that it doesn’t have a coronavirus problem, even growing furious at a public offer of assistance from the State Department. For all we know about the North Korean virus response, […]
The Turkish Air Force had a very bad last 24 hours, reportedly losing an unprecedented total of three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Syria and Libya. Turkish President Erdogan attents to roll out of a new fleet of high tech drones, file image. First, a large Turkish military drone was downed over south Idlib on Tuesday. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, “A unit of the […]
26 Feb, 2020 21:00 Eight people have been shot at the Miller Coors Brewing Company headquarters in Milwaukee, Minnesota, according to local media. Authorities have reportedly subdued the shooter. MPD is investigating a critical incident in the 4000 block of W. State Street. Please stay clear of the area at this time. — Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) February 26, 2020 DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
Israeli police officers shot an innocent Palestinian teacher and left him to die, a new investigation has found. Shocking details of the killing of Yacoub Abu Al-Qiyan in 2017 have been uncovered by Haaretz, exposing the negligence of Israeli soldiers who allowed the 47-year-old to bleed to death even though medical personnel were only a few metres away. Al-Qiyan’s death has been mired in controversy from […]
A Palestinian boy who was shot in the face by an Israeli police officer has lost his left eye. Eight-year-old Malik Issa was on his way home along with his three sisters after school in the neighbourhood of Issawiya, in occupied East Jerusalem, when he was shot in the face with a rubber-coated steel bullet fired by an Israeli occupation officer last week. His father told […]
A Brazilian politician was hit by rubber bullets after he tried to use a construction vehicle to disperse military policemen who were protesting for better salaries. Former governor of the Ceara State on Brazil’s northeastern coast and current Senator Cid Gomes confronted a demonstration by military police personnel in his hometown of Sobral on Wednesday. According to O Globo newspaper, the protesting officers were demanding salary […]
The Israeli police officer who shot a Palestinian child in the face over the weekend has told investigators that he only fired at a wall, reported Haaretz. 9-year-old Malek Issa was walking home from school in Issawiya, occupied East Jerusalem, when he was hit with a sponge-tipped bullet. Issa remains in serious condition in intensive care in hospital, and is expected to lose his sight in […]
14 Feb, 2020 13:54 Syrian government soldiers near Aleppo, Syria. February 11, 2020. © AFP A Syrian Army helicopter was destroyed by a missile during an operation against anti-government forces near Aleppo, and its crew was killed, Syrian state-run media reported. Source
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