Libya: Opposition say they are advancing towards Tripoli, US Gen. admits NATO trying to kill Gaddafi & ICC issues warrent

‘Revolutionaries move towards Tripoli’ Press TV Libyan revolutionaries say they are advancing closer towards Tripoli, opening a second frontline on their way to capture the capital. The revolutionaries claim they have approached to the outskirts of the town of Bair al-Ghanam, 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Tripoli, and are fighting regime forces, the Associated [...]

Moroccans rally for and against reforms

Press TV Thousands of demonstrators in Morocco have taken to the streets to demonstrate both for and against constitutional reforms proposed by King Mohammed VI. The protests came just a week prior to a July 1 referendum on a new constitution proposed by the despotic ruler, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. In a nationally-televised [...]

Egypt blames US, “Israel” for sect. strife

Press TV Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Yehiya al-Gamal has blamed the United States and Israel for being engaged in efforts to incite a religious strife to weaken the African country. “The US and Israel are behind the religious sedition in Egypt [as] they realize this is the only way to break up the country,” said [...]

MEP joining flotilla tells EI: EU’s honest broker image “a sham”

by David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada Paul Murphy, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Ireland’s Socialist Party, is bound for Gaza as part of the second Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Only appointed to the Parliament in April — as a replacement for a colleague who had returned to domestic politics in Dublin — Murphy [...]

Palestine: 15 year old arrested after hit by jeep, 100 tombs destroyed, arrests, torture of prisoners & other Israeli crimes

Silwan: 1 arrested after hit by Israeli jeep JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained a young Palestinian from Silwan after hitting him with a military Jeep. Local witnesses said the Israeli military detained Ali Sabri Abu Diab, 15, from Silwan, for unknown reasons. Israeli forces also raided a solidarity sit-in tent in Silwan after Friday [...]

Madrid conference hears Bahraini woes

Sanabis (24/6/2011): Madrid conference hears Bahraini woes Press TV Rights activists from across the world have attended a conference held in a show of solidarity with Bahraini revolutionaries in the Spanish capital, Madrid. A large number of civil and human rights activists took part in the conference to share the pains of those Bahraini families [...]

Suspected sabotage of Freedom Flotilla 2 ship’s engine & Jordanian lifeline to Gaza

Suspected Israeli agents try to sabotage Freedom Flotilla II ship’s engine ATHENS, (PIC)– A group suspected of being linked with the Israeli foreign intelligence agency the Mossad was reported to have tried to thwart the sailing of a Greek ship slated to join the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla II due to set sail sometime next week. [...]

Marches in Saudi Arabia demanding the release of prisoners & basic rights

Dozens March for Freedom in Saudi Arabia: YouTube Al Manar Dozens of people wearing white shrouds have staged a peaceful march in the oil-producing region of eastern Saudi Arabia, demanding basic rights and the release of prisoners, according to a video posted on YouTube. The video recording, dated June 24, showed some 30 men… marching [...]

Libya opposition expects Gaddafi offer “very soon”

Al Manar Libya’s opposition expected to receive a proposal from Muammar Gaddafi “very soon” that could end the crisis in the African country, insisting the embattled leader should agree to stand down. As the rebels said they were in direct talks with Gaddafi officials, they expected to receive the offer through South African and French [...]

“Now it’s all gone”: Women cope with siege in Jordan Valley

by Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada Israeli military forces have demolished 27 houses in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank over the last two weeks. More than 140 Palestinians have been rendered homeless by the demolitions, while Israeli settlement expansion continues to threaten more land and restrict water access — affecting the vitality [...]

Afghanistan: Obama endorses long-term deployment of US combat troops

The Open Door in Afghanistan by GARETH PORTER, source President Barack Obama’s speech announcing that the 33,000 “surge” troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn by “summer” 2012 indicates that he has given priority to the interests of the military and the Pentagon over concerns by key officials in his administration over the impact of the [...]

Hezbollah caught spies working for the world’s most powerful intelligence agency, the CIA

Hezbollah defeated the world’s most powerful intelligence agency, the CIA Al Manar Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah declared on Friday that two Hezbollah members have confessed to have links with the US Central Intelligence Agency. His eminence also said the group was investigating whether a third member of the party had been recruited by [...]

Bahrain: Regime targets football players, videos of protests & attacks by police

Marches (24/6/2011) & attacks by police: Bahraini Government Interfered Politically in Sports? Source World soccer body FIFA has asked Bahrain for full details of the detention in early April of Bahraini soccer players during anti-government protests earlier this year in preparation of an investigation into whether the government has interfered politically in the sport. Disclosure [...]

Palestine: IOF attack protests, arrest of two foreigners, land theft & olive trees set on fire

IOF soldiers quell Nabi Saleh march, arrest two foreigners RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used brutal force to disperse the weekly peaceful march of the Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah, despite the presence of a big number of children and foreign activists. Local sources said that the IOF soldiers fired rubber bullets, teargas, and [...]

Organizers deny that flotilla is ‘provocation’ & Israeli excuses are null and void

Organizers deny that flotilla is ‘provocation’, as Clinton claimed BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The European campaign to end the siege on Gaza (ECESG) has denounced the U.S.’s position on the Freedom Flotilla II condemning the humanitarian mission as a provocation. The flotilla, set to sail to Gaza sometime next week, will include 15 ships carrying hundreds of [...]