Society's Child

Car bomb kills at least 45 and injures 50 in Baghdad

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 17:26 UTC

A third bomb in three days has rocked the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The Iraqi police said at least 45 people were killed and 50 others injured by the blast claimed by the terrorist group Islamic State.

Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan confirmed the toll from the attack, but medical sources put it higher, with Reuters reporting 48 killed and 55 injured by the blast.

The attack took place in the southwestern al-Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, in a street used for the sale of used cars, which was packed with salesmen and customers at the time of the explosion.

The terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for the bombing through its news agency Amaq.

At least 30 killed, hundreds more injured in bomb attack at Pakistan shrine in latest wave of violence to hit the country

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:31 UTC

At least 30 people have been killed and 100 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a shrine in Pakistan, according to local media. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The suicide bomber entered the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in the city of Sehwan Sharif through its golden gate, according to local authorities cited by Dawn news outlet.

The explosion took place at the spot where a ritual known as dhamaal was being performed.

"The blast occurred within the premises of the shrine. We have declared emergency in hospitals and are shifting the injured to nearby hospitals," Deputy Commissioner Munawar Mahesar told ARY News.

Comment:

Russia's former nuclear chief donates large bonus to fighting children's cancer

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:28 UTC

The deputy head of Russia's Presidential Administration and former Rosatom chief Sergey Kirienko has transferred his retirement package to a foundation fighting kids' cancer.

According to media reports, the exact sum is not known, but last year the head of the nuclear corporation earned $856,000 (49 million rubles). He was paid a three-year bonus of almost $980,000 (56 million rubles).

Kirienko has been in charge of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom since December 2007. In October he joined the Presidential Administration.

Sales of Persian rugs in US soar with lifting of Iranian sanctions

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:42 UTC

Nearly $69 million worth of Persian rugs were exported to the US during the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year that ended on January 19, according to Hamid Kargar, the head of Iran's National Carpet Center.

The year before no rugs were exported, he said as quoted by local media.

The Islamic Republic resumed exports of its traditional hand-woven carpets to the US as soon as the international sanctions against the country's nuclear program were lifted.

The US imposed a ban on carpet imports along with other products in September 2010.

Comment: See also: Sword of sanctions knows no scabbard: America's endless economic war on Iran

UK government's decision to end child refugee resettlement plan condemned by children's commissioners

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:09 UTC

Britain's four children's commissioners have written to Tory Home Secretary Amber Rudd expressing their "deep concern" after the government announced it is scrapping a scheme to resettle refugee children.

News that the UK will take no more than 350 unaccompanied minors from Europe came as a shock, given that original plans drafted under the so-called Dubs Amendment had set out provisions to help up to 3,000. The scheme was named after campaigner and politician Alf Dubs, who was himself an unaccompanied child refugee during World War II and who found asylum in Britain through the Czech Kindertransport rescue effort.

The decision sparked outcry among politicians and campaigners.

In response to the move, the children's commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all signed the letter to the home secretary on Thursday.

Comment: Interesting how often Western governments have used humanitarian concerns to intervene in the affairs of ME nations, yet quickly find excuses to abstain from offering real assistance when needed.

UK 'did not send a gram of flour': Moscow refutes criticism over aid for Syria

Dutch report: ISIS returnees, boys as young as 9 may pose terrorist threat

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:23 UTC

There are some 190 Netherlands nationals currently living in the territories under terrorist control, the Dutch intelligence reported. Even their children as young as nine may have combat experience and pose a threat upon returning to the country.

The warning comes from the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), an intelligence agency dealing with domestic non-military threats to the Netherlands. AIVD gave public an update on the presence of Dutch nationals in the ranks of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

Not only IS fighters, but also their children should be considered as potential threats and monitored as "jihadist travelers," AIVD director Rob Bertholee told the national broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)

Hooded men: Conduct of British Army in N. Ireland 'on scale of war crime'

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:17 UTC

Protestant area in west Belfast July 7, 1998

The torture that detained Catholics in Northern Ireland allegedly endured at the hands of the British was on the scale of a "war crime" a Belfast Court has heard.

The case revolves around 14 men who were kidnapped by security forces in 1971 and subjected to so-called deep interrogation.

This included the "Five Techniques" that were to become standard practice for 'War on Terror'-era interrogators.

Alabama governor under investigation for corruption, state AG Steven Marshall recuses himself

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:07 UTC

When Alabama's new attorney general issued a statement announcing he was recusing himself from an investigation into the governor, he also revealed that the previous attorney general had been investigating the governor - a fact largely unknown.

Newly appointed Attorney General Steven Marshall released a statement on Wednesday saying he would keep his promise to recuse himself from an ongoing investigation into Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R).

Marshall appointed former Montgomery County District Attorney Ellen Brooks to lead the investigation instead.

Marshall was appointed as attorney general by Governor Bentley on Friday after a vacancy was left by former Attorney General Luther Strange, who had also been appointed by Bentley. Strange was then appointed to temporarily fill Jeff Sessions' US Senate seat after the Senate confirmed Sessions as the new US attorney general.

Sick bag: Catholic Church paid $213mn to sex abuse victims in Australia since 1980

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:57 UTC

The Catholic Church paid US $213 million to victims of alleged sex abuse committed by priests in Australia over decades, an investigation says. Critics say the system of payments is unfair and not all victims receive the same opportunities or compensation.

Since 2013, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been holding hearings on alleged Catholic Church sex abuse of children - mostly boys.

"Catholic Church authorities made total payments of [AU] $276.1 million [US $213million] in response to claims of child sexual abuse received between 1 January 1980 and 28 February 2015, including monetary compensation, treatment, legal and other costs," the statement from the commission said on Thursday.

BYO: Arizona lets death row inmates bring their own lethal injection drugs to executions

RT
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:43 UTC

"BYO" is often seen on invitations asking people to bring booze, but it's unusual for the practice to be applied to the death row arena. Arizona has done just that, however, requesting inmates up for execution to bring their own lethal injection drugs.

There is a dearth of lethal injection drugs in the United States after the European Union banned the export of medication used in capital punishment to the US, citing it as a violation of the EU Torture Regulation of 2012.

Since then, states have resorted to using different drug cocktails for the procedure. When that fails, they have fallen back on outdated methods like the electric chair or a firing squad.

At least the WHO, stopped their concert immediately, when that tragedy happened in Cincinnati. This, on the other hand is reprehensible.

JTF Truth

Designer Federica Cavenati, who was known to friends as Kikka, has very sadly passed away, aged just 28, after a short and sudden illness Another...

HashAttack2

Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to the USA via Sweden where he faced sex offence allegations for which...

JTF Truth

i can imagine a future msnbc commercial airing between cnn's propaganda blurbs: "drones....coming to a neighbourhood near you.... ...this...

life

What an evil person. Pure lies, sticking to the script so she doesn't incur the wrath of her minders. It is time for the human race to stand up.

tekdude

Society's Child

Car bomb kills at least 45 and injures 50 in Baghdad

At least 30 killed, hundreds more injured in bomb attack at Pakistan shrine in latest wave of violence to hit the country

Russia's former nuclear chief donates large bonus to fighting children's cancer

Sales of Persian rugs in US soar with lifting of Iranian sanctions

UK government's decision to end child refugee resettlement plan condemned by children's commissioners

Dutch report: ISIS returnees, boys as young as 9 may pose terrorist threat

Hooded men: Conduct of British Army in N. Ireland 'on scale of war crime'

Alabama governor under investigation for corruption, state AG Steven Marshall recuses himself

Sick bag: Catholic Church paid $213mn to sex abuse victims in Australia since 1980

BYO: Arizona lets death row inmates bring their own lethal injection drugs to executions

Latest News

Picture of the Day

Quote of the Day

Recent Comments

Quantum Quirk

Contact Us