Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said “it’s very clear” that the US-led coalition is supporting terrorist groups in Syria, Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS/ISIL) among them. “They give support to terrorist groups including Daesh (Arabic for ISIS),” Erdogan said. Saying that the US have accused Turkey of …

A senior official with the private security firm Blackwater threatened to kill a US State Department investigator in 2007 for attempting to review the group’s performance in Iraq. An internal State Department memorandum featured by the New York Times Monday reveals how the investigator, Jean C. Richter, alerted his superiors following the …

Paving the way for other nations to introduce similar legislation and inform consumers what they’re really putting into their mouths, the labeling of products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) within the nation of India is now mandated by law. The country’s Ministry of Consumer Affairsmakes declared in a June 5, 2012 notice …

As drone technology continues to advance, Boeing has raised the bar even higher. The aerospace giant has received a patent for a UAV that could fly forever – recharging in mid-air via a tether attached to the ground. The patent – filed in March 2013 and approved by the US …

Russian media has announced the government is preparing for war. Russia Today reports the country now has a new fortified national defense facility located in Moscow that “would take control of the entire country in case of war.” The cost of the project is estimated at several billion dollars. “The creation …

Despite the fact that online dating is the same age as the Internet itself, for many people, such services remain a mysterious thing that is too scary to look into. Thanks to new information technologies, the Internet is no longer figuratively, but literally a reflection of our non-digital world. There …

In the second half of Thursday’s Keiser Report, Max interviewed Jim Rickards about his new book, ‘The Death of Money’. Max and Jim discussed the insider trading in American and United airlines stock in the days leading up to 9/11. The 9/11 conversation begins in earnest at 14:35:   Rather than …

The Russian air force has destroyed 20 vehicles and hundreds of ISIS fighters on their way to Deir ez-Zor in Syria, the Russian defence ministry has claimed. The strike destroyed 20 SUVs armed with large-calibre weapons and a number of armoured vehicles, including tanks. A statement from the Russian defence …

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armored recovery vehicles and other equipment, worth about $1.15 billion, to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The approval for land force equipment coincides with Saudi Arabia leading a military coalition in …

From Filip Karinja, for Birch Gold Group The hottest trend in retail right now is store closures – lots of them! This trend was brewing last year and seems to show no signs of stopping in 2016. Some of America’s biggest retailers are shrinking their footprint as consumers are choosing to use what’s left …

Catalonia’s regional parliament has backed a declaration on Monday to start a formal secession process from Spain. The region plans to establish autonomous rule by 2017. The declaration on secession, which launches a so-called roadmap towards independence, was backed by a majority in the regional parliament. The motion was passed by …

Using rat heart cells and silicone polymer, researchers have bioengineered a “jellyfish” that knows how to swim. The odd jellyfish mimic, dubbed a “Medusoid” by its creators, is more than a curiosity. It’s a natural biological pump, just like the human heart. That makes it a good model to use …

From Filip Karinja, for Birch Gold Group Following the worst start to a year in the stock market, Week 2 of 2016 sees the likes of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and JP Morgan issuing a simple warning to clients: Get out of the stock market ASAP! Don’t worry, we were shocked …

As the Pentagon reports spending of over $1 billion on bombing ISIS in Iraq and Syria, ex-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the fight against the Islamist movement may take as long as 30 years. Since mid-June, when militants from the Islamic State (also known as ISIS, or ISIL) launched their …

From Filip Karinja, for Birch Gold Group Alan Greenspan is ‘quite’ worried about a bond market bubble. In recent years, the bond bubble in the U.S. has been inflated by artificial demand from the Federal Reserve and from investors fleeing troubled European markets. The former Federal Reserve Chairman sees it this way: “The United States, strangely …

The Australian government has abandoned its five-year pledge to introduce a compulsory filter blocking child pornography and other objectionable internet content. Instead, internet service providers have agreed to block 1,400 child abuse websites on Interpol’s ‘worst of’ list, said Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. Three of Australia’s largest telecommunications companies – …

Russian authorities temporary suspended the import and sale of Monsanto’s genetically-modified corn after a French study suggested it may be linked to cancer. The Russia’s consumer-rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor asked scientists at the country’s Institute of Nutrition to review the study. The watchdog has also contacted to European Commission’s Directorate General …

Iceland has been informally contacted by an intermediary who stated that NSA leaker, former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, wants asylum in the Nordic island-state, Reuters reports. The difficulty though is that he is not in the country. WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson wrote in Icelandic daily Frettabladid that a middleman had …

US scientists have discovered an internal clock in our DNA that could measure the biological age of organs or cancer cells while helping researchers discover ways to slow down the aging process. The internal mechanism shows that different parts of our body age faster or slower, according to a study published …

Donald Trump just signed multiple executive orders allowing the expansion and construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. The move comes after many years of protests and legislative resistance. In November 2015, Obama rejected the expansion of the Keystone pipeline. In 2016, he also denied the building of …