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Juncker’s €315bn Giveaway Dismissed as Gimmick

The €315bn “New Deal” for investment and growth in the EU was today dismissed as “chicken feed” by a leading academic. Professor Charles Wyplosz from Geneva University dismissed the proclamations by President Juncker and said “it won’t do anything to

Juncker’s €315bn Giveaway Dismissed as Gimmick

Earliest Winter Weather in Decades Hits USA

Cold temperatures have socked much of the country early, bringing freezing temperatures and mounds of snow in some of the earliest winter weather in decades. Winter has debuted early in the USA. So early, in fact, that river ice has

Earliest Winter Weather in Decades Hits USA

NYT: US Weapons Already Finding Way Into ISIS Hands

Some of the weapons recently supplied to the Iraqi forces by U.S. taxpayers have already ended up in the hands of Islamic State jihadist, reports The New York Times.    That is a testament of the entrenched corruption in Iraq’s

NYT: US Weapons Already Finding Way Into ISIS Hands

UK Terrorism Watchdog Criticizes New Security Proposals

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s terrorism watchdog has criticized the government’s proposed new security laws, describing some of the measures as an “announcement waiting for a policy”. A bill introduced by Home Secretary Theresa May on Wednesday is designed to crack

UK Terrorism Watchdog Criticizes New Security Proposals

ISIS Continues Blowing Up Churches In Mosul

On November 24 ISIS blew up St. George’s Church and a nunnery in Mosul, thereby continuing the string of churches destroyed since the terror group took control of Mosul in June. According to Rudaw.net, the destruction has included not only

ISIS Continues Blowing Up Churches In Mosul

Iraqi Kurds Prepare Sinjar Mountain Offensive

(Reuters) – Kurdish forces in northern Iraq are drawing up plans to break Islamic State’s siege of Sinjar mountain, where hundreds of minority Yazidis remain stranded months after fleeing their homes. Seeking to regain territory and repair pride in his

Iraqi Kurds Prepare Sinjar Mountain Offensive

Insight: Merkel Hits Diplomatic Dead-End with Putin

BERLIN (Reuters) – After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed. Ahead of a summit of G20 leaders in Australia, Merkel resolved

Insight: Merkel Hits Diplomatic Dead-End with Putin

Tear Gas Deployed in Ferguson Amid Chaos

Tear gas was deployed by law enforcement officers in Ferguson, Missouri against people who were protesting the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case. As Breitbart News reported earlier, the decision of a Ferguson grand jury to not indict

Tear Gas Deployed in Ferguson Amid Chaos

Ukraine Announces Intention to Join NATO

Ukraine is taking steps to formally join NATO after President Petro Poroshenko met with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, a day after she called Russia a “terrorist state.” Lithuania is also a former USSR state and a member of NATO and

Ukraine Announces Intention to Join NATO

The ICE Guide To Avoiding Deportation In Five Easy Steps

President Obama’s executive amnesty for an estimated five million illegal aliens is, from the perspective of Republicans, an unconstitutional power grab that threatens the republic. In Obama’s telling, over soft piano music in a campaign-style YouTube video, it “just comes

The ICE Guide To Avoiding Deportation In Five Easy Steps

Iran Talks Likely Extended; The Least-bad Option

The nuclear talks between Iran and the international community have failed to reach a deal by the Nov. 24 deadline, and will reconvene next month, according to Reuters and other sources. (Update: The new deadline is the end of June

Iran Talks Likely Extended; The Least-bad Option

Trouble Doubled for UK’s Tories

(Reuters) Yet another embarrassing defeat for Britain’s ruling Conservative party. UK Independence Party’s Mark Reckless is sworn into parliament after winning the second parliamentary seat Prime Minister. Follow Breitbart London on Twitter @BreitbartLondon

Trouble Doubled for UK’s Tories

ISIS Refugees Come to Sacramento

A Sacramento church hosted an early Thanksgiving dinner for dozens of refugees who fled Iraq from fear of ISIS. One refugee, Bassil Mahid, said he is still afraid. He told a local news reporter, “[It’s] very hard to live.”  

ISIS Refugees Come to Sacramento

Central London Rail Station Evacuated after Fire

LONDON (Reuters) – One of London’s busiest railway stations, Charing Cross, was evacuated on Sunday after a fire caused by a suspected electrical fault, the British Transport Police (BTP) said. The incident generated a lot of traffic on social media,

Central London Rail Station Evacuated after Fire