US General Warns Israel Not To Attack Iran

The U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey used an interview in Britain's Guardian newspaper today to suggest that the United States did not want to be blamed for a unilateral Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. "I don't want to be ...

House Prices Rise in UK and Canada

Figures released today from both Canada and the United Kingdom show that house prices are rising, but analyst in both country's predict that the trend may not continue. In the United Kingdom a 1.3% rise in house prices in August, the biggest monthly increase since the ...

Syrian Rebels Attack Military Compounds in Aleppo

Syrian rebels are reported to have launched attacks against four military compounds in the city of Aleppo today. The British based 'Syrian Observatory for Human Rights', an activist group associated with the Free Syrian Army, have claimed that one attack targeted a compound in the ...

Marbella Threatened by Spanish Wildfire

Thousands of people have been evacuated from the affluent tourist resort of Marbella on Spain's famous Costa Del Sol, as a large wildfire which started yesterday is threatening to engulf the town. The fire is believed to have started on Thursday afternoon in the Sierra Negra ...

S. African Miners Charged with Murder of Colleagues Shot by Police

The 270 South African miners arrested after violence flared up during a strike at the Marikana mine recently have been charged with the murder of their 34 colleagues who where shot by police. When a protest over a pay dispute at Marikana mine got out of ...

Shelling from Syria Hits Border Towns in Lebanon

Artillery shells fired from inside Syria have bit several small towns in Lebanon close to the border between the two countries. According to state media in Lebanon more than 30 shells hit the towns of Menjez, Kherbet al-Roumman, Aamar al-Beykat, Al-Debabiyyeh and Al-Noura in the ...

World Bank Issues Warning on Soaring Food Prices

The World Bank has warned that the rising price of staple foods - which jumped up by 10% in July - could leave many of the world's poorest households struggling to feed themselves. "We cannot allow these historic price hikes to turn into a lifetime of ...

UN: Iran has Doubled its Nuclear Program and ‘Significantly Hampered’ Probe

A UN report from the  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published today reveals that Iran has doubled its underground nuclear enrichment capability, with over 1000 new machines based in a facility set deep underground in Fordow. Although the report claims that the 1000 new machines are ...

Can The World Produce Enough Food to Feed Everyone?

With recent extreme weather events damaging crops and driving up food price inflation around the world there are once again fears that we could be approaching a repeat of the kind of global food crisis seen in 2007 and 2008. If this happens then millions ...

Could Egypt Find the Path to Peace for Syria?

So far it has been difficult to see how a peaceful resolution could be found to the civil war raging in Syria. On one side the Free Syrian Army and their backers in Washington have consistently said that President Assad must step down before peace ...

Dozens Killed When Miners Attacked Venezuelan Tribe

Up to 80 people are thought to have been killed in the most serious attack yet on Yanomami tribes people by illegal miners. The attack took place in the remote Irotatheri community, which is located in Venezuela, close to the border with Brazil. It is thought ...

Australian Troops Suffer ‘Single Worst Day in Afghanistan’

Australian forces fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan suffered their single worst day of losses since the conflict began yesterday. Defense officials have confirmed 5 deaths in total after three soldiers were killed on Wednesday in the latest 'green-on-blue' attack, when a man in an Afghan ...