Breaking:
Large batch of ISIS terrorists to leave Yarmouk Camp for eastern
Syria
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (1:40 A.M.) – Despite the Syrian government’s claims that
no agreement has been put in place between their forces and the
Islamic State (ISIS) in southern Damascus, a military source told
Al-Masdar this evening that several buses departed from Yarmouk Camp
last night.
According
to the source, a large convoy consisting of dozens of buses left the
Yarmouk Camp with several hundred Islamic State terrorists and their
family members.
The
terrorists were transported to the Badiya Al-Sham region, which is
located between eastern Homs and western Deir Ezzor.
Another
large convoy of Islamic State terrorists are expected to leave
tonight, as more than 30 buses have arrived in the Yarmouk Camp for
this evacuation.
President
Trump is officially requesting that the Department of Justice
investigate whether or not the "FBI/DOJ infiltrated or
surveilled the Trump campaign for Political Purposes," as well
as whether "any such demands or requests were made by people
within the Obama administration." He will make this demand
official on Monday.
I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes - and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!
If the FBI or DOJ was infiltrating a campaign for the benefit of another campaign, that is a really big deal. Only the release or review of documents that the House Intelligence Committee (also, Senate Judiciary) is asking for can give the conclusive answers. Drain the Swamp!
On
Saturday, Trump called for the DOJ to "release or review" a
cache of documents that will allow Congressional investigators to get
to the bottom of revelations that the FBI sent an informant to
infiltrate the Trump campaign.
DOJ to launch probe into Trump campaign ‘infiltration’ by FBI
Roger Stone, one of President Trump's earliest political advisors and a fixture on the Sunday show circuit, told NBC News' Chuck Todd that he's "prepared" to be indicted as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
"I
am prepared should that be the case," Stone said on "Meet
The Press". "But I think it just demonstrates, again, this
was supposed to be about Russian collusion, and it appears to be an
effort to silence or punish the president’s supporters and his
advocates."
"It
is not inconceivable now that Mr. Mueller and his team may seek to
conjure up some extraneous crime pertaining to my business, or maybe
not even pertaining to the 2016 election," Stone said. "I
would chalk this up to an effort to silence me."
Stone,
who has already testified before the House Intelligence Committee,
said he has not been interviewed by Mueller. He also reiterated that
Mueller's team had found "no evidence whatsoever" to
connect Trump to Russia, and that it hasn't found any evidence to
connect Stone to Russia, either.
Regardless,
Stone speculated that Mueller might try to bust him on some unrelated
charges - perhaps something pertaining to his business
President
and candidate Nicolas Maduro won the Sunday elections.
President
Nicolas Maduro won the Venezuelan presidential elections Sunday,
gaining a second presidential term for six years with more than 5.8
million votes, the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Sunday
night.
With 92.6 percent of the votes counted, Maduro had 5.8 million votes, while his closest rival, former governor Henri Falcón getting 1.8 million votes, said CNE President Tibisay Lucena who added that in total, 8.6 million Venezuelans voted, out of an electoral registry of 20.5 million people.
BUENOS
AIRES (Reuters) - The United States will not recognize the result of
Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday, U.S. Deputy Secretary
of State John Sullivan told journalists
The
United States is actively considering oil sanctions on Venezuela and
Sullivan said a response to Sunday’s vote would be discussed at a
G20 meeting in Buenos Aires on Monday.
Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro was seeking a six-year term in a Sunday
election boycotted by the opposition and condemned by foes as the
“coronation” of a dictator. Results are expected by late evening.
“We
need to make sure we adhere to our goal which is to target corrupt
regime officials and not the people of Venezuela,” Sullivan said.
“We don’t want to damage the country in a way that makes it
difficult to repair after democracy is restored.”
He
called oil sanctions “a very significant step.” “They are under
active review,” he said.
Narendra
Modi arrives in Sochi for an "agenda-less" meeting with
Vladimir Putin, but there won't be time for chit-chat – the two men
must save key arms deals left up in the air by US sanctions, and find
common ground on China.
"This
is a very different kind of meeting. Normally, we have a system of
annual bilateral summits that are very structured, where you
negotiate and you come out with documents, contracts and joint
statements," said Pankaj Saran, India's ambassador to Moscow,
ahead of his prime minister's arrival in the Black Sea resort on
Monday afternoon.
US & China put trade war ‘on hold,’ agree more talks
The
US-China trade war is “on hold” after the world’s two largest
economies agreed to stop threatening new tariffs ahead of further
negotiations on a wider trade deal.
“We
are putting the trade war on hold. Right now, we have agreed to put
the tariffs on hold while we try to execute the framework,” US
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told ‘Fox News Sunday.’
Iraq's new 'Kingmaker?' Nationalist, anti-American cleric scores big parliamentary win
A
Shia cleric with strong anti-American views is poised to become
kingmaker in Iraq. Muqtada al-Sadr's coalition emerged victorious in
parliamentary elections, signaling a resurgence in Iraqi nationalism,
analysts told RT.
Al-Sadr's
Sairoon Alliance capitalized on widespread anger over foreign
influence and unchecked corruption in Iraq, securing a surprise
victory over Iran-backed Shia militia chief Hadi al-Amiri's Fatah
(Conquest) Coalition, and US-backed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's
Nasr (Victory) Coalition.
The
prominent Shia cleric is an outspoken critic of US military presence
in Iraq, even leading two revolts against American-led forces after
their 2003 invasion. At the same time, al-Sadr is also opposed to
Iranian influence in Iraq. His ability to appeal to Iraqis' sense of
nationalism seems to be the main driving force behind his coalition's
unexpected parliamentary victory.
Russian Military Finds Militants' Depots With NATO Weapons
Depots
with weapons produced in NATO member-states as well as underground
explosive production facilities are being found by members of the
Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation and Syrian government troops
in the territories liberated from militant groups, the center said on
Monday in a statement.
According
to the statement, the officers are also revealing underground tunnels
that are equipped with medical complexes as well as detention
facilities for civilians. Syrian sappers continue to de-mine
settlements in the liberated areas.
Contaminated Fukushima Water Storage Tanks "Close To Capacity", TEPCO Admits
The
Tokyo Electric Power Company is running out of container space to
store water contaminated by tritium outside the Fukushima No. 1
nuclear power plant, and it's also running out of room for building
more tanks, according to Yomiuri Shimbum, a Japanese newspaper, which
is creating an intractable problem for the utility, which has been
tasked with supervising the cleanup of Fukushima.
The
Japanese government has been desperately trying to accelerate the
cleanup ahead of the upcoming 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo - and it's
a miracle it hasn't run into this issue sooner. TEPCO is still
struggling with how to dispose of the tritium-tainted water. Options
discussed have included dumping it into the ocean, but that proposal
has angered local fishing communities.
It
was December 1984, and President Reagan had just been elected to his
second term, Dynasty was the top show on TV and Madonna's Like a
Virgin topped the musical charts.
It
was also the last time the Earth had a cooler-than-average month.
Last
month marked the planet's 400th consecutive month with above-average
temperatures, federal scientists from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday.
Oil
prices finished Wednesday's session at new 3½-year highs after
President Trump abandoned a nuclear deal with Iran and announced the
"highest level" of sanctions against the OPEC member.
Ignoring
pleas by allies, Trump on Tuesday pulled out of an international
nuclear deal with Iran that was agreed in late 2015, raising the risk
of conflict in the Middle East and casting uncertainty over global
oil supplies at a time when the crude market is already tight.
Futures
extended gains after the U.S Energy Information Administration
reported U.S. stockpiles of both crude oil and gasoline fell by 2.2
million barrels in the week through May 4.
U.S.
light crude ended the session up $2.08 a barrel, or 3 percent, at
$71.14. The contract topped out at $71.36 on Wednesday, the highest
intraday level since November 2014.
Brent
crude oil also touched its highest since November 2014 at $77.43 on
Wednesday. The benchmark contract was up $2.36 a barrel, or 3.2
percent, at $77.21 by 2:29 p.m. ET.
.
GENEVA
(Reuters) - Israel railed against the U.N. Human Rights Council on
Friday as it voted to set up a probe into recent killings in Gaza and
accused Israel of excessive use of force.
Which countries are dumping the dollar and why?
The
European Union is considering switching payments from the US dollar
to the euro after Washington threatened to target European firms
working in Iran, according to reports.
The
measure may help the EU to retain one of the world's largest markets,
which was opened for trade after the historic nuclear deal signed by
Tehran and the P5+1 powers (China, France, Russia, UK, US, plus
Germany) in June 2015.
The
idea to eliminate the role of the greenback in international
settlements is not new. Aside from the EU, a number of nations have
been mulling the idea. RT discussed with analysts how realistic the
prospect of countries ditching the dollar is.
In
light of the recent developments Iran is the most pressured nation to
drop the dollar with Tehran having partially adjusted trade without
the US currency, Alexandre Kateb, president of Competence Finance
SAS, told RT.
From the Russophobic Britush press
May must tackle ‘corrupt’ Russian money in UK, say MP's
The
robust rhetoric from the prime minister following the Salisbury
attack has been undermined by the ‘business as usual’ sign
hanging on the UK’s front door, Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
says
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