December 12, 2012

The Pentagon has approved a deal to supply 6,900 precision bomb kits to replenish Israel’s weapons stockpiles, diminished by the recent war against Hamas in Gaza. The contract is valued at $647 million.

“The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to U.S. national interests to…

December 09, 2012

Modern children are being poisoned like never before in the history of human civilization. No wonder the rate of autism in America has skyrocketed to 1 in 88 children over the last few decades, putting autism squarely in the "epidemic" category.

But don't expect any…

Dec 10, 2012

Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

The charge, buried in a recent regulation, works out to tens of millions of dollars for the largest…

Dec 10, 2012

Standard Chartered will pay more than $300m (£187m) to settle charges it violated US sanctions on Iran, Burma, Libya and Sudan.

The UK-based bank has been fined $100m by the Federal Reserve while it will…

December 11, 2012

A cosmetic company in Gaza has launched M75, a new perfume named after a long-range missile used by Palestinian militants to target Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during Israel’s recent Operation Pillar of Defense.

The name for the scent was chosen to commemorate the "victory in the Gaza Strip," Shadi Adwan, the…

December 10, 2012

A federal grand jury has indicted Barrett Brown, an activist from Texas with links to the Anonymous hacktivist movement, on a dozen federal charges for sharing a hyperlink inside of an Internet chat room.

Brown, 31, had been in federal custody for nearly three months awaiting trial for unrelated crimes when the US…

December 2012

Gun brought to the U.S. by American soldier and passed to his daughter. It was developed in 1944, holds a 30-round magazine and can shoot 500 rounds per minute. 

A World War II assault rifle that belonged to an SS officer was handed in to a gun buy-back organised by police in Connecticut.

The rare find, which is worth up to $40,000, would have been sent home by an American soldier who had taken it from a…

Dec 10, 2012

1 Canned soup: typically contains large amounts of processed salt, additives, MSG, and genetically engineered ingredients. Many companies also still use cans with bisphenol-A (BPA) in the lining. This plastic chemical has been identified as a potent endocrine disruptor, which means it can mimics or interfere with your body's…

December 10, 2012

The Support Assange and Wikileaks Coalition released this statement on December 7.

Wikileaks supporters in Sydney and Melbourne staged sit-ins in Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) buildings on December 7, to mark the second anniversary of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s…

December 10, 2012

Bogus hotel reservation emails have been spammed out widely, which claim to come from Booking.com but in reality carry malware designed to infect Windows computers.

Even if recipients haven't booked a hotel room they might be tempted to open the dangerous attachments, in fear that their credit card has been…

December 10, 2012

From the Christian West to the Islamic Middle East, atheists face discrimination and persecution including execution, life in prison, the revocation of citizenship and the denial of education and medical services, a new report has revealed.

A 69-page study titled …

December 10, 2012

Placing the Patriot missiles in Turkey will create a de-facto no-fly zone over Syria's north, making it easier for rebels to consolidate their forces there – and even establish their own government, Syrian political activist Yazan Abdallah told RT.

Abdallah also shared with RT information that jihadist groups inside…

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

A pair of scientists at San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute are preparing to release research data which proves cannabidiol (CBD) - amarijuana compound - has the ability to "turn off" the activity of a gene which causes cancers…

December 10, 2012

Leaked documents from a recent International Telecommunications Union meeting have exposed several disturbing examples of potential usages of the Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) standard, which was recently adopted by a UN conference in Dubai.

The …

Everyone has trouble falling asleep at one point or another; however, chronic issues can take a toll on your overall health, and after days or weeks of spending hours tossing and turning each night, going to bed can actually induce a sense of anxiety, only worsening the issue.

So how can you fall asleep fast?

1. Start your day with…

Dec 9, 2012

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said, in the latest blow to the Islamic militant network.

Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti, was killed when missiles…

Dec 8, 2012

The hospital nurse who put through …

December 8, 2012

The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids’ meals.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of Congress in a letter Friday that the department will do away with daily and weekly limits of meats and grains. Several lawmakers wrote…

Dec 7, 2012

A confessed serial killer who carefully plotted his murders across the country told investigators that he got "high" from killing, FBI officials say.

Footage shows Israel Keyes sipping coffee and…

December 9, 2012

Was Israel’s Pillar of Cloud self defense, or state terrorism? What is the Israeli lobby in the US, and what does the Arab lobby have to counter it with? To get some answers, RT sat down with former US Assistant Secretary of Defense Chas Freeman.

On November 14, Ahmed Jabari, Hamas' military leader in Gaza Strip, was…