Politics

Assad’s military forces have entered the province of Raqqa in order to confront ISIS for the first time since 2014.  Syrian regime forces alongside Russian forces have entered Raqqa with the aim of eliminating ISIS’ Syrian headquarters and regaining control of the area. Speisa.com reports: On Saturday, Bashar al-Assad’s army entered into the province of Raqqa for the first time since IS conquered large areas of northern Syria in 2014, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) today.

While the US political and financial establishment has been firmly opposed to a Trump presidency, an unexpected supporter for the presumptive GOP candidate has emerged in Russia, where the head of the Russian Upper House Committee for Foreign Relations, Konstantin Kosachev, said that a victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential elections would provide the "shake up" Washington needs and could be the catalyst to reverse the rapidly deteriorating trend in US-Russian relations.

With the most ironically perfect timing this week, President Obama "umm'd", "ahh'd", and "if'd" in a stuttering mess during his veiled denunciation of Donald Trump stump speech for Hillary Clinton, when horror of all horrors - his teleprompter froze...

Enjoy what could be the strangest public appearance yet for President Obama...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxo9-Z5Ki0

It's no secret that the United States Spends more on its military than any other country in the world by far. To help understand the context of just how massive the the US spending is, the following video from howmuch.net shows each country's share of of total military spending for the last 25 years (1990-2015).

The Scottish Parliament voted to support an outright ban on fracking on Wednesday Scottish National party MSPs abstained following a debate that gave a strong indication of the changed nature of the new Holyrood chamber. While the vote is not a binding policy it represents a defeat for the SNP which supports a moratorium on fracking but has stopped short of backing a full ban.