Duterte Threatens UN Philippines President Vows To 'Burn Down The United Nations' For Criticizing Drug War

Duterte Threatens UN? Philippines President Vows To ‘Burn Down The United Nations’ For Criticizing Drug War

Rodrigo Duterte offered his latest controversial remarks on Thursday. This time they were aimed at the United Nations’ human rights chief. The Philippines president attacked the U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights for suggesting the organization should open a murder investigation against Duterte, describing Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein as an “idiot” and claiming he’d “burn down the United Nations.”

Ship for Batman: US Navy commissions ‘quantum leap’ stealth destroyer

Ship for Batman: US Navy commissions ‘quantum leap’ stealth destroyer

The latest addition to the US Navy, the USS Zumwalt, has joined the fleet. The technologically-advanced destroyer has been compared to the Batmobile by a top US general.
“If Batman had a ship, it would be the USS Zumwalt,” said Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr., commander of the US Pacific Command at the commissioning ceremony in Baltimore.
At more than $4 billion a vessel, the Zumwalt is a multi-mission stealth ship with a focus on land and surface attacks.

Damascus has proof US talked to ISIS militants ahead of airstrike on Syrian forces – lawmaker

Damascus has proof US talked to ISIS militants ahead of airstrike on Syrian forces – lawmaker

Damascus has a recording of conversations between the American military and Islamic State terrorists ahead of the US-led coalition airstrike that hit Syrian troops near Deir ez-Zor on September 17, the speaker of the People’s Council of Syria said.
“The Syrian Army intercepted the communications between the Americans and Daesh [Arabic pejorative for Islamic State/IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] ahead of the attack on Deir ez-Zor,” Hadiya Khalaf Abbas said, as cited by the Al Mayadeen channel.

Russia Mossad, other foreign agents killed in Aleppo strike

Russia: Mossad, other foreign agents killed in Aleppo strike

According to the Arabic-language version of Russia’s Sputnik news agency, some “30 Israeli and Western officers” died when they were hit by three Kalibr cruise missiles fired by Russian warships in a “foreign officers’ coordination operations room” in western Aleppo, near Mount Simeon.

In addition to the Mossad agents, the Russian report claimed, military officials from the United States, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Turkey — virtually every country hated by Iran, Syria and Russia — were killed in the strike, according to “battlefield sources.”