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Hacktivists Reveal Many US Olympians Were Allowed To Taking Banned Substances

A second batch of secret data from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s database of athletes who took part in the 2016 Rio Olympics was released by the hacking group Fancy Bears; the list includes 10 ‘doping addicts’ from the US and five more from Britain.

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Serena Williams returns a shot to Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, during the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in New York.

The hacktivist group Fancy Bears published a second batch of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)'s medical data on athletes who took part in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The publication came just a few days after Fancy Bears leaked alleged WADA documents showing that the agency had allowed US tennis players Serena and Venus Williams, as well

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Philippines Orders US Boots Off Its Ground, Signals Pivot To China

A considerable proportion of people in the Philippines do not want US troops in their country.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wears a pilot's jacket which was presented to him during his "Talk with the Airmen" on the anniversary of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at the Philippine Air Force headquarters in suburban Pasay city, southeast of Manila, Philippines.

There are currently several hundred members of US special forces in the Philippines, undertaking training of local forces in an effort to combat insurgency in the south of the country. The force has been drawn down, but many people in the Philippines would prefer the US to stay out of the country altogether, analyst Dr Joseph Chang told

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Canadian Denied Entry To US After Admitting Past Pot Use

While marijuana is legal in several US states, individuals admitting to recreational use are reportedly being barred from entering the country.

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"They said that I was inadmissible because I admitted to smoking marijuana after the age of 18 and before I’d received my medical marijuana license," Matthew Harvey told CBC News. The 39-year-old Canadian citizen wants to take his three-year-old daughter on a vacation to Disneyland in California, but is having difficulties entering the US due

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Norway’s Oil Fund Makes Killing On ‘Prison-Like’ Refugee Camps

Horrendous as it may sound, for many people the migrant crisis is all about making money.

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In this Sept. 19, 2001, file photo, refugees, right, gather on one side of a fence to talk with international journalists about their journey that brought them to the Island of Nauru. Human rights groups accused Australia on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, of deliberately ignoring the abuse of asylum seekers being held at the remote Pacific island detention camp in a bid to deter future refugees from trying to reach the country by boat.

The Norwegian Oil Fund has recently come under fire for being a major shareholder in the company who runs Australia's notorious detention camps on Pacific islands, where violence, child abuse and self-mutilation flourish amid poor living conditions. Earlier this year, Australia came under international criticism for keeping thousands

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Amid Surge In US Weapon Sales To Saudi Arabia, Top Saudi Cleric Calls For Killing Of Shia, Christians And Jews

Meanwhile, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir appeared on CNN on Tuesday, lecturing Syria on human rights, as Riyadh continues to bomb civilians and hospitals in Yemen.

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Video of a daily prayer service at the Saudi Arabian Masjid al-Ḥarām, the largest mosque in the world, reveals a top Saudi imam calling for the killing of Shia Muslims, Jews, and Christians. This as the West continues to send billions of dollars worth of military aid to Riyadh. Masjid al-Ḥarām, also known as the Sacred Mosque, or the Great

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CIA, Pentagon Pressuring UN To Act On Alleged Use Of Chemical Weapons By Syria

“Washington’s allegations are an attempt to replay a lost campaign in the region by threatening large-scale combat actions.”

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A crew member of the Danish warship Esbern Snare enters a decontamination shower wearing a gas mask, while another crew member waits, during drills at sea between Cyprus and Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Two cargo ships and their warship escorts set sail at waters near Syria where they will wait for orders on when they can head to the Syrian port of Latakia to pick up more than 1,000 tons of chemical agents. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

The United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are being pressured by the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to address the issue of alleged chemical attacks by Syrian forces, a Russian diplomatic source said. "The US military and intelligence agencies are using all means to undermine a

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Steroids May Be Behind The Aggressive Behavior Of US Police

Side-effects associated with police steroid use and abuse have become a dangerous element in the ongoing debate regarding overly violent behavior and the militarized law-enforcement culture of the United States.

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A police officer throws an object at protestors, Monday, April 27, 2015, following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a Baltimore Police Department van.

In 2004, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) listed the many side-effects of steroid use, including mood swings, impaired judgment, depression, increased aggression, extreme irritability, hostility, and delusional behavior. Endemic steroid abuse could go a long way to explaining the aggressive and violent behavior used by American police,

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