Fallout from the President's Trump Tower News Conference

Aug. 16, 2017 - 13:59 - Trump says there was 'no doubt' both sides were to blame for Charlottesville violence

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Barcelona Terror Attack

Aug. 17, 2017 - 1:28 - Catherine Herridge reports from Washington

Shock of Barcelona Terror Attack Resonates throughout Spain

Aug. 17, 2017 - 2:40 - The Wall Street Journal's John Bussey says Thursday's attack echoes the 2004 Madrid train bombings

Russia Bans Jehovah's Witnesses as 'Extremist'

THE TELEGRAPH: Russia has banned Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist organisation, placing the pacifist sect in the company of neo-Nazi and jihadi groups.

The justice ministry added the Jehovah's Witnesses administrative centre in Russia and 395 local branches to its register of banned organisations on Thursday.

Criminal charges can now be brought against believers for activities such as proselytizing or simply gathering together.

The move was based on an April supreme court decision that declared Jehovah's Witnesses an extremist organisation and ordered its property to be turned over to the state. » | Alec Luhn, Moscow | Thursday, August 17, 2017

Barcelona: Police Confirms One Dead, 32 Injured, 10 Seriously – BBC News

Don't Be a Sucker - 1947

In this anti-fascist film produced by US Military in the wake of WWII, the producers deconstruct the politically motivated social engineering of Germany by the Nazi regime. Its argument is just as timely today.

How a 1947 US government anti-Nazi film went viral after Charlottesville: Don’t Be a Sucker, a 17-minute film made in 1947 by the US war department to warn against fascism, was retweeted over 130,000 times last weekend »

Steve Bannon: Charlottesville Reaction A 'Defining Moment' For Donald Trump | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

In a new interview with Axios, Trump aide Steve Bannon called Pres. Trump's Charlottesville remarks a 'defining moment' of the Trump presidency. Eugene Robinson & Jonathan Swan discuss.

Barcelona Attack: Police Found a Passport in Van Belonging to Spanish National with Arabic Surname

Barcelona: Van Hits Crowds on Ramblas Tourist Area- BBC News

Top US News & World Headlines — August 17, 2017

'Why Do French People Smoke So Much?'

Kim Jong-un’s Approach: Missiles, Purges, Propaganda

Swastikas, Shields and Flags: Branding Hate in Charlottesville

How TV News Reacted to Trump’s Charlottesville Remarks

George Brandis Attacks Pauline Hanson's 'Appalling' Burqa Stunt

The Australian attorney general, George Brandis, rebukes the One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, after she enters the Senate wearing a burqa as part of her campaign for it to be banned. ‘Senator Hanson, no, we will not be banning the burqa,’ Brandis says. ‘I can tell you, Senator Hanson, that it has been the advice of each director general of security with whom I have worked and each commissioner of the Australian federal police with whom I have worked that it is vital for their intelligence and law enforcement work that they work cooperatively with the Muslim community and to ridicule that community, to drive it into a corner, to mock its religious garments, is an appalling thing to do and I would ask you to reflect on what you have done.’

Pauline Hanson wears burqa in Australian Senate while calling for ban »

Fallout from the President's Trump Tower News Conference

Aug. 16, 2017 - 13:59 - Trump says there was 'no doubt' both sides were to blame for Charlottesville violence

Trump Stance on Charlottesville Violence Angers Republicans – BBC News

Leading figures in Donald Trump's Republican Party have reacted angrily to his latest comments blaming both sides for the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday. They culminated with a person being killed and many injured when a car hit people opposed to a far-right rally. Many echoed House Speaker Paul Ryan who said: "White supremacy is repulsive.. There can be no moral ambiguity." Mr Trump had condemned white supremacist groups on Monday. But on Tuesday he reverted to his initial reaction.

The Debate - US Racial Tension: How Far Should Freedom of Speech Be Allowed to Go?

Is the UN Able to Achieve Peace in Libya? – Inside Story

The downfall and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 was hailed as a victory for democracy by some in the international community. Since then, Libyans have suffered six years of war, chaos and competing governments. The power struggle between rival factions and militia, has also allowed ISIL to expand its influence. So lots to sort out for the newly appointed UN Envoy to Libya. Ghassan Salama arrived for a surprise visit to Misrata on Tuesday. But how are regional rivalries complicating the situation in this war-ravaged country? | Presenter: Sohail Rahman | Guests: Anas El Gomati Libyan, Political Analyst and Founder of the Tripoli-based Sadeq Institute; Alexey Kh-leb-nikov, Middle East expert at Russian International Affairs Council; George Joffe, Lecturer at University of Cambridge

Historian: Trump Defends White Supremacy to Maintain Elite Power Structure

Gerald Horne says Trump comments seek to disperse the culpability of white nationalists in the murder of Heather Heyer