![Russia Will Ship Weapons To The Assad Regime](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/israeli-s-300-the-syria.si_-90x65.jpg)
Efforts to bring the two sides to an understanding and end the two year long civil war in Syria, might have hit a stand still as Russia said it will deliver a shipment of modern anti-aircraft missiles to their old time ally and client. The move is supposed to be a response to the European […]
Wednesday May 29 2013, 2:22 AM EST | Posted in
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![Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Compelled To Cancel Trip Due To Fire](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Royal-Caribbean-90x65.jpg)
The trip of over 2,200 passengers of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship ended early after fire broke out on board the Grandeur of the Seas. The cruise ship was on its way to CocoCay from Baltimore when the mooring area caught fire on Monday. As the fire was being put out, the passengers were gathered […]
Wednesday May 29 2013, 2:17 AM EST | Posted in
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![Battle For Border Town Can Spell The Syrian War’s Future](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Syrian-President-Bashar-al-Assad-90x65.jpg)
Analysts say that a battle for a town near the border with Lebanon can spell the future of the two year old rebellion in Syria. The town is a key element in the supply of men and weapons to the opposition forces that are fighting the Assad regime. The border town of Qusayr has been […]
Friday May 24 2013, 3:07 AM EST | Posted in
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![John Kerry Prepares For Fourth Visit To The Middle East](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/John-Kerry-90x65.jpg)
US Secretary of State John Kerry is on his way to the Middle East for the fourth time since he was appointed into office last January. He will visit Oman on Tuesday before travelling to Jordan on Wednesday. He will discuss the Syrian crisis while in Jordan. His next destination will be Jerusalem and Ramallah, […]
Thursday May 23 2013, 2:10 AM EST | Posted in
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![Barack Obama And Xi Jinping To Meet In California](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/297891-xi-jinping-barack-obama-white-house1-90x65.jpg)
United Stated President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping are scheduled to have their first meet in June, in California. This will be the first time the two heads of state meet, since Jinping was elected named president in March. An official statement made by the White House, suggests that the agenda will […]
Wednesday May 22 2013, 2:00 AM EST | Posted in
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![Guantanamo Bay Wi-Fi Shutdown Due To Threat From Anonymous](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Guantanamo-Bay-Naval-Base-90x65.jpg)
A pledge from Anonymous through Twitter resulted to the shutdown of Wi-Fi access on Guantanamo Bay Naval Base by the US military. According to Lt. Col. Samuel House, the Wi-Fi of the base was shut down due to the public plan of Anonymous of disrupting activities at the prison. The shutdown also banned the use […]
Tuesday May 21 2013, 9:58 AM EST | Posted in
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![United States Increases Sanctions Against Syria](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/US-sanctions-Syrian-state-run-media-90x65.jpg)
The United States Treasury Department issued new sanctions against Syria this Thursday as a response to the continuous abuses the Bashar al-Assad regime has committed against its own citizens. Among the sanctions were the blacklisting of four senior officials, a Syrian airline that supposedly helped transport weapons from Iran to Syria, and a local television. […]
Saturday May 18 2013, 6:19 AM EST | Posted in
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![North Korea Plays Host To Aide Of The Prime Minister Of Japan](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/North-Korea--90x65.jpg)
Tensions at the Korean peninsula may be eased following the unannounced visit of an aid to the prime minister of Japan to North Korea. The Korean Central News Agency, the state-run media agency, revealed that Kim Chol Ho, an official from the Foreign Ministry of the North met Isao Iijima, an aide of Prime Minister […]
Thursday May 16 2013, 2:03 AM EST | Posted in
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![Suspects To Beating Of Malcolm X’s Grandson Arrested](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Malcolm-Xs-Grandson-90x65.jpg)
Two men were arrested in Mexico City in connection to the death of Malcolm X’s grandson, Malcolm Shabazz. The men, Manuel Alejandro Pérez de Jesús and David Hernández Cruz, were waiters at a downtown bar where Mr. Shabazz was reportedly beaten due to a dispute over a disproportionate tab. In addition to the two men, […]
Wednesday May 15 2013, 12:21 PM EST | Posted in
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![Syrian Rebel Filmed While Eating A Soldiers Liver](https://empowerednews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/07_09_james_lawler_duggan_aleppo_syria_2012_08_22-69d15041bc7cfa3b7c7ea0d3324f4b80ceacdc7b-s6-c10-90x65.jpg)
Khalid al-Hamad is a rebel that is fighting the Bashar al-Assad government in the two year long civil war that has been tearing Syria apart. Al-Hamad was filmed while cutting and apparently consuming the organs of a deceased Syrian soldier. The images were distributed worldwide and gave a bleak picture of the level of violence […]
Wednesday May 15 2013, 3:08 AM EST | Posted in
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