The source of the recent leaks and revelations about the Prism surveillance scheme by the NSA in the US has been revealed as former CIA technical operative Edward Snowden.
A section of a road bridge over the Skagit River in the US state of Washington, collapsed into the river around 19:00 local time throwing cars and people in the water below.
Emergency workers in the US continue to search for survivors from the destruction caused by the gigantic tornado that tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday.
If the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on the Syrian people it would be a serious breach of the Geneva Protocol, but US policy on such weapons has been so inconsistent and politicised that the United States is in no position to take leadership in response.
In 2009, US President Barack Obama affirmed “America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons”, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to believe that the president is truly committed to eliminating these terrifying weapons of mass destruction.