Many of us feel sleepy after eating turkey and all the fixings on our Thanksgiving dinner table, but why? While we often blame our post-dinner drowsiness on the tryptophan in turkey, experts say that isn’t the full picture. Tryptophan is one of 20 essential, naturally-occurring amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins, according […]
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Turkish President blames US for ‘Gaza Genocide’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an important NATO ally, blamed the United States for a “genocide” in Gaza while labeling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a bloodthirsty “vampire.” Erdogan made the comments in a speech to Turkey’s parliament, speaking after a recent Israeli airstrike led to dozens of civilian deaths in Rafah. Though several other […]
Over 11,000 dead in Turkey/Syria earthquake
Thinly-stretched rescue teams worked through the night into Wednesday, pulling the living and dead from the rubble of thousands of buildings destroyed in Turkey and Syria by catastrophic earthquakes and aftershocks that have killed over 11,000. Amid calls for the Turkish government to send more help to the disaster zone, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Jet Fighters Scramble To Escort Passenger Flight To Honolulu
Two military fighter jets escorted a Honolulu-bound American Airlines aircraft on Friday after a man allegedly tried to break into the cockpit. The airline said Flight 31, an Airbus A321 aircraft, landed safety at Honolulu International Airport at 11:35 a.m. local time. The flight originated from Los Angeles International Airport. “Two Pacific Command F-22 Raptors […]
Trump Approves Arming Kurdish Rebels In Syria
May 9 (Reuters) – Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, U.S. President Donald Trump has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters to support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Ankara views the Kurdish YPG militia fighting within a larger U.S.-backed coalition as […]
Foreign President Accuses America Of Secretly Aiding Isis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the U.S.-led coalition fighting in in Iraq and Syria of supporting the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), as well as Syrian Kurds in regions that sit along Turkey’s southern border. “They were accusing us of supporting Daesh,” he told a press conference in Ankara, using an Arabic […]
Isis Burns Two Alive
ISIS barbarians burned two Turkish soldiers alive in northern Syria, a gruesome new video released by the terror group shows. The 19-minute video, titled “The Cross Shield,” shows the doomed servicemen being taken out of cages and forced to crawl around on their hands and knees. The soldiers are then seen standing with chains around […]