Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/un-report-nations-refugees-us-intervention.html

The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are known to be the direct result of U.S. military invasions in the early 2000s, as well as the U.S.’ ongoing occupation of those nations. Decades after invading both countries, the U.S.’ destabilizing military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan has continued to increase in recent years, Trump administration recently announcing plans to send thousands of soldiers to Afghanistan in the coming months. While the U.S. has yet to directly invade Syria, the U.S. role in the conflict is clear and Syria’s destabilization and the overthrow of its current regime have long been planned by the U.S. government. The U.S. and its allies, particularly Israel and Saudi Arabia, have consistently funded “rebel” groups that have perpetuated the Syrian conflict for six years,

Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201706231054918807-migrants-europe-iom/

83,928 migrants and refugees arrived in Europe by sea in 2017, with the majority landing in Italy, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday. 2,011 people died en route to the country. The agency also registered 8,363 migrants’ arrivals in Greece. Since 2015, Europe has been experiencing the worst migration crisis in its history, struggling to accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants fleeing hostilities in the Middle Eastern and North African countries.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/community-leaders-clergy-elite-businessmen-busted-in-massive-child-sex-ring-hundreds-arrested_062017

Massive operation across Southern California which swept up 238 child predators and traffickers — including clergymen attempting to buy a 6-year-old boy. Conducted by the Los Angeles Regional Internet Crimes against Children task force, “Operation Broken Heart III” targeted offenders wanted for the sexual exploitation of children, child prostitution, sex tourism and possessing and distributing child pornography, said Deputy Chief Matt Blake of the Los Angeles Police Department, arrests involved high-profile figures throughout the community; entertainers, community leaders, white-collar professionals and clergy members.incidence of child sexual exploitation has reached staggering proportions,” he said at a news conference. These people are willing to cross the globe to purchase children for sex.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/393797-seals-arctic-oil-rig/

An enormous herd of harp seals has occupied every free ice floe as far as the eye can see around Russia’s Prirazlomnaya offshore oil drilling rig located in the Pechora Sea, inside the Arctic Circle. “I’ve never seen anything like this. There are thousands of them!” says an astonished oil rig worker, who did not wish to identify himself, during a minute-long video that was sent to the Russian explorer and travel writer Sergey Dolya, who posted it on his blog.

Link: https://www.infowars.com/russian-jet-warns-off-nato-f-16-trying-to-approach-defense-ministers-plane/

A NATO F-16 fighter jet has tried to approach the Russian defense minister’s plane above the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The plane was warded off by a Russian Su-27 escorting the minister’s aircraft.

Link: http://tass.com/defense/952961

Fighter jets of Russia’s Aerospace Forces were scrambled 14 times during the past week to intercept foreign reconnaissance aircraft near Russian borders, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its weekly infographics published by the Krasnaya Zvezda paper on Friday. A week ago, the Defense Ministry reported 18 such incidents.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/latam/201706231054900518-mexico-second-most-violent-country/

A recent survey by Mexico’s National System for Public Security indicates that May was the country’s deadliest month on record, with the country seeing 2,186 murders in 31 days. "Mexico was ranked the second deadliest country in the world, after Syria.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/393667-russian-navy-isis-cruise-missiles/

Two Russian Navy frigates and a submarine have fired six Kalibr cruise missiles on Islamic State targets in Syria, the Defense Ministry said. Militants who survived the attack were later killed in airstrikes.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/06/22/526138/Chile-protest-higher-education-fee

Chilean police have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of students demonstrating for free education in the Latin American country. 5,000 students took to the streets of Chile’s capital, Santiago, on Wednesday to protest the high costs of university education that have left many with crippling debts.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/06/20/525989/Chris-Murphy-military-conflict-Russia-Iran/

Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy: "I think we're getting closer and closer to open conflict with Iran and Russia, and the American public needs to know that we're moving very fast toward what could be another war inside the Middle East."

Link: https://www.infowars.com/oregon-adds-third-gender-option-to-drivers-licenses-state-ids/

Oregon has enacted a controversial measure allowing its residents to identify themselves as male, female, or neither on driver’s licenses and ID cards. The new measure, passed by Oregon’s Transportation Commission and which goes into effect on July 3, will give Oregonians the option to choose among three gender categories when applying for driver’s licenses or state identification cards: male, female, or “X” — for a “non-binary” or unspecified sex.

Link: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/nothing-more-than-greed-pharma-execs-indicted-after-lying-about-drug-that-sickened-newborns/

An Indiana-based pharmaceuticals company decided not to recall a painkiller given to newborns even though the drug was 25 stronger than advertised on its label, sickening three infants. Two top executives at Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals Inc. were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of engaging in commerce with adulterated drugs.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Cites_across_the_country_are_using_street_lights_equipped_with_microphones_and_surveillance_cameras_to_spy_on_everyone/59286/0/38/38/Y/M.html

According to an article in the Mercury News, the City of San Jose, California is letting anyCOMM install 300-1,000 street lights equipped with surveillance cameras and microphones on their streets. "The council ultimately voted 7-4 to allow anyCOMM, a tech company with offices in El Dorado Hills, Gold River and San Jose, to install “nodes” which could have video and audio recording capabilities on 300 to 1,000 streetlights. The “pilot program” — as proposed by Mayor Sam Liccardo — would run for a year and only in pre-agreed upon areas." The article goes on to say, that Siemens and anyCOMM will be paid over $34 million to install LED surveillance street lights across the city.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/393643-disabled-protesters-health-care-mcconnell/

A group of disabled protesters have been forcibly removed from the office of Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell after gathering to demonstrate against the Republican Party’s health care reform bill.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/science/201706211054848803-drones-spy-walls-technology/

A team of researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara have developed a drone that can perform three-dimensional imaging of objects through walls using Wi-Fi.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/393298-ford-focus-china-trump-mexico/

Ford has announced that, beginning in 2019, most new North American Focus models will be imported from China for the first time, with additional variants coming from Europe later. The car manufacturer estimates that by ending production of the Focus in the US and moving it mostly to China, the Ford Motor Company will save $1 billion.

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/06/20/525899/Mexico-Guerrero-federal-police-killed-ambush

Gunmen have ambushed Mexican federal police agents, killing four and wounding seven in Guerrero, one of the country’s states that is most plagued by drug-violence, the government said.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/mexico-just-legalized-medical-cannabis-nationwide-exposing-americas-oppression.html

Mexico legalized medical marijuana nationwide on Monday. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto issued a decree, following the bill’s overwhelming approval from Mexico’s Senate in December, with a vote of 98-7, and from Mexico’s Lower House of Congress in April, with a vote of 374-7 vote. The ruling eliminates the prohibition and criminalization of acts related to the medicinal use of marijuana and its scientific research, and those relating to the production and distribution of the plant for these purposes.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/US_jets_shoot_down_%E2%80%98Iranian_drone%E2%80%99_in_Syria_-_coalition/59247/0/38/38/Y/M.html

An Iranian-made drone was shot down by a US F-15 fighter jet in southern Syria, near At Tanf, the US-led coalition said. It is the fifth time in the past month the US has struck at forces allied with the Syrian government in the area.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/393210-phoenix-flights-cancelled-heat/

As temperatures soar in Phoenix, Arizona, planes are being grounded by American Airlines over concerns they can’t operate in the high heat. Nearly 50 flights have been canceled as temperatures exceed the airline’s maximum operating temperature. Extreme heat can affect a plane’s take-off, with warmer air, less dense than cooler air, generating less lift. Planes require more speed to take off in these conditions, along with more fuel and longer runways to generate the lift.