| UN chief calls for immediate halt to Libya fighting Posted: 08 Apr 2019 07:40 PM PDT  UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed for an immediate halt to fighting in Libya, after strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces claimed an airstrike on Tripoli's only functioning airport. Thousands have fled violence in the capital city, according to the United Nations, since Haftar launched a surprise assault last week which has left dozens dead. Secretary-General Guterres "urges the immediate halt of all military operations in order to de-escalate the situation and prevent an all-out conflict," said a UN statement late Monday.
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| Man beat five-year-old daughter to death for not doing homework, police say Posted: 09 Apr 2019 04:48 AM PDT  Brandon Reynolds said he had a ritual that would calm him. His daughter's heart formed with a hole while she was in the womb, and from time to time, he would put his ear to her chest to hear and feel the miracle of its beat.He found it "soothing," Reynolds told police after emergency responders fought to save his five-year old daughter at his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home early Friday. Fire and rescue arrived to find her in possible cardiac arrest and no pulse.But signs of physical trauma prompted paramedics to call the police, authorities said in a news conference. The girl regained a pulse and was transferred to the University of New Mexico hospital, where she died, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Washington Post.Reynolds was charged Friday with intentional child abuse resulting in the death of a child, authorities said, and his story began to unfurl in a taped interview at the police station.His daughter was home-schooled, he told investigators, and she did her homework on the computer. She told him she didn't want to do any homework that night, according to the complaint.That response "triggered" him, Reynolds said."That's when the discipline came in," he told investigators. He beat her with a shoe before he began "blacking out" until he realised she was lethargic and cradled her on the living room floor, the complaint said.Investigators interviewed a neighbour who reported a commotion, including Reynolds shouting, "Get up!"Officers described a violent and surreal scene inside the home. There was blood on a wall and the carpet, and Reynolds called his daughter's mother on FaceTime to tell her about the incident as officers were still there.Reynolds said he was alarmed when the girl's breathing became shallow and his ritual nearly went silent - he could barely feel her heartbeat. He then called first responders.Police observed him to be "emotionless," the complaint said.It is unclear if Reynolds is represented by an attorney.A neighbour told KOAT that she used to babysit the child. They painted each other's nails. "She was a little angel," the neighbour said. "She didn't deserve this."Detectives from the child abuse unit have helped in the investigation, Albuquerque Police Chief Michael Geier said."This is definitely a heartbreaking tragedy, and our officers and detectives are working diligently at this time to get justice for this little girl," Mr Geier said.Washington Post
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| American Airlines extends Max-caused cancellations to June 5 Posted: 07 Apr 2019 08:59 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — American Airlines is extending by over a month its cancellations of about 90 daily flights as the troubled 737 Max plane remains grounded by regulators.
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| An "Entry Level" Ford Mustang Performance Model Is Coming to Battle the Four-Cylinder Camaro 1LE Posted: 08 Apr 2019 11:40 AM PDT  We expect this sharpened Stang variant to bring extra performance goodies to the four-cylinder EcoBoost car.
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| Turkey's Erdogan to discuss possible operation in Syria with Putin: RIA Posted: 08 Apr 2019 01:11 AM PDT  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he planned to discuss a possible Turkish military operation in Syria when he visits Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin on Monday, Russia's RIA news agency reported. Erdogan has vowed to crush U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates in Syria and said last year that preparations were complete for an operation.
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| Creating an eco-friendly nursery, from paint to fabrics Posted: 08 Apr 2019 10:22 AM PDT  When interior designer Jenny Dina Kirschner was designing a bedroom for her first baby, she wanted to create the healthiest possible space — for her baby and for the environment.
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| European nationalists present united front Posted: 08 Apr 2019 09:59 AM PDT  Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini hosted a meeting of nationalist, anti-immigrant parties from across Europe in Milan on Monday, in an effort to show a unified front ahead of May's EU elections. Francis Maguire reports.
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| US tourist, guide, kidnapped in Uganda freed after ransom paid: safari firm Posted: 07 Apr 2019 01:27 PM PDT  A US tourist and a safari guide kidnapped by gunmen in a Ugandan national park have been recovered safe and sound after a ransom was paid for their release, a safari firm said on Sunday. The pair were hauled from their safari vehicle by four gunmen around dusk on Tuesday as they drove through the Queen Elizabeth National Park. Mike Walker, manager of Wild Frontiers Safaris, said US tourist Kimberly Endicott and experienced guide Jean-Paul Mirenge, were "back safe".
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| Tripoli Fighting Intensifies as Rivals Ignore Ceasefire Call Posted: 09 Apr 2019 03:50 AM PDT  Mitiga International Airport, Libya's largest, temporarily suspended flights after the airstrike, which the UN's secretary-general, Antonio Gutteres, condemned. In a statement, Gutteres urged an immediate halt to hostilities ``to prevent an all-out conflict.'' Ahmed al-Mismari, spokesman for Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army, said his forces were targeting two military aircraft and were not intending to disrupt passenger traffic.
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| Trump news: President's alleged business ties to IRGC stir controversy after he brands group a terrorist organisation Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:10 PM PDT  Donald Trump has labelled Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation in an unprecedented move that could have lasting consequences for the United States. The president declared for the first time in history that another government entity was a terror group, potentially making it more difficult for American diplomats and other officials working in the region. The move arrives a day after the president accepted of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, with whom he has repeatedly clashed over his administration's more hardline immigration policies, as he seeks more drastic action to address the "crisis" at the US southern border.Ms Nielsen's departure on Sunday was followed by the resignation of Randolph Alles, who was in charge of the Secret Service but had apparently fallen out of Mr Trump's good graces weeks ago.Those two resignations were expected to be followed by more departures in the Department of Homeland Security in the days or weeks to come as a part of a phase that some in the media have begun to call a purge.Also in the news was Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, who made eight criminal referrals to the attorney-general, William Barr, over the leaking of Mr Trump's phone calls with ex-Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto and national security adviser Michael Flynn's calls to a Russian ambassador.Coming up this week, attorney general William Barr is slated to testify before both the House and the Senate on his department's budget for the coming year.But, that testimony is likely to veer of track a bit as democrats grill him about the contents of the Mueller report, which he received last month.Mr Barr as pledged to send the report to Congress in the coming weeks, but it remains to be seen just how much of the report might be redacted.Please allow a moment for our liveblog to load
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| Russia decides to free captive whales after outcry - governor Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:35 AM PDT ![Russia decides to free captive whales after outcry - governor]( "Russia decides to free captive whales after outcry - governor") Russian authorities have decided to free nearly 100 whales held in cages in Russia's Far East, the governor of Russia's Primorsky Region said on Monday, the TASS news agency reported. The decision to release the whales, after months of delays, coincided with a visit to the enclosures by Jean-Michel Cousteau, a French oceanographer and son of famous marine expert Jacques Cousteau. "An official decision has been taken to release all the animals into the wild," Oleg Kozhemyako, the governor of Primorsky Region, was quoted as saying by TASS.
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| Bernie Sanders supports letting jailed felons vote in elections Posted: 08 Apr 2019 10:05 AM PDT  The Vermont senator says prisoners "have a right to vote."
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| The Super Secret SR-72 Spy Plane (That Might Also Be a Stealth Bomber) Posted: 08 Apr 2019 02:36 AM PDT  Hypersonic weapons—those capable of flying over five times the speed of sound—are the hot new buzz word of defense industrial complexes across the globe. China, Russia and the United States have all vigorously and relatively openly pursued a diverse array of hypersonic weapons programs, adding fuel to the fire of a growing arms race.While long-range ballistic missiles could already attain hypersonic speeds, they travel in predictable arcs and can be detected well in advance, giving military and political leaders time to react. Furthermore, an increasing number of air defense systems may be at least partially capable of intercepting ballistic missiles.However, back in 2013 Lockheed executive Robert Weiss caused a stir when he told Aviation Week the aerospace titan was well into developing a hypersonic aircraft—and invoked the legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane by dubbing it the SR-72.
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| Narendra Modi Kashmir election pledge woos Hindu nationalists and risks Muslim backlash Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:25 PM PDT  India's ruling party on Monday attempted to woo Hindu nationalists by unveiling a last-ditch manifesto pledge to end Kashmir's special autonomous status. With his popularity falling to an all-time low after failing to deliver on previous economic pledges, Narendra Modi, the prime minister, is instead appealing to rising anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan sentiment among India's electorate to secure his second term. The world's biggest democracy heads to the polls on Thursday with Mr Modi expected to scrape a narrow victory when ballots are counted on May 23. Kashmir saw a huge escalation of tension in February, when a Pakistan-based Islamist group killed dozens of Indian troops and India responded with airstrikes. In front of a crowd at the the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi yesterday (MON), Mr Modi declared he would scrap the autonomous status Jammu and Kashmir has had since 1954. BJP supporters have long petitioned for its removal arguing that it allows the state claimed by both India and Pakistan to resist central rule from New Delhi. Profile | Narendra Modi Mr Modi also controversially vowed to reverse a law forbidding anyone who is not a permanent resident of the state from owning property or obtaining a job there. This move is seen as an attempt to dilute Kashmiri identity by encouraging Indians from elsewhere in the country to move to the region. However, his pledge has sparked fears that it could lead to further unrest "If this happens then not only Kashmir but the country and the region will burn," said Mehbooba Mufti, president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. The leader of the National Conference Farooq Abdulla said if the articles were repealed it would lead to the state seceding from India. On Sunday, Mr Modi tightened his grip on the state by banning Kashmiri civilians from using the 170-mile highway – the only way in and out the region – for two days a week to allow easier access for his military personnel. Local politicians compared the decision to policies implemented by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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| See the New 2019 Mazda 3 Hatchback in Photos Posted: 08 Apr 2019 11:30 AM PDT |
| Trump Designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a Terror Group Posted: 08 Apr 2019 09:07 AM PDT  In an unprecedented move, President Trump on Monday officially designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization."This unprecedented step, led by the Department of State, recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in, finances, and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft," the president said in a statement. "This action sends a clear message to Tehran that its support for terrorism has serious consequences. We will continue to increase financial pressure and raise the costs on the Iranian regime for its support of terrorist activity until it abandons its malign and outlaw behavior."The designation prevents Americans and American-owned companies from conducting business with the IRGC and comes with accompanying sanctions."Like other evil deeds of the US, this move is also doomed to failure," Iranian judiciary chief Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi said Monday in Tehran, according to state-owned FARS News.The IRGC's commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, issued a warning over the weekend that military tensions between the two countries would rise if the Trump administration took such a move. He added that Iran will designate the U.S. military as a terrorist organization in response."If [the Americans] make such a stupid move, the U.S. Army and American security forces stationed in West Asia [Middle-East] will lose their current status of ease and serenity," Jafari reportedly said.In response to the move, Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, asked President Hassan Rouhani to place U.S. forces in the Middle East on the country's list of "terrorist groups," according to the government-backed Islamic Republic News Agency.
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| American Airlines extends Max 8 flight cancellations into June Posted: 08 Apr 2019 10:56 AM PDT  The airline says it will cancel 90 daily flights through June 5 due to the Max 8 grounding. The airline previously had canceled flights through April.
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| Flooding in Oregon after heavy weekend rain Posted: 09 Apr 2019 04:11 AM PDT  The National Weather Service has issued flood watches and warnings for several counties in Oregon's central Willamette Valley. (April 9)
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| Putin, on Mueller report: 'We said from the start it would find nothing' Posted: 09 Apr 2019 08:03 AM PDT  U.S. Attorney General William Barr said in a summary released last month that Mueller had found no evidence of collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia in the election. Putin, speaking at an Arctic forum in the Russian city of St Petersburg, said on Friday that Mueller's findings were predictable for Moscow. "That it (Mueller's inquiry) would finish in that way - like a mountain giving birth to a mouse as they say - was clear to us in advance.
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| Vitamins and Supplements Can't Replace a Balanced Diet, Study Says Posted: 08 Apr 2019 02:00 PM PDT  They may not do much for your health
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| The Jeep J6 Concept Is a Two-Door Pickup Based on the Gladiator Posted: 07 Apr 2019 09:01 PM PDT  The latest in Jeep's long history of two-door trucks, the J6 concept was created for the Moab Easter Jeep Safari.
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| Trump takes ‘unprecedented’ action against Iran Posted: 08 Apr 2019 09:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Monday that it would officially designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. "The Iranian regime is the leading state sponsor of terror.
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| Why You Should Create a My Social Security Account Posted: 08 Apr 2019 06:45 AM PDT ![Why You Should Create a My Social Security Account]( "Why You Should Create a My Social Security Account") A my Social Security account allows you to view your contributions to the Social Security program. You can also get a personalized estimate of your future Social Security payments in retirement. Periodically reviewing your Social Security record allows you to make sure your earnings are recorded correctly and to factor the likely payout into your retirement plans.
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| Nipsey Hussle memorial service Thursday at Staples Center, ticketing details announced Posted: 08 Apr 2019 05:40 PM PDT  Timing and ticketing details were announced for Thursday's memorial service for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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| U.S. judge halts Trump policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico Posted: 08 Apr 2019 04:30 PM PDT  The ruling is slated to take effect on Friday, according to the order by U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco. The Trump administration said last week it planned to expand the program of sending some migrants to wait out their U.S. court dates in Mexican border cities, under a policy known as Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP. The government argued MPP was needed because so many asylum seekers spend years living in the United States and never appear for their court hearings before their claim is denied and an immigration judge orders them to be deported.
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| Wall Street loves socialism for bankers – but not for ordinary people Posted: 08 Apr 2019 07:28 AM PDT  JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon decries socialism. Unless of course it's the banks that need a government bailout'JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was paid $31m last year. He is estimated by Forbes to be worth $1.3bn.' Photograph: Mike Blake/ReutersIn his annual letter to shareholders, distributed last week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took aim at socialism, warning it would be "a disaster for our country," because it produces "stagnation, corruption and often worse."Dimon should know. He was at the helm when JPMorgan received a $25bn socialist-like bailout in 2008, after it and other Wall Street banks almost tanked because of their reckless loans.Dimon subsequently agreed to pay the government $13bn to settle charges that the bank overstated the quality of mortgages it was selling to investors in the run-up to the crisis. According to the Justice Department, JPMorgan acknowledged it had regularly and knowingly sold mortgages that should have never been sold. (Presumably this is where the "stagnation, corruption and often worse" comes in.)The $13bn penalty was chicken feed to the biggest bank on Wall Street, whose profits last year alone amounted to $35bn. Besides, JPMorgan was able to deduct around $11bn of the settlement costs from its taxable income.To state it another way, Dimon and other Wall Street CEOs helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis when the dangerous and irresponsible loans their banks were peddling – on which they made big money – finally went bust. But instead of letting the market punish the banks (which is what capitalism is supposed to do) the government bailed them out and eventually levied paltry fines which the banks treated as the cost of doing business.If this isn't socialism, what is it?Yet it's a particular form of socialism. Millions of homeowners who owed more on their homes than the homes became worth didn't get bailed out. Millions of workers who lost their jobs or their savings, or both, didn't get bailed out. No major banker went to jail.Call it socialism for rich bankers.It's a gift that keeps giving. Dimon took advantage of the financial crisis to acquire Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, vastly enlarging JPMorgan. America's five biggest banks, including Dimon's, now control 46% of all deposits, up from 12% in the early 1990s.And because they're so big, Dimon's and other big Wall Street banks are now considered "too big to fail". This translates into a hidden subsidy of some $83bn a year, because creditors who face less risk accept lower interest on deposits and loans.More socialism for rich bankers.After the financial crisis and bailout, Congress enacted a milquetoast version of the Glass-Steagall Act, a banking law from the Great Depression that bankers killed off in the 1990s. The replacement was called the Dodd-Frank Act.Ever since, Dimon has pushed to weaken Dodd-Frank.When Obama's regulators wanted to extend Dodd-Frank to the foreign branches and subsidiaries of Wall Street banks, Dimon warned it would harm Wall Street's competitiveness.This was the same Jamie Dimon who chose London as the place to make highly risky derivatives trades that lost the firm some $6bn in 2012 – proof that unless the overseas operations of Wall Street banks are covered by US regulations, giant banks like his will move more of their betting abroad, hiding their wildly-risky bets overseas so U.S. regulators can't see them.More recently, Trump's bank regulators have heeded Dimon, and rolled back Dodd-Frank.Dimon was also instrumental in getting the big Trump tax cuts through Congress. They saved JPMorgan and the other big banks $21bn last year alone.Dimon was paid $31m last year. He is estimated by Forbes to be worth $1.3bn.Ironically, a few weeks ago Dimon warned that income inequality is dividing America. He said that a "big chunk" of Americans have been left behind, and, announcing a $350m program to train workers for the jobs of the future, lamented that 40% of Americans make less than $15 an hour.True, but $350m over five years isn't even a drop in the ocean for the Americans left behind.Wall Street bonuses totaled $27.5bn last year, which is more three times the combined annual earnings of all American workers employed full-time at the federal minimum wage. That's more than 600,000 low-wage workers.If Dimon were serious about the problem of widening inequality, he'd use his lobbying prowess to help raise the federal minimum wage. He'd also try to make it easier for workers to unionize, and to raise taxes on the super-wealthy like himself.But, of course, Dimon isn't really concerned about widening inequality. He's not really concerned about socialism, either.Dimon's real concern is that America may end the kind of socialism he and other denizens of the Street depend on – bailouts, regulatory loopholes, and tax breaks.These have made Dimon and his comrades a fortune, but they've brought the rest of America stagnation, corruption, and often worse. * Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. He is also a columnist for Guardian US
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| Meet the F-21 Fighter (Think an F-16 on Steroids Thanks to F-22 and F-35 DNA) Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:52 AM PDT  For the purposes of Lockheed's marketing campaign, the F-21 is a new fighter, although it shares many of its major features with the F-16V the company has sold to Bahrain, Greece, Slovakia, South Korea and Taiwan. Lockheed can build new F-16Vs or upgrade older F-16s to the V-standard.Lockheed Martin in mid-February 2019 offered to sell India a new fighter the company calls the "F-21."(This first appeared several months ago.)Only it doesn't look like a new fighter at all. The F-21 looks like an F-16.In fact, the F-21 is an F-16 that Lockheed has upgraded with new cockpit displays, conformal fuel tanks, a larger airframe spine that can accommodate additional electronics, fittings for towed radar decoys, a new infrared sensor and a refueling probe that's compatible with India's Russian-made aerial tankers."The F-21 addresses the Indian air force's unique requirements," Lockheed stated.The rebranding raises an important question. At what point do upgrades transform an old fighter into a new fighter?It isn't a purely academic question. The number of different fighter types that a country simultaneously can produce is a useful marker of that country's war-making capacity.
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| Food Better Than Supplements for Longevity Posted: 08 Apr 2019 03:53 PM PDT  Food Better Than Supplements for Increasing Longevity, New Study Shows A new Tufts University study involving more than 27,000 Americans is the latest research to show that most supplements may ...
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| Houston firm files suit against Boeing for Ethiopian air victim Posted: 09 Apr 2019 05:14 AM PDT  The lawsuit comes in light of the aviation giant CEO apologizing after two crashes involving its Boeing 737 MAX.
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| Pakistan FM claims India planning military aggression Posted: 07 Apr 2019 10:54 AM PDT  Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday claimed his government had reliable intelligence that India was planning to carry out aggression against Pakistan later this month. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours nose-dived after a suicide bombing in Indian-administered Kashmir in February killed 40 Indian security personnel and was later claimed by a Pakistan-based militant group. Pakistan has denied any role in the attack and Prime Minister Imran Khan offered cooperation in the investigation if credible evidence was provided by India.
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| In Praise of Old-School Chenille Bedspreads Posted: 09 Apr 2019 07:49 AM PDT |
| Speaking to Jewish Republicans, Trump calls Netanyahu 'your prime minister' Posted: 08 Apr 2019 09:33 AM PDT  Addressing a group of Jewish Americans in Las Vegas over the weekend, President Trump referred to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu as "your prime minister."
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| The Latest: Salvadorans tell Gov. Newsom of fleeing to US Posted: 08 Apr 2019 03:59 PM PDT  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Latest on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's trip to El Salvador (all times local):
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| Wall Street's 7 Highest-Rated Stocks to Buy Posted: 08 Apr 2019 07:17 AM PDT ![Wall Street's 7 Highest-Rated Stocks to Buy]( "Wall Street's 7 Highest-Rated Stocks to Buy") Wall Street analysts don't always get it right. There's no such thing as a 100 percent guaranteed winner when it comes to finding the best stocks to buy, but FactSet recently compiled a list of stocks that Wall Street analysts love most. Of all the stocks covered by Wall Street, Amazon has the most pristine scorecard.
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| CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Boeing quarterly orders halve, deliveries tumble on 737 MAX grounding Posted: 09 Apr 2019 08:19 AM PDT  Boeing Co said on Tuesday orders nearly halved in the first quarter and the planemaker handed over far fewer aircraft, as it struggled with the worldwide grounding of its best-selling 737 MAX jets following two fatal crashes. Total orders, an indication of future demand, fell to 95 aircraft in the first quarter from 180 a year earlier. The fall in order suggests that airlines had adopted a wait-and-watch approach as Boeing looks to ride out the worst crisis in its history.
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| You can already save up to $150 on a brand new Galaxy S10 Posted: 08 Apr 2019 02:33 PM PDT  Remember about a month ago, when we told you that it might be a good idea to postpone the purchase of the Galaxy S10, as better deals may be waiting down the road? Well, if you still haven't pulled the trigger, you should know that Samsung is already discounting several models by at least $100, though savings can go up to $150.The deal is available directly from Samsung, and requires you to get the phone with a carrier payment plan from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, or Verizon. The deal doesn't necessitate any device trade-ins, and the savings apply to various storage tiers, so you can pick which model suits you best.You'll get $100 off on the 128GB and 256GB Galaxy S10e, save $100 on the 128GB Galaxy S10 or Galaxy S10+, or $150 on 512GB and 1TB storage versions (where available). On top of that, Samsung is throwing in a free wireless charger with many of these models, so you'll save even more money on your next Galaxy S10 purchase.Should you want to trade-in an older, functional smartphone, you'll qualify for up to $300 cash back, which is a promo that Samsung has run before.If Samsung is already willing to cut the Galaxy S10 price by $100 to $150 after the first month of sales, this means you'll be able to score an even cheaper used Galaxy S10, which is precisely what last month's study hinted at. The longer you wait, the better prices you'll get, although we doubt Samsung will offer more significant Galaxy S10 discounts than this anytime soon. Check out the full Galaxy S10 offer at this link.
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| Iran president says US 'leader of world terrorism' Posted: 09 Apr 2019 01:27 AM PDT  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that the United States was the real "leader of world terrorism" after Washington blacklisted Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a "foreign terrorist organisation". "Who are you to label revolutionary institutions as terrorists?" Rouhani asked in a speech broadcast live by state television. Speaking at a ceremony to mark Iran's national nuclear technology day in Tehran, Rouhani defended the Revolutionary Guards as a force that has fought terrorism ever since its creation in 1979.
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