BARCELONA, Catalonia (PNN) - November 13, 2017 - Close to 1 million people took to the streets in Barcelona to call for the release of Catalan political prisoners - but this historic gathering has fallen in line with a series of unprecedented protests in Spain, which have been virtually ignored by mainstream media.

BARCELONA, Catalonia (PNN) - November 11, 2017 - Hundreds of thousands of people - 750,000 according to Barcelona police - backing Catalonia's bid to secede from Spain clogged the streets in downtown Barcelona Saturday to demand the release of jailed separatist leaders.

WARDVILLE, Louisiana (PNN) - November 10, 2017 - Shocking surveillance footage shows the moment a convenience store owner whips out his gun from behind the counter and starts shooting at a group of armed robbers.

ECUADOREAN EMBASSY, England (PNN) - November 9, 2017 - WikiLeaks began publishing the source code of Amerikan Gestapo Central Intelligence Agency division hacking tools Thursday in a new series dubbed Vault 8.

The source code, according to a press release from the anti-secrecy organization, is intended to “enable investigative journalists, forensic experts, and the general public to better identify and understand covert CIA infrastructure components.”

CANBERRA, Australia (PNN) - November 8, 2017 - The idea of small groups of humans having control over some of the most powerful weapons ever to be built is scary, but it’s the reality we live in. In the not-so-distant future, that incredible power and responsibility could be handed over to artificial intelligence and robotic systems, which are already in active development. In a pair of open letters to the prime ministers of bother Australia and Canada, hundreds of AI researchers and scientists are pleading for that not to happen.

TEL AVIV, Israel (PNN) - November 6, 2017 - Melting elementary particles such as quarks can produce amounts of energy so massive it is equivalent to 10 times that of nuclear fusion, researchers have reported.

BETHESDA, Maryland (PNN) - November 6, 2017 - Lockheed Martin is working to develop a high-power fiber laser for fighter jets.

Under a $26.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Lab, the firm will design and produce a directed energy system for aircraft, with plans to test the technology by 2021.

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (PNN) - November 5, 2017 - Instantly nullifying the gun control argument that’s always pushed by left-wing media following every mass shooting tragedy, today’s Texas church shooter was stopped by an armed citizen with a rifle.

By Alvaro Bargas Llosa

October 24, 2017 - The Catalan independence movement has drawn some support among libertarians.

From a theoretical standpoint, it is hard to argue with any group’s attempt to break away from a larger political entity. Ultimately, though, the principle of self-determination, taken to its logical extreme, would mean dissolving the State and replacing it with voluntary associations, which is why some classical liberals have taken a more limited view of self-determination.

BARCELONA, Catalan (PNN) - October 30, 2017 - Violence has broken out on the streets of Barcelona as Nazi-saluting fascists draped in Spanish flags clashed with Catalan police wielding batons.

Spanish officials organized a unionist march through central Barcelona today in which they claimed more than a million people took part to resoundingly reject Catalonia’s declaration of independence.