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The June 5 decision by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt to suspend diplomatic ties with Qatar has sent shockwaves through the Middle East.
The ensuing blockade shut down much of the Gulf’s maritime and land …
An international legal and political coup d’état is taking place these days, with the help and co-operation of the European Commission, against yet another state of the EU,.
As unbelievable as it may seem, Juncker and Guterres are trying, through …
The attack by Turkey on the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria looks more like a tactical victory than yet another instance of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s impishness.
In fact, looking over the reports on this incident …
Note: With few exceptions, sources are from mainstream media and updated daily with additions and changes.
April 30, 2017 Sunday
– Trump dominates the 101st day with tweets, tough talk about health care.
– Trump on whether he could …
The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday permitting Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim ban to go into effect is one of the most significant cases in the history of the institution. After lower federal judges had blocked Trump’s flagrantly discriminatory executive orders …
The three-star US general in command of American forces in Syria and Iraq says the US will leave Syria as soon as ISIS is defeated, but not really. Actually, they will stick around, because after the ISIS state is defeated …
Featured image: Sergey Shoigu – the virtuoso manager who is Russia’s Defense Minister (Source: Russia Insider)
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Washington, Israel and their rogue allies are …
Featured image: Since April, the right-wing opposition in Venezuela has led violent actions that have left over 80 dead and more than 100 injured. (Photo: Twitter / @RMarcoTorres)
Two Venezuelan protesters attacked a state-owned storehouse Thursday, setting fire to the …
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement was by no means a surprise. The US has always been seeking to subvert the multilateral, global initiatives to address vexing global problems. Those who express surprise at the US withdrawal seem …
Featured image: Roads and transportation are a major subject of sustainable development and smart cities (Photo: Challiyan. Source: Wikicommons)
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published a transport strategy that outlines his vision of the future of …
Featured image: (L) Democrat Jon Ossoff and (R) Republican Karen Handel (Source: IVN.us)
Tom Price’s vacating of a Georgia congressional seat set the scene for exactly what is darkly wrong with US politics. In the sprawling klepto-manic entity …
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Featured image: This photo was taken on March 5, 1960, in Havana, Cuba, at a memorial service march for victims of the La Coubre explosion. On the far left of the photo is Fidel Castro, while in the center is …
Article originally published by Renmin Ribao (People’s Daily), translated from the original Chinese
The “one country, two systems” policy is proven not only the best solution to the Hong Kong question left over from history, but also the most ideal …
The Washington Post in a piece penned by David Ignatius, attempts to showcase US progress in eastern Syria where it admittedly and intentionally created the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” (ISIS) and where it now claims it is fighting and defeating it …
Featured image: Police said the attackers planned to bomb crowded areas in the capital on the first working day after Ramadan (REUTERS).
A suicide car bomber pursued by security forces blew himself up in eastern Damascus on Sunday, with a …
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The Hague-based intergovernmental Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is mandated “to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention…to achieve…a world…free …
If you wish to understand the degree to which a supposedly free western media are constructing a world of half-truths and deceptions to manipulate their audiences, keeping us uninformed and docile, then there could hardly be a better case study …
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The Trump/Chinese President Xi Jinping honeymoon was short-lived. It was a mirage all along, not real. More on this below.
From July 3 – …
Russia has long been the chief seller of energy — mainly gas and oil — in the world’s largest energy-market: the EU, or Europe. This means that U.S.-based energy companies, such as Exxon and Halliburton, aren’t the ones who dominate …
As the Indian government considers approving the commercial cultivation of GM mustard, the Hindu reports that an alliance of biologists and activists have warned that such a move would be ill-advised.
A threat to seed diversity
Kavitha Kuruganti, convener …
Featured image: President Donald Trump walks with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Howard, commander of Joint Force Headquarters, at Arlington National Cemetery, May 29, 2017. Behind them are Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman …
The myth of human rights playing a decisive role in the diplomacy of the United States is an important façade to be broken before touching the current political crisis in Venezuela. A noble crusade for democracy and promotion of human …
On Monday 26th June, the White House released a statement saying that the United States had “identified potential preparations for another chemical attack by the Assad regime…” It went on to say: “If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder …
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The OPCW said earlier in the day that its fact-finding mission had established the use of sarin in the April 4 incident in Khan Sheikhoun in the province of Idlib.
…“Unfortunately, we are forced to state on
One of the biggest experiments involving human subjects ever conducted anywhere is taking place right before our eyes, and the world is silent.
The project is at its peak and the world shows no interest. This experiment on human beings, …
Featured image: Pro-government forces hold the Syrian flag as they pose for a photo in the village of al-Sahel, near the rebel held town of Yabrud, nearly 80 kilometres north of Damascus, on March 4, 2014.
Three maps of Syria …
“Those two members of the – this paramilitary right wing…they were arrested and then they were released, and we see the intimidation…they appear in court, and they disrupt the work of the judges. Seeing this and how powerful they are, …
At the same time Trudeau and the monopoly media are “celebrating” killing people at distances of over three kilometres, the Trudeau Liberals blatantly deny that we are even involved in combat operations. “One wonders what effect that has upon soldiers …
Featured image: U.S. Marines raise their flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945 (Source: latinamericanstudies.org)
War is evil; permanent war is permanent evil. It is evil to humans but also to other species and the planet; the …
Two Chinese teachers based in Pakistan’s southwest province of Baluchistan were reportedly abducted and murdered by militants from the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” (ISIS).
CNN, in an article titled, “‘Grave concern’ over Chinese teachers reportedly killed by ISIS in Pakistan…
The Balfour Declaration, currently accepted by many as the founding legal statement for the establishment of Israel is really nothing more than a letter. It was a letter of policy between government personnel and became a major part of foreign …
Donald Trump is the very embodiment of why the undeserving rich must no longer be allowed to reproduce themselves, as a class. They are the fuse that, if not removed, will ignite a fiery doom for the species. Decisively kettled
Bond markets in Europe and US are in rapid retreat this past week, in the wake of central bank announcements of coming rate hikes and balance sheet sell-offs. Will it spread to bubbles in stock markets in the US and …
Seymour Hersh, America’s most famous investigative reporter, has become persona non grata in the American Propaganda Ministry that poses as a news media but only serves to protect the US government’s war lies. Among his many triumphs Hersh exposed …
Featured image: The aftermath of the raging inferno which gutted the Grenfell Tower block (Source: Adeyinka Makinde)
The recent statement made by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the retired judge selected to chair a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster, …
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History correctly told will equate America’s rape and destruction of Mosul to its gratuitous Hiroshima/Nagasaki nuking, along with its ruthless fire-bombing of Dresden and …
The Afghan war is sparked for an array of interests and it needs to flare up to secure a dozens of regional objectives. It can be claimed that the Taliban is a pretext to drain the undergrounds of rare earth …
The mass candlelight protests, which began in October 2016 and ultimately brought down the conservative and corrupt Park Geun-hye administration, have now subsided. The liberal Democratic Party leader Moon Jae-in has been elected president, and a new day seems to
…Since President Trump took office, North Korea has conducted a flurry of missile tests, triggering a wave of condemnation by U.S. media and political figures. The reaction contains more than an element of fear-mongering, and it is sometimes implied that
…Featured image: Victims of the sarin attack in Khan Sheikhoun (Source: One News Page)
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According to Syria’s Foreign Ministry, US-supported terrorists plan another false …
Featured image: The stolen helicopter used to attack the Supreme Court and Justice Ministry. (Source: Green Left Weekly)
The right-wing opposition has put its foot down on the accelerator, it is moving all of its pieces at once, and aims …
Recently Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his readiness to conduct a new military operation in the north of Syria to prevent the emergence of a Kurdish state there.
Turkey has already confirmed its seriousness on this issue by the …
The Desert Hawks Brigade has deployed large reinforcements in order to support the expected Syrian army advance against ISIS in the Eastern Hama countryside.
A video showing a Desert Hawks Brigade military convoy appeared online showing two Shilka vehicles, 3 …
DAMASCUS – As the drive to push ISIS out of its remaining territories in Syria and Iraq rapidly advances, the U.S. and its allied forces have entrenched themselves in the southeastern Syrian border town of al-Tanaf, cutting off a major …
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The fundamental goals of both countries are regime change and destroying Syrian sovereignty. They partner in each other’s wars.
Both seek regional hegemony, wanting …
Global destruction is perhaps the underpinning for the US foreign policy. It seeks to destabilize genuine representative democracies so as to install their pseudo/puppet governments. It’s the Washington Consensus and and they’re not ready to give up! What are the …
The Sovershenno Secretno newspaper (Top Secret) continues its investigation into the crash of the Malaysian Boeing over the Donbass. The newspaper has published another portion of documents that establish Kiev’s guilt in the tragedy.
Newspaper journalists have obtained a …
Featured image: Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Source: Flickr)
In the event you have noticed the hullabaloo about Qatar and wonder what it is about, it is about Al Jazeera, a news organization, established by the Emir …
Trump administration officials are walking back the White House announcement of its plans to fake another “chemical weapon attack” in Syria.
There are plenty of reasons why the U.S. would want to accuse the Syrian government of using chemical weapons …
The New York Times has finally admitted that one of the favorite Russia-gate canards – that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies concurred on the assessment of Russian hacking of Democratic emails – is false.
On Thursday, the Times appended a …
Featured image: Sarin gas victim in Syria, as reported in April 2017. (Photo from Ninian Reid / Flickr)
On the night of June 26, the White House Press Secretary released a statement, via Twitter, that, “the United States has …
On June 8, 2017, a representative of the presidential administration of the Republic of Korea told reporters that the deployment of US missile defense systems on South Korea territory should be suspended until the completion of a full-fledged environmental impact …
Featured image: First slide in “Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War” (Source: The Indicter)
Ukraine and the Democratic Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk should pursue a prompt solution for the prisoners exchange. From an international …
Featured image: Aged and Women had to die of starvation under the rule of King Leopold II in Congo. (Source: Annoyz View)
Canada’s 150th anniversary offers a unique opportunity to shed light on some darker corners of Canadian history. …
Featured image: US-trained Arab fighters were transferred from al-Tanf to north east Syria. (Source: @ColoniumKoeln / Twitter)
The U.S. is giving up its hopeless position at the Syrian-Iraq border crossing near al-Tanf in south east Syria. The U.S. military …
We thought that Senator Sanders was on track to introduce and advocate for a national improved Medicare for All bill, but Tuesday he stated publicly at a Planned Parenthood rally that his priorities are to first defeat the Republican health …
“What Planet Earth, and the creatures thereon, need more than anything is leaders in the West who are intelligent, who have a moral conscience, who respect truth, and who are are capable of understanding the limits to their power”. …
In February, the government of Alberta signed a ten-year framework agreement with the Métis Nation of Alberta, emphasizing a relationship based on recognition, respect, and cooperation. In March, Alberta and the Blackfoot Confederacy signed a protocol agreement on how they …
Featured image: Horn of Africa map (Source: New World Encyclopedia)
A dispute over territory involving the Horn of Africa states of Djibouti and Eritrea was reignited in the aftermath of the withdrawal of Qatari military forces stationed on the border …
In mid-2016 the Chinese ocean shipping company COSCO succeeded in acquiring a controlling stake in the Greek port of Piraeus. This was the culmination of more than a decade of preparation and prior part ownership, and it represents an important …
Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Jackson Diehl took a massive, human rights-violating catastrophe—the US-assisted Saudi bombing of Yemen for the past two-and-a-half years, and the massive famine it’s caused—and somehow turned it into a write-up on how good …
For all those who have become awake and conscious or otherwise put; have escaped the western media pit of lies and brainwashing, the six year long resistance of the Syrian people in the face of the US Deep State and …
Israel, a rogue state if ever there was one, pursues its “security” as a Jewish Zionist entity on all of Mandate Palestine through demonizing Palestinian Arabs, whom it has long subjected to a racist campaign that defines their resistance, both …
The term oligarchy is derived from the Greek words meaning “rule or command by a few.” The term is generally used in the derogatory sense to describe a tyrannical system that practices oppression to ensure obedience. While oligarchies are generally …
Featured image: American Journalist Robert Parry (Source: Consortiumnews)
There are too many awards for journalism. Too many simply celebrate the status quo. The idea that journalists ought to challenge the status quo — what Orwell called Newspeak and Robert Parry…
Unlike Oliver Stone, who knew how to interview Vladimir Putin, Megyn Kelly did not. Thus, she made a fool of herself, which is par for her course.
Now the entire Western media has joined Megyn in foolishness, or so …
Featured image: UAE crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed (Source: Wikipedia)
Abu Dhabi’s crown prince asked the US to bomb Al Jazeera as America was planning its invasion of Iraq, according to a diplomatic cable detailing his conversation with a top …
Featured image: The slogan on a wall in Paris, means – “F**k, we’re in reverse.” (Source: Socialist Project)
“Putain, nous sommes en marche arrière” — Slogan on a wall in the 20th district of Paris.
“I really hope Macron can …
It is expected that demand for gas will rise, especially in the longer term. It is cleaner, more efficient and cheaper than oil. (The cost of heating an average American house is three times more expensive using oil rather than …
Featured image: The Leppings Lane end inside Hillsborough Stadium during the disaster (Source: Wikipedia)
“It is also a story of deceit and lies, of institutional defensiveness defeating truth and justice. It is evidence of a culture of denial within …
According to Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky, journalists at The National Interest, conducting ambitious policy, aimed at overthrowing the Syrian government headed by Syrian President Bashar Assad, and confronting Iran is an extremely dangerous step of the …
Featured image: Additional units of US marines assisting the fight in Raqqa (Source: South Front)
The US is actively preparing public opinion for a direct military aggression against Syria. The White House claimed on Monday that it has a “potential” …
Featured image: Theatrical trailer of Fences starring Denzel Washington (Source: Movie Insider)
Both of these award-winning new releases are exclusively acted by Black Americans and could be seen as slices of African American life. Each focuses on the life of …
Featured image: Improvised explosive device camouflaged as a toy (Source: Inside Syria Media Center)
It’s not a secret for anyone, how much hardship, how much grief and suffering people endure as they confront many various explosive devices, booby-traps and other …
The director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan – Lt. General William Odom said in 2008:
…By any measure the US has long used terrorism. In ‘78-79 the Senate was trying to pass a law against international
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On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to review lower court injunctions against Trump’s travel ban in October.
US District and Appeals Courts blocked them …